I wasn't keen on the fact that Outland had no split screen co-op, as I bought it for same room game nights. Online only, so it's never been played. Looks great too.

I meant to say same screen co-op, but I'm just assuming your characters don't stray too far apart anyway.

Hope you enjoy Z&W, it was on my GOTG shortlist.  One of only three or four videogames my wife has played with me (Heavy Rain, Walking Dead Episode 1, Rayman Origins until she got pissed off with being shit...I think that's it).  We both loved it.

Brooks wrote:

Nidhogg, people. It comes.

Hadn't heard of this - looks like a sport - love the controller.

There are some nice little facebook communities set up for hosting region based games afternoons on 3DS which is lovely. I'll probably go one of these days, although from the photo's the attendees are young and have rad haircuts.

I went round a friends for a games night and the newer stuff for 4 players just isn't there. NSMBU is a mess and Nintendo Land just isn't fun. It favours the experienced player (usually the owner) and doesn't have the immediacy of say Wii Sports or the fucking incredible Wario Ware Party Games, possibly the greatest MP experience I've had.

It's nice Nintendo are trying to keep local MP dream alive but the offerings are poor. Also attempted were Nanostray and Rayman, both were dull.

I had some marvelous times on No Mercy, 4 Swords, Wario Ware, TimeSplitters and Worms 3D.

I suppose its the direction everything has gone since Wii. Most local MP games these days are a throwaway mini-game shit fest or something where you have to act like a twat.

I had a bit of a same-room multiplayer session last night; Trials Evo, Geometry Wars 2 and Bomberman all went down a treat. We also had a go at Scott Pilgrim which showed one of the issues that you have with game design these days working against same room MP. It should be a perfect game for MP with four players working together and everyone on screen at the same time plus simple controls, and we did have good fun. The issue is caused by the levelling system. Playing it for the first time with friends is fine as everyone starts at level one with a very limited move set. If I play it a few more times with a few more friends, I end up starting with a far more capable character than any of them have and suddenly it seems far less appealing to share with people. Castle Crashers did the exact same thing.

I think it all comes down to accounts on the 360 which is a great idea if you have more than one person in a household that enjoys playing videogames, but it also silos everything off so that you can't let others use the things you've unlocked. It used to be that if I'd unlocked something, all my friends could use it and have fun with it. Not any more.

Scott Pilgrim is an overlooked gem.  I preferred it to Castle Crashers.

Can't beat a bit of Bishi Bashi.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

davyK wrote:

I can remember tips and tricks that seemed to just become common knowledge - the photo finish bonus in track & field, ufo hunting in Asteroids - they became known without any need for the world wide web. Social gaming.

Does anyone remember a rumour about Chun Li being able to take her bracelet off and throw it as a one-use fireball? Whoever made that up was a wind-up genius; plenty of pocket money was spent in chip shops trying to trigger it.

Probably the same guy who said that Lei from Tekken 2 could use his gun.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

RE: office tourney - didn't Winter Heat add multitap compatibility?  I only played it briefly, but it seemed very good.

It did indeed - I may consider running that if we coincide with the Winter Olympics.

Athlete Kings on Saturn was solid - it actually still looks decent (to my old retro head at any rate).

I miss single-player multi-player. It was fairly popular back in the day. It generally involved persuading someone to buy an SNES at launch, and then everyone taking turns at SMW until it was done in one sitting.

DID SOMEONE SAY SAME ROOM MULTIPLAYER!? THERE IS NO GREATER SPECTACLE FOR ONLOOKERS AND PARTICIPANTS ALIKE THAN TO ENGAGE IN PUNCHING EACH OTHER IN THE VIRTUAL FUCK.

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Any good XBOX 360 games with local multi-player? I picked up Streetfighter IV cheap but wondering what else is available...

Actually, come to think of it I've listed a few at the top of the page. Also, I'd add to that list a couple of others such as Worms and Halo 3 (the later ones only support two players I believe). Some people also rate Castle Crashers, but if it's four player beat 'em up action you're after, I'd go for Scott Pilgrim instead. Two-player and Streets of Rage 2 is still the pinnacle of the genre.

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