Really been getting into couch coop lately, what my friends and I do when plans for weekly table top gaming fall through. And I'm looking for some recommendations.
Some caveats:
-I know there's a lot of 4 player local coop games out there now. Indie devs have cranked out dozens and dozens of games in the last couple years, mostly pixel art games. I've looked at a lot of them.
-I really want the best of the best of the best when it comes to 4 player local coop. Something my friends and I can come back to regularly instead of playing once for a couple of hours and never touching it again.
-Aesthetically speaking, cool wins every time vs. cute. We're fairly picky about what we'll play. For example, anime-themed games tend to fall pretty flat with us even if the gameplay is good, because none of us can really stomach saccharine sweet anime. Cool, badass anime is another story.
-Coop is a must. Even those weird half coop/half versus games like Crawl aren't really what we're looking for. We've all been playing games together for a long time and there are old rivalries, so we prefer games that aren't competitive.
-Puzzle games like Monaco and company also really aren't our bag. We like action first and foremost. Beat 'em ups, shooters, racers and the like are what we get into. Tower defense, puzzle solving etc.... not so much.
-RPGs, straight action games, most are ok.....the best would be games that give you a reason to come back other than just mindless coop fun.
As an example, a game like
Road Redemption is what we're looking for. As a counter example, while fun,
Gang Beasts is not what we're looking for. It pretty much typifies that light weight Early Access Steam game that is all fur coat and no knickers.