Okay, here's my tale of woe. I love to play video games, particularly adventure and FPS games (though I love snowboarding, snowmobile, jet ski, "Extreme G" etc. type games as well). Anyway, as you can see from my age, I'm 50. What that means is that my hands are not as limber as they used to be and my brain just isn't functioning with the speed of an 18 year old's when it comes to split second decisions and reactions. And sadly, most adventure games are designed for kids with quick hands and minds capable of split-second strategy planning.
Modern gaming, at least as I see it, especially for the first person shooters and other adventure games, has become hard and harder to play. More complicated moves with the controller, and requiring faster thinking all around. I like to explore the environment, take my time, solve puzzles, do a little battle now and then, then get back to the exploring/puzzles. In other words, games like ICO were ideal for me but ICO is sort of one of a kind.
So what I'm asking you gaming fans is are there games out there that fit the bill as described above, that has more adventure and less killing of the bad guys. Yeah, I like to hack and slash with the best of them but not all the time. I don't want to constantly have to switch weapons, throw spells, go back to more weapons, load ammo magazines...all within 30 seconds of battle time. I liked the tombraider games but even those were getting a bit hard to control (speaking of getting the controller to do what I needed). I have played some games on the easy mode and occasionally slip into God-mode if it's too tough.
But I'd like you to suggest some games that are fun with environments that are rich and complex and control functions that aren't too difficult to master. I am playing more and more kid games because the adult ones are just getting too complicated. Don't get me wrong...I like playing Jak and Daxter or Ty or even Pacman 3D. But I'd like something with characters that look vaguely like real people and environments that are least similar to real places. Even games with really "easy" settings would fit the bill.
Any suggestions? Shadow of the Colossus is on my list. I've started Gun which is not TOO terrible but even there my hand motion can be a bit slow.
Sigh...I miss the old Doom and Duke Nuk'em days.
Modern gaming, at least as I see it, especially for the first person shooters and other adventure games, has become hard and harder to play. More complicated moves with the controller, and requiring faster thinking all around. I like to explore the environment, take my time, solve puzzles, do a little battle now and then, then get back to the exploring/puzzles. In other words, games like ICO were ideal for me but ICO is sort of one of a kind.
So what I'm asking you gaming fans is are there games out there that fit the bill as described above, that has more adventure and less killing of the bad guys. Yeah, I like to hack and slash with the best of them but not all the time. I don't want to constantly have to switch weapons, throw spells, go back to more weapons, load ammo magazines...all within 30 seconds of battle time. I liked the tombraider games but even those were getting a bit hard to control (speaking of getting the controller to do what I needed). I have played some games on the easy mode and occasionally slip into God-mode if it's too tough.
But I'd like you to suggest some games that are fun with environments that are rich and complex and control functions that aren't too difficult to master. I am playing more and more kid games because the adult ones are just getting too complicated. Don't get me wrong...I like playing Jak and Daxter or Ty or even Pacman 3D. But I'd like something with characters that look vaguely like real people and environments that are least similar to real places. Even games with really "easy" settings would fit the bill.
Any suggestions? Shadow of the Colossus is on my list. I've started Gun which is not TOO terrible but even there my hand motion can be a bit slow.
Sigh...I miss the old Doom and Duke Nuk'em days.