no that was ok, i meant that god awful contest

NWN2 but only because I am an outsider

Not at all, NWN2 was a lot better than the first game, IMO. I found the Neverwinter Nights campaign to be horrible, it was only saved by Hordes of the Underdark.

I'd still pick Dragon Age Origins though.

I'd start her off on something like Painkiller only to watch her jaw drop when she sees the first boss. But I'm groovy like that.

On a serious note, neither DA:O nor NWN 2 are new-user friendly. Start her on something a little lighter. NWN 2 is too intricate, and chances are the gore fest in DA:O will scare her away from gaming and make her think we're all a bunch of sociopaths. I'd go with Mass Effect and set it for her so that the party members use their abilities automatically, as well as setting the difficulty to easy.

I mean, if you really want to get her into the fantasy thing, I guess DA:O would be ok, if you turn off the bloody gore. Ultimately you know her best, pick something that you know she'll like to take part in. That's the best advice I can give you.
-Cym

Don't worry about the nugs. Watch out for the lady pirate. :P

Yes, if you can introduce her to a game other than Dragon Age and Neverwinter Nights 2, then you should introduce her to one of the Sims games. Girls really love those games. But there is a chance she will start spending more time in front of the computer and less time with you...so if you are the needy type, you should just introduce her to Dragon Age.

Is this a person who's never played a video game before, or what? If so, I would stay far away from both of those games, unless she has a background in tabletop gaming or something like that.

I couldn't really get into dragon age.

I left for work one morning, only to come back and find my girlfriend deeply engrossed in saving the circle of magi.

Over the next three days, she had completed the game, when I hardly finished the first town.

What can I say, bitches love Alistair

Why limit yourself to those two choices? If she is new to gaming I'd say show her neither of those and play Lego Harry Potter instead (or one of those other Lego titles depending what types of movies she likes). And PLAY WITH HER.

However if you must decide on one of the above I would ask yourself is she a more complex girl, she might like NWN2 UI or character options or does she like character interaction DA. If I were presenting one to my GF it would probably be DA, she couldn't get enough of developing character story lines on TV.

Show her EvE Online.

Or a worms game. Girls love it.

I enjoyed NWN's solo campaign, especially the first module in the city of Neverwinter. I do not understand why everybody disliked it.

It did have a lot to live up to after Baldur's Gate 2... I just felt that the main quest became a bit bland at the midpoint. Also, at the time I was really sad when they removed the ability to import your BG character to NWN. Looking back though it was probably a good idea not to have a God/demigod running around the city, looting corpses.

Took everyones advice and went for Dragon Age. She liked the story but struggled with the controls (not a gamer).
Popinjay - that would be evil
iuliand - Worms is the only game she enjoys playing. I will try something else and im sure she will find something we can both enjoy.

As a side note I think my disgust at Dragon Age is due to it being nowhere near as good as NWN 2. So many wasted opportunitys. Well back to Baldur's gate for me, anyone know a code to make Xan happy?

Why do you think they love Alistair? He's not very bad boy and it seems girls love the bad boys. :)