There are many different types of games on the market for many different types of people. So, what designates which games can be played together, and which can not? We at Co-optimus.com tend to preach friendly co-op gaming, and notice many of the single player games out there feel somewhat cheated out of a quality co-op experience.

Some games had co-op left on the concept floor, cut out in the final stages, or some that seem to have missed the co-op boat completely. This is the co-optimus list of games that we feel could really use co-op for an improved gaming experience.

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Farcry 2 would have really suited a co-op experience.

How about Assassins Creed? Imagine the fun with two of you running over those roof tops - it may have even made up for its serious repetitiveness.

Farcry 2 would have really suited a co-op experience.

How about Assassins Creed? Imagine the fun with two of you running over those roof tops - it may have even made up for its serious repetitiveness.

Ya know after reading this article I really got to thinking how cool a co-op mass effect would be, granted there would be slow moments, but all in all it could make for a great experience. Having one guy make and engineer, one a soldier, and one an Adept and mixing tactics to take out the enemy would just be awesome.

Blasphemy nothing could help the repetitiveness of Assassins Creed .

besides a few CoD's, i haven't played any of those games... i wonder why? ha!

that's a pretty good list. you should make another list of co-op fails. fable 2 would be high on that list

One of the first things I said when I played Assassin's Creed is "This needs co-op".

I think that would have actually inspired me to play Mass Effect.

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows would be good too. Black Cat has almost all the same moves in that game.

I'll go ahead and disagree with you on the Fallout/Elder Scrolls series and Dead Space.

Mass Effect's *combat* would be awesome with co-op, but unless Bioware somehow managed to run multiple dialog trees accounting for each player's input, I just don't see how the story would remain engaging.

N3's lack of co-op was criminal, especially considering most of the game is spend side-by side with one (or more) of the other characters anyway.

I agree that Fallout and Far Cry could have used co-op. I mean, in Fallout you have a selection of AI characters who can follow you around anywhere you go, and in Far Cry you have all these "buddies". It would have made a lot of sense to have co-op in them for sure.

Great article guys!

I agree about farcry 2 I was going through the whole game thinking if it had co-op it would have been a much better game, maybe even playable at times.

Dead Space 2 might have co-op though. If it does it better not have the same linear corridor action.

One game I WISH had co-op is the upcoming just cause 2, but it seems it won't. Co-op is so big now, It would have been a bullet point (like multiplayer) when they announced the game.

I know it just came out, but Red Faction: Guerrilla would have been even better with co-op. Still an awesome game.

oh i completely forgot about that. i played the beta and had been keeping an eye on it but forgot about it after i found out there's no co-op. definitely would have gotten it if it had co-op. i'll second that!

We'll be working on a part 2 with games that are just now coming out; or with upcoming sequels. Such as Red Faction Guerilla, and Assassins Creed(2)!

I agree with all the games in the list. And I would add Splinter Cell to the upcoming games which should have co-op

I agree with Mike on Fallout. A game in the Fallout universe would rock, but I can't imagine trying to play Fallout 3 in co-op, as much as I loved that game and love co-op in general.

I think Tenchu needs to take another stab at co-op. Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven was an exceptional PS2 game. If you could have been two or three ninjas at once, it would have been quite the exciting battle!

I'll also say that I think it's time for a Half-Life co-op game. Given Alex's role in the last few titles, I think it's annoying to have to shadow her or have her snipe for you but you can't play AS her!

My opinion:

Fallout 3: Yeah!!! When I'm playing with it I always think about it that: "Damn! This
should have coop "

Mass Effect: Well... maybe in Splitscreen, or something, but one player would control
a partner, but only in the combat scenes.

The Legend of Zelda: Errmmm... well, maybe it needs, dunno, but I can play it with single-
player without problems, and I'm still having fun. Still, if it had Coop I would be happy,
because it's a Zelda game

Dead Space: HELL YEAH!!! Almost every Horror-game should have Coop, like this one!
Waiting for DS-Extraction, I will have fun with it

Call of Duty: Maybe there will be in MW2... maybe... it would be AWESOME!

The Elder Scrolls: See Fallout 3. When I'm playing Oblivion I always think of Coop. AND
it's somewhat done by Oblivion Reborn or Oblivion Online, it's still buggy, but one day
they maybe finish it and it would work perfectly.

99 Nights: I only heard about this game, haven't played with it...

Killzone 2: Haven't played with it, yet I think it SHOULD have Coop.

Far Cry 2: I don't play with it, I don't like it (Far Cry 1 was okay UNTIL the monsters
came. That ruined everything...)

GTA: YES!!! This should have Coop like Saints Row 2

You finally released this article!! I loved it.

I agree with every game mentioned there, but I must say that the most fun to play in co-op and the hardest to implement would be Fallout and Elder Scroll Series.
Man, I would love to play these games in co-op.

GTA would be great too and I don´t think it would be that hard to do, cause Crackdown and Saint´s Row 2 made it with success.

To be honest, we wanted to wait for post E3 to publish this one to wait and see if any new sequels of single player games were announced with co-op, to add to the final section. That way we were able to bring you as much awesome co-op info in one tidy package as we could! That,and we like to tease

We'll keep looking for more to add to another post similar to this, as well!

I would add these 2 to the mix:
STAR WARS: REPUBLIC COMMANDO
COD: MODERN WARFARE
Co-op in these would be sweet

I'm actually suprised at the list. There are a lot of story heavy games there and as much as I love co-op it does not help a story based game.

For me Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls and Fallout 3 only work solo. The other games, especially GTA and KIllzone 2 would work well as I don't care about the story in either.