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Relaxing games recommendations!
Visti
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Hi guys, I just got a graphics card in my girlfriend computer (The one she had before didn't do 3D Acceleration what-so-ever), so now I'm looking to show her some games. Previously, she has eaten up ScummVM games like the Monkey Island series, but I guess there aren't too many new ones of those around..
So basically what I'm looking for is a game where you can take your time and play at your own pace with no real penalty or whatnot for death. But also something that would at least kinda show off that the computer can actually do graphics well now..
So far I'm definitely hooking her up with Psychonauts for the writing and easy to grasp gameplay and then I'm pretty much blank.
Any recommendations?
So basically what I'm looking for is a game where you can take your time and play at your own pace with no real penalty or whatnot for death. But also something that would at least kinda show off that the computer can actually do graphics well now..
So far I'm definitely hooking her up with Psychonauts for the writing and easy to grasp gameplay and then I'm pretty much blank.
Any recommendations?
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Or what about Audiosurf? That can be relaxing if you play relaxing music in it.
I'll second this.
Also the Syberia series is really good. Both TLJ and Syberia feature female protagonists as well which might appeal to your girlfriend. They're both adventure games along the lines of the LucasArts library.
I "third" The Longest Journey, Dreamfall, and Cyberia. I never finished Cyberia, but what I saw was pretty cool. All three should be up her ally if she enjoyed the older Lucas Arts adventures.
Has she played Grim Fandango?
While the game is not a relaxing game if you try to progress in it, I find that cruising around Paradise City in Burnout Paradise is quite a fun and careless experience.
The Incredible Machine games are pretty good recommendations.
Incredibly atmospheric and relaxing, and fun and challenging too.
Introversion/turn-based games are good bets.
Sometimes I Stream Games: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/italax-plays-video-games
It's not out on any platform until the 7th, but it should be something to look forward to.
I want to echo TIM again. So, so, so much fun.
You're thinking about syberia, cyberia had a male protagonist and was a rather rubish adventure game.
Oh right. My bad. Thanks for correcting me.
Relaxing games... and the meat circus in the same topic? DOES NOT COMPUTE!
Not that I don't think it's a great game or a bad recommendation necessarily.
I'll definitely back up the recommendations on TLJ, Dreamfall, and the Syberia games though.
She's played those. ScummVM was mentioned in the OP.
I'm going to go ahead and recommend Oblivion, Sam & Max and Jade Empire. Oblivion with the proper tweaks and AddOns to kick out the annoying bits. Sam & Max should be obvious and Jade Empire has a very relaxed atmosphere and you can pause the game with the spacebar iirc.
Also: keep her far away from The Sims. :x
Blasphemy how can you say that :x
Let her play her silly Sims...
The Sims are like crack to her, man..
Lots of great suggestions here, guys! I actually already got her Audiosurf and have been seriously pondering the new seasons of Sam&Max, but I don't know why I didn't remember Portal. I even have it on my Steam-thingy!
But keep them coming if there are some unmentioned gems, but so far it's right on the money!
I second this. Knytt stories is incredible
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Actually, anyone who enjoyed WALL-E should check the demo.
I'm assuming the part of your brain that holds the memories of the infuriatingly fiddly escort section murdered itself out of fear.
That is totally how a brain works.
I'm not sure what the OP wants. As far as casual games go Peggle is a fine choice. Uuuh, bejeweled? Puzzle quest?
Since alot of people seem to be recommending console games, Beyond Good and Evil seems like a good bet. Its exploration-heavy and combat light, and it has ze french charm.
[EDIT}: I should mention there is an excellent PC version of Beyond good and Evil. It's from before Ubi started half-assing all their PC stuff.
I'll back those recommendations, too. Just be aware that Syberia II has Starforce protection. And I'll back Sam & Max, too.
There are some games like Bejeweled that are free, although they may not show off the computer graphics, per se.
Anyone else remember an old game from the mid-'90s called Continuum/Alpha Waves (went by both names)? If that had an update, I could possibly recommend that. Or something like it.
Also: the OP states that his girl got a PC that can run modern games for the first time, I don't get why you guys are recommending ancient games and games that don't even require a 3D card.
Because the OP also states that he's looking for a specific TYPE of game and that it while it would be a plus if it was new and shiny, it was not required.
Oh, you did not just...:P
I can hit 120 stars on Mario 64 in under three hours (nowhere near the fastest of times, but still...). I adored the floating levels in sunshine and wished they could hav emade up the whole game. I've hit 242 on Galaxy. Lost Levels? Pfft. I've finished every level of N+. Completed Ninja Five-O/Ninja Cop on Hard. Twice. (This GBA masterpiece is one of the best platformers ever made). I wish PixelJunk Eden was a little bit harder (though I haven't hit the later gardens yet...). When LittleBigPlanet comes out I look forward to making bastard hard levels filled with perilous drops (and skateboards).
And now that I've successfully shown a stranger over the internet that he's misinformed, I will maintain that Meat Circus was still a shocking difficulty leap, considering the enjoyable but relatively sedate platforming that led up to it. I had friends curse me out for recommending Psychonauts because of that damn meat circus. I told them to stop with the beatings and take their concerns to Tim Schaefer, but they wouldn't listen. The beatings continue.
I have no recommendations myself though.
Carry on.
Enigmo is along the same lines and has a free trial. Although there is less variety in puzzles and the goal is slightly different.
Crazy Machines I haven't played in about a year but the version I got ran really terribly. It may have improved since they put it on Steam.
Relax dude, I was just teasing, sheeh.
Seriously, that level wasn't all that difficult, I had a lot more problems with timing my jumps to the millisecond in N (never got far in it)and I am stuck on Ninja Five-O on the standard difficulty. Sure, that level was annoying, if only because of the little kid's voice, and I enjoyed the other levels a lot more. But it wasn't *that* hard and the rest of the game is awesome enough to tolerate that last part.
Since her computer didn't even have a 3D capable card in it beforehand, I really doubt it's going to run Oblivion...