Co-op lan games for older machines

December 25, 2016 2:36 PM

We're doing some co-op in-person lan gaming over christmas. Previous years we've played a lot of terraria / killing floor / battlefield 1942 / team fortress 2. We're looking for other recommendations for games that suit some of these criteria, especially newer things we haven't heard of. * run on non-current-topline machines (we have a lot of spare older machines but limited current gamer machines) * drop-in/drop-out (terraria was particular good for this) * low barrier to entry * cheap in bulk (steam 4-packs are great) * co-op

Previously: 2006 version

posted by xiw to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

Borderlands? Borderlands 2 is the best of the bunch IMHO, but the Pre-Sequel is plenty fun too.
posted by Nelson at 3:38 PM on December 25, 2016 [1 favorite]

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posted by michaelh at 3:40 PM on December 25, 2016

Overwatch would be the obvious suggestion. I'm told it runs pretty well on potato-class computers and it's a lot of fun. You can party up with your LAN-mates and join games together. I have no personal experience with it but people also seem to like the new Battlefield a lot.
posted by killdevil at 4:54 PM on December 25, 2016

Don't Starve Together, perhaps?
posted by daikaisho at 7:32 AM on December 26, 2016

If you can get Serious Sam (1 or 2 - doesn't matter which) on co-op mode it's more fun than anyone should be allowed to have. It's pretty old but awesome.
posted by Thistledown at 10:08 AM on December 26, 2016

TF2 is the gold standard still. Overwatch is the modern equivalent.
posted by zippy at 11:42 AM on December 26, 2016

If you're feeling particularly geeky, Artemis.
posted by neckro23 at 12:17 PM on December 26, 2016