After A Family Game Reccomendation

[Sage Tech]

My daughter (8) adores the Eyetoy but I'm starting to get a bit sick of it, can anybody recommend a game an 8 year old and a slightly older gamer :) could play together and I must be able to win.

Oh yeah it's for the PS2.

[Alexinator]

Considering she likes the eyetoy and it's semi-corny games, then I'm sure she'll love Katamri Damacy! I'm 16, and prefer the action and shoot 'em up games, and yet this game makes me want more and more. It's actually quite addicting, and definetly deserves it's "E" rating.

So there's my recomendation, I'm sure the youngster, and the slightly older ;) will love playing it, especially together.

[Ururu]

wow yeah, Katamari Damacy!!!
a 18 year old girl kept telling me how cool & fun it is so i tried and.... hell! I LOVE IT @@! i almost got addicted to it xD

"We love Katamari" is very cute as well, but unlike the original Katamari which is an adventure game, this sort of 'puzzle game' type.

hmmm.... and i like all Crash Bandicoot games.

err.... what else?? other than that i can only think of time consuming rpgs & bloody fighting/ shooting games at this moment

edit: ZOMG!! i almost forget!! you(or she) must really try "The Adventures of Cookie & Cream"! the game is sorta UNCOMMON (freakish... or abnormal) but its really cute & lovely

[Gwen]

Get her DDR... :P

Ok, maybe you wouldn't win at it, but the picture of you vs. your daughter playing DDR is enough for me to suggest it.

At eight there isn't a lot I know of. I would generally go for the arcade classics like tetris (there are some new versions of tetris with their own twists). One of the best family games is The Sims, but the PS2 version isn't very good even though it has a vs. and I don't think an 8-yr-old would really enjoy it.

Everything else I'd suggest (like Spyro) are single player.

[Alexinator]

Gwen does have a point there, DDR is a great game.. Wether you win or not, you're both getting off of that couch (or computer chair in your case Al ;)) and getting tons of excersize and on top of that you're dancing and having a blast!

I would recomend getting Katamari and DDR, DDR Max I and II are good, but I think DDR Extreme is much better because it includes all of the little side games that are avtually very competitive and you I'm sure will be able to win a few ;)

[Canada1824]

soulcalibar2...with the goths and all that (wait...8 year old)


is billy hatcher on ps2?

[Sean]

If you want a bit of simultaneous multiplayer for an 8-year old you could give the Shrek 2 game a try. The little 'un can enjoy collecting the coins whilst you beat up all the enemies.

You get to play as all the Shrek characters, which I'm sure an 8 year old will love, and since the games quite old now you should be able to pick it up for a bargain price (though I guess you might have trouble tracking down a copy!)

[Canada1824]

ebay?

online shopper?

stuff like that

[Sage Tech]

I was thinking eBay, there must be a tonne of unwanted XMas presents. Do you get many copied/rip off games on eBay?

[Gwen]

Games I never have a problem with - they've all been new or as near as possible, with the exception of one disk from the Sims that was bootleg. Since it was part of a large set of games, I turned a blind eye to it. It wasn't from an ebay store, though, and they are usually more reliable.

[Sage Tech]

Shrek 2 and DDR it is I think, though I may live to regret that choice :)

[Alexinator]

Hey, you can't regret DDR! Although, as a 16/17 year old gamer, I would have chose something different other then Shrek, but the 8 year old will most likley enjoy it a lot.

As I said, DDR Extreme is probably your best bet, whether you pick 1 or 2, they will both make you happy, I'm sure :smile:

[DOTL]

I was looking at one of my game sites I D/L from and found this Site.http://www.gamerdad.com/detail.cfm?itemID=2967 It has the Games of the year awards broken down into age groups, has a few I thought interesting.

David

[Sage Tech]

That's an interesting looking site, thanks David.

[PrettyDang]

Sean's right...when you asked for a family game, the first thing I thought of was Shrek 2. Simple puzzles and DDR-ish finger-excersizes, and it's great because she can play by herself...and all you'd have to do to join in is pick up a controller and hit start. She wouldn't have to quit her game or anything, you just jump right on in.

[Canada1824]

just buy a disney movie tie in version


that brings great happyniess

[Sage Tech]

Ali and i went games shopping today with Shrek 2 and DDR top of the shopping list. After countless shops we ended up getting hair ties, hair bands, Eyetoy 2 and Escape from Monkey Island for nthe PS2. No where we went to had DDR or Shrek 2 in stock :( so I'll report back if what we got was worth getting (nb the hair stuff was not for me :))

[Sneaky Pete]

Hey, one can always use a good hair tie!:D

Mr. Treepwood was quite entertaining, but not much of a 2 player game, if you ask me!

Here (http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/escapefrommonkeyisland/hints.html) is a link for Escape from monkey island hints, secrets and walkthrough.

[Sean]

The GA Games Tracking service can help you out there ST! I saw Shrek 2 in Tesco Extra yesterday for (I believe) £13.84! Plus until Tuesday they have a further 20% off all games, DVDs and CDs, so that should make it about 11 quid. Bargain!

Note: GA games tracking service only available in the Newbury area. :p

[Sage Tech]

Cheers Sean, is the Shrek 2 called just "Shrek 2" as I did see another one that was "Shrek 2 - Something else that I've forgot".

[Sean]

Yeah, just plain old "Shrek 2". I think the game you saw is "Shrek SuperSlam" which is a beat 'em up game and not the same thing at all.

Here's a link (http://www.activision.com/en_GB/game_specific/12e04ead-e175-4b96-9586-9b3dbd4a984d.html) to the page about the game on Activisions UK website.