That's because loot drops are unique for everyone, making Diablo III a collaborative rather than a competitive experience. The game also supports carrying over your existing character from single player, and unlike other games, you don't need to compromise on gameplay to make sure you don't miss out on that "item" you had been craving. You can choose from the available six (or five, if you don't have the expansion) classes as usual: Barbarian, Crusader, Demon Hunter, Monk, Witch Doctor, or Wizard. The multiplayer modes in Diablo III are of a co-op nature, allowing four players to come together over LAN or via the Internet, to run through the campaign and even take on specific co-op enabled quests.This means that two people can't play on a single console, but if your friends bought the same console you did, then you can bring them across and take over the living room to have some demon bashing fun. ( Also see: Seven Simple Tips to Master Rocket League)įor local multiplayer, Rocket League has you covered with up to four-player split-screen action so you and your friends can have fun whether someone mistimes a jump, or pulls off an epic save.Īvailable on: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and soon on Xbox Oneĭiablo III was a long-awaited game when it finally launched in 2012, and has continued to remain relevant through release of additional content and a new edition for current-gen consoles: the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Rocket League is a game anyone can pick up as it lacks the combos pro-FIFA gamers will use on a regular basis.
Football games have become increasingly complex, which dissuades new players from trying it out. What also separates the car-football game from FIFA is the initial learning curve.
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But instead of puppeteering professional athletes from around the world, you drive a rocket-powered car that's roughly one-fourth the size of the ball, and can hurtle through air, crash into others (no fouls!), and flip like a dolphin on steroids. Half of Rocket League revolves around hitting a football into a goal, which makes it sound a lot like FIFA or PES. While FIFA will provide you with access to a larger database of teams, PES can let you play as one player out of 11 which makes it an all-inclusive group matchup, if you've the required number of controllers.Īvailable on: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One The games do differ in a couple of aspects. You can find many of the same modes across the two games: from one-off kick-off games to league and knockout based tournaments, if you've a group of three people or more. It lacks the all-too-perfect crosses found since PES 2010 and has ironed out the alternating false positives and negatives its foul detection system threw up from PES 2012-15. PES 16 on the other hand has finally achieved the balance of play it's been looking to provide. ( Also see: I hate FIFA and I can't stop playing it) FIFA 16 has worked on reducing the devastating effects of pacey players, something that plagued its franchise for a while including FIFA 15, which could get a bit too straightforward. It would be fair to say then you could pick up any recent release and have a great experience regardless, if you don't mind the outdated squads.īut both FIFA and PES have added the necessary finishing touches in their latest release, and warrant a purchase for the best possible experience. Here's a list of our favourite local multiplayer games that you will love playing with your friends.įootball simulators from EA Sports and Konami are annual releases, and have become evolutionary steps in this decade. Thankfully, there are still a number of great games that feature local multiplayer.
It makes sense for the game companies, because that means two consoles, two paid-for online accounts, and two copies of the game will be sold, but it takes a lot of the fun out of sitting around in the same room, and goofing off with your friends while playing. Of course, couch co-op - games that allow more than one active player on the same machine - is getting rarer, and these days, most of the big name games you've heard of require you to play online if you want to play with friends.
Gaming can be fun even on you own, but it always gets better with friends.
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