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Ask Slashdot: Best Adventure Game To Start With?
canolecaptain writes "One of my daughters (10 years old) has become interested in adventure games, and started playing Fate. It's been awhile since I've had time to play this type of game (since the Diablo 2 days), and I'd like to know what Slashdotters thought would be the best set of adventure games to start her on (PC preferred). Nothing too scary yet, so unfortunately, Diablo is out for the time being. I'd prefer one with multi-player so that we could quest together on ocassion."
The only thing a hack'n'slash has in common with an adventure game is mouseclick-induced carpal tunnel.
Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda. Since she's 10, she might get a kick out of Wind Waker due to kid-friendly themes (while still not being completely kid-sanitized) and a slightly better learning curve than, say, Twilight Princess or Ocarina of Time. You can't go wrong with Zelda, and Wind Waker is a really, really great game. Exploring those islands, filling my sea chart with maps of the islands and so on will live on forever in my memories because of the sense of discovery in that game. It was pretty easy to play, too, while still having challenging puzzles.
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It's not on the PC, but it's pretty cheap.
You can quest together on occasion.
It's generally not scary.
You can only imagine how disappointed your daughter would be cracking open a text adventure, wanting FATE instead!
It depends upon the resolution of her imagination's graphics whether Zork is good.