TankPunk Mar 18, 2024 @ 3:49pm
Please help me find a game/games I can still play so I don't drive my wife crazy, lol
I'll try to keep it short, I was born with muscular dystrophy which is a neuromuscular disease which makes your muscles and nerves degenerate and get worse as time goes on. I started gaming at 2-4 years old and now here I am 43. I love all types of games from rpg to shooter or strategy. You name it if it's got a good system and decent graphics, I'll probably like it. So now the problem is the disease I have has progressed so much to where I can't move my arms, hands, or basically any of my body except my head and face. I'm blessed with a wife that will help me play pretty much any game despite her not being a gamer with following my directions with what to click or press on the controller, however she can't play all the time and needs to get stuff done at her stay at home job and cleaning etc.

So what I'm looking for help with from anybody out there in any genre of game that would have auto battle or auto quest, basically stuff to auto farm but still be able to enjoy watching it while she is busy and still feel like I'm playing and progress. Just so people know in advance I cannot use the adaptive controller or voice controls very well because I have to wear a breathing machine 24/7 which makes my voice not always the most articulate and able to be detected on what I'm saying on programs like voice attack.

I really enjoy games like Diablo where you get to grind and level up which picking your skills and weapons etc. I could go for an fps or I could watch ai fight against ai or have ai play for me. I like Pachinko a lot but I don't think steam has any legit pachinko's like the evangelion one that is in Japan on ps3 with lots of lights and animations and can be set to automatically play. It would be fine too if the game was only auto at times and other times my wife had to help as she just needs 30 minutes to an hour here or there to get stuff done. She's actually so amazing she's willing to bring the xbox controller around with her and click when i tell her to while she does stuff! God sure did bless me with her.

Anyways I guess this is it as short as I'd hoped itd be but hopefully everyone out there can understand what I'm trying to find and help me out. I'd like this to be a full purchase game that is not free with a bunch of in app purchases. I don't mind if there are some optional in app purchases like Diablo vi, but I don't want a free title. Not to be picky, but I would like decent to aaa graphics.

P.S. On a side note I would even be happy with afk fishing or farming while I wait for her to come back. I know there is a game called black desert but I heard combat is pretty intense and she's still learning how to game also you can't do auto combat in that as far as I know, please correct me if I am wrong. Seriously both me and my wife would appreciate your help to help me find games i can play even if they are only semi auto to keep me going. I'm up for mods or bots that I could use that would not break the EULA or get me in trouble. I'm never one to give up and my gaming spirit will never go away, lol :). Thank you in advance for any suggestions or help.
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crunchyfrog Mar 18, 2024 @ 5:46pm 
Hi there. Disabled gamer here who works with a lot of other disabled people at music festivals.

There's a couple of places I can recommend you start with and work from there.

AbleGamers - a decent little group that is a charity helping disabled people get access to games through getting the right equipment and support. I know the guys who run it and while it's small and they have a small community it's a good place to start for advice.

caniplaythat.com - A website setup by a person with visual impairments who got annoyed that reviews never handled what disabled people want to know. So he set up his site and did it. So if you want to know what to play they'll likely cover it.

Forgive me also if I'm teaching you to suck eggs, but I take it you've heard of or tried accessible controllers of various sorts? Again, AbleGamers might be able to help you there.
Last edited by crunchyfrog; Mar 18, 2024 @ 5:46pm
matt Mar 19, 2024 @ 11:38am 
There's a lot of different media that caters to gamers now, including movies and animated shows. It might be worth looking into that. Even if you watch Hollywood adaptations like the Doom movie, you can laugh at how silly they are. "Let's Play" videos might also be fun to watch. I think almost everything on YouTube is terrible, but there are a small number of channels that even I have found to be amusing.

As I'm sure you're aware, there's a been rise in games that are "like X, but with automatic battles". Hero's Hour, for example, is like Heroes of Might & Magic, but it has auto battles. However, it has pixel art, so I'm not sure it'd be up your alley. For what it's worth, though:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1656780/Heros_Hour/

Traditional strategy games sometimes have an "all AI" mode or mods where you can watch the computer players battle each other. This seems to be the closest to what you're asking for. For example, you could also try this mod for Civilization 6:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=873028667

I know you said voice stuff isn't likely to work, but if you could use some kind of assistive technology like that, text-based games likely be a great choice. Games like Sir Brante and Shrouded Isle, which you already own, would hopefully work well with that. They're basically just "choose your own adventure" style games. No need for fast reflexes, hand-eye coordination, or anything like that. Plus, they're not real-time, so you can try a few times to get your voice controls or other assistive technology to work.
Iceira Mar 19, 2024 @ 11:56am 
Is trackball mouse out of the loop here, could open up for mouse movement, and open up for alot of games with mouse controll in a diffrent way. ( but that depend on what you call arm movement. )

It's more a thumb/finger mouse controller, i bet CF also can see the idea behind it, and we are still back at each person funtions with them.

And open up for alot of point and click games. / turnbase games ( where speed mouse move action is not issue. )
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