I’m trying to figure out which multiplayer games have the broadest appeal. What game could get the most consistent buy in and is worth playing for at least a few hours?

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[–] 10 points 11 months ago

Lately Arc Raiders has me hooked, but if youre trying to stay casual with your playtime it may frustrate you. Rocket League is a longtime standard for me too. I jump back into Helldivers2 every so often. Just depends on what hits the mood.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Guild Wars 2

    And yes I believe it’s still worth getting into

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    anything that has co-op abilities, and where I don't need to play with randoms. private co-op/single player games. genre doesn't matter, just be fun.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Helldivers 2

    I wanna try arc raiders, but I don't have the time to invest in it

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Depends on what games you enjoy the most....

    Certainly not of broad appeal, but I'm currently playing Nightreign. I think it's worth it if you enjoy soulslikes.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I avoid using Steam as much as possible because it's proprietary software that can be used as spyware and that tries to keep me dependent on their platform. My favourite Steam multiplayer game is Dota 2, I spend a hundred of hours playing it and I love it <3 Also Worms series it's great if you're looking for offline multiplayer, because you don't need LAN or multiple controllers :)

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Path of Exile 2 is decent, especially if you have a buddy to level up with.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    Cube2:Sauerbraten

    Old-school FPS feel. FOSS.

    Has solo 'Racing' servers too. Find a way through in the quickest time.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    What genre of games do you prefer?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    We play a lot of couch coöp at our house:

    • Spelunky (1&2)
    • Moving Out (1&2)
    • Pikmin 3
    • River City Girls (1&2)
    • Super Mario (World, Wonder)
    • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
    • Stardew Valley
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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago
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    Huntdown, Lovers in a dangerous spacetime, Savage Planet, ARC Raiders, Sanctum 2

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I've been really into Yi Xian Pai. The pvp mode is a lot of fun, and challenging.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    None. First off, I wanna actually own my PC where with modern multiplayer titles, a shady game publisher would effectively take ownership of my PC and tell me what I can and can't run on it via rootkit DRM, if I wanna rent my hardware, I'd rather just get a console, I wanna own my PC that I built, and not give up ownership to some shady game publisher; Riot or Activision or whoever didn't build my PC, I did, and two, most multiplayer servers aren't exactly the best place to kill time in terms of hostility.

    Single-player by contrast, at least for now, generally doesn't use rootkit DRM and so it can run on whatever I wanna run it on, and it's just me against an enemy AI with no one calling me -insert assortment of slurs here- because I messed up in some way or because I outmatched them.

    *No, kernel-level anticheats technically aren't DRM, but they're functionally rootkit DRM, so they count to me.

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