Nephew is visiting tmw and thought i would introduce him to PC gaming. He is used to stuff like Gears Of War and Call of Duty as he has a x360. So we have played that kinda stuff on the 360 but i thought here's my chance to convert him to the PC master race. Which games do you recommend for co-op/2 player for the PC ? And are maybe available for download now? We have 2 xbox 360 pads. I thought maybe left for dead 2? does that do co-op from the same system?
Forget it for Co-Op gaming on PC. Very very little out there. Left 4 Dead 2, works, but only with hax, as does Borderlands 2. The only AAA title I have played Co-Operatively on PC was Portal 2. Future titles look as though they will be increasingly given the same Co-Op features as console games, as I guess devs begin to realise that more and more PC gamers are hooking their system up to big TV in front room and playing on gamepad. I am looking forward to Divinity Original Sin Enchanced Edition meself.
Trine and the Lego games are local co-op, but otherwise, as MatTheCat has said, there's not much without a lot of tweaking/hacking
List of couch co opera games on pc:http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_Local_Multiplayer_Games I like gauntlet, myself. Played Trine with my son, he loved it but I found it pretty ordinary (beautiful, though). Nidhogg is supposed to be a riot. Duck Game too
I'd give him a tour de force of what the PC is capable of surfer, could do a graphics run Crysis 3 Arma 3 for its scale and realism Project cars for its awesomeness and things like trine Maybe then switch it up and show him games that have big communities, dota 2, Lol, wow etc Then finish of with a combo of modded games aka skyrim.
I have Trine so i will have a shot of that. Broforce looks fun so might get that. Have plenty of other games on the pc to wow him with hopefully. Mad Max GTAV Dark Souls Dishonored Shadow of Mordor Witcher 2 and then i'll bring out the big guns.. the Oculus Rift DK2
Cos 2D side scrolling platformer games are really 'showing off' PC gaming... Face it, when it comes to Co-Op gameplay, PC gamers are scraping the bottom of the barrel. If you are into Co-Op gameplay, then don't game on PC.
Unless you have a second PC/Monitor/Desk etc. set up, in which case they utterly destroy consoles in every way possible Unfortunately most people don't tend to have 2 gaming spec PCs in their house
Gauntlet Forced Serious Sam 3 BFE Left 4 Dead 1/2 with some minor hacking Borderlands 2/TPS (with some minor hacking again) Trine 1/2 Portal 2 supports it natively Get some Worms going? Honestly where the PC shines is in things like RTS LAN co-op. DoW 2 supports this and is excellent played this way, as does Red Alert 3. Portal 2 co op
Lara Croft and the Guardian of light is also local co-op. Had a lot of fun with the Lego games in local co-op on PC too.
Trine 3 in 4k 3d. That does show off pc if you ask me, and it's a good laugh too. Rocket league as well I think does local coop and is hilarious fun.
Borderlands 2 definitely does co-op. For something fairly fun/brainless that looks nice... Rome total war 2 has a 2 player campaign mode, it needs a VERY healthy network between the 2 machines though and is a bit prone to drop outs or long syncs to recover from near dropouts. Starcraft 2 (I think) has some 2 player campaign stuff, if not currently then the last part (legacy of the void) certainly does. (Called "Protos mode", 2 players, same base+forces which.... actually sounds kinda awesome imo). GTA5 is a good call. Plenty of MMO's that are.... effectively co-op if you like. You could load up one of free ones (like Tera) and play some new characters together. Same with path of exile (tho... not QUITE MMO).
Jamestown (shmup from a few years back) has pretty good local co-op. Can't think of any others off the top of my head...
