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recommend me a 2 player RPG
happytimeharry
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Been trolling these here forums for a while now.
Just a bit of backstory: I asked a question to a friend of mine about 2 years ago... "Hey! Whats a good 2 player rpg that my wife and I could play together?" His response "ZOMG d00d you have to play some WoW!!!!!" 2 years later here we are, cancelling our accounts and finding ourselves back at the start.
We had a great time playing WoW but honestly the luster has waned. But here we are asking ourselves the same question. Any good RPG-type 2 player games out there?
Looking for ps2, gamecube, or pc (specs mid-range as her pc CAN play WoW).
Been looking but any advice would be much appreciated.
Just a bit of backstory: I asked a question to a friend of mine about 2 years ago... "Hey! Whats a good 2 player rpg that my wife and I could play together?" His response "ZOMG d00d you have to play some WoW!!!!!" 2 years later here we are, cancelling our accounts and finding ourselves back at the start.
We had a great time playing WoW but honestly the luster has waned. But here we are asking ourselves the same question. Any good RPG-type 2 player games out there?
Looking for ps2, gamecube, or pc (specs mid-range as her pc CAN play WoW).
Been looking but any advice would be much appreciated.
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If it's the second, you can practically pick up Diablo II for pocket change anymore and it's still a fun game.
Console based RPGs though, not likely to find many with real multiplayer, unless your second likes controlling a character during battles, then watching you play the rest of the time.
There's also Titan Quest on the PC. Of course, you'd need to buy it twice to play 2-players, but since you played WoW together you'd understand that. It's also a Diablo clone.
Hell, you could also get friggin' Diablo II if you haven't played that one. Every game I've mentioned so far is related to Diablo.
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I would've really enjoyed playing those with my bro if he didn't suck so much ass at them. So if one of you sucks ass at playing well, I might avoid them also.
Diablo 2 on PC is a lot of fun and isn't pay-to-play online. It's fast, visceral, and just randomized enough that it doesn't wear out its welcome for a while. It's also much shorter than WoW (incomparable on this front) and more in the tradition of classic RPGs, with a story that builds to a climax.
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance and its sequel on PS2 are awesome multiplayer RPGs in the same vein as Diablo. The first is common but has much fewer options and complexity, the second is quite rare but is far more customizable and fun.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance actually plays in a similar vein to Baldur's Gate, you may want to check that out as well. But at that rate we're starting to leave RPG territory (though you do level up!).
I have considered Diablo 2, and will probably trek down those trails although I'm a pretty cheap gamer and was more or less wondering what (if anything) I was missing console-wise or even pc.
Whilest she is a decent gamer her "twitch" skills are severely lacking (hope she doesnt read this). Diablo 1-2 are excellent recommendations as I would of figured.
One game I know we had fun with back in the day was Gauntlet for the 64 bit consoles. While I know its a bit dated it was right up her alley.
Thanks for the input.
The PS2 version of Symphonia was only released in Japan, if memory serves. I could be wrong though; I bought it for the Gamecube. It's only problem was that the camera still tended toward the first player, so any secondary player had difficulty seeing unless they always kept the same target. Tales of Symphonia 2 fixed this problem, but despite that I'd say it's overall an inferior game.
If you find that's still to much like what you want to get away from, then check out Diablo II. Clicking was never so much fun.
The camera tended towards first player in the Gamecube version. They realized the error and fixed it in the port, and every Tales game that's come out since then has had working camera, I believe.
So, if first player doesn't mind being a mage, or someone that'll stand back *or* second player doesn't mind being a fighter so that they're always within the camera range, it's totally playable. It's still a little weird, however.
Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World and Tales of Vesperia all have working mulitplayer. So those are all considerable (and since they're on Ps2, Wii, and Xbox you'll probably have one of the consoles required), though the Tales of Symphonia sequel is not nearly as good as the others, and you'd have to have played Symphonia first to find it enjoyable, I think.
The thing is, those games are all traditional JRPGs with separate battles from the map world. So only one person really controls during story points, the other person's just a combat buddy. Still, I find playing with a second person to be loads of fun in them.
As has been said, Diablo II is a good one. Diablo I might be worth looking into too, as it's got a different feel. Guild Wars is good, too, but a bit MMOish if you're trying to get away from that. I'd say checking out one of the Diablo games is probably your best bet.
On the PS2 Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 and 2, and Everquest: Champion of Norrath are fun hack'n'slash games to play together. I've had quite a bit of fun playing through Gauntlet in co-op mode on the PS2 together as well. Gauntlet:Dark Legacy it, was called I believe.