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My wife and I typically watch a movies in the evenings, but a few weeks ago I played ICO and Shadow of the Colossus while she watched. She thinks it's about as good as watching a movie and recently asked me if there were any other games like ICO or SotC out there that I could play and she could watch, "games with a story" in her words.

I told her I have lots of games with stories (like FF*) but they are probably too long and probably not as fun to watch. Watching me chew through random battles in an RPG is probably not very cinematic. I'm out of touch with the videogame world and personally don't know what games (snes or ps/2) are out there. I only play what I consider quality and interesting games that interest me and I haven't seen one of those since Katamari.

 

[Kirosia]

Metal Gear Solid Series? God of War?

 

[trains are bad]

I briefly thought of MGS, but face it, it's a story that appeals to boys. She's probably not excited at the thought of slaying a Metal Gear.

God of War would be way too violent.

 

[JSTpt1022]

Prince of Persia series?

 

[Kirosia]

Okami
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Mark of Kri
Ratchet and Clank
Beyond Good and Evil

 

[Audio-Omega]

Grand Theft Auto series.

 

[Fuzzy OneThree]

I would agree with Kirosia with Okami. It is also a very artsy game.

ICO and Shadow are both very unique games. Their developer may announce their new title in the next few months at Toyko Game Studios and maybe release it for the PS3 sometime next year.

 

[jellojoe]

secret of mana on SNES?

 

[JSTpt1022]

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Originally Posted by jellojoe /img/forum/go_quote.gif secret of mana on SNES?

Well if we're going to go like that then Chrono Trigger, definitely.

 

[chadbang]

You must be a better gamer than me. Even my 6-year old walked away from the tv when I spent an hour trying to kill the FIRST colossus. Then I walked away from the game. They need to put a "lose 20 times and then automatically advance" feature into these damn games.

 

[Audio-Omega]

ICO is a unique game, it's very engaging. Too bad it's not like Metal Gear Solid 3 where cut scenes can be viewed upon completion of the game.

 

[trains are bad]

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You must be a better gamer than me. Even my 6-year old walked away from the tv when I spent an hour trying to kill the FIRST colossus.

I've played hard games, but SotC wasn't one of them. Nothing like beating MGS2 on extreme difficulty with no radar, no rations, no special items, no kills, no continues, no alerts and in under 3 hours.

But I'm totally looking into ookami. It looks pretty unique.

 

[bonkon]

Go rent "Reign Over Me", you not only get to see a great drama but also Adam Sandler and Don Cheedle playing Shadow of the Colossus on a giant projector on several occasions in the film. She'll love it.

Syberia I and II are good adventure games and SOS : The Final Escape is also worth a try. The great adventure games are mostly on PC.

 

[Duggeh]

Deus Ex. Best plot ever in any game ever. Ever.

Also Resident Evil 4, I've personally always found survival horror games much more fun to watch than to play.

0o0o0o and Grim Fandango, that games hilarity.

 

[Audio-Omega]

Silent Hill series. I love the game music, especially Silent Hill 3.