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Portal 2: the epitome of puzzle games but with an actual plot and voice acting to gold plate the experience.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:48

Satsuma

Grim... wrote:

[Relation X] hasn't played a video game before. What should they play?

They haven’t played any video game before? Pac-Man, then. It’s the quintessential video game.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:50

Mimi

Animal Crossing.
Mario Party (if they’re playing at a family house over Christmas, for example).
Luigi’s Mansion.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:57

Kern

Cannon Fodder - an example of using games as a slightly-quirky way of making political/ethical points (see also 'Papers Please')
The Secret of Monkey Island - proving that games can be just as funny, well-written, and engaging as any good novel or film
Outrun - turn up the music and chillout
Chuckie Egg - the platformer in its purest form.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:02

Bamba wrote:

Portal 2: the epitome of puzzle games but with an actual plot and voice acting to gold plate the experience.

This was exactly MrsDoc's gateway into modern gaming, having not played much of anything after Mario Kart in college. I was playing it, the voice acting gradually drew her in, eventually she tried some of the co-op with me, then she did the single player.

The controls were hard work for her at first, though. But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:07

Satsuma

Quote:

Outrun

I’d take Outrun 2 over Outrun/Burnout. Such a beautiful, simple and rewarding game with even better music.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:08

LewieP

Portal.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:27

Cras

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The controls were hard work for her at first, though. But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

You disgust me.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:29

Cras wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The controls were hard work for her at first, though. But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

You disgust me.

Your disgust is the wind beneath my wings.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:37

Bobbyaro

Surely the top twenty of the best beex games list??

In all seriousness, peggle.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:54

I think I'd have to start my list with Pong.

I'd be tempted to put another 18 Atari 2600 games and then #20 can be Horizon Zero Dawn or something just to see them ASPLODE.

I think it would go:

Pong
Pac-man
Galaga
Breakout / Arknoid
Super Mario Bros

I'm unsure about the order of these ones:
Quake 2 or Half Life
MarioKart Double Dash
Resident Evil
Final Fantasy 7
Doom (2016)
Gran Turismo
Street Fighter 2
Geometry Wars
GTA5

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:54

Curiosity

Minecraft

Whatever the current single player FPS de jour is (on easy)

GTA Online (with friends)

I Expect You To Die (with people watching and laughing)

XCOM 2

Just Cause 2 (I didn’t play the subsequent ones so sub them in if better - included as it’s just a ridiculously fun romp)

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:55

GazChap

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

Good work.

Cras wrote:

You disgust me.

You disgust yourself

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:56

GazChap wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

Good work.

Cras wrote:

You disgust me.

You disgust yourself

Filthy whores.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 13:59

Grim... wrote:

Filthy whores.

But you like filthy whores.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:00

Kern

The Megadrive version or the Amstrad one?

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:00

GazChap wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

Good work.

The only time in my life I've had that tabula rasa scenario. I could have stood by and let her learn to play without it. She had no natural preference either way. But my moment came, and I did not hesitate.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:03

devilman

Grim... wrote:

I think Geometry Wars is a good shout, but some of the others would be rather off-putting to someone who hadn't played a game before. Although I think it would also partly depend on the age of the person too - the only games I've ever got my Mum to play have been Tetris and Wii Sports, for instance.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:07

devilman wrote:

I think Geometry Wars is a good shout, but some of the others would be rather off-putting to someone who hadn't played a game before.

That's why they start with Pong.

Tetris is totally going on the list.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:09

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

GazChap wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

Good work.

I'm already curious about what'll happen when I get to the same moment with Mrs B over Christmas. Oh, and my niece as well who's getting a PS4 for Christmas. I'll report back on whether they make the one correct choice, or if they should be forever known as filthy wrongbrains.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:10

Satsuma

Quote:

Wii Sports

This is a brilliant shout. I’ve never known anyone not enjoy it.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:11

Note that if they invert like FILTHY UNNATURALS they'll forever be digging into menus to change the controls.

Unless they play Halo which is fucking dope when it comes to configuring your controls and set a standard every game should follow.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:14

TheVision

The Xbox 360 had the feature set in the console menu didn't it? On the Xbox One, you have to go into each game and change it... Sigh....

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:17

MrChris

Cras wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The controls were hard work for her at first, though. But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

You disgust me.

I have this argument with the kids all the time. They get super pissed off when I leave invert Y axis on in their games.... I've tried to get them to convert to the right way of doing things but they insist I'm a weirdo.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:18

Trooper

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

GazChap wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

Good work.

You did the only thing possible, as if she had got used to the wrong way, you would have had to divorce at some point in the near future.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:20

Cras

MrChris wrote:

Cras wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The controls were hard work for her at first, though. But I made sure to make her a fan of the One True Control Setting ie. inverted y-axis.

You disgust me.

You are. Unless you're flying a plane.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:20

Grim... wrote:

Note that if they invert like FILTHY UNNATURALS they'll forever be digging into menus to change the controls.

Yeah, that is the downside to having a brain that works properly. It's not an issue for my girlfriend as she'll always benefit from my games being set correctly before she even picks up a controller but it'll be annoying for my niece if she makes the One True Choice. Fuck Trump and Brexit; being persecuted like this for neural purity is the biggest indicator yet that we're living in the darkest timeline.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:20

MrChris

The boys were a blank slate in this respect but they were insistent it was just wrong. maybe it's genetic.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:24

Trooper

Wot no Joust? The single best and most intuitive control scheme ever created.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:25

People, people. I say we can set aside our differences and come together as one against our true common enemy: the invert Xers.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:31

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

People, people. I say we can set aside our differences and come together as one against our true common enemy: the invert Xers.

What in the fuck kind of foul pervert even does that?

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:33

Trooper

Invert Xers are a myth, put about by the non-inverting Ys to try and shift focus from their deviancy and to try and tar all true inverters with the brush of lunacy.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:45

Kern

Bamba wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

People, people. I say we can set aside our differences and come together as one against our true common enemy: the invert Xers.

What in the fuck kind of foul pervert even does that?

Sailors.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:47

People that move strafe to the right stick are a thing for sure, though.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 14:54

Mr Dave

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

People, people. I say we can set aside our differences and come together as one against our true common enemy: the invert Xers.

the x axis is an odd thing. On 3rd person games, does left mean move the camera physically to the left, and so rotating the view to the right, or the camera view to the left?

I genuinely couldn't say which is what I would expect without actually seeing what I did with a pad in hand. (all I know is beyond good and evil did the opposite of what I expected, and you couldn't change it) I suspect, although I'm not sure, that my mind has flipped multiple times on this.

I do know that my mind has done weird things for the y axis. Back in the heady days of Duke 3d, when I was trying to get mouse control to work (and rebind all the keys, because mouse control wasn't really a thing back then... Doom had mouse up as walk forward), I had to invert the y axis, else I couldn't aim well.
I found the same thing on the 2 stick pad (timesplitters 2...)

Then, for no apparent reason, when I came back to mouse controls I had to uninvert the y axis in order to play, while remaining inverted on the pad.

I'm not sure how that happened.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 15:24

Bobbyaro

If you invert y, but not X, all arguments are null and void.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 15:53

Warhead

Kern wrote:

Chuckie Egg - the platformer in its purest form.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 15:57

Warhead

Grim... wrote:

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Tetris is totally going on the list.

too, but preferably the original and best MS-DOS version with no fancy whistles and bells.

Mon Dec 10, 2018 16:04