VeeshanVault

I'm looking to find some sort of pc game my wife and I can play cooperatively, that doesn't require you to physically sit on your butt staring attentively at the screen for more than one hour at a time.

Some background:

She's a typical sanguine personality. She enjoys things like Zuma and Snood, but hates things like EQ. She likes Mario and Zelda but hates Unreal Tournament. I want to find something we could do a few times a week and both have fun at. Be it a board game or turn-based thing or an RTS, my question is this - what would be a good game to introduce the cooperative play aspect of gaming to someone that doesn't like anything a typical guy gamer would like?

When I've had the time to play a game I haven't played much other than EQ for the last 5 years, so for those of you with a broader range of experience, please assist!

Thanks in advance

My GF also dislikes FPS games and RTS games but she really enjoys point-and-click type games. Whenever we play co-op games, it's always something like Diablo II (PC) or Champions of Norrath (PS2). With those types of games you can put 30 minutes into it and still walk away with some progress.

Zuma is the greatest freaking game!

Puzzle Pirates maybe?

can never go wrong with connect 4...


also there is a game on original playstation called Puzzlefighter. girls love that fuckin game.

if you can find it... it's the nutz

Baldurs Gate 2 for the PS2 is a great mindlessly easy coop game. You may want to give COH a try. Its MMORPG, but its mindless easy fun and fast paced with short missions you can easily rifle off in 10 minutes or so. If you really want to give an RTS a shot, WC3 is probably your best bet, just let her play the tutorials and start out with the odds stacked heavily in your favor until she gets the hang of it. Otherwise, you might want to give a look at NWN.

One of my favorite board games is Settlers/Seafarers of Catan =)

You could try crystal chronicles on gamecube, or the mario party series

He did specify pc game...

A friend of mine that used to play EQ a lot would play Diablo with his wife to settle her gaming nerves. You can acomplish a lot in an hour and save anywhere. But, I dunno if that is considered like eq or like zelda or what heh, so maybe it doesnt work.

Perhaps a Dungeon Seige type game?

Set up MAME and play Ms Pac-Man!

Virtual pinball games uber alles! Details in the emulation thread a few months back.

Really appreciate the reponses!

I have a copy of NWN we can try out. Is there a similar type game that doesn't have a fantasy setting? She seems to have a hangup about makebelieve creatures. Tips on overcoming said hangup also welcome

Have you looked at SWG? You can progress in the game and never kill a single thing depending on what carrer you choose. Its also very mission based, most if not all of them can be done in under 30 min. Its not near the pain starting up with money and gear as EQ was. You can be naked and nearly as effective as a fully armored player.

Dregor Thule wrote:He did specify pc game...

a thousand pardons and one "oh"

If she doesn't dig fantasy maybe a post-apocalyptic world like fallout would be more suited to her tastes.

Worms!

Worms is awesome.

One of my favorite board games is Settlers/Seafarers of Catan =)

Best boardgame evar.

Empire Earth

it's fun!

I want ALL your SHEEP! baaaah

Settlers rocks.

I have to chime in with the Settlers appreciation. It's one of my favorite board games. The Seafarer's expansion pack is fun, but the Knights & Cities is just too damn complicated.

Damn you robber!

I've found CoH to be pretty good for playing in short spurts.