Back in the day, I loved playing City of Heroes. After that, I played LOTRO for a while.
Since then, I have occasionally picked up random games like Fez or Ibb and Obb or Ori and the Blind Forest or Rollercoaster Tycoon.
I can’t tell you exactly what type of game I like because I don’t know exactly what type of game I like. I have terrible reflexes and coordination, so things that require too much of that are doomed to failure (I have poor Ori stuck in a place where he can neither survive nor move forward). I don’t know what made CoH and LOTRO good but WoW never grabbed me (though that could have been circumstances. My first husband was my playmate in MMORPGs, and it’s possible I’m just not interested without him).
I like things that have puzzle aspects, but if they are borderline unsolvable I’ll get frustrated.
I’m a pain in the ass!
But I have a yen to play something. I’ve got a new computer, though I don’t know its capabilities. I’ve got broadband. I’ve got a Playstation 4 (and 3). I’ve got money burning a hole in my pocket! I’ve got a Steam account (that’s how I got Ori).
Thoughts? Suggestions? Questions? You can tell me to drop dead but I’ll cry and cry.
There have been several well-received indie games in the last few years which you may want to try. I have purchased a couple on Steam though haven’t really played them yet.
Her Story: a detective game where you watch videos of a woman being interviews and try to figure out what happened to her missing husband.
Gone Home: an interactive adventure game where you explore a house to piece together the story
This war of mine: a strategy game where you play a civilian survivor in a war-torn city.
Have you ever played turn-based strategy games like Civilization? I like that they work for any stretch of play–as fun for 15 minutes as for hours. They can be paused and saved. No reflexes required. They can be single or multiplayer. And you can adjust the challenge to however hard you feel like thinking. They’re also infinitely replayable. Highly recommended if you’ve never checked them out.
I’ve also had a lot of fun with the Bethesda RPGs (Fallout, Skyrim, etc.), even though I’m not much of an RPG person. They are beautiful, well-crafted games with excellent music. Lots of different ways to play, including just going around and solving puzzles.
Final recommendation: I had a lot of fun with Papers, Please.
I forgot to answer this. I’ve only played non computer strategy games like Settlers of Catan, etc. I like them, but they don’t tend to be my first go-to. I think I like exploring and puzzles more than strategy, but I’m not dismissing any suggestions.
What did you like about City of Heroes and LoTRO? If you liked the combat and adventuring, most major RPG style games feature modes that are extremely easy for the casual “I just want to experience the story” player. Short of pulling a dragon’s tail when you’re level three, you can blunder through most combat and do fine. Dragon Age: Inquisition or Fallout 4 might interest you and be easy to play low settings (while also being relative shiny and new looking on your computer). Also, you can always raise the settings up if it’s coming across as too easy.
No real “puzzles” to either but both offer large worlds to explore.
That’s a really hard question for me to answer. I liked doing quests and getting new powers. Trying different types of power sets.
With things that are combat-oriented, I like being a tank so I don’t have to react as quickly. I swear, I have the hand-eye coordination of an oyster.
But a lot of it might have been that my then-husband and I played together. First CoH. Later LOTRO. He died in 2009 and I played LOTRO a few times after that, and tried WoW (I think) once. Maybe twice. So it might have just been a special case.
Sorry that I’m not as helpful as we’d both like me to be.
I should have mentioned (no idea if it’s relevant for anything anyone has suggested so far) that I really hate gore. So if anything involves exploding heads or zombies or oozing mutants, I’d rather not.
If you are trying out games on Steam, you should know it has a refund policy that allows you get your money back if you have played less than 2 hours and bought the game less than a week ago. So if something doesn’t work on your computer or you know right away it’s not fun for you, just get a refund.
Ooh! I just played this game and I enjoyed the heck out of it! Gravity Ghost. It’s also on Steam. No gore, no fighting. Lots of floating around and manipulating the gravity of small planets to propel you where you want to be.
You guys are awesome. I’m going to be super geeky and put all of the suggestions into a randomizer and let it pick one.
And thanks for the info about refunds on Steam, AEM.
I guess I could have clicked the thing to say what my computer is. Let’s see:
Intel Core i7 6500U @ 2.50 GHz
Windows 10
16.0 GB RAM
Years ago, I would have had a tiny, vague notion what that meant in relation to a video game. Now, I have no idea if I’ve got the hotness or the notsohotness.
I saw that! Sadly, because I’m not familiar with the world of gaming right now (nor have I ever been remotely expert), I have no idea where the suggestions people are making fall relative to the titles in that review. Still, I will do my research.
I think that pretty much every game listed in this thread is within the scope of your computer. You may just need tweak the graphics to get a good number of frames per second. If your graphics card can handle skyrim on low, i don’t think anything else in this thread will cause it to choke.
Those are mostly AAA titles from the last couple of years. If it runs those on low, there will only be a small handful of games that are unplayable, mostly in the kind of twitchy genres you’re not interested in.
Everything suggested so far in the thread will run fine on low-medium.
