Board 8 > Gamecube was the last great console for local multiplayer.

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Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer
01/04/12 1:02:00 PM
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I wish companies would get their **** together. I'm not here for all these extra features with cameras and touch screens and motion controls and ****ing Netflix and bull**** on my game consoles. I'm barely even here for online play, honestly.

I want a game console with which to play ****ing games with my friends.

It's sad how the majority of time my friends and I play games together, it's N64.

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Justin_Crossing
01/04/12 1:04:00 PM
#2:


Double Dash all-cup tour with 4 players.

Halo with friends in some motel in a ski town.

Local multiplayer literally the best.

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AlecTrevelyan006
01/04/12 1:04:00 PM
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Melee, Mario Kart, Timesplitters... good times for multiplayer.

I've still done some local multiplayer since on other consoles but it definitely feels like less of a focus.
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VincentLauw
01/04/12 1:04:00 PM
#4:


True dat

I mean my brother bought L4D 1&2 a month ago and I was all like 'bring that **** over to our moms so we (me, my brother and stepbrother) can play it'


... It was 2 player local. What the ****? Why?

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Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer
01/04/12 1:05:00 PM
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From: VincentLauw | #004
... It was 2 player local. What the ****? Why?


seriously, **** **** like this. I was pretty annoyed when I first found that out about L4D.

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RappinHobo9292
01/04/12 1:07:00 PM
#6:


Best moment for me was me and my friends playing team snipers on Halo 2 and putting a cardboard barrier on the screen to prevent screen looking.

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pjbasis
01/04/12 1:08:00 PM
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No idea why a game would allow only less than 4 player local.

But I play Mario Kart Wii and Brawl local all the time.

Oh but online play is still amazing.

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saveus_Maria
01/04/12 1:08:00 PM
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the drift away from local multiplayer is one of the worst things about the current console generations

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yoshifan823
01/04/12 1:08:00 PM
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I think it's hilarious that now that we have TVs that are big enough to make 4-player split screen not an exercise in squinting and tiny polygons, everyone's shied away from it.
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CherryCokes
01/04/12 1:09:00 PM
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From: VincentLauw | #004
True dat

I mean my brother bought L4D 1&2 a month ago and I was all like 'bring that **** over to our moms so we (me, my brother and stepbrother) can play it'


... It was 2 player local. What the ****? Why?


because the game literally would not function if it were 4 player local

playing two player local barely works

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Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer
01/04/12 1:09:00 PM
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From: saveus_Maria | #008
the drift away from local multiplayer is one of the worst things about the current console generations


From: yoshifan823 | #009
I think it's hilarious that now that we have TVs that are big enough to make 4-player split screen not an exercise in squinting and tiny polygons, everyone's shied away from it.


the true tea is being spilled all over in this topic

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BIGPUN9999
01/04/12 1:10:00 PM
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I remember alot of people trying to return their copies of dead island cause of no local m.player

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VincentLauw
01/04/12 1:10:00 PM
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From: CherryCokes | #010
because the game literally would not function if it were 4 player local

playing two player local barely works


Thanks for explaining how it would not work

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CherryCokes
01/04/12 1:12:00 PM
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From: VincentLauw | #013
Thanks for explaining how it would not work


Consider, if you will, what it takes to generate a Horde.

Multiply that by 4.

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VincentLauw
01/04/12 1:14:00 PM
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We tried 2 player local and had no framerate issues at all.

But if that's the explanation Valve gave then I'm satisfied enough with it I guess

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PartOfYourWorld
01/04/12 1:16:00 PM
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I figured the Wii was just as good as the GameCube for this. I mean, Brawl is, and even the Galaxies have a neat little option for a second player to tag along.

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GANON1025
01/04/12 1:17:00 PM
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But you forget Brawl is a war crime upon humanity apparently and no one should ever play it

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Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer
01/04/12 1:17:00 PM
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From: PartOfYourWorld | #016
I figured the Wii was just as good as the GameCube for this. I mean, Brawl is, and even the Galaxies have a neat little option for a second player to tag along.


Brawl is one game, and Galaxy's multiplayer is not real multiplayer or even anything close

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PartOfYourWorld
01/04/12 1:18:00 PM
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Is Mario Kart Wii worse than DD!! for local? How about the Wii's Mario Party? Does that even support online play?

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Icehawk
01/04/12 1:19:00 PM
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I'd say the Xbox was tbh. system link was amazing with Halo. so much more fun and intense than XBL

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GANON1025
01/04/12 1:20:00 PM
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Mario Kart Wii has 4-player local multiplayer and unlike DD is good.

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Senjougaharaism
01/04/12 1:22:00 PM
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yeah the Wii does local multiplayer just fine. galaxy is a pretty bad example though, should have said something like NSMBW or the new kirby game.

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KingButz
01/04/12 1:22:00 PM
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From: Icehawk | #020
I'd say the Xbox was tbh. system link was amazing with Halo. so much more fun and intense than XBL


Halo parties were the best. Having 4 TVs for 8 v 8 was so intense

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PartOfYourWorld
01/04/12 1:24:00 PM
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Brawl is the only big multiplayer game I've played for Wii. I still use the GameCube more for multiplayer.

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Mershaaay
01/04/12 1:25:00 PM
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So true. If Gamecube controllers weren't literally more expensive than the system itself I'd finally shell out the money for 3 more wireless ones and Mario Party it up every night with my bros.

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Psycho_Kenshin
01/04/12 1:26:00 PM
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I enjoyed Mario Kart and whatnot on Cube, but this gen PS3/360 are doing fine with local multiplayer, of course with mighty fighting games. Plus Twisted Metal hitting soon has local.

Admittedly not enough FPS games have splitscreen these days.

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muddersmilk
01/04/12 1:26:00 PM
#27:


So glad to find someone else who cares about local multiplayer.

My buddies and I are almost always playing X-box and GC cause those are the only good ones. Otherwise its just Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Halo, and sports games.

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shadosneko
01/04/12 1:27:00 PM
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Rock Band 3 has 7 player local.

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AlecTrevelyan006
01/04/12 1:27:00 PM
#29:


Icehawk posted...
I'd say the Xbox was tbh. system link was amazing with Halo. so much more fun and intense than XBL

Halo was fantastic and I loved Halo 1 parties.

But that's like the only thing on original Xbox.
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Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer
01/04/12 1:28:00 PM
#30:


From: shadosneko | #028
Rock Band 3 has 7 player local.


except it's not competitive and barely even counts as a game

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Azp2k32
01/04/12 1:28:00 PM
#31:


GANON1025 posted...
Mario Kart Wii has 4-player local multiplayer and unlike DD is good.

Hahahaha no.

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Sorozone
01/04/12 1:29:00 PM
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From: AlecTrevelyan006 | #029
Icehawk posted...
I'd say the Xbox was tbh. system link was amazing with Halo. so much more fun and intense than XBL

Halo was fantastic and I loved Halo 1 parties.

But that's like the only thing on original Xbox.


Yeah, that's the only local multiplayer I did with Xbox, and the only game I used system link for. Gamecube had a much larger selection of games, same with the N64.

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muddersmilk
01/04/12 1:29:00 PM
#33:


PS3/360 are doing fine with local multiplayer, of course with mighty fighting games.

The problem with fighting games is that you only can have 2 people play at a time.

Also how has this topic gone this long without a mention of Wii Sports. I spent hours in college playing bowling and golf with friends.

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VincentLauw
01/04/12 1:29:00 PM
#34:


From: shadosneko | #028
Rock Band 3 has 7 player local.


Games like this have a steep learning curve and are in no way fun for people unless you somehow manage to get 7 people together than can play expert songs or something.


Seriously, I've played Rock Band/Guitar Hero with people and it was fun for a few songs but ultimately it becomes tedious because people who have never played it keep failing on easy/medium.

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muddersmilk
01/04/12 1:30:00 PM
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AlecTrevelyan006 posted...
Icehawk posted...
I'd say the Xbox was tbh. system link was amazing with Halo. so much more fun and intense than XBL

Halo was fantastic and I loved Halo 1 parties.

But that's like the only thing on original Xbox.


That means you missed out on the fun of Fusion Frenzy. Not to mention the good multiplatform titles like Star Wars battlefront, Ultimate Alliance, Timesplitters, Brute Force, etc.

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Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer
01/04/12 1:31:00 PM
#36:


From: muddersmilk | #033
Also how has this topic gone this long without a mention of Wii Sports.


because Wii Sports is very gimmicky and unresponsive and gets old fast.

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muddersmilk
01/04/12 1:31:00 PM
#37:


Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer posted...
From: muddersmilk | #033
Also how has this topic gone this long without a mention of Wii Sports.
because Wii Sports is very gimmicky and unresponsive and gets old fast.


Very true. Still was fun for a little while.

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Psycho_Kenshin
01/04/12 1:32:00 PM
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Brute force.... good... I dunno about thattt (Christopher Walken voice)

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shadosneko
01/04/12 1:32:00 PM
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Playing with the wrong people imo

Rock Band party is basically one of the most fun things ever.

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foolm0ron
01/04/12 1:34:00 PM
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False, what did GC have? Smash Bros, Mario Kart?

Dreamcast had Sonic Shuffle and Worms Armageddon. It wins easily.

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shadosneko
01/04/12 1:35:00 PM
#41:


From: foolm0ron | #040
False, what did GC have? Smash Bros, Mario Kart?

Dreamcast had Sonic Shuffle and Worms Armageddon. It wins easily.


Sonic Shuffle was kinda bad, dude.

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Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer
01/04/12 1:35:00 PM
#42:


From: foolm0ron | #040
False, what did GC have? Smash Bros, Mario Kart?

Dreamcast had Sonic Shuffle and Worms Armageddon. It wins easily.


Dreamcast was also before GC

I didn't say "the greatest local multiplayer console ever", I said "the last great one."

the greatest ever is N64, by the way.

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VincentLauw
01/04/12 1:35:00 PM
#43:


From: shadosneko | #039
Playing with the wrong people imo

Rock Band party is basically one of the most fun things ever.


People that have never played it can't do easy/medium until after a few hours of practicing

Lots of songs are undo-able on vocals unless you know the song. So that's another learning curve.

So yeah, I'm playing with the 'wrong' people I guess. Rock Band's only fun when you either all suck at it or are all at least decent and familiar with the songs. Neither of these are the case most of the time

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wg64Z
01/04/12 1:36:00 PM
#44:


PS3/360 are doing fine with local multiplayer, of course with mighty fighting games.

The problem with fighting games is that you only can have 2 people play at a time.


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KingButz
01/04/12 1:36:00 PM
#45:


From: shadosneko | #039
Playing with the wrong people imo

Rock Band party is basically one of the most fun things ever.


I've never met a person who consistently fails on easy who wouldn't fail at any other game. It's too easy. And the first time I played I was getting 90%+ on easy mode. Went to medium almost immediately.

Vince, you may be playing with people that just suck in general.

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muddersmilk
01/04/12 1:37:00 PM
#46:


Psycho_Kenshin posted...
Brute force.... good... I dunno about thattt (Christopher Walken voice)

It was a fun game to play with four people. I never tried it single player.

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VincentLauw
01/04/12 1:39:00 PM
#47:


From: KingButz | #044
I've never met a person who consistently fails on easy who wouldn't fail at any other game. It's too easy. And the first time I played I was getting 90%+ on easy mode. Went to medium almost immediately.

Vince, you may be playing with people that just suck in general.


Could be! Or maybe it's just because I'm mostly sick of those games in general

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muddersmilk
01/04/12 1:39:00 PM
#48:


wg64Z posted...
PS3/360 are doing fine with local multiplayer, of course with mighty fighting games.

The problem with fighting games is that you only can have 2 people play at a time.

MK9


Really? Awesome. I have not tried MK9 yet. So it has like a 1v1v1v1 mode or what?

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Liwakip
01/04/12 1:39:00 PM
#49:


Dreamcast had Sonic Shuffle

There's a very good reason why Sonic Heroes is considered part of the Dreamcast Era in Generations and not Shuffle, and it has nothing to do with the definition of the 6th generation of consoles.

I'll give you Worms, though.

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saveus_Maria
01/04/12 1:45:00 PM
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the problem with fighting games (aside from only 2 people being able to play at a time) is generally unless you're all the same skill level, people are going to get tired of playing fast

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