RPG game for noob girlfriend
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Since you mentionned the Wii, I would probably recommend the Paper Mario Series. At least, you can get the gamecube one and let her play.
A lot of the older equip-and-go RPG are a good suggestion. I have found that games like the Prince of Persia trilogy and surprisingly Animal Farm and Pikman are AMAZING female gateway games. That or go off of what books she reads.
This'll be alot more recognisable as 'Oblivion'.Sylryeth said:
TES 3 (Morrowind) has worse graphics, but much better storyline, gameplay and world IMO.
X is the best FF to start with, the TBS system instead of the ATB system allows for more time and to predict bosses actions, the graphics are easy on the eyes and the protagonist is pretty and relate able (because she wont know what the hell is going on either!) this is the game i got my friend to play, shes been hooked on rpg since.Thaius said:
fable 2 or fallout 3. Pick one. Also tell her that celebrities are in both. Liam Neeson and that lady from the Bond movies
Try to start her out easy, Give her Fire Emblem or Advance Wars, something with a storyline that's pretty much just rock paper scissors plus chess. Or Maybe a Mario RPG. Mario 64 is pretty good.
You can get emulators pretty easily and the roms for all of those are available via Google.
You can get emulators pretty easily and the roms for all of those are available via Google.
Baldur's Gate 2 is a relatively simple and older RPG and one of the first games I've played, and it's not entirely necessary to have played the first one for it to make sense. Though I could recommend that as well.
I was doing quite well introducing my non gaming girlfriend to games thanks to the likes of Peggle, Puzzle Quest (another good option), and a few other xbox live arcade titles. Sadly she's now addicted to Farmville *sigh*
I was doing quite well introducing my non gaming girlfriend to games thanks to the likes of Peggle, Puzzle Quest (another good option), and a few other xbox live arcade titles. Sadly she's now addicted to Farmville *sigh*
Everyone is different, remember that. I certainly can't disagree with the resounding call for KotOR, but only if she likes star wars.
Avoid anything that requires her to master camera control (KotOR almost plays itself, so it's not so much of a drama). Most new gamers (and especially women) have difficulty manipulating multiple things within the simulated 3D environs we all thrive in. Older games are better for that, being stuck with an isometric camera, or side-scrolling. If she wouldn't mind the dark setting, someone else suggested Diablo II, which is incidentally the first game my now wife got into.
If she's a real girly-girl, you're going to have a greater difficulty getting her 'into gaming', because what you will consider a good game will either have too steep a learning curve and/or not interest her in the slightest. To contribute something else, Sid Meier's Pirates! has a good combination of different game elements. The boat and sword combat are both easy to get a handle on, the game also has a little trading and romancing governors' daughters is a little rythem based minigame. That's another one my wife has really enjoyed.
Oh, and my wife is currently bashing her way through Dragon Age, which I described as "kinda like a 3D diablo"
Avoid anything that requires her to master camera control (KotOR almost plays itself, so it's not so much of a drama). Most new gamers (and especially women) have difficulty manipulating multiple things within the simulated 3D environs we all thrive in. Older games are better for that, being stuck with an isometric camera, or side-scrolling. If she wouldn't mind the dark setting, someone else suggested Diablo II, which is incidentally the first game my now wife got into.
If she's a real girly-girl, you're going to have a greater difficulty getting her 'into gaming', because what you will consider a good game will either have too steep a learning curve and/or not interest her in the slightest. To contribute something else, Sid Meier's Pirates! has a good combination of different game elements. The boat and sword combat are both easy to get a handle on, the game also has a little trading and romancing governors' daughters is a little rythem based minigame. That's another one my wife has really enjoyed.
Oh, and my wife is currently bashing her way through Dragon Age, which I described as "kinda like a 3D diablo"
KOTOR, as so many other people have suggested.
When she's angry at you, KOTOR 2. Hopefully she'll become so frustrated at the ending that she forgets all about your problem.
When she's angry at you, KOTOR 2. Hopefully she'll become so frustrated at the ending that she forgets all about your problem.
Morrowind or KotOR. I found a lot of girls like Diablo 2 (with good reason) but that is beyond OLD.
My brother wanted his girlfriend to try out Dragon Age: Origins on the Xbox. He insisted, and now she's even completed Dragon Age: Awakening.
It's a fun and entertaining game. Goes smoothly for any newb in learning.
It's a fun and entertaining game. Goes smoothly for any newb in learning.
Well, as has been mentioned a few times and personaly my favourite RPGs, oblivion and KOTOR could both be good choices, but that depends on how much she'd like the gametype (aka. whether she actualy likes star wars etc. lol)Udyrfrykte said:
Another game that was mentioned breifly earlier that seems to me would be a good choice would be Dreamfall - The Lingest Journey http://www.dreamfall.com/
Very heavily story driven, quite emmersive, and not to aggressive and hack + slash for a newcomer.
Might and Magic VI-IX They're all really old now but still a great bit of fun. Nice and simple games.
