Need civilization-builder or RPG type game for Christmas present, please help!?

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civilization IV, compared to III, IMO is not very complicated but thats just me
anyway, for civilization builders Railroad Tycoon perhaps
lol pretty much any game that has "Sim" or "Tycoon" might be good idea
as for morrowind/oblivion I say that's a bad idea since those games revolve around combat.
you may want to want to look into games like the Sims or maybe Sid Meirs Pirates for a more RPG like game.

Good luck =]
 
civilization IV, compared to III, IMO is not very complicated but thats just me
anyway, for civilization builders Railroad Tycoon perhaps
lol pretty much any game that has "Sim" or "Tycoon" might be good idea
as for morrowind/oblivion I say that's a bad idea since those games revolve around combat.
you may want to want to look into games like the Sims or maybe Sid Meirs Pirates for a more RPG like game.

Good luck =]
 
Civilization IV can be complex to master, but it's not too hard to ease into. I highly recommend it.

Fallout 3 is a pretty good re-boot of an excellent franchise. It's made by Bethesda, who made Oblivion and has the same open-world structure and runs on essentially the same game engine. The caveat of course is the non-fantasy, post-apocalyptic setting. Of course it also has no sandbox/builder facet to it.
 
Hi, I am buying my wife a game for the PC for Christmas. Problem is I don't know what game to get her. Her criteria is this. Basically she is looking for a civilization-builder type game that doesn't have too much (or any) emphasis on warfare. She's not into the warfare aspect as she feels it is too fast paced, and she would rather sit back and have time to think and enjoy the building aspects of the game.

She is interested in Civilization IV but we are both worried that it will be too complicated for her to figure out and enjoy, not that she isn't smart enough but it seems pretty complicated just from looking at reviews. She tends to be over analytical and if something is super complicated it will end up just frustrating her and she will lose interest. I've also thought of getting one of the Sim City series of games, but I don't think the modern urban city really appeals to her much.

If there is no game like this, I think she would also be open to an RPG like Morrowind/Oblivion as she really liked those games when I got them for her. I think she especially liked the open-ended aspect of the Morrowind/Oblivion series.

Please feel free to leave any and all suggestions. I want to find her the perfect game and I will be very grateful for your help, thanks a lot.
Well she already has played Oblivion and Morrowind extensively and loves them. The type of combat I was referring to was RTS style (Warcraft 3 etc) combat or first person shooter type.

The oblivion style combat was fine for her.

As for the Pirates game, I think she might like that.

Fallout 3, although probably a great game, not so much.
 
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