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Windows LAN Games

Discussion in 'Gaming' started by Bishbosh, 23 Dec 2011.

  1. Bishbosh

    Bishbosh Brutally Subtle

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    This is my first post here outside the " folding " forum..
    I am looking for a couple of game ideas for a small christmas Lan party at home. We have plenty of high spec computers so its all about came play and giggles. Ideas please guys.

    Thanks.;)
     
    Bishbosh, 23 Dec 2011
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  2. Votick

    Votick My CPU's hot but my core runs cold.

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    Warsow - Quake Style FPS
    Team Fortress 2

    ^^ 2 Free Games anyone can download and play.
     
    Votick, 23 Dec 2011
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  3. Tibby

    Tibby Back Once Again

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    -Borderlands for Co-Op goodness (4 player)
    -BF3 for good squad play and co-ordination.
    -One of the Test Drive games for LAN driving fun (make sure to download some user created tracks)
     
    Tibby, 23 Dec 2011
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  4. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    blur is a giggle
     
    Gunsmith, 23 Dec 2011
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  5. Tomhyde1986

    Tomhyde1986 What's a Dremel?

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    Diablo 2! The daddy of all LAN games.

    Total Annihilation. Old but awesome.

    Also Quake 3 arena would be a good bet or any lanable quake game.

    I'm not too sure on modern LAN games although Borderlands as has already been suggested is a good bet.
     
    Tomhyde1986, 23 Dec 2011
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  6. .//TuNdRa

    .//TuNdRa Resident Bulldozer Guru

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    As far as modern games go? Saints Row 3 (A right bloody riot with enough people.), Call of Duty 4 is the last of the lot to properly support it (Besides Black Ops), Supreme Commander, Minecraft (Obviously).
     
    .//TuNdRa, 23 Dec 2011
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  7. Dwarfer

    Dwarfer What's a Dremel?

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    Your older C&C Games are brill on a LAN
     
    Dwarfer, 23 Dec 2011
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  8. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Supreme Commander Forged Alliance, Left 4 Dead 2 is awesome in LAN, Battlefield 3 (my favourite game of all time possibly)

    edit: Oh and Call of Duty World at War for the Co-Op campaign! Its A-mazing!
     
    Parge, 23 Dec 2011
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  9. improprietary

    improprietary FT03 is a bitch to watercool

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    you might need to download an ipx driver for red alert 2 and the likes. Oh and don't play anno 2070 'cause you won't have time for anything else then.
     
    improprietary, 23 Dec 2011
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  10. Kiytan

    Kiytan Shiny

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    serious sam (any of them) crank the difficulty to max and enjoy the madness.
     
    Kiytan, 23 Dec 2011
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  11. Bishbosh

    Bishbosh Brutally Subtle

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    Thanks for your help guys. Some great games here . Keep em coming. :clap:
     
    Bishbosh, 23 Dec 2011
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  12. Marvin-HHGTTG

    Marvin-HHGTTG CTRL + SHIFT + ESC

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    Definitely not BF3, as there's no LAN support, and if you mean playing as a 4-man squad in a 64 player game, just do that from home.

    I had a LAN here yesterday, and have them around 10 times a year, usually 4-8 of us. Games we indulge in are:

    Left 4 Dead 2 (if 4 or 8 people)
    Dawn Of War II: Retribution (6 player limit)
    Dirt 2 (3 would now be better, 8 player limit)
    Flatout (8 player limit)
    Call of Duty 4/Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 with AlterIW.net + user maps which better fit low player numbers
    Trackmania
    Borderlands (4 player max)
    Company of Heroes (8 player limit)
    Civilisation IV/V

    Also worth a look depending on who and what they like:
    Total War games: Shogun II/Medieval II with Stainless Steel/LOTR 3.0
    Blur
    Any LAN-enabled shooter if there's more than 6 of you

    From our experience, if there's less, go for the co-op, strategy and racing genres, if there's more, go for competitive/versus games, and racing.
     
    Marvin-HHGTTG, 23 Dec 2011
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  13. SMIFFYDUDE

    SMIFFYDUDE Supermodders on my D

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    Killing Floor
     
    SMIFFYDUDE, 23 Dec 2011
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  14. dark_avenger

    dark_avenger Minimodder

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    This.

    Just finished the new one and can't wait to LAN it up.
     
    dark_avenger, 26 Dec 2011
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  15. yakyb

    yakyb i hate the person above me

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    my Vote is for RA2
     
    yakyb, 28 Dec 2011
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  16. lp rob1

    lp rob1 Modder

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    I still have a copy of Generals around somewhere. The best part is - the serial key for it is stored in plain text in the registry. So it is trivial to go in, change it, then avoid any of the duplicate serial key errors! :worried:
     
    lp rob1, 28 Dec 2011
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  17. Hardware150

    Hardware150 Minimodder

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    Games that haven't been mentioned:

    Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2004. Master of orion 2, Starcraft, Battlefield 2, Titan Quest Immortal Throne, Dawn of war 1, Terraria.

    Games that have been mentioned:

    +1 for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, C&C games (especially red alert 2), Company of Heroes, Civ games.
     
    Hardware150, 28 Dec 2011
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  18. Sexton

    Sexton Minimodder

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    Left 4 Dead 1 or 2, Blur, Company of Heroes, C&C Generals, Worms, Serious Sam, Trackmania
     
    Sexton, 28 Dec 2011
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  19. Bede

    Bede Minimodder

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    +1 to UT2004 and BF2, they both work very well over LAN and in small groups :)
     
    Bede, 28 Dec 2011
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  20. lilgoth89

    lilgoth89 Captin Calliope

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    +1 for sup com, C&C, ( red alert yuris revenge / generals zero hour )
    Unreal tournament
    Age Of Empires 2
    Comany Of Heroes

    are my current favs
     
    lilgoth89, 28 Dec 2011
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