Do actual NONviolent videogames exist?

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Jack and Calumon

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Myst holds the record for least Violent adventure game of all time. To quote the Guiness Book of Records Gamers Edition:

Least Violent Adventure game said:
Myst features almost no dialogue, no enemies, no time limit and no way of dying, making it the least violent adventure game of all time.
I guess Golf isn't violent either.

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Manicotti

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All the major puzzle games have been mentioned. My personal offer would be Portal as well, since pretty much all conflict is perpetrated against inanimate/inorganic materials (I haven't finished the game yet, just cleared room 19, so I may be wrong but don't want any spoilers outside "Still Alive"). Also, the Tycoon and Sims games (unless you go out of your way to grief the subjects, which isn't necessarily rewarded by game mechanics).
 

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A game that has absolutely no violence... *shutters* i mean hell, even basic point and click adventures usually have some violence somewhere (Machinarium uses low level violence throughout it) I guess racing games could be classified as non-volent, Osmos (if you look at it right), but actual full (decent selling games) that have no volence anywhere, dam near impossible, hell, the sims even allow violence (kill your sim, lay waste to you city), flight simulators you can crash.. basic violence/damage to yourself/others/property is a part of everything, if a game doesnt have it, it lacks conflict, lacks story, and you would have trouble classifying it as a game, the answer to you question would depend entirely on how strict a definition you use, the strictist definition will return 0 games simply because almost any action can be viewed as violence towards something, and without it, how do you loose.
Puzzle games being the exception as long as you dont take a, sorry, ****ing stupid outlook on them.
Oh, and i love war/fps games with exceptions (Osmos was a great game)
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Rylot said:
Any of the guitar/band games that have saturated the market.
Except Lego RockBand. In a challenge you use the power of ROCK to kick a giant octopus's ass.
 

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Not G. Ivingname said:
ClaptonKnophlerHendrix said:
Manhunt
Viva Pinata?
No, those dicks that make your unicorns explode cause violence.
Viva Pinata is one of the most violent games I have ever played. You beat them down with a shovel and then they engage in cannibalism.
 

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Puzzle and sim games, as stated before. Also, I've noticed a surprising amount of indie games aren't about violence. Which makes sense I guess, as they don't have to attempt to please the masses so they can make whatever they jolly well please.
 

SilverUchiha

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Pretty much any puzzle game with a few exceptions.

I'd say life simulators aren't really violent unless your a jerk... then again, I also wouldn't call them much of a game.

In all fairness, you can technically consider any game non-violent (depending on how you play). Example, if you have the build-commands in L4D, you can just spend your time building a zoo to house the special infected in. That's not violent, but creative and fun. In SSBB, you can run around the stage and do other random crap aside from fighting. Granted, these aren't the main purpose of these games, but they're still fun to do. :D
 

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Grimplewurst said:
Now, I know this is a murky topic and all that, but I'm looking for some opinions from all of you out there. Is there such a thing as a truly nonviolent video game. And before anyone comes up with something like "Deal or no deal (now on PC)" I'd like to point out that I'm talking violence in quite a broad sense... And besides, that's not a game.
Are we talking about a game in which the protagonist is non-violent, or one in which there is a total lack of violence.
 

Pyotr Romanov

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Borntolose said:
Mackheath said:
Mana Fiend said:
Tetris. Very simple game, nothing gets killed. Also, Pong.

Damn, ninja'd.
What about the blocks that disappear?

OT: Well, uh, Bejeweled?
What about the gems that disappear?

Rhythm games are non-violent.
What about the notes that disappear?

I'm sure there's SOME adventure game without violence... Unless you count crushing molecules and bacteria when walking.
 

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Iron Mal said:
If you could design what you called a 'non-violent' game, then what would it consist of?
A game of scrabble where you cant use offensive words, and you play against yourself

I cant tell if people are being sarcastic or not, but peoples definitions are violence seem to be expectionally broad, I suggest you look it up.
being able to crash your plane or car in a sim is no violence