10 Games Anyone Can Play?

[bangtango]

A pure fluff piece, of course, but feel free to agree or disagree with how "easy to play" or "accessible" these ten games are. I saw this list on my way to the Yahoo Sports! columns.


http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yahoo.com/feature/10-games-anyone-can-play/1188181

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Shouldn't Steel Battalion or at least Morrowind be on this list?

[ScourDX]

They left out Tetris.

[exit]

I'm surprised The Sims isn't on the last, I'm sure it's a lot easier to jump into and play than WoW.

[diskoboy]

Turned off by today's overly complex video games? Check out ten of our favorite accessible classics.

There's not a single CLASSIC on that list.

-Pong
-Pac-Man
-Tetris
-Galaxian/Galaga
-Space Invaders
-Bomberman

and that's just off the top of my head...

However, for modern games, that's not too bad a list.With the exception of WoW.

[Snapple]

diskoboy, you know what the text under the Modern Gaming forum says. It doesn't have to be OLD to be CLASSIC.

Anyway, games that shouldn't have been on this list:
Puzzle Quest
World of Warcraft

I take them off the list, because a game that anyone could play, implies that it's a game my mom could play. My mom wouldn't get Puzzle Quest, and she wouldn't get WoW. No RPG elements, please. Leave those for me.

[diskoboy]

diskoboy, you know what the text under the Modern Gaming forum says. It doesn't have to be OLD to be CLASSIC.

I know... I think I just said that because the older classics were totally ignored.

And I just thought of another one that IS modern: Pac-Man CE.

I was impressed to see Rez make the list.

[FrakAttack]

WoW? Like to see grandpa pick up and play that one. How 'bout Super Monkey Ball or Geometry Wars?

[thetoxicone]

When I hear "anyone can play" I assume kids and adult and most of those games are reading based so I doubt "anyone" could play them, especially anyone looking for games for their illiterate friends. I consider stuff anyone can play to be like the stuff I import where as long as I press start and get into a game I can play it fine without any language knowledge.

[DefaultGen]

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[spoon]

Games left off the list off the top of my head:
Tetris
Bust a Move
Super Mario Bros.
Wii Play
Carnival Games
Mario Party
Animal crossing
The Sims
Karaoke Games

WoW= No fucking way.

[jcalder8]

WOW(pun intended) what a crappy list. As has been said before I already had a few in my head that were no where on the list and most of those I would have put on there.
Rock Band? My mom tried guitar hero and got about 1/3 of the way through the song and gave up.

[Kid Ice]

It's pretty obvious the list is composed of "recent" games, which is why there are no classics, Super Monkey Ball, etc. I think Rez is a little difficult for a game "anyone" could play...I don't think my mother could beat the final boss in the 1st level.

[mercarian]

Games left off the list off the top of my head:
Tetris
Bust a Move
Super Mario Bros.
Wii Play
Carnival Games
Mario Party
Animal crossing
The Sims
Karaoke Games

WoW= No fucking way.

I agree. When I think of a game that anyone can play I would think of an older individual. IE someone that doesn't play games, yet can jump in quick and play with there kid/friends. Arcade games would proably fit the bill (ie most fighting games, bubble bobble, tetris, mario, megaman, etc). They should be simply, entertaining and have little story line if possible. A more intuitive game then WOW, would be Diablo 2... O_o

[briskbc]

This list could be comprised entirely of Pop Cap games but I'll make my own list for fun

SMB
Tetris
Zuma
Pac-Man
Wii Play
Brain Age
Sonic
1942
Bust-A-Move
Asteroids

[calthaer]

I would have replaced some of the things on that list with Animal Crossing, Tetris, and / or the Sims, too. I suppose WoW must be accessible to have so many subscribers, but...I'm really not sure that "anyone" could play it.