Sephiroth_IRA posted:

I'm looking for some game recommendations for my wife, who has never really played games but expressed some interesting in trying them out recently. Her skill level atm is probably below Arino's (based on the few games we have played together) so keep that in mind.

They could be anything I could emulate on a PC or from Steam. Something we could play together would be great as well.

Funktor posted:

Marvel Heroes has such charge attacks. You can customize costume, so maybe that's not enough.

SolidSnakesBandana posted:

I can't imagine a better starting point than LEGO games honestly. Unless she just hates LEGOs.

The Iron Rose posted:

So I need a game recommendation for a friend of mine. Her boyfriend of seven years proposed to her, and then the next day she found out that he was married and lied about literally everything to her, constructing a completely false life. So she's kinda depressed so a few of her friends and I figure that something interactive might do her well. She's expressed interest in some MMOs and likes playing healer type characters, but has a pretty lovely computer so it cannot be remotely graphically intensive.

The tricky bit comes into the fact that she's permanently disabled and can't move her hands much. So it'd have to be something where she just has to press a few hotkeys or buttons or something and not move her hands around a ton. Is there anything out there that would work for that? Or even just generally accessibility friendly games.

Skunkrocker posted:

I know this is going to sound like a weird recommendation but have you considered rigging her computer up to interpret joystick movements as mouse movements and giving her a 360 controller? She could then play the ever loving crap out of some point and click adventure games. I recommend Return to Zork.

SolidSnakesBandana posted:

I think Ducktales Remastered is pretty cool. I've heard good things about Castle of Illusion HD as well but I havent played that.

Angry Lobster posted:

Rogue Legacy is pretty decent as well.

OrangeSoda posted:

Those are on the PC? Whoa. I thought they were console only games.


Already got it, it was a rage-inducing blast.

Nordick posted:

I feel obligated to give the usual Alpha Protocol recommendation again, it must've been at least a couple pages since someone last mentioned it.

Granted, the "freedom" part just boils down to doing the missions in a different order, but boy howdy does it compensate with having the most branching and variable plot. Depending on what you do and how you act, you can end up having totally different allies and enemies on different playthroughs. The game doesn't force you into any certain playstyle either. You can just as well be a smooth stealthy spy or a shotgun blasting sociopath, it won't screw you out of XP or rewards or anything.
You won't have the time to really think over all your choices every time since dialogue has a time limit, but in the end the game is better off for it. Having to just go on instinct instead of mulling and agonising over each option makes the dialogue feel a lot more fluid, and just going with the flow and rolling with the punches is actually fun.

So in summary, Alpha Protocol might not have freedom of exploration but it has freedom of action in spades. Get it.

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

I'm looking for a turn-based strategy game with fixed starting armies -- no income or unit production -- with two-person, asynchronous multiplayer (i.e. upload turn files to a central server or play by email -- both people don't have to be connected at once.)

I was thinking of picking up Elven Legacy, but it looks like it only has hotseat multiplayer. Something similar would be great, though.

ZombieLenin posted:

I am assuming PC? How do you feel about historical "hardcore" war gaming? If you're open to that I can think of a dozen titles you might want to look at depending on your preference.

Check out Matrix. They're probably the largest online publisher/digital distributor of war games for PC out there. They have hundreds of titles with varying degrees of complexity, and you can search titles by the historical time period you're in to.

Or you can give me some more info, like are you willing to play historical games? More interest in strategy or tactics? What time period? Etc. and I can recommend something.

OrangeSoda posted:

I know this is kind of a niche that really isn't filled well recently but after playing through Shovel Knight (Which I highly recommend!) I was wondering if anyone could recommend any other good PC platformers? Iv'e got a gamepad I bought for cheap off of a friend and i'm gonna make sure it sees plenty of use.

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

I've got nothing against historical wargaming in theory, but I'm a very stubborn ludist. I hate games where design decisions were made with realism or simulation in mind rather than balance and depth.

I'm more interested in tactics than strategy, prefer something that's mostly about positioning with a little bit of math to something with a lot of math and only a little emphasis on positioning, fantasy/sci-fi settings preferred but ultimately doesn't matter, and it'd really help sell it to my friend if it were visually interesting. (But tell me even if it isn't because I might play it anyways.)

Something with a small number of unique and complicated units would be best -- we tried Aerena but the F2P model was too offensive to stick with it, and I'm looking forward to Duelyst. Frozen Cortex was a great suggestion, but something that plays on a grid would be even better.

ZombieLenin posted:

I have to second this. This game was panned by reviewers when it was released, but looking back despite the games very limited short falls, Alpha Protocol was the most satisfying cRPG (and by this I mean any video game rpg) since Knights of The Old Republic.

It might have even been better, and I say this as a huge Star Wars grognard and hater of spy fiction.

ZombieLenin posted:

I'm not at home, and I will think more about it and dig a little more for you later, but a quick search on Matrix and I found [url=http://www.matrixgames.com/products/540/details/Warhammer.40,000:.Armageddon[/url]

It's turn based, set in the 40k universe and has pbem. Never played it though so take that with a grain of salt and not necessarily a recommendation.

nigga crab pollock posted:

Alpha protocol looked pretty dang interesting before it came out. The really generic box art paired with mixed reviews (and everyone knows game reviewers have pretty drat low standards) meant i don't think anyone looked twice at it

Plus deus ex came out a year later and while it's not really the same type of game, the enormous amount of attention deus ex got definitely pushed it out of everyone's minds

S.J. posted:

You probably haven't played it because it's still in development

Sephiroth_IRA posted:

Good point. She's from Peru and I'm pretty sure she didn't have Lego growing up but they are pretty simple/fun games. Do the PC versions have split screen coop?

ZombieLenin posted:

For whatever reason, the gaming media really got it wrong with Alpha Protocol. And it was that bad press the really killed the profitability of the game, which is truly unfortunate.

Obsidian deserved to be rewarded for its design decisions, and the consumer was robbed of any chance for a sequel or even new games that incorporated the things that were done right in the game.

twitter and bisted posted:

Let me know if there's a better place to post this but for a casual gamer who plays GTA and the odd sports game, which would be the better console, XBox one or PS4? Would it even make much of a difference?

DeathChicken posted:

I have a random urge to play a turn based war game, kind of like Hearts of Iron but hopefully not impossible to play like Hearts of Iron. Suggestions?

Edit: Haha, just saw this was pretty much asked right above. Still, yes, historical war games.

DeathChicken posted:

I have a random urge to play a turn based war game, kind of like Hearts of Iron but hopefully not impossible to play like Hearts of Iron. Suggestions?

Edit: Haha, just saw this was pretty much asked right above. Still, yes, historical war games.

Galick posted:

#1: My friend and I are looking for a multiplayer game that has a massive amount of custom content and stuff - building your own bases, designing your character and clothing from the ground up, etc. We are not looking for The Second Life. Do not expect this one to be filled, but it'd be amazing if it were.

Pengu! posted:

I loved the original ultima underworld in that it put you in an environment where you had to scavenge or trade for the items you used, and that it was a long dungeon crawl where you had little interaction with friendly NPC's. Are there any other games like that? I've played both ultima underworlds as well as Arx Fatalis. I also loved both dark souls games. Elligable platforms are PS2, PC, and original Xbox.

pun pundit posted:

I would like to play an ARPG that,
- Features character customisation; choosing hair, head, and gender is enough.
- Has a charge (as in run real fast at an enemy and hit it) attack that does not require me to use a shield and that has a reasonable cooldown.
- Is fun and isn't obtuse to build characters in (e.g. Torchlight 2 engineers can do the above, but to get one that works well is beyond me. It seems to me that you should put points into strength to wield big two-handers, but damage just peters out pretty quick if I do that).

al-azad posted:

DeathChicken posted:

I have a random urge to play a turn based war game, kind of like Hearts of Iron but hopefully not impossible to play like Hearts of Iron. Suggestions?

Edit: Haha, just saw this was pretty much asked right above. Still, yes, historical war games.