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Hugh Jass
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So for christmas, I was thinking of getting a few games for my two older sisters' perhaps through steam cause that would be easy. I was thinking maybe get them 2 cheap games for each of them. Now I know what you're thinking. HUGH, they're girls!!!! Don't get them games!!! Get them perfume or some girly shit...
Well, the last time I got them something like that I found the present discarded in a corner in one of their rooms. They aren't gamers, but they do enjoy "casual" type games. I introduced plants vs. zombies to my oldest sister with the demo and she fuckin loved it and so did my niece. Now my niece, she is 12 years old and is gigantic star wars fan, she has force unleashed on wii and the lego star wars games on the DS.
Would she be able to play knights of the old republic? Is there any mature content on that game? I never got around to trying it myself. I'm just wondering if it's appropriate for her age or any other problems with that. My other sister (second oldest sister? middle child? the mean one? Don't know what to call her) she has a wii the only thing I know she loves is the wario smooth moves n' shit. I doubt steam has anything like that, but maybe I could get her peggle. Although, I don't know why I should get her anything as she doesn't give a shit about me and gave me a check for my last birthday...
TLDR for teh lazy: kotor good for 12 year old star wars fanatic? Not too complicated? What else can I get for casual gaming sister's that may be like p vs. z or wario smooth moves?
Well, the last time I got them something like that I found the present discarded in a corner in one of their rooms. They aren't gamers, but they do enjoy "casual" type games. I introduced plants vs. zombies to my oldest sister with the demo and she fuckin loved it and so did my niece. Now my niece, she is 12 years old and is gigantic star wars fan, she has force unleashed on wii and the lego star wars games on the DS.
Would she be able to play knights of the old republic? Is there any mature content on that game? I never got around to trying it myself. I'm just wondering if it's appropriate for her age or any other problems with that. My other sister (second oldest sister? middle child? the mean one? Don't know what to call her) she has a wii the only thing I know she loves is the wario smooth moves n' shit. I doubt steam has anything like that, but maybe I could get her peggle. Although, I don't know why I should get her anything as she doesn't give a shit about me and gave me a check for my last birthday...
TLDR for teh lazy: kotor good for 12 year old star wars fanatic? Not too complicated? What else can I get for casual gaming sister's that may be like p vs. z or wario smooth moves?
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Bitching, moaning, making everyone else as miserable as they are. They enjoy doing that. Other then that I couldn't tell ya. Like I said, I tried getting them girl stuff b4 and they obviously didn't like it.
"While KOTOR does have some more 'mature' things going on, I think they're handled pretty well. At worst, I think it'd go over her head because it's pretty subtle stuff."
What specifically? If it has any excessive violence or nudity and my sis finds I'm a gunna get bitch-slapped.
World of Goo is a good choice. I would also recommend Puzzle Quest or Gyromancer as they're both available on Steam, easy to pick up, and highly addictive.
God Steam is awesome for crap like this.
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Osmos is an simple puzzle game, quite recommendable.
EDIT: Also I'm seconding AudioSurf.
KOTOR's fairly tame in how it handles anything which might be considered "mature," especially compared with, say, Mass Effect (which itself is at worst PG-13). Bear in mind, though, it's a dramatically different game than Force Unleashed or Lego Star Wars. She might not enjoy RPGs compared to platformers. And some Bioware RPGs are, in my experience, female-unfriendly insofar as they never have the casual elements that my wife loves -- she doesn't love min-maxing a character in Mass Effect, she loves creating outfits and playing with her dog in Fable.
It is, however, among the best Star Wars games ever, and a fairly good D20 - style RPG to boot, so it might be worth a try.
i say give girly stuff a try again, browse around www.etsy.com for scarves, jewelry and such. if they are the types that would enjoy it, they have handmade stoneware there too, that is what i bought my older sister (though she is 24 and appreciates stuff like that a lot, not all sisters would) this one
good luck gift shoppin'
If you don't understand girly stuff, dont bother with it. I never really enjoyed that sorta stuff when I was 11, and was relieved when people stopped buying me heart shaped shit and started giving me gift cards. I think taking the chance with something you understand a little more, is better than the shot in the dark. DS games are cooler than shower gel.
No there's certainly no nudity (apart from character models in their bloomers if you strip all the armor off, but really I see worse on Fox and ABC) and there's no blood/gore. I was mostly referring to the character development, and they fact that you can have a 'relationship' with a few of the characters. I feel like most (all?) of that would be lost on a 12 year old, but I could be wrong. Also, the game deals a lot with the question of "what make things right?" as a philosophical question. It's basically a big grey area. Honestly for how cheap KOTOR is now I'd take a gamble and get it for her. If she hates it, take it yourself and enjoy and awesome RPG.
Anyway, yes, go look at steam. Lots on sale these days. Audiosurf is awesome if they like music a lot. Tons of other little nifty games; poke around. I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume they like fantasy stuff; many gamer girls do (about as much as gamer guys like sci-fi). In that case, you have a ton of options - one of my favourite and cheap games is Majesty, it's up on Steam. It's an RTS that mostly plays itself, you just 'guide' your kingdom. It's also very tounge-in-cheek. I ahven't played the sequel, but I hear it's mostly the same thing with nicer graphics, so get that instead if they have a beefy computer.
Also, since no-one has mentioned it, the obvious: The Sims. I swear, every girl ever likes this (and most guys).
Not my thread, but that might help me out as well. I always forget about The Sims.
Are there any good Wii or PS3 Sims games?