Comments on: Fun 2-player split-screen cooperative games for the PS2?

Question: Fun 2-player split-screen cooperative games for the PS2?

chowflap — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:21:25 -0800

Fun 2-player (split-screen, not online) cooperative games for the PS2, for me and my fella? I've seen previous AskMe questions that were similar, but the answers didn't really fit our needs. We love FPSers, especially if there's some sneaking around and problem solving involved. We have played Turok: Evolution (in shoot-each-other mode) and Star Wars Battlefront II (cooperatively, which we have finished), and we enjoyed both. What now? We just bought (used) Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow because the box said it was for 1-4 players; unfortunately, it turns out they meant online play, which I'm not interested in doing right now. Shooting/fighting each other is fun, but can get a little wearying when one of us is getting beat down by the other all of the time...

Other games we've liked, singularly: Katamari Damacy, Halo 3 (at a friend's house), Citizen Kabuto, Oblivion, Deus Ex, various Zeldas, Marios and Metroids. Played Lego Star Wars but found it kind of unchallenging after a short while.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:30:35 -0800

guitar hero?
totally not a FPS, but who knows

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:33:37 -0800

You can play Katamari Damacy 2 against one another in group mode!

By: Oktober

Oktober — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:33:53 -0800

The Red Star is a fantastic beat-em-up in the old school style (think Cannon Spike meets Contra) with great 2-player co-op.

By: InnocentBystander

InnocentBystander — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:45:37 -0800

x-men: legends!

By: procrastination

procrastination — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:52:18 -0800

Dance Dance Revolution!

By: nkknkk

nkknkk — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:53:03 -0800

Kind of silly, but my friend and I loved Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge for the PS2. Although the premise is a bit childish, some of the challenges are HARD, and it was truly 2-player cooperative.

By: modofo

modofo — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:58:30 -0800

The Simpsons Game!

By: Diskeater

Diskeater — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:08:43 -0800

The Warriors is a great co-op game. It's a beat em up and there's not a lot of puzzle solving but it's really a fantastic game.

By: SpiffyRob

SpiffyRob — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:15:53 -0800

The 2-Player mode in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is pretty clunky, but enormously fun. Instead of split screen, you both run around on a single screen. If you get into a vehicle, one can shoot while the other drives, which is a hoot, or you can drive (slowly) with someone standing on the hood and causing havoc.

You have to play for awhile to unlock two-player but GTA also functions reasonably well as a two-players-taking-turns game (passing off between missions.)

Almost certainly not what you had in mind, but worth looking into, I'd venture.

By: SpiffyRob

SpiffyRob — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:16:20 -0800

Ooh, 2nding Warriors.

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:55:11 -0800

3rding Warriors - I was very happily surprised by how fun that game turned out to be. FTR, I didn't like the movie.

Conflict - Desert Storm (or Global Conflict, or the other desert war version, but not so much the Vietnam one). Good 2-player combat action, though not FPS (it's 3rd person)

Rainbow Six - I loved this game.

By: teki

teki — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:08:44 -0800

The Adventures of Cookie & Cream: split screen, very challenging, and requires a lot of cooperation.

By: Durhey

Durhey — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:12:42 -0800

The Adventures of Cookie and Cream is a cooperative split-screen action/puzzler. It's not for everybody, but there's nothing else like it I've ever seen.

By: greenskpr

greenskpr — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:17:27 -0800

Not split screen...but the most engrossing cooperative I've tried is Champions of Norrath, or Champions - Return to arms. Great dungeon crawler type, customize the look of your warrior male female etc. just a total blast, Fun. My son and I just wasted 2 weeks straight last Christmas. Total blast. Can play up to 4 players cooperatively, but 2 is just right.

By: santojulieta

santojulieta — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:25:08 -0800

Also, if you can find them, Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 (Dark Alliance).

I personally credit BG and Champions of Norrath for helping my then fledgling relationship get off the ground with my now future husband. He credits those games for falling in love with me.

By: chowflap

chowflap — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:48:05 -0800

Thank you, everyone! Lots of games for us to look for. And santojulieta, we have been dating about 3 months and playing together is a great bonding method.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:31:56 -0800

3rding Cookie and cream, and seconding baldur's gate, but I couldn't get into Warriors. My friend and I found it clunky. Just my two cents.

For the record, the first baldur's gate game is better, the second was unbelievably easy but still okay. You can get either for less than 10 bucks, although Cookie and Cream is harder to come by.

By: kepano

kepano — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:36:27 -0800

If you've never played the Metal Slug series, you have to get the Anthology for PS2. Amazing 2D graphics and some of the best co-op you'll ever play. I cannot believe no one has mentioned it.

By: Ziggy Zaga

Ziggy Zaga — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:09:25 -0800

They're both PS1 games (which will run on your PS2, but you'll need a PS1-formatted memory card), but Fighting Force was a fun arcade-style 2-player co-op beat-em-up. I'm sure you can get it cheap as well.

Also, Future Cop: LAPD was fun as well, but I think I actually preferred the deathmatch and CTF modes more than the co-op.

By: actionpact

actionpact — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:19:40 -0800

this series of games isn't for everybody, but what about Dynasty Warriors/Samurai Warriors? They can be pretty fun together.

Also seconding the Warriors!

There needs to be more 2 player co-op games... The only ones I have are the Warriors, a bunch of the Dynasty/Samurai warriors games, and (soon!) the two PS2 Katamari games. We wound up playing games like Dark Cloud 2, but passing the controller off to each other between levels.