0:20 Number 20 Dead Island 2 1:24 Number 19 Remnant 2 2:26 Number 18 Strange Brigade 3:13 Number 17 Far Cry 5 4:42 Number 16 Divinity Original Sin 2 5:42 Number 15 A Way Out 6:55 Number 14 Portal 2 7:52 Number 13 Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light 9:01 Number 12 Call of Duty 10:42 Number 11 Streets of Rage 4 12:36 Number 10 LEGO City Undercover 13:40 Number 9 Half-Life Decay 14:41 Number 8 Gears of War 2 15:40 Number 7 Splinter Cell Chaos Theory 16:44 Number 6 Lost Planet 2 18:08 Number 5 The Legend of Zelda 19:22 Number 4 Zombies Ate My Neighbors 20:37 Number 3 It Takes two 22:43 Number 2 Left for dead 2 24:38 Number 1 Halo Master chief collection 26:13 Bonus Evil west - Vermintide 2 - Borderland series - Tutrtles
Ok im not going crazy. I remember playing tic tac toe with my dad while waiting for the barbershop to open. I thought that my childhood was a lie for a minute.
I can not believe ARMY OF TWO didn’t make this list. Some of the best fun I had playing that game with my father. The Agro skill was so fun going back to back just taking out enemies.
@@Jarrod-if6uvyes the real irony. I still play couch co-op with my buddies on the older cods, Halos, OG Star Wars Battlefront games, and other games. Splitscreen zombies is actually manageable now lol
It’s downright criminal the 40th day didn’t make it on here! My best friend and I would rock, paper and scissors each other for the decisions that would arise throughout the story. Great memories with that game!
Halo coop campaigns are literally the best times of my life with my older brother. Waking up in the morning and playing until our mom would yell at us to eat breakfast. And that last mission on halo 3 with the warthog for the very first time is a memory with him that’s fried into my brain
Halo 3 final mission - 4 player co-op everyone in ghosts on legendary because a 0 gs achievement required it haha. Yeah Halo is the OG co-op gaming S-tier experience
I experienced Gears of War 1-3 solely by playing coop with my brother and that was pretty fun. I want to say Army of Two a game designed around coop, I remember that game being a good time. Never got to play the sequel but my brother and I enjoyed the first one.
I’m actually surprised that’s not on here, along with the OG Star Wars Battlefront 2 Campaign or galactic conquest, and Black Hawk Down. It had a co-op campaign that played differently from the single player one and that game was fun. Long before we got CoD Modern Warfare and Spec Ops in MW2
Imagine Activison making a Call of Duty where the campaign is literally co-op. Just imagine the copies it will sell. It's that simple and that effective. All they have to do is that. Not realistic graphics, not a battle pass, not multiple connected game servers. Just a good old fashioned engaging over the top story with CO-OP!!!
Except they’re money hungry and they know they don’t need to put in the extra work to make money as people will buy them anyway, pay for the battlepass and now the black cell thing will always be there because it’s another way the players keep giving them money
Avatar, The Ascenst, V Rising, The Division 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, Sniper Elite 5, Outward, Far Cry 5, Elden Ring. But the best co-op experience is The Forest.
20. Dead island 2 - 00:20 19. Remnant 2 - 01:24 18. Strange brigade - 02:26 17. Far cry 5 and 6 - 03:13 16. Divinity original scene 2 - 04:32 15. A way out - 05:42 Brothers a tale of 2 sons 14. Portal 2 - 06:55 13. Lara croft and the guardian of light - 07:52 Lara croft and the temple of osiris 12. Call of duty : modern warfare 2 (2009) - 09:01 11. Streets of rage 4 - 10:42 10. Lego city undercover - 12:36 9. Half life decay - 13:40 8. Gears of war 2 - 14:41 7. Splinter cell chaos theory - 15:40 6. Lost planet 2 - 16:44 5. The legend of zelda four swords adventures - 18:08 4. Zombies ate my neighbours - 19:22 3. A way out - 20:37 2. Left 4 dead 2 - 22:43 1. Halo the master chief collection - 24:38 Bonus: Evil west - 26:15 Warhammer Vermintide 2 - 26:42 Borderland series - 27:15 Teenage mutant ninja turtles shredder's revenge - 28:15
It's the best Mortal Kombat game of all time. I don't care what anyone says. In terms of everything MK brings to their usual games, Shoalin Monks had great gameplay. Cool characters moves, along with Sub zero and Scorpion as unlocks, and an actual cool story with Cool interactive levels. I'll die on this hill of Shoalin Monks being the best MK game ever. They need to do a sequal and get away from this 1 v 1 stuff. It's overdone and doesn't offer anything worth $70. Shoalin Monks, and Resident Evil 5 are the greatest coop games of all time. Army of two is up there, as is Army of Two, Devils Cartel was an underrated gem.
I have been searching for about 3 to 4 years of a COOP game I grew up playing. "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" is something my friend and I will play all night trying to beat. THANK YOU for giving me the name of this beloved childhood game.
yeah I was thinking the exact same thing! perhaps ppl are tired of BG3 being hailed as the greatest thing ever lol (even though i wouldn't argue against that). but it FOR SURE is an amazing coop experience.
@@Roonco12 I wish they could bring back some of them games with some online features. It was the best time to be a gamer back then. So much changed now..
No one ever talks about Strange Brigade!!! I’m so happy you guys did. It deserves more love. I love that game. It’s my favorite “play to play something” that and Hitman lol.
I finally just got 4 like 2 years ago and still play with my friend from time to time. Actually finally got gat out of hell here recently and have been playing that. Man I miss those saints row games when they were goofy and fun. It's a shame what they did to the franchise with the last one. RIP 🙏
fr, so many glitches and bugs and the fact that only 1 of potentially 4 players gets the save/advance of the game?! narratively it makes no sense, but the first game's coop didnt either...
@@zielona_f really? I played it on PC a few months after release and didn't encounter a single glitch or bug, it was a smooth and satisfying experience. I had a lot of fun in the new locations, zombies and Parkour! For me it was an amazing experience, both were. I was a little disappointed with the night since that wasn't as scary as Dying light 1 especially because there were no Volatiles roaming around but I saw that they updated that and even added a new DLC so I am planning to even revisit the game. Maybe the "only 1 person progression" is a frustrating for some people but I played both of the games entirely co op so that didn't really matter to me, in fact I didn't even know that this was the case until your comment lol.
It Take Two is great and that part with the elephant was to show how selfish they had become and how they didn't even care about hurting their daughter no matter the lengths they needed to go to.
Yeah, I played it with my teen daughter (her mom & I divorced when she was very little)... it was brutal, but when I asked her about it afterwards, she completely understood the point they were getting across. We both hated that the game ended with them reconciled, though, because they have such a toxic relationship & the ending seemed to fly in the face of the entire rest of the game.
Left for Dead 2 realism mode is to notch fun. My cousin and I have logged tons of hours on that mode alone. I'm sure it's even better with a full squad. It turns off all the highlights and doesn't hold your hand as much. Play it on normal difficulty or higher, and it's amazing
Left 4 Dead 2 Coop on expert realism as the best gaming experience I ever had. the things is, the team is only as strong as its weakest part you know that. and if that 4th person is a random idiot joining the team on expert realism instead of a lower difficulty, they ruin everything. the reason why I quit playing Left 4 dead 2.
Untitled Goose Game is one of the most underrated co-op games I’ve played in years. The side scrolling beat em ups largely have been very reliable lately.
I wanna throw out a couple. Killing Floor 1 and 2 are great. Resident Evil 5 and Dead Space 3 coop are imo the way to play these games, even if they are considered lesser in their series, it is just so much fun on top of getting more from the games. Many of the Ghost Recon games, I'd pick Future Soldier, Wildlands, and Breakpoint(after all the patches) are also great coop games if you can get 2-4 people together. Also Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is also another great coop game. Edit: HOW COULD I FORGET EARTH DEFENSE FORCE. You want blow away giant insects mindlessly, there is not better game
Great selection. Here a few more: Outriders - Zombie Army trilogy and ZA4 - World War Z - Shadow Warrior 2 - Back 4 Blood - Sniper Elite 3, 4 and 5 - The forest - Sons of the forest. You can do a Second Video!!
My favorite local coop is Resident Evil 5. As a RE game, it may not be loved, but as a co-op game, it's one of the best imo. Online coop is are GRAW and GRAW 2. Those games had 16-player co-op. When you turn off the respawns and radar assist, man, it's intense. I remember playing missions that lasted an hour or so because it took so much coordination... even with great teammates, we would rarely pass missions with even 1/4 the team surviving.
I played zombies ate my neighbours with my sister growing up and I feel like the game deserves a remaster and should get way more love than it has gotten over the years!!
@@Shakshuka69 It would have been a good mechanic if the game wasn't so damn easy. There was no need to change ammo or use whatever tactics because the AI is so dumb.
Shredder's Revenge also gets points for having one of the best soundtracks for a beaten up! The final boss levels are off the chain! Now who do we talk to about another X-Men game?
My wife and I had such a good time playing "It Takes Two". We understood why the parents thought that killing Cutie was the answer, but we cringed at how wrong we knew they were. None of the story bits ruined our experience and we were very satisfied once we finished.
l4d2 is just a classic masterpiece. All mechanics, level design, and other aspects of the game are made with extreme detail and real use. Plus, it's a literal coop game that encourages cooperation
@@caseywrable yes! It will pop up if you TH-cam splinter cell chaos theory multiplayer. You’ll find recent videos of people playing and they explain how to on there. Don’t need a great pc to run it either
20. 19:54 dead island 2 19. 19:54 Reminent 2 18. 2:36 strange brigade 17. 3:12 farcry 5/6 16. 4:36 divinity original sin 2 15. 5:44 a way out 14. 6:54 portal 2 13. 7:56 lara croft and guardians of light 12. 9:02 Call of Duty 11. 10:45 streets of Rage 4 10. 12:37 lego city undercover / all Lego 9. 13:39 half life decay ps2 only? 8. 14:55 Gears of war 2 7. 15:41 splinter cell chaos theory 6. 16:45 lost planet 2 5. 18:11 zelda game boy advanced 4. 19:23 zombies ate my neighbours 3. 19:54 it takes two (the best) 2. 19:54 LFD 2 1. 19:54 halo master chief collection
I'll second Stardew Valley. One of my all-time favorite games, although I've yet to try co-op. The Lego games are all couch co-op (except the Wii U version of Undercover). Overcooked All You Can Eat includes the first 2 games + DLC and those are pretty hectic and fun. Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon has a VS mode.
Destroy all humans 2! Also, absolutely a blast, Stubbs the zombie These will have you cracking up in 2 player, pretty much the whole time you're playing them
The fact you guys mentioned Zombies Ate My Neighbors, an ALL-TIME classic in my book , rocked it as a kid on SNES and recently beat it a few months ago on PS5 , you guys when the day for that alone!
Appreciate the shout-out to Splinter Cell CT. That co-op campaign was tons of fun, designed from the ground up as a separate campaign too. I remember performing the co-op moves, sneaking around, defusing bombs and goofing around with the NPC's with a buddy. As for L4D, it's the 8 player Versus mode that did it for me. It combined all the joys of co-op with versus multiplayer and with a great group of people and cross-speak on it could be absolutely hilarious. Ah, good times :')
Happy to see Left 4 Dead 2 at #2. The Grandfather of FPS Survival Horror games. So many great memories I will forever cherish when it was at it's peak. You really had to be there😢😪 I highly recommend to anyone that has not played it before. The purest gaming experience of its genre. No gimmicks, just pure fun and if you're on PC, like Falcon said, it's got a TON of custom content that basically keeps the game thriving.
Me and my family LOVED playing the X-Men Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance games growing up. Was always a blast to get to pick our favorite characters to play as and work together to beat iconic villains. Though the cameras were a little janky at times, it was nice to be able to all play on 1 screen vs having to deal with a splitscreen. Similar game that was kind of a sleeper hit was Shrek 2. Similar co-op topdown brawler (less emphasis on the RPG stat aspects) but a ton of fun.
I had absolutely no idea that Evil West was co-op. Thanks for letting me know. Two things though; even when I am not a big fan, I don't feel like the Borderlands saga should be a bonus... It should at least be top 5, considering how long the campaigns are, how many people you can play with and how the progress works in co-op. Also, Dying Light, which is at least better than the Far Cry games in terms of co-op (better progression, more people and just overall better game), and it is not even a bonus mention :(.
Me and my gf have been playing so much stardew valley, it’s such a fun game to just unwind and chill out with. She likes cozy games and it has a good progression system so I have a lot of fun too. Honestly one of the best co-op games I’ve ever played
As a dragon fan (way too few games out there where you can play one imo) I think part 3 of the spyro dawn of the dragon series would be an honorable mention. You play Spyro and Cynder, both dragons, who are tethered together by a magical collar. You can fly (finally), each can control a few elements, it has a cute story and a few puzzles in it's levels. My sister and I played this so much on the Ps3. I liked the tether dynamic because while it prevented separate exploring and split screen, it gave a good plot-driven reason for that.
The memories I have of my brother and I playing Army of Two are among my favorite gaming memories ever. Immediately thought of that game when it came to best co op campaigns
can't believe army of two didn't make this list, so many good memories playing through the first game and then getting so excited to grind for the platinum trophy in the sequels
0:20 Number 20 Dead Island 2
1:24 Number 19 Remnant 2
2:26 Number 18 Strange Brigade
3:13 Number 17 Far Cry 5
4:42 Number 16 Divinity Original Sin 2
5:42 Number 15 A Way Out
6:55 Number 14 Portal 2
7:52 Number 13 Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
9:01 Number 12 Call of Duty
10:42 Number 11 Streets of Rage 4
12:36 Number 10 LEGO City Undercover
13:40 Number 9 Half-Life Decay
14:41 Number 8 Gears of War 2
15:40 Number 7 Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
16:44 Number 6 Lost Planet 2
18:08 Number 5 The Legend of Zelda
19:22 Number 4 Zombies Ate My Neighbors
20:37 Number 3 It Takes two
22:43 Number 2 Left for dead 2
24:38 Number 1 Halo Master chief collection
26:13 Bonus Evil west - Vermintide 2 - Borderland series - Tutrtles
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Referring to Connect4 as tic-tac-toe is criminal
I came here for this comment 😂
My favorite part is the connect four box is right there.
Basically the same game
Ok im not going crazy. I remember playing tic tac toe with my dad while waiting for the barbershop to open. I thought that my childhood was a lie for a minute.
@@donk6765 no it's not lay off the hallucinogens
I can not believe ARMY OF TWO didn’t make this list. Some of the best fun I had playing that game with my father. The Agro skill was so fun going back to back just taking out enemies.
That was the first game that popped in my head when I saw the title of this video
Deadass it didn't make the list wtf
When it didn't show by number 4 I thought it was gonna be number 1... Damn Devil's Cartel was the bomb
Easily best co op game
Yes!! I loved it!
Real shame that couch co-op isn't as big of a thing as it used to be.
The ascent is on ps5 and it's a great couch coop. Check it out, me and my wife enjoy playing it together
Especially now that TV's are finally big enough.
Baldurs gate 3 is the last true hope for couch coop
@@Jarrod-if6uvyes the real irony. I still play couch co-op with my buddies on the older cods, Halos, OG Star Wars Battlefront games, and other games. Splitscreen zombies is actually manageable now lol
People don't have friends anymore
Friends are a myth
not nearly enough love for army of two. such a damn blast back in the day. would love to see some content on that
Army of two taught me and my cousin co-operation with the agro system instead of just guns blazing however we wanted. It's absolutely underrated.
I’m so happy to see someone mention this game
It’s downright criminal the 40th day didn’t make it on here! My best friend and I would rock, paper and scissors each other for the decisions that would arise throughout the story. Great memories with that game!
First game I played COOP, eventually moved to Borderlands.
I was 15 when that game dropped and I stayed at a friends house that weekend to run it coop.
Halo coop campaigns are literally the best times of my life with my older brother. Waking up in the morning and playing until our mom would yell at us to eat breakfast. And that last mission on halo 3 with the warthog for the very first time is a memory with him that’s fried into my brain
i was happy halo was first
Halo 3 final mission - 4 player co-op everyone in ghosts on legendary because a 0 gs achievement required it haha. Yeah Halo is the OG co-op gaming S-tier experience
@@Lawrence_Talbot and the 3 and 4 player are actually canon elites not jist some place holders
halo ce and 3s ending missions were some of the best ive ever played in my life
@@Lawrence_Talbotthis the one 👏🏾
I experienced Gears of War 1-3 solely by playing coop with my brother and that was pretty fun. I want to say Army of Two a game designed around coop, I remember that game being a good time. Never got to play the sequel but my brother and I enjoyed the first one.
It was a dumb fun game for sure
MORE SPLITSCREEN COOP GAMES PLEASE!!
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No omg thts awful
@@thedevilsrockstxr2309 why would splitscreen be awful?
@@thedevilsrockstxr2309couch coop is amazing. What’s so bad about it?
@@ravenschihl4038 'cause he has no one else to sit on a couch with.
Is this it!? Is this finally the day Gameranx mentions Army of 2 !?
Obviously not. That and Gauntlet. How do you miss Gauntlet when talking about coop games?
Hahaha...no.
I’m actually surprised that’s not on here, along with the OG Star Wars Battlefront 2 Campaign or galactic conquest, and Black Hawk Down. It had a co-op campaign that played differently from the single player one and that game was fun. Long before we got CoD Modern Warfare and Spec Ops in MW2
Well that game is actually good and came out before 2015 so it doesn’t exist. Lol.
@@glorthstar uh, Gauntlet wasn't that good?
You missed Resident Evil 5, that one's good fun in coop. I would also add Serious Sam Fusion and FEAR 3 to this list, they're also great fun.
I was about to say! I _still_ play it!
Resident Evil 5 is one of the best co-op games ever imo
Hopefully they remake Resident Evil 5.
100% agree, I dont even like scary games at all and Resident Evil 5 is one of the best co-op experiences I have ever had.
I constantly have the urge to replay Resident Evil 5. It’s fantastic in coop.
Can you make one with split screen co-op only
Yes please
Resident evil 5 and all the BORDERLANDS 1 to 2 & 3 If that helps
Plz
Yes exactly
Little Big Planet games are never mentioned in this channel. Those were the best coop games back in the ps3 days.
It wasn’t released in the last 5 years so it doesn’t exist. Lol.
Sackboy was within 5 years though 🤷🏻
I had a ton of fun playing Dynasty Warriors 3 coop with a friend. Miss those days!
Imagine Activison making a Call of Duty where the campaign is literally co-op. Just imagine the copies it will sell. It's that simple and that effective. All they have to do is that. Not realistic graphics, not a battle pass, not multiple connected game servers. Just a good old fashioned engaging over the top story with CO-OP!!!
World at War
@@Corvoattano13 dude it released more than a decade back. Call of Duty was doing really good back then. Am talking about now.
Except they’re money hungry and they know they don’t need to put in the extra work to make money as people will buy them anyway, pay for the battlepass and now the black cell thing will always be there because it’s another way the players keep giving them money
@@ItsJustRuru they are up and running because of all the whales out there.
This literally exists. lol
I miss the Army of Two series. Dumb co op fun. Much love to GR crew and community.
Calling connect 4 tick-tack-toe is treason.
Now why did you have to make me relive the elephant thing from It Takes Two man 😭
Absolutely crushed my girlfriend and I :(
I've never felt like more of a monster in a video game
Yea that was a tough one to get through. I knew about that scene before playing it, I just wish my girlfriend had known too...
Yeah that was sad.
Avatar, The Ascenst, V Rising, The Division 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, Sniper Elite 5, Outward, Far Cry 5, Elden Ring.
But the best co-op experience is The Forest.
The Forest was amazing in coop.
Yeah, The Forest, and Elden ring are my top co op games. Another that was great is Salt & Sanctuary.
Man, Outward had so much potential. Shame it was so janky.
like forkin outriders...
20. Dead island 2 - 00:20
19. Remnant 2 - 01:24
18. Strange brigade - 02:26
17. Far cry 5 and 6 - 03:13
16. Divinity original scene 2 - 04:32
15. A way out - 05:42
Brothers a tale of 2 sons
14. Portal 2 - 06:55
13. Lara croft and the guardian of light - 07:52
Lara croft and the temple of osiris
12. Call of duty : modern warfare 2 (2009) - 09:01
11. Streets of rage 4 - 10:42
10. Lego city undercover - 12:36
9. Half life decay - 13:40
8. Gears of war 2 - 14:41
7. Splinter cell chaos theory - 15:40
6. Lost planet 2 - 16:44
5. The legend of zelda four swords adventures - 18:08
4. Zombies ate my neighbours - 19:22
3. A way out - 20:37
2. Left 4 dead 2 - 22:43
1. Halo the master chief collection - 24:38
Bonus:
Evil west - 26:15
Warhammer Vermintide 2 - 26:42
Borderland series - 27:15
Teenage mutant ninja turtles shredder's revenge - 28:15
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks holds so much precious memories from my childhood.
PS2 was indeed the best console ever made.
Thank you for remembering that classic
Yes YESSSS Great game buddy!
It's the best Mortal Kombat game of all time. I don't care what anyone says. In terms of everything MK brings to their usual games, Shoalin Monks had great gameplay. Cool characters moves, along with Sub zero and Scorpion as unlocks, and an actual cool story with Cool interactive levels. I'll die on this hill of Shoalin Monks being the best MK game ever. They need to do a sequal and get away from this 1 v 1 stuff. It's overdone and doesn't offer anything worth $70. Shoalin Monks, and Resident Evil 5 are the greatest coop games of all time. Army of two is up there, as is Army of Two, Devils Cartel was an underrated gem.
No Castle Crashers? Damn not even the bonus. I remember you game.
It's just had new DLC announced too.
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I have been searching for about 3 to 4 years of a COOP game I grew up playing. "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" is something my friend and I will play all night trying to beat. THANK YOU for giving me the name of this beloved childhood game.
I know Baldur's Gate 3 gets all the praise it deserves, but still deserves to be on the list
yeah I was thinking the exact same thing! perhaps ppl are tired of BG3 being hailed as the greatest thing ever lol (even though i wouldn't argue against that). but it FOR SURE is an amazing coop experience.
MW2 Spec ops was such a great time with my mates. Terrorist hunt on Rainbow 6 Vegas was amazing too.
You know what I just love this list…
VEGAS 2 IS GOATED🔥
I wonder how many of this games will be COUCH CO-OP
what u mean will be? these are not upcoming games...
@@Kuryux i mean on the list, how many of them are actually couch coop and not online. To my surprise the list is quite even
Conflict Desert Storm for Ps2 and Xbox was so much fun on co-op.
Dude, some of the best times of my young gaming life.
@@Roonco12 I wish they could bring back some of them games with some online features. It was the best time to be a gamer back then. So much changed now..
No horror game will ever traumatise me more than that elephant scene.
Yeah that was…. A lot. Like it was just reeeeally drawn out.
That poor elephant
What game?
@@monkeytoes1155 It Takes Two
It takes two @@monkeytoes1155
No one ever talks about Strange Brigade!!! I’m so happy you guys did. It deserves more love. I love that game. It’s my favorite “play to play something” that and Hitman lol.
I'm genuinely surprised Saints row 2, 3 and 4 aren't mentioned. They are really fun to do with a friend
I finally just got 4 like 2 years ago and still play with my friend from time to time. Actually finally got gat out of hell here recently and have been playing that. Man I miss those saints row games when they were goofy and fun. It's a shame what they did to the franchise with the last one. RIP 🙏
2 was a blast :) Dumb Irish accent voice protagonist made my dude my absolute favorite character ever.
How did no one mention Dying light! Both 1 & 2 are THE BEST online co-op experiences I have ever had, it's a crime to not include them!
dying light 2's co op isnt as great as the first game tbh
fr, so many glitches and bugs and the fact that only 1 of potentially 4 players gets the save/advance of the game?! narratively it makes no sense, but the first game's coop didnt either...
@@MS-nb2zg and why is that? I loved both of them.
@@zielona_f really? I played it on PC a few months after release and didn't encounter a single glitch or bug, it was a smooth and satisfying experience. I had a lot of fun in the new locations, zombies and Parkour! For me it was an amazing experience, both were. I was a little disappointed with the night since that wasn't as scary as Dying light 1 especially because there were no Volatiles roaming around but I saw that they updated that and even added a new DLC so I am planning to even revisit the game.
Maybe the "only 1 person progression" is a frustrating for some people but I played both of the games entirely co op so that didn't really matter to me, in fact I didn't even know that this was the case until your comment lol.
@@sonitdhusia7064 waaay too many bugs and the competitions dont hit the same as it did in the first game
Army of Two, Darksiders Genesis and Splinter Cell Conviction's Deniable Ops mode are some of the best.
Nice! Are they your top 3?
@@gameranxTV No but they deserve some recognition
Holy I did not expect lost planet 2 mention. What a nostalgia throwback
Resident Evil 5 co-op playing as Chris and Sheva is awesome, played through it with my nephew and it was a great time.
I am currently loving Baldurs Gate 3 with my mrs. Co op done well. I am a big fan of local co op.
dead space 3 in coop is a total other experience :)
My absolute favorite of the dead spaces.
It Take Two is great and that part with the elephant was to show how selfish they had become and how they didn't even care about hurting their daughter no matter the lengths they needed to go to.
Yeah, I played it with my teen daughter (her mom & I divorced when she was very little)... it was brutal, but when I asked her about it afterwards, she completely understood the point they were getting across.
We both hated that the game ended with them reconciled, though, because they have such a toxic relationship & the ending seemed to fly in the face of the entire rest of the game.
Resident evil 5 deserves to be in the list of best co-op campaigns
Solid choice! We should probably come back with a part 2.
Left for Dead 2 realism mode is to notch fun. My cousin and I have logged tons of hours on that mode alone. I'm sure it's even better with a full squad. It turns off all the highlights and doesn't hold your hand as much. Play it on normal difficulty or higher, and it's amazing
Most of my time in 2nd L4D was in expert realism. I pretty sure you can find quick matches even now. Or just try B4B
Left 4 Dead 2 Coop on expert realism as the best gaming experience I ever had. the things is, the team is only as strong as its weakest part you know that. and if that 4th person is a random idiot joining the team on expert realism instead of a lower difficulty, they ruin everything. the reason why I quit playing Left 4 dead 2.
The Division was amazing coop. I have so many hours in Division 1&2 and almost all were playing coop with my buddy!! Great times
Nice! Any co-op games you’re going through now or is there something you’re keeping tabs on for this second half of the year?
Untitled Goose Game is one of the most underrated co-op games I’ve played in years.
The side scrolling beat em ups largely have been very reliable lately.
Timesplitters series should at least have been mentioned in the bonus section.
the Battlefield 3 Co-op campaign is also really really underrated
Agreed!
I wanna throw out a couple. Killing Floor 1 and 2 are great. Resident Evil 5 and Dead Space 3 coop are imo the way to play these games, even if they are considered lesser in their series, it is just so much fun on top of getting more from the games. Many of the Ghost Recon games, I'd pick Future Soldier, Wildlands, and Breakpoint(after all the patches) are also great coop games if you can get 2-4 people together. Also Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is also another great coop game. Edit: HOW COULD I FORGET EARTH DEFENSE FORCE. You want blow away giant insects mindlessly, there is not better game
Killing floor 2 is a blast
I was looking up coop games and this released. They can see me
Love you gameranx ❤️
Great selection. Here a few more: Outriders - Zombie Army trilogy and ZA4 - World War Z - Shadow Warrior 2 - Back 4 Blood - Sniper Elite 3, 4 and 5 - The forest - Sons of the forest. You can do a Second Video!!
My favorite local coop is Resident Evil 5. As a RE game, it may not be loved, but as a co-op game, it's one of the best imo.
Online coop is are GRAW and GRAW 2. Those games had 16-player co-op. When you turn off the respawns and radar assist, man, it's intense. I remember playing missions that lasted an hour or so because it took so much coordination... even with great teammates, we would rarely pass missions with even 1/4 the team surviving.
Meanwhile, I did a few of those with just 1 friend.
I'm surprised castle crashers wasn't mentioned. Such a gem of a game
I played zombies ate my neighbours with my sister growing up and I feel like the game deserves a remaster and should get way more love than it has gotten over the years!!
For me, ratchet and clank: all for one, and the little big planet series has to be up there. I have so many memories of playing them with my siblings.
Ratchet: Deadlocked was a coop classic too🔥
I enjoyed playing Metal Slug with friends back in the day
Farcry 6 was a massive disappointment
The specialized ammo system where different enemies require different ammo was beyond dumb and I hope to never see it again
Honestly, what did you expect? Have you seen a positive trend somewhere in that series as time has gone on?
Can't be that disappointing when you know going in it's gonna be the same thing.
@@jthornton4460 Or anything from Ubisoft in recent years?
@@Shakshuka69 It would have been a good mechanic if the game wasn't so damn easy. There was no need to change ammo or use whatever tactics because the AI is so dumb.
Shredder's Revenge also gets points for having one of the best soundtracks for a beaten up! The final boss levels are off the chain! Now who do we talk to about another X-Men game?
I miss couch co op games
Halo, L4D, Army of 2 and TimeSplitters franchise were my fave co-ops.
My wife and I had such a good time playing "It Takes Two". We understood why the parents thought that killing Cutie was the answer, but we cringed at how wrong we knew they were. None of the story bits ruined our experience and we were very satisfied once we finished.
I was expecting to see Army Of Two here, great game, lots of fun
Remnant II reminds me of those weird PS1 and PS2 AA titles that you’d find in a discount bin and then end up having it be one of your favorites
Saints Row 2 coop is like what if gta had coop? It’s awesome
You could play San Andreas free roam co-op
@@andson02 true, but you can’t play it with go really far as the second player
Love this list, but I feel like Borderlands 2 should be on here as well.
Yeah, i can't believe Borderlands didn't make the main list
I'm going to play the game again just to do this segment.
Borderlands 1 is kinda boring tho. 2 was clearly the best. 3 was just, more of one.
And even then 2 isn't anything to write home about.
I legit thought it was #1 by the time I got to #2
@@brogamin179 what the fuck even is your comment
l4d2 is just a classic masterpiece. All mechanics, level design, and other aspects of the game are made with extreme detail and real use. Plus, it's a literal coop game that encourages cooperation
The splinter cell PVP was cool. And of course, the L4D games were great coop fun.
Spies vs mercs was so good. People still play online
@@Wetterwet they do? I didn’t know that.
@@caseywrable yes! It will pop up if you TH-cam splinter cell chaos theory multiplayer. You’ll find recent videos of people playing and they explain how to on there. Don’t need a great pc to run it either
I used to love playing the co-op missions in the original Warface.. they were amazing
Nice! Have you tried out any of the games on our list? Might find something worth checking out :)
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20. 19:54 dead island 2
19. 19:54 Reminent 2
18. 2:36 strange brigade
17. 3:12 farcry 5/6
16. 4:36 divinity original sin 2
15. 5:44 a way out
14. 6:54 portal 2
13. 7:56 lara croft and guardians of light
12. 9:02 Call of Duty
11. 10:45 streets of Rage 4
10. 12:37 lego city undercover / all Lego
9. 13:39 half life decay ps2 only?
8. 14:55 Gears of war 2
7. 15:41 splinter cell chaos theory
6. 16:45 lost planet 2
5. 18:11 zelda game boy advanced
4. 19:23 zombies ate my neighbours
3. 19:54 it takes two (the best)
2. 19:54 LFD 2
1. 19:54 halo master chief collection
need couch co op for my gf and i, we did it takes two, sackboy, waiting for cult of lamb multi update
Did you try Stardew Valley?
I'll second Stardew Valley. One of my all-time favorite games, although I've yet to try co-op. The Lego games are all couch co-op (except the Wii U version of Undercover). Overcooked All You Can Eat includes the first 2 games + DLC and those are pretty hectic and fun. Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon has a VS mode.
Destroy all humans 2!
Also, absolutely a blast,
Stubbs the zombie
These will have you cracking up in 2 player, pretty much the whole time you're playing them
Can you talk about couch split screen games?feels kinda dry in that area to me…
Will do.
It Takes Two was my wife's introduction to video games and we really enjoyed it!
Army of 2?!
Army of Two holds a special place in my heart as well.
Gears of War co op is on another level. Spent weeks playing those games with buddies
I digested this topic a week ago @gameranx is goated I love this channel
We appreciate you! Thanks for watching :)
The fact you guys mentioned Zombies Ate My Neighbors, an ALL-TIME classic in my book , rocked it as a kid on SNES and recently beat it a few months ago on PS5 , you guys when the day for that alone!
Hell Divers 2 has been one of the best co op games I've played since Left for Dead 2. So much fun.
Uncharted 2 & 3 co-op story missions were my favorite aspects of the multiplayer.
My buddy and i are currently doing a full LASO run of the master chief collection and holy hell we've been stuck on Halo 2 for months now
The best thing about LFD2 is the drop in-drop out mechanic with ever adjusting difficulty depending on players/skills. It always feels 'just right'
We do love us some LFD2
No Timesplitters? Or Timesplitters 2? Or even Timesplitters Future Perfect?
Hmm should we come back with a part 2? Lot of great games we could feature on another video.
Gears is obviously one of the best. But lets not forget Army of Two. That first one was great back in the day
I must be tired since my first thought at reading the title was wondering just how many chicken games are out there and why hadn't I heard of them?
I'd like to see that video lol
@@timotheninja Makes me think of that Fable game with the chicken in the intro
Army of 2 deserved a mention, that game was a blast co-op!
Maybe we need to come back with a part 2. Lot of other great games to feature :)
Appreciate the shout-out to Splinter Cell CT. That co-op campaign was tons of fun, designed from the ground up as a separate campaign too. I remember performing the co-op moves, sneaking around, defusing bombs and goofing around with the NPC's with a buddy. As for L4D, it's the 8 player Versus mode that did it for me. It combined all the joys of co-op with versus multiplayer and with a great group of people and cross-speak on it could be absolutely hilarious. Ah, good times :')
Happy to see Left 4 Dead 2 at #2. The Grandfather of FPS Survival Horror games. So many great memories I will forever cherish when it was at it's peak. You really had to be there😢😪 I highly recommend to anyone that has not played it before. The purest gaming experience of its genre. No gimmicks, just pure fun and if you're on PC, like Falcon said, it's got a TON of custom content that basically keeps the game thriving.
The fact you remembered Divinity, but forgot Baldurs Gate 3, which is way better, is crazy!
Baldurs Gate 3 should be 1st on the list
Me and my family LOVED playing the X-Men Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance games growing up. Was always a blast to get to pick our favorite characters to play as and work together to beat iconic villains. Though the cameras were a little janky at times, it was nice to be able to all play on 1 screen vs having to deal with a splitscreen. Similar game that was kind of a sleeper hit was Shrek 2. Similar co-op topdown brawler (less emphasis on the RPG stat aspects) but a ton of fun.
I had absolutely no idea that Evil West was co-op. Thanks for letting me know. Two things though; even when I am not a big fan, I don't feel like the Borderlands saga should be a bonus... It should at least be top 5, considering how long the campaigns are, how many people you can play with and how the progress works in co-op. Also, Dying Light, which is at least better than the Far Cry games in terms of co-op (better progression, more people and just overall better game), and it is not even a bonus mention :(.
im pretty all of the borderlands games are splitscreen as well
Evil West is coop but just 2 players sadly, what a great game.
Me and my gf have been playing so much stardew valley, it’s such a fun game to just unwind and chill out with. She likes cozy games and it has a good progression system so I have a lot of fun too. Honestly one of the best co-op games I’ve ever played
I’m really hoping space marine 2 has a fin multi player and co-op campaign, also will you be doing a before you buy on that? Thanks
Next video top 10 couch co-op games like 2 controllers in the same living room
No dying light?? 🗿
8-player co-op in terraria is absolutely awesome
Thanks for giving the recommendation! Would you like to see a part 2?
Secret of Mana was the 1st co-op game i can remember, it's old but it's such a good game.
As a dragon fan (way too few games out there where you can play one imo) I think part 3 of the spyro dawn of the dragon series would be an honorable mention.
You play Spyro and Cynder, both dragons, who are tethered together by a magical collar. You can fly (finally), each can control a few elements, it has a cute story and a few puzzles in it's levels. My sister and I played this so much on the Ps3. I liked the tether dynamic because while it prevented separate exploring and split screen, it gave a good plot-driven reason for that.
Army of Two is still a game series I will look back on fondly. First two were so much fun
thank you so much for this wonderful list! 🙇♀️ co-op games are the best way I’ve found to hang out and stay in touch with distant friends 🙂
The memories I have of my brother and I playing Army of Two are among my favorite gaming memories ever. Immediately thought of that game when it came to best co op campaigns
19:34 My younger brother & I loved this one. Thanks for the memory recall.
I don't know how you missed army of 2... so much fun coop
can't believe army of two didn't make this list, so many good memories playing through the first game and then getting so excited to grind for the platinum trophy in the sequels
The Army of Two campaigns were damn good times playing through with my brother.