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    any non shooters?

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    #1  Edited By super2j

    I am getting a serious hit of shooter fatigue. Currently the games i have played recently on the pc  are portal 2, borderlands(40hrs in like a week, due to a friend), amnesia(recently), metro2033(started it but lost interest due to above), left 4 dead 2.  And a few other games on ps3, mostly shooter related. I am looking for a more light hearted game, i enjoy shooters but they were never the games i got excited over; i know they are just good.  So, Something thats not a fps. I am willing to play something older, but i am hoping for good story and  game play that is more platformy but good story takes precedence. 


    I need a cleanser, that will wipe all the emotional effects of the games i have played recently(i like to get absorbed), and the shooter fatigue. Last time i had a case of it, i used bionic commando rearmed. 

    So be creative, as i have searched for recent games and have found nothing. And i look forward to the supercomputer that is the gbmembers.
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    #2  Edited By Edwardryu

    then stop playing shooting game. try RPG or some adventure games. how about Assassin's creed 1, 2, brotherhood? or mirror's edge? I don't know. why don't you find something yourself?

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    #3  Edited By BraveToaster

    Minesweeper

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    #4  Edited By Aetos

    Go lose yourself in Minecraft.

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    #5  Edited By demonbear

    Funny how hard it is nowadays to find a game that does not involve shooting people in the face with firearms in a first or even 3rd person perspective.

    Go back to the classics i say. Tetris, Mario. Always fun.

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    #6  Edited By ryanwho
    @Tactical_Kill said:

    " Go lose yourself in Minecraft. "

    Apparently he's over any first person game. Portal 2 is certainly not an FPS, so Minecraft would have the same problem. Portal 2 shoulda been his pallet cleanser, really. 
    Maybe give Two Worlds 2 a whirl, its criminally underappreciated and not in the "Mount and Blade" way where its shitty but good considering the team size. Its genuinely a good effort and only really messes up with the final boss. Also, the Assassin's Creed games all have PC versions, so there's that too.
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    #7  Edited By CaptainTightPants

    Trine?

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    #8  Edited By CL60

    Any RPG?

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    #9  Edited By BeachThunder

    Are you sick of shooters or just first person games? Portal 2 and Amnesia are certainly not shooters, in fact, I probably would have recommended both of those games if I had just read the title. Anyway, I'm not quite sure what you're after, maybe something like VVVVVV? That's definitely not first person nor is it a shooter.

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    #10  Edited By pabsi9

    If your, tired of fps than stop buying them

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    #11  Edited By Dan_CiTi

    Tropico 3 and Civ 5 are pretty darm good. So is MAME. 

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    #12  Edited By MordeaniisChaos
    @Tactical_Kill said:
    " Go lose yourself in Minecraft. "
    This is always a good way to lose your sanity, but it's kind of like losing your virginity, it'll either be traumatic or beautiful or just awkward.

    Dragon Age: Origins is a pretty spectacular game, Trine is a bit rough but gorgeous and very enjoyable,  Freelancer is old, but looks fine if you force AA and AF at crazy levels, and is a spectacular game. It is kind of a shooter, but you can play it as a trade sim if you want. It's fun to just fly around and explore for a while, at least.

    You could always try a free WoW trial or something to that effect.
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    #13  Edited By Ketchupp

    Psychonauts

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    #14  Edited By ryanwho

    God that's right, Psychonauts came out for PC. It came out for everything. I wonder why Double Fine stopped having shit come out for everythin- oh right.

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    #15  Edited By super2j
    @Edwardryu: I have played all the ones u have listed, and was excited about them all. Its not that i dont enjoy anything else, its just that recently, all that was interesting  has been a shooter (on my pc).


    @BeachThunder: Hmmm, i forgot about VVVVVVV, that might do the trick. thanks for the suggestion.

    @ryanwho:  I own pyschonauts on my steam account. I tried playing it 8 months ago, even though it seems cool and i seriously wanted to play it....i just couldnt get that far.
    @ryanwho: I do appologize for categorizing Portal 2 as a shooter, i was just saying that i had played it, I guess im just tired of the first person view.
    @Axxol:  LULZ
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    #16  Edited By DystopiaX
    @super2j: RTS? SCII is big and you didn't mention it, Civ V? LA Noire's out in 2 weeks if you want to wait that long.
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    #17  Edited By yorro

    This is the reason why I don't play games that are the same genre in succession. Kinda like


    1. FPS
    2. RTS
    3. Third Person
    4. Rinse and Repeat

    Mix it with RPGs and Turnbased RTSes.
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    #18  Edited By delta_ass

    Thor God of Thunder isn't a shooter. You could try that.

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    #19  Edited By MrKlorox
    @super2j:
    There's also Mount and Blade. The default camera is third person, but it does control a lot like a first person action game. But the style of the game makes it pretty different from the ones you list.

     Please clarify if you're sick of WASD and mouse-aim style games in general, regardless of camera placement, or if it's just first person games.
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    #20  Edited By bongoboy

    Look through the Indie games on Steam. Almost all are extremely creative ideas for gameplay that don't involve shooting, and as an added bonus most of them are cheap.


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    #21  Edited By TheKeyboardDemon

    What about driving games, no one gets shot (in most of these anyway). There are games like Test Drive Unlimited 2, Need for Speed Shift 2, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit and Burnout Paradise as just a few examples.

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    #22  Edited By BonOrbitz

     I would recommend Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Yes, it is a first person RPG but the world is your playground and it'll keep you busy until your shooter fatigue wears off... :)

    Also, play some Torchlight and StarCraft!

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    #23  Edited By mrhankey
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    Civ V. Total War: Shogun 2. Audiosurf. The Witcher.

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