These Games Should Have Had Co-Op

Marc "DjinniMan" Allie February 18th, 2009 at 11:28 AM

This just in, from the "Why Didn't We Think of This First?" department. Following up on a few previous news stories here, we bring you GamesRadar's list of the Top 7 Games that Should've Had Co-Op. I must say, the list is a good one, though there are a few that should be there that aren't.

7. Jericho                                     6. Killzone 2 (shoulda been higher)

5. GTA IV (head scratcher)       4. Rise of the Kasai

3. Call of Duty 4 (hope for 6?)      2. Golden Axe Beast Rider (we think so!)

The number one game that should've had co-op? Grab a pizza and check it out.

What game comes to mind as a title you wish had co-op? My first thought was God of War. Slinging those chains around, the blood, the carnage, the fun puzzle elements... all of it would have been so much more fun with a friend. (Who would be cool enough to partner up with Kratos, though? Hmm.) What say you, dear readers?

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11 Total Reader Comments

JasonSuave at 06:44 AM on 2.18.2009

I'm pretty outraged that KZ2 is not coop. In the demo, you even have a sidekick that follows you throughout the level. This is nothing but pure developer laziness.

Developers need to really take a second and realize why games like Halo are so popular. Yeah, a part of if is because of Microsoft's massive marketing, but I bet 25% of people who buy that game are only going to buy it for those times when they can get some friends in the room and play splitscreen (I'm certainly included in that category, and I seem to play online with a lot of people who have guest accounts logged in!)

I'm afraid that unless KZ2 is going to have better multiplayer than Halo, that it's just going to collect dust with my other non-split screen games.

roland at 06:58 AM on 2.18.2009

Their number one pick is dead on. I remember seeing the box the week it was released, picked it up excitedly and then saw the bullet point on the back

1 Player

What the hell?

I just realized I've been playing so many co-op games for the last year, I'm not sure what to even recommend as an addition to the list. Dead Rising could have been very cool with co-op, particularly given the number of survivors in the game. Player 1 could have stuck with Frank while Player 2 could switch between survivors until they found one they liked. Rather than have a Game Over if Player 2 dies, they just have to switch to a new survivor. It wouldn't have required altering the story at all.

txshurricane at 07:05 AM on 2.18.2009

Yeah, TMNT co-op -- even if it was splitscreen only -- would have been a decent purchase. As it stands, I've never even touched the box.

seshat at 08:27 AM on 2.18.2009

Chronus might be one possibility for a Kratos Partner

One of the reasons I have one of the TMNT games for the Gamecube is because you could unlock the original arcade game. Once I unlocked it I stopped playing the campaign.

Mrxknown_JG at 08:32 AM on 2.18.2009

GTAIV should have had better and more co-op modes. Maybe even use the Free-Mode map and select a co-op mission and go from there instead of selecting different modes like their MP deathmatches.

And more importantly, the Lost and the Damned DLC should have added new co-op modes. They even talked about how you feel like apart of a gang, yet no new co-op mode to help you play WITH your gang?

justabaldguy at 10:31 AM on 2.18.2009

Would it be too much of a zing to list Fable II here?

Aside from that, I'll say the remade Bionic Commando that was originally co-op but it was yanked at the end.

Love roland's suggestion, though I've talked about that before too. JG has a good point about games trying to hype belonging in a group or something but not having co-op! There IS no belonging if it's just me and the AI!

roland at 12:20 PM on 2.18.2009

Baldy, I do remember a conversation about DR and co-op, but couldn't remember exactly where from.

On a side note, I saw some speculation that perhaps DR2 will have co-op. Since so few details are known, we can hope, right?

justabaldguy at 04:16 PM on 2.18.2009

No worries roland, all I meant was it should be no surprise that I like your idea since I've mentioned it before. Don't want you to think I was accusing you of "stealing" my idea!

Thought of another one though: Maniac Mansion. I always wished that could have been co-op, or at least they'd release a new version of it. That or The Lost Vikings just scream co-op to me.

roland at 05:05 PM on 2.18.2009

I'm pretty sure that Lost Vikings was co-op, two player. Both players could alternate control of which Viking they wanted to use. Maybe not every version of it, but I swear I remember playing the SNES version with a friend.

A co-op LucasArts style adventure game would be awesome! I've been playing Grim Fandango off and on for a couple of months. Tam usually watches me and it's been her that's figured out some of the puzzles.

WildCard Zen at 07:04 PM on 2.18.2009

The Mark of Kri and Rise of the Kasai - by far my favorite stealth/tactical game. There's always hope that if the next in the series finally gets a next-gen makeover, it will be co-op.

justabaldguy at 03:09 AM on 2.19.2009

You're right roland, I should clarify: I wish it was co-op on separate consoles. If I recall correctly, on the SNES it was fairly easy as long as you were close together, but the camera would follow the first player if he wandered off (broke the tether). This is alright but think how sweet it'd be as a XBLA title, with three different folks on their own consoles controlling the characters.