Wondering what the people on Lemmy think :)
Looking for stuff to play mostly with 2 players, but anything is fine.
I looked through https://store.steampowered.com/category/action_fps/?facets13268=6%3A1&flavor=contenthub_toprated (Shooters with tag “coop”) but for some reason there’s stuff like Counter-Strike and Team Fortress etc. in there, and while you can play those cooperatively, really they’re competitive games.
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I always loved ARC - Attack, Retrieve, Capture - originally from Hoopy Entertainment and then PopCap. You joined an ad hoc team and piloted a little flying saucer around a maze, shooting at the other team’s saucers. It was super simple to learn and wonderfully addictive. Probably not around anymore. I knew the two guys who created it.
Deep Rock Galactic and Helldivers 2 are the ones I play. Usually at 2 players.
Helldivers 2 is pretty good. Surprisingly not toxic/salty for how big it is.
In-game everyone is usually wonderful.
The official discord server, on the other hand… no. Just no.
I’ve not joined their discord or other. Thanks for the heads up.
I swear, the best way to experience Helldivers 2’s community is to just be decent in games with randoms, maybe watch CommissarKai’s videos (do not go into the comments section) for tips on teamplay, and absolutely positively do not venture into the steam forums, the discord, or any other big discussion forum centered around the game because it w i l l be a cesspit, unfortunately. The Steam forums have the usual toxic trolls, but the Discord (and other hubs) is usually having furious arguments over buffs, nerfs, what is meta, what isn’t, what should be done what shouldn’t be and so on. For a silly little PvE co-op power fantasy game.
I’m not sure if Deep Rock Galactic has this problem, I’ve played it and it all seemed pretty positive but I never got into the game as much as I did HD2.
I take it you’ve never had the displeasure of being dropped into a PlayStation lobby? Lots of TKers and Kickers on PS. I don’t get the same from Steam players.
I guess I’ve not.
Some of the best co-op I ever played was in Rainbow Six 3, but I played with 7 players, and I don’t remember if it will let you mix and match humans with bots on your squad. You’ll need a gaming VPN to play co-op, also, since the servers are gone.
Halo is always a good time, as is Gears of War, and it kind of sucks that outside of Borderlands, these are the most recent recommendations I can come up with, but this genre has been left to rot in live service hell.
If you can get past its extremely questionable social issues, I’ve never played a co-op combat game as well designed and implemented as resident evil 5. It forces you to work together in a variety of challenges and unexpected ways. It keeps you both focused on mutual goals. And if you don’t work together with situational awareness and effective communication, you will not succeed. I really wish it sold better because I’ve never seen a company since put as much effort into co-op design except maybe the “it takes two” and “a way out” guy. But those aren’t shooters.
Your mileage may vary, but there’s a bug on the PC version that causes a boss to regenerate health tied to the frame rate. It happened to a friend and me, and we watched it happen to two other friends. Higher frame rates cause it to regen faster. There’s a way you can cheese the fight to get around this, but maybe the method would be a spoiler.
(Also, I thought this game was bad and not in an interesting way like its successor is, but once again, your mileage may vary.)
I can certainly understand not liking it. Besides it’s offensive social takes, it’s definitely not what a typical Resident Evil game is supposed to be. But a buddy and I spent years trying to find good coop game experiences and as far as games that actually sculpt and tend to the coop part as opposed to just throwing a coop mode in at the last moment, very few come anywhere close to the effort to put into this one. On harder difficulties it’s actually a really interesting challenge that’s not just about bullet sponges or grinding for better gear but about strategy and effective teamwork.
I guess I just don’t see what it offered that Gears of War didn’t, and I thought Gears was much better.
So, you’re essentially looking for games like Borderlands, do you want more RPG in it or less?
Does Portal 2 count…?
I remember enjoying Left 4 Dead back in the day.
I second deep rock galactic
Rock and stone!
For Karl!
We’re rich!
Thirded.
Also, is your username a cosmere reference?
yes it is. Stormlight archives is my favorite series.
WE’RE RICH
Roboquest is one of my fave co-op experiences in recent years
Payday 2/3, Helldivers 2, Deep Rock Galactic, Ready or Not
I seem to remember liking Resistance: Fall of Man, but it isn’t something you’ll play over and over. But the couch co-op story mode was fun to play with my partner back in 2007 or so.
A Way Out was fun recently for couch co-op story as well, but I’m not sure if that is the type of shooter you are looking for. I had never played a game like it before, was pretty cool.
Play Halo 1 on easy, no shooting allowed, only melee, and speed run it.
Splatoon 3 Salmon Run
Halo Reach, baby. That’s the king.
Plus all the Halos before, yeah. Unfortunately online co-op on the master chief collection just would not function properly for me and a friend which was devastating
I’ve heard that was an issue years ago, and fixed. We were able to play thru every game fine.
This was less than a year ago, constant disconnects. We soldiered through but the second mission in Halo 2 would consistently DC when starting the warthog phase
That’s sucks man. Sorry it didn’t work for you guys.
- Ready or Not
- Six Days in Fallujah
- Halo
Halo is an all time great and especially for co-op.
Seconding ready or not, had an absolute blast with it, both solo and coop !
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I’m not into these, even though I try them from time to time. But one was actually a looooot of fun - Shadow Warrior 2. The gunplay, the chaos, it was extremely entertaining!
And it only costs a few bucks.
Shadow Warrior 2 is so fun, I was and still am so disappointed they scrapped co-op for the third one.
