Submitted 1 day ago by wolfiedafloof@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
What are the best co-op games you enjoy? Anything from the modern games, to the old games.
For me, I’m aiming for PC games, or a game that can be easily emulated like PS2 games or GameBoy Advance.
Main focus, is that you are supposed to play 2 players or more (and are actually fun to play) with little to no internet. (Trying to prepare in advance)
I posted a review here earlier this year, but A Way Out was an excellent 2-player co-op game! I really enjoyed it. Story rich puzzles with some action interspersed. And it’s split-screen even if you’re playing online, so you can see what your partner is up to and coordinate with them. The ending was heart-wrenching too! Such an emotionally impacting story. Check out my review for a spoiler-free intro to that game.
Timesplitters 2 and 3
Portal 2
Ooo, i LOVE timesplitters! Awesome game! Wish more games today was less PvP online and more campaign co-op. That game is amazing.
Quake and Quake 2 have a bunch of co-op modes and they have been updated for crossplay on modern systems. I was just running some of the newer map packs with my buddies last night. Quake is $4 on Humble right now.
Borderlands 2 is great for co-op, but I’m not sure if you can do local splitscreen if that’s what you’re looking for.
I’ve only played Borderlands 2 in local split screen co-op.
Spelunky2 is good, up to 4 players.
Very hard but definitely worth persevering with.
Where is Raft in these lists?
My 1 seed for the PS2 is Cookies and Cream. It’s a split screen co-op game for 2 players where each side will have obstacles that only the other side can solve. Very fun and very addictive, but it also has a solid control scheme that is easy to pick up.
My wife and I played it a lot when we were first dating and she loved it even though she rarely, if ever, plays video games. Still have the original copy and I’ll never part with it 😊
My favourite co-op games are:
Since OP mentioned it, how may of these can do offline co-op? I don't think DRG does, and it's the only one I've done multiplayer on (though it is otherwise a great suggestion)
Ah, fair, my bad - did not read that bit properly. I need more coffee this morning.
N+ for the xbone is pretty good. It’s very simple but addictive.
If you can emulate get Mashed: Fully loaded for the PS2
I used to play some monkey game at uni but we were always stoned so I can’t remember exactly. Mebbies it’s something like Monkey ball tennis? There was loads of games within
Call to Arms: Gates of Hell
A jewel we’ve found recently. It’s incredibly fun and vast
Brothers: Talle of Two sons - pretty cool as you can play on 1 controller.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (OG) - have awesome memories with it.
Earth Defence Force 4 or 5 - over the top bug extermination and built in split screen even on PC.
Last thing I can recommend is Saints Row 2, 3 or 4 - but you need something like Nucleus to play on the same device.
Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Nucleus Coop (for Windows only unfortunately) makes lots of games that ordinarily don’t have offline splitscreen to work in that way.
wolfiedafloof@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Don’t worry. Linux has Wine and can often emulate windows games. Few occasions its even better framerate than actual windows. But not as common to see :P Great recommendation!