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Yoru
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So over the weekend I got the hankering for some co-op gameplay for the PC and kind of realized how badly there's a dearth of this sort of thing. I found a number of titles, most of which are pretty old or difficult to obtain. Hence, I'm asking you guys if you know of any awesome moderately-modern co-opness.
Stuff I found/played/tried to play: * Diablo I/II - duh * Marathon I/II/etc. (opensource/free!) * Sacrifice (co-op multiplayer via teams vs. computers - most any RTS can do this though) * Lots and lots of MAME games * System Shock 2 - couldn't get it to work though * Half-Life 1/Sven Co-op
So... what am I missing?
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Viin
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I like the Rainbow Six games for coop (Ghost Recon, etc).
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Morfiend
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GRAW has the worst coop ever. If the number one guy dies, mission over. That shit sucks.
Go buy a 360.
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Morfiend
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Oh yeah. The NWN series. Thats decent, if slow, co-op.
Also Titan Quest.
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Krakrok
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Guild Wars. Halo. Warcraft III with some of the maps like tower attack or the RPG maps.
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« Last Edit: November 27, 2006, 04:08:14 PM by Krakrok »
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Yoru
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Oh yeah. The NWN series. Thats decent, if slow, co-op.
Also Titan Quest.
Mm, I have both of those, just forgot to mention them. Also BG1/BG2/IWD1/IWD2 have co-op, although those really requires being in the same room to properly coordinate, I find. GRAW has the worst coop ever. If the number one guy dies, mission over. That shit sucks.
Go buy a 360. The hell is GRAW? And I was expecting Schild to be the first to make a "go buy console keke" comment - not valid since it'd necessitate the purchase of 360s by several individuals, plus games, plus XBL subscriptions. And a TV in my case. The idea is to find stuff that my group of co-oppers can grab and play without the expenditure of >$50.
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Velorath
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I remember a number of maps in Myth and Myth II that were a lot of fun to play co-op.
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Samwise
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Serious Sam has some fun (if brainless) co-op.
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Merusk
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You've listed all the ones I've got in my library outside of the FPS/ X-wing Series games. Thus why I play MMOs, they're inherently co-op.
GRAW = Ghost Recon: <something>
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Zetleft
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Serious Sam has some fun (if brainless) co-op.
The first one worked fine, the second was a fucking buggy travesty to play co-op.
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Kageru
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Serious sam isn't really co-op, it's more like multiple single player games in the same arena. There's no real reason for co-ordination or tactics. It is a lot of fun as a LAN game though. The paucity of these games is pretty much why I am looking at a console, despite having two perfectly good PC's at hand.
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Morfiend
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GRAW is Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Worst co-op ever.
And I just couldnt resist the 360 comment cause they have so many great co-op game come out recently. Gears of War, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Rainbow Six: Vegas, just to name a few.
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Yoru
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A great list, it just doesn't tell you which ones are good and which ones should be avoided on pain of cutting off your genitalia with a rusty spoon.
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Kageru
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Likewise some of them are awfully dated. I remember enjoying HexenII, a FPS with different classes and some maps that worked well co-operatively... but that was 10 years ago.
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Krakrok
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Come on, you know Ninja Baseball Bat Man has got to be good. Any of the 3-4 player side scrolling arcade games are good like Golden Axe, Punisher, Knights of the Round Table, X-Men, TMNT, Gauntlet. Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Civ IV are listed on there.
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McCow
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GRAW is Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Worst co-op ever.
And I just couldnt resist the 360 comment cause they have so many great co-op game come out recently. Gears of War, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Rainbow Six: Vegas, just to name a few.
I picked up a 360 just for this reason. We just cleared Act 1 in Gears on Insane last night. I would probably rank it as one of my best coop experiences since Doom 2 on a serial cable. Don't forget about the 2 player RTS vs computer. Company of Heroes + Dawn of War + Homeworld could entertain you for a while if that genre turns your crank. NWN has some decent 2 player modules that don't suck all that bad. I had a lot of fun with the original Splinter Cell or Rainbow 6. I would also recommend avoiding GRAW. I also didn't see Titan Quest on the big list.
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Morfiend
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I picked up a 360 just for this reason. We just cleared Act 1 in Gears on Insane last night. I would probably rank it as one of my best coop experiences since Doom 2 on a serial cable.
Im looking for some one that wants to try and tackle Insane mode. So far no takers from my friends.
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NiX
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I liked Gears, but I'm liking Vegas more. There's something about being able to tackle 1 level so many different ways that makes this game so good. The co-op is so much fun and my friends and I have only done story mode. Terrorist hunt is a whole new game in itself.
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GRAW is Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Worst co-op ever.
And I just couldnt resist the 360 comment cause they have so many great co-op game come out recently. Gears of War, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Rainbow Six: Vegas, just to name a few.
Ultimate Alliance is on all platforms, I believe. Including the PC.
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Sky
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murdoc
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Im looking for some one that wants to try and tackle Insane mode. So far no takers from my friends.
One of these days, when I have a decent length of time to play, I'd hit insane with you. My problem is that my internet connection is.. tempermental... so I've been avoiding XBL games lately.
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Ixxit
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So... what am I missing? DAIKATANA
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