Topic: Universal (gaming) recommendations thread.

@Thrillho @JohnnyShoulder I will also add that when my son was around that age he rather enjoyed Spyro (back on the PS One) and it didn't matter to him that he was completing the game.

@Tasuki That's good to know, thanks! I've narrowed it down to the following

Yoshi's Crafted World (has a Mellow mode for lower skill levels)
Super Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Super Mario Party
Cars
Pokemon Let's Go
I will give all of those a deep dive over the weekend and decide on Monday.

@RogerRoger The only reason I chose NSMBUD is that there are two new characters, Toadette and Nabbit that have been introduced and have special abilities which are designed to help out less experienced players. Plus you can have local co-op with just one Joy-Con controller, so an adult can help out if needed. I'll keep your thoughts in mind though!

@KratosMD I remember Time to Kill from many years ago. Silly game but good fun. Some ridiculous weapons and lots of dirty humour. The time travelling device means you get to go around a good array of era but I don't remember much in the way of detail. I can see what you mean about Tomb Raider similarities in some ways but no annoying puzzles!

All I remember from Syphon Filter is playing the demo for the first game a ridiculous amount of times.

@KratosMD Looking for good PS1 FPS games? I’d recommend the original Rainbow Six, it’s brilliant and really quite tactical.

@KratosMD I would be lying if I could remember as it's like 16 or 17 years since I played it! I think I used a load of cheats to unlock all the weapons from the start as well.

I just looked and it actually came out in 1998! I remember that a lot of the dirty jokes went over my young head.