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GameGodOfAll
10/22/2025
05:12 PM
#1
Either forgotten about over time, or just never really well known period.

Some examples I'd say:

Batman: Arkham Origins
Spec Ops: The Line
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K181
10/22/2025
05:14 PM
#2
ngl, looking back on it some of the Assassin's Creed games having multiplayer, and the multiplayer modes being actually fun, is odd.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
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Murphiroth
10/22/2025
05:15 PM
#3
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood to whatever game had it last, don't remember. Black Flag? 3? Somewhere in there they stopped it.

Too bad too, I got really into Brotherhood's, it was super fun. Fuck roof runners though.
HeroFlyChao
10/22/2025
05:16 PM
#4
I love it when games hide secret versus modes in them, like Mega Man 7 and Yoshis Island.
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10/22/2025
05:16 PM
#5
Bioshock 2
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Solar_Crimson
10/22/2025
05:17 PM
#6
GameGodOfAll posted...
Spec Ops: The Line
Apparently, the devs were deadset against this as they felt that the game having multiplayer went against the theme of the game's story. But the executives forced them to include it.
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BakonBitz
10/22/2025
05:17 PM
#7
Dead Space 2.
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Tyranthraxus
10/22/2025
05:17 PM
#8
Final Fantasy 6
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K181
10/22/2025
05:18 PM
#9
Solar_Crimson posted...
Apparently, the devs were deadset against this as they felt that the game having multiplayer went against the theme of the game's story. But the executives forced them to include it.

And due to the fact that the multiplayer mode wasn't that good, more than a few reviewers lowered their rating of the game as a result.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
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Pow_Pow_Punishment
10/22/2025
05:19 PM
#10
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
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Kuuko
10/22/2025
05:20 PM
#11
I liked Metroid Prime 2's versus mode but no one else I knew liked it
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s0nicfan
10/22/2025
05:20 PM
#12
K181 posted...
ngl, looking back on it some of the Assassin's Creed games having multiplayer, and the multiplayer modes being actually fun, is odd.

The Assassin's Creed multiplayer was a legitimate innovation in PvP combat and I'm still shocked they didn't take that idea and build it into something bigger.
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HelloMave
10/22/2025
05:22 PM
#13
Uncharted
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Phantom_Nook
10/22/2025
05:23 PM
#14
Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic 06 had multiplayer.
currently waiting for my turn in Master Duel.
apocalyptic_4
10/22/2025
05:24 PM
#15
Bioshock 2
AuthenticZac
10/22/2025
05:27 PM
#16
K181 posted...
ngl, looking back on it some of the Assassin's Creed games having multiplayer, and the multiplayer modes being actually fun, is odd.

I only remember it because of the multiplayer trailer that seemed to play nonstop
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ConfusedTorchic
10/22/2025
05:28 PM
#17
Murphiroth posted...
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood to whatever game had it last, don't remember. Black Flag? 3? Somewhere in there they stopped it.

Too bad too, I got really into Brotherhood's, it was super fun. Fuck roof runners though.

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BakonBitz
10/22/2025
05:29 PM
#18
Speaking of multiplayer, are any of these still *running*? As much as they can be since they're likely dead, but still.

Because some of these games having multiplayer achievements bug me royally, and I haven't gotten them yet.
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BucketCat
10/22/2025
05:30 PM
#19
GTA San Andreas

I used to play this all the time w/ my cousins on the original xbox, but it seems like a ton of ppl forgot that it even existed

it's a ton of fun. Kinda limiting cus iirc it was a shared screen (not split-screen) but it was still fun to mess around
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ChocoboMogALT
10/22/2025
05:32 PM
#20
FF6
Super Punch-Out
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GranQroppoop
10/22/2025
05:35 PM
#21
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, which is pretty bad.

Each player controls part of one character, one does moving and aiming while the other decides when to actually shoot or use a power.
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Tyranthraxus
10/22/2025
05:38 PM
#22
ChocoboMogALT posted...
FF6
Super Punch-Out

The Super Punch-Out thing was only recently discovered
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Kuuko
10/22/2025
05:39 PM
#23
Super Mario Galaxy's "multiplayer" where player 2 just shoots star bits
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Letsago
10/22/2025
05:40 PM
#24
What is this about FF6? I'm guessing whatever it is, it's SNES only
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K181
10/22/2025
05:41 PM
#25
Letsago posted...
What is this about FF6? I'm guessing whatever it is, it's SNES only

You can assign different party members to different controllers. Never felt the urge to try that, though.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
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furb
10/22/2025
05:41 PM
#26
Bionic Commando Next Gen

It was really fun too.
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Dalthine
10/22/2025
05:43 PM
#27
ChocoboMogALT posted...
FF6
I think all the SNES FFs had it. And 9.
HudGard
10/22/2025
05:44 PM
#28
I forgot Banjo Tooie had a really robust multiplayer mode until recently.

Also Player 2 can also control everything in EarthBound so I guess a friend could make the inputs for certain characters or you can take turns.
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rick_alverado
10/22/2025
05:45 PM
#29
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
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10/22/2025
05:46 PM
#30
Dragon Age Inquisition
SpawnShadow
10/22/2025
05:46 PM
#31
Conker's Bad Fur Day
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VincentVega
10/22/2025
05:47 PM
#32
Tomb Raider 2013. The original Deus Ex got multiplayer patched in after release.
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ChocoboMogALT
10/22/2025
05:53 PM
#34
Tyranthraxus posted...
The Super Punch-Out thing was only recently discovered
And many people were surprised.
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Tsukasa1891
10/22/2025
05:57 PM
#35
Final Fantasy Tactics WotL for PSP. It has a PVP mode and a co-op mode for some battles you can only do in co-op. Each player will control three party members.
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Robot2600
10/22/2025
05:59 PM
#36
Tony Hawk 4. you could plug your ps2 into the internet! I did this and it was pretty awesome. this was way before this was common.
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Dark_Moon
10/22/2025
06:02 PM
#37
most of the yakuza / like a dragon series.
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Gamespoht
10/22/2025
06:04 PM
#38
The Simpsons Hit & Run
Madworld
Sonic & The Secret Rings
Watch_Dogs
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imagine606
10/22/2025
06:05 PM
#39
Kuuko posted...
I liked Metroid Prime 2's versus mode but no one else I knew liked it
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creativerealms
10/22/2025
06:07 PM
#40
Tales of Destiny for the PlayStation. It requires an item called a channeling ring.
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ROBBAN
10/22/2025
06:11 PM
#41
GameGodOfAll posted...
Batman: Arkham Origins
how does that even work?
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10/22/2025
06:21 PM
#42
Mega Man 7
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GameGodOfAll
10/22/2025
06:26 PM
#43
ROBBAN posted...
how does that even work?
IIRC it was at least 2 modes. 1 with a Batman & Robin trying to stealth take down everyone. But the main mode was a 3rd person shooter between Joker thugs and Bane thugs. And at some point, someone on the teams could play as Bane or Joker.

I played it with a group of people online just trying to get the trophies. It was pretty damn bad, but mildly interesting for existing.
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dummy420
10/22/2025
06:33 PM
#44
The darkness. I think only the first one had it but it was pretty bad.
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Murphiroth
10/22/2025
06:37 PM
#45
dummy420 posted...
The darkness. I think only the first one had it but it was pretty bad.

The second one has a co-op mode IIRC.
Aztex
10/22/2025
07:16 PM
#46
FF9, Wind Waker on the GC
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MacadamianNut3
10/22/2025
07:21 PM
#47
Assassin's Creed: Brother multiplayer was lit

The multiplayer in AC:B, Black Ops 2, Gears 3, and Halo 4 to a lesser degree were my last console gaming memories before sticking mainly to PC after 2013. Good times

I do forget that MGSV had a multiplayer but not really multiplayer, more like Dragon Dogma's approach. I barely played it though
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kirbymuncher
10/22/2025
07:28 PM
#48
HudGard posted...
I forgot Banjo Tooie had a really robust multiplayer mode until recently.
I was considering mentioning this one but wasn't sure if it was obscure enough

I played so much of the fps multiplayer in that growing up
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dummy420
10/22/2025
07:31 PM
#49
Murphiroth posted...
The second one has a co-op mode IIRC.
Oh yeah. I played a bit of that. It was a bit better but really short just like the main campaign was.

I still wish the original darkness was available on PC.
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pegusus123456
10/22/2025
07:31 PM
#50
Donkey Kong 64

Basically just deathmatch maps where you can play as the different Kongs IIRC
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BakonBitz
10/22/2025
07:42 PM
#51
kirbymuncher posted...
I was considering mentioning this one but wasn't sure if it was obscure enough

I played so much of the fps multiplayer in that growing up
I actually keep forgetting Banjo Tooie (and DK64 by extension thanks to the post above) have multiplayer modes. They were pretty fun from what I remember, or at least Tooie was.
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