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SilencerNate
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I pulled my ancient 3DO out of storage and have a friend I wanted to show SC2 to. She's only interested in playing if we play co-op though, so I was stumped on how we might play the story mode with 2 people.
I toyed with the idea of doing the combat, she did everything else.
Another idea was I would only play areas where a lander was involved.
I'm not sure either are really great solutions, so I thought I'd see if anyone else had ideas.
Ultimately, I want her to spend more time than me playing, as I've played it to death 30+ times. Besides, I want her to get involved in it rather than sitting and watching.
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onpon4
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Co-op? That's like playing King's Quest co-op; it doesn't really make any sense.
If she's completely uninterested in playing by herself, then I'd say SC2 isn't the game for her, to be honest. Same thing if she just doesn't like adventure games.
On the other hand, if she's just thinking the game will be too hard, maybe you just need to assure her that it's really fun even though you'll almost certainly lose the first time, while it would be kind of boring if your friend is helping you along the way.
In any case, I don't think trying to force a co-op type thing is a good idea. Both of you will end up getting extremely bored, and perhaps even frustrated.
As an aside, The Ur-Quan Masters is derived and improved from the 3DO version (as I'm sure you know), so she would be better off playing UQM on her own computer than playing SC2 on your 3DO.
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SilencerNate
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All valid points, but she's a console gamer only, so that's out.
I think the "co-op" experience is more about both of us being part of something than having fun, if that makes any sense. Its a compromise we have. Basically I'll give in and play Kingdom of Keflings if she'll play Borderlands 2 with me. If she's not there playing though, I just assume burn the kefling games into nonexistance.
In effect, I have to play, at least minimally. Otherwise I'd just sit back and watch and offer advice/history.
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onpon4
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If she's not interested in playing SC2 or UQM by herself, I'd say just let it go. I really think she will have a sub-par experience at best if you try to force a co-op into it. She would probably conclude that the game is just boring.
You could play melee with her, though. That's 2-player.
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SilencerNate
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I never thought about the Talana ordeal. That will be more humor than anything else I think.
We gave it a go a little while ago. The broken Ilwrath was a little much. Didn't help that it randomly spawned fairly close by though. I told her the truth: sometimes that one can get the best of us and we'd try again another day.
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Death 999
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The Talana scene only happens if you ask 'what about... us?', which she probably wouldn't.
Could you perhaps take the tack that you're curious how someone who hasn't played it might approach it, so simply watching would be entertaining for you?
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danzibr
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Or the Talana scene could lead to... 
Anyway. If she'd be down with it I'd suggest just watching her play. When I was younger I loved watching my brother play.
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SilencerNate
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Either way, I tried the single player, just watch idea, and it didn't stick. Which is really unfortunately because she loved Mass Effect. But a deal is a deal, so in a year or two I'll dig out the 3DO and try again, next time with a good co-op idea planned.
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Never thought of it that way before! The first time I showed the "getting laid" scene to my girlfriend, she thought it was hilarious, then we ended up re-inacting it. Not exactly what I'd call an "ordeal."