Cooperative Multiplayer Games

[Whacker]

Warcraft 3 vs. the AI is ok, but the only reason I played WC3 w/my friends is because I hate myself and my existence (I turtle, hence suck at most RTS's)

Starcraft also, but it's even worse because you'll die in about 10 seconds unless you rush yourself.

Rune Coop can be pretty fun, but it's different in a number of ways from the normal game. Rune is also one of my favorite original UT engine powered games.

GTR2 is moderately fun for a driving game, but we kinda questioned the physics implementation in it.

Some of the Doom3/Quake4 mods are good, like Last Man Standing, but they don't last very long in terms of replay factor IMO.

Playing BF1942 coop against the AI can be funny, the modern combat mod is great. It can be incredibly hilarious if you do stupid stuff, like try to crash into your friend/wife who's trying to drive a tank around with your jet/helicopter. It can also be a pretty decent challenge if you stack the odds enough in the AI's favor.

Jedi Outcast/Academy is ok for some interesting multiplayer, but that's going to be vs.

Mechwarrior 4 Mercs with the Mektek patch can be some good fun, but there isn't a whole ton of options in terms of replayability against the AI. If you collect some of the mods/addons out there, there's some good replayability at least for awhile. Mech3 on modern PCs does NOT work very well at all, in terms of MP and/or actual mechanical control, so I wouldn't recommend this.

Dungeon Siege II isn't... too bad of a dungeon crawler. You might try the demo and see if you both like it.

Diablo II was great back in the day, but the utterly ruined the game IMO with the 1.09 patches onward.

Titan Quest isn't bad either, but their network code is schloowww.


Will post more if I can think of any.

Edit - Consider yourself lucky too. My wife hates gaming. "That was gross! I can't believe you made that guy's head explode! EW is that intestines!??! GROSS JASON!"