n00b

We’re thinking about getting a PlayStation 4.  Like, soon.  And that means I need to pick out video games.  The problem is that I have no idea where to start.  I don’t play video games.  We had a Nintendo (the original version), but we only had maybe four games.  I remember Duck Hunt, Super Mario Bros., Zelda (although I don’t remember playing that one), and Joust.  I think we borrowed Mike Tyson’s Punch Out sometimes.  Then at some point we added Tetris and Dr. Mario.  But you get the picture – that’s the era of video games I’m familiar with.  In college, Greg, Erik, and John played Goldeneye for hours and hours, but I never tried it long enough to get the hang of the controller.  John had a PS2 for a while, but I wasn’t really interested in the games he played, so I never really tried to get into it.

Now I want to get into it, but I don’t know where to start.  I’m as new as newbies get – I don’t even know what type of game I want to play.  The only thing I know is that I don’t want one with a steep learning curve.  I don’t want to get frustrated immediately.  I’m reading reviews, seeing what I can find out.  I may just have to guess.

Help?