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A coworker made the mistake of buying her boyfriend an Xbox. What can I suggest to her to consider game wise for herself? She's played A game on the PS2 years ago.
I'd rather see them share the hobby rather than he ignore her.
OTOH she's pretty hot so if he does ignore her I can move in...
NO! BAD SONAR!
Right, sorry.
Anyway he picked up Left4Dead and Fallout 3 both of which she doesn't seem interested in.
I think we can mark out FPS's then and maybe stay away from stat heavy RPG's.
Other than that what can you suggest?
I'd rather see them share the hobby rather than he ignore her.
OTOH she's pretty hot so if he does ignore her I can move in...
NO! BAD SONAR!
Right, sorry.
Anyway he picked up Left4Dead and Fallout 3 both of which she doesn't seem interested in.
I think we can mark out FPS's then and maybe stay away from stat heavy RPG's.
Other than that what can you suggest?
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Rock Band or Lips maybe?
My wife plays halo with me, so I'm not going to be much of an example here. Before Halo though, she loved Katamari and Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball.
She also really got into watching me play Dead Space.
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caffron said: "and cat pee is not a laughing matter"
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I say it every time a thread like this pops up, but different people have different tastes, regardless of their genitals. My girlfriend won't play anything that doesn't start IMMEDIATELY and basically involve bathing in blood. One of my friends will not play anything that follows multiple characters. Only third-person action games or adventure games.
I met her family bowling one night. One time thing.
The ratio of difference between them seem to be [Family] = Munsters [Coworker] = Marilyn Munster with the associated humor tolerance and weirdness appreciation. Actually if World of Goo was on 360 I'd suggest that immediately.
caffron said: "and cat pee is not a laughing matter"
Castle Crashers?
Beautiful Katamari?
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Unfortunately there really isn't much for the girlfriend to play on the 360. If she had bought him a PS3 the only game he'd ever need is LBP and they'd be playing that all day.
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caffron said: "and cat pee is not a laughing matter"
In addition to that, Banjo-Kazooie on XBLA and Tooie in April.
You know I'm not quite too sure what The Maw is like, but you mentioned World of Goo and they are connected in my brain as being similar for some reason.
They seem to be weird/quirky games that are cheap for download.
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The Maw is a blob of goo that your character feeds enemies to to power up and get abilities.
They both have goo in them.
Banjo Kazoi is good too. I was thinking that was PS3 for some reason.
caffron said: "and cat pee is not a laughing matter"
Also, anything with simple game play mechanics. Not that girls can't handle complex control setups, of course, but if she's new to games in general you want something very accessible with clearly defined goals. Keep the frustration down as low as possible.
Also, Katamari.
Uno
Uno Rush (out in summer it looks like)
Lumine Live!
Bejeweled 2
And etc., etc., etc.
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I'm thinking Katamari, Castle Crashers, Braid, Sonic Ultimate Collection, Puzzle Quest maybe?, Viva Pinata 1 and 2, Banjo Kazooie..
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What? The fact that she's twelve years younger than me, madly in love with her boyfriend and we don't hang out are surely clear indicators that she wants me. Right?
I'm the defacto hard core gamer at work. They asked me for suggestions, I'm giving suggestions.
I'm not buying anyone anything. I'm giving them a list.
Now please fuck off.
Cool I like the list. I'll send it along and thanks.
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Absolutely.
I can play that with my Grandparents.
Introduce her into gaming first, co-oping later.
Hell, even though my wife is awesome at Halo, we still get into arguements when it comes to certain things. We never seem to be able to finish Tsavo Highway together, and I'll grow fruit out my butt before we ever win a round of Rocket Race together.
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Co-op usually goes over pretty well with the ladies so she may go for some EDF 2017 or Gears of War if she's into action games.
Then there's the XBLA board and card games, like Uno, Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, Domino Master, and Texas Hold Em. XBLA in general is a pretty good starting place for women or people who don't care for the hardcore shooters and action games that make up the bulk of the 360 library.
Eternal Sonata isn't the best RPG but it looks beautiful and isn't too long, plus you can play it co-op IIRC so that might be something they can play together.
There's more stuff on XBLA that might appeal to a starting/casual gamer like Feeding Frenzy, Bejeweled and so on. Most of these games have a free to download demo so she can try them out first and see what she thinks of them.
Kameo should be cheap by now and is another one of those visually appealing games, and maybe he can help her with the harder parts, or she can even wath him play it.
That's another thing: I'm not that good at FPS games myself but I've enjoyed just sitting next to hubbie and watch him play through F.E.A.R. and Gears of War because I liked the storylines and the atmosphere (And the big buff guys in GoW
She will casually play games with me, mostly Rock Band, but more often than not she enjoys watching me play games like Mirror's Edge or Prince of Persia. Learning how to control yourself in 3-D space is quite intimidating if you've never done it before, which is why newcomers to FPSes always end up staring at the floor or the ceiling. Actually, if you can find an FPS that lets you adjust the sensitivity of the right-stick axes, you can probably crank down the Y-axis and make things easier.
Honestly, Scene It is the safest bet I've seen mentioned so far, alongside Uno.
My girl seemed to enjoy EDF2017 too, bizarrely.
She may be the exception with some of those, though..
edit: OOH, she also loves the Lego games.
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+1 for Rock Band. A lot of the songs on Guitar Hero are too esoteric for the girls that I know.
Also, Castle Crashers.
Retail:
Lips
Rock Band / Guitar Hero (but more RB than GH)
Scene it
Burnout Paradise w/ Party Pack (new fav) OR Burnout: Revenge (crash mode!)
Halo (Wheeee... colours!)
GTA4 (Girls like beating up hookers just as much as us)
XBLA:
Geometry Wars 2 (lots of game modes, MP)
Bomberman (Huge favorite)
Castle Crashers (simple and cute)
Death Tank (admittedly, havent played this with any of the girls yet)
Uno
Worms (Dont let them make their own team, they'll spend hours in the fucking voice customization part)
Im sure theres more but thats all I can think of.
Left 4 Dead was a big hit with my wife, too. She just doesn't play single player games. Luckily, she loves shooters in co-op. You probably have it already, but the first Gears of War was another winner (better than the second in our opinion).
I have a question for people who recommend Rock Band. Is it a good game for 2 people, or do you need a full group? I've never tried any of the rhythm games before, but it seems like something that my wife would like.