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[Brian Boru]

My name is Henry

Welcome to the forum, Henry

 

[Zloth]

Arg - kinda hard to give game recommendations in here. But anyway, following up on @ZedClampet's post...

Oh yeah, XBox Gaming Pass would be a good idea. You're paying a flat rate for all the games so you can try out a bunch and see what you like.

Your system is going to be able to play any game for the next few years. Unless some great breakthroughs come out with Virtual Reality, you shouldn't even need to look at system specifications for another 5+ years.

"...but definitely do not want to control using a keyboard. "

Ouch. Big ouch. Only a few games support yoke/rudder pedals. I can't think of any game that supports JUST a mouse - though you might be able to get by if its a mouse that has a lot of buttons on it. Then you could re-map keyboard commands to thumb buttons.

But anyway... yoke and rudder pedals, flight sims become glorious! (But do they need keyboard support for raising/lowering gear and the like?) Microsoft Flight Simulator is really pretty, might make for a good starting point:

Something more exciting but less pretty:

You'll need to check the details to make sure they actually work with your yoke/rudder pedals. Unless they are on Game Pass, in which case you can just download it and see for yourself.

(Note: I haven't played either game, I'm just going off what other people have said.)

 

[Brian Boru]

welcome back
from me roysandy

Always nice to see a returning member!

 

[MrShadow]

hi,looking for friends,a good forum and people to chat to.
i had been a big reader of PC gamer mag for years before i got out of PC gaming due to being moved into adult care.
im a PC gamer since the nineties (the eighties,if you class the commodore 64 as a PC in its own right) i am quite severely classic autistic-im non verbal and communicate largely through technology.im also mildly learning (intelectualy) disabled ,physicaly disabled and epileptic, all of which afect my gaming so i tend to play driving games (arcade style like FORZA horizon 4 although do play sim racer-assetto corsa competizione in test/time trial mode),FPSs that have a single player option and are not to overloading, and animal based games like spirit of the north,shelter 1/2/3, meadow and lost ember.
i use a third party PDP afterglow xbox one pad for most games and for FPSs i use either my mad katz wired red RAT 5 gaming mouse or a similarly designed but on the cheap side-a wired trust XRAY gaming mouse and its all on a asus tuf 20? gaming laptop. id buy a gaming PC but i dont have the space. im looking forward to FORZA horizon 5, just seeing it in GAME the other week made me smile,i preordered the half a terrabyte version of steam deck when it came out, looking forward to next year Q2 now aparently.

 

[MrShadow]

Hi all, I am Bayu, I like playing simple video games, but I'm starting to like sophisticated video games

hi bayu, my name is emlyn.
have you got steam? if you have, theres a few 'simple' games you might like that arent to expensive,have a look at one called stardust-its the most underrated game on steam i think,on the surface it looks simplistic and to some people might be repetititve but look deeper than the cover and its addictive and a strong multi sensory experience.
-i recorded just under 2 minutes of stardust gameplay a while ago and put the video on youtube,if you search on youtube 'stardust using a third party xbox one pad' it shoud come up first,its not a well known game but it shoud be.
stardust is simple,relaxing and fun.

have a look at 'spirit of the north' on steam as well, its not complicated, you dont have a health bar so theres no way to suddenly die (apart from in the storyline which you have no control over),it looks amazing-it is based in iceland and you play as a fox. its a mostly relaxing adventurous journey with not to challenging puzzle bits involved you have to solve,but the storyline is great.

are you into on rail shooters ? this is not a common genre anymore but you possibly might find you like these as they do a lot of the delicate positioning for you and you have to mainly concentrate on the shooting and changing camera angles-usualy fast paced, one i can recommend is panzer dragoon (the remake of the first panzer dragoon is on steam,its stunning work).
or are you into first person and/or third person shooters? action? adventure? racing? simulators of any kind (for example,being able to play as an animal,or running your own farm or being a train,truck or plane driver/pilot?)

 

[Rick Riot]

Welcome to the forum

M&S, is that Marks & Sparks? So you're in England?
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Yes I'm in the UK....(Hertfordshire)

 

[MrShadow]

A game freak who loves playing adventures. COD should be my best pc game so far.

I'm so glad to be part of this community.

hi, welcome- im a newbie and adventure fan to. what kind of adventures are you into?

if youve got steam and a budget to work with- you might realy enjoy two incredibly detailed, extravigant and visualy pleasing indie adventure games-very different in lots of ways but theyre constanrtly and very unhelpfuly compared to each other purely because the main playable character is a fox.
theyre called 'spirit of the north' (costs about £15) and 'lost embers' (costs about £25)
they are both adventure games with puzzle elements where you play as animals such as foxes, ducks and capybaras.

 

[Ferfi]

Hi! Paweł here, from Poland. I love to play games, and I want to be part of forum's society ! Nice to meet you all

 

[Brian Boru]

Nice to meet you all

Welcome to the forum

I want to be part of forum's society

You're off to a good start already

 

[ZedClampet]

Welcome! There is also an "introduction" thread. You may want to introduce yourself there. Glad you are here.

 

[IrisEdgeStudios]

Heyo! New to the community, lurked around for months but finally decided to create an account and be active. Especially since developing my first game i've grown closer to the gaming community than ever.

Thanks! Cheers

 

[markwhite]

Markwhite here and I really have changing taste for games. Battlefield V seems to be competing with Destiny 2 right now and I hope am not spending to much time playing game this days...because I love playing a lot. I am a Front End developer and games are my breakaway hobby to let the codes alone . I hope to contribute my bit here, for the love of the games.

 

[Brian Boru]

I hope to contribute my bit here, for the love of the games

Welcome to the forum

 

[Fraxxy]

Hello everyone

i'm Fraxxy, my hobbies are playing games, music, volleyball, and reading. i'm newbie here but i am a fan of PC Gamers. I got information about the Pc Gamer community from my friend, he told me that this community is very interesting for me because I am also a gamer.

my favorite games are moba like dota 2, rpg games, and also pokemon, but lately i play pokemon because this game is fun. we can go on an adventure to find cute, unique and rare pokemon, and also sometimes we can get shiny and these pokemon are very hard to find. this is what i like playing this game, try playing this maybe you guys will be interested.

I want to go to Japan to work there in a chemical factory or food factory because I have experience in that field. I hope to work there to get a big salary to help my family and younger brother who just entered junior school. I am still in the stage of learning Japanese and physically to be able to pass the test. I'm apologize if there are any wrong words or bad grammar. I am still learning English. oh ya, I'm from Indonesia, greetings from Indonesia.

My current job is an online shop. I sell wooden furniture, handicrafts, etc. If there's anything I can help with about the game or something else, I'll be happy to help.

 

[Brian Boru]

Welcome to the forum

I am still learning English

Doing very well at it! And Japanese too, that's got to be tough with the different script—good luck with it.

 

[MagnaCarter]

Hi! I'm normally obsessed with my Sims 4. Like I have a SimLit for it. But i been playing Hogwarts Mystery via bluestacks app since I don't own a smart phone. As well as some other mobile games.

 

[Harrigan]

Hi all,

Harrigan here. I just stumbed upon this page a couple of months ago and, liking it, decided to register. *cough* I have been a computer nerd since the 80s, starting on Commodore 64

Nowadays I mostly play older games due to my hardware. Right now Ive got a Laptop and a new rig is about half a year away :-( The last games I played were Deus Ex HR and now Deus Ex MD. I love those kind of games, well, basically most games with RPG Elements in them Although I occasionally also like racing games or golf. Oh yeah, online gaming is basically a no go due to my crappy internet connection.

Apart from gaming my hobby is my house and my garden. I live in Paraguay and finance my life through investments. I read a lot (S. King ftw^^), enjoy cooking, love karaoke, pick up my guitar now and then, enjoy the company of 2 cats, and cant resist a cold beer Oh yeah, and I love music, everything from Tracy Chapman through to Nirvana over Leonard Cohen and 80s music! Oh yeah, and I love Billard.

Well, cu around

 

[Brian Boru]

Harrigan here

Welcome to the forum

Nice to see the cats didn't wander across your keyboard while typing—unless you did a lot of editing

 

[Harrigan]

Welcome to the forum

Nice to see the cats didn't wander across your keyboard while typing—unless you did a lot of editing

Thanks!

Oh believe me, I edited the post 2 or 3 times, but not because of my cats ;-)

 

[silvi6]

Hello I am Silvestar(aka silvi6),

How I got my username? Pretty easy. In my old school my nickname was Silvi, so I added a 6 at the end because I am born in 2006. I created it when I was about 6-7 years old and I somehow still love the name.

I am currently 15 years old and my dream is to become an ICT. ICT is basicly Computer Coding for people who still did not know it. I really have no hobbies except play games after school. So I am basicly a pretty boring person.

 

[Lutfij]

It's a pleasure to have you among our ranks, gamer!

 

[Hunterly]

Hunterly here.
New to the sight and haven't played much for the last 8, 9 yrs but getting back to it I think.
I ask dumb questions but don't get mad if I get bad reply's back. I am a believer in the only dumb question is the one that doesn't get asked so just bear with me.

 

[Guardian190]

hello i'm a new member, i don't know if i'm a game maniac or not, but i'm happy to join this forum because i can know about more interesting games

 

[Withywarlock]

Hello all. Long-time lurker of the site, new forumgoer here. I've been in and out of games criticism for about ten years and learned a lot along this bumpy road, but a PC gamer for only six years. I'm hoping it'll contribute to many a fruitful discussion.

Be well all, and of course, welcome to my fellow newbies! ^^

 

[WoodenSaucer]

Hey everyone. I'm WoodenSaucer, or just Woody. I'm an old man gamer. Haha. I'm 49 years old, and I've been gaming since the original Magnavox Odyssey days. For my whole life, I've always been interested in cutting edge tech, even if my budget won't let me own it myself. But PC gaming is definitely my main gaming interest. I'm also into Nintendo a little bit, mostly just for Zelda.

I've been involved in several other communities, but their traffic has died down, so I'm looking for a new community to add to it. It's good to see this place has some decent activity.