some of the most unique versus games i remember:
- R.A.D. (giant fighting robots)
- gitaroo man
also one of my favorite co-op
- Tenchu: wrath of heaven
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Edit: For a different vibe, Super Monkey Ball Deluxe is a lot of multiplayer fun too
Oh hell yes, dont sleep on these OP. Theyre ARPGs, not CRPGs. Super fun, my friends and I played them for ages. Id love a modern one...
There was a Marvel game like them too but I can't remember the name
Champions of Norrath 1&2 were made by the same devs, but in the EverQuest universe instead of D&D and are worth checking out too.
Oh yeah! I forgot about those, lots of fun
So good.
Battlefront, lotr return of the king, and gauntlet dark legacy
Edit: and time crisis Double edit: and dynasty warriors
Dark Legacy is timeless fun
Time crisis yo.
Also Time Splitters more importantly
Timesplitters 2 is a masterpiece
Literally accidentally generationally defining.
Marvel vs Capcom 2. Still full price last I checked...8 years ago.
Burnout 3
I recently did Samurai Warriors with a friend and that was a blast. Kind of a golden era for musou games. SW2 and Dynasty Warriors 5 and 6 all solid.
I also enjoyed Gauntlet and the Metal Slug ports. I think that was PS2, at least.
Downhill Domination.
This one was my coop childhood at the local arcade alongside burnout 3 and the wwe smackdown vs raw games.
Dokapon Kingdom
It's like Mario Party, but with RPG elements. Start with classes like warrior, mage, and thief, and more classes unlock later on. You use dice to decide how many spaces you move around the map, and fight bandits and orcs and stuff. Every now and then the king/princess will give a quest to go and take back some stolen things from a bandit. First person that can land on that space fights the bandit to get the loot back, and then you have to bring it back to the castle. Other players can land on your tile and fight you to steal the loot. Towns around the map have a boss monster and if you can kill it you "control" the town and get passive income, other players can steal the town for you. Mario Party is known for ending friendships, but it doesn't even compare to the levels of cutthroat betrayal that happen in Dokapon. 10/10 highly recommend
Hey, this sounds super interesting and I had never heard of it before. I collected PS2 games for a while so thought I had a good idea of what was out there for a while but then it always becomes evident how vast the catalogue is when things like this pop up that I hadn't heard of but sound great!
Thanks for the recommendation!
GTA San Andreas co-op was super fun
Return of the king is so good. I dont know if these still hold up but u enjoyed playing these.
- Destroy all humans 2,
- Dynasty warriors
- starwars battlefront 2 (the real one)
two that i remember quite fondly for their co-op gameplay were X-men Legends, and Champions of Norrath.
Champions of Norrath and Champions: Return to Arms were fucking STELLAR for local co-op. I never see them mentioned. I should bust out my PS2 and go through a run of each with my partner.
i never played return to arms, but same. i think my brother ended up with our copy of CoN, but i should see if the local retro game shop has a copy.
Return to Arms was everything Norrath was, better! It totally still holds up today! Tons of QoL improvements, especially when you have 3-4 people trying to use the store at the same time hahaha. I loved being able to easily switch from shield to throwing weapon, too.
FUCK TIME CRISIS ITS ALL ABoUT TIME SPLITTERS 1&2 YOU BROKE HORNY INTERMATIONALLY INFLUENCED IDIOTS!!!!!
IT'S TIME TO SPLIT!
Time splitters 2
Redfaction 1 with its destructible environments was ground breaking. My brothers and I used to build tunnel forts in the canyon map, but that might not be too interesting these days.
Gran Turismo
Dragon ball: Budokai Tenkaichi
bagman in red faction ii was so much fun
Socom 2
MGO2 & MHO & GTAO & READING REAL SERIAL KILLER BOOKS