Games to get someone into gaming for the first time?

[Sprony]

Action/Thriller mostly. He's into the Godfather, Band of Brothers, James Bond, The Bourne Identity, Ocean's Eleven, Deadwood. That sorta stuff, can't really think of stuff that's comparable in the gaming realm cos mostly they don't have a narrative that's as suspenseful or strong. Perhaps a heist game like Monaco might be up his alley, I'll ask.

 

So far he's enjoying the Walking Dead, at first I thought it would be too hard but it's surprisingly easy, even when he uses the trackpoint on his laptop! Succes!

 

Your father has excellent taste. In that case I would go for The Wolf Among Us as well. Look in the adventure genre. Think games like the Monkey Island remakes and Siberia 1/2. I recently bought the Steam version of the RealMyst remake for my wife. Dragon's Lair and Space Ace both come to mind. Almost no game play and lots of entertainment. You can't really go wrong with these.

 

Last but not least, give him the new XCOM. It's easy to get into but has a lot of depth. Same goes for Wasteland 2.

[Taylor Swift]

gta half life quake 3

[will2k]

Counter Strike Global Offensive Ranked Competitive 5on5

 

 

 

Haha , even better would be a 1vs1 deathmatch on Quake 3

 

Was hilarious to see my mum try and play Crysis when she never played a shooter before, was quite eye opening for me actually because you easily forget your first time

You got a point there as the gap between gamers and non-gamers is actually huge with regard to reflexes and motor coordination; we simply fail to see it as we benchmark ourselves against fellow gamers

 

I recently wrote an article about this issue: Gamers Reflexes and Eye-Hand Coordination

 

@ Chimeray: I believe a good start would be a GTA game where he can freely roam the city and learn the controls and fine tune his eye-hand coordination without getting pressured by the game objectives/mechanics/story.

 

Eventually, if he wants to improve his motor coordination, then fast action games (shooters especially) are the way forward

 

And you sharing some game time with him will help a lot

 

Good luck for your dad.

[Zyn]

Dark Souls.

[Jord]

Anything RTS is a really good shout, play on the easier levels of difficulty and they can take their time. I've managed to get my gf hooked on Prison Architect too, she's really not a gamer so it's been hard to find some games to introduce gaming to her.

 

Avoid MOBAs imo, the learning curve is just too steep for a non gamer I find. Simple free to play MMOs such as RIFT really help with getting to grips with using WASD and hotkeys too. 

[SuperDuperYeah]

 

What sorts of books/movies is your dad into? If we knew the genre giving him a game in the same genre may be a good start.

Action/Thriller mostly. He's into the Godfather, Band of Brothers, James Bond, The Bourne Identity, Ocean's Eleven, Deadwood. That sorta stuff, can't really think of stuff that's comparable in the gaming realm cos mostly they don't have a narrative that's as suspenseful or strong. Perhaps a heist game like Monaco might be up his alley, I'll ask.

 

Hum... Godfather... maybe some of the Mafia games (Mafia 2 for example) orrr... L.A Noire ?

[deceiver]

journey maybe ? 

 

+1 for Journey, and Flower!