I'd recommend Rollercoaster Tycoon 2/3, pretty fun games and you can be quite creative, too. I wouldn't recommend a driving sim but I do like Gt Legends every now n then. Something like FSX can be pretty relaxing for a flight sim. Once you get used to it and/or stick to just a casual fly around a few scenic areas. There's a nice little mission where you have to fly a little cesna over a mountain top after running out of fuel and making it to the nearest airport. It's good fun, it does get a little boring but, every now and then when you feel like taking a private jet out for a fly around it can be a good way to pass the time in a fairly relaxing manner. It might be a little taxing on a system that isn't as high end as it could be, though.
Pro Evolution Soccer is another stressless bit of enjoyment for me. It depends, though, once you get the hang of it it's great fun on the hardest skill setting, two player mode is the best or playing online but, that sometimes can be stressful getting beaten by some kid who never stops playing it.
Not sure what else I'd recommend, those three or four games are all I find myself playing. Fallout3, FarCry2, Crysis etc etc, they all just bore me after a few minutes. The same old shooting countless bullets into this or that and not really doing anything too clever.
The original Max Payne was great fun for me. Again, once it becomes second nature using your bullet time and aiming for certain areas on your enemy......It's a good bit of entertainment, more so than FEAR.
There are also games like The Lost Crown -A Ghost Hunting Story which I've had a little go on. It's fairly enjoyable as you go on your quest to find out what the hell you are doing in this weird ghost town and start looking for evidence of paranormal activity, I didn't give it all that much time but every now n then I think I would like to have gone back to it and complete it. It had some nice atmospheres at times, if a little tedious, maybe.
After that, there are games like World of Goo which I've heard to be quite good fun, a sort of lemmings game but with goo...You'll have to do your own research on that, don't know much about it. Snooker games are also quite nice to play. I'm hoping there will be a new version of World Championship Snooker coming soon, haven't really been listening out for news on it. A friend of mine loves playing that.
An overly wordy reply but, maybe it'll help..
Pro Evolution Soccer is another stressless bit of enjoyment for me. It depends, though, once you get the hang of it it's great fun on the hardest skill setting, two player mode is the best or playing online but, that sometimes can be stressful getting beaten by some kid who never stops playing it.
Not sure what else I'd recommend, those three or four games are all I find myself playing. Fallout3, FarCry2, Crysis etc etc, they all just bore me after a few minutes. The same old shooting countless bullets into this or that and not really doing anything too clever.
The original Max Payne was great fun for me. Again, once it becomes second nature using your bullet time and aiming for certain areas on your enemy......It's a good bit of entertainment, more so than FEAR.
There are also games like The Lost Crown -A Ghost Hunting Story which I've had a little go on. It's fairly enjoyable as you go on your quest to find out what the hell you are doing in this weird ghost town and start looking for evidence of paranormal activity, I didn't give it all that much time but every now n then I think I would like to have gone back to it and complete it. It had some nice atmospheres at times, if a little tedious, maybe.
After that, there are games like World of Goo which I've heard to be quite good fun, a sort of lemmings game but with goo...You'll have to do your own research on that, don't know much about it. Snooker games are also quite nice to play. I'm hoping there will be a new version of World Championship Snooker coming soon, haven't really been listening out for news on it. A friend of mine loves playing that.
An overly wordy reply but, maybe it'll help..
SunnyD
Belgian Waffler
What? You mean to say you don't have a standing army stationed at home? Silly person!
And as far as the no savegames thing - I don't think I've EVER played an RTS that didn't have a savegame feature at least in single player mode.
SoulAssassin
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- Feb 1, 2001
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defcon is a great stress reliever, nothing like nuking 100 million people to help vent a bad day at work. There is a demo on steam.
One of the reasons I like playing 4X games is that they are low stress and just relaxing. I always turn to one of those when I don't want any stress. (Games like Galactic Civilization or Civilization) Sins of a Solar Empire is a pretty slow paced RTS, which also is somewhat relaxing.
I downloaded the demo for this - seems overpriced at $20, the demo looks like 1/3 of the game and it took about 30 minutes to beat. Also, can you change the resolution in the full version?
Kyanzes
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Dead Space. Sheer boredom. Trust me. Just make sure you play it at night with lights off. Put on your favourite headphone, crank up the volume (the lullaby played by the game is very quiet) and press "START GAME". Quite relaxing. Make sure you are wearing your favourite pants while playing.
Modelworks
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- Feb 22, 2007
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World of Goo, Braid, Portal, Peggle. Anything that falls in the 'casual' category. Hell, sign up for kongregate.com and play some of the extremely well-made and time-consuming flash games.
I agree with that. Although it is a huge eater of time (although no more than the two 4X games I suggested.)
Freedom Force Versus The 3rd Reich is a pretty cool game that I would consider low stress but engaging, in a humorous kinda way. Can be had for $10 or less.
But it bored me to tears. I bought it last weekend on Steam when it was on sale, and quit after 30 mins or so. It was an exact copy of Diablo, which I loved, but it was just so boring.
MustangSVT
Lifer
- Oct 7, 2000
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My younger brother and I forced ourselves to play through the entire game, and expansion, on normal difficulty. We were bored by the time we got to the second act, but I really just wanted to beat the damn thing. I could go on and give a full detailed review of why the game is monotonous and unfun, but I'm sure its been done elsewhere. I played diablo 2 for years and had tons of fun, but Titan Quest was really a chore to slog through.
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