Your go to local multiplayer games...

murphyebass

I had one of my mates over for a beer the other night and I had to think about good 2 player local multiplayer games. Vs more so than co op as its just for a few hours which wouldn't be enough time to get through the likes of let's say gears of war.

I ended up taking out the following.

Madden 12 on 360 as he's likes NFL. (This was a bit of fun but realistically both of us were shocking at it so it was low scoring let's say)

FIFA 12 on 360(didn't play it, 1 sports game was enough)

Street Fighter 4 on 360 (this provided good entertainment as we'd both grown up on the arcade sf2, but I still don't understand all the gauges and hyper bars etc which led to one of us pulling off a move wee didn't mean to and winning by chance. Pity they can't be turned off)

Smash brothers on Wii U (so much going on in this game, I don't think it's suited to a brand new player. Neither of us really got into it)

Mario Kart 8 Wii U (went down the best for the evening, so suitable to new and old players imo, we even played online which was nice)

So my question is what games do you whip out for when you only have one friend over and then if you have a few over?

It's gas really as I have God knows how many games for various systems but when I started looking at the library I was kinda stumped.

Mitch Connor

Mario Kart 8.
Rainbow 6 Vegas 2.
Split/Second.
Street Fighter 4.

It really is annoying that local co-op/multiplayer seems to be almost dead.

Remeber when I got Xbox One and PS4 it was pointless asking mates around. "Want to come over and take it in turns watching each other play Call of Duty?" ugh.

Mr Bloat

Gear of War 2
Borderlands 2
Soul Calibur 3

K.O.Kiki

I blame the death of local multiplayer on everyone who paid for online multiplayer services like Xbox Live.

You get what you deserve.

Generic Dreadhead

Rock and Roll Racing
Charlie Murder
Castle Crashers
Little Big Planet

Stone Deaf 4evr

worms
mount your friends
castle crashers

DragonBourne

gears of war!!!

TerrorFirmer

Call of Duty, Stars War Battlefront 2 and Halo really.

Even though it goes back to 2006 Battlefront 2 is still just so unbelievably playable.

johnny_ultimate

Nidhogg is a recent favourite. Easy to learn but with enough nuances to learn, it manages to occupy the fine line between accessibility and depth, leading to some epic duels. Getting devoured by the Nidhogg is always a delightful reward

Towerfall Ascension is a masterpiece of local multiplayer design. One of last year's best games, point blank, in fact. Every little detail - from the need to pick up your arrows to the ability to dash and catch - builds up to create a game that's never less that visceral and exciting. A few competitive friends and there's hours of fun.

Split / Second has been my friends' go to multiplayer games for years. Criminally underappreciated still, the fun amplifies when you have two players comfortable with a track's intricacies - meaning a race turns into a delightful mix of aggressive and defensive play.

murphyebass

Thanks for all the suggestions.

A few I'd thought of others I hadn't.

It's not a regular occurrence these days but good to have ideas ready for when the odd occasion does come up.

da gamer

Fifa
Gears of war 1-3
Call of duty
Doom
F1 race stars

If we are talking retro
Goldeneye
Mario kart
Duke Nukem
Cool boarders
Nba

I'm sure there are loads more that I haven't thought of though

gizmo

Last time we were drinking and gaming we had both Nidhogg and Lethal League on the go. Would definitely recommend either regardless of how many people are there.

I don't think I've seen LL mentioned here before come to think of it...

Lethal League

Stone Deaf 4evr

never played it, but Gangbeasts looks like deadly craic.

http://gangbeasts.com/

Robert ninja

Tekken and Dead Or Alive

Mal-Adjusted

There's a few i play with various people

Injustice: Gods among us
Halo: CE
Minecraft (warning, don't play it with your girlfriend or she'll turn your super-awesome castle into a sissy house )
Wii sports resort
SSX 3 (I know it's old, but it's just so damn good!)

aaronjumper

My friends and I still throw on Left 4 Dead now and again.
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is another good one.
Worms if you have it, never fails to amuse. Helps that you can share a controller, provided you trust the other person with not sabotaging you. :pac:

CiDeRmAn

Return Fire pure 2 player gold.
Super Bomberman
Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3

deathrider

Mashed: Fully Loaded- This one all day every day, if I got the chance. It's such a fun multi-player game and makes me wish I had a multitap for my PS2.
Street Fighter IV- Ultra is a the current edition, and it's tons of fun. I hang out with a lot of Street Fighter players, so this game gets a lot of time.
Street of Rage 2- Girlfriendo loves Streets of rage 2, so this is our go to multiplayer title.
Final Fight- I love this one, and will play it as often as possibly any time someone is around.

On top of that, pretty much any good arcade brawler or shmup that I have lying around the house. I love good fun co-op games.

Pedro Monscooch

Sportsfriends, Towerfall and Fibbage/ Jackbox Party Pack are amazing for any size party, no matter their experience.

Retr0gamer

Bomberman 93 is the best of the classic bombed an games outside of Saturn bombermans 10 player mode.

Dozen Wicked Words

Rayman Origins is pretty good and Rayman Legends fantastic local multiplayer games.

johnny_ultimate

Oh yeah, Johann Sebastian Joust (available in Sportsfriends with some other neat games) is probably the most radical, entertaining party game of recent times. Recently had four player matches in a field at night, with only the glowing Move controllers to guide. Suffice to say it's ****ing magnificent, and justifies the otherwise pointless existence of Playstation Move.