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Games that my non-gamer girlfriend can watch me playing? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/patientgamers

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I recently finished The Last of Us 2. My girlfriend sometimes watches me play my games. And while I thought that TLoU would be a great game to follow, it was hard for her to watch (due to the violence). I wonder if there is a game that would be easy or even interesting for her to watch while I play, without it having to be something strictly "family friendly" , that also has fun gaming mechanics and isn't just a walking simulator. Looking forward to any ideas! :)

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[–] CancerMancer 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My wife played Pokemon and Mario Kart before we dated. After dating for a bit she took a bit of interest in what I was playing and even started playing some games on her own.

My wife liked watching:

Witcher 3
Red Dead Redemption
Assassin's Creed (pre-Origins style games)
Portal
Devil May Cry (besides DmC)
Prototype
Xenoblade Chronicles
L.A. Noire
Spiderman

She joined me or played some others on her own:

Stardew Valley
Rust (surprisingly)
Conan Exiles
Golf with Friends
Animal Crossing
Dinkum
Core Keeper
Terraria
Truck Simulator
Ori and the Blind Forest
Assassin's Creed Black Flag (she liked to gather supplies and do small secondary quests, or just sail around)

The all-time winner was Breath of the Wild, she loved to watch and play it, and sometimes I watched her play it too. She solved problems in very different ways than I did and it was interesting. Example: my primary way to kill Guardians was to deflect blasts, while she just rode her horse at them and cut them apart. You can imagine how nuts Tears of the Kingdom has been lol.

I feel it might be worth mentioning she did not enjoy watching or playing:

Monster Hunter
Any flight/space sims (Ace Combat, Elite Dangerous, etc.)
Factorio
Minecraft
Remnant
Deep Rock Galactic
Vermintide/Darktide
most Metroidvanias
Civilization

If I had to guess at what these share in common, its a lack of story and NPC interactions, or pacing that makes it less interesting to watch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this personal recommendation. Was interesting to read from first-hand experience!