They’re There through Thick and Thin
Imagine there was a site for people to meet their ideal gaming partner. We’re not necessarily talking about romantic partners here; we’re talking about a friend who’d love to play. I’d be looking for these things in that person:
- They know that team killing is wrong. Ok, I might let this slide if they did something silly, like blowing me up with a bunch of firecrackers. Only in video games, right?
- They can make sacrifices. For example, let’s say my bullet-ridden cover no longer suffices and bright red blotches cover my screen. My gaming partner would pop open their last health pack and share it. They wouldn’t hesitate. They’re not a lone wolf.
- They’ll even help me play single player games. I’d appreciate getting help from someone who knew their stuff. And it’s fun to play while talking to someone who appreciates games.
And they should be a magic genie who can rub their bald head and grant me more time to play video games. And… And… Ah who am I kidding? It has to be a good friend who likes to play video games. For me, this is a rare person indeed.
What would you look for in an ideal gaming partner? Are you lucky enough to have someone like that already?
Video Games Nebula 
An ideal gaming partner? Someone who’s able to put up with me thinking I know all the answers when it comes to puzzles, and screaming at anything in the horror genre. 😉
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🙂 A good reply and very human.
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An interesting question. I’d like my gaming partner to listen in co-op and pay attention to what I’m doing. That way I don’t find myself on the other side of the map in the correct position while my partner is off chasing a single grunt around the first village. Basically, I’d like them to at least attempt teamwork and focus.
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Yes, teamwork is so important to make co-op games fun. It might be tempting to be cynical about human nature here, but it is possible to find people who will good sports and play the game. Journey (PS3 and now PS4) was the best example of teamwork-in-action that I have played. In that game, you couldn’t even communicate with your partner, yet she/he and I finished the entire game.
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I do miss some of the people I did co-op with in the old days. Mostly those that worked well as a team. There were a few who opted to use their teammate as a human shield or bait in some games. One friend did that to me in the original Halo. Once I found the ‘sticky grenade’ button, he kept ‘mysteriously’ getting hit from behind by an enemy. Amazingly, he never looked at my side of the screen. (I take that first statement back. Doing that was a lot of fun.)
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Ah the old days of gaming with friends… 🙂
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Doesn’t seem to be the same these days. All about the headset and screaming from what a few people have told me.
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Yup, they were right to tell you that.
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My ideal gaming partner is my brother, but if he’s not around I really notice it when gaming. An ideal gaming partner is really rare, and if you get one make sure to treasure that person 😛
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Cool 🙂 My older brother and I used to play video games when we were kids, but he doesn’t play anymore. You’re lucky. That’s something to treasure for sure.
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Ideal gaming partner? A wiki… LOL!
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Haha… Seriously, though, wouldn’t that get kind of lonely if it was all the time?
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Very true. Hmmm… a TALKING wiki!
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Lol you’ve got a good answer for everything.
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For me an ideal gaming partner is somebody who can work well as a team, takes pleasure in the challenge, is creative and likes to form strategies with me. Somebody who is reliable and doesn’t keep leaving the keyboard while you’re hanging around – although I understand that it can’t always be helped. I can put all that aside however, so long as they can do the same with their ego; I’m not so keen on players that feel the need to control everybody and demand it be done their way. I’ve tried playing with people that wouldn’t listen and always had to insist they were right even though others had more experience with the game. In the end I didn’t play as well with them and we failed a lot; I didn’t enjoy it and felt like my time had been wasted. On the reverse of that it’s nice if a more experienced player can be helpful and accommodating to you while you learn the ropes.
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