GF/Wife Friendly Video Games :)

[sleepyguy]

You've probably ask your better-side to play and 99% of the time it's "NO!" :)

Well... after trying the following...

Halo2 = "too dizzying! controls are too confusing!"
PGR2/Rallisport2 = "too hard!"
Ikaruga = "too hard!"
...
...
...

at last we've found it!

Baldur's Gate Dark Allegiance 2 = "hey this is fun!"

we played co-op for around 2hrs and I was surprised it was quite fun as well! Also showed her 'true' side as she chose the Necromancer = Evil :)

I gotta go find a bargain bin copy of Baldur's Gate Dark Allegiance 1 now... oh... we restarted 5 times before she got the hang of it... LoL!

[Kurtz7834]

Any version of Mario Kart is a good bet.

Also Burnout 3. Basically lighter, sillier, simpler games. Nothing too complicated or violent.

[charliebrown]

Simpsons Hit & Run have been working out nicely too :)

[barrist]

mario kart for sure,

any of the ol' nintendo platformers... me and my gf finished donkey kong country this week :)

[sleepyguy]

I have a GC as well so I'll pick up MarioKart when it drops to Collectors Edition :) Thanks!

[felix]

Simpsons Hit & Run have been working out nicely too :)
yup, similar to Crazy Taxi

Girls like Mario games, as well as anything "cute". :)

[gilboman]

my g/f likes GTA series games :lol:

[divx]

yup, similar to Crazy Taxi

Girls like Mario games, as well as anything "cute". :)
Hello Kitty Roller Rescue :lol:

[ledorky]

Get a DS, most of the DS games are playable for the non videogaming crowd.
A big hit also are stuff like the Eyetoy and esp Karaoke Revolution.

[smg669]

Katamari Damacy

[sleepyguy]

LoL... she can't stand those 'kiddy' like games... doesn't like ultra violent either or FPS as well...

I'll probably pick up...

BG:DA1 xbox
D&D:Heroes xbox
MarioKart gc

... on my next pit stop at EB.

[Headhunter]

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door! Actually, almost every 1st party Nintendo game works for you. :)

[duckdown]

Mario Party can be cool until the tables get violently turned against you in the game.. the AI is WAY too random

[felix]

Oh Wario Ware is another popular one. Very fun game for boys/girls of all ages. There's also Mario Party, though I don't really like the board game format (makes it super slow .. i still haven't figured out how it works yet).

[Yaowsers]

The Guy Game

[CHINAdeals]

Play 2 (ps2 eyetoy)
Guitaroo man (ps2)

there is no shopping game

[Geologic]

A lot of girls play Warcraft.. :lol:

more specifically DOTA.. crazy fad. I remember playing it a year or two ago and now it's so unbelievably popular.

[ephemera]

Are there any games where you clean up a house?! HEHEH

[Anessa]

the Warriors if she has a bit of a bloodlust lol..

[bionicbadger]

My wife likes to play:
pac man
frogger
uo poko
super puzzle fighter 2
stepmania

on my MAME cabinet (http://members.shaw.ca/atrick/)

uo poko and super puzzle fighter 2 are her favorites. Bubble Bobble she'll play too once in a while.

[Headhunter]

A lot of girls play Warcraft.. :lol:
Just got back into a few days ago, been using mortar team swarms to hilarious effect. :razz:

more specifically DOTA.. crazy fad. I remember playing it a year or two ago and now it's so unbelievably popular.
It's rediculous, at times the Custom Games list is over 90% DOTA... :|

[doraemi]

ddr...eyetoy

fun fun fun games----

[pauline9_2000]

lego star wars... it's cute and it's actually a really good game that is perfect for couples. i know my bf and i really enjoyed playing it.

[mart242]

Animal crossing (GC)
Harvest Moon (GC) but my wife ended hating this game because she was trying to do everything and wasn't even enjoying the game anymore. Character would wake up and she was then super busy seeding/watering/harvesting her stuff all day long until it was 4am! :lol:

[Txiasaeia]

Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Baseball, and Mario Strikers are all kid-friendly games for the GC that happen to be very, very good. Yes, Ikky is a very tough game - a game for gamers, if you will. Zelda: Windwaker is not bad (don't like it myself, but the wife convinced me to keep it for my son's sake ;) ) and fairly cheap at the moment as well. I'm a big fan of the retro compliations available for the GC, including Namco's 50th Anniversary Museum and Midway Arcade Treasures 1. Nothing beats Pole Position or Galaga 88!

[zoro69]

Donkey Konga

[Homer88]

Not wife or gf, but a female friend of mine REALLY enjoyed Soul Calibur 2.

[B40]

Sims..
Any type of tetris/bubbles type game

:|

[DVST8]

MARIO PARTY!!!

can't go wrong with that, or any type of mario game.

[ElvishMerchant]

Animal Crossing
Karaoke Revolution
DOA Beach Vollyball (I'm not kidding, she likes it, and I like to watch her play)
Nintendogs
Tetris / Dr. Mario

[Juidd]

Me and my bf play World of Warcraft (not a video game tho, its on comp)

[Fitty Beer]

Simpsons Hit & Run have been working out nicely too :)

I cast my vote here as well. along with the Mario Party Games

[TenzoR]

my gf loves MKDS, cept she thinks the DS (current) is too heavy for her

but she loves playing MKDS with me and my friends (who all have DS)

[sleepyguy]

well... it's been awhile now...

BG:DA2 is still going strong :)

Pretty typical though... she spends so much time at the weapons/dealer shop, trying on new things :)

[BaconMunch]

Bump

So any new installments I might have missed?

She just ripped through cakemania, both difficulties and loved it, enjoyed cooking mama, she's currently training Nintendogs, ripped through zookeeper. Only bummer is that she's not so hot at platformers and normally gets frustrated and quits 40% in =/

So anything on the DS? lol

She never had the patience to meet everyone in Animal Cross to advance the game, we're talking about minimal patience but fun game play...oy.

She's played her fair share of mario kart and tetris.

[Riflem@n]

Cooking Mama

[Firestorm]

Bump

So any new installments I might have missed?

She just ripped through cakemania, both difficulties and loved it, enjoyed cooking mama, she's currently training Nintendogs, ripped through zookeeper. Only bummer is that she's not so hot at platformers and normally gets frustrated and quits 40% in =/

So anything on the DS? lol

She never had the patience to meet everyone in Animal Cross to advance the game, we're talking about minimal patience but fun game play...oy.

She's played her fair share of mario kart and tetris.

She might like Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney or Hotel Dusk: Room 214

[CharmyPoo]

Computer: City of Heroes, Maplestory (gets really boring after a while and might be too cute for her).

Wii: All of the party games. I loved Raving Rabbids.

Xbox: Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. You can walk around and buy clothes :P

[Birdman]

If you're into Baldur's Gate you should really enjoy the "Champions of Norrath" games.

Similar but better gameplay and graphics, and up to 4 player cooperative.

[teknoluv]

Nobody mentions SIMS?!

[NDman]

Nobody mentions SIMS?!

B40 did

[tinlunlau]

my friend's girlfriend is a speed devil in Mario Kart DS. i have yet to defeat her. lol!

besides that, Loco Roco is really popular with girls.

[Hey Now!]

Cooking Mama for the girls or feminine males.

[azndoughboi]

warioware should be fun, lots of lol microgames in it
tamagotchi will be released end of next month which should be fun for all (it's a party game)

[Homer88]

holy crap thread revival, i looked at the board list and i was like, when did I posted here,haha.

Cooking Mama for sure, it's a great game amongst the ladies.

[nsr250]

GF and I played Gears of War co-op, beat it on casual mode she keeps bothering me to play hardcore mode with her but I'm usually too busy.

[BaconMunch]

Meteos: Disney Magic is....success, we'll see how long this game lasts her. :| God I find some women extremely insane at puzzlers and I'm at the point where she is just damn better than me at those games :lol:. We're still unsure of why certain things happen in that game but meh, it's all gravy now.

[heapbag]

Katamari Damacy

You called it with Katamari. The wife loved that game and rumour has it they are making one for the Wii which should be good times!

[The_dream2k]

dance dance Revolution (360) and Tetris (360)

[actyper]

Bust a Move

btw, anybody know if Bust A Move Bash for Wii came out already?

[butter]

Cake Mania for DS

[diabolical7]

Bust a Move

btw, anybody know if Bust A Move Bash for Wii came out already?

yes it has

[Twism]

Crazy Taxi

[cdsoundtr]

Are you sure it's out? Futureshop website has a April 24th release date


yes it has

Bust a Move

btw, anybody know if Bust A Move Bash for Wii came out already?