Competitive Games | The Weekly Co-Op

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!

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!