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So I just downloaded Steam and puts some money in my wallet. I have no time for gaming these days but my nearly 9 year old son does. He is playing stuff from random websites and I find it hard to keep up. His cousins of a similar age are allowed to play violent games and he isn't. Naturally.

So I need some recommendations for some Single Player offline games that don't involve excessive violence. I am looking at the Indie games and a few others but I really do not have a clue.

Help?
 
thingonaspring said:
So... come on then - what are all of your top 10 games of all time/any systems?
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I can't remember which version so the following:

Destruction Derby
Resident Evil
Unchartered
Broken Sword
Pro Evo
Original Metal Gear Solid was amazing
Brian Lara Cricket
Champ Manager 98/99
The First Hitman
Mario Cart
Tiger Woods
 
kerbal space program is a ton of fun for a kid who likes to tinker and experiment... basically, you build rockets and can launch them to other planetary bodies.
the astronauts are kerbals, not even real people. doesn't matter if you crash them, you'll always have more.
 
Grays_1890 said:
I can't remember which version so the following:

Resident Evil
Broken Sword
Original Metal Gear Solid was amazing
Brian Lara Cricket
Champ Manager 98/99
The First Hitman
Tiger Woods
Tomb Raider
Gran Tourismo
The Getaway (if you drive in London a lot you can use your knowledge of shortcuts and traffic density to get around)
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Have to agree with a lot of that - edits in-line.
 
thingonaspring said:
So... come on then - what are all of your top 10 games of all time/any systems?
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Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil
Broken Sword 1 & 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skateboarding (first one)
ISS Pro Evo
GTA V
ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Tomba
Simon The Sorcerer
The Settlers
Heroes of Might & Magic

Currently nerding out to Hearthstone - very addictive!
 
Doom
Wolfenstein
Legend of Zelda
Elite
Baldurs Gate I & II
Dragon Age: Origins
Halo - Must have racked up so many hours on PC...
Duke Nukem 3D
Champ Manager series and only FM2007
Hardwar or BF4 - errrrm..... Hardwar
 
I'm impressed you've all got it down to 10 so readily :D i'm struggling to get it down from 20. and that's missing out loads too. haha.

Red Dead Redemption
Skryim
The Settlers
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Uncharted 2
Mario Kart
Beneath A Steel Sky
Fallout New Vegas
Power Stone 2
Championship Manager
Monkey Island
Super Mario Galaxy
Unreal
Fantasy World Dizzy
Infamous
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
GTA V
Halo
Beyond Good & Evil
Sensible Soccer
 
these are the stand outs for me, in no particular order

ocarina of time
sensible soccer
football/championship manager
vice city
x-wing
mario kart
icicle works
treasure island
doom
goldeneye
 
Rogue Squadron (Gamecube).
GTA Vice City (PS2).
Mafia (PC).
Hidden & Dangerous 2 (PC).
Commandos 2 (PC).
Uncharted 2 (PS3).
Champ Mananager - whichever version of I used to play all night, could well be 98/99 (PC).
Rainbow 6 Rogue Spear (PC).
Chocks Away (A3000).
Fable 2 (X360).
 
10. Imogen (BBC Micro)
9. Sim City (CBM Amiga)
8. Skyrim (Sony Playstation 3)
7. Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (Sony Playstation 2)
6. Metal Gear Solid (Sony Playstation)
5. Modern Warfare (Sony Playstation 3)
4. Shadow of Memories (Sony Playstation 2)
3. Gran Turismo (Sony Playstation)
2. Kick Off 2 (CBM Amiga)
1. Tomb Raider (Sony Playstation)

Not all of the games would be classed as technically brilliant, but I have picked out the titles which I simply loved playing. Where a series of game exists (eg Tomb Raider), I've tried to pick out the single title which I enjoyed the most.

Wrote this a couple of years ago, would probably have to get Dishonored in there now.
Near misses: SWOS; Bust-A-Move; Holed Out; Timesplitters; Buzz; Quake (PS1); Elite; Snapper
 
In no particular order
  • Player Manager
  • Half-Life (up until the freaky space bit) - and it's mods (Counterstrike, Day of Defeat etc)
  • Homeworld
  • Tomb Raider
  • Dark Souls
  • ArmA 2 - DayZ mod
  • Skyrim
  • SWKOTOR
  • World of Warcraft
  • Mass Effect 2
 
That's what I meant! Respect due boss, such a great and underrated game. It certainly had flaws but no game is perfect and the good bits made it so addictive. The tactics designer is still the best on any football game and I used to import those onto Kick Off 2.
 
LutonSpurs said:
So I just downloaded Steam and puts some money in my wallet. I have no time for gaming these days but my nearly 9 year old son does. He is playing stuff from random websites and I find it hard to keep up. His cousins of a similar age are allowed to play violent games and he isn't. Naturally.

So I need some recommendations for some Single Player offline games that don't involve excessive violence. I am looking at the Indie games and a few others but I really do not have a clue.

Help?
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Get him minecraft. This will get your life back. Watch videos on youtube.. massive craze at the minute and the past year and unlikely to stop. Taken over Lego.
 
I echo Superhudd. My 11yr old daughter builds stuff on Minecraft that blows my mind! She plays the PS3 download version.
 
Planescape: Torment
Baldurs Gate 2
Pro evolution soccer 4
Far cry 3
Championship manager 99/00 (I think it was that one!)
Tony Hawks 2
Skyrim
GTA: Vice City
Final Fantasy 7
Timesplitters
Fallout

I'm probably forgetting a million others I played to death though...

Currently playing dragon age Inquisition - very good but not hooked me in the way skyrim or dragon age: origins did.
 
This is what i have played to death of the top of my head in no particular order.

Goldeneye (N64)

MarioKart (SNES)

Mario Bros (NES)

Mario 64 (N64)

Sid mayers Pirates (Various)

Battlefield 1942 in particular but big BF4 player still ( Various)

Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)

REZ (Dreamcast and Various – Just Genius on my big CRT in the dark after a rave :})

Asteroids (Arcade) Simple addictive.

SF2 The World Warrior (Arcade Various)
 
Hmmm this will be hard and i will definitely miss some game out.

Double Dragon

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (NES)

The Original Settlers

GTA 3

GTA San Andreas

Three Lions

Fifa road to world cup 98

Fifa 09

COD 4

The bully game for the xbox 360

Tony Hawks 2 i think it was had amazing sound tracks.

Quantum of solace

Player Manager was sooooooo good.

The original Sim city

Rollercoaster tycoon

Theme Hospital.

WCW Mayhem

WWF Smackdown

Knockout Kings

These are just off the top of my head. I used to play lots of games when i was a nipper on the Amiga and Amstrad but i have cannot remember what any of them were called.
 
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