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split screen system link on 360

HeadZebraMonkeyHeadZebraMonkey Registered User regular
edited December 2008 in Games and Technology
My roommate just went out and bought a 360. This brings the house 360s up to 2, and now we are on the search for games that can do 2 to 4 players per console on system link. The only one I can think of off hand is the halo series. I just bought the 2nd one so we have one game to play on it. But I want to know if anyone has every tried others. Does Gears support this? We usually don't go on Live due to only 2 people having live accounts. Any suggestions?

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  • JubehJubeh Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    If you don't mind an oXbox game, and you're into it, you can link with Phantom Dust.

    Also, Crackdown has co-op system link I believe.

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  • TzenTzen Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_System_Link_games

    Seems pretty comprehensive and up to date to me.

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  • HeadZebraMonkeyHeadZebraMonkey Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    lol I just found that thanx

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  • AngryPuppyAngryPuppy Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    With a LIVE account for each xboxen you should actually be able to take four people online in a good few games. Many allow the person playing split screen with you to sign in as a guest although they won't be on a persistent gamertag for achievements/trueskull and lack voice chat (even if you plug in a mic) in my experience. You can set it so that voice communication plays through the TV speakers as well as the headset in the dash preferences so you can both hear.

    I think it's more the norm for games with both split screen and LIVE multiplayer to allow this than not, but I do recall running into at least one game where this wasn't a feature.

    Games where it is off the top of my head include Halo 3 but only in the unranked playlists and I believe Gears - however I can't recall seeing anyone playing split screen in the second game yet (you can tell because they share the same gamertag) but I doubt the feature has been removed. I'm not really in a position to compile a list but I'm sure others will help you out.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Left 4Dead supports four player system link IIRC, and the gameplay is built around four players. Eight if you count Versus mode.

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