Findus Fop wrote:
I had the joy of doing the ironing on Sunday.
This meant I was in the room with the 360.
Mrs Fop and Fop the Youngest were out.
Which meant Mini Fop needed be entertained while I did the ironing.
We started watching a Simpsons DVD (a FUCKING CLASSIC - Burns' Heir) but the thing kept skipping.
So I suggested Mini Fop try Geometry Wars 2, given how much she enjoyed Rez Infinite. She loved the music, and found it exciting, but she was rubbish. The difficulty curve was too much.
Then I fired up Burnout Paradise. She's historically terrible at driving games. She was terrible at this. But it didn't matter! She was just cruising around banging into things, no racing, jumping the odd ramp, listening to Guns n Roses. It was perfect. Can see this being the game that gets her into gaming.
And I think I may put my hand in my pocket and pick up the remastered version for PS4*. It looked like enormous fun, and exactly what I need at the end of a busy day.
*Considering signing up to EA Access, which gets you a bunch of EA games for a £20 annual membership. The 2019 FIFA (not the one that's just been released), Burny Pee, a load of others that I couldn't give much of a monkeys about.
And reader, I did subscribe to EA Access. And it seems rather good. For
per month it seems decent value for money. I now "have" Fifa 19, Burnout Paradise, A Way Out and NHL 19 (which I'll probably only play once, but am curious. Last NHL I played was 96, I think.)
There are of course a comical number of EA Sports games on the service, making up the numbers (Madden 15 anyone?), but seems worth the price of admission for the above.