Online PC game to play with GF

Claw Shrimp

Hi, this is another Girl thread. My GF lives and works about an hour from me in ideal traffic conditions, but about 3 hours away on a normal weekday with So-Cal rush hour traffic. She'd like to be able to play some games with me online. Does anyone here know any fun coop games that can be played on the PC. She has a...

Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 Technical Specifications

* Processor 2GHz P7350 Core 2 Duo
* Memory 2GB DDR2
* Harddrive 250GB
* OS Windows Vista Home Premium
* Weight 6.6 lbs
* Screen 15.4"
* Screen resolution 1280x800
* Graphic Card Nvidia 9300M GS
* Battery Life 2:45

I've got a Gaming Rig, but I prefer playing on my 3 year old laptop due to the amount of heat my desktop gives off and how quickly it heats up my room. Probably a non-issue though.

She likes platformers like Aladdin on the SNES, Jak & Daxter, and Little Big Planet and says she likes games "where you go from the beginning of the level and try to get to the end", but I guess she'd be willing to try other games. I've got Titan Quest, Diablo II, Trine, and Bionic Commando: Rearmed. TQ Gold is $20 and Bionic Commando is $10. Are there any other good picks out there? Maybe ones that are free? In terms of skill, she enjoys games, but she's not that great at them, and I have trouble getting through BC. Neither of us have current gen consoles. Thanks.

I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up

I know a few couples who leveled healer/tank teams in WoW and loved it. so if you're into that

(make sure you guys can never argue on loot. knives will come out)

Kingthlayer

Try out the Baldur's Gate series, if you can rig it to where it works online...

Aldo

This may sound odd considering I got tired of the game after a month or two, but check out Dragonica, it's a free to play game that plays roughly like Castle Crashers (aka: platforming: clear beginning and end to a map and murdering hordes of silly looking enemies). It is pretty casual, has nice graphics that don't require a super PC and it has plenty of content you can play together.

Just...don't try to play it too much, there's a huge grind hidden under the surface.

Another game i can recommend is Free Realms, it's also F2P and offers tons and tons of minigames.

There's a lot of free online games in the link in my sig, just browsing through it together might result in both of you being interested in one of em.

pogo mudder

Baldur's Gate is great fun to play online, i'd go for BG2 just beause it's easier to work with and she'd probably enjoy it more. Plus it'l run on anything and its cheap as chips these days. It can be a bit of a hassle to set up though, if you're not on a lan (or even if you are). I'd suggest downloading a programme called hamachi that allows you both to join a small server that tricks both computers into thinking you're on a lan network, it then provides you with a new IP number each to type in when trying to connect through the multiplayer options.
If either of you are running vista, you'll have to run the game in windowed mode whenever you join/create a multiplayer game in BG2 or you'll crash. you'll be fine to maximise again once you're in the game though.

SilverCat

I'll chime in and say baldurs gate is very fun to play together, youll have to decide who's guna be the main character though..

Hah I see you took my advice about bein one of those people who post when bored at work pogs :P

pogo mudder

well 'silver cat' if you make a character in your own single player game you can then import him/her with all the bhaal powers.

and well it had to happen eventually, if i had work to do i'd be doing it

DHS Odium

Consider some MMORPGs. Guild Wars is pretty great, just the two of you can go on quests, and there's no monthly fee. The base game is pretty cheap, if you guys like that, you can move through the expansions.

There are also free ones, I've played both Shadowbane and Anarchy Online (back when they cost money). Try some trials out for other monthly subscription games to see if anything works. My vote is for Guild Wars though.

Shawnasee

City of Heroes takes about as much to run as WoW does, and her system looks like it will work fine.

CoH's costume creator is basically barbie dress up and most girls like to play dress up. This, apparently, is why my wife started playing.

WoW is good too. With it's built in "vent" system, you both just need some headsets and you can talk all you want.

Mike Danger

Some friends and I really enjoy the Scrabble app on Facebook, which isn't system-intensive at all.

Claw Shrimp

Cool! Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll be sure to check them all out. I forgot that I had Guild Wars and all the expansions. And does the BG Tutu mod work online?