Comments on: In Search of Local Multiplayer

By: Crentist

Crentist — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:09:16 +0000

@IcemanD: You’ve got great taste if you like EDF. Probably the best shitty game ever. EDF, beer, music and some friends makes for a perfect preparty

By: IcemanD

IcemanD — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:59:19 +0000

@Paul Tassi: Honestly man? I mainly came here to read Madison’s posts. I really enjoyed his posts (we agreed on just about everything) and when he left I found the sites content didn’t appeal to me as much. I’m not into cosplay or Pokeman at all. Though I’ve swung by a little more often lately and you guys seem to have toned that stuff down a bit.

Not a slight to you as I do still swing by True/Slant to read your posts there.

Anyway, judging by the number of comments, you guys don’t seem to have a problem with traffic. I remember when you would rarely get more than five people leaving comments on a post. I’m glad you guys are doing well. The interwebs is a vile mistress.

By: PerryDigital

PerryDigital — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:32:55 +0000

How has nobody mentioned Splinter Cell Conviction? That had an incredible co-op, and once the missions were done with there were a variety of other modes. Hunter/Last Stand/Infiltration.

I still play it. It’s done the best co-op in years. Perhaps Portal will beat it once I get stuck in a bit more.

Is Halo Reach four player on one screen? I seem to remember trying to set up a game recently for three and it laughing at me.

By: iiiears

iiiears — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:11:16 +0000

Racing games Need for speed hot pursuit. Have your friend play the cop.
The first Unreal.
Nevewinter Nights, Icewind Dale.
Many of the “Humble Indie Bundle” games.

By: Kasigar

Kasigar — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:30:23 +0000

all of the recent Lego games have stellar local co-op. Some are far better (SW3) than others (HP) but all do local co-op very well.

By: Camden

Camden — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:42:30 +0000

Gears of war 1 and 2, Scott pilgrim, castle crashers, Halo Reach

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:25:56 +0000

Tomb Raider: Guardian of Light is an excellent co-op game for XBOX Arcade.

My friend and I have resorted to actually having me bring my xbox over and we setup his old projector and screen so that we each have a screen to play on. This removes the negatives of split screen and opens up a lot more options for games, but still gives us the fun of trash talking and drinking beer together.

By: arashi

arashi — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:50:29 +0000

I’m probably gonna get beat down for suggesting this, but I think anyone craving co-op action play should check out Monster Hunter. There’s a gadzillion versions but the latest PSP one is really quite amazing. I’ve spent over a thousand hours on this series playing with all sorts of folks, in all kinds of places, over the ad-hoc network. It never gets old.

I used to play Contra, Streets of Rage, Herzog Zwei with my brother (yeah my age is showing), then moved on to RTS. I always missed the feel of the older stuff… nothing like sitting next to someone and blasting a boss together. With Monster Hunter, the magic is back and it’s soooo worth it to take down some huge-ass T-rex with a team of sword, crossbow, lance, yelling to your teammates, “Set the bomb!” “I’m switching to grenades” “Sh!t Combo! I’m gonna dieeeee! Oh hey thanks for the heal” etc.

By: G30ff

G30ff — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:58:34 +0000

Castle Crashers all the way.

By: fxxl

fxxl — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:37:40 +0000

It’s even worse with PC Gaming, where they even remove Coop Features from the PC Version of the game. (->Ghostbusters )

Another great Coop-Game, besides Portal 2 and Borderlands is:
- Resident Evil 5