Games That Help You Feel Intelligent

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#1 black_chamber99
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Portal series is a given, but I feel LA Noire has become one of those games that helps mental midgets feel intelligent. if you go on any board and criticize this game you'll inevitably get the 'lmao go play call of duty' and 'its not GTA or RDR, omg do reasearch before you buy' and 'this game is for mature people'. what i dont get is the whole accusation of being a call of duty fanboy if you dont like a certain game. where did all these elitist COD haters come from?

people feel better about themselves by not purchasing a certain game?
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#2 soulitane
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I don't need a game to make me feel intelligent :P
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#3 ChubbyGuy40
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Simulators and games like LA Noire/Ace Attorney. :P

Oh, and SC2. You gotta be pretty smart to beat dem Koreans.

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#4 Phoenix534
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Starcraft II. When I actually win a match(which isn't a common thing), I feel like the smartest person in the world.

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I think L.A. Noire is simply more about perception than intelligence. Though sometimes making connections may take a little bit of noggin scratchin' :P

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#6 tomarlyn
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  • Portal
  • Tetris
  • Civilisation series
  • Rome Total War
  • Advance Wars
  • Mirrors Edge
  • Football Manager/Championship Manager

Off the top of my head

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#7 deactivated-61cc564148ef4
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Portal 2

Not the puzzles. Just the intelligent writing

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X3:Terran Conflict
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#9 catfishmoon23
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Brain Age :P.

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Advance Wars
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#11 padaporra
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Civilization and Rome: Total War, as the other guy said, come to my mind.
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You conquest the barbarian as the Julli and you fell like "take that, Julius Caesar, I'm a better general than you!".

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Professor Layton
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#13 Inconsistancy
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SC2 if it all works out.. none of those games.
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Scramble board game

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Any online game when I have voice chat turned on.
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When he engages your siege line, and he realizes his broodlords are suddently flanked by your vikings, while he's losing all his drones to your marine drops...it makes you feel pretty damn intelligent. Starcraft 2.

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Body and Brain connection

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Mostly point and click adventure games like Myst and Syberia.
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#19 mD-
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SC II is very hard

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#20 scar-hawk
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As tempted as I was to choose the last option I have to say the Portal series probably.
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#21 110million
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Adventure games mostly, portal as well.
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Hearts of Iron 2. Played 10 hours and I almost got the basics down!

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Winning a competitive pokemon battle. Makes the 15 hrs. of preparation feel worth something.

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#24 GreenGoblin2099
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CoD... it makes me feel intelligent because I don't play it.

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#27 killzonexbox
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Postal 2...killzonexbox
Sorry I mean portal 2 ...

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#28 sethman410
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Mass Effect helped me to be more successful in communicating with other people.
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#29 110million
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Mass Effect helped me to be more successful in communicating with other people.sethman410
People in real life will only talk to you after you achieve specific goals in real life, but after you complete a number of them, they will never talk to you again. :o
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#30 gamefan67
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Puzzle games (or games with Puzzles) - Meteos, Layton, Minesweeper Strategy games - Warcraft(not WoW), Fire Emblem, Advance Wars etc Adventure games - Phoenix Wright, Hotel Dusk, Grim Fandango
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#32 dkdk999
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Mass Effect helped me to be more successful in communicating with other people.sethman410
Please tell me you don't now end conversations with "I should go" :lol:

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#33 WithoutGraceXII
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Myst series for sure.
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#34 Archang3l_666
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Spacechem - that game can make you feel like a genius when everything is going right, but can also make you feel as dumb as a rock sometimes

ArmA 2 on harder difficulties

Europa Universalis (or Victoria or Hearts of Iron)

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I don't need a game to make me feel intelligent :Psoulitane

This.:P

I'd say any RPG that actually requires thinking.:P I'm getting tired of shooters... Man I should cop Witcher 2 instead of wasting my money on shooters I missed out on.:x

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#36 Wiimotefan
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Lack of MGS2 in this topic is fail.

Its one of my favorite games and I enjoy the story a lot, but most MGS2 fanatics will say you are simply too dumb to understand the game if you dont like it. It has a very elitist following.

Now I will say that usually when I hear people complain about MGS2 they actually dont understand it lol, but that doesnt mean that every person that dislikes the game is dumb.

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wow makes me feel intelligent. i absolutely love staring at my screen while i get globaled by mages and cant do anything about it. i mean, what better way to play a game than to just stare at your character as he dies? game is brilliant.
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#38 savagetwinkie
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i think the conversations are a little vague in LA noire otherwise i think it would be great, but more oftent then not it feels more of a random choice unless i have the exact evidence i need to prove they are lieing.
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#39 deactivated-61cc564148ef4
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[QUOTE="killzonexbox"]Postal 2...killzonexbox

Sorry I mean portal 2 ...

Lol I was worrying for a a second there