Buying my mum a game for her birthday. - Games

[QUOTE=General Omega;24671150]Did she play through the half life series? It has a pretty well done story. I also recommend ME/ME2.[/QUOTE] As I said, both have shooting so it rules them out, it's not because she's bad at shooting but rather she hates the hassle of it, she wasn't brought up with them and only started playing "shooters" a few years back.

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Uncharted 2 has a solid plot. While it may feel a bit Indiana Jones the characters and writing is incredibly good. There's no auto-aim, but it's already pretty easy on Normal. If that's still to hard there's even a Very Easy difficulty. [editline]10:16PM[/editline] [QUOTE=dookster;24670868]Mirrors Edge. Serious Story and you're not required to shoot anyone.[/QUOTE] The story in Mirror's Edge is a joke, sorry.

Honestly, you should watch her try to aim.

Ooh! Dragon Age! Story, graphics, and an auto-aim to boot!

Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga. You could play it through with her, the story is good and it'd be fun for both of you if you enjoyed Lego Indiana Jones

Have you considered Braid?

I will have to go with Heavy Rain. Not a platformer, but I thought it was really cool.

Uncharted or Tomb Raider?

Most platformers I know of are usually pretty kiddielike. Heavy Rain fits in the story department. It is perhaps the single most mature story a game has ever had. And it's simple enough to play. She'd probably like it. Could also try Oddworld, 2D platformer, nontrivial difficulty at times, but a fairly good story, if not exactly "mature". But also old and kinda fugly. Mirrors Edge is more platformer like, more simplistic story, but not kiddie stuff exactly. Requires a certain amount of precision though. Assassin's Creed is a bit more a mixed bag, more platformerish too, but fairly serious story. Unless she counts fantastical story elements as "unserious". As a bonus it does most of the work vis-a-vis controls for you.

A mom that likes videogames? wait a sec [IMG]http://thetapsiblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/top.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=David Tennant;24671030]Oh another question I forgot to mention is, is Heavy Rain long? As I said she mostly just goes through the main story and doesn't play it again, and she finishes games rather fast if she puts her mind to it (beat Red dead in two nights) and I don't want her birthday present to be over in a night or two like Red dead. That's why I thought of getting the three Ratchet games, seeing as it's three full games.[/QUOTE] Not too long. Comfortable length I'd say. But it is literally designed for that style of play. So while it may not last her, it would fit her for the duration. I did it in two sittings, I'm guessing about 8-10 hours for me. Hard to tell, lost track of time.

[QUOTE=pip12345;24669979][b]Fallout 3[/b] has auto aim with VATS and a [b]quite good story.[/b][/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47ow4_Cmk0[/media] I agree with Heavy Rain.

You're pretty lucky, my Mum just plays Modern Warfare 2 :sigh:

Someone's mother playing MW2... I just can't imagine it.

I am pretty sure she'd like heavy rain if that's what she answered. There's not many story driven platformers ( a real story, not just some slap-on story) .

[QUOTE=kevlar jens;24671371]Uncharted 2 has a solid plot. While it may feel a bit Indiana Jones the characters and writing is incredibly good. There's no auto-aim, but it's already pretty easy on Normal. If that's still to hard there's even a Very Easy difficulty. [editline]10:16PM[/editline] The story in Mirror's Edge is a joke, sorry.[/QUOTE] Well... when I say serious :v:

If you like Lego Indiana Jones, you could try another of the Lego games, right? Lego Harry Potter was released not long ago, and it really had a unique feeling, a bit too childish, but my little brother, eight years old, enjoyed it a lot. (I've been trying to get him into video games, but the only thing he plays is the Lego games, and only as long as I don't have something else to do, so that he can play with me, or Minecraft Classic.) Otherwise I've played through Heavy Rain 2 to 3 times, and it's really good. At least as long as your mother isn't an eight year old boy...

Actually I must speculate on the potential emotional impact Heavy Rain could have on actual parents.

What about the Sam & Max games?

Am I the first to say Braid? If not, ninja'd. but seriously, amazing story. Although it may be too hard for her. I still haven't beat it.

Heavy Rain again. It's really a good story. It feels like your taking part in a movie but it remains fun and interactive. Very adult-themed too. I think she'd enjoy it. Bonus points if she plays it during heavy rain.

[QUOTE=Alyx Zark;24676196]Heavy Rain again. It's really a good story. It feels like your taking part in a movie but it remains fun and interactive. Very adult-themed too. I think she'd enjoy it. Bonus points if she plays it during heavy rain.[/QUOTE] She could just go to rainymood.com All the ambience of rain without the wet Also, Heavy Rain seems like a good option, although, I agree with an above poster, it could hit real parents pretty hard.

Platformer? Trine, 3D platformer on the PS3 and PC.

Heavy Rain is a good choice. My mom decided to watch me play one time.

[QUOTE=ghosevil;24671475]Ooh! Dragon Age! Story, graphics, and an auto-aim to boot![/QUOTE] Sure but any difficulty other than easy requires serious thought into the RPG elements of the game, something that won't quite make the cut for the requirements.

Thief Series.

[QUOTE=Riutet;24677765]Thief Series.[/QUOTE] FUCK YES damn well yes.:smile:

I think I'll go with heavy rain, and if I can, pick up a cheap copy of Lego harry potter or one of the ratchet and clank games. Thanks for all the suggestions.

definitely choose fallout 3 :)