Having a lan this weekend, and need more lan games, or online games. Internet is 21mbit, so hopefully it should be able to handle a few people using it.
Other than that, if anyone knows a good site to locate online games, news about how many people are playing what online etc. I'm not so interested in the latest graphical-wiz-bang, but more in finding games where there are guaranteed to be people playing it at all hours. Things like the 3D rebuild of Total Annihilation that was done a couple of years ago (Spring), although the community is getting smaller for that now.
But anyway, some lan game recommendations:
Dune Emperor, not particularly great missions, or a particularly good RTS, but you can play through the SP campaign in co-op with one other person.
NFS Underground 2, good fun in Outrun mode when you all take similar speed cars. It then becomes more of a free-play chasey, rather than just driving through so-so maps.
CoD: World at War, will probably be playing more of this next weekend, could be a bit longer, and wouldn't mind some different theatres to pacific/eastern front, but still a good game. I think it can handle co-op up to 4 people.
System Shock 2, most of you already know this, but for those that don't, another good co-op FPS. Get the Rebirth and Shtup mods for it for slightly better graphics/sound.
Quake, download the Fuhquake client, and the Frogbot Clan Arena mod(FBCA), it will take some setting up with FBCA, but you can get some team deathmatch games going against pretty intelligent bots.
Return of the King, not a fantastic game by any means, but is a good co-op hack n' slash for two people.
Ultima Online, if you have an old CD lying around, there are still a tonne of free user-run server's online. A lot of them have low user-bases though, and a lot of them are RPG/Coloured-items focussed.
Doom 3, good co-op mod for this is Last Man Standing, can play either the Doom 3 campaign co-op, or the first 9 Doom levels which have been converted.
Operation Flashpoint, can be good fun co-op, but very finicky to get working, and just as difficult to find decent maps.
Baldurs Gate, you should all know this one again, along with the NWN/IWD games.
X-Wing vs TIE Fighter (and BoP), can be played co-op, although you will need joysticks. The BoP campaign is also completely co-op.
Age of Empires II, another good RTS for playing against the AI.
Spring, essentially Total Annihilation rebuilt in a 3D engine, great fun online, although I think the community has gotten a bit smaller.
Quake 2, get hold of the Q2 patches, Q2 CTF 1.5 patch (and upgrade patch), then Eraser Bot 1.01 mod, and maybe BotJohnny 2.31 (to help setup the server/bot settings) and you can get some good CTF games going with mostly intelligent bots as team-mates/opponents.
Descent Freespace, another space-sim, the campaign can be played co-op, although you'll need joysticks.
Rainbow 6 -> Vegas, they're all pretty good, all co-op and generally improve with each new iteration.
Diablo 1/2, Dungeon Siege 1/2, a bit hack n' slash, but ok after a few beers.
Team Apache/Lock On, not to everyone's taste but probably on the lighter end as far as non-console flight-sims go. Missions can be played co-op.
Quake 3, UT, UT2k3, can setup CTF games, or team deathmatch, but gets a bit boring without a large contingent of human players.
Dawn of War/Company of Heroes, couple of the best RTS's I've played for a while, very good when playing against AI.
Commando's 2, starts off very well, but after a while you have enough guns to be able to avoid the subterfuge aspects, and just cut straight to blowing everything away, but is good before that.
Jedi Knight, can't forget this one, very good with co-op mod.
Age of Mythology, Red Alert, Starcraft, Warcraft 2, Dune 2000, Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander, CnC Generals, CnC3, Dark Reign, Age of Empires 3, (and about 30 others I haven't played or don't remember), can all be played against the AI.
Doom, Doom 2, Duke3D, Heretic etc, probably played them at some stage, but they were good way back when. Try zdoom for some slightly better graphics, and the ability to look up.
Battlefield 1942, get hold of the Battlegroup42 mod to add a large number of maps, tanks and weapons. Ok to play against bots, but you do need to put a lot of them on some maps.
Serious Sam / Serious Sam 2, definitely best played after beer.
Some I haven't had much luck with, post up if you've tried a later version and it works better:
Half-life SvenCo-op, you get stuck a quarter of the way through the game at the rocket-fuel area as the mod can't remember game settings from one map to another.
Jedi Academy (OJP mod) co-op, won't run on version 1.00 and crashes fairly soon on JA 1.01?
MechWarrior 4 BK co-op mod, supposedly the campaign but it starts up in different maps where lots of heavy/assault mechs run at you and then the mission ends before the semi-obscene number of mechs have killed you.
Other than that, if anyone knows a good site to locate online games, news about how many people are playing what online etc. I'm not so interested in the latest graphical-wiz-bang, but more in finding games where there are guaranteed to be people playing it at all hours. Things like the 3D rebuild of Total Annihilation that was done a couple of years ago (Spring), although the community is getting smaller for that now.
But anyway, some lan game recommendations:
Dune Emperor, not particularly great missions, or a particularly good RTS, but you can play through the SP campaign in co-op with one other person.
NFS Underground 2, good fun in Outrun mode when you all take similar speed cars. It then becomes more of a free-play chasey, rather than just driving through so-so maps.
CoD: World at War, will probably be playing more of this next weekend, could be a bit longer, and wouldn't mind some different theatres to pacific/eastern front, but still a good game. I think it can handle co-op up to 4 people.
System Shock 2, most of you already know this, but for those that don't, another good co-op FPS. Get the Rebirth and Shtup mods for it for slightly better graphics/sound.
Quake, download the Fuhquake client, and the Frogbot Clan Arena mod(FBCA), it will take some setting up with FBCA, but you can get some team deathmatch games going against pretty intelligent bots.
Return of the King, not a fantastic game by any means, but is a good co-op hack n' slash for two people.
Ultima Online, if you have an old CD lying around, there are still a tonne of free user-run server's online. A lot of them have low user-bases though, and a lot of them are RPG/Coloured-items focussed.
Doom 3, good co-op mod for this is Last Man Standing, can play either the Doom 3 campaign co-op, or the first 9 Doom levels which have been converted.
Operation Flashpoint, can be good fun co-op, but very finicky to get working, and just as difficult to find decent maps.
Baldurs Gate, you should all know this one again, along with the NWN/IWD games.
X-Wing vs TIE Fighter (and BoP), can be played co-op, although you will need joysticks. The BoP campaign is also completely co-op.
Age of Empires II, another good RTS for playing against the AI.
Spring, essentially Total Annihilation rebuilt in a 3D engine, great fun online, although I think the community has gotten a bit smaller.
Quake 2, get hold of the Q2 patches, Q2 CTF 1.5 patch (and upgrade patch), then Eraser Bot 1.01 mod, and maybe BotJohnny 2.31 (to help setup the server/bot settings) and you can get some good CTF games going with mostly intelligent bots as team-mates/opponents.
Descent Freespace, another space-sim, the campaign can be played co-op, although you'll need joysticks.
Rainbow 6 -> Vegas, they're all pretty good, all co-op and generally improve with each new iteration.
Diablo 1/2, Dungeon Siege 1/2, a bit hack n' slash, but ok after a few beers.
Team Apache/Lock On, not to everyone's taste but probably on the lighter end as far as non-console flight-sims go. Missions can be played co-op.
Quake 3, UT, UT2k3, can setup CTF games, or team deathmatch, but gets a bit boring without a large contingent of human players.
Dawn of War/Company of Heroes, couple of the best RTS's I've played for a while, very good when playing against AI.
Commando's 2, starts off very well, but after a while you have enough guns to be able to avoid the subterfuge aspects, and just cut straight to blowing everything away, but is good before that.
Jedi Knight, can't forget this one, very good with co-op mod.
Age of Mythology, Red Alert, Starcraft, Warcraft 2, Dune 2000, Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander, CnC Generals, CnC3, Dark Reign, Age of Empires 3, (and about 30 others I haven't played or don't remember), can all be played against the AI.
Doom, Doom 2, Duke3D, Heretic etc, probably played them at some stage, but they were good way back when. Try zdoom for some slightly better graphics, and the ability to look up.
Battlefield 1942, get hold of the Battlegroup42 mod to add a large number of maps, tanks and weapons. Ok to play against bots, but you do need to put a lot of them on some maps.
Serious Sam / Serious Sam 2, definitely best played after beer.
Some I haven't had much luck with, post up if you've tried a later version and it works better:
Half-life SvenCo-op, you get stuck a quarter of the way through the game at the rocket-fuel area as the mod can't remember game settings from one map to another.
Jedi Academy (OJP mod) co-op, won't run on version 1.00 and crashes fairly soon on JA 1.01?
MechWarrior 4 BK co-op mod, supposedly the campaign but it starts up in different maps where lots of heavy/assault mechs run at you and then the mission ends before the semi-obscene number of mechs have killed you.
Originally Posted by FastGamerr
