recommend an xbox game for my son

[Verto]

Morrowind is not too hard for a 14 yr old.

[Traianvs]

It's too hard for me so it will definately too hard for a 14 years old

No really I never got immersed in the storyline. Nothing seemed to be going on, so I didn't know what to do but wandering about doing a quest occasionally, but all I got was some weird creatures attacking me sometimes, and some silly errand jobs. The game itself is cool, but should've had better quests with more unique dialogue instead of the same old talk

[bipolarbear]

Morrowind might bet too massive of a game for a tyke, but I'd say Fable would be perfect for any age. Although you want used.

Morrowind is not too hard for a 14 yr old.

Maybe not your "non-geek" 14 year old. I know 13 year olds who have beaten the PC version.
KOTOR would be good too, I know many people over a wide age range who are into this.
If you want to bore him to death or a coma, get him fusion frenzy.
How about a racing game? Those are always non violent?
I'm not sure about pirates of the carribean b/c I never played it, but my home -diggity-dawggggzzzzzzzzzzzzz said it was in the hizzouse and off the hizzook.
BTW whoever said grabbed by the ghoulies, that is NOTa good game for a 14 year old.
To be honest. Halo isn't a bad (bad in that it will corrupt your child) shooter. You shoot aliens in it, and end up having to rely on alien plasma guns anyways, b/c they have a better availability to power ratio. The story line is clean, the gameplay is great.
In mechassault you shoot other robots.
Nba street volume 2 might be handy. Nice arcade style gameplay that anyone can immediately enjoy, and its a platinumh it, so you get the ultra cheap 20$ price tag. It also goes to multiplayer which is always a plus.
You can also aim for an older tony hawk game. Try T.H.U..(Tony Hawk's Underground)
Very cool story create a character, multi etc. Best in its genre.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Trajanus
It's too hard for me so it will definately too hard for a 14 years old

No really I never got immersed in the storyline. Nothing seemed to be going on, so I didn't know what to do but wandering about doing a quest occasionally, but all I got was some weird creatures attacking me sometimes, and some silly errand jobs. The game itself is cool, but should've had better quests with more unique dialogue instead of the same old talk

It took me a while to get into this game. But I do like it now.

As for understanding it. I understand most of the rules . Although I still have trouble getting those 5X attribute points sometimes. Sometimes I can do it, other times they don't come up for some reasons. And I never really learned alchemy that well, or even enchanting. Yeah I heard enchanting is super great and all, but I can kick some major ass just from the weapons I find.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Verto
Morrowind is not too hard for a 14 yr old.

Morrowind isn't too hard for a 14 year old, whether a 14 year old would actually *enjoy* it is another matter.......

For that sort of age, my votes with KOTOR

[child of Thor]

What was Theif2 rated as? It does have killings in it, but not that much gore, although it does have you needing to clean up blood stains - so that may be too much for you(i'm sure your son would be fine about it though - teenagers hey ) - but its quite a good xbox game and has a certain 'coolness' to it.

KOTOR is probably looking like a good bet if he or his friends havent played it already.
(and i agree Azurik is not worth it, even as a bargin second hand!)

Pirates of the Caribbean is good, but only if your son likes fairly slow based rpg style games and pirates - Morrowind is in comparison a bit more action orientated(but also more complex), but both offer loads of gaming hours if they are games he'd get into. Both have been known to crash the xbox from time-to-time.

Jet Set Radio is an old game(and came free with the xbox a few years back), but its got a very good feel about it, great music and again a certain 'coolness' factor. It a street skate arcade game, not a sport game so much, not violent either which is a rare thing. It can get pretty tough in places though.

Baldurs Gate - Dark Allience, is a fairly easy(lite) rpg style game and can be fun in a pick-up and play kinda way, should be a cheap second hander by now too.

[DrSpike]

Prince of Persia: Sands of time, and KOTOR are two games he'd probably enjoy.

[Father Beast]

OK, I bought Knights Of The Old Republic used for 18$ US yesterday. I'll give it to him for christmas

Thanks for all the help, everyone.

[DrSpike]

Just don't expect to see him over Christmas.

[Father Beast]

Just reporting after the fact:

My son LOVES the game! he said it actually requires some thinking, and so it's a break from the nonstop action and killing of Halo2 (which someone else there has)

as an added bonus, I downloaded a bunch of text files off the internet for him. with all the walkthroughs and extra stuff, it would be 300+ pages of reading.

He enjoys the plot and about everything in it.

Thanks again everyone.

[Verto]

as an added bonus, I downloaded a bunch of text files off the internet for him. with all the walkthroughs and extra stuff, it would be 300+ pages of reading.

ewww.

[Dis]

glad he likes the game.

It's a good change of pace from all the action games. Some kids may not get into that. But I'm glad he does.

role playing games

[DrSpike]

More like: hitting people with light sabres.

[Dis]

yes but at least you get to make some dialogue choices. and think about what consequence your actions have.

not that it's a big game thing. your actions really don't affect that much of the story (just a few parts). The only reason to pay attention to what actions you take are so you can attain the highest (or lowest) light/dark side status (which gives you a bonus)

[DrSpike]

Did you just counter your own argument?