Okay, so after seeing the trailers for OUTLAST today, my long time console gaming friend Ruprecht finally caved and bought it. Whilst it was cheaper on GOG, he went with a Steam purchase (having an account already from a prior purchase of Dark Souls). Fair enough, he's not the most techy type, and whislt I live near enough to aid him, he also doesnt want to be gogged down is stuff he doesnt undertands and HAVE to ring me if he can help it.

Already though - having redownloaded DS (a game hes familiar with from xbox), his eyes are opening to the possibilities of PC gaming with mods, fixes etc, and it got me thinking - Steam (in his case) is about the right kind of start for him (though there will be a day when there is a beating GOG in his heart!!!!), as it auto updates and does a bunch of stuff for him. It also gives him an easy social side where he can contact me or another friend quite easily if he is having problems (lets face it, for some the transition to PC gaming can be daunting).

So, he has Dark Souls ( a game he is familiar with) and Outlast (a game he is not - HEHEHEH! - he doesnt even own a commode!), but both seem to provide controller support and what I want to know is:

What games would you recommend that are either bundled (or have been repeatedly) or dirt cheap that have or will appeal to modern console gamers once they have gotten beyond the base threshold of actually TRYING a game on PC?

Obviously the humble WB and ORIGIN bundles come to mind... but there must be many others that can ease these poor folks into a new gaming world?

See, hopefully I can pick out a bunfle for him here and there or bag him a cheapo from steam as we go - the plan being to eventually get him interested in DRM free as well through a purchase of Witcher from steam and of course the GOG redeem option... heheheh!

Your ideas please: he's basically been mostly AAA all this time (so some high calibre indies are a good idea). Still quite stuck on high graphics (thought hat will change) and like FPS, RPG (a ala skyrim etc) and doesnt like strategy at all.

Edit: oh, i forgot, obviously keyboard and mouse are alien to him, so controller compatible games (doesnt matter the service) are best! :)
Edit2: scuse spelling, i have a giant cat sat on me

Just show them.

Not being a big gamer myself, just saying hello.

Heheh!

Alright mate?! Hows things? :)

Fine mate, hope things are kicking for you as well :-)

PS: York looking better everyday!

Heheh! Aye not too bad here

Am glad, and will vacate thread so as to leave room.

Have fun, c

Edit to add: our pm's work :-)

If he likes metroidvania like action platformers you should recommend him Dust - An Elysian Tale.

I was about to suggest Metal Gear Rising (since it has controller support), but you mentioned he's more into FPS as well as RPGs. So...

-System Shock 2 (not entirely sure if you can play it with a controller, but I'm sure it's possible)
-Hard Reset
-Swapper (as far as graphics go...I guess)

Can't think of anything else besides those in all honesty.

PC gaming is mostly a collection of niche genres these days, altough most AAA titles have a PC port they are often better played on a console.
So my advice is to see what sort of niche he likes, multiplayer, horror, shooting, adventure, simulation, etc.
If you're recommending Outlast, I would suggest to at least try Penumbra, Amnesia and maybe Stalker.

hes already got outlast (as i said), so yeah penumbra etc is on the list. stalker hes very interested in (due to it being one of my favourite games) but I fear with all of the "rail shooters" hes been through, he may need a middle ground. Hard reset i think would be a good one. SS2 also (if he can handle the look of it - maybe a month or two). Cheers!

I'd like to recommend Ether One. It looks gorgeous and, yet, it's an indie. It plays in first person, like a shooter, and yet it's an adventure game. It has controller support. I think it's a game that showcases really well what different genres and niches PC can approach, while feeling "traditional" and comfortable to a console gamer trying the PC out. In my opinion, it's a very cool transition game that also showcases how awesome the indie dev community is on the PC -- Ether One is a PC/Mac exclusive, for the time being.

If you have a good PC and you want to blow his mind show some Rise of Flight or War Thunder.
I know it's not everyones cup of tea but the ooohh's and aaahh's it produces when I show it to people is amazing. =P

I think its definately one to show him a trailer of and drop on him once hes more used to PC gaming (and all the various possibilities), cheers!

Sachys probably wants a serious answer here.

He isn't getting one from me. :D

Put him to play Doom. It will make a man out of him and put some awesome into his tainted blood. It will put him on the path of ascension so that one day he may truly belong to the PC Master Race.

;P