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Giving my Dad my PS4 on the condition he completes 1 game - what should it be?
- Thread starter itshutton
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Oh, I like this suggestion. And OP could do online-coop with him.
This seems to be a popular sentiment, but I feel like people don't get it.
OP wants to give the PS4 to his dad, but he wants him to use it. Not in the sense of "if he's not going to use it then I'm better off getting $80 for it on Craigslist." Instead in the sense that gaming is an important and meaningful hobby for OP and he wants to make a "deal" with his dad that will give him a "hook" into gaming that his dad will enjoy and that OP can share with him hopefully for years to come.
The Witness.
Certainly nothing where he has to fight using dual analogs unless he really wants to play one of those games.
Certainly nothing where he has to fight using dual analogs unless he really wants to play one of those games.
I think all the people saying to just give it to him are kind of missing the point. The problem is OP doesn't love their dad enough to give it to him, they probably just want to make sure he'll use it instead of letting it collect dust. He could give it to some other relative or a friend instead.
Some people here really have no Idea what it's like for non gamers, do you?
The amount of suggestions that, even on the easiest settings, require a basic knowledge of gaming language to understand what is possible and what to do.
Other than something like Tetris effect, I would suggest something from the telltale series. Extremely simple game design and will help acclimatise him to the button locations, all while being a choose your own direction story to keep him engaged.
The amount of suggestions that, even on the easiest settings, require a basic knowledge of gaming language to understand what is possible and what to do.
Other than something like Tetris effect, I would suggest something from the telltale series. Extremely simple game design and will help acclimatise him to the button locations, all while being a choose your own direction story to keep him engaged.
Have him play Dream Daddy.
On a more serious note just have him play Tetris Effect. Or a type of game where you can make your own choices with pretty much no way to fail the game. Wait that's also just Dream Daddy again.
On a more serious note just have him play Tetris Effect. Or a type of game where you can make your own choices with pretty much no way to fail the game. Wait that's also just Dream Daddy again.
I would say that Ideally you would want him to beat a game that will compel him to play more games.
My mum (who's 55 years old) beat Uncharted 4 last year after my sister and I chipped in to get her a PS4. She was really blown away by the graphics and went on to play some of the prior Uncharted games too.
I think it's a good introduction, since it's got a fair set of accessibility features. It'll aim for you if you want it to, easy mode drastically lowers the difficulty, and so forth. My mum can't complete the tutorial in Plants Vs Zombies, but she beat Uncharted 4, and that really blew me away to be honest.
The only caveat I would say, is it sets very high expectations. After playing Uncharted 4, there's very few games that she's both interested in, are accessible, and feature similar quality. She could play something like TLOU, but zombies and horror aren't really her thing. Your Dad might be different, so he might move from Uncharted, to TLOU and games like Tomb Raider and Assassins Creed. All of those have great accessibility and that third person action style game is a genre that's well catered for so it gives them a selection of games to look forward to each year.
My mum (who's 55 years old) beat Uncharted 4 last year after my sister and I chipped in to get her a PS4. She was really blown away by the graphics and went on to play some of the prior Uncharted games too.
I think it's a good introduction, since it's got a fair set of accessibility features. It'll aim for you if you want it to, easy mode drastically lowers the difficulty, and so forth. My mum can't complete the tutorial in Plants Vs Zombies, but she beat Uncharted 4, and that really blew me away to be honest.
The only caveat I would say, is it sets very high expectations. After playing Uncharted 4, there's very few games that she's both interested in, are accessible, and feature similar quality. She could play something like TLOU, but zombies and horror aren't really her thing. Your Dad might be different, so he might move from Uncharted, to TLOU and games like Tomb Raider and Assassins Creed. All of those have great accessibility and that third person action style game is a genre that's well catered for so it gives them a selection of games to look forward to each year.
The Witness is the perfect game to reintroduce him to gaming. He can learn the controls and explore at his own pace and the puzzles are stimulating enough to keep people interested.
COD MW 2019 campaign. The graphics and realism will blown him away, and it's can be completed in 6-8 hours.
Just load your PS4 with some great games and hand it over. Let him explore and decide what he likes.
What are you planning to do if he doesn't complete a game? Take it away? Jeez, it's just video games. Let the man play however he wants or not.
What are you planning to do if he doesn't complete a game? Take it away? Jeez, it's just video games. Let the man play however he wants or not.
God congratulations, this is actually worse than trying to show your girlfriend how far gaming has come...
Lol, some of y'all. Like I read the same op and knew immediately that they're not super serious with the qualifications. It sounds like the dad agreed and it was probably a cute father son moment where dad was like alright I'll play one game all the way. jfc
*edit: lol as bad as showing a girl how far gaming has come, come on...
*edit: lol as bad as showing a girl how far gaming has come, come on...
This. But if you must, my first choice would be God of War. The Last of Us Remastered would also be a good option.
