EB's Matt Heywood writes, "There’s no denying the amount of joy and camaraderie that can come out of a local multiplayer gaming session, so it’s kind of sad to see that most modern games forgo this type of mode in favor of the online only multiplayer model that dominates today’s competitive gaming landscape. Luckily, franchises like Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., and a few others still offer local competitive play, so with the release of Mario Kart 8 less than two days away we felt like it’d be fun to take a look back at ten of the best local multiplayer games of all-time. The list features games from the NES all the way up to the PS3/360 era, so all generations of gamers will more than likely identify with at least one game. Head on down below to see which title took the top spot."
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Not really. 4, 5, MCC, and Infinite are only remembered for their shortcomings and failures when the franchise was purely known for being a system seller and an all-time great. There's a reason 1, 2, 3, and Reach are looked back on fondly, and it's not because of nostalgia.
I don't know of anyone that speaks fondly of the later Halo games, I would like to play 5, but I know it's not good, and I'm just waiting on Infinite to hit my strike price. I played MCC a lot later after it came out, so must of those bugs/issues were gone by the time I played it.
To say it dropped the massively is just not true. Many in the community hold H5 as the best mp mechanics in the entire series and say its what 4 should've been. Its campaign was trash but the MP is Fantastic and many faces of the community still play today and it only made 500mill in the matter of months but sure it dropped the ball massively. 4 was hated due to all the changes at once. And CoD like feature and rightful get hate but it's campaign story was liked by a majority of ppl. 343 hasn't nailed ot 100% but they get 1 thing perfect but F up in other places. Infinite had a good campaign and design but the story was a mess. The MP improves upon what Halo 3 was and is what many ppl wanted to go back to but it lacked content severely. So massively aint the word. Dropping the ball massively is when it's pure trash and unplay/unenjoyable. Most ppl blind by nostalgia so soon as 1 thing aint the same its hated cause Halo set the bar so high
FYI reach was not that good.
Halo-Pop like Gears Pop. Halo bowling. Halo Cooking Mama. There’s a reason why you won’t hear about them
Baldurs gate: Dark Alliance should be on that list, good times.
A big yes to NHL '94. My friends and I played the living crap out of that game...
Gears of War? :)
Warhawk!!!!
I would add Wii Sports, because it was the first multiplayer game that truly, TRULY allowed you to play with absolutely anyone. Age and sex didn't matter with that game.
Also New Super Mario Bros Wii, because it was the most hilarious "coop" game I played the past generation. The chaos that ensued from 4 players racing through the stages, trying to hog items and grab other players to throw them off ledges? Amazingly good times. That game made me laugh til I cried and my stomach hurt, SEVERAL times.