Need games that can be played one-handed
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I'm not sure if he plays Magic: The Gathering, but even if he doesn't the Duels of the Planeswalker games are easily played one handed. Even if he doesn't play, it has a good tutorial if it is something you think he'd be interested in.
Most of the ones I think of are turn based strategy games so they may or may not be for him. Still they're worth a look
X-Com (old but really awesome and easy to find)
Master of Orion 2 (also old but has the depth of an ocean)
Fate of the world
Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Victoria 2 (very hard games without victory conditions beyond how you want to change history)
Cthulhu saves the world (an old School and hilarious RPG)
Breath of Dead 7 (Cthulhu saves the worlds little brother)
Total war (any of them but Shogun 2 was my favorite)
Plants vs zombies (funny tower defense game that he might have missed when it was really popular)
Civilization (any of them)
X-Com (old but really awesome and easy to find)
Master of Orion 2 (also old but has the depth of an ocean)
Fate of the world
Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Victoria 2 (very hard games without victory conditions beyond how you want to change history)
Cthulhu saves the world (an old School and hilarious RPG)
Breath of Dead 7 (Cthulhu saves the worlds little brother)
Total war (any of them but Shogun 2 was my favorite)
Plants vs zombies (funny tower defense game that he might have missed when it was really popular)
Civilization (any of them)
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Heheheheheheheh. Heh.
They're very much an acquired taste, but ASCII rogulikes likes ADOM or Nethack don't use the mouse at all.
Heheheheheheheh. Heh.
They're very much an acquired taste, but ASCII rogulikes likes ADOM or Nethack don't use the mouse at all.
I came into this thread expecting different suggestions for games...
Escapist, I am disapoint.
But I imagine RTS games would work, most of them only really need a mouse, with hotkeys optionally.
Escapist, I am disapoint.
But I imagine RTS games would work, most of them only really need a mouse, with hotkeys optionally.
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes. Doesn't take a boss PC to run, and it can be played entirely with the mouse. As a matter of fact, same goes for a lot of turn-based strategy games on PC.
(Except the bit about your PC being boss in some cases.)
(Except the bit about your PC being boss in some cases.)
I have a friend who I do l4d2 with occasionally, who only has one arm. We play realism expert mode, and run & gun most of the levels. So I'm going to have to say that pretty much all games are possible if you put in enough effort.
Granted he's lived with it his whole life, so he likely has an advantage in that regard.
Games that are the easiest to play one handed though, I would say, are:
IL2 Sturmovik (Original or Cliffs of Dover) | Flight Sim
Starcraft 2 | A lot of the custom maps can be quite fun, and fairly easy to play laidback with one hand
Aventure games like, Monkey Islands, Space Quest, Kings Quest. Some of the newer ones like Gemini Rue, Sherlock Holmes collection.
Simplified RPGs that use turn based combat or are excessively easy. KOTOR 1&2. Arcanum, Fallout 1&2.
Turn based grand strategy games like Civilization, Hearts of Iron.
I'm sure racing games can also be played pretty easily one handed, but I really don't like racing games that much(I didn't even register my free copy of Dirt 3 or whatever, despite it having like a 50$ value) so you're on your own there.
As far as FPS games, you're going to have difficulty finding something easy to play. You could make a modified setup if you have a mouse with quite a few buttons, to make everything easier(IE RMB is run forwards rather than using WSAD). But strafing will still be a problem so I'd recommend single player or coop games only.
Granted he's lived with it his whole life, so he likely has an advantage in that regard.
Games that are the easiest to play one handed though, I would say, are:
IL2 Sturmovik (Original or Cliffs of Dover) | Flight Sim
Starcraft 2 | A lot of the custom maps can be quite fun, and fairly easy to play laidback with one hand
Aventure games like, Monkey Islands, Space Quest, Kings Quest. Some of the newer ones like Gemini Rue, Sherlock Holmes collection.
Simplified RPGs that use turn based combat or are excessively easy. KOTOR 1&2. Arcanum, Fallout 1&2.
Turn based grand strategy games like Civilization, Hearts of Iron.
I'm sure racing games can also be played pretty easily one handed, but I really don't like racing games that much(I didn't even register my free copy of Dirt 3 or whatever, despite it having like a 50$ value) so you're on your own there.
As far as FPS games, you're going to have difficulty finding something easy to play. You could make a modified setup if you have a mouse with quite a few buttons, to make everything easier(IE RMB is run forwards rather than using WSAD). But strafing will still be a problem so I'd recommend single player or coop games only.
Violated Heroine >_>
Joking aside (or maybe not, I'm not in the place to judge your brother), Audiosurf is an excellent time killer, that combined with Acid Mothers Temple, and you got unlimited fun playtime.
Crusader Kings II it's a good choice too, you can manage most stuff in that game with just one hand, I mostly save my free hand to pause and resume.
Joking aside (or maybe not, I'm not in the place to judge your brother), Audiosurf is an excellent time killer, that combined with Acid Mothers Temple, and you got unlimited fun playtime.
Crusader Kings II it's a good choice too, you can manage most stuff in that game with just one hand, I mostly save my free hand to pause and resume.
He can play through at least the first half an hour of Final Fantasy XIII. Considering that I got that far by just pressing a single button over and over again, and after a point closing my eyes and just pointing the joystick forwards