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

It takes two is a fantastic experience to have with a loved one, even if inexperienced with games, it is very forgiving

cinnamonTea,

The gameplay of ‘It takes two’ is very fun, but the characters and the story can be infuriating. If they annoy you in the trailers or in a gameplay video, be aware that their dynamic stays like that a long time - we gave up on it after a while because of it

Kraiden,

Exactly this. It's a terrible, outdated story that essentially sells "staying together for the kids." The whole way through we were both like "ye these two need to get divorced." The book is a villain.

Eta: game play was fun though

vrojak,

Yep, my girlfriend and I thought the same.

"Oh, I know how to solve our problem! We make our daughter cry!"
"But how?"
"Let's brutally murder her toy elephant!"

A+ parenting right there

hitmyspot,

Oh, I assumed it was kid friendly. My soon to be 7 year old is just started Minecraft. He struggles with games so far as too complex for him, like lego Harry Potter or even hot wheels (all the ps+ kids games). I was hoping to try it takes two with him at some point. If the story is not nice, maybe that’s not a great idea. Playing Rayman together was fun and forgiving as he just keeps reappearing when he dies.

Honytawk,

It is mostly kid friendly.

Just the scene with the elephant is thrown in as a bit of a joke. But can be quite brutal if the child is too young to understand. But it is just about ripping up a toy. So not really all that brutal.

The rest of the game is completely fine though, would recommend.

mossy_,

It’s about ripping up a living, crying toy while it begs for its life, after chasing it through the area. It made me squirm and I’m a grown-ass adult.

guylacaptivite, 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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Is any form of violence or blood a no-no? If you can accept some, Larian (bg3’s developper) was already well known for the Divinity series. Many even say that BG3 is kind of Divinity:Original Sin 3 with a DnD license. You’ll still be killing some people though. Otherwise, I suggest searching for Turn-Based games which BG3 is. You might like Battletech which is a mech warrior themed game or the X-Com series where there’s an alien invasion.

And also, you might have been mislead by the videos. Yes the brain parasite is important but you’re really only directly dealing with mind flayers (the tentacle clad monsters) in the very beginning and very end. The rest is just a classic fantasy setting.

Sgagvefey,

The rest is just a classic fantasy setting.

There’s a lot of really grim and dark fantasy, but it’s definitely not all of fantasy. BG3 is full of super dark stuff with or without the gore.

guylacaptivite,
@guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yes but it’s not all of the stuff, far from it

Sgagvefey,

It’s not all as much gore as the brain parasite, but it’s full of scenes that are every bit as dark and fucked up. I won’t list anything in particular detail because of spoilers, but i’ve seen dozens of things that are super fucked up, and I’m not even out of act 1. I’ve had numerous people want to rip out eyeballs, failed a dice roll to mind control an enemy into eating himself, been suicide bombed, had a slave incubator for a witch go apeshit on me for rescuing her, and loads more. It’s absolutely super dark.

JackGreenEarth,
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Not all violence is a deal breaker, just really grim stuff, like those pus balls exploding, or the worm burrowing into the characters’ eyes, exposed brains, that sort of thing.

guylacaptivite,
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So I’ll reinforce my first suggestion to look into turn-based CRPG as a genre and see for yourself. That’s where you’ll find most of the mechanics you seem to want and you won’t have to take the opinions of strangers as to how much gore is too much for you.

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

Point and clicks.

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Civ6?

gens,

DOOM 2016. Point and click, until it is done.

Takios, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of February 18th
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Jumped into the newest patch and expedition of No Man’s Sky. Always good fun but after finishing the tasks of the expedition I always get bored very quickly. :D

In Baldur’s Gate 3 I’m stuck in a fight against a boss in act 3, always getting absolutely smashed even though I’m highest level and have (I think) decent equipment and spells. Haven’t found any guide that explains a way to deal with the fight in the intended way, everyone just says to cheese the fight which I’d like to honestly avoid. :/

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@kbin.social avatar

Do you have any more info to provide for that fight without spoilers for others so that I can point you in the right direction? What's the issue you're running into in that fight?

Takios,
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I’ll put it behind spoiler tags:

BG3 Act 3 spoilersIt’s the fight against Cazador. I can prevent him from doing anything by using Counterspell pretty easily, but I get swarmed by his minions and I do not have enough damage to kill him in the 3 turn limit anyway so he ascends.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@kbin.social avatar

Do you have much crowd control in your party? Can you disable either him or his minions? Pay attention to what he is vulnerable to and what makes him vulnerable when he goes into that other state. Remember that you can inspect any enemy and see their buffs and what type of enemy they are. Perhaps you have special arrows strong against that type. Perhaps you have some spells that do a type of damage that works well against him.

Takios,
@Takios@feddit.de avatar

BG3 Act 3 spoilersFinally beat it today after figuring out that one can stop the ritual by pulling Astarion out of his spot with the “Help” action…

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@kbin.social avatar

Congrats! Yeah, lots of tricky fights in that game are solvable by just observing statuses and such. The game exposes almost 100% of its information.

Meron35, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

A short hike. It’s like a super short cosy version of breath of the world’s platforming/exploration

caseyweederman,

Seconded. Nice and chill, with just a touch of coming-of-age parents-aren’t-invincible melancholy.
Using A Short Hike as a jumping off point and following the growing-pains and melancholy threads while maintaining the explore-and-talk aspects, I’d like to recommend Night in the Woods.

B0NK3RS, do games w Emulation
@B0NK3RS@lemmy.world avatar

I used to collect various systems and games but nowadays don’t have much left apart from my Dreamcast stuff. Cost, storage space and just the risk of something becoming unplayable mean emulation is my go to now.

PS1 is probably my most played system, I used ePSXe for years but recently switched to Duckstation and so far so good. Some of my all time favourites are GT2, Future Cop LAPD, Devil Dice, Colin McRae Rally 1/2.

If you want something to play on Dolphin then the GameCube version of Skies of Arcadia is excellent.

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

Open Roller Coaster Tycoon!

TheFriar,

Man, I loved roller coaster tycoon

jecht360, do games w Emulation
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  • Kir,
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    OMG Legend of Legaia. The nostalgia is strong!

    csm10495, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?
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    Overcooked could be fun and easy to get into.

    Noodle07,

    They’re gonna break up if they play overcooked xD

    LaserTurboShark69,

    That shit is STRESSFUL

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

    SIMS 3 and/or 4, Stardew Valley, Unpacking, Furnish Master, How To Bathe Your Cat

    Co-Op: It Takes Two, A Way Out, Unravel Two, Vampire Survivors (also solo)

    brygphilomena,

    Mario Kart and Mario Party.

    Animal Crossing.

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

    Killer Queen Black?

    Alenalda, do games w Emulation

    Just finished the entire MegaMan battle network 1-6 gba series on my retroid pocket.

    TheHobbyist, do games w Emulation
    • The whole Pokémon franchise on gameboy/GBC/GBA/DS…
    • Skullmonkeys on PS1
    • The Crash bandicoot trilogy on PS1
    • Abe’s Odysee on PS1

    If you want to play them on an android phone, lemuroid is a great plug and play emulator. If you want to play on a PC, retroarch works well, but I recommend to follow guides on their website to get started.

    wookiepedia, do games w Emulation

    Tony Hawk Pro Skater (and 2) on psx.

    Automodelista on ps2

    All the Gran Tourismo games from psx and ps2

    All iterations of Mario Kart from snes through wiiu

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

    Escape from Tarkov

    jbloggs777,

    Playing EFT is like being in an abusive relationship with Marie Kondo. If that idea rocks her boat, …

    Liz,

    Amnesia.

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