Although things start well with sharing the game -- switching off every other planet, and dividing play-time equally -- the plan goes a bit haywire when she visits home for Thanksgiving, and her beau just keeps on playing... and beats the game without her.
Of course, we think the answer is obvious: separate save files for separate people. Single-player games are hard to turn into shared experiences, especially when both parties desire equal play-time. Read about Katie's upsetting experience on gaming with a significant other, and share your own success/horror stories below.
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with my last girlfriend, we actually shared savefiles, she was a Tomb Raider fan, so it was that game back then, and she would also get upset if I would just take a few steps ahead without her...
but then again, she wouldn't get upset if I leveled her character a bit, yes, I wouldn't use her skill or stat points, but I would just get her exp now and then (Ragnarok Online)
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To illustrate by example, my last girlfriend would get irrationally mad when I decided to play Street Fighter in the basement with my hippy friends instead of going to the mall with her or something like that. I haven't even told the current one that I spend my free time playing video games while eating Chef Boyardee straight from the tin instead of going to the gym or whatever it is she thinks I do.
I was on a first date once, and we walked past an arcade on the way back from a restaurant. She said, "God, just look at all those morons. Video games are so retarded."
There was no second date.
lol that is relationship rule number one: if there is the slightest possibility something you do may upset your girlfriend/wife, DO NOT DO IT because you can't win.
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'Eff that noise, LoL. XD
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Now after playing Ratchet on the PS3 together and she tasting COD4 I think it won't be long before we need a second PS3 ... :-)
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But before we had to next-gen consoles (my wife loves me) we shared all the time. And no, I would not have played a game we were playing together while she was gone. That's just total dick.
Answer: just get two memory cards.
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My husband rarely remembers to check into a different profile on the 360, so sometimes he forgets and pokes at me for unlocking all the achievements in a game before him, but, oh well.
If it's a single player game with one save slot (often a DS game), whoever wanted the game the most gets to finish it first. Then the other person has a go.
We used to have two ps2s until one finally fried, but I really don't see a point to multiple consoles. We divvy up the time on those fairly, and if he's doing his Mass Effect character after work (and after my several hours on my own), then I futz with my DS if I want gaming. Haven't had a problem yet.
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I was wrong. We started off with Wii Sports and my game time just went down hill from there. I had to get a second Wii and even then it was a squabble over who was playing Twilight Princess and who was watching tv.
Things have calmed down a bit and we've since given a Wii to my mother, but we don't share game files. She's a bit slower than I am so I have to pace my gaming to make sure I don't ruin the endings for her etc etc, so generally I play after she does and only up to where she currently is in the game and then we'll hook up for some co-op mario/puzzles/etc ... or co-op on the couch =D
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With Mario, she actually plays. I think the visual aspect of games matters more to her than anything. She's an art major working in fashion though, so it's understandable.
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I've had much better luck with the rest of my family though. On the holidays, after the meal we all plunk down in front of the tv, turn up the surround and turn down the lights and play a survival horror game, switching out after death or for the person with the best skills needed for the situation.
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Sharing one saved game file just seems like a not very well thought out ideal to me.
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