Tired of Killing Things

[Soviet Heavy]

Not that I dislike combat focused games, but the relentless onslaught of FPS and gun based gameplay in E3 so far has just drained me from the mood to play anything violent. I need something happy and pacifistic for a change. Any suggestions? What do you guys usually turn to when you deal with this kind of burnout?

 

[Strain42]

I play Ace Attorney when I want to get out of any funk about killing things. Not only do you not kill anyone in those games, its your objective to punish those that do.

 

[QuantumNebula]

Personally, I am not necessarily tired of killing, but I am definitely tired of killing zombies. Zombies are so overdone and so boring.

 

[suntt123]

Viva Pinata is awesome.

Bit Trip Runner 2? It's a platformer. It's got boss battles but most of the game is basically fast paced-platforming, while avoiding obstacles to a catchy background tune. It's a surprisingly calming game and I really liked it.
Also, I've never played it but from what I've heard Fez is basically puzzle solving and platforming w/o combat.

Besides those you could always just look for puzzle games/simulators (Sims, anyone?) in general.

 

[The_Scrivener]

Some of my favorite non-kill everything games:

Space Channel 5
Chu Chu Rocket
Catherine
Daytona USA
Mario Kart 64
Heavy Rain
Portal
Portal 2
Nights: Into Dreams

 

[Tom_green_day]

Sick of something in E3? I'm sick of sports games. 70% of EA's conference was sports games, and I don't think the demographic for sports games is the same as the audience for E3. Maybe just be me. Seems like EA and Sony are stalling for time.

 

[thesilentman]

Platformers for me. The last time I got fed up with murdering skeletons and Undead, I turned to Mario Galaxy and Sonic Unleashed/Generations. Ahh, how the speed and platforming goodiness exists...

Also, I seem to have an aquired taste for Touhou, as I go into a Zen-like state playing the games, even though they're hard as nails. But that's just me.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Little Big Planet is great when I'm worn out on combat, or really any kind of puzzle platformer. Usually I'll get a friend over or I'll go to a friends house, and we'll play some Mario or Kirby or something.