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PC multiplayer games for couples
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Odale
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One of my friends recently bought Minecraft and it is strangely VERY addictive...
redflameent
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tried to get my wife to play wow with me. good luck
Luvdiscgolf
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I used to play WoW, then quit because I kinda got bored with it. A few months ago I was downloading a 7-day free trial of it and my wife had a fit, saying it was not a 'good' game or something. So, to keep the peace I obviously deleted it off of my pc, lol.
Getting back on topic, there are only two video games I've ever been able to convince my wife to play and that is the Bust-A-Move series of games and more recently Carcassone, which is an actual board game that has been made into a video game on the xbox 360 but plays exactly like the actual board game; oh, I almost forgot, she has played Bejewelled in long times past also.
Getting back on topic, there are only two video games I've ever been able to convince my wife to play and that is the Bust-A-Move series of games and more recently Carcassone, which is an actual board game that has been made into a video game on the xbox 360 but plays exactly like the actual board game; oh, I almost forgot, she has played Bejewelled in long times past also.
Ember
Mrs. Tek7
Heheh. I actually enjoyed playing WoW with him. But the $30/mo for both of us to play PLUS the amount of time that goes into it...just not the best option. He's really thinking about resubbing for a month Cataclysm, so I imagine I'll resub when he does. But we can't really do it very seriously or long-term.
IndyOfComo
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What about DDO then? Since it's now free to play?
XionTawa
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My wife and I have been married for 4.5 years, and have never really made more than $17k per year, and we have 2 kids...and the $30/month for an MMO has never really been a problem for us...but then again...we don't have TV, house phone, or much else other than Car loans, rent, utilities, and internet...
At first we thought it was rough to pay $30/month just to play a game...but then we broke it down... It's best not to look at it together like that...but to look at it like this... Most people that do not play MMOs and are avid gamers buy a least one game a month, or one game every 2 months...that is $60...per person...every 2 months...if you were doing this for 2 people that would be $60 a month ($30/month/person)...so really MMOs are cheaper... Not only that...but when you really look at it...you are spending $15/month to play a game that constantly updates...and he is paying $15/month to play a game that constantly updates... Adding it together always makes it look bad...
And people pay a LOT more than $30/month to sit and mindlessly watch TV...and it is proven that playing video games is better for you than watching TV...
And if you must watch TV...Hulu is free... Plus...paying $30/month for your favorite hobby is cheap...there are many hobbies that cost a lot more than $30/month...like golf...LOL
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Peace with wife >>> video games. It's simple math. You made the right call, sir.
My wife played Snood (which is a Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-Move clone) years ago, so maybe I should try to find a cheap or free multiplayer Puzzle Bobble game to try out with her.
Any 360 titles are right out since we don't own a 360 and have no intention of ever owning a 360. Now if it's also available for the PS3 and we end up buying a PS3 this Christmas, then I'd definitely consider it.
Not only that, but if we decided to play long term, we'd have to drop $140 for 2 copies of 2 expansions (Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King) plus twice whatever Cataclysm is going to cost. No thanks.
That's the plan. Visit for 30 days, check out the changes in Azeroth, visit a few guilds to say hello, and say farewell again when 30 days are over.
/agree
And even if I could, I wouldn't want to. I have what I call MMOADD: MMO games get rather boring rather quickly. I've played too many great games in my time to just settle in to one. I already play Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Unreal Tournament 3, and StarCraft II on a regular basis on the PC. (That's not counting any handheld or console games or other PC games.) Tacking on a timesink like WoW for the long-term just isn't reasonable. There's only 24 hours in a day and I can't spend them all playing games.
We tried it. I liked it. I think I could convince Ember to give it another shot, but, again, I'd rather stay away from MMOs. I already play too many other games to play a MMO and progress at an average rate.
We haven't had any cable TV since moving into our house and we didn't have anything above what the apartment complex provided for "free" (i.e. tucked into the rent total) when we lived in an apartment. We watch so few American TV shows and those few shows are all on Hulu.
I agree that $30 a month is a reasonable price for the amount of time two average WoW players spend playing the game--but I don't think my wife and I would be average players.At first we thought it was rough to pay $30/month just to play a game...but then we broke it down... It's best not to look at it together like that...but to look at it like this... Most people that do not play MMOs and are avid gamers buy a least one game a month, or one game every 2 months...that is $60...per person...every 2 months...if you were doing this for 2 people that would be $60 a month ($30/month/person)...so really MMOs are cheaper... Not only that...but when you really look at it...you are spending $15/month to play a game that constantly updates...and he is paying $15/month to play a game that constantly updates... Adding it together always makes it look bad...
The issue isn't so much the $30 per month price point--it's that, in order to get our $30 worth each month, we'd have to disrupt our schedules. I enjoy Tribe of Judah's TF2, L4D2, UT3, and SC2 weekly game events and I don't plan on quitting those. Adding a few nights of WoW to that schedule has me spending too much time playing games.
Whatever games my wife and I play together (with the exception of 30 days of WoW) should allow the player to play casually and still have fun. I can either play 30 minutes of WoW and accomplish next to nothing or I can play 1 or 2 matches of StarCraft II. It's a simple matter of fun:time ratio and it's one of the main reasons that I quit MMORPGs years ago.
For those who play WoW and no other games or maybe only one other game, then yes, it makes sense. For someone who already plays four other games regularly, it doesn't make sense. Not in the long-term.
EDIT: It's worth mentioning that Soma Bringer, one of our favorite games we've played together, incorporated elements found in WoW and many other MMOs: character classes, leveling, earning skill points as you level, allocating skill points to branching skill trees to unlock new abilities, loot drops, weapon and armor tiers designated by text color, damage per second ratings, and so on. Soma Bringer took classic RPG elements, combined it with fun and fast-paced real-time combat, and added essential touches (like Soma Gates, which are items that allow you to instantly teleport back to town--and then back to where you dropped the Gate). Basically, it felt like a 2-player MMORPG without all the cruft (e.g. trade chat, running for 10 minutes to get anywhere, boring combat, gnomes in their underwear dancing on mailboxes, Chuck Norris jokes, beggars, etc.).
TL;DR: MMORPGs are right out for a number of good reasons, but action RPGs still rock.
I'm still perplexed as to why there aren't more games like Soma Bringer and why (WHY?) Nintendo decided to pass on localizing and publishing the game in the US.
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IndyOfComo
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oh oh!!
Did I miss teh amazing, stupendous, Peggle being listed??
Did I miss teh amazing, stupendous, Peggle being listed??
Peggle is indeed awesome. I introduced my wife to Peggle after pre-ordering the Orange Box and playing Peggle Extreme. She, of course, enjoyed it as much as I did.oh oh!!
Did I miss teh amazing, stupendous, Peggle being listed??
I'm not sure Peggle (as awesome as it is) really shines as a multiplayer game, though.
XionTawa
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That makes sense...see...unfortunently both my wife and I are busy (at work or school) during the ToJ game nights...and so MMORPGs work best for us...and we really only like to play one game at a time...if we were available during the game nights, I am sure we would have a different view...but I don't see myself getting out of 2nd shift for quite some time...
Aye, MMORPGs definitely work better for some gamer couples. I didn't want to dissuade couples from playing MMORPGs. During the 30 days Ember and I played WoW together, it was considerably more fun than when I played before. It's just not a good long-term match for us. It could very well be a great match for others.That makes sense...see...unfortunently both my wife and I are busy (at work or school) during the ToJ game nights...and so MMORPGs work best for us...and we really only like to play one game at a time...if we were available during the game nights, I am sure we would have a different view...but I don't see myself getting out of 2nd shift for quite some time...
Returning to the original topic: Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 are both 66% off until Thursday 4 p.m. (the Steam site doesn't specify a time zone) on Steam. The pace of L4D2 is too frantic for Ember, but other couples might enjoy playing the game together.
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RiverTigress
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My recommendations would be Diablo 2 and Stronghold Crusader.
Crusader is an RTS, however being as it allows for free and immediate resource sharing between co-op players, if you're selective of your map you can easily have just one player handling all military activity while the other concentrates on local building and economic production. It's a very good game for couples in my opinion because it lets the guy be all manly protecting his woman from outside threats and such, and then after defense is taken care of there's lots of room for joint problem-solving to work together to take out your opponents. Other plusses are it's cheap (<$10) and has a strong Christian bias.
There are other Stronghold games out there which are also a lot of fun, but Crusader is the only one with this particular resource sharing system that allows for easy division of labor in co-op play.
Crusader is an RTS, however being as it allows for free and immediate resource sharing between co-op players, if you're selective of your map you can easily have just one player handling all military activity while the other concentrates on local building and economic production. It's a very good game for couples in my opinion because it lets the guy be all manly protecting his woman from outside threats and such, and then after defense is taken care of there's lots of room for joint problem-solving to work together to take out your opponents. Other plusses are it's cheap (<$10) and has a strong Christian bias.
There are other Stronghold games out there which are also a lot of fun, but Crusader is the only one with this particular resource sharing system that allows for easy division of labor in co-op play.
Corpfox
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I don't believe Tek7 was into it.
Tek7 said:
Though, doing a search of it, it does seem annoying to have it repeated.
http://www.cgalliance.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35160
Sure, that was 10 months ago.
It just sounds impossible to please Tek7's wife to be a co-operative, online gamer. -_-
Nope. I wasn't.
I'm one of 5 people on earth who didn't and doesn't like Diablo or Diablo 2. All the clicking wears on my wrist. It's the same reason I didn't buy Torchlight even when it was $5 on Steam (that, and the lack of LAN or online co-op, which will be remedied in Torchlight II).
Ember
Mrs. Tek7
ehehehe.... ^^
Keero
Tribe of Judah Membership Administrator
List still stands. Try the demos. >.>
IndyOfComo
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Hey, congrats!