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Basically anything your girlfriend is interested in buddy.
Luckily my girlfriend was already head deep into gaming culture when we met (how deep? Silent Hill 2... you can probably tell that we love each other very much), so our first pool together was Portal 2.
And then Borderlands 2... still pretty tame, but we were basically equals when it came to new things.
A few weeks later, she wanted to jump the shark so high you could literally touch the moon, so we dove into my collection so she could check out Silent Hill's wacky cousin Metal Gear Solid. BOY THAT WAS A FUN FEW WEEKS LET ME TELL YAH. Had less to do with "how to play" and more to do with "WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON?!"
Just treat her as your equal in this hobby. if she's interested in something you deem too complex DON'T STOP HER, let her put her feet in and go for it.
No backseat gaming, fun only...
...Final Destination.
Luckily my girlfriend was already head deep into gaming culture when we met (how deep? Silent Hill 2... you can probably tell that we love each other very much), so our first pool together was Portal 2.
And then Borderlands 2... still pretty tame, but we were basically equals when it came to new things.
A few weeks later, she wanted to jump the shark so high you could literally touch the moon, so we dove into my collection so she could check out Silent Hill's wacky cousin Metal Gear Solid. BOY THAT WAS A FUN FEW WEEKS LET ME TELL YAH. Had less to do with "how to play" and more to do with "WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON?!"
Just treat her as your equal in this hobby. if she's interested in something you deem too complex DON'T STOP HER, let her put her feet in and go for it.
No backseat gaming, fun only...
...Final Destination.
As someone who has tried to introduce multiple people (who had little to no experience with videogames) to gaming, I don't think Jang is treating his girlfriend like an idiot at all. There are so many things we take for granted when it comes to understanding games that even something quite simple like Telltale's The Walking Dead can be overwhelming to get into for someone without those points of reference.Daystar Clarion said:
Everyone is different, some people pick videogames up faster than others, but I think it's reasonable for Jang to play it safe at first, at least until they get a sense of what their girlfriend can handle.
Obviously, this applies to both genders, and my advice would be the same for a boyfriend.
Also you'll never know what she likes or will start to like just let her try a lot of different things. For example my so saw me play Last Stand co-op mode of Dawn of War II, she wanted to join in so I bought her the game we played a few games together but she didn't really like it but she found the game world to be interesting so I showed her some youtube videos about the warhammer 40k universe. Now she has played all the Dawn of War games and all the Starcraft games which borrow heavily from Warhammer 40k, story and world wise I mean.
Civilization 5, Portal 2 and such go down well as introductory games. If they really havent played much at all CoD is gonna be bad since people hate losing.
Tbh though: Mario Kart.
Go buy a Wii U and Mario Kart 8. Problem solved right there.
Tbh though: Mario Kart.
Go buy a Wii U and Mario Kart 8. Problem solved right there.
Maybe a lego game? They are fairly easy and fun into player. Or maybe Portal 2 is a fun two player.
Destiny, I hate to say it but Destiny is the COD or Madden of MMORPG's right now. It's simple, lacks content, lacks movement. The AI isn't that complex so it's hard to miss unless there bat like enemies and you can't be free, or a badass since you fight at your own level, and are not really more powerful besides with pvping players which sets the tone of video games for her to tell her to hunker down.
I would then move up with better, and more complex games like Star Citizen.
( Just kidding tell her to get minecraft to start screw Destiny)
I would then move up with better, and more complex games like Star Citizen.
( Just kidding tell her to get minecraft to start screw Destiny)
Assassin's Creed: Dark and Complex.
Seriously, whatever she likes. Just try not to backseat. Offer help only when she asks for it and be patient while she gets used to it. The worst thing you can do is to be patronizing and impatient.
Portal. Portal has the most elegant and well paced tutorial designs I've ever seen.
I think it would help people more to know what she is interested in, rather than your taste in games. Films, books, artists, whatever will help people offer something with comparable aesthetics and themes.
Seriously, whatever she likes. Just try not to backseat. Offer help only when she asks for it and be patient while she gets used to it. The worst thing you can do is to be patronizing and impatient.
Portal. Portal has the most elegant and well paced tutorial designs I've ever seen.
I think it would help people more to know what she is interested in, rather than your taste in games. Films, books, artists, whatever will help people offer something with comparable aesthetics and themes.
One of the GTA games or something similar. Non-gamers enjoy open world games such as GTA the most. So either that or Just Cause 2 or any number of modern open world games where you can do whatever you want around modern cities.
My advice is something you can play together and feel like a team. My girlfriend has always been a gamer but I think the experience holds true none the less. We love playing SWTOR together. Its free, runs on anything decent, and it fills her love of narrative driven bioware experience, while I get all the complexion of an MMO (not implying that she doesn't like complex games). Most importantly we get to interact with each other in meaningful ways and feel like we are doing something together.
I don't know, my girlfriend gets bored of open worlds pretty quickly. She likes linearity and instant gratification (in games!).Adam Jensen said:
Sims 2 Complete. Cheap, easy to get into, N00B-friendly pace, and insane onion-like layers of complexity once you master just keeping the little fucks alive.
I'm now left wondering how I feel this to be both earth shatteringly hilarious and awkwardly frightening at the same time when I imagine you touching FlatOut 2. I'm just trying to imagine this and...well...Phasmal said:
I don't quite know what to type when both "ROFL" and "HALP" are both running through my mind with equal emotion.
My girlfriend is way smarter than me; she has a PhD in ancient languages, teaches courses at one of the best universities in the world and organizes conferences which manage to concentrate some of the leading experts in her field in a single room for the sole purpose of trying to decipher the smattering of inscriptions left behind by priests and tax collectors on a single island three thousand years ago. She also loves the Walking Dead, Indiana Jones, Dr Who, Star Wars and the works of JRR Tolkien (which was kinda how we hooked up ten years ago, she speaks elvish). I mention this only to establish that I am in love with a very, very smart geek who spends less than a tenth of her time playing video games than I do. Well, I'm also kind of showing off, but there's a serious point too:
Before I tried to get my girlfriend into games she played Heroes of Might and Magic, Total War and Civilization. Very much a strategy gamer, with elements of story but not too much. I tried to share a couple of games I was into, but the one she really hooked onto was Fallout 3. Initially I had to persuade her to load it up by telling her Liam Neeson played a major character (a favorite actor of hers), but the real reason I got it for her was because it had story, a detailed world and combat which didn't require you to use reflexes over decision making, things she likes in a game. Four years later and she's still playing it and discovering bits I never have, we get to bond and geek out about these experiences just like we talk about the latest episode of The Walking Dead, the latest Hobbit film or whether we should go to OxonMoot this year. These are the things that build a relationship.
So yeah, my point is: work out what she's into, actually talk to her and ask her about this stuff. If she's into games you haven't heard of then give them a try and see if you can see what she's into and then recommend more stuff along the same lines that you enjoy too. From your list it seems you're very much into RPGs, that's not a bad start, see if there are rpgs that she might be into too (again, I recommend turn-based stuff, but that's a choice valid to my situation, not necessarily yours). If you're in the kind of situation where you play and she sits and watches (I know some people do this, I've certainly done it with friends) then hand over the controller and ask if she'd like to try.
There's a certain intimacy which occurs when you share your hobbies with someone you love, be it watching them play a game, talking about a film or TV show you both enjoy or even just talking with them about your experiences with a hobby they don't participate in (to a point, my girlfriend likes to hear about my tabletop RPG campaigns, less so about my dice rolls or leveling up strategy) I'd encourage you to share your passion for games with her, and allow her to share her passion for games with you. She might just surprise you with what she's into.
Before I tried to get my girlfriend into games she played Heroes of Might and Magic, Total War and Civilization. Very much a strategy gamer, with elements of story but not too much. I tried to share a couple of games I was into, but the one she really hooked onto was Fallout 3. Initially I had to persuade her to load it up by telling her Liam Neeson played a major character (a favorite actor of hers), but the real reason I got it for her was because it had story, a detailed world and combat which didn't require you to use reflexes over decision making, things she likes in a game. Four years later and she's still playing it and discovering bits I never have, we get to bond and geek out about these experiences just like we talk about the latest episode of The Walking Dead, the latest Hobbit film or whether we should go to OxonMoot this year. These are the things that build a relationship.
So yeah, my point is: work out what she's into, actually talk to her and ask her about this stuff. If she's into games you haven't heard of then give them a try and see if you can see what she's into and then recommend more stuff along the same lines that you enjoy too. From your list it seems you're very much into RPGs, that's not a bad start, see if there are rpgs that she might be into too (again, I recommend turn-based stuff, but that's a choice valid to my situation, not necessarily yours). If you're in the kind of situation where you play and she sits and watches (I know some people do this, I've certainly done it with friends) then hand over the controller and ask if she'd like to try.
There's a certain intimacy which occurs when you share your hobbies with someone you love, be it watching them play a game, talking about a film or TV show you both enjoy or even just talking with them about your experiences with a hobby they don't participate in (to a point, my girlfriend likes to hear about my tabletop RPG campaigns, less so about my dice rolls or leveling up strategy) I'd encourage you to share your passion for games with her, and allow her to share her passion for games with you. She might just surprise you with what she's into.