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What are the most fun and easiest to play WW I/II games you know of?
STHayden
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My mother-in-law loves World War I and II and has read basically every book that exists on the topic. She has expressed mild interest in playing a game based on that time period.
She is about 60 and is an almost competent computer user. She like to play peggle, can get around the internet okay and can take directions on how to use the computer with out getting flustered.
I know there are tons of WW I/II games out there but I need help finding one that is both enjoyable but also easy to play or explains it self really well.
What are the most fun and easiest to play WW I/II games you know of?
She is about 60 and is an almost competent computer user. She like to play peggle, can get around the internet okay and can take directions on how to use the computer with out getting flustered.
I know there are tons of WW I/II games out there but I need help finding one that is both enjoyable but also easy to play or explains it self really well.
What are the most fun and easiest to play WW I/II games you know of?
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I don't know, I always found that Call of Duty 2 wasn't all too hard, and I loved Battlefield 1942 but it's a little more complex. She might enjoy the historical parts of Battlefield since it focuses on the strategy and the meaning of each individual battle. Call of Duty is slightly more pulpy and harder as in difficulty but less complex than BF1942.
The question I have to ask is would your mother have a problem shooting a nazi in the face?
- Axis & Allies: The two older versions are turn-based, and the newer one is an RTS. I don't know how hard these are, but the board game they're based on isn't too difficult to get into.
- Panzer General: This was an easy-to-learn turn-based strategy game back in the day. It's a DOS game, though.
- The Commandos games: The controls are easy enough, at least, more or less like a point-and-click adventure/puzzle game.
- Silent Storm: I guess turn-based translates as easier to learn to me.
- Steel Panthers: One more turn-based strategy game for the list.
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: Probably not exactly what she's looking for, but it has Nazis in it
but they're listening to every word I say
On easy. You don't really need to know the build order or hot keys in CoH. And the focus on small units might make it easier, but the opening couple of missions are quite tough.
As awesome as it would be if your mother in law was kicking ass at a FPS or RTS, I doubt it is going to happen.
As far as WWI goes, though, there really aren't any good games out there. I guess months of trench warfare and mustard gas don't make a good game.
I have Stratego. Would anyone like to play Stratego?
*vomit*
Or go buy the Recon sourcebook and have your GM build scenarios that are all WWI/II based.
Visit a french brothel. Kill Hitler. BE Hitler!
Yes.
And, might I add, YES.
Because of the command cards, you are limited in what units you can activate in a given turn (usually around 3). That way each turn isn't overwhelming and you get a nice mix of strategy and luck.
IOS Game Center ID: Isotope-X
Based on true story too if I remember correctly, plus it had some interesting historical/bonus stuff and such as you completed the levels.
"No.. I was wrong. This must be what going mad feels like."
If the answer to the first question is "No", then I would suggest FPS territory is not the place to go for someone with a 60 year-old non-gamer's reflexes.
Company of Heroes... maybe. As much as I want to recommend it, it might be a little fast-paced later on. Maybe on easy difficulty.
You might think i'm being sexist, ageist or whatever, but have you ever seen a non-gamer, a hardcore non-gamer, pick up a mainstream game and try to play for the first time? It is painful (this is an understatement), and can turn them off games as a whole.
It unfortunately also swerves wildly into "not remotely historically accurate" grounds when it gets into all the
The beginning of the game is really fun and not too hard.