Co-op shooters/FPSes?
May 17, 2008 6:42 AM Subscribe
My sister loves playing co-op shooters. Can you recommend any? Our systems are the PS2, and a PC running Windows XP that was middle-of-the-road 3-5 years ago (so no Army of Two, thank you). Freeware/shareware/indie are great, but so are huge blockbusters. It just needs to have as long, good, co-op section.
System Shock 2 has a co-op option. Download it from Home of the Underdogs.
Be sure to get the addons mentioned in the wikipedia article.
It's a action packed, story driven shooter with lots of scary moments. Great fun.
posted by tomble at 6:56 AM on May 17, 2008
Be sure to get the addons mentioned in the wikipedia article.
It's a action packed, story driven shooter with lots of scary moments. Great fun.
posted by tomble at 6:56 AM on May 17, 2008
Serious Sam 1 and 2: excellent for some non thinking co-op ownage. Both can be had for cheap.
posted by dragontail at 7:10 AM on May 17, 2008
posted by dragontail at 7:10 AM on May 17, 2008
Response by poster: I've actually tried to get system shock to run on all the computers we have (except for this laptop), but alas, I could not get it to work. Either no sound, or I'd only get 30 seconds of movement before it crashed. Besides, she tends to get freaked out often, so I think SS2 is out.
The kinds of co-ops she's liked so far have been some of the James Bond games (which can have surprisingly good co-op), WWII shooters, etc. Her favourite shooter is probably No One Lives Forever, although she doesn't play it much--she only really loves playing co-op.
Thanks for the suggestions so far!
posted by flibbertigibbet at 7:24 AM on May 17, 2008
The kinds of co-ops she's liked so far have been some of the James Bond games (which can have surprisingly good co-op), WWII shooters, etc. Her favourite shooter is probably No One Lives Forever, although she doesn't play it much--she only really loves playing co-op.
Thanks for the suggestions so far!
posted by flibbertigibbet at 7:24 AM on May 17, 2008
Hexen is fun, it's like Doom but with a fantasy setting and multiple classes. Old and will run on your hardware.
Also, I think XMen Legends is available on PS2-- not a shooter but a great same-screen multiplayer game with mindless monster-bashing.
posted by ®@ at 7:31 AM on May 17, 2008
Also, I think XMen Legends is available on PS2-- not a shooter but a great same-screen multiplayer game with mindless monster-bashing.
posted by ®@ at 7:31 AM on May 17, 2008
Operation Flashpoint.
Terrific Co-op. Sweet Mission Builder. Old enough to accommodate your systems' capabilities.
posted by notyou at 7:41 AM on May 17, 2008
Terrific Co-op. Sweet Mission Builder. Old enough to accommodate your systems' capabilities.
posted by notyou at 7:41 AM on May 17, 2008
Star Wars Lego?
Not a shooter as such, but a great multi-player game.
posted by chrispy108 at 8:42 AM on May 17, 2008
Not a shooter as such, but a great multi-player game.
posted by chrispy108 at 8:42 AM on May 17, 2008
Seconding Serious Sam. It's a great first person shooter that you can do the entire game in co-op mode. It should run on older hardware.
posted by Argyle at 8:50 AM on May 17, 2008
posted by Argyle at 8:50 AM on May 17, 2008
Oh yea, x-men legends is a fun coop game and is available for the PC.
posted by jmd82 at 9:37 AM on May 17, 2008
posted by jmd82 at 9:37 AM on May 17, 2008
The PS2 version of Half Life has a dedicated co-op mode called Decay, featuring two female scientists. It's meant to be quite fun.
posted by Magnakai at 9:37 AM on May 17, 2008
posted by Magnakai at 9:37 AM on May 17, 2008
No One Lives Forever 2 has a co-op campaign. If your sis liked the original, I bet she'll adore the sequel, as I thought it was a much better experience than the first game. I haven't played the co-op campaign myself but if it's got the unicycle mission, it'll be totally worth it.
posted by chrominance at 9:42 AM on May 17, 2008
posted by chrominance at 9:42 AM on May 17, 2008
Check out the Timesplitters series. I played the 2nd one on Gamecube and it had a co-op mode...I bet the PS2 version does as well.
posted by Diskeater at 10:35 AM on May 17, 2008
posted by Diskeater at 10:35 AM on May 17, 2008
The Red Star for PS2 is a great, old-school shooter in the vein of Ikari Warriors and Cannon Spike, and can be played all the way through with 2 players.
posted by Oktober at 11:03 AM on May 17, 2008
posted by Oktober at 11:03 AM on May 17, 2008
Psi-Ops for the PS2 has an awesome coop mode. You both control the same character—it sounds awkward, but works swimmingly. You can't realize how powerful the character is until you have two people controlling him.
posted by mealy-mouthed at 11:44 AM on May 17, 2008
posted by mealy-mouthed at 11:44 AM on May 17, 2008
If you haven't already, you might try a co-op hack-n-slash rpg. My wife and I have played a few, and it's fun to have two completely different classes, plus you can share loot and all that. Champions of Norrath is a good one for PS2.
posted by Stylus Happenstance at 12:21 PM on May 17, 2008
posted by Stylus Happenstance at 12:21 PM on May 17, 2008
On PS2 I love Red Faction 2. I'm not sure the actual gameplay is cooperative, but in multiplayer yuo can set up all kinds of cooperative challenges that will keep you gunning forever.
Out of all the first-person-shooters out there for PS2, that's my favorite-- the designers keep the controls and the movement very simple and smooth, aiming isn't impossible, there are lots of fun explosives, and many of the architechtural structures in the game can be damaged or demolished entirely by your fire. I'd rather have all that in a more old-school game than one where you can hear the soldiers breathing and see individual blades of grass, yet it's a chore to move around or even find anyone to shoot. My bf and I have worn out our first copy of RF2 and are about to crack our second.
posted by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] at 1:18 PM on May 17, 2008
Out of all the first-person-shooters out there for PS2, that's my favorite-- the designers keep the controls and the movement very simple and smooth, aiming isn't impossible, there are lots of fun explosives, and many of the architechtural structures in the game can be damaged or demolished entirely by your fire. I'd rather have all that in a more old-school game than one where you can hear the soldiers breathing and see individual blades of grass, yet it's a chore to move around or even find anyone to shoot. My bf and I have worn out our first copy of RF2 and are about to crack our second.
posted by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] at 1:18 PM on May 17, 2008
svencoop is the way to go. HL played co-op is one of the best games I've ever played.
posted by devilsbrigade at 1:38 PM on May 17, 2008
posted by devilsbrigade at 1:38 PM on May 17, 2008
Timesplitters Future Perfect has great co-op.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 2:21 PM on May 17, 2008
posted by EndsOfInvention at 2:21 PM on May 17, 2008
If you can run the first Halo on your PC, it's a lot of fun in co-op.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 3:49 PM on May 17, 2008
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 3:49 PM on May 17, 2008
Battlefield 2. Its predecessor, Battlefield 1942, is also good and less resource intensive.
posted by zippy at 4:10 PM on May 17, 2008
posted by zippy at 4:10 PM on May 17, 2008
Doom I & II have co-op mode. You should definitely be using zDoom to play the game though (a LOT of modern functionality added).
Duke Nukem 3D has co-op mode. JFDuke3D adds modern functionality to that.
The Serious Sam games have co-op modes. My roommate and I played through the first one in a day. The second one was terrible in my opinion, but others apparently liked it.
If you like post-apocalyptic action games, Take No Prisoners has co-op mode. It's not an FPS; the view is top-down like classic GTA.
The Quake series comes to mind, and if I recall correctly Aliens vs. Predator had co-op as well.
All of my recommendations can be had for bargain bin prices on ebay/half.com. All will run on your hardware.
posted by Ziggy Zaga at 5:41 PM on May 17, 2008
Duke Nukem 3D has co-op mode. JFDuke3D adds modern functionality to that.
The Serious Sam games have co-op modes. My roommate and I played through the first one in a day. The second one was terrible in my opinion, but others apparently liked it.
If you like post-apocalyptic action games, Take No Prisoners has co-op mode. It's not an FPS; the view is top-down like classic GTA.
The Quake series comes to mind, and if I recall correctly Aliens vs. Predator had co-op as well.
All of my recommendations can be had for bargain bin prices on ebay/half.com. All will run on your hardware.
posted by Ziggy Zaga at 5:41 PM on May 17, 2008
Response by poster: Thanks guys! I really appreciate all the recommendations. I'll pass them by her to see what she thinks.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 11:15 PM on May 17, 2008
posted by flibbertigibbet at 11:15 PM on May 17, 2008
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How does half life 1 coop sound?
posted by PowerCat at 6:52 AM on May 17, 2008