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What games do you recommend for my girlfriend? (infosec.pub)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My girlfriend has never really gamed. But she’s now forced to move less than she would like to (health problem) and she’s getting bored. I was thinking of introducing her to a game or two that we could play together. She’s not the real action game type, and seeing as she has no experience with controller/mouse and keyboard I was thinking starting simple.

I can’t think of anything else than Factorio, as she likes organizing/keeping track of stuff.

Would you recommend against that or have anything better in mind? Let me know!

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It takes two is a fantastic experience to have with a loved one, even if inexperienced with games, it is very forgiving

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The gameplay of 'It takes two' is very fun, but the characters and the story can be infuriating. If they annoy you in the trailers or in a gameplay video, be aware that their dynamic stays like that a long time - we gave up on it after a while because of it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Exactly this. It's a terrible, outdated story that essentially sells "staying together for the kids." The whole way through we were both like "ye these two need to get divorced." The book is a villain.

Eta: game play was fun though

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yep, my girlfriend and I thought the same.

"Oh, I know how to solve our problem! We make our daughter cry!"
"But how?"
"Let's brutally murder her toy elephant!"

A+ parenting right there

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I assumed it was kid friendly. My soon to be 7 year old is just started Minecraft. He struggles with games so far as too complex for him, like lego Harry Potter or even hot wheels (all the ps+ kids games). I was hoping to try it takes two with him at some point. If the story is not nice, maybe that's not a great idea. Playing Rayman together was fun and forgiving as he just keeps reappearing when he dies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is mostly kid friendly.

Just the scene with the elephant is thrown in as a bit of a joke. But can be quite brutal if the child is too young to understand. But it is just about ripping up a toy. So not really all that brutal.

The rest of the game is completely fine though, would recommend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It's about ripping up a living, crying toy while it begs for its life, after chasing it through the area. It made me squirm and I'm a grown-ass adult.