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noober
12-11-2007, 07:38 PM
Can somebody suggest some good four player offline coop games for consoles? I am returning home for a couple weeks for the holidays, and I was hoping to get in some gaming with my 3 brothers. In years past we have played games such as:

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (GC)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (GC)
Mario Kart: Double Dash (GC)
GRAW 2 (PC)
Baldur's Gate 2, Icewind Dale, NWN, etc (PC)
Star Wars: Battlefront II (XBox)
Age of Empires III (PC)
Doom 3 (with some hacked mods to let you do this) (PC)
Dungeon Lords (PC - Bug filled)
Diablo II , Dungeon Siege (PC)
Hunter: The Reckoning (XBOX)

I'd like to emphasize that I'm not looking for games with only a four player mode, but games where you can play through the campaign (or main game anyway) with four people. I'm looking for four player offline console games and maybe multiplayer PC games (although I think most new games have requirements too high for all of us to play). We have just about every console, and if there are a few 4 player games for one we don't have maybe I'll get that too. Just about any genre, except perhaps sports or rythm games, we find interesting

I was thinking about Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, but I think it is only two player coop. I'd like to get 3-4 games to last us over the holiday. Unfortunately, it seems like they are rarely made. I can't find a search engine that would let me find games like this that game out in the past year (or older games I've missed).

Thanks!
dpatel
12-11-2007, 07:50 PM
What about games that allow for co-op online play? Like Halo 3 or Warhawk. Not exactly co-op, but you can all game together, and play on the same side (if you choose).

There is also Project Eden for the PS2, but I thought the game was crap.

I thought the Champions of Norrath series on the PS2 was excellent.

Other than that, I can't really think of any. I really like these types of games too. Just wish developers made the effort to include more co-op features in games.
PyroGamer
12-11-2007, 07:51 PM
Halo 3.
The Crotch
12-11-2007, 07:57 PM
Alien Hominid (GC, PS2 in North America, PS2 and Xbox in Europe... I think). The main campaign is 2-player, but I know there's a 4-player mode in there somewhere.

Rogue Squadron 3 (GC) has awesome co-op, but it's only 2 player.

Wii Sports - tennis, specifically.

Ghost Squad (Wii). It's a rail shooter.

Super Smash Brothers (Melee), N64 and GC.

Time Splitters?

STARMOTHERFUCKINGCRAFT!

EDIT: I vaguely recall Hunter: The Reckoning sucking. I'm not sure, but I think the only good one was "Redeemer".
Logg
12-11-2007, 08:13 PM
Rock Band
godhatesjustyou
12-11-2007, 08:18 PM
STARMOTHERFUCKINGCRAFT!

Starcraft?

And I would recommend Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Great, mindless, beat-em-up so that almost anyone will enjoy. The ability to play a wide variety of comic book heroes is cool too.
The Crotch
12-11-2007, 08:23 PM
Starcraft?Well, he did mention AoE 3. If you're gonna go for an RTS, why not go for the best?
noober
12-11-2007, 08:24 PM
Alien Hominid (GC, PS2 in North America, PS2 and Xbox in Europe... I think). The main campaign is 2-player, but I know there's a 4-player mode in there somewhere.

Rogue Squadron 3 (GC) has awesome co-op, but it's only 2 player.

Wii Sports - tennis, specifically.

Ghost Squad (Wii). It's a rail shooter.

Super Smash Brothers (Melee), N64 and GC.

Time Splitters?

STARMOTHERFUCKINGCRAFT!

EDIT: I vaguely recall Hunter: The Reckoning sucking. I'm not sure, but I think the only good one was "Redeemer".
I was thinking about Time Splitters, we never played that. I thought it was only two player though. Ghost Squad sounds like it would be great, since the Wii version definately is 4 player coop (although it is supposed to be extremely short).

Wii sports and Smash brothers was one I forgot to add to the list from earlier.

My list only included games we played in the past 4 years or so, if I had included the past uh, 10 or so, then Starcraft would have been included.
The Crotch
12-11-2007, 08:26 PM
Short, but a crapload of replayability. You'd be better off asking someone in the Ghost Squad thread about it.

EDIT: There were, like, 3 Time Splitters. Dunno much about them, but one might be 4-player.
noober
12-11-2007, 08:29 PM
Halo 3.

Yeah, I wish we could play Halo 3, but it requires two XBox-360's to do four player unfortunately.
rendil
12-11-2007, 09:29 PM
Rock Band

Seconded - definitely worth the price of admission.

For what it's worth, here's what my brothers and I have been playing at recent get-togethers:
Rock Band
Warcraft III (specifically tower defense maps)
TF2 (online on the same team)
Halo 3
Bomberman '93 (on the Wii VC)
Old school PC games (Quake 1/2, Tribes, Jagged Alliance - mostly nostalgia I'm sure, but fun nonetheless)
PyroGamer
12-11-2007, 11:16 PM
Yeah, I wish we could play Halo 3, but it requires two XBox-360's to do four player unfortunately.
What about online?

I have a blast romping through Rumble Pit with my brother. No 4-player split-screen Rumble Pit online?
PyroGamer
12-11-2007, 11:18 PM
Tag-team DoA 4 or Virtua Fighter.
noober
12-13-2007, 02:04 AM
For those interested, I found this fairly comprehensive list of coop games made pre-2004: http://shadowpanther.net/co-op.htm

A lot of them I have played before and forgot to include them earlier. I haven't found a good index for games made after 2004, but this one tells you if it is split screen, how many people it supports, etc.