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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Minnesota
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I'm looking for a game recommendation that I can play with another person (on separate machines). In the past, I've played America's Army with my brother, and we have teamed up by phone to "get" the other players (back when it first came out). I have a 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro, and he has a fairly new Windows XP desktop he built himself. I can run the game in boot camp if necessary.
Since I'm not that knowledgeable about games, I'm looking for some recommendations where I can "team" with my brother. If I can buy the game and download it, even better. It's a plus if I can run a Mac version while he runs a Windows version.
I've enjoyed games like America's Army and Portal, if that helps. Thanks!
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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If you can get Windows on your MacBook Pro, I've got to recommend Team Fortress 2. It's by Valve, the same guys who made Portal, and is a crazy-fun online shooter. Sadly it's Windows-only, but it's team-based and you can buy a digital copy through Steam.
Off the top of my head I can't think of any great online games for OS X and Windows.
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Minnesota
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Yes, I'm running XP on my Boot Camp partition. I also have the "Orange Box" which says "Half-Life 2: Episode Two", "Team Fortress 2" and "Portal" on it. It also mentions including "Half-Life 2" and "Episode One" on it. I've only played the "Portal" game on it, and it was a blast.
If I pick up one more copy for my brother, I should be good, right?
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Tasmania, Australia
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Urban terror is a pretty small free multiplayer shooter which is based of quake III.
is pretty easy to pick up and it pretty fast and it doesn't lag much. can run on both Mac and pc together so it saves the hassle of rebooting. it pretty fun i think.
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20" iMac [2006 | intel | 2 GB Ram | 750 GB HD | 10.5.8]
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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I just installed and checked out Team Fortress 2. It is almost identical to America's Army from what I could tell in the five minutes I played. Just different characters and different scenes.
The only other question is cost. I see Urban Terror is free, which is great. My brother cannot afford much, so cost is an issue. Is there a cheap place to buy these games if we decide to go with one like Team Fortress 2?
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Right now, TF2 is $20 on the Steam store. It does go on sale to $10 every so often, but it's not something you can really predict.
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