Cooperative Gaming

The new Kane and Lynch, Dog Days, is pretty fun in co-op. I've been going though campaign with a friend on Hard, it's pretty tough but it's very fun.
 
The Splinter Cell : Chaos Theory and Splinter Cell : Conviction coop modes are pretty good !

Saints Row 2 Coop is one of the funniest coop game ever...if you don't mind the terrible bugs.

Obscure 1 & 2 aren't too bad if you want to play a survival horror in coop. Better than Resident Evil 5 anyway...
 
MrBumble said:
Saints Row 2 Coop is one of the funniest coop game ever...if you don't mind the terrible bugs.
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Bugs are one of the best things about it, went through it with a mate a year or so back and it's best use I ever got out of my Live subscription.
 
Yeah...but the PC version is ten times worse than the 360 one.

A few unofficial patches kinda fix it and hold it together with ductape just so it is playable but it's nowhere near as stable as the 360 one ( and the performance is worse than GTA IV ).

Extremely good game though.
 
Ausdoerrt said:
Oh please, SS2 was utterly boring and uninspired, with repetitive levels. I'd suggest First and Second encounter instead.
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What? First and Second Encounter don't even come close to SS2. They were decent when they were first released, but they are no longer relevant. Even the "HD" versions are buggy messes. SS2 on the other hand, improved every aspect of the original games and still holds up by today's standards. It's pure coop gold.


But hey, you can't please everyone.
 
Baldur's Gate 2 was perfect in coop, I had so much fun playing through the whole game with a friend.
Also played lots of Ghost Recon and Ravenshield with a few friends in coop missions, immense fun.
Serious sam can be fun for a short while, but it is too braindead.
Also fun can be RTS games like Warcraft 3 or Rise of Nations, where you ally against ccomputer players.

But yeah, there isnt a whole lot these days, might also have to do with the fact that most games are total crap or just need insane computers no friend has. I would very much like some games from 2005 to 2007 or so to get my friends to coop again. Unlike me they have a life and dont play old games all day.
 
So Dead Rising 2... is what it is.

You make some weapons, mix some drinks, run around and kill zombies. Zombies that are so docile you could run up and give them a nice wank before they decide they want to take a bite out of you. The [spoiler:0a53ce2eb8]super gas zombies curb this[/spoiler:0a53ce2eb8] but for the most part you are really just wading through a sea of lumbering harmless targets.

I can see it being fun to turn on and co-op with someone for an hour or so, just randomly running around the city and tearing shit up, but honestly as a lasting game it has already bored me to tears after one play through. I am trading in the collectors edition to Amazon for a $45 gift card. It also marks the end of my console loyalties, I have become pretty disillusioned with console gaming, the past four games I bought have all been pretty much a single single player play through and than they get shelved and that just bothers me more these days than it used to. Pretty much going to let the PS3 be the Blu-Ray machine and ascend to the greatness of being one of those PC elitist that people who are new to these forums seem to always complain about.


On a side note to those who mentioned Baldurs Gate, Shadows of Amn was an absolute blast to co-op. Back in the day you could actually find a game with great ease on Game Spy. I actually was able to fully finish an entire game at one point with the same dedicated group and it was one of the best online experiences I have had.

I will stop while I am ahead before I get into my circle jerk of praise over SoA and ToB.
 
The last "co-op" game that I played was one were there were two people each controlling a group of people behind enemy lines in Vietnam, and although you were on two separate sides, you were co-operating to clear a path for each side to get back to there respective friendly spaces. it was great to play when waiting for my steam installs to finish.
 
How does Baldur's Gate 2 co-op even work? I loved that game (finished it again recently), but I can't imagine what it's like playing it with someone else - what of all the dialogues, shop keepers and pausing in combat - don't you have to wait for the other player a lot?

Fights might be cool, but they're hardly the main part of the game and they're over so quickly... I'm genuinely interested in this idea of co-op and what it would feel like.
 
SkuLL said:
How does Baldur's Gate 2 co-op even work? I loved that game (finished it again recently), but I can't imagine what it's like playing it with someone else - what of all the dialogues, shop keepers and pausing in combat - don't you have to wait for the other player a lot?

Fights might be cool, but they're hardly the main part of the game and they're over so quickly... I'm genuinely interested in this idea of co-op and what it would feel like.
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Well, you see it is a mixed bag. I would not recommend it at all to anyone who has never played through the single player game a couple of times. One of the best things about the game is the character interactions, the massive amount of unique dialogue where your party had something to say for virtually every event and even than would be mixed up and become even more unique depending on your party combination was just awesome.


So yeah, going at it multiplayer most people don't even use the ingame NPCs. Generally you create your entire party beforehand, which honestly is a bit unbalanced because being able to create an entire party from scratch has retardly powerful possibilities if you have ever played through the game before and know what works.
It does take a lot of time yeah and if someone goes into it thinking of it being co-op hack and slash fest than they will be severely disappointed. The group I did it with were rpers and D&D tabletop vets so they were gluttons for punishment when it came to patience and slow pacing.


Honestly though, the idea of fantasy hack and slash has just reminded me that this thread really needs more Diablo. I think it has only been mentioned once. Diablo II is easily one of the kings of PC co-op gaming. That thing still gets updates and ladder resets and a ridiculous amount of people still play it for its age.
 
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