Splitscreen Multiplayer games?

[Jedamethis]

So, me and my Escapist chums like to have a bit of a get-together. However, we always end up playing COD Zombies or Minecraft in the absence of anything else to play. We're getting slightly bored. Anybody have any recommendations? Xbox 360 games, preferably co-op.

 

[General Twinkletoes]

Borderlands? I've had a ton of fun splitscreen on that with my friends.

 

[Able Seacat]

Halo reach has a horde type mode, campaign co-op and competitive multiplayer. You can also use split-screen online.

 

[Hazy992]

Any of the Halo games (except Halo Wars) will do nicely. Get a couple of fighting games like Marvel vs Capcom 3 or something

 

[AndrewF022]

Yea I agree with Halo... I have a lot of fun playing split-screen with my mates in Halo Reach.

If it is just one friend, Borderlands is good, as is Gears of War or Left 4 Dead.

 

[Derek_the_Dodo]

portal 2 has very fun, if a little shortlived multiplayer.

Also yeah halo.

007 Nightfire is a good mulitplayer xbox original with backwards compatability.

 

[Terminate421]

How could you forget Halo?

 

[Gameslayer_93]

Tekken, SSBB, Star Wars Battlefront etc.

 

[Jamash]

If these gatherings are a regular enough occurrence, you should consider clubbing together and buying a cheap original X-Box (or PS2) and get games like Timesplitters 2, Timesplitters Future Perfect, Def Jam: Fight For New York, Mashed, Urban Reign... all of which are excellent split-screen games.

Split-screen gaming was much better last generation when there wasn't so much disparity between the capability of the consoles and how demanding the games were. Nowadays most games are too demanding to be rendered more than once on a single console, so split-screen is, in most cases, a technical impossibility.

 

[King of Wei]

Splinter Cell Conviction, Magic 2012, Dynasty Warriors/Empires/Warriors Orochi, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War. All the ones that come to mind at the moment.

 

[Josdeb]

My friend and I have sunk hours into Resident Evil 5 on co-op. It's surprisingly fun on splitscreen

 

[King of Asgaard]

Borderlands? I've had a ton of fun splitscreen on that with my friends.

portal 2 has very fun, if a little shortlived multiplayer.

My friend and I have sunk hours into Resident Evil 5 on co-op. It's surprisingly fun on splitscreen

These make a lot of sense.
My brother and I had a whale of a time co-op-ing these three.
Heartily recommended.

 

[TrevHead]

360 only no PC to plug into your TV?

If you can I recommend playing Jamestown (steam) It a bullet hell but very noob friendly an it get even better with 4 player local co-op as you don't need to be skilled because players who run out of lives can be revived by ppl who are still in the game.

I can imagine it would make a batshit fun party game thats still is a good twitch skill based game at its core

EDIT the 360 has something similar called Score Rush 80MSP indie section

Can't go wrong with oldschool brawlers too, lots of them on XBLA like Guardian Heroes and The Simpsons Arcade (i'm not 100% sure these versions have local co-op however, they should do since thats how the originals are)

Infact anything from the arcade back in the day thats co-op is bags of fun like run & gunners like metal slug, contra uprising, Bubble Bobble all on XBLA.

 

[esperandote]

Fighting games are good getogheter games, Super Street fighter IV and The King of fighters XIII are my suggestions, ir the King of fighters 2002 Ultimate match wich is an xbox arcade game thus a cheaper one. Speaking of arcade games there are other good xbox arcade games like the xmen or tmnt arcade games.

 

[Zetona]

I often have friends over for multiplayer gaming. On 360, I recommend Castle Crashers, Geometry Wars, and I Made A Game With Zombies In It. They're all cheap and all offer four-player local co-op. My friends and I have had less success with Fancy Pants Adventures and Worms 2, but they're both decent. Any sports game that supports four players would also work.

 

[TrevHead]

I often have friends over for multiplayer gaming. On 360, I recommend Castle Crashers, Geometry Wars, and I Made A Game With Zombies In It. They're all cheap and all offer four-player local co-op. My friends and I have had less success with Fancy Pants Adventures and Worms 2, but they're both decent. Any sports game that supports four players would also work.

If you like Geometry Wars, check out Score Rush (indie section)


and Jamestown 4 up local co-op (Steam)

 

[Roroshi14]

I say get down on some Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Borderlands is ok, fyi the split screen is formatted prperly, but its still fun. =/ And I personally think Halo is lame and boring (as is every fps).

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

Well what are the details? Are you just playing on one 360 or is this a LAN party? How many people are we accounting for?

Without knowing the details, I can only suggest Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 since it's four player co-op via one screen.

Edit: Mortal Kombat 9, which has tag matches allowing up to 4 players.

 

[Aeshi]

I too can vouch for Borderlands, and Dungeon Defenders might also be worth a try as well (pretty sure it has a free demo.)