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dirtySourdough, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

Here are a few I didn’t see already. I’ve played these all on switch.

Untitled Goose Game - casual and goofy 1/2 player puzzle game

Far Lone Sails - casual 1 player puzzle adventure game

Figment - light action adventure platformer one player game

hitmyspot, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

If she would like to get in to more action games, one with a strong story, like the last of us could be a pathway, played on easy/story mode.

Id also second casual games as a pathway to more involved games. Overcooked is white hectic and introduced a few gaming mechanics from others. It’s essentially crafting against a timer. To progress, she’ll need to get better at controls, but the learning curve is gradual enough that she’ll.have fun.

Rayman (legends?), I play coop with my kid. He dies often ,but it’s not an issue as you only lose progress when you both die.

winety, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?
  1. This is a cliche, but a lot of women I know play the Sims. Your girlfriend might like it as well.
  2. Wilmot’s Warehouse is a cool game about organizing a warehouse.
  3. I played a lot of Terraria with my sister. It’s 2D, so she did not get motion sickness. There’s a lot of costumes we could collect. (This was probably our favourite part of the game.)
Poggervania,
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Adding to the cliche list, Animal Crossing is another game to consider since it’s very chill and can be cozy. Has collections she can work on filling out, she can make a dope island, and make her house into a perfect living space.

Another recommendation that might sound counter-intuitive but could work is Vermintide 2. It’s an action game that does have mechanical depth to it for the higher difficulties, but the game is very forgiving on the two easiest difficulties where you can just use whatever is fun and do decently well. The melee combat is very satisfying even when just going unga bunga, and it goes on sale frequently for like $5, so you both could pick up copies and have fun in a coop game where you’re bashing the heads of ratmen in with ease.

Granite, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

I’m just gonna say Skyrim. Sandbox world.

livus,
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@Granite I second this. I have had so many non-gamers become fascinated and want a turn.

Hello_there, do games w What game do you recommend someone who likes the mechanics but not the setting of Baldur's Gate 3?

Fallout 1/2

knokelmaat, do gaming w Let's discuss: Metal Gear

My favorite is Metal Gear Solid (PS1 version). This game is just groundbreaking in so many ways, and the story is just so earnest and campy. There are some incredibly emotional moments and the final battle on top of the Metal Gear is absolutely insane.

Voroxpete, do games w What game do you recommend someone who likes the mechanics but not the setting of Baldur's Gate 3?

Divinity: Original Sin 2! It’s by the same devs and it’s absolutely incredible. Different classes and spells and stuff, but you’ll pick it all up very fast, and I actually think character building in Divinity is a lot more fun than D&D, because there’s a lot more flexibility about how you choose powers and abilities.

If you’d prefer to stick with something based on the D&D mechanics, Owlcats games are excellent (it’s Pathfinder, but Pathfinder is just a lightly modified D&D 3.5)

cinnamonTea,

I second the owlcats games, especially Pathfinder Kingmaker, which is less gory in theme, more exploration and kingdom building in addition to the adventuring

mnemonicmonkeys,

To be pedantic, PF1 is lightly modified 3.5E. 2nd Edition is rather different

Voroxpete,

Fair. My experience of Pathfinder was mostly with 1st.

JackGreenEarth,
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Thanks, I’ll check it out.

jacksilver, do games w What game do you recommend someone who likes the mechanics but not the setting of Baldur's Gate 3?

I think Fallout 1 & 2 have a lot of parallels. The first two fallouts are a lot more like ttrpgs, it was when Bethesda bought them they became FPS rpgs.

Oviously older, but they hold up pretty well and certainly a different setting.

chameleon, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?
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I don't think Factorio is suitable for a first-time gamer. The way the inventory, hotbar and the map work aren't immediately obvious if you've never played a game. If you do try, at least turn biters off. The time pressure that's added by having to set up defense would be difficult enough to handle, but offensive combat is quite the struggle if you're still trying to learn basic gaming controls. You'd be dealing with things like swapping hotbars to one with grenades & stuff, control schemes changing the moment you get into a vehicle and weird targeting quirks. And by the time you get to trains or advanced oil cracking quite a lot of people tend to drop off the game in general.

I'd start with something like Minecraft on peaceful difficulty, then give easy or normal a try after a couple of hours if that goes well. Peaceful leaves time to learn all the basic controls and is fun enough to run around in by itself, and you're not going to get blasted by a creeper that fell behind you.

umbraroze, do games w What game do you recommend someone who likes the mechanics but not the setting of Baldur's Gate 3?
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I recommend one of my favourite CRPGs of all time: Neverwinter Nights - for the modern hassle-free experience, get the Enhanced Edition. The first single-player campaign is pretty meh by Bioware standards, but the expansion packs (included in the NWNEE) are pretty great. Heard a lot of good about the premium modules (a few of the original premium modules come with NWNEE, the rest are available as DLC).

The official campaigns are set in Forgotten Realms, the same D&D setting as BG3, but you really don't need to worry about diving headlong into horrors. More fantasy vibes and less visceral stuff. (the second expansion pack is a bit more in the direction of subterranean spooks, but not, like, excessively so.)

However, the real big strength of NWN was not the campaigns. It was deliberately designed for player-created adventure modules created with the included Aurora Toolset. There's loads of them and some of them had really great production values and writing. They're currently hosted at Neverwinter Vault and NWNEE also has a custom content browser (though the latter doesn't have much stuff). Custom modules also have a whole bunch of genres and settings, as expected.

Oh and it's a game from 2002 so it runs on any ol' potato. (Well the EE needs a vaguely modernish machine, but not anything unreasonable.)

Azzu, do gaming w What to play at after work?

Among us

apotheotic, do gaming w If you could only play on one game console for the rest of your life which console would you choose?

I could probably be happy with playing Bloodborne for the rest of my life if I absolutely had to choose a console. Ps4 also had a fair few decent indie titles release during its lifetime, and it had horizon zero dawn which is fucking breathtaking.

Caligvla, do gaming w If you could only play on one game console for the rest of your life which console would you choose?
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Let’s say the PC doesn’t count and you aren’t taking into account backwards compatibility, emulation, online play, homebrew games, and the cost/availability of games.

I’d rather quit gaming altogether at that point.

CorrodedCranium,
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I game on PC myself but why would you quit gaming all together if you couldn’t do it on PC?

Caligvla,
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Because I don’t like consoles, plain and simple. Everything they can do I also can on my PC, except better and for less.

CorrodedCranium, (edited )
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Fair enough. I’d probably just go for the Xbox One in that case and deal with a few games still being moddable and supporting the keyboard and mouse as peripherals rather than give up on gaming

Die4Ever, (edited ) do games w What game do you recommend someone who likes the mechanics but not the setting of Baldur's Gate 3?
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Ok I actually haven’t played BG3 yet lol, but I’m gonna suggest Freedom Force. It’s a superhero RPG with some cool character building. The game is on Steam and GOG but I see some people saying the GOG version works better out of the box for modern Windows.

It doesn’t have dialog trees though just combat. But it’s not violent, you said you didn’t like the violence. And it takes very little storage space.

Kraiden, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

House flipper, The Sims, Planet Zoo/Planet coaster, Two Point Hospital/Campus, or anything in the creative management genre. Stardew Valley is good, and in the same vein, Graveyard Keeper.

If you have a Switch, Animal Crossing

If she likes Factorio, try Terra Nil maybe?

Also, there's always minecraft in peaceful mode?

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