>>56166640I try to be realistic and accommodating, so I won't subject her to things I might like but I know for a fact she really wouldn't, like stuff with long-ass reading or complex autismo mechanics or masochistic failure punishment.
A good Wawacore game is often the opposite of that. It should have intuitive pick-up-and-play mechanics, sure there can be some depth but nothing to the level that she couldn't overcome it with simply buttonmashing her head against the wall, or (oof) force her to actually to actually sit down read and comprehend skill texts etc to progress. And if(when) she fails, which will likely be often, it should be easy to get back where you are because she doesn't like to be needlessly frustrated. There should be some strong narrative element, first so she doesn't get "soo uhh what am I supposed to do next?"-lost, and second because she often works best when the game gives her something to work off of (for example Portal/Stanley where she could banter with the narrator, or GTA where the wacky telenovela tier story kept her engaged). But also not too overly wordy so she doesn't zone out and get bored during thirty minute talking-head loredump cutscenes. Plus in general for streaming the games shouldn't be too long that they drag on and overstay their welcome. Doesn't need to be always just one-offs, but once a stream series enters double digits we're definetly in "thank god it's finally over"-territory by the end.
Considering this, here are some compromise picks of games/genres she hasn't yet tried so much but would probably like.
- more GTAlikes. Sleeping Dogs is a favorite of mine and she'd really vibe with it. Other than that, maybe one of the good Saints Rows or Watchdogs or AssCreeds or whatever.
- actual JRPG (classics). For being the self-proclaimed "JRPG gamer of EN" she has surprising little knowledge of anything beyond Tales Of from Gamecube onwards. I was very excited when Nerissa recommended FF7 to her because I was thinking the same for years that she should really try the Playstation trilogy. Or for a shorter more streamlined classic, the original Chrono Trigger
- FPS/TPS with some story that aren't too hardcore sweaty, like maybe Bioshock, FarCry, CoD (campaign), Wolfenstein, etc.
- western entry-level RPGs like Witcher, Dragon Age or Mass Effect
- MGS series obviously
- and while they're not my favorite, Wawa would probably enjoy "movie"-type games like David Cage's stuff or Until Dawn/Quarry, Life is strange, Telltale, etc. because she can just relax and watch some schlocky b-movie, make the occasional qte choice and then react to how the wacky story plays out.
