What 'mindless' games do you enjoy playing?
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Hack-o-slash-o-button-mash-o type games so like...Sengoku Basara on Wii or Samurai Warriors on PS2.
Vanquish.
The only characters I even vaguely liked in this were Burns(because of his cool mech arm) and the Russian guy(just because he's evil and his mech suit is really cool) and the storyline was predictable and it leaves itself open to a sequel and one doesn't appear to be in production(at least to my knowledge).
But I still play it. Super speeding through a robot horde, bullet time shooting everything that goes past cannot be compared to much else at the moment. It just get's the blood pumping.
The only characters I even vaguely liked in this were Burns(because of his cool mech arm) and the Russian guy(just because he's evil and his mech suit is really cool) and the storyline was predictable and it leaves itself open to a sequel and one doesn't appear to be in production(at least to my knowledge).
But I still play it. Super speeding through a robot horde, bullet time shooting everything that goes past cannot be compared to much else at the moment. It just get's the blood pumping.
Good old Shadowrun. Nothing quite like fighting some of the best bots ever designed and kicking the shit out of an entire team of RNA 
Good times... I'm going to go play it now...
Good times... I'm going to go play it now...
I was gonna say Call of Duty, but I kinda realized that Search and Destroy in Modern Warfare 2 (if you don't run into Danger Close Noob tubes), is actually a thinking mans game.
I have found myself playing a lot of the Just Cause 2 demo lately.
I take great pleasure in jacking a Helicopter, flying it to the top of the sky box, jumping out and then trying to get back into it and land it before it reaches the ground.
I have found myself playing a lot of the Just Cause 2 demo lately.
I take great pleasure in jacking a Helicopter, flying it to the top of the sky box, jumping out and then trying to get back into it and land it before it reaches the ground.
Not as mindless as Serious Sam or Doom, but I've recently gotten into Halo Reach's firefight mode. I've actually had more fun with it so far than on my second playthrough of Human Revolution.
Also, someone else mentioned Pokemon. Not sure if I'd call that mindless(it is an RPG, just aimed at kids),but I love me a bit of Pokemon, particularly FireRed.
Also, someone else mentioned Pokemon. Not sure if I'd call that mindless(it is an RPG, just aimed at kids),but I love me a bit of Pokemon, particularly FireRed.
I'm with this guyDfskelleton said:
when I'm in the mood to brain my way through, I go play Ultima 4 or Deus Ex
but when I'm in the mood for just "fuck everything", I go to my 90s collection
hell, right now I'm giving the Quake expansion "Scourge of Armagon" a playthrough
fucking robotic scorpions man
The old Smackdown games.
Helped me remember back to when i could stay up late every thursday just to watch it.
Helped me remember back to when i could stay up late every thursday just to watch it.
I love me some mindless games. Serious Sam HD, Painkiller, Doom, Just Cause, Dead Rising. The list goes on, I can play these games for ages just enjoying the simple gameplay even with its flaws. What bothers me is a mindless game with the pretense of being more.
On the flip side I hate it when a mindlessly fun game tries to act like it's more than that or just blatantly tries to snuggle up with the big shooters of the day, I'm looking at you Duke Nukem Forever, yes YOU with all your wannabe COD/Halo gimmicks and your stupid cutscene narrative, 2 weapons at a time, regen health grey/brown slow as hell movement stuff!
Oh some non FPS titles to add now. Streets of Rage 2 (especially on co-op) Gunstar Heroes, Saints Row 2 and to some extent Super Meat Boy.
On the flip side I hate it when a mindlessly fun game tries to act like it's more than that or just blatantly tries to snuggle up with the big shooters of the day, I'm looking at you Duke Nukem Forever, yes YOU with all your wannabe COD/Halo gimmicks and your stupid cutscene narrative, 2 weapons at a time, regen health grey/brown slow as hell movement stuff!
Oh some non FPS titles to add now. Streets of Rage 2 (especially on co-op) Gunstar Heroes, Saints Row 2 and to some extent Super Meat Boy.
OH MY-neonsword13-ops said:Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
Shooting giant ants is fun but when you throw in a gigantic "Daddy Long Legs"...
Shit gets real.
*Faints*
(Seriously arachniphobic)
qwop or globetrotter xl for online games of mindlessness
plants v zombies is also pretty mindless ... rockband ... you know when you get in a groove and then suddenly you look away and you have highway vision? ... yeah that's pretty mindless right?
plants v zombies is also pretty mindless ... rockband ... you know when you get in a groove and then suddenly you look away and you have highway vision? ... yeah that's pretty mindless right?