Good game for my girlfriend

danniemcq

or just girls in general. no long question just what would female gamers (if there are any on here i'm not being sexist i'm just sayin there are more guys) recommend for my girlfriend to play. i was thinking blue dragon or Viva Pinata?

FreeOSCAR

Xbox is probably the wrong console for those type of games though. Try Civilization Revloution or Mass Effect. My Girlfriend loved them two.

Blazer

Try a flight Sim..

Most girls are used to gripping something in their hands similar to a joystick so should be good at them

remember one girl getting very vigorous with it before and wasn't impressed when I asked her what score she got afterwards

TheWitch06

RPG's like Eternal Sonata, Lost Odyssey maybe?

Timans

Make the Tea simulator 4?

Steer clear of number 3, they didn't even have sugar!

burnedfaceman

my gf is a fan of topspin 2 a tennis game

c - 13

Herself inside took a big shine to Burnout Paradise when I brought it home.

A few weeks later I had her playing Gears of War co-op with me

Munya

Are the SSXs on Xbox?

dazftw

herself plays EA skate alot when she comes over.. Lost oddesy would be good if she had the patience.. Vivia pinata is good buts its kinda childish.. make sure your not giving it to her cause you think shes a child

silvine

Or because she is a child!

stereo_steve

Mine tolerated scene it. Which TBH is the best I could have hoped for....

stevire

Tiger woods!! Get her to create a golfer, they'll constantly want to unlock things to improve the characters appearance/clothing etc!!

Retr0gamer

I've found Viva Pinata goes down well with girls. It can be difficult though.

xo_CHEWY_ox

cant keep my girlfriend off GTAIV!

Shiminay

Isn't it funny how people never start a "What games would a man like?" threads?

NunianVonFuch

You'd probably know better than anyone else here. Example: my sister loves Lost Odyssey & Blue Dragon, whereas my girlfriend scoffs at all the videos "pulling you out of the game" and loads up Gears of War/Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 for some co-op action.

Blue Dragon is a bit too childish. Whilst its not bad there are better alternatives in the same genre.

A-Trak

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I've found Viva Pinata goes down well with girls. It can be difficult though.

My Mrs lost a good chunk of her life with Viva Pinata for a while. (As did I if I'm honest.)
Is deceptively tricky in parts for all it's cute graphics and very addictive, I'd recommend it.

Oh and guitar hero, always a winner.

Retr0gamer

Yep loved the game as well. I'm no good at multitasking so I really found it difficult at times I've left it at the wayside for the last while now because you really need to set by a few hours to play it since there's always some little task that needs to be done before you turn it off.

I'd go for Eternal Sonata over Blue Dragon or Lost Odyssey, just feel it's that mush better.

Korvanica

beautiful katamari

Seifer

Kharn wrote:

Isn't it funny how people never start a "What games would a man like?" threads?

No, since the extreme majority of games are aimed at men.
Got my girlfriend to play fuzion frenzy which I have from the original xbox. Also played Halo 3 but the whole moving and looking thing was a major stepping block.

Slig

Think I'm fighting a losing battle meself, tried fusion frenzy and it was a no go. she did like a couple of car racing games though. Still doesnt stop her flicking to home & away though:D

Greyjoy

Mrs Greyjoy enjoys co-op games : Rock Band, Guitar Hero & Lego SW/Indy have all gotten thumbs up from her.

Silverfish

Seifer wrote: »

No, since the extreme majority of games are aimed at men.
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They're aimed at people.


I would recommend Gears of War, Rainbow 6 LV, Forza, PGR4.

Kinda daft asking men to recommend games for girls, they recommend crap then say 'yeah, I bought *insert crap game* for my gf but she couldn't get into it, girls just don't like games'

Seifer

Silverfish wrote:

They're aimed at people.

No, no they're not. They are in the extreme majority of cases developed by and for men. That's not opinion it's simply fact. The money is from men buying games so that's where they are aimed.

Silverfish wrote:

I would recommend Gears of War, Rainbow 6 LV, Forza, PGR4.

Kinda daft asking men to recommend games for girls, they recommend crap then say 'yeah, I bought *insert crap game* for my gf but she couldn't get into it, girls just don't like games'

The vast majority of girls would have no interest in the first two games you listed unless they were already into gaming. Taking a game like fuzion frenzy makes more sense as its easy to pick up and fun. Then if they like it they can move on to more demanding ones.
Most girls don't have any interest in games. If they did they would play them without their other half having to introduce them.

Silverfish

Well, if the OP wants advice on what games girls play, who's better to take advice from? A bunch of guys, or girls?

Seifer wrote: »

Taking a game like fuzion frenzy makes more sense as its easy to pick up and fun. Then if they like it they can move on to more demanding ones.
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That game completely sucked. If you're using that game to introduce someone to gaming, then expect them to never pick up a controller again.

Seifer

If the OP's girlfriend is not into games it is better to get advice from guys in similar situations that have found games that their girlfriend liked.
A girl that is into games opinion would only be relevant if she takes into account that most girls will not like what she likes.

Silverfish wrote:

That game completely sucked. If you're using that game to introduce someone to gaming, then expect them to never pick up a controller again.

Its not the pinnacle of games no but was fun with a few friends. Kung Fu Chaos, also on the original xbox, is the ultimate party game.

Silverfish

Seifer wrote: »

If the OP's girlfriend is not into games it is better to get advice from guys in similar situations that have found games that their girlfriend liked.
A girl that is into games opinion would only be relevant if she takes into account that most girls will not like what she likes.

So basically, if my boyfriend was to post saying I played those games, his opinion would be more valid, because then I'm not a girl, I'm someone's girlfriend.

Anyway, OP, I also thought Cod4 was amazing. Maybe more girls would like gaming if their boyfriends didn't push cutesy girl games on them, but sure, what would I know :pac:

Seifer

Silverfish wrote:

So basically, if my boyfriend was to post saying I played those games, his opinion would be more valid, because then I'm not a girl, I'm someone's girlfriend.

No his opinion would be invalid as his girlfriend already likes games. She doesn't need to be introduced to them.

Silverfish

Were you born playing games, or were you introduced to them somehow?

thenightrider

My girlfriend loves playing rainbow 6 lv2 gears of war co op games are great only thing dont shout at them if they are mnt to be coverig your back and they just wonder of as they stop playing then lol

Seifer

Silverfish wrote:

Were you born playing games, or were you introduced to them somehow?

I was introduced to them. Probably mario on the NES a nice colourful game, simple so someone new to games or a child can play and a good introductory game like fuzion frenzy would be.
Most girls are not going to want to jump in and start headshoting terrorists despite how much fun you or I think that is. They're also not going to be used to the controller and will find the fact you have to use every button on the controller and the two sticks in tandum hard to get to grips with.
Fuzion frenzy uses one stick and two buttons mainly, like mario.