So....yeah. I'm going to have some time next year, and I was just wondering if anyone could throw out some suggestions for multiplayers games both my roommate and I could play next year. Cooperation would be fun, I suppose, but we can also do things like Starcraft or whatever. I have a one year old Lenovo T61 which can run things just fine, but I'm worried top of the line games and stuff won't be able to run.

SC2 and D3 are obviously on the top of my list, assuming they run on my computer. What else besides that? Maybe some MMORPGs? My roommate suggested the new Star Wars game coming out (Star Wars: The Old Republic)...anyone have any thoughts on that?

Suggestions? Anything's appreciated :D

SonuvBob

Aiur21549 Posts

July 09 2009 21:09 GMT

Moved to S&G

edit: ok

Empyrean

16953 Posts

July 09 2009 21:11 GMT

Ah thanks, wasn't quite sure where to put this :D

EDIT: While you're at it, could you put in an [H] tag? >_>...the question mark doesn't show up in the sidebar.

petzergling

538 Posts

July 09 2009 21:14 GMT

tbh i think console games are funner to play in person then pc games but i guess thats just me. My roomate introduced me to rainbow six vegas 2 last term and that was pretty fun to play co op. also if you're gonna have a ton of time you can pick up whatever the most recent edition of the champions of norrath series is, its basically a console version of d2 that you can play co op. any easy to pick up fps like halo3 is also fun as fuck to play online.

if u like mmos then from what ive heard kotor is pretty good. If you are not normally a mmo player a mmo probably isnt going to be very fun for you though

Ghardo

Germany1685 Posts

July 09 2009 21:18 GMT

Armies of Exigo
Sins of a Solar Empire
World of Warcraft
Counter Strike 1.6
DotA
Warcraft III
Blobby Volley
Left 4 Dead
Team Fortress 2

Klapdout

United States282 Posts

July 09 2009 21:20 GMT

You should be able to run team fortress 2 with a high fps config, C&C red alert 3 has a fun single player co-op mode. Titans quest is a fun diablo style game you can play with a friend online.

I don't really know anything about MMO's

zizou21

United States3683 Posts

July 09 2009 21:22 GMT

On July 10 2009 06:18 Ghardo wrote:
Armies of Exigo
Sins of a Solar Empire
World of Warcraft
Counter Strike 1.6
DotA
Warcraft III
Blobby Volley
Left 4 Dead
Team Fortress 2

lol

Torenhire

United States11681 Posts

July 09 2009 21:27 GMT

sins of a solar empire is AWESOME for roommate lanning... I used to do it myself :D

A less - intense version of this would be Star Wars: Empire at War. Both unique style RTS's

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

July 09 2009 22:05 GMT

was going to recommend sins of a solar empire but two people already beat me to it

Carnac

Germany / USA16648 Posts

July 09 2009 22:10 GMT

#10

Homm3

Vision

United States113 Posts

July 09 2009 22:18 GMT

#11

Chess, That is if you want to be original ^^

Husky

United States3362 Posts

July 09 2009 22:31 GMT

#12

On July 10 2009 06:18 Ghardo wrote:
DotA
Warcraft III

Spoiler alert, they're the same game.

I recommend Super Smash Brothers Melee. That game is countless hours of entertainment. Well worth it!

Edit: And also HoMaM 3... though someone already suggested that. One game takes about 3.5 hours...

RaiZ

2813 Posts

July 09 2009 22:53 GMT

#13

Trackmania Nation Forever if you want to change completely from playing RTS.
A really fun game, i'm still playing it after 3 years online.
Like every game, be sure to have some maps cauz the nadeo's one are kinda boring, especially forever.
The more the merrier.

Also Smash mario which is kinda fun especially with 4 players

Worms, Quake3 (probably best since you're only 2 which you can have some duels or play with computers in ctf), and.... what else ? Starcraft obv :p

Methos

United States206 Posts

July 09 2009 23:33 GMT

#14

If you play Sins of a Solar Empire make sure you have plenty of time though.

lac29

United States1485 Posts

July 09 2009 23:36 GMT

#15

www.getcontinuum.com

Get good and play in leagues on a squad. Easy to learn, hard to master.

Here are highlights from Hockey Zone (one of many zones) from one of their league games:
http://dev.chrisnet.com/video/h_rshl_rep_playoffs_leg_exp_g2.html

Gameplay from Extreme Games Zone and Trench Wars Zone:
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Example of TW's 5v5 Javelin League
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Gameplay from Deathstar Battle Zone:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NhWbGGRYnI

All the zones have public arenas to fool around in or solo, there are also special events, many zones, many leagues, a ton of different gameplay, and pretty high level competition (both for solo and team).

Mastermind

Canada7096 Posts

July 10 2009 00:01 GMT

#16

On July 10 2009 07:10 Carnac wrote:
Homm3

This is a great game.

Slaughter

United States20254 Posts

July 10 2009 03:50 GMT

#17

On July 10 2009 07:31 HuskyTheHusky wrote:

Show nested quote +

In all reality they are completely diff

the DOTA world has its own thing while the regular warcraft game has its own

guMmiwormz

United States312 Posts

July 10 2009 03:56 GMT

#18

total annihilation is a great game to play

plus its free now a days.

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

July 10 2009 04:05 GMT

#19

Everytime there's a topic like this, I post about Alien Swarm:

On June 24 2009 07:06 FrozenArbiter wrote:
You will need to dig up a couple of friends to play this, but it's one of the most fun games I've ever played (it's co-op)
Alien Swarm:

Videos do not do it justice.

Being down to just 1-2 heals, having all your team members in the red, with 30 seconds left of oxygen left and just.. a.. few.. more.. steps.. Epic game

It's a mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 (a standalone game using the Source engine, is in production)
http://www.blackcatgames.com/asv1/download

There are many extra campaigns (off my memory, there are 2 basic campaigns, then you can download Telic campaign, Escape from Rhea campaign.. and possibly one more, I forget the name tho), you should be able to find them in the forums.

The missions are fairly varied in the non-basic campaigns =)