Family Group Games

Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Aconite33@fediverse.zeekzack.com⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

So over the Christmas holiday I built a PC for my daughter (12) and my wife (35). I’ve been trying to find a game that we can all play and would enjoy together.

Some background:

Daughter likes Roblox and Minecraft. That’s about it. She doesn’t like survival mode in Minecraft, only creative. I don’t mind Minecraft but not my go to.
Wife likes Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing. Doesn’t care for Minecraft or Roblox
I’m a WoW veteran, enjoy RimWorld, and alot of Counter Strike 2 at the moment.

I’m trying to find something that might be able to meet all of our interests so we can do something together on a Friday/Saturday night. Would be nice to find a game that is somewhat of a dungeon crawl and has a story attached to it. BG3 might be too advanced for the 12 year old, as she probably won’t hold the attention span to do it.

Not sure if there is an easier BG3 like game out there? Suggestions welcome!

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chocoboi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m surprised no one has said Terraria yet. It’s like a lil bit of everything on your list. You can go hardcore and try and beat all the bosses while powering up and mining, or you can take it easy and have fun with the building mechanics. There’s an rpg aspect with it too by trying to find the NPCs. Great for lanning. I had many hours wasted with my roommates and my girlfriend/now wife back in the day. They’ve since added a lot more stuff so I might have to fire it up when my kids are old enough to play.

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Aremel@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Phogs

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- Aconite33@fediverse.zeekzack.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I just watched the trailer. Unsure to be inspired by the cuteness or horrified at the double dog ended creation. I think it could be fun, not sure the child’s appetite for puzzle games, but might be worth a shot.
  
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slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Raft?

You can run the boat, your wife tends to the crops and animals, your kid gets eaten by the shark trying to loot an island.

Win for all.

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CynicRaven@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Give Trine 2 a shot. It’s three players, is very easy on the eyes, and is good for keeping stress relatively low. Since all three of you like games, playing games isn’t unnatural for you, but playing together is something that can potentially cause some stress between you. A game like Trine keeps that fairly low and is a good entry point that once you done with it, hopefully the experience was positive and you can move on to some other things together.

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- Stern@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  All five Trines are pretty decent, though you could do a lot more fuckery in the first three or so.
  
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Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Tabletop sim might work, depending on attitudes towards tabletop games

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- Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Honestly this is a pretty good suggestion anyway. There’s tons of workshop mods you can get that add entire games/expansion packs.
  
  Hell, you could play MTG absolutely for free on it, as well as any other tabletop or card game (if there’s a mod for it).
  
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Pappabosley@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Slime rancher

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- SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That wasn’t a multiplayer game lest I checked.
  
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ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Keep talking and nobody explodes. Play is fast and short, you can take turns doing different jobs.

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suriyuko@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Tricky Towers, Pico Park

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Drusas@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I would try Terraria.

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squid_slime@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Plate up. Me and some of my old mates play it

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Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Overcooked, Moving Out (I think 2 players) and Trine, I think all have already been mentioned.

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Another option that hasnt come up- Jackbox is more like a party game but can be a ton of fun.

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Mistic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Maybe it’s just me, but I’d play the hell out of BG3 when I was 12.

The amount of time I spent on TES 4 and 5 back then, and BG3 hits just the right spot with the variety of ways it allows you to complete it.

Minecraft is also in my top favorites

What I’m saying is, don’t count BG3 out completely.

Not to mention that it’s very saturated, so a shorter attention span shouldn’t really be a problem, but you never know.

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XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Valheim got the cousins together for us, though we’re older than your daughter. It has a building element like minecraft and mild terraforming. There’s some farming for plants and animals. There’s sequential crafting discovery as you pick up new items. We probably have 200 multi-player hours in the last year, not counting solo/duo maintenance/prep sessions. It was difficult for me to play by myself initially without guidance, but we’ve all flourished once a basic base and consistent supply chain was figured out. I think the latest build added adjustable difficulties, but there’s many mods out there, not even including console/dev commands. The artistically-dated graphics mask how great of a gameplay loop it can have and how large the world is

If you make it this far, just know that we’re all sorry about the Swamps. They’re the first real challenge where food becomes critical to survival. Don’t leave iron there. You will never have enough iron.

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mriormro@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Quasimorph should be good fun.

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elephantgrenades@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Gauntlet is a pretty easy going dungeon crawl game, otherwise for crafting/exploration my wife and I had a blast with Don’t Starve Together.

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