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How to find out, what video games your dad like?

If you didn’t grow up playing games like many of the people in my generation and the younger generations did, you may not realize that games have grown up as we’ve grown up.

By IngoPublished 3 years ago 5 min read

If you didn’t grow up playing games like many of the people in my generation and the younger generations did, you may not realize that games have grown up as we’ve grown up. These days, there are games for all kinds of players — just like there are movies and TV shows for all kinds of viewers. Whether you’re a kid, an adult, someone who likes lots of action, or someone who prefers something more thought-provoking — there’s a game out there for you.

But what happens when you have a young family? Time is no longer a luxury for most parents when you have to juggle childcare, raising kids, work, and running a household. So should dads pick up the game controller and play video games? Or should they use their time more productively?

I grow up with the first Sega and Nintendo video games, later with all the Playstion series and Nintendo. After many years later the time of free time is clearly reduced and games need to be balanced with the needs of the family.

There shouldn’t be any harm in dads playing video games, providing they don’t shirk away from their responsibilities as a father or husband. For some dads who work long hours and don’t have much social life, playing video games late in the evening can be a good way to interact with other peers.

Also, if fathers play video games with their children, it can be a fun activity to do a couple of times a week.

This might be hard to find out for you, but for a bunch of older-generation videos and Pc gamers like us is very simple. We give the top 5 genres for every kind of Dad. Mobile games are not included. We include also games you can connect with your Dad.

5 Free-to-play games

Yes, everyone is playing these free games and we love them. We will not be talking here about Fantasy Football. There are big e-sports competitions all around the world and actually, millions just like to watch other people playing like a football WorldCup. The most popular games this time right now are Ego shooters like Fortnite. The game has a healthy population of between 2.9 and 4 million users playing Fortnite on a daily. Many Kids have permission to play it because of the cartoonish style. Is still a shooting game …..

Fortnite

Warzone alias Modern warfare, alias Call of duty is popular since the PlayStation 2 era. In a time when the PS was grey and in this time very affordable in every household. They just remake it for every platform with a new story. Most Dads at this time have their best time and might unite back with their old clan. There are also Overwatch, Apex, Destiny 2, Warframe., Pubg, and Counter-Strike.

For more strategy or roleplayer genre Games we recommend Dota 2, Star Wars the old republic, and Diablo Immortal. There are many more but they are the most popular with lifetime never-ending updates.

All of these games are free to play but in-game purchases are very common for this kind. More resources, a new weapon, or just a season pass… you name it. Unfortunately, they are not all on the same platform. It might be Steam, Xbox, PlayStation Store,

4 Action Adventure.

The beauty of the genre is that you use your brain and imagination. They are stress relieving. Every good action game adventure has its own character of fascination, The landscape and some NPC are perfectly detailed and just beautiful, and the battle system is perfectly balanced I will show here some games every dad like to play or is at least interested in it.

God of War. This game is going far back in the past on all PlayStation platforms. The story follows Kratos, a Spartan warrior and later the Greek God of War, who was tricked into killing his family by his former master, the original Greek God of War Ares, and later Zeus himself.

Now the God of war is back and he has a son now you don’t know that his father a god is. It’s a beautiful Father and child bonding story just a Dad would understand. Trust me on this. You don’t have to play the first 3 games of this genre, there are more hack and slay. However, I recommend playing or owning first the God of war game which is about 1000 years after the trilogy for about 20 bucks, and then the newest God of War Ragnarok where their adventure continue.

Eldering

Since the game launched not so long time ago, most of them agree that it’s beautiful, detailed, and absorbing, but intimidating for newcomers. While critics seem to concur that it will stand as one of the best video games of the year, The main reason for Elden Ring’s initial popularity was how difficult the game is. Not only are the battles incredibly challenging, especially with some of the game’s most ferocious and deadly bosses, but players are also punished significantly if they die. This game is for hardcore gamers and is best with the Dark soul games years back to the mirror.

2 Roblox

we make this game our top 2 number two because is very simple to play together online. In Roblox, each player can create games and maps for other people to try and play, making it a challenge in and of its own.

There is for every genre something. The requirements to play online are minimal, works on a laptop with no graphics card and android systems. You just have to create an Account with 2 different Email addresses.

It is the perfect game for Dads to start connecting with their Kids. Just try it out. There is also an in-game purchase available called Robux.

1 Minecraft

With over 238 million copies sold, according to Mojang, Minecraft is hands down the best-selling game in the world. For a game to achieve over 100 million copies sold is a momentous feat that only a tiny handful of games have accomplished, and Minecraft has rocketed past that into significant milestone after milestone.

and besides, that is like Lego in digital. And Lego is for every age, Studies have found evidence that video games can increase processing speed, cognitive flexibility, working memory, social skills, and problem-solving skills. Hands up it is the best long-term game for dads.

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Ingo

It is very hard to find a nice gift for your Dad when he says he doesn't want anything or even worst, he has everything.

However, we go more into detail and explain all kinds of dads and what they would appreciate as a present.

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