Monthly Archives: February 2018

Above $10, Competitive Games

Towerfall

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Shooting arrows, dodging monsters, or even dodging your friends! More in store if you pick up Towerfall!

Welcome to the Weekly Co-Op!

Players: 1-4

Platform: PS4, PC, PS Vita, Xbox One, Ouya

Price: $14.99

image from towerfall-game.com

Welcome to the world of Towerfall, a strategic nightmare. This game is easily in my top 3 of favorite competitive multiplayer games. There is so much to do and so many ways to change up what starts as a simple game.

Before I continue, I should let you know that there is a cooperative mode for this game too, but that is only 2 players (unless you buy the DLC).

Towerfall is a game focused on shooting things with arrows. That is the basic concept of the game. The reason the game is so fun is because of how it accomplishes this goal. The game is a 2-D arena shooter. You pick the little pixel person you wish to destroy with, and then make your way into the game. The base game lets you shoot in any cardinal direction, pick up used arrows, dash away (or towards) arrows, and wall jump. There are so many tiny nuances to the game that can change these mechanics up. Want to regenerate arrows? Sure! How about wings that let you fly? Why not! There is so much customization within the variant options for the game. One of the main changes that the game allows you to make is to the arrow type. Instead of shooting a regular arrow, maybe you’re shooting an arrow that can blow up. Maybe your arrows can drill through walls. There are so many zany and wacky options to pick from.

On top of the base game being fun and enjoyable, there is DLC for the game priced at $9.99 that I would recommend if you plan on playing this with friends. The DLC adds more variants (like a double jump or longer dash) and some new maps and cooperative arenas.

This is a must-get for anyone who plays games with their friends often. 10/10 would recommend.

Above $10, Cooperative Games

Castle Crashers

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Classic 2-D side scroller with modern and fun graphics, you say? Well, look no further!

Welcome to the Weekly Co-op!

This weeks cooperative game will be the classic Castle Crashers!

Players: 1-4

Platform : PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One

Price: $14.99

Castle Crashers

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Castle Crashers came out originally for the Xbox 360, and it is still one of my favorite co-op games. This game is a 2-D side scroller focused on hack n’ slashing your way through the game. It is a little gory, so beware of children. The gore and violence of the game adds to it’s satirical form, however. Instead of stabbing and enemy with a sword, why not cut off his head cleanly with a twig? How about beating down and enemy with a literal fish? Maybe that’s a little too goofy for some of you, so why not take the reigns with a golden sword or come out victorious with a huge wooden club? This game has so many options that you can play through at least twice before getting bored, and this is by no means a small game.

Finishing off around level 40, this game offers countless hours of fun for you and your friends. From getting to choose what kind of powers your knight will have to deciding what cute little animal is going to follow you around, the game does a good job of keeping everything similar while making each character feel unique.

The funny yet awesome story, the customization, and the simple to learn yet hard to master gameplay is what makes this game one of my top 10 favorite co-operative games to play with people. I highly recommend buying this game and going on a truly wondrous adventure with some friends.

Above $10, Competitive Games

Gang Beasts

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Are you looking for a game that pits you and your friends against each other in hilarious fights? Ever want to see really funny ragdoll physics combined with fun local-multiplayer? Well look no further!

Welcome to the Weekly Co-op!

This weeks competitive game will be Gang Beasts!

Players: 1-4

Platform: PC, PS4

Price: $19.99

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image from gangbeasts.game

Gang beasts is a hilarious game involving blob-people who meander their way around an arena to hit the other blob-people. Punch, kick, or headbutt, trying to knock your friends out is the name of the game. There are a few different game modes, but all focus around beating your friends.

To keep this from getting repetitive and annoying, Gang Beasts offers a plethora of customization for anyone who gets bored easily. Mix and match how your character looks, change the settings for the match, change the arena, there is plenty to make the game feel just different enough to keep you playing.

The game play itself is what makes this game stand out. Since the characters are basically gelatin-people, they move sluggishly; not too slow, but just enough to make your little guy feel drunk sloshing it’s way around the arena. The attacks feel like they have some weight behind them, so knocking someone down feels extra rewarding. On top of all of that, to get players out of the map (the way to eliminate them), you have to pick them up while they are down and throw them off the arena!

Gang Beasts is a wild adventure to sink some time into, and I highly recommend that every person who is thinking about getting a good local multiplayer game check this one out!

Above $10, Cooperative Games

Broforce

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Welcome back to the Weekly Co-op!

Competitive local multiplayer not your thing? That’s okay! Every week there will be one game focusing on beating your friends, and one focusing on working with your friends!

This week’s Co-op game will be Broforce!

Player count: 1-4

Platform: PC, PS4

Price: $14.99

Image from broforcegame.com

Do you love classic action stars? Do you love awesome rock music? How about gratuitous gore? Well this is the game for you! Broforce is a crazy, fast-paced 2-D side scroller meant to test the bonds of anyone who plays it.

Broforce is all about killing stuff with cool action heroes to get to the end of the map. From parody characters of The Terminator to Indiana Jones, this game has all the different kinds of actions heroes you can think of. All of the characters have ‘bro’ somewhere in the name , and the game really tries to emphasize that. Shoot, explode, and slash your way through each level so you can progress all the way to hell where you and your bros get to kill the devil.

The reason this game tests the relationships of anyone who plays it is because this is not an easy game. Each player can only get hit once before they die, and you can only respawn if you freed other bros somewhere on the map. Otherwise, you have to go back to a checkpoint every time you die, and the checkpoints become less and less forgiving the farther into the game you go.

While it is a hard game, this game is loads of fun. Goofy deaths, lots of communication, and plenty of ‘MERICA to go around, this game is wild, and I love it.

That’s all for this week! I’ll be back soon with more recommendations! Have a great week!

 

Above $10, Competitive Games

Starwhal

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Tired of playing Call of Duty and Rocket League with your friends? Interested in finding a new, cheap game to play with your friends? Well, look no further! Welcome to the Weekly Co-Op!

 

Today’s recommendation will be Starwhal!

Players: 1-4

Platform: PC, Xbox One, PS4, WiiU, PS3

Price: $11.99

Image from Steam

Starwhal was released a few years ago (2013), but it has taken the couch co-op world by storm. It is a simple game with only a few mechanics, but it is hard to master and fun to play! You are a narwhal set in an 80’s style theme. The 2-D game is focused on stabbing the other narwhals in the heart.

 

Violent, I know; however, it is not as bad as you might think. Since the game is already a goofy theme (narwhals stabbing each other with their noses set in an 80’s theme) the game follows suit with this. When you get close to other ‘starwhals”, time slows down. When you get to the other player’s heart, the heart explodes in a 2-D, non-graphic explosion. The game is safe for children and adults to play together.

There are multiple game modes in the game, specifically 4. There is a classic mode, a mode where one player has a special heart (plays like king of the hill except the hill is a special heart) called Heart Throb, Zones (which is like king of the hill), and Score Attack (instead of losing hearts, you gain score when you stab someone else).

There are plenty of customization options to make your Starwhal unique, and plenty of different options to change up the game every time.

The game is only $12, and has been giving my friends and I hours of fun since I bought it almost 4 years ago. Starwhal is a great game for any person on a budget and looking to play something new with their friends.

That’s all for the Weekly Co-op, check back in soon for another game! Have a great week!