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5/19/12 at 2:25am
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Hey

I recently have wanted to get my dad into video games and I would probably have him use my Xbox as that is the most simple (just plug and play). I need some help finding a generic fps that is simple and easy, as I don't think my dad could handle complex shooters like Fallout or DX:HR. I was thinking something along the lines of COD or BF3, but any suggestions would help.

The more user friendly and easy the better

Thanks in advance
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5/19/12 at 2:28am
As far as video games go, CoD is probably as easy as it gets. On the lowest dificulty it's pretty much impossible to fail, my mum managed to pass a CoD level (the second one in CoD6 excluding the "no russian" one) on Xbox and she can barely use the foxtel remote rolleyes.gif
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post #3 of 25
5/19/12 at 2:31am
old school... contra

but yeah. cod is as easy as it gets on easy level
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5/19/12 at 6:22am
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Thanks guys. +1 rep to those who gave input
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5/19/12 at 6:29am
Quake or Unreal.
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5/19/12 at 6:35am
super monday night combat is probably gona be the best in term of learning curve vs fun factor.dont send him in bf3 or other hard core shooter he ll hate gaming very fast
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5/19/12 at 6:45am
Battlefield 2... a simple classic. The PC servers are still chock a block, too!
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5/20/12 at 5:07pm
Dude get him to play Halo thats what game my dad Loves and my brother also its great with Co-Op ^_^ and Deathmatch
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6/10/12 at 11:27am
Halo comes to mind. It might not be as easy as CoD, but CoD is for little kids, so Halo it is biggrin.gif
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