On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:38:09 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:
> 
> It depends on what you what you like, rather then down to
> speed/dexterity; I mean you might like We Love Katamari which involves
> pushing a ball that collects stuff, the bigger the ball the bigger the
> objects it can collect, make as large a collection of stuff as you can
> in the time limit.
> 
> --
> Phil Cook

Katamari Damacy is the original. I don't know that much changed in We 
Love Katamari except the levels, but it's a great game. The music is 
catchy, and while I've nearly broken controllers while cursing the 
level's time limits, it's never been because I wasn't fast enough. I 
usually just get distracted by the scenery. Katamari was one of the games 
that I had to bring to my parent's on vacations, till Wii Sports.

Since the recent Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games have been 
mentioned, I'll add a few in a similar vein.

Final Fantasy Tactics is a great story, and the game mechanics are turn 
based so you can play at any pace. It can be brutal hard, though, if you 
rush into a fight without thinking about it ahead of time or with the 
wrong characters. That's not as bad as it sounds, as you can change the 
characters during the fight (think changing a pawn to a queen and back as 
needed).

Legend of Mana is a quest based world building game. It's 'real time', 
but you can still take time. Real reason I like this game is it's sprite 
animation over watercolor backgrounds, a strange mix of old 8bit and new 
graphics. Problems can be that it's easy to forget what each quest needs 
if you have started 3 or 4 and then fall asleep.

More dexterity required, but the original Spiro: The Dragon is another 
fun game. You play a baby dragon who has to rescue the other dragons with 
the help of a dragon fly. I seem to remember it taking a bit more timing 
and finesse then "bash 8 buttons in this pattern then pray," but it's 
been a while.

Kingdom Hearts is a good game series. There is something strange about 
mixing the worlds of Disney and Final Fantasy, and it works well if you 
are a fan of them both.

The Lunar series is good too, but good luck finding those. It was a re-
release of an import only Sega CD game. Good story, hits almost all of 
the RPG stereotypes though.

If you played any video games back during the Atari to Super Nintendo / 
Sega Genesis era, you can probably find those on compilation discs. Atari 
releases Playstation 1 discs with pong and pacman, while Square Enix has 
been releasing Chrono Trigger and the original Final Fantasy games in 
pairs. Remember, those Playstation 1 games will play on the PS2.

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