Good Mac/PC Game for Wife and I

2007-04-28 05:50:45

#1

SMART Cmuuurda: Member; +1|6473

Hello,

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I'm looking to go out and buy a good strategy game for my wife and I to play. The only trouble is, she has a PowerBook G4, which limits her games to ones playable on a Mac. Years ago we used to play Age of Empires II against each other (when she had a PC). Anyone have this type of setup? Any games that you enjoy playing against your spouse/girlfriend? Or should I just go out and buy Age of Empires II for the mac and relive the glory days of 2002?

2007-04-28 10:50:33

#2

spud924: Member; +12|6717|The Sticks, WA, USA

dude i still play AOE2 and love it. Im sure theres other games out there but personally i'm AOE2 for life and i dont care how old it is

2007-04-28 10:52:15

#3

Havok: Nymphomaniac Treatment Specialist; +302|6939|Florida, United States

spud924 wrote:
dude i still play AOE2 and love it. Im sure theres other games out there but personally i'm AOE2 for life and i dont care how old it is

AoE2 is God. I totally want them to remake it just with better graphics.

2007-04-28 11:48:59

#4

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7021|Argentina

My wife likes the Caesar series.

2007-04-28 11:50:43

#5

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|6901|Wigan. Manchester. England.

Lol your wife plays with you?

GG man, gg.

2007-04-28 13:15:55

#6

SMART Cmuuurda: Member; +1|6473

I just tried out AoE3 and the demo was pretty fun. Maybe we'll retry AoE2. From what I could see, Caesar IV is a PC only game. Hopefully the 1.2 million Macs that have sold this past quarter will encourage the game publishers (yeah right!).

2007-04-28 14:36:55

#7

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7036|PNW

RE: OP

I'd honestly suggest buying a midline PC for maximum compatibility over a broader spectrum of strategy games. It's less frustrating than trying to play PC-Mac over the network.

Some people would suggest Age of Empires III for an AoE II player, but I think AoE II was a better product. My recommendations are:

Age of Mythology
Warhammer 40K Dawn of War Gold / Dark Crusade
Warcraft III
Battle for Middle Earth II (if you guys are ME fans)
Company of Heroes

Check out the demos first, and try her on other genres as well.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-04-28 14:39:51)

2007-04-28 15:46:35

#8

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

SMART Cmuuurda wrote:
I just tried out AoE3 and the demo was pretty fun. Maybe we'll retry AoE2. From what I could see, Caesar IV is a PC only game. Hopefully the 1.2 million Macs that have sold this past quarter will encourage the game publishers (yeah right!).

Compared to the 10 billion PC's sold this past quarter? Lol dream on

15 more years! 15 more years!

2007-04-28 15:49:47

#9

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6487|Escea

If she doesn't mind lots of swearing and some mild gore, try Company of Heroes

2007-04-28 16:22:10

#10

mikeyb118: Evil Overlord; +76|6862|S.C.

AOE = My favourite gaming franchise. So yeah to get it on mac is worth it

2007-04-28 16:36:00

#11

doc. josh: Member; +48|6809

MY girls friend lies to play the sims and the play boy mansion

2007-04-29 20:15:36

#12

killaer: Member; +41|6981

Try civilization IV. Not sure if it's for macs, but it's great.

2007-04-29 21:38:00

#13

[CANADA]_Zenmaster: Pope Picard II; +473|7009

Havok wrote:
spud924 wrote:
dude i still play AOE2 and love it. Im sure theres other games out there but personally i'm AOE2 for life and i dont care how old it is
AoE2 is God. I totally want them to remake it just with better graphics.

I'm still playing it. In fact I played it all afternoon. I am [CANADA]_Zenmaster on gamespy if you ever play multiplayer. It is too bad the zone closed thou

2007-04-29 21:41:18

#14

leesupport: Member; +39|6946

ahh used to love playing AOE2. lol them battles used to last for hours: they were fun though. might go get me another copy of it and play again:]

2007-04-29 21:43:48

#15

djphetal: Go Ducks.; +346|6600|Oregon

wow...
can't help you here.

2007-04-29 21:49:48

#16

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6786|...

There is AOE2 and the Star Wars counterpart made with the same engine called "Galactic Battlegrounds".

2007-04-29 21:52:05

#17

An Enlarged Liver: Member; +35|7007|Backward Ass Kansas

She should be able to get a pc emulator like Virtual PC or somethingrather and then be able to play pretty much anything a pc has to offer - I've seen a high end G5 run BF2 on full graphics no problem.

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/v … =virtualpc

not cheap but open up the whole gaming world....

Oh apparently Virtual PC sucks for bf2 he was running a program called Bootcamp, same idea though.

Last edited by An Enlarged Liver (2007-04-29 21:58:09)

2007-04-29 22:08:25

#18

CoronadoSEAL: pics or it didn't happen; +207|6782|USA

M.O.A.B wrote:
If she doesn't mind lots of swearing and some mild gore, try Company of Heroes

gotta love WWII games.
how bout this:
downsize to "talking battleship" and go on vacation -

2007-04-29 22:21:34

#19

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6786|...

An Enlarged Liver wrote:
She should be able to get a pc emulator like Virtual PC or somethingrather and then be able to play pretty much anything a pc has to offer - I've seen a high end G5 run BF2 on full graphics no problem.

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/v … =virtualpc

not cheap but open up the whole gaming world....

Oh apparently Virtual PC sucks for bf2 he was running a program called Bootcamp, same idea though.

You cannot run 3d accerlated games through virtual pc

2007-04-29 22:25:55

#20

GhostStalker0: I like pie; +29|6742|San Diego, CA

Dawn of War series or just get Dark Crusade

2007-04-30 02:46:22

#21

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7030|UK

AOE2 is a great idea. Me and my bro play across the LAN in the holiday.

2007-04-30 02:51:26

#22

RECONDO67: Member; +60|6900|miami FL

Mall tycoon

2007-04-30 03:06:39

#23

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6996|St. Andrews / Oslo

Get her Bootcamp for MAC, so she can play PC Games

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2007-04-30 03:13:04

#24

Paco_the_Insane: Phorum Phantom; +244|6909|Ohio

Warcraft III

2007-04-30 03:18:46

#25

mikeshw: Radioactive Glo; +130|7101|A Small Isle in the Tropics

Jenspm wrote:
Get her Bootcamp for MAC, so she can play PC Games

She has a G4 Pbook, so it won't work...

Civ 4 is just about the only recent one that i can think of. The others are Quake 4 and CoD2 which are available in PC and Mac Format separately.

The only game that is shipped with both formats in one DVD is the Football Manager series (bless them!).

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