I know, I know...Co-op games to play with GF?

Omnicron9999

Yes, I searched, and yes I went back 5 pages.


Anyway, my girlfriend and I have been playing the same old co-op games lately and we're looking for something new. We currently play Soul Calibur 2, Mario Kart: DD, Smash Brothers, and she is trying to get into Halo 2, but the controls are a bit much for her.

Any suggestions? Or you could just point me to the previous thread(s). I have a PS2, XBOX, and GC.

Also, I have been thinking about getting a football game, but I know nothing about any of them. I know a new one comes out every year, but can I save some dough and get 2005, or 06 or something like that?

revolve

There is an easy two-part answer to this question.

1: What does she like to play?, and
2: Play that with her.

Mr_Grinch

-insert cooperative sex joke here-

Incidentally, those aren't really cooperative games! If you're sticking to that vein give Worms 3D a shot. It's not fantastic by my gf picked up the controls ok.

Burnout also oddly seems to go down well with women.

JamesDM

Mr_Grinch wrote: »

-insert cooperative sex joke here-

Incidentally, those aren't really cooperative games! If you're sticking to that vein give Worms 3D a shot. It's not fantastic by my gf picked up the controls ok.

Burnout also oddly seems to go down well with women.

I second Burnout series being a game most girls end up getting into to some degree.

Xagarath

Cookie and Cream/Kuri Kuri Mix (depending on continent)

Dírhael

You need Micro Machines 2. Yes, you really do need it. It's old now, but the hours of fun that game provided is almost unrivaled even today. Just don't go for the later games, as they are not as fun as the older ones.

Kor

Is taking a step back to the SNES an option? My wife and I practically spent our first 3 months dating playing Co-op SNES games.

ViolentChemistry

Gundam versus Zeta Gundam. Everyone loves co-op in that.

stigweard

Lego Star Wars II. My wife doesn't like many games, but she loves this one.

Dodge Aspen

stigweard wrote: »

Lego Star Wars II. My wife doesn't like many games, but she loves this one.

The only game my wife will play with me that doesn't involve monkeys in balls. Or Wii Sports.

AnakinOU

Co-op's hard to find, unfortunately. SW LEGO 1 & 2 are quite fun, though.

I've had a good time just hanging out on the couch while my wife played through Beyond Good & Evil, Pikmin, Chibi Robo, etc, too. It's semi-co-op, in that I'll suggest "hey, try X!", or she'll ask me to do a boss battle for her or something. Same also holds for adventure games like Siberia. Just find what she likes, and then find a way for you to be involved.

Samuel

I just picked up Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks seeing as it's on sale for 8 quid, and I'm currently playing through the co-op on that with my girlfriend.

It's dumb, cheesey, and trashy... and a fucking blast. If your girlfriend doesn't love sawing people in half with a hat, there's something wrong with her.

Also:

Alien Hominid
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3
Either of the console Baldur's Gate games
TimeSplitters 2 & 3
Serious Sam: The Next Encounter
Tales of Symphonia
Ikaruga
Mario Kart: DD
Phantasy Star Online Ep. 1 & 2 (the offline mode, though)

I've played through all of those with my other half, they've all been pretty great.

Cokomon

My girlfriend and I had fun playing through all of the Metal Slugs in the Wii collection, even if the controls kind of sucked on the Wii-mote. Why could I not use the classic controller again?

I also second the Lego Star Wars games, good co-op fun.

Also, what is the deal with girls and the Burnout games? My girlfriend loved it when she was playing it, originally thinking it was just some dumb racing sim but really enjoying it when she got into it. I've heard from lots of other people on this forum (as is mentioned above) whose significant others really enjoyed the Burnout games much more than usual.

Also, if you feel like coughing up the extra dough, MMOs make good co-op games. We have been playing CoV on a free trial, having a good time. Afterwards, she wants to try going going back to WoW now that BC is out (we used to just share an account, but now we have two comps to play on). This paragraph has too many acronyms.

RidleySaria

My sister likes playing Super Mario Strikers co-op. I suggest that.

SteevL

My fiancee and I had a great time playing through Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on the PS2.

Sheep

Friend of mine is getting married. His girlfriend's game experience begins with Mario Kart, and ends with Mario Kart. Until now.

I don't know why. Maybe it's the snazzy soundtrack, or the throwback to the eighties graphical pinkness, but she has a fondness for Vice City.

ViolentChemistry

Sleep wrote: »

Friend of mine is getting married. His girlfriend's game experience begins with Mario Kart, and ends with Mario Kart. Until now.

I don't know why. Maybe it's the snazzy soundtrack, or the throwback to the eighties graphical pinkness, but she has a fondness for Vice City.

It's because the '80s were sweet and anyone who says different just isn't in on the joke.

Nerdtendo

My fiance is a bit of a gamer, we have a small selection that we like to play.

Bomberman
Rampage
Gauntlet
Karoeke Revolution (she loves it, I'm not too fond of it, but she likes when I play it with her)
Dance Dance Revolution
Various puzzle games, Super Puzzle Fighter comes to mind.

FreakNRage

Dynasty Warriors for PS2, stay away from the special ones just get the latest edition of the core one which I think is Dynasty Warriors 6. It was the only video game I could get my ex-fiance to play and she would even play it by herself if she had time off while I was at work. Honestly I think the only time we got along while living together was while we were playing Dynasty Warriors. HA ha she actually wanted to play it more then I did, I found it a little repetitive but it was easy enough for her to pick up and learn.

For Football get Madden. I personally hate football, never played a football game and got hooked on it right from the start for a couple weeks. Only bad thing though is that it requires you to both have played for awhile and be decent to enjoy a two player. Personally I would suggest going with either hockey(NHL) or soccer(FIFA), theyre a little bit easier to pick up for beginners and have some fun. Yeah you can buy older versions for less money, although there usually are some game improvements each year sometimes minor sometimes pretty major. Whether the improvements are worth the extra cost are not is always a personal judgement.

If you really want to play co-op you need to get a computer for each of you. Get into MMO's, tons of replay value and alot more fun if you are playing with someone else regularly. Most of the real girls(not guys just playing a woman) that I run into in MMO's got started through a boyfriend/husband and even kept on playing after getting rid of the boyfriend/husband, because after figuring out how to play and not worrying about sucking they liked the gameplay and community aspects of the games. I was going to get the ex into Guild Wars, its easy enough to pick up the basics of play and has no monthly fee but we broke up before we got an internet connection after moving.

Sonos

thats really odd, the only game my ladifren would consider touching was burnout as well. she sucked at it but it was still nice to have her try.

what evil black magic are they weaving this game? give me more!!

jclast

My wife and I played through X-Men Legends and had a good time. It was especially handy that since it was just the 2 of us there were 2 reserve characters there for us all the time is we died.

bananasaurus

I usually play DS games with my boyfriend .. usually Animal Crossing, Mariokart DS, Tetris, etc.
And Wii Sports .. I totally kick his arse in boxing

Original Rufus

bananasaurus wrote: »

I usually play DS games with my boyfriend .. usually Animal Crossing, Mariokart DS, Tetris, etc.
And Wii Sports .. I totally kick his arse in boxing

My girlfriend and I have a regular Mario Kart WiFi habit. So if you have the means, I'd definitely reccomend.

Evil Multifarious

Karaoke Revolution is a good suggestion. Girls love it when they see their men attempting to sing "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston.

DesertBox

I have to second Monkeyball and Burnout Revenge, especially. I have never seen such vile expletives come from my g/f's mouth as when she savagely takes down the computer. Yet she drives like an old granny in real life.

Sonos

I bet DDR works better than any other game ever made with every female ever born.

Sharpie

Sonos wrote: »

I bet DDR works better than any other game ever made with every female ever born.

I suck at DDR and hate playing it, so maybe you're wrong. :P

My boyfriend and I play SSBM and Mario Kart all the time. Also, he sits with me while I play FF7 and helps me understand the damned ATB.

Also, you can play games together without playing games together. Sometimes he'll be on his computer playing WoW and I'll be playing FF3 on my DS or something. That's a nice way to relax, because when we play games like SSBM, it's usually with his buddies and it gets pretty rowdy.

jclast

Sharpie wrote: »

Sonos wrote: »

I bet DDR works better than any other game ever made with every female ever born.

I suck at DDR and hate playing it, so maybe you're wrong. :P

My boyfriend and I play SSBM and Mario Kart all the time. Also, he sits with me while I play FF7 and helps me understand the damned ATB.

Also, you can play games together without playing games together. Sometimes he'll be on his computer playing WoW and I'll be playing FF3 on my DS or something. That's a nice way to relax, because when we play games like SSBM, it's usually with his buddies and it gets pretty rowdy.

This is how I've been playing Twilight Princess. I play Wii while my wife plays Puzzle Pirates on our laptop. Works out wonderfully.

Spartan Samuel

Fuzion Frenzy 1 & 2. The games are entirely devoted to mini-games. I mean that's all there is. No plot, character progression, upgrades, unlockables... all it is is a list of mini-games you can play on them. And trust me you, there's a lot.

Bitstream

Animal Crossing. It's not co-op in the traditional sense in that you can't play together at the same time, but your characters are in the same town and you can work together toward goals. Certainly not an intense experience, so if you guys are more into action I guess it could get boring fast, but it can be a lot of fun long-term (as videogames go, at least).

Plus, you get all kinds of fun looks from friends when you talk about the animals in town together. "Oh I know, that Nook is such a bastard! Cesar is totally cool, though."

LovingFFXI

Umm.. Guitar Hero 1 and 2? Not really co-op but fun with the woman.

FreddyD

Xagarath wrote: »

Cookie and Cream/Kuri Kuri Mix (depending on continent)

Good choice, but that game is harder than it looks. Make sure she has some gaming experience.

Morninglord

City of Heroes? It's an mmo but has a shitload of costume customisation options and your character gets to fly. My gf loved that.

edit: Er, you didn't mention a pc but, I mean, I don't know, you're posting on one I assume so I'll just throw that out there.

Captain K

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

Karaoke Revolution is a good suggestion. Girls love it when they see their men attempting to sing "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston.

When I sing Snake Eater, I have to do it in my falsetto.

Sonos

Sharpie wrote: »

Sonos wrote: »

I bet DDR works better than any other game ever made with every female ever born.

I suck at DDR and hate playing it, so maybe you're wrong. :P

My boyfriend and I play SSBM and Mario Kart all the time. Also, he sits with me while I play FF7 and helps me understand the damned ATB.

Also, you can play games together without playing games together. Sometimes he'll be on his computer playing WoW and I'll be playing FF3 on my DS or something. That's a nice way to relax, because when we play games like SSBM, it's usually with his buddies and it gets pretty rowdy.

yes but you tried DDR! BURNED i win

Recoil42

My GF hated Burnout. Haven't been able to get her to play any other game since.

It's a good thing she gives good head. XD

Omnicron9999

Wow...Burnout huh?

Too much praise not to check it out.

I don't really think she would do an MMO, we both have our own computers, but she tends to think that games like that are "nerdy". She would like them if I could get her to try, but I don't think she even would.

Also we are planning on picking up guitar hero soon, at her insistance actually.



t And yes I realize that the games I mentioned weren't exactly co-op, but we play them like they are. So I should have mentioned that games that can be played in a semi co-op fashion are fair game (switching off after each level, etc.)