I have very fond memories of the first Halo on the OG Xbox. It was very cool to be able to do the campaign together with a friend.

  • barkingspiders@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I will happily take this opportunity to complain

    /startrant that the abandonment of couch co-op is the worst thing to ever happen to gaming. There are some great couch co-op games out there, BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. Seriously, the number of goddamn games that expect you to HAVE TWO COMPUTER AND TWO SCREENS SO YOU CAN PLAY CO-OP WITH SOMEONE ELSE IS TOO DAMN HIGH. /endrant

    I highly recommend Broforce, any of the Larian studio games (Divinity Original Sin, Baldur’s Gate 3 etc…), Battleblock Theater, Castle Crashers, Cuphead, For The King, Hypercharge Unboxed, It Takes Two, Portal 2, Overcooked, SpiritFarer, Stardew Valley, Untitled Goose Game, Wobbly Life. Wish there were more.

    It is the damndest shame that the Halo Master Chief Collection doesn’t have local co-op, still upsets me to this day.

  • Klaymore@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Along with what others have said:

    • Speedrunners
      • Just run and do parkour faster than the other players
    • Nom Nom Galaxy
      • Land on an alien planet and build a soup factory. Collect ingredients and fight against another corporation.
    • Crawl
      • One player is a hero running through a dungeon, the other players control monsters trying to kill them. Whoever kills the hero then becomes the hero. Whoever kills the boss first wins. Great soundtrack and art.
    • Ultimate Chicken Horse
      • Design a shared platforming level with traps, so that you’re able to get to the end but the other players can’t.
    • Magicka 1 and 2
      • Wizard game, create spells by mixing elements and blow up a bunch of goblins.
    • Stikbold!
      • Dodgeball game, a decent bit of skill involved. Can fight each other or against AI.
    • Tooth and Tail
      • An RTS game that works well on controllers, you control an army of woodland creatures and have to kill / eat the others. Great soundtrack and art. Can play versus or against AI.
    • Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
      • Work together to pilot a spaceship and kill monsters and save people.
    • All the Lego games
    • Wizard of Legend
      • Wizard roguelike
    • Boomerang Fu
      • Fight each other by throwing boomerangs
    • Treadnauts
      • Fight each other by driving tanks on walls
    • Unrailed
      • Try to keep a train going by building the tracks as it’s moving.
    • the Trine games
      • Cooperative adventure / puzzle game.
    • Guns, Gore & Cannoli
      • Arcadey shoot lots of zombies game.
    • Kingdom Two Crowns
      • Build a town to protect against the evils outside
    • Spelunky
      • Roguelike, delve into a cave searching for gold and riches