RafaelRamus: If you are Conservative and/or Christian Catholic like me, please, join in the conversation.
Which games have you played (preferably to the end) and you recommend?
I haven't seen any such topic here so I thought I could start one (I'm not trying to start an argument over politics or religion, I just want to know about games that are friendly to these positions).
It kind of sucks when you're hyped about a game and suddenly, boom, you can't really continue because there is some "in your face" stuff.
Hi RafaelRamus, I'm very happy you've asked :)
Here are some of my favourite titles and short explanation, why I would recommend them:
1.Defender's Quest (game is made by Lars Doucet, who is definitelly not "neutral" when it comes to the, let's say, "values" presented by plot, characters etc. Although he's Orthodox Christian, I personally like his approach and the fact that Defender's Quest is presenting very positive vision of main characters, even if most of them are not "ideal" and have some dark elements of past, they're still fighting for good cause...and some of them for making amends if they've done something wrong in the past.
And aside from that - it's great game, enjoyable even for people who don't like tower defense genre, considering it as rather boring for most titles.... It's true, but not for defender's quest.
2.Call of Juarez - first one and Bound in Blood. It's a bit unusual thing, but I personally consider the plot in those two games as presenting in quite mature way the parts related to faith (especially internal struggle of one character in first game... but don't want to reveal too much). It's very rare amongst action games. Bound in Blood is a bit different, since it's "prequel" in terms of plot, but the final has made on me really great impression. And of course -they're both incredibly enjoyable games.
3.Expedition: Conquistador - I was a bit afraid when I've started playing it, if there won't be presented some stupid myths about conquistadors, christians etc. I was quite positively surprised - you can keep your team bounded to the christian principles and at the same time be cooperative and merciful for local people etc. There are still some things, which I would change, but other than that - very positive surprise. And of course I enjoyed a lot turn-based battles, they're really great.
4.Battle Isle: Incubation
This one is IMO on the "neutral" ground, since it's focused on the "military story" of your squad (in campaign), and since we're fighting there with mindless, aggresive alien beings, there is no place for some moral doubts etc. It's great turn-based tactic game, very fun to play (both in Single and Multiplayer mode), but even campaign in base game at one point is becoming very challenging.
5.The Incredible Machines series - absolutely no worries in terms of some plot or background, it's the series of puzzles with some weird and unusual contraptions, so I would definitelly recommend this one to play.
I will try to add more games a bit later, need to think about more suitable titles :)