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[kaijyuu]

The ladyfriend and I are separated for a little under a month and are looking for things to do together. Suggestions? It can be just about anything so long as we both participate.

We already talk for hours, which is great, but an activity to do while talking would be greater. We've also been designing a game together, but beyond brainstorming sessions that doesn't involve much interaction between us (after talking, we go off to program solo). We tried out guild wars 2 but didn't much like it, and occasionally hop on warcraft 3 for some nostalgia but that does grow old.

So yeah, a game or something that we can skype with would be great.

[freeformschooler]

As much as I disdain Facebook games, Words With Friends is quite excellent for this. Me and my girlfriend make an effort to put a few words down a day. Sometimes we even laugh about it

[LordBucket]

WoW is free up to level 20 these days. If you take your time to enjoy it and explore rather than rush to level, that could probably keep the two of you occupied for a couple weeks.

Alternately, DDO, Iris Online, etc.

[kaijyuu]

Haha, she used to play wow (and I still do, incidentally). It's extraordinarily unlikely I could get her back on that game, and I'm lukewarm to it at best anyway.

If we do play some big shot game's trial mode, we're going to nitpick the hell out of it, being hobbiest game designers ourselves. In fact, that might actually be fun...

[ivanthe8th]

Setting up a minecraft server for just the two of you could be fun. You could work on projects together or build separate bases and fight it out.

[Korbac]

WARNING : BIAS ALERT

Trials Evolution? It's a simple, fun (imo) arcadey game the two of you can try.

[kaijyuu]

Minecraft was a bust since apparently you need to pay for it to play outside the demo server.

We settled on Dungeon Fighter Online, tonight, and it was okay. Got kinda dull after a few hours but plenty of stuff to talk about during~


More suggestions!

[Sirus]

I take it you're looking for something Free to Play? Or are you willing to spend some cash, because I have some suggestions for both options.

[werty892]

Minecraft was a bust since apparently you need to pay for it to play outside the demo server.

We settled on Dungeon Fighter Online, tonight, and it was okay. Got kinda dull after a few hours but plenty of stuff to talk about during~


More suggestions!

City of steam?

[kaijyuu]

I take it you're looking for something Free to Play? Or are you willing to spend some cash, because I have some suggestions for both options.

Free to play, please. We're trying not to spend money frivolously (especially when just testing out new games).



And of course, non-game suggestions are welcome, assuming such things exist.

[Sirus]

* Sirus delves into the depths of his gaming folder

Alright, I have a few suggestions:

• Battle for Wesnoth: A FTP turn-based tactics game, sorta like Fire Emblem but with hex tiles. Several single-player campaigns and the ability to play online.
• Elona: A rouguelike/RPG. While technically single-player, deaths and achievements are shown to other players worldwide, so you can compare events.
• Any number of F2P MMOs. Personally, the two I've stuck with the longest are Star Trek Online and Champions Online. I give a slight edge to STO because space combat is awesome and the character creator, even without purchasing any cash store items, is quite powerful.
• Finally, if you're willing to finangle and have some networking knowledge, some emulators for older games can simulate local multiplayer over the Internet. Results may vary hugely, it can lead to a whole lot of headache, and of course I am not suggesting that you break copyright law in any way (whew!), so this option may not be for you.

[Korbac]

Battle for Wesnoth is good fun and there is a way to get a bit of multiplayer SNES going, which I found to be a lot of fun.

[Imp]

Steam's Alien Swarm game's pretty good.  Requires a minimum of 2 players to start a game, and games can have up to 4 players.

[Sirus]

Steam's Alien Swarm game's pretty good.  Requires a minimum of 2 players to start a game, and games can have up to 4 players.

*facepalm*

I totally forgot about that. Nice bit of top-down shooting.

[Imp]

*facepalm*

I totally forgot about that. Nice bit of top-down shooting.

Yeah, it's got a HUGE range of settings and difficulties, from what would probably seem like a walk in the 'park' with a few uglies to shoot at to "well, at least we die together" - and a LOT in between, so you and she can probably find the right difficulty and teamwork required to suit.  And there's quite a few player made mods for it, some very pretty, and some quite intricate, if you want additional 'parks' to walk through.