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I’ve been sick for the last few days, which means that I’ve been comfort gaming.
I tried playing Tomb Raider: Anniversary, but I found myself in a large room full of pillars and switches and evenly spaced handholds and the occasional mummy — all of which is great when I’m well, but distressing when I’m sick. Typically I love Tomb Raider’s open exploration, but I felt like a lost kid in the mall and just wanted to sit down until someone found me.
So I switched over to Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. I love MUA and it’s even better now that I have the Hulk because I can stomp my way through levels. MUA is the perfect comfort game because I can sit on the couch, press a few buttons, and am rewarded with an interactive comic book. In other words, very little brain power is required.
Do you guys have comfort games?
On May 14th, 2008 at 11:02 pm, Bluraven79 wrote:
My comfort game is Call of Duty 4…which is strange because there’s probably no game which makes me go all apecrazy more! But, since its fairly easy to play, and so familiar, I always meander back to its soothing streams (of bullets) for comfort when I’m down or just bored with my other games.
On May 15th, 2008 at 1:08 am, Boz wrote:
I haven’t had a comfort game since Pilot Wings.
On May 17th, 2008 at 10:41 pm, Matthew Cox wrote:
I used to count Ultimate Alliance in that category, but now that I’m going through trying to pick up certain achievements, not so much.
When all else fails, there’s Peggle, or NCAA Football 08