game gift suggestions

psi43 · December 10, 2011 09:44 AM

Quote from: rtil on December 10, 2011 05:57 AM
i'm not sure if sonic generations or bioshock would run so great on his computer.

Sonic Generations doesn't even run smoothly on my PC so I'd say no.

Manhunt.

cipher · December 10, 2011 09:24 PM

Warcraft 3 is another good RTS. If you get the expansion, it has a pretty good (and long) single player campaign, but the online is so good that it's probably not as worth the buy if you plan to ignore it.

funzop · December 11, 2011 01:39 AM

Quote from: rtil on December 9, 2011 11:24 PM
um yeah, i'm not getting him minecraft. the "game" is $30 now (LOL), i wouldn't even play it for free and i certainly wouldn't give it as a gift to anyone else.

i guess i should have been more specific. i'm not looking for some kind of boring sandbox for people with aspergers,

hahaha

ZennyPLUS · December 11, 2011 05:07 AM

If you're looking to get him Wii games, I suggest the Trauma Center series. New Hope and Trauma Team have some pretty good voice acting and story. Plus using the Wii's controls as tools to operate on patients was fun and interesting. If you wanna get him interested in fighting games, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Ultimate All-Stars is a good place to start.

Sorry for the oversized images, it's the best I could find on google.

rtil · December 11, 2011 05:26 AM

lol.. i just looked up the trailer for trauma center. what a strange premise for a game. it might gross him out he's terrified of blood and things like that. but he does like super smash brothers, so he'd probably like a fighting game nwo that i think about it.

trent bortknob · December 11, 2011 07:32 PM

skyward sword

rtil · December 11, 2011 11:18 PM

that's a good idea but i'd have to buy a wii motion plus controller as well

cipher · December 11, 2011 11:51 PM

you can get a bundle, but overall it will still cost more than most of the suggestions you seem to favor

rtil · December 12, 2011 12:00 AM

yea money's not really an issue.. i actually went ahead and bought skyward sword and then a wii remote plus separately. alll the pc games he would really like, probably would run like crap on his computer. i'd get him a new computer for christmas if i could.

trent bortknob · December 12, 2011 12:12 AM

i wish you were my older brother so i could get skyward sword for christmas

rtil · December 12, 2011 12:37 AM

i'll send you a page i ripped out from the instruction manual if that makes you feel any better

naturally · December 12, 2011 03:59 AM

Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii) Trailer

i would definitely recommend this for wii. i picked it up today and have been playing it all day. that and skyward sword.

edit: nvm just realized you bought skyward

rtil · December 12, 2011 04:16 AM

hahha that girls boobs

good art though

logen · December 12, 2011 08:14 AM

Rayman raving rabbids?

trent bortknob · December 12, 2011 08:43 AM

Quote from: rtil on December 12, 2011 12:37 AM
i'll send you a page i ripped out from the instruction manual if that makes you feel any better

dope dude i'm hella down

BluPhoenix · December 13, 2011 01:49 AM

if he's got a ps2 get him persona 4

rated m by the esrb but rated b(ages 12+) by cero back in japan. it gets an m over here mainly because of some themes surrounding it, (homosexuality, transgenders, serial murders) but there's very little blood(if any). it's really great and has a terrific story and characters, it should keep him occupied for a long time, it's also by the same guys who make trauma center like zenny said, which i would still recommend, only wii controls SUCK so you should be looking at the ds versions first and foremost

BluPhoenix · December 13, 2011 02:03 AM

Quote from: psi on December 10, 2011 09:44 AM
Manhunt.

rtil · December 13, 2011 03:54 AM

he has a pc, a wii, a dreamcast and a genesis. i already bought him a game - skyward sword. im not getting him anymore

Gladius · December 13, 2011 04:37 AM

hack the wii so he can play quake and pac-man

much better than all this anime crud!!!

Sinitron · December 14, 2011 10:45 AM

supreme commander if he can run it, it's got really cool strategy etc like starcraft but on a massive scale so there's less focus on micro and you can basically just make some factories and pump units in the general direction of the enemy, it's got a pretty solid UI and can be very impressive though despite being an older game it can be kind of demanding so you do want to make sure he can first, otherwise total annihilation is still a sturdy rts which scales with modern resolutions, supports fucktons of mods and will run on almost anything, you can get it from GOG (good old games) with patches that makes it run better on win vista and win7, it was the only thing i played consistently for years since i got my first computer and it has a far better interface and graphics than the original starcraft despite being released before it and there is no blood or anything just robots blowing eachother up

psychonauts is good, the sam & max or even monkey island games by telltale are good too but it depends on how much HARDCORE ACTION he wants, they've got kind of quirky humor and can be hard to complete without a walkthrough at times (though sometimes it's just as fun anyway i guess)

morrowind is a good game but it has lousy controls and takes a while to get into so there's no point if he is impatient, the world in it is wonderful though despite the aging graphics and i love it to bits but there's no real way i can justify recommending it to a 14-year old getting his first computer

evil genius can be fun and it's not too demanding either, it's a few years old and is just a goofy little game which can be gotten for cheap

the oddworld games are cool but kind of disturbing and might not be the best thing for a kid

greed corp was a really fun game, you could look into similar indie games or w/e on steam i guess

idk it's kind of hard to come up with something really good and replayable that isn't a strategy game or morrowind, i'm looking at my shelf though and i guess mechwarrior 4: mercenaries (this may actually be free i'm not entirely sure) could be an option as well as ultimate spider-man which was really fun when i played it, and if shooters aren't too BIG and MEAN for your parents i would really honestly recommend star wars jedi knight II: jedi outcast which is probably the only good star wars game ever made with a decent story as well as fairly fun and challenging gameplay... but it would probably not be too interesting if he isn't big on star wars, plus you have to go through a few levels before getting a light sabre anyway

so yeah in conclusion

supcom/totala are both sturdy RTS games with a lot of replayability (though not as varied as SC2 and the story is pretty bare bones)
mw4mercs is good and not as complicated as older mw games
jedi outcast is pretty solid though it's a shooter, it lasts a good while but once over there's not much replayability
ultimate spider-man is like gta without shooting people left and right for no reason and i had fun playing it when i did, though it's been a few years

i would say these are some alright options, older games that aren't too demanding to run but can last a while and are engaging enough