![]() The visuals are dense, but not particularly pretty, the characters are still disproportionately squat and the combat consists of unloading as much of your ammunition into glowing orange bits of giant insects or the fleshy melons of human pirates. ![]() Lost Planet 2 is, like its predecessor, an extremely straightforward shooter. After that, you're bundled together and whisked off to a jungle environment for the initial mission proper.Īnd then things seem to get immeasurably less interesting. ![]() There's no threat of death, and everything synchronises perfectly, including cutscenes, with a neat boss battle rendezvous at the end. We did eventually realise that Lost Planet 2 does something that, for some reason, isn't commonplace in co-op games: it starts with two teams of players doing entirely different things, and they only reconvene after their own particular prologue. I was starting to wonder if I'd joined the wrong multiplayer session. Unless he'd suddenly transmogrified into Chuck Norris, this scenario seemed unlikely. I was bleating about mounted guns and flying enemies and he claimed to be piloting the vehicle, which on my screen was a drop ship whistling through a canyon. Subscriptions help fund the work we do every day.The Time It took for my co-op buddy and I to wrap our feeble minds around what was happening during Lost Planet 2 prologue was embarrassingly lengthy. This includes unlimited access to and our print magazine (if you'd like). Special offer for Gear readers: Get a 1-year subscription to WIRED for $5 ($25 off). Be sure to also check out our guide to Steam's Remote Play feature, which lets you play couch co-op games online. ![]() Updated April 2020: We added Halo, Overcooked 2, Mothergunship, God's Trigger, and Darksiders Genesis to the list and removed Monster Hunter: World. No matter what you and your friends are into, there's a PS4, Xbox One, Windows PC, or Switch experience listed here that's worth checking out. We've whittled down the herd to some of the very best online co-op titles in all kinds of genres: squad-based ninja brawlers, team-oriented zombie slayers that aren't Left4Dead, pixelated farming simulators, and many more. Luckily, there are a ton of games that'll let you keep the fun going from afar. ![]() It can be tough to round up your friends to play cooperative games when there's a global pandemic forcing everyone to stay home. ![]()
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