Btw the Battlefront games are worth a look if you want to switch off your brain and mindlessly shoot stuff, I mean save the galaxy far far away. Plus you get to ride on taun tauns. I've yet to master flying an x-wing though.
Ah, X-Wing - there was a game that needs to be resurrected 
You just can't seem to find good POV combat flight simulators these days.
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Good point. X-Wing was fab, and if I remember rightly pretty challenging.
I have been tempted by SW Battlefront Rhiannon, but I tend to enjoy games with a bit of a story to get my teeth into. Hence being excited about Tomb Raider. That being said my go-to 'switch-off' game is Destiny at the moment. Guns, evil aliens, fresh items to hunt for and upgrade... its like meditation.
Actually its quite a serious part of my relaxation. My work involves quite a lot of creative output and problem solving. The pure hand-eye co-ordination and in-the-moment action of a FP shooter seem to use a completely different part of my brain. Its like a mini holiday for my mind.
p.s. did you ever play a game called The Force Unleashed? there are two, but the first game was written as a bridge between Episodes 3 and 4. It had a pretty cool story about how Darth Vader takes on an apprentice who ends up turning against him and basically gives the rebel alliance its initial momentum. His family crest is the rebels emblem. The controls could be a bit clunky... but you play a lightsaber-weilding sith come jedi with crazy force powers who can throw storm troopers around like dolls and pull star destroyers (yes, star destroyers) out of the sky sooooooo.... who cares?
