I suck at Video Games, kids just got a PS4...what can I play?

[FirstLight]

I have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century

Really, Atari was about my speed...One joystick, One button

Now you have to up,down, left, right AND ABXYZ all at once!!!

So, in the Spirit of trying to be a "cool mom," I wanna try and learn the controller.
Maybe even get good enough to play one of those cool games like Walking Dead, or Until Dawn...

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Anyone got some good suggestions for a newbie?
I just want to get better at my coordination so I can hold my own.

I even saw a Diablo 3 for PS4 and I loved the Diablo PC game...so that's some incentive!

Help a momma out!

[RandySF]

1. Welcome sister.

Practice makes perfect. Get a good cheap racing game to get a feel. Get Assassin's Creed and be let yourself get sucked in.

[FirstLight]

2. right on

I'm screwn, aren't I? Next thing you now I'll be playing at 9am when the kids are gone to school!

[RandySF]

3. Added benefit of a PS4.

You can use it to access streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, etc.

[LonePirate]

9. I also recommend Assassin's Creed. Buy AC: Origins as it includes a tour of Ancient Egypt.

It is fun simply to explore the game and you can play it, too, if you want.

[RandySF]

10. Its a VERY deep game

I don't think I'll be done before the next one comes out.

[mr_lebowski]

4. Do you mean to play with your kid, or just on your own when kiddo isn't using? Or Both?

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Boy or Girl, and what age are they? Do they even WANT you to game w/them?

Besides Diablo what games have you played in past and enjoyed?

Lol there's more buttons that that, too ... Two Sticks, D-Pad (flat/round one from the old nintendo type games), then four buttons on front then the 4 front facing buttons (two buttons/two triggers).

Tell you what, do you have even the slightest bit of interest in the game of Golf? Cause I LOVE Hot Shots Golf (now called Everybody's Golf ...

) on PS4, been playing since PS1 days. And all the buttons and sticks and stuff have their uses, but you're under absolutely no time constraints (cept executing the actual shot itself has a timing aspect). It's really a fun, relaxing, chill game that will help you get your coordination up with the buttons and stuff.

Also Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends are awesome 2D platformers from PS3 days (On Edit ... no PS3 games on PS4 unless you subscribe to a Streaming service) but there's a PS4 version of Legends

) and those will DEFINITELY help you get your button usage and timing down and they are super-cute and fun games, as is Ori And The Blind Forest, very similar style of gameplay.

[FirstLight]

8. BOTH

I wanna get better on my own/multiplayer fun
kids are 15-16

Then we wanna do more playthroughs...
ne is doing Last of Us right now...we've watched the youtubes of several games
we also got a copy of Until Dawn

[mr_lebowski]

12. Cool. Made some edits to my earlier post ...

So they're into the Zombie Apocalypse, eh? Right on ... I've not played either but played lots like 'em like Dead Rising 2 and Dead Island ... I'd like to play Last of Us but it's PS only and while I have a PS3 I'm much more of a PC gamer with an overclocked gaming rig with graphics card that's much more powerful than a PS3, so ... Hot Shots Golf is the only thing I ever fire it up to play ... PS exclusive.

I just finished the latest Tomb Raider (Rise of the Tomb Raider) after, like, a year of playing it off and on. It was quite good, as was the reboot of the franchise a few years back, just called Tomb Raider iirc.

Oh OH you know what else I played recently that I know is on PS4 that was awesome was Prey ... played it once then immediately played it again, I almost never do that. Sank like 120 hrs into the two playthroughs as there's lots to do ... VERY cool game ... single player though.

[RandySF]

5. Also, Gamestop is your friend.

Loads of used games to help save money.

[stonecutter357]

6. You should give the Dark Souls a try .. It's hard very hard....

.

[Glamrock]

7. Stick with third person.

Try any of the Uncharted series. Great story line, great characters. It's like playing a movie. Be sure to set difficulty to easy, and enable hints. That Batman series is also very good. And you really only need to concentrate on one button most of the time. Just my 2 cents.
Good luck! It's a great and durable platform.

[mr_lebowski]

14. Uncharted is a brilliant series, no doubt. Stone-classic ...

[McCamy Taylor]

11. Get the latest DOOM and do it beserker style. Run around like crazy

no strategy just strafe as you run. Kids love a mom who cleans up at DOOM.

[mr_lebowski]

13. Yeah that was actually the very last game I finished was the reboot of Doom (2016). That was good

times, good times ... gory as sh*t and HARD except on the easiest mode (which I fell back to on a few occasions esp. towards the end).

Games like Doom and esp. the above-mentioned Dark Souls 3 (c'mon man ... it's like one of the hardest games on the market!) are not the best choices for a novice with a PS4 controller. Gotta kinda work your way up to that stuff.

I think something like Rise of the Tomb Raider is a good choice for getting your feet wet with the controller, myself.

[McCamy Taylor]

36. DOOM is only hard if you try to use strategy.

Give it another try and run into every fight like you don't give a shit. The games software is not prepared for that. It takes it a half a second to target you and in that half a second you are already gone.

[FirstLight]

15. lol

that sounds like me

I get all freaked out and yell at the TV...like, "OMG! what!? where do I go? aaaahhhh!!!!!"
The kids will at least appreciate the lulz factor

[hibbing]

16. Almost lifelong gamer here

It all depends on what types of games you like to play. Some mentioned in the thread are pretty heavy, although any game you can get into with enough play. I saw Dark Souls mentioned and no offense to the poster, but I would avoid that as one of your first games as well as Bloodborne, they are just too hard. Assassin's Creed games are amazing, but a bit of a steep learning curve for a new player imho.

A few games away from the major game corporation's first person fighting games like most of them recommended thus far would be Witness, a game reminiscent of Myst and was very interesting to play (but I had to cheat to finish). It is a puzzle game where you walk around and try to solve all of these various puzzles to proceed through the island, rather simple graphics for the systems' abilities. Another different, independent and quiet game is Firewatch. You play a firewatch ranger in a national park setting and the story plays out in various ways depending on your actions. Both of these are a lot less intensive than the games produced by the major companies.

My list from the big companies-
Dragon Age Inquisition - I about pooped my pants when I saw my first dragon on my little tv
Grand Theft Auto V - Rude, crude, offensive, but fun. You choose which criminal character you will play and the game has all kinds of crazy missions that are super fun- Super violent and language.
Middlle- Earth- Shadow of Mordor- These fantasy adventure ones all kind of run together, but this one was fun. The enemies talk a bunch of trash to you after they rip your head off.

I avoid the sports games like a plague, I never have liked them, button overload, but just mho.

There is a gaming group on DU, not a lot of activity, but you may want to check it out.



Peace

[FirstLight]

21. I like the story ones...

Like I said, Diablo series was fun on PC

Puzzle Games too... will look into many of these...

[blogslut]

17. Not sure if the gameplay is the same in newer versions but

the Final Fantasy series is more about strategy than dexterity.

[justgamma]

22. Plus they have good storylines.

I still bawl like a baby when I hear "Eyes on Me" from FF8.

[House of Roberts]

18. Put music on the stereo that you like but your kids hate.

You need every edge you can get!

[FirstLight]

19. Ac/DC Baby!

great advice!!!!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. Take up reading novels.

Or embroidery. Or anything not connected to the world of video games.

[FirstLight]

23. I am a total book nerd

...just trying to connect with this younger generation

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

24. I'm not sure it's worth bothering.

However, ask them, the younger generation, what you can do.

Says the old lady who is completely out of touch with current anything.

[mr_lebowski]

25. BOOOO!

Lot's of Video Games are actually quite awesome

Many are very artistic, even if they don't reach the heights of a great novel, there's still much to admire.

A lot of them are quite towering achievements of a large group of people working very hard in all sorts of artistic arenas (as well as technical, admittedly).

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

30. Ohh, you remind me how very out of touch I am.

Several years ago I was listening to several young women at least 20 years younger talking about various video games. They were almost speaking a foreign language.

That said, I will creep off into my cave and read another novel.

[Locrian]

33. I'm with you

I'll be playing my Jazzmaster instead, or reading, or cooking, or gardening, or....

[askyagerz]

26. I remember being 10

Watching my mom play duck hunt for hours at a time. It was kinda cool at first but then I just really wanted my nintendo back haha.
If you just want to find some basic games to learn the controls with try the cheaper downloads in the p.s. store. There are some great $10 games from racing to pinball that aren't real complicated but still fun and should help you get a feel for the controllers

[still_one]

27. If this is your first gaming experience, try the Trine series. I would recommend Trine 2

[Sailor65x1]

28. I notice downthread

You said you like puzzles. Go to GameStop and get a copy of "The Talos Principle." It's a spectacular puzzle style game with a very cool story (Since i also saw that you like story games). It's very cerebral and you won't need the reflexes of a hyperactive 8 year old to play it.

[FirstLight]

29. nice! n/t

[mr_lebowski]

31. I've read good things about Talos Principle as well ... as well as this one from Cyan Studios ...

Makers of Myst and it's sequels, this came out a couple years back and is on PS4, been wanting to check it out, many have told me it's great ...

http://obduction.com/

[JackInGreen]

32. Everybody's golf

It's quiet, relaxing, you set your pace, enjoy the virtual links

[haele]

34. Minecraft.

Reasonably simple, and not to complicated on the PS systems.

I really like Journey and No Man's Sky, even though the latter is a bit broken.

Haele

[alarimer]

35. Horizon Zero Dawn was the best game last year.

You play as Aloy, in a post-apocalyptic world, where machines have become living beings. It's an RPG (role playing game).

Other favorites:

The Witcher 2: Wild Hunt.
Uncharted
Assassin's Creed series.

But I also love smaller, indie games. Right now I'm playing something called Unravel, where you play as a kid of knitted creature through all sorts of environments. Very cute and beautifully done.

[FirstLight]

37. thanks

The last one sounds cool....

[yuiyoshida]

38. Right now I am playing DESTINY 2 which is pretty cool!

Link to tweet

[parjas]

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