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Two-Player Games for Mixed Skill Level Players?
koreth asks: "What are some good two-player games that a newbie can successfully play with a more seasoned gamer? I want to find a good console or PC game I can play with my girlfriend, who has only recently started gaming. Something cooperative would be great, but head-to-head is fine too. All the games we've tried are made for players of roughly the same skill level -- so either I end up dumbing my gameplay way down (no fun for me) or blowing her out of the water without much effort (no fun for her). Is there any game out there that gives two players tasks of varying difficulty to keep both of them engrossed, at the same time?"
Your task will be killing her and her tasks will be running away, struggling with the keyboard and dying.
...beating each other with live cats.
It's a little tricky setting up a game, but if you put about three ounces of rum in waterdish, they're easy to catch. That said, it's more fun to do it with sober cats... their claws have a higher chance of being extended at any given point in time.
Now, if you start to get the knack of the game before she does, just drug her cat more. Her cat won't be as painful, but she'll be able to swing it harder without it trying to claw her eyes out.
After a few rounds, you'll both be laughing, exhausted, and covered in each others' blood.
Oh, and if you're both knocked unconcious, the cats will eat you. They'll start with with your tongues, btw.
Yeah, but every time she's playing with me she's complaining about your skill level.
Theres this game I play with my girlfriend, but it's not a video game.... try it
The trouble with that game is that girlfriends tend to object to the multi-player form.
"You don't want to frag your significant other, you want to frag the NPC that layed a hand on her."
:) If I'd managed to get my Horde rogue to 60 while I was still with my last boyfriend, his Alliance priest would have been going down.
Speak for yourself
I've ganked/fragged previous boyfriends in online games too, and been ganked/fragged by them too -- I find it more fun than cooperating, actually, because I get to show off, be as vicious as I want, and ideally become a better player while I'm at it.
The solo campaigns aren't bad either
Yeah, great idea, until you start bickering over how you didn't protect "her" villagers and you accuse her of hogging all the gold and spending it on useless trinkets.
Aerobics, right? You sweat, your muscles hurt and there's this chick telling you you're not doing it right.
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I believe the 2 player game you are looking for is sex. Try not to blow her out of the water (unless she's still into that, haven't seen her in a while).
The trouble with that game is that girlfriends tend to object to the multi-player form.
Perhaps, but the ones that *don't*....
"No problem. I have the capacity to do infinite work so long as you don't mind that my quality approaches zero."-Dilbert
I want to find a good console or PC game I can play with my girlfriend, who has only recently started gaming.
Lots of people on Slashdot play this game where they have girlfriends. It's fun to pretend!
Hahaha: Insightful. Oh, class. Only on Slashdot. :)
Player 1 tries to keep the garbage bags taken to the curb, groceries in the fridge, and fixes things around the house using tools from your inventory.
Player 2 cooks interesting meals, plays with the cat / kids, and listens to music.
Occasionally we get together for an awesome 2 player combo.
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Wow. If that counts as "math skills" for your girlfriend, then you should lay off the jailbait. She can't be over 6.
Will you marry me?
Someone save me from this sanity.
That brings a whole new meaning to "Boom Headshot!"
"Theres this game I play with my girlfriend, but it's not a video game.... try it" Yes, but if she's a noobie at that one too you will still have to show her how to operate the joy-stick.
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Hey, I finish first because I'm _better_!
>>We play this awesome game called Domesticity.
Sounds like a total rip off of the Sims.
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