Sheath

@ravey: I agree with Half Life 2! Another single player game, but it starts small with just single enemies and melee weapons or pistols, but then introduces you to a lot of traditional weapons in FPS as well as fun unique variants.

Another single player game that could ease you into playing First person shooters is Portal! That's a game that you can definitely take at your own pace, and the puzzles start small and escalate to more complex movements and scenarios. Between the first and second game, that's a good amount of time (I'd say 10 to 12 hours total across both of them) to acclimate to FPS controls.

In terms of multiplayer stuff, I think my recommendations would be the remastered CoD 4 (I would stay away from other modern Call of Duty games or offshoots like Titanfall since over the years more and more mechanics to keep in mind have been implemented into these) or possibly Team Fortress 2 if you have a computer! I love TF2, and it's a nice primer into Overwatch, but all of the weapons can kind of complicate what's going on. Once you are able to learn the differentiation between all of the classes, then that's the majority of the game.

Good luck with your search!

You should try out Top Pot doughnuts in the morning! It's a little walk away from the convention center - I went there the last time I went to PAX, and it definitely hit the spot! I went right from getting doughnuts to getting in line for Portal 2, which was crazy to see, so I have pretty positive feelings for it haha

Man, PAX was fun

@poisonjam7: I definitely agree - for me, having characters that are interesting and have compelling story arcs is really what's going to get me through a JRPG. Fun gameplay mechanics are definitely appreciated, and can obviously make a good JRPG into a great one, but a game can still be fun even if it is your standard turn based JRPG.

But man, any large amount of grinding in a game turns me off really fast. I don't mind busting out some levels here or there, but if I have to spend too much time battling the same enemies over and over and over, I'm out! No thanks!

R* Name: Sheath of Myelin

Platform: PS3

Thanks a bunch for starting this up! Seems fun