02-02-2005 00:42									#1
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Any nominations? RPGs particularly welcome, and old games welcome. No FPS.

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	02-02-2005 00:54									#2
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World of Warcraft.

	02-02-2005 03:12									#3
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LAN.

	02-02-2005 05:07									#4
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Doom.

Starcraft and Dark Colony are two games I've enjoyed playing coop.

	02-02-2005 05:38									#5
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Well.... there's diablo, and any number of RTS games, of course.


Settlers 2 can be played on LAN, I believe. Europa: The Guild could be interesting, too.

How about Rome: Total War?

Hearts of Iron or Europa Universalis would be good, too, if you have the time.

	02-02-2005 13:30									#6
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Has to be co-op.

	02-02-2005 13:37									#7
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HOI2 has co-op, as does SS2 (although the latter is in FPS territory).

	02-02-2005 14:29									#8
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well its not exactly 100% co-op, but you could have a look at CTP2?

Even though you choose two different civs at start up, you could also let yourselves take turns in running the empire with one civ only if you decided to.

I used to play it co-op style with a friend, the games would last so long you never needed to have that final showdown

Its worth noteing that the MP/LAN game did have some bugs - and in so far as the source code project goes, they haven't all been addressed so far.

Still i did have a few weeks of fun playing it like this.

As for RPG's - i'm trying very hard to remember that famous one that had a split screen MP mode and could be co-op as well? I'll have to get back to you on that one, its an oldie...around 1992 i think?

Ah yes it was the game Bloodwych - that doggie site may have it. Its just for two players though - much fun on the amiga was had with this game.

hmm seems you could dig your spectrum out for this one http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/gameId,3605/

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	02-02-2005 17:39									#9
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Starcraft has the advantage of both players being able to play the same team (both people giving orders to the same units) or both players being allied, with seperate bases and units but attacking common enemies rather than each other.

	02-02-2005 19:48									#10
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Has to be co-op.

Everything I mentioned can be played co-operateively.... except maybe Europa the Guild.

quote: Starcraft has the advantage of both players being able to play the same team (both people giving orders to the same units) or both players being allied, with seperate bases and units but attacking common enemies rather than each other.

That's another good suggestion. It's a pity no one on Bnet is willing to playing anything outisde of melee rush games with unlimited resources.

	02-02-2005 20:17									#11
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quote: Originally posted by General Ludd edit.... That's another good suggestion. It's a pity no one on Bnet is willing to playing anything outisde of melee rush games with unlimited resources.

One of the great advantages of LAN gaming - you usualy know the people your playing with, so you can leave those that make MP a dirty word well alone

	03-02-2005 00:09									#12
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I am surprised no one has mentioned BG/BG2. You can play this cooperatively right?

	03-02-2005 00:37									#13
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike I am surprised no one has mentioned BG/BG2. You can play this cooperatively right?

You can, but I don't think it would be that great. It's a dailog driven game, and none of the dialog is made with multiplayer in mind.

Maybe Icewind Dale would be a better choice, since it's more of a hack'n'slash.

And there's also NWN, of course.

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I'm considering NWN at the moment. Myself and my girlfriend are playing through SoU (in fact that's what prompted this thread; whilst I have her interested in games I want to make as much progress as is possible ).

However you need 2 copies to play even on a LAN, rather lamely. I think I can bypass it by disconnecting, but haven't tested it yet.

Anyone tried NWN or BG cooperatively?

	03-02-2005 00:48									#15
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NWN co-op is GREAT fun. The game is twice as badass in co-op. Erm... actually ToEE is good with two or more players on one computer, with 2 characters each or something... I was doing that with my brother, made the game about 1,000% better.

SMAC is good co-op (agree a permapact on turn 1) Icewind Dale 2 also goes well.

WORMS (comody option)

	03-02-2005 04:06									#16
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RPGs are going down well, so ID2 looks a cert. It's old, so it will run on my girlfriend's laptop fine.

NWN maybe, though we are playing through SoU non co-op right now.

Surprised you didn't vote for BG Jam.

Btw can you play ToEE over the LAN?

	03-02-2005 06:34									#17
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No, but you can both play at one computer. When it goes into combat its turn based, y'see

I didn't suggest BG as it isn't the best MP game.

	03-02-2005 17:21									#18
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike I am surprised no one has mentioned BG/BG2. You can play this cooperatively right?

whoops i forgot that one. It was the first game my gf and i played in co-op mode. We only tried BG(with the 'tales of the sword coast' expansion), and it was fun.
Got into quite a bit, created character sheets and even imported our own player pics for our characters

The only draw back was you needed to agree who would be the party boss, decide where to go and who to talk to. It could get pretty messy when you both were trying to do your own thing. We ended up taking turns, after each level up i think? But yeah it seemed to work fine.

	03-02-2005 17:46									#19
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As I recall, not only do you need two copies of NWN to play it over LAN, you also require two passcodes.



I did suggest that we played BG over LAN when Jam and I were at your house, but you said you couldn't be bothered to load it. Mind you, that may have had something to do with the fact that the lure of Folderol was too strong.

	03-02-2005 17:51									#20
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An oldy but goody:

System Shock 2

IIRC had a coop mode.

	03-02-2005 18:17									#21
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quote: Originally posted by duke o' york I did suggest that we played BG over LAN when Jam and I were at your house, but you said you couldn't be bothered to load it.

If you had boobs he probably would of loaded it up for you.

	03-02-2005 23:54									#22
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quote: Originally posted by duke o' york I did suggest that we played BG over LAN when Jam and I were at your house, but you said you couldn't be bothered to load it.

Liar, I didn't want to install it, not load it. Massive difference.

	03-02-2005 23:55									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Pythagoras An oldy but goody: System Shock 2 IIRC had a coop mode.

A good choice, but I don't really want to take the risk of trying to sell an FPS game (even one with RPG elements) at this point. Small steps.

	03-02-2005 23:56									#24
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quote: Originally posted by General Ludd Maybe Icewind Dale would be a better choice, since it's more of a hack'n'slash.

So you can play ID co-op? I have both 1 and 2.

What about Fallout?

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quote: Originally posted by Jamski No, but you can both play at one computer. When it goes into combat its turn based, y'see

Ok, ToEE goes onto my list.

	04-02-2005 00:02									#26
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Axis and Allies (the hasbro board game converted to the computer game- not the new axis and allies)

the ai ins't much of a challenge, but it's fun as far as computer board games go.

note: I'm not sure about LAN, but I do know you can play multiplayer (just make sure you have the same patched version)