Hurt hand, looking for RPGs that can be played with only one

A buddy of mine had surgery the other day and can't use his left hand for about the next 6 months or so. Still being a gamer, he can only play games one handed for the time being. Beyond working on crafting and such in this game what other games, primarily RPGs, do you guys recommend him playing? And can you provide a brief synopsis of why you liked it. He has a PS4, 3DS, and Vita. I suggested just a few titles...

- Pokemon
- Bravely Default
- Fire Emblem Awakening
- Persona 4 Golden

Also a long time ago Sony (or some 3rd party) sold 1 handed controllers for the disabled, this was back in the PS1 era that I remember seeing them. Has anyone seen something like this for PS4?

Pretty much anything turn based will do.
Hope he recuperates quickly! :)

Yup, thats what I'm suggesting to him. He just got the 3DS so plenty of titles for him to hit there, I've only played like 2 RPGs on it personally though, was looking for feedback on others.

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Originally Posted by Sadana

Pretty much anything turn based will do.
Hope he recuperates quickly! :)

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Pretty much this. Fire Emblem and Bravely Default, as recommended, among others.

You could do a *little* (pre-50 dungeons and maybe WP/AK?) FFXIV with a one-handed setup... strafe and turn keys near each other, essential skills within easy reach. But high end content, not much chance of that.

edit: You might take a look at lists like this and pick out the turn based ones

Turn based RPG's are always the way to go. When I had a broken arm one time, I relied mostly on them and PC games that required only the use of a mouse. Tablet gaming is also something to look at, some good RPG's on there. I played Knights of the Old Republic on there, and can easily be done with one arm. If he has a 3DS, Phoenix Wright series just re-released their first three games on there and the fifth one also on there and only requires the stylus. Also, the two DS Zelda games (Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks) are all done with stylus and not an additional arm needed.

I played this for about 2 months with only a mouse rather successfully. He could try this out:

-Get a 5+ button mouse.
-Set Strafe left/right to buttons 3/4 (or something that is along the sides of the mouse).
-Set back up as button 5 (kinda optional, I never really did use this...)
-Set move forward as holding both buttons 1+2 (left + right click)
-Set Right click to rotate screen (I don't remember if this is default or not)
-Left Click for use of all abilities.

It takes a bit of practices but is rather effective. The most common use is to press one of the strafe buttons while holding the right click and rotate the screen to adjust the direction of your strafe. This allows for precision turning while on the move.

Note: less effective as melee dps classes...

As far as controllers go I would suggest against a modded one if the condition is temporary (good ones can exceed $200 in price), mouse maybe as that has more of a lasting use after recovery. While not optimal I have cleared scob pre-nerf with a racing wheel so if you want to get creative that might be fun too.

You could always get Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2. You can play those without hands at all! ;)

If he wants to expand his options and has a tablet there is a whole new selection of games that are basically made to only play with one hand, since tapping on a screen with both hands/fingers isn't very feasible...

Unfortunately I don't have a list of any RPG's because I normally don't play phone/tablet games, but when PSN went down over Christmas I decided to try out the Injustice game on my tablet and I actually really like it a lot. It has lite-RPG elements but is still a fighting game at heart. You collect "Cards" of the super-heroes/villains and they have an energy bar. Each fight costs energy and when you run out, you have to wait for the energy to recharge. However there are consumables that drop that allow you to instantly recharge your energy.

Also, when you have built up a team of different cards, each card has it's own energy bar so you can essentially play forever without spending any real money and getting a true sense of progression. Characters level up to 50 and have a Power and Health stat. Levels increase both. Cards can also be promoted by merging duplicates together, which further increases their stats, and can be promoted (7?) times. Cards also come in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special colors, so the potential to have a massive array or characters to use is there.

You play with 3 card teams, so it's like a tag system for the fighting. The gameplay is literally tapping the screen to attack, holding two fingers on screen to block, and doing random quick-tap and quick-swipe movements to power up special moves after you've gained them. There is a "scenario" type mode called Battle, a Challenge mode every set amount of time which completion will award you with a rare card, and an Online Battle mode where you play bot-controlled PC teams.

If your friend doesn't like fighting games then this may not be for him, but this entire game can easily be played with two fingers on one hand, and while there is a pay-to-win aspect to it (you can purchase energy rechargables or the Credits ((currency of the game)) to purchase new card packs with real money) but it is absolutely optional and in no way necessary to have fun and progress.

I'm in love with it lol. It's AMAZING to be able to play a few matches while I'm waiting for raid to form or sitting in DPS queue. Either way, hope he finds what he likes and gets better soon!

I only use one hand to fight Shiva

I'd suggest what was said above, Legend of Zelda spirit Tracks/Phantom Hourglass is really fun, and fully used with stylus controls, so no second hand is needed at all. Any turn based FF game could theoretically be played one handed. There's a slew of FF titles on smartphone/tablets as well.

FF1-6, (ff4: After years as well), FF Tactics: War of the Lion, and Final Fantasy Dimensions are all on iOS, not sure about android, though I'd assume they would be

last year, I had a brain stuff damage that paralyzed my left side, all good now except for my left hand, is SO DANG LEFT lol, for normal stuff is ok, driving, handling objects etc, but my skill to play more dexterity stuff like ...uhhh, mario bros 3, nope, still playing like a toddler

So to keep playing FFXIV I started leveling monk, using a ps3 controller on my pc, so, mouse/ps3pad combo so I can use the UI more easily with the mouse and asing the actions to the right side of the pad and reconfiguring the button mapping made me easier to play monk, not to be the top dps tho, but the stance otation made me easier to not screw combos and so.

The less used actions I asigned them to the other side of the pad, and nowdays that my hand is more responsive I still do that to the other jobs I have been leveling. I think BLM could work too with one hand.

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last year, I had a brain stuff damage that paralyzed my left side

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Man, I hope you get better, jazo

Well, if you don't mind your RPG's being in the Sci-Fi genre, there's Eve Online. You could play the entirety of that game with just the mouse (keyboard is mainly used for hotkeys and chatting).

One-handed?

I suggest Terra Battle for iOS/Android. Developed by Mistwalker with soundtrack by Uematsu. Beware this is not a game you can marathon unless you shell out cashmoney - there's a stamina system in place that regenerates at set intervals and at certain parts of the story.

One MMORPG that comes to mind is Atlantica Online, it a turn based MMO and can be played with the mouse alone....true is a F2P that relies heavily on cash shop, but you don't need it unless you want to pvp (there's no PK or forced pvp in the open world, so PVE can be played safely without the cash shop).

Outside the RPG spectrum, if he likes turn strategy games, he can check out the Civilization franchise, great games, only the mouse needed.

For MMOs i can recommend Star Trek Online. Their space combat can be done with a mouse. It's tricky but possible.

From personally experience I actually somewhat injured my hand in a car accident once (thankfully it was only a pinched nerve or strain or something. Didn't show up on the initial x-rays and went away after a week or so) and managed to play through most of Suikoden V (again, "most" because i DID recover rather quickly) with one hand. With practice most PS1-3 games can be played one handed if you hand is big enough. Basically any Shin Megami Tensei game will work as well. They've got great stories and gameplay and require more thinking than dexterity.
If you have a PC, the new-ish Shadowrun Returns games only require one hand as well. Actually quite a few new and interesting RPGs from 2014 only require one hand: Shadowrun Returns, Divinity: Original Sin, and Wasteland 2. They're not overtly graphic intensive either so you can run them on pretty much anything.

Just like everyone else said - pretty much any turn-based will work. There are some older/remastered Final Fantasy games on steam and some (I believe I saw origins (FF1 + 2) and FF6 in the PS3 store And I think FF7-9? I forgot.
Highly recommend Suikoden/Suikoden II for turn based RPGs in the PS3 store if they're a fan of older RPGs ;)

As far as MMOs, Ragnarok Online (F2P) can be pretty clicky (click to move, click to attack (you can use /noctrl as a setting to keep the character swinging on the target automatically), click to pick things up, click to talk to NPCs, etc) you can use the F-keys to use skills but you can also just click them. A bit on the older side, but I used to mouse it when I'm being lazy. I'd suggest melee DPS classes, though (assassin/knight/monk/taekwon/etc), since the caster classes (wiz/sage/priest (naming non-rebirth jobs)) when soloing is a lot of hit and running. And archers - before hunter trap skills - are pretty much hit and run (circling-bard syndrome) as a norm when soloing.

Don't Starve, on Steam/PC isn't an RPG (more like a humorous Tim Burton-esk toony survival game) but it's pretty amusing and can be done completely via mouse click. It's easy to use and easy to entertain oneself/pass the time with (except if you die. THen it's not so amusing. :| )

If don't mind free to play and super extreme Chinese grind games, there is Myth War 2. The combat is turn based, movement is done via mouse (like the Diablo series), and using items in combat can be done via mouse clicks or hotkeys.

I used to play the original Myth War quite a bit until they shut down the servers to use them for Myth War 2.

He can play Diablo 3 with one hand, just get a razer naga mouse with 12 buttons.

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I only use one hand to fight Shiva

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I see what you did there....... you sly devil you

Because it hasn't been mentioned, Dofus and Wakfu are both Tactical MMORPGs that are free-to-play. They were developed in France, I believe, and they play very similarly to FF Tactics.