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Title: Best party games
Post by: Bamyasi on November 2, 2016 03:39 AM
By which I mean best party videogames, not like soggy biscuit or whatever normalfags play. I define "party game" as anything with multiplayer and near-zero learning curve.
Dishonorable Mentions
Any you'd recommend? Might post more with a slightly higher learning curve later.
Title: Re: Best party games
Post by: ProtoChaud on November 2, 2016 01:57 PM
First of all I'd like to say fuck you, Mario Kart is amazing. Kart racers in general are, they're all the good bits of racing games distilled into a very easy-to-learn package so you can immediately focus on map knowledge, drafting, drifting, etc...
And the Mushroom Kingdom aesthetic is so singularly pure that I couldn't hate it if I wanted to. It's one of very few things that rests in that odd little place that's not overly saccharine but is still cheerful to an extreme.

That aside, Speedrunners is the most fun I've ever had playing a video game with a group. I'd describe the gameplay but I wouldn't be able to do it justice. Here's a video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDGzN0fRQI0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDGzN0fRQI0)

Also, (if you've unlocked certain artifacts, which you should have if you've ever played the game before), Risk of Rain is a fucking blast with a group. 2d roguelike platforming shooter with endless waves of enemies and colossal bosses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjIJevomQy0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjIJevomQy0)
Title: Re: Best party games
Post by: Bamyasi on November 2, 2016 08:51 PM
Quote from: ProtoChaud on November  2, 2016 01:57 PM
First of all I'd like to say fuck you, Mario Kart is amazing. Kart racers in general are, they're all the good bits of racing games distilled into a very easy-to-learn package so you can immediately focus on map knowledge, drafting, drifting, etc...
And the Mushroom Kingdom aesthetic is so singularly pure that I couldn't hate it if I wanted to. It's one of very few things that rests in that odd little place that's not overly saccharine but is still cheerful to an extreme.
Haha I don't hate Mario Kart or New Neo Nouveau Super Mario Bros. WiiDSU but I do think they're overplayed relative to the amount of alternatives there are, like the two you just mentioned. If I had to pick between MK and Sega All-Stars I'd pick the latter any day though. That's a very good defense of the Mushroom Kingdom but it still gives me a headache after so many years visiting the same locales. It's lost the magic it had in the SMW era.

Those games both look hella rad though. Does RoR support local multiplayer on PS4? I have exactly one friend with an XBone so I'll get him to buy SpeedRunners.

Speaking of saccharine, Rainbow Cotton might be a good party game if everyone is pretty tipsy even though it's only 1-player, if only because it controls so poorly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-GuOH0jOdU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-GuOH0jOdU)
Title: Re: Best party games
Post by: Yvonne on November 2, 2016 09:30 PM
SpeedRunners is a lot of fun.

Puzzle game (you said near-zero learning curve and I hope this fits) is ibb & obb. I had the most fun with this game. It can be a collective of people trying out the characters and giving pointers as to what to do next. We got stuck on one map/puzzle and when we finally surpassed the block, many handful cheers were had (along with groans of relief and annoyance).

https://youtu.be/2iif636QAcc (https://youtu.be/2iif636QAcc)
https://youtu.be/7lcYClbSdMk (https://youtu.be/7lcYClbSdMk)
Title: Re: Best party games
Post by: rtil on November 2, 2016 11:12 PM
most of my favorites have already been mentioned. i also prefer sega-all stars racing over mario kart, although i doubt anyone plays it anymore.

sonic shuffle is fun if you have 4 people. what made it horrible was the computer players. they cheated and made the game insufferable.

my university had a cabinet of gauntlet legends in the cafeteria for a few years. i always loved that game. a spiritual successor called gauntlet came out for pc on steam 2 years ago. i bought it and never played it
Title: Re: Best party games
Post by: ProtoChaud on November 3, 2016 02:05 AM
Quote from: Bamyasi on November  2, 2016 08:51 PM
Quote from: ProtoChaud on November  2, 2016 01:57 PM
First of all I'd like to say fuck you, Mario Kart is amazing. Kart racers in general are, they're all the good bits of racing games distilled into a very easy-to-learn package so you can immediately focus on map knowledge, drafting, drifting, etc...
And the Mushroom Kingdom aesthetic is so singularly pure that I couldn't hate it if I wanted to. It's one of very few things that rests in that odd little place that's not overly saccharine but is still cheerful to an extreme.
Haha I don't hate Mario Kart or New Neo Nouveau Super Mario Bros. WiiDSU but I do think they're overplayed relative to the amount of alternatives there are, like the two you just mentioned. If I had to pick between MK and Sega All-Stars I'd pick the latter any day though. That's a very good defense of the Mushroom Kingdom but it still gives me a headache after so many years visiting the same locales. It's lost the magic it had in the SMW era.

Those games both look really rad though. Does RoR support local multiplayer on PS4? I have exactly one friend with an XBone so I'll get him to buy SpeedRunners.

Speaking of saccharine, Rainbow Cotton might be a good party game if everyone is pretty tipsy even though it's only 1-player, if only because it controls so poorly.

{Where did this video go? Will we ever find it again? Tune in next week to find out.}

Yeah RoR has local multiplayer on all systems. Both games are available for PC as well, so I'd just hook a computer up to the tv and pair controllers to it, playing off of Steam. Though that's because I'm poor and cheap, and it's definitely cheaper to do it that way.
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