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online game to play with my girlfriend
NinjaPirate720
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My girlfriend and i are in a long-distance relationship, she is NOT an avid gamer at all. She IS however, very into the sims. I was thinking the Sims Online, but that is maybe a too expensive because of the monthly charge. She is willing to try other types of games, even the free web-based ones.
Again, she isnt an avid "gamer" (hence the addiction to something easy and mainstream).
Also, another problem, i only have a mac
Does anyone have any easy internet games that are sim-like that my girlfriend and i can have fun with together while we are apart?
Thanks in advance for your help, ask any questions you want.
Again, she isnt an avid "gamer" (hence the addiction to something easy and mainstream).
Also, another problem, i only have a mac
Does anyone have any easy internet games that are sim-like that my girlfriend and i can have fun with together while we are apart?
Thanks in advance for your help, ask any questions you want.
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hmmm... that was so obvious that I think you might be a troll and I've been duped. DUPED I SAY!
Meh, alot of people just ignore the furry part of it, and act just as humans or whatever... It's completely free, so you might as well check it out and see if its any good... I mean, the area you're looking for is a very very small market.
Second Life requires no money. Sure you can spend money if you want, but for the most part, everyhitng you could want to do is free, or is cheap enough that you can do it with the allowance that you get from SL for playing. You two might enjoy it. You can go and hang out in dance bars and have virtual dates, or go and checkout all the other oddball stuff there is there. you could also be corny and make her items in the sandbox area.
Wow no, ignore that.
Second Life is DEEP, and she probably would be turned off by that alone.
City of Heroes is a very "designed for everyone" game that anyone could pick up. I got my mother to play it, and she is now hooked onto it like crack... since the weeek it came out... and she hadn't played a video game since Mario on the SNES.
Except for the fact that its excruciatingly repetitive, being able to reliably play with other people enhances the gameplay experience threefold at least.
Too deep, too wierd, too pointless and on top of that the game is also on its decline. Not for someone who doesn't play games.
... Starcraft?
There's always iSketch.
Got to agree with CoH. It's about the most casual gamer friendly MMOG I've ever played. There's basically no loot, very few things that require more than about a half hour of commitment (and those are all optional), and has a wonderful system for allowing people of widely different levels to play together. She'll probably get a big kick out of the costume creator too (most people do).
Step 2: Set up a Hamachi Server.
Step 3: Play whatever the hell you want over your own private VPN.
It's the only MMORPG I've really played and I have been for the last two years.
It's really really awesome.
(There's even an unofficial Penny Arcade group on Virtue server...)
Also, invest in a webcam and Skype (or equivalent) account, if you both have personal space that you could play in. If she has a Mac as well, you could use iChat. It's still not as good as face-to-face play, but it's as close as you can get on a reasonable consumer budget. Even lacking the camera, you probably want the voice-chat; for long-distance relationships, voice is important.
I keep in touch with some old college buddies via XBox Live. We hooked ourselves up with their little camera gizmo, and the built-in voicechat seals the deal. These are not bad times, the times we live in.
Best of luck!
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