Mom-friendly 'pretty' rpg
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Pokemon?
Its no Crysis game visually, but it has a cohesive visual style and customization as far as your party and their moves.
Not to mention, its pretty easy to explain the basics:
Elemental rock paper scissors, physical and ranged "Special" sets of attack and defense, Pokemon evolve in a variety of ways, ALWAYS CATCH THE SPARKLY ONE, etc.
It isn't so great on the Role Playing aspect, but it would be a decent introduction to gaming.
Its no Crysis game visually, but it has a cohesive visual style and customization as far as your party and their moves.
Not to mention, its pretty easy to explain the basics:
Elemental rock paper scissors, physical and ranged "Special" sets of attack and defense, Pokemon evolve in a variety of ways, ALWAYS CATCH THE SPARKLY ONE, etc.
It isn't so great on the Role Playing aspect, but it would be a decent introduction to gaming.
Daggerfall.
Maybe she should give "The Shining Force" a try, if you have a Genesis/a rare PC copy. It's Fire Emblem's precursor, except without perma-death.
Maybe she should give "The Shining Force" a try, if you have a Genesis/a rare PC copy. It's Fire Emblem's precursor, except without perma-death.
Oblivion on easy? The skill system is a bit of a ***** but that's the only really difficult part.
EDIT: DA2 is about as easy as you get for the RPG elements, even if it's not as good as DA:O. For someone less initiated to RPG elements, it's a good place to start.
EDIT: DA2 is about as easy as you get for the RPG elements, even if it's not as good as DA:O. For someone less initiated to RPG elements, it's a good place to start.
If she likes A Song of Ice and Fire, maybe she'd like Dragon Age: Origins (on the PC). They based it partly on ASoIaF, and it has similar themes.
This thread really got me thinking.
I wanted to echo "Dragon Age", because that series obviously has the storytelling chops to interest a fantasy reader. Then I started thinking about the fact that modern videogame RPGs are about 90% combat. Even if you set the difficulty to "non-existent" and the leveling to automatic, wouldn't most non-gamers be completely turned off by the sheer volume of repetitive combat in these games?
I could see a "mom" really enjoying the stories and characters and choices in a Bioware game, but you definitely spend the majority of your time shooting or stabbing things. This feels like a pretty strong indictment of where we are right now.
I wanted to echo "Dragon Age", because that series obviously has the storytelling chops to interest a fantasy reader. Then I started thinking about the fact that modern videogame RPGs are about 90% combat. Even if you set the difficulty to "non-existent" and the leveling to automatic, wouldn't most non-gamers be completely turned off by the sheer volume of repetitive combat in these games?
I could see a "mom" really enjoying the stories and characters and choices in a Bioware game, but you definitely spend the majority of your time shooting or stabbing things. This feels like a pretty strong indictment of where we are right now.
Oblivion and Fable sounds like a good idea. Even better, wait for Skyrim.
From what I read she's not really into Sci-Fi, but if she is, you could make her try Mass Effect, but it might not excactly be the best choice since it's not the easiest game out there.
If anyone recommends Witcher 2, bad choice, it's really difficult
From what I read she's not really into Sci-Fi, but if she is, you could make her try Mass Effect, but it might not excactly be the best choice since it's not the easiest game out there.
If anyone recommends Witcher 2, bad choice, it's really difficult
I recommend Sacred 1, Diablo II, Fate, Torchlight, Neverwinter Nights series and the Gothic series. If she want's to try her hand at something decidedly more epic there is the Elder Scrolls series, Sacred 2, Arcanum, and Lionheart. Those are the ones my mom likes, anyway.
Oblivion or Fable 2/3. Preferably Fable because it's easier to get into and it has co-op so you can help her get the hang of it.
Final Fantasy XIII.
I mean, you run down corridors and just press X to attack for 20 hours. It'll be very empowering for her. Also a very pretty game. Shame there's no customisation.
Most games are too complex for non-gamers to play, trust me. RPGs are some of the worst
I mean, you run down corridors and just press X to attack for 20 hours. It'll be very empowering for her. Also a very pretty game. Shame there's no customisation.
Most games are too complex for non-gamers to play, trust me. RPGs are some of the worst
That's why you get her to roll on a PVE-RP server. Not a lot of name-calling and no corpse-campingBrutal Peanut said:
I've played on both pure PVE and PVE-RP servers and had a wonderful time (I met my fiance in a pug Naxx 25. cute undead rogue who turned out to be local, single and and compatible). Even most PVP realms (so I've been told), you really don't get flagged/into combat until you reach level 20 and leave your race's starting zones. And by level 20, you can somewhat take care of yourself in the world.
Uh what? I'm still playing Oblivion 4 years after release and I think I spent 8 hours yesterday just running around and exploring caves for treasure and questing. Some of the story arcs in Oblivion, especially Knights of the Nine, are epic in scope. And I say this as an English major.bussinrounds said:
The Paper Mario games are both very accesible and incredibly fun. I can absolutely recommend these to you, your mom or pretty much anyone else.
...You cold hearted bastard.GrimHeaper said:Demon soulsTealia3 said:My mom is interested into taking up some gaming. She is a bit of a fantasy nut (reads different fantasy books, Song of Fire and Ice, etc), and she wants to find a game that she could play.
- Nice landscapes, visuals
- Not too difficult or complex (she gets frustrated when she doesn't understand something right away)
- Fantasy rpg, ability to create and customize a character
Me and my sister were thinking Fable II/III, but if you guys could suggest anything else, it would be nice to give her some options.
EDIT: By mom-friendly, I meant mostly difficulty/complexity of the game. She's not too prudish when it comes to romance/sex/violence!
Easiest game ever.
I love you hahaha.
Then I was probably just unlucky in my choice of servers, which I'm sure can happen. Since I had jumped from being nearly max in a PVP server, to a PVE server. I then leveled three 60's that turned into five 80's. But I agree that in my PVE server there was little to no corpse camping, but I do remember a large amount of trolls and name-calling, but mostly in the Major cities. We also used to round up a lot of people and go decimate starting areas. Horde was a bit better then Alliance, but all they could talk about was the 'stupid' Alliance, and the raids on Alliance starting areas was more frequent. lol. And really, being level 20 in a PVP server, managing to get flagged and pummeled by a group of max-level Horde or Alliance who are there specifically to kill and grief you (for the Lulz), does literally nothing to shield you. It can really be a frustrating situation if you managed, somehow, to get into the middle of it.thecatsme0w said:That's why you get her to roll on a PVE-RP server. Not a lot of name-calling and no corpse-campingBrutal Peanut said:
As for relationships, I bonded with my Husband (then boyfriend) over the game. Really, it's one of the main reasons we met. Not exactly in-game, but it was a reference to the game that made us start talking in the first place. =]p I also have friends from that game that carried over into real life friends, and that I've known for 'years'. We don't really play anymore but we talk a lot and play other multi-players. W.o.W can be very fun, especially socially if you can avoid the drama,......Damn it, now I want to start playing again,...>_>