TornadoCreator Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 A friend of mine has recently moved house and in doing so he's set up a big game room with a 42" HDTV and big leather sofa. Naturally we're thinking local co-op. He has a GameCube and Mega Drive (with a converter box so it doesn't look shitty on a big HDTV), set up so obvious multiplayer awesome like Streets Of Rage 2 and Smash Bros. Melee are available; the thing is we're modern gamers too and the PS3 seems oddly lacking. Local campaign co-op seems genuinely rare nowadays, I don't remember playing anything built for it since 2009 with the Gears Of War games. We don't want nor care about online multiplayer, we'll be in the same damn room. So here's my question; can anyone suggest some games with local co-op, or at least local multiplayer for ideally three people, though two people would also be good. Oh, and no FPS games, none of us like or play FPS games. We're more into third person action games, plafformers, racing, RPGs, basically anything except bloody FPS games... there's more to multiplayer than firing a damn gun.... aaaaggghhh, why does everything have to try and copy Call Of fucking Duty!? </rant> PS: Please don't just post a link to co-optional and act like you've made the conversation redundent (yes I mean you FDS), that site sucks and doesn't seperate online from local, even when you specifically tell it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Eliminating FPS's eliminates a large amount of your potential games. Really the only thing that comes to mind for me is Mario Kart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Resogun? You need a PS4 though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Heat Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 (edited) Yeah, no FPSes really does narrow the scope. Aside from Mario Kart, the only other thing that comes to mind is Phantasy Star Online which, contrary to the name, does have local co-op, albeit limited in scale. Looking through the list of stuff I own, there's Dragon's Crown, Fable 3, Kameo, Resident Evil 5 (not sure if 6 has local co-op, probably not), Sonic Racing and Transformed. I can probably sift through downloadable stuff later, but that's mostly ports of older games. Edited July 10, 2014 by Alex Heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 What systems are fair game for suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Fuck the haters, Rag Doll Kung Fu is hecka fun if you can get 3-4 people together in the same room. In the same vein as LittleBigPlanet (RDKF is from one of the guys at MediaMolecule), which is another good local co-op game, the fun is in the chaos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Zelda Four Swords would be good for the gamecube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoCreator Posted July 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 I did write a long response but the browser randomly refreshed and deleted it... grrrr. As I said, I realise that cutting FPSs limits my options but that's rather sad isn't it. When the Mega Drive can offer everything from platformers to beat 'em ups to racing games all with local co-op, it's sad that the only multiplayer we can offer is "use gun on man". Look at what the Mega Drive has; World Of Illusion, Great Circus Mystery, Toejam & Earl, Ren & Stimpy, Streets Of Rage 2, Golden Axe, Alien Storm, TMNT: Hyperstone Heist, Micro Macines, Road Rash 2, Zombies Ate My Neighbours, Mega Bomberman and so many more... that's a dozen games off the top of my head. Really it all comes down to the game room. It would be such a shame to have the big HDTV sitting there with three guys wanting to game, and have nothing modern to play. System wise there's the Mega Drive, GameCube, Playstation 2, and Playstation 3. There's also soon to be a Playstation 4. I already know of a few good PS2 games for multiplayer; namely Burnout 3: Takedown, Champions Of Norrath, and the Dynasty Warriors series but that's pretty much all I can find. I know there must be some local multiplayer games, after all the PS3 supports up to 4 controllers simultaneously so surely there are games that use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 If you refresh the page and click in the text box, at the bottom it should have the option to restore auto-saved text. Too late for that post but it's saved many of us here several times, especially when the boards are being dodgy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 LittleBigPlanet. Though I take no responsibility for any stabbings that occur. In general any racing game should probably work, though I don't have specific suggestions. I also remember Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance being fun, and I feel like there was another similar game on the Xbox/PS2 that was a lot of fun that involved vampires or zombies or something (I remember playing as a priest with a shotgun) but can't figure out what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Heat Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Probably Hunter: The Reckoning, or whatever those Vampire: The Masquerade spin-offs were. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Hunter: The Reckoning! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Heat Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Sifting through downloadable titles (that I actually have) yields a fair number of co-op games, though again, a lot of them are ports: Bionic Commando Rearmed 1&2 DeathSpank DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue DeathSpank: The Baconing D&D: Chronicles of Mystara (awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah) D&D: Daggerdale Double Dragon Neon Dungeon Defenders Elevator Action Deluxe Final Fight: Double Impact (Contra) Hard Corps: Uprising Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond Moon Diver NBA Jam: On Fire Edition (in so much as you and your buddy can be on the same team) NFL Blitz (same as the previous) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game Shoot Many Robots The Simpsons Arcade Game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled (I would avoid this though because it's...not as good as it could have been) Voltron (Defender of the Univerrrrrrrrrrrrrse) Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 X-Men (the Arcade Game) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoCreator Posted July 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Thanks Alex, I tend to avoid digital distribution on principle but if I can't get them on physical retail release I may have to swallow my pride and check out the PSN for some of these... after all our weekly games nights will get boring quickly if all we play is Smash Bros. and Mega Drive games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Heat Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 I think Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 got a physical release in the form of a compilation disc, but aside from that, the only way you'd be getting the physical version of the old Capcom D&D arcade games is by investing in a Saturn. Final Fight, Magic Sword, NBA Jam and NFL Blitz obviously have consoles ports, but your mileage is gonna vary there. Otherwise everything listed is only available as a downloadable title. Well, okay, The Simpsons arcade game has a DOS and Commodore 64 port, but uh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoCreator Posted July 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 I actually do have a Sega Saturn, but I'm more looking for modern games for the game room. My Saturn, Xbox, Dreamcast, Wii U and Xbox 360 won't be in the game room; it's my friends game room after all. That said if I have to I'll pack up the 360 or Wii U and take them with me on game nights if it means there's some decent local co-op available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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