Game assistance needed

[bryantp]

My friend and I enjoy your average LAN game, however, often we want to team up together to take on the Computer. So far, Delta Force 2 and Rainbow Six are the only two games I have found that allowed this functionality. Of course there are many sports games but we also want a first person shooter.

I am not referring to hoping online and playing Half-life (etc.) against others.

Any suggestions from the AnandTech crowd?

Needed: Games that allow cooperative play against the computer AI.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

UT2K4?

 

[DaveSimmons]

The term (to search for) is "co-op" / "coop" for co-operative. Serious Sam is one PC shooter that offers it, but it's pretty rare on the PC.

For RPGs, Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate 1-2 and I think Icewind Dale 1-2 have it (check reviews at GameSpot.com).

 

[JDrake]

Halo?

 

[bryantp]

Originally posted by: joedrake
Halo?

Thanks for the sugggestions so far.

Halo, doesn't (at least the first one) we tried it ... it does offer TEAM PLAY but no BOT/IA opponent only other human players.

 

[bryantp]

Anyone have any experience with Battlefield 1942?

Reading about suggest it may support this type of play
"All the action is multi-player, whether you play with and against computer-controlled ?bots,? human players, or a combination of the two, and up to 64 players can take part in the fight simultaneously. There are three main game types: conquest, team deathmatch and capture the flag. A fourth, co-op, combines bots and human players but plays the same as conquest."

 

[DaveSimmons]

Dungeon Siege 1 co-op is supposed to be fun if you're in the mood for a 3D Diablo 1

 

[bryantp]

Swat 4 seems to offer this option

"SWAT 4 offers the welcome (and all-too-rare) option of co-op play for all the single-player missions via both LAN and Internet. In this mode, all the missions are unlocked from the get-go, and you can bring a team of up to 5 buddies in to try and tackle the missions on your own. You'll quickly find that it's a lot harder to coordinate human teammates than the computer -- everyone needs to know their role and stick together, or else you'll be slaughtered when three guys try to squeeze through a doorway at the same time -- but it's great fun nonetheless. The only missing ingredient is the ability to fill out a squad with computer teammates: if you've only got two or three players available, that's all you get to do the mission with."

Anyone else have recommendations?

 

[BladeVenom]

No One Lives Forever 2 has a nice coop mode. BF 1942 has coop, so does BF Vietnam.

 

[iamaelephant]

Ugh don't play the BF games against AI, it's just a joke. Me and my friends play the SWAT series, Rainbow 6 and Total Annihilation. There really isn't much selection for co-op games on the PC unfortunately.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Doom3 + last man standing (LMS) mod allows you to play LMS maps as well as Doom3 in co-op

 

[Frodolives]

System Shock 2 is getting pretty old, but still looks cool, and has a fun CO-OP mode. I also agree with the recommendation for SWAT 4. There are far too few good CO-OP games.

 

[pontifex]

the newer splinter cell games