Last week on New Tech City, we learned how video games are changing to meet the desires of elder gamers who have played their whole life and are craving deeper, more emotionally nuanced experiences. (Listen to that here).
We asked grown up players to tell us what games they find fulfilling. Here’s a roundup of the responses. Thanks for all of feedback, we loved reading all of the emails and comments!
Strategy Games
- Crusader Kings 2 (Mac or PC)
- Football Manager (Mac or PC)
- Hearthstone (free, Mac, PC & iPad)
“These games are strategy games to the core, they get me thinking and are much deeper than the typical shooting type games,” says Edward Mitchell, a “35 year old dude who games on my PC as often as I can.”
Games that Make You Feel
- Bastion (computer & XBox Live)
“The narration and music choices are phenomenal,” another suggestion from Mitchell.
- Cart Life (free, Windows)
- Papers, Please (Mac or PC)
“These games are about empathy. Cart Life is a “retail simulator” about trying to survive in the city and Papers, Please is a game about trying to cross the border in a dystopian regime,” says Amanda Lange, an over-30, lifelong game-player.
- The Last of Us (PlayStation, PS3 & 4)
“I think it's the only game that's ever made me cry. That's how well you get to know these characters during the course of the story. You understand their motivations, their fears and hopes. And it's not as simple as shoot the zombies,” says Chip Godfrey, a 29 year old market researcher from Brooklyn.
Exploration Games
“This game puts you on a fantasy continent. The story isn't much, but as you walk through the world, you stumble upon hidden little areas, and create your own story, like a kid with a stick in the yard would. Everything is animated and alive, and you never know what's over the crest of the next hill," says Godfrey.
What Else?
We know we this is just a partial list, culled from people who reached out to us. Please let us what we've missed and why it should be here in the comments below.
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