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Games For Both Of Us?

Posted by simoniker on from the happy-families dept.

Truist writes "My wife and I have started playing games together (side by side at the computer) recently, and we're having a hard time finding games that we both like. Specifically, I tend to like FPS games (Quake) and she tends to like puzzle games (Myst), but we're both happy to meet in the middle. She doesn't seem to like Worms, but Return to Castle Wolfenstein was a huge success for both of us. What are your suggestions for good games that we can play together, and that we'll both enjoy?"

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  1. Adventure... by S.+Traaken · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sam and Max, the Monkey Island series, Day of the Tentacle (Lucasarts adventures in general) have worked for my wife and I.

  2. Games that the wifey & I play by MichaelKVance · · Score: 3, Informative

    My wife and I play a few games together:

    - Diablo II (Mac)
    - Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Xbox)
    - Dynasty Warriors 3/4 (PS2)
    - Time Crisis 2/3, Vampire Nights (PS2)
    - House Of The Dead 2 (DC)
    - Super Puzzle Fighter II (GBA)

    She's sort of an exception to the norm, though. She also enjoys Animal Crossing quite a bit, and doesn't mind watching me play through Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC), or Knights Of The Old Republic (Xbox).

    m.

    --
    "Sebastian you're in a mess. They called you King of all the Hipsters, is it true or are you still the Queen?" -- B
  3. Games my girlfriend and I play... by AntiGenX · · Score: 3, Informative
    My girlfriend and I play together very often, almost nightly in fact. We tend to get something new to play about once every three months. As we add games to our collection we can rotate around the ones we like. I tried the whole FPS thing, it was a no go; System Shock 2, Half-Life, and Halo fell flat on their faces. Interestingly though, she enjoyed watching hours of Star Wars: KOTOR. She was able to help with the interactive story-line and character alignment direction; while I took care of all the fighting. In fact, one of my good friends, also female and definitely not the video game type, came over and "played" too. It seems, to them, it was like watching an interactive soap opera. (If you've played the game, you might think so too.) This past weekend, she enjoyed watching me demolish XIII, a FPS with a damn good plot (starring David Duchovny).

    However, the games that we truely play together or even competitively, are of a different vein.

    We recommend:

    Jardinians - "Like Breakout, But With More Gnome Bouncing", Fun to play competitively, and you can make your own levels to challenge each other. (Just make sure you can beat your own level)

    Text Twist - Kind of a word jumble game. There's a free trial, give it a chance, it's a addictive. Fun to play cooperatively.

    Super Collapse 2 This is an interesting puzzle game which is best played solo.

    Spider Solitare - This one was free courtesy of Microsoft. Sure it's solitare, but you can play cooperatively too.

    Monopoly Party - This old stand-by never dies. We stick to classic, not the weird "party mode". The CPU's are kind of stupid, but it's still a good time, especially with more people. The best part is, nobody has to be the bank, so games go sooo much faster.

    Old NES ROMS - We have a hacked xbox that has a ROM emulator loaded on it and we love to play Super Mario 2 and some of the classics. And now we're talking about building a MAME/XNES Cabinet.

    ...now if only I could break her into Linux.