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twesterm on 02 March 2010
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So my wife has a friend who decided she likes the idea of Bioshock and even wants to play it, problem is she doesn't have a PS3 or 360 and I sold my copy of Bioshock long ago.  Because of this, there's a slight chance she might try to get one a 360 or PS3 and she might ask me for advice.

I've thought it over a little and I don't know which I should advise her to get.  I know she wants Bioshock and will probably want Bioshock 2 at some point.  I also know she's interested in Heavy Rain and when I told her about Mass Effect she liked the idea of that too.

Finally, she likes movies but probably isn't big on buying BluRays, though she could Netflix them.  She probably doesn't want to pay for Live but I'm also pretty sure she has that gadget that already lets her watch Netflix Watch Instantly on her TV so Netflix shouldn't be that much of an issue for her.

So just curious, are there any non-JRPG games out there she might be interested in?  Above all else she likes story and writing but I don't ever see her getting into anything like Lost Oddyssey or Metal Gear Solid 4.  She knows the ending of Bioshock and that interested her, she likes that Heavy Rain is like a movie, and Mass Effect just sounded interesting to her.

I actually really think she'd like survival horror but Resident Evil 5 doesn't sound like her type of game and from what I've heard Silent Hill isn't that good and I wouldn't want to inflict that on her.

So suggestions on games?

  • No uber hard-core games like Halo, Demon's Soul, Metal Gear Solid 4, God of War
  • No JRPG's
  • The more like a movie the better
  • Well written games
  • She'd probably enjoy games like Little Big Planet or Viva Pinata, probably Viva Pinata more
  • Online doesn't matter
  • Both systems have Bioshock, don't tell me one is better than the other
  • She'd like Heavy Rain and Mass Effect

Please don't come in spouting off the above no-no games as reasons for purchase and leave the console war stuff out please.  Just trying to give a friend helpful advice and I honestly don't know which to tell her to get if she asks me which one.