Whose co-op is best?

6 games. 10 editors. Surly opinions. Let the showdown begin!

Words: GamesRadar US

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RCTrucker7 - 10 months 29 days ago

In the Saints Row 2 section: "Mikel: Yeah, no matter where you were, too. That was cool. The only thing I don't really like about the co-op is how, when playing alone, I get constantly bombarded with strangers asking to be let into my game."

That is easily remedied by going into Options and selecting either Friends Only or None.

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GamesRadarJoeMcNeilly - 10 months 29 days ago

"shield" uses "ammo"? what a country! and in russia, hamburger eats you!

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vic88 - 10 months 29 days ago

to skip gears 2 dialogue hit the back button during game play

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Robusken - 10 months 29 days ago

Nice article, Gamesradar. I wouldnt mind seeing these kind of articles with diffrent types of games.

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hardcore_gamer1990 - 10 months 29 days ago

I agree with Robusken, cos i'm really into hack and slash games and id like to see which ones come out of these thorough examinations as champions

Great article gr. one of my favourite non top-7's =]

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BadLadJon - 10 months 29 days ago

OMG, i told my mum i would w8 till Xmas for L4D, im gonna go find her credit card RIGHT NOW

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Pocotron - 10 months 29 days ago

I felt the results were right, but I have to agree with the others: Resistance 2 did feel a bit one-sided; like a big ole' steroided up monster and a baby. The real way to fully understand (and have a kick-ass time) is to level up. Now, have a fun time leveling up as a soldier, medic, or spec-op, but level up and THEN review from a gamer or your perspective.

(Quick way to level up as soldier is to have a level with all 3 classes with the soldier taking all the kills and absorbing damage.
P.S. Have fun with Overload and the best time to use it is the Grims 2nd part, in Axbridge)
That'd be nice, thanks.

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GamesRadarJoeMcNeilly - 10 months 29 days ago

@ Pocotron: It would have been nice to spend more time with all the games, not just R2. But, you know, deadlines.

R2 did grow on us the more we played, but I don't think its too much to ask of a game to be fun from the get-go. I mean, who wants to sink 5 or more hours into a game before you find out if its any good? Especially when there are so many great games out right now. I think there's something to the notion that you should hook 'em in the first 15 minutes.

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Tikicobra - 10 months 29 days ago

Oh yeah, and "You know what the PS3 needs? Left 4 Dead" is the most biased thing you've ever said.

You guys are a bunch of fucking fanboys.

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Pocotron - 10 months 29 days ago

I gotcha Joe. Just saying, maybe do an article about this from the gamer's viewpoint; like a guy who spends his life on Gears 2 or is the guru on R2. Jus sayin...
Thnxs tho

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PerezI - 10 months 29 days ago

Great Choice GR! Best coop game in the past year. Gears of War has a great campaign and the horde is phenominal, but after a few games it just becomes a bit boring. CoD's coop is honestly just a let down. Good campaign and zombies is fun for a while, but the xbox live play is way too similiar to CoD 4s. Too much of the same if you ask me, and all of my friends who played CoD 4 and CoD Waw cant stand WaW. Honestly, Ive never played Resistance 2 because I have an xbox 360 but by the looks of it, it just seems too difficult to kill enemies. The other people who commented said it is much easier but I think that GR people are pretty good at reviewing which means good players. Saints Row2, never got into. Fable 2, seems like a foreign coop and looks hard. All in all, Gears of War 2 has a great coop, but is overall killed by Left 4 Dead. Left 4 Dead has crazy missions where uncountable hordes of zombies come out to kill you. not to mention, the xbox live play on it is also phenominal and the gamebattle games on it are very intense and nerve racking.

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marcusfenix22 - 10 months 29 days ago

I knew it would be either Left 4 Dead, COD:WAW,or Gears 2!Shit! Now I have the 12 pains of christmas song stuck in my head!Why the H@#$ are they blinking!

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NintendoNerd655 - 10 months 29 days ago

Tikicobra shut the hell up. The PS3 does need it. Not to succeed, but because it is truly an awesome game. Must be a rogue digg user or something....

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TheSuburbiaRuins - 10 months 28 days ago

Co-op wise, I will talk L4D and GoW2 anyday, but single player, not so much on L4D

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GwaR - 10 months 28 days ago

Yes, L4D is definently lacking without other players to game with... but why the hell wouldn't you play it with others? Not only do I give it props for being the most intense co-op game I've ever played, but it's one of the few multiplayer games where the griefing is kept to a minimum. People needing to work together to succeed tends to keep your teammates from getting too cocky or being asses to each other. And if they are being ass-hats, well, you can always just leave them there when a hunter nails them. :)

As for all the people trying to defend R2's co-op, seriously, get another console or a PC to broaden your horizons. What a piece of crap...

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Maccaspakka - 10 months 28 days ago

The problem i find in GoW2 is that you thing "oh my men are doing just fine" and you look down and see friggin Dom without a head and you think "s**t hear comes another gunner boat" and woah youve ran out of ammo WHOOPDIDOO! and they stat gunning you down. (my point is is that some games just need commands for your team.)

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GamesRadarJoeMcNeilly - 10 months 28 days ago

Yah, L4D "won" but you will have a fantastic time with any of these games. Is why we wanted to do this article in the first place - we were looking at all the kickass options out there and wanted to get really granular and give ppl some diverse perspectives. If you can only get one or two games, maybe this will help you decide.

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Tikicobra - 10 months 28 days ago

Nintendonerd = Fuck off. GamesRadar is the biggest dick ass site on the internet and I'm tired of their fucking fanboyism. I wouldn't act like this on any other site but when it's a site this awful I couldn't care less what kind of reputation I have.

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zeldafanjohn - 10 months 28 days ago

Tikicobra shut the fuck up.
There was not one peice of fanboyism in that whole article. Every comment you've posted has been flaming.

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-FABLExFAN- - 10 months 28 days ago

for co-op L4D takes top no question, i knew witch one would win after reading the names of the games that were in it, i cant say i'm not a fan of fable (name/picture) but the co-op on it sucked, that game is meant for single player, for co-op I'd go L4D,then CoD-WaW, then Gears2 only for horde, an di own a WII , ps3 and 360

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