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Husband and Wife Computer Games?
An Anonymous Coward asks: "I have a home network, and my wife and I each have our own computers (plus a few extra). My wife has a fear of computers, and uses hers as little as possible. In an attempt to get my wife in front of her computer more, I am looking for games we can play together. My question is, what networkable games out there appeal to the female gender? Quake-like games are definelty out. Too bad Sims isn't multi-player..." I've gotta echo the sentiment about the Sims not being multi-player, however lately I've noticed a few husband and wife couples out there on a few MMORPGs. Are any of you couples out there playing games together? If so, which ones?
I've been looking at the soon-to-be-released Monopoly Tycoon lately. Looks like just what you've been looking for :)
Cross between traditional Monopoly and Simcity.
Simple game, she probably already knows the play, and it can be fun yet competitive.
Plus, it's got extremely low requirements, so you can put it on all the machines and invite some friends over.
I highly recomend Underlight. It takes the multiplayer and online aspects which you seem to be looking for and ontop of that is completely cooperative and interactive. Many women play the game as well as many couples who like it because you are able to advance and play the game with social interaction as opposed to hack and slash, kill the badens.
My gf wasn't much of a computer user/gamer at all. But recently I got her hooked on d2 where we played coop. She played a paly and put most of her skill points into auras. I had two characters. the first was another paly who put skills into the opposite type of aura.. She was defensive, mine more offensive/healing. This worked until I came home one day and saw that she had leaped well beyond that character by quite a few levels. So I switched to the Barbarian who was further along and could keep up with her. We finished that and the exp pack together in the wee hours of the morning. She has taken to dueling my brother online and enjoys collecting his ears.
She has also picked up tribes. I think she liked the multiplayer aspect of it. Where she can help out not so much with the getting the flag, but doing what she can on defense, and doing basic repairing/turrent farming. This too she plays quite a bit when I'm gone.
I think she has taken to both of these games because of the multiplayer aspects. Neither games are too terribly difficult. We look forward to playing Baldur's Gate 2 together when we get the chance.
Bad Part about it all:
Having to buy another desk because yours is being taken over to play tribes.
Having to buy another computer so she can get her frame rate up.
Coming home to complaints about team killers, and lag.
Side note. These games also helped her learn linux. After getting over her fear of computers, she was more willing to sit and learn the basic commands to get into linux. She now can use gimp, E, and loves most of the gnome game set.
Thanks all
peace
emk