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What are the best games to get a non-gamer into games?

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Portal vs Journey vs Plants vs. Zombies

 vs Super Mario Bros. vs World of Goo vs Minecraft vs Scribblenauts Remix vs Tetris vs Animal Crossing: New Leaf vs Reveries: Dream Flight vs Flower vs flOw vs Dungeons & Dragons vs Katamari Damacy vs Flappy Bird vs The Sims 3 vs Pokémon Blue vs Robot Unicorn Attack vs Mice and Mystics

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Overwhelmingly Positive

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Very Positive

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Puzzle (physics-based)

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Indie / Survival / Sandbox

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8 Player Online / 4 Player Couch / 8 Player LAN/ Infinite Player Servers

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Yes

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Java: Windows 10, Linux, Mac. Bedrock: Windows 10, Android and ios.

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Java can join to java. Bedrock can join to bedrock. No java and bedrock together support

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1080p60

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Simulation

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Nintendo 3DS

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Pros + Cons

Pro
 The game leaves clues to a deeper story

Throughout both Portal games there are hints left in various forms that fill in more of the story, including information about Chell's personal history.
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 Merges first-person shooting mechanics with platforming and puzzle-solving

Portal uses an engine that was meant for a first person shooter and creates puzzles that need solved through various stage with the use of platforming. While not the very first game to merge platforming with and FPS the puzzle aspects make it unique in that no other game had done this specific combination yet.
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 Somewhat short

Portal takes 2-3 hours to complete which means it can be completed in one sitting. This may not be enough game for the money for some people and should be considered before purchasing.
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 The sequel contains an AI powered by a potato

If that is not funny, then nothing is.
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 Created one of the most memorable characters in gaming history - GLaDOS

GLaDOS, or Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, is the main antagonist of Portal games. She is voiced by Ellen McLain with the voice later processed to sound closer to how a text-to-speech program would synthesize a voice. GLaDOS initially functions as a guide to the player and is only later revealed as a manipulative, narcissistic, sinister and passive-aggressive character that wants to kill the protagonist. GLaDOS is the main force that moves the humorous yet dark narrative of Portal series with her remarks being simultaneously hilarious and terrifying.
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 Innovative gameplay

Portal has won multiple awards for innovative design. Using a first person view and portals that allow one to traverse a room through one placed in one location to the other placed in another location to solve puzzles was and still is a very unique game design.
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 Humorous telling of a dark story

Portal is known for its humor. Even years after it's been out in the world people are still quoting and referencing it in everyday situations.
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 Easy to set up multiplayer

Both the dedicated server and "Open to LAN" options allow fairly easy setup for multiplayer.
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 Multitude of mini-games makes for flexibility

Due to its vast community, Minecraft has a wide variety of mini-games available for download, which can tailor to different sizes of groups.
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 Defined by originality

There are not many games that have become so iconic due to their original characteristics.
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 Enthralling, unpredictable gameplay

Exploring and fighting expands on what is a randomly generated world, never knowing what's going to happen next or what the player will find. There are no set goals and no end to reach: it is all a sandbox experience that the player formulates as they go along, making it all the more thrilling.
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 Amazing extended community

The community surrounding this game is huge due to its popularity. There are lots of servers and projects revolving around it that allow for so many different choices in how one wants to play and who they want to play with. From crafting guides/videos, themed servers and YouTube play sessions, there is enough out there to help one find what they are looking for.
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 Great creativity tool

It allows you to draw up ideas for buildings and structures before letting you create them.
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Con
 Steep and time-consuming learning curve

Learning what items are needed to craft takes quite a bit of knowledge and time. There are guides and videos online that can help with this, but not much in-game that helps the player know exactly how and what to craft.
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Con
 Lack of meaningful story mode

There is no story mode in Minecraft: there is only a create mode or a survival mode. Neither, however, supply any kind of story or background as regard what is going on in the game.
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Pro
 Addictive town simulation and management

Animal Crossing: New Leaf puts you in the shoes of a mayor of a village of talking animals, where you get to manage the village's events and generally make decisions to make your neighbors happy. While you can make plenty of bureaucratic decisions like when and where to host village get-togethers and events, you also get to manage your own home, your character, and your finances. It gets more in-depth than what you may expect, providing some pretty addictive fun in getting everything just right. Finding the best ways to decorate your house with furniture you bought or received as gifts from your friendly neighbors, collecting new clothes to customize your character, and somehow earning enough money to pay off your home mortgage loan are all part of your daily life in Animal Crossing. You can easily get hooked from all the ways you can pick and choose from so many different activities.
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Pro
 You have unlimited freedom to do whatever you want

There are next to no restrictions on when you can do things. You can go fishing, collect clams, dig up fossils, go shopping for clothes and furniture, chat with your neighbors and write them letters, participate in town events, and tons more whenever you feel like it. The only major thing is that the game runs according to the real world clock, so for example, there are some villagers that only show up at night, and you won't be able to interact with them during the day. But this is natural enough that it's not too much of a bother; you can always go off and do other activities until the right time comes up for your target goals.
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Pro
 Fun multiplayer options with StreetPass friends

The game opens up a lot with the multiplayer activities with your StreetPass friends through the Nintendo 3DS. You and a group can all join up in one of your friends' towns to hang out together at town events, play mini-games, or just generally get up to all kinds of trouble by terrorizing the villagers if you really wanted to. Anything you do here doesn't affect the host's actual town, so you can make the neighbors angry, cut down all the trees, or whatever else without worrying about your friend losing out on their own progress in single-player.
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Con
 Can turn into a huge time sink

Because there's so much to do in the game, you can get caught up in wanting to do everything, all the time. Whenever you can finally afford that latest upgrade for your house, there's always something else to do, like staying on track with your mayoral duties, and then another thing and another thing. It's possible to become too addicted to Animal Crossing to the point where you prioritize a scheduled meeting with a villager at your house, for example, over real-life obligations.
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 Beautiful and immersive

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 Very simple gameplay

Just point your nose at the next crystal.
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 Extremely simple gameplay

This is what we call a one-button game.
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 Addictive

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 Hard!

It looks so simple. No! You will fail. And instantly. And yet you're still playing hours later, because (occasionally sometimes) you can soar.
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 Unavailable

It's hard to find. There are many clones however.
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 Addictive

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