'Intelligent' games
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My better half would like some games for her (Windows) laptop.
But as someone of the intellectual persuasion, she'd like games which are more 'thinky' than the usual driving/shooting/sporting stuff.
She's bored with the obvious Scrabble, and doesn't want boring stuff like Sudoku and puzzles.
Anyone know of any exciting games for 'thinkers'?
But as someone of the intellectual persuasion, she'd like games which are more 'thinky' than the usual driving/shooting/sporting stuff.
She's bored with the obvious Scrabble, and doesn't want boring stuff like Sudoku and puzzles.
Anyone know of any exciting games for 'thinkers'?
I always loved the old adventure games, especially the Lucasarts ones (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit The Road); if she didn't play those the first time round I'm sure it will be hilarious watching her trying to "use things with other things" in increasingly bizarre combinations for hours on end. 
vladcjelli said:
There's another game that was a PH favourite, too. Luckily for you, I can't think what it is called though.
Hoofy said:
vladcjelli said:
There's another game that was a PH favourite, too. Luckily for you, I can't think what it is called though.
I haven't thought about THAT game for ages.
You're not luring me back in that easily...
...although those rockets were quite good fun...
ETA :- Certainly wouldn't have been considered an "intelligent game" though!
A lot of the indie games on Steam may be worth looking at
http://store.steampowered.com/genre/Indie/
On the first page there's "Puddle" Dive into Puddle, a game unlike any other where you have to guide a puddle of fluid by tilting the environment to the left or right! Play carefully taking friction, gravity and temperature into account, and by using the unique properties of each type of fluid (water, oil, nitroglycerin, molten lava...) in a range of original environments.
No idea if that one's any good, but that's the kind of thing on there, you may have to wait for a weekend when something interesting is on offer down to 50p though.
http://store.steampowered.com/genre/Indie/
On the first page there's "Puddle" Dive into Puddle, a game unlike any other where you have to guide a puddle of fluid by tilting the environment to the left or right! Play carefully taking friction, gravity and temperature into account, and by using the unique properties of each type of fluid (water, oil, nitroglycerin, molten lava...) in a range of original environments.
No idea if that one's any good, but that's the kind of thing on there, you may have to wait for a weekend when something interesting is on offer down to 50p though.
vladcjelli said:
Stoppit.
I haven't thought about THAT game for ages.
You're not luring me back in that easily...
...although those rockets were quite good fun...
ETA :- Certainly wouldn't have been considered an "intelligent game" though!
You're thinking of Tower Defence. I was thinking of another puzzle game like Contraption.I haven't thought about THAT game for ages.
You're not luring me back in that easily...
...although those rockets were quite good fun...
ETA :- Certainly wouldn't have been considered an "intelligent game" though!
Defcon available for pence on steam need alot of thought and strategy to keep losses to a minimum plus you can leave it going in the task bar in real time 
Very underated game and very immersive at moments I've really thought I was a bunker commander miles underground with my fingers on 'the button'
Very underated game and very immersive at moments I've really thought I was a bunker commander miles underground with my fingers on 'the button'
Edited by petrolsniffer on Wednesday 14th November 22:34
Hoofy said:
You're thinking of Tower Defence. I was thinking of another puzzle game like Contraption.
Nope, I thought you'd seen a thread like this onehttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
But I won't go back there, oh no, I won't go back there.
Besides, I've just weaned myself back off Bloons TD5 after a rather heavy relationship with my dart throwing monkeys.
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