Yves MakhoulCo-op Games You Might Get Your Wife To Play
June 5th 2008 01:26
Today we introduce a new series titled "Co-op Games You Might Get Your Wife To Play".
As most married gamers know, it can be difficult to set aside time in the evening to enjoy an hour or twelve of gaming. The obligatory chores await your return home from work, followed by time with your child(ren)..homework, bedtime stories, mild beatings...then once the offspring are off to bed, quality time with your spouse. By the time you're in your pajamas (or holey DMB t-shirt and what used to be your gym shorts when you had time for the gym), it's pretty much time to head off to bed to not have sex.
How does one combat this dearth of time? Though only available on last-generation systems (I know, how archaic), Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance I and II brought my wife and I much togetherness. It is, as should be expected, a very formulaic lite-RPG dungeon crawler/hack and slasher. Both characters appear onscreen, though both parties have to agree to move in the same direction, something which will appeal to your wife's unabated belief that you have no idea where you're going most of the time--thus if you follow HER, you are guaranteed [not to be mistaken for an actual guarantee] to reap priceless dividends.
Small warning: there is much 'loot' to be found, and this will bring out sides of her you haven't seen since the last time a rich relative with an ambiguous Last Will and Testament passed away.
The Dark Alliance titles have dynamic outfitting (I just made that term up), so if your better-half enjoys playing dress up, this will fulfill that yearning, and possibly save your child from countless wardrobe changes for at least the next few days.
The story is pretty much non-existent, or at least so crass that you will find yourself skipping the cinematics almost unilaterally. Something about a kingdom and a lost artifact or a conspiracy of lizard men...it's been a few years and several dozens of games later so maybe that's what happened, maybe not.
The best part is, this won't even count as "game playing" time...which means when you want to settle down to a frag fest on your own, your earlier play will not be judged as such. Win win, as they say.
The only real question is, why don't they make these kinds of games anymore? Untold Legends Dark Kingdom, the mediocre PS3 launch title, was certainly an effort, but not a very strong one. Really, somebody should be ashamed.
That's all I got.
As most married gamers know, it can be difficult to set aside time in the evening to enjoy an hour or twelve of gaming. The obligatory chores await your return home from work, followed by time with your child(ren)..homework, bedtime stories, mild beatings...then once the offspring are off to bed, quality time with your spouse. By the time you're in your pajamas (or holey DMB t-shirt and what used to be your gym shorts when you had time for the gym), it's pretty much time to head off to bed to not have sex.
How does one combat this dearth of time? Though only available on last-generation systems (I know, how archaic), Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance I and II brought my wife and I much togetherness. It is, as should be expected, a very formulaic lite-RPG dungeon crawler/hack and slasher. Both characters appear onscreen, though both parties have to agree to move in the same direction, something which will appeal to your wife's unabated belief that you have no idea where you're going most of the time--thus if you follow HER, you are guaranteed [not to be mistaken for an actual guarantee] to reap priceless dividends.
Small warning: there is much 'loot' to be found, and this will bring out sides of her you haven't seen since the last time a rich relative with an ambiguous Last Will and Testament passed away.
The Dark Alliance titles have dynamic outfitting (I just made that term up), so if your better-half enjoys playing dress up, this will fulfill that yearning, and possibly save your child from countless wardrobe changes for at least the next few days.
The story is pretty much non-existent, or at least so crass that you will find yourself skipping the cinematics almost unilaterally. Something about a kingdom and a lost artifact or a conspiracy of lizard men...it's been a few years and several dozens of games later so maybe that's what happened, maybe not.
The best part is, this won't even count as "game playing" time...which means when you want to settle down to a frag fest on your own, your earlier play will not be judged as such. Win win, as they say.
The only real question is, why don't they make these kinds of games anymore? Untold Legends Dark Kingdom, the mediocre PS3 launch title, was certainly an effort, but not a very strong one. Really, somebody should be ashamed.
That's all I got.
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Comment by Shaun Inguanzo
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Will have to try Baldurs Gate, but so far I've found the following games work:
-Anything Wii related, beginning with Wii Sports
-the Lego Star Wars games - the drop-in, drop-out style co-op play, with no dying (you just lose 'studs') hooks em in.
-And if you just want them to play games, perhaps while you do something else, the following games work well:
-Tumblebugs (google it)
-The Sims 2
They're my findings!
Comment by VannCrowe
I agree...the Lego games will hold her attention...for awhile. Actually planned to get to those in a future installment.
I don't know about your gf, but my wife LOVES those hidden object games (though I believe they're a little liberal with the use of the word "game").
Comment by Shaun Inguanzo
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Will have to see if the g/f likes them...
cheers
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Comment by VannCrowe
My wife is always up for a game of Wii bowling. And her parents. And my parents. Seriously, are you the only person on the planet without a Wii already?
The boxing game is VERY satisfying to play against your wife (and it's probably the most physically demanding video game ever--not counting Police 9-1-1 in the arcades..that thing destroys my thighs...way too much crouching). So if you want her to "drop a pound or two", that's probably the way to go.