Best LAN Games ??

Cow_160483 · Jan 27, 2009, 12:51 PM

OK guys my friends and I are planning a LAN in May and i was just thinking what are the best LAN games at the moment, that we can play to maximize the amount of fun

So far the games that we play are Halo, Unreal tournament 2004, Warcraft 3 (Dot A all stars)... and bunch that i cant remember right now

Any game category is good FPS, strategy anything will do am just tired of playing the same old games and looking for something new

VampyrByte · Jan 27, 2009, 09:24 PM

How many people will be there? if its small, like 8 people, then Left 4 Dead is great fun on Versus. Call of Duty 4, and World at War are great fun. Even CoD 2 still gets dragged out at my LANs with my mates, Trackmania is a good laugh if its just you and a few mates, dunno how that would work with 16 or so people. Counter Strike is getting old now, and TF2 isnt too great for small games, but can still be fun.

SeraphicSorcerer · Jan 27, 2009, 09:49 PM

I would say Left 4 dead, COD 4, and CS:source ftw.

Cow_160483 · Jan 28, 2009, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VampyrByte

How many people will be there? if its small, like 8 people, then Left 4 Dead is great fun on Versus. Call of Duty 4, and World at War are great fun. Even CoD 2 still gets dragged out at my LANs with my mates, Trackmania is a good laugh if its just you and a few mates, dunno how that would work with 16 or so people. Counter Strike is getting old now, and TF2 isnt too great for small games, but can still be fun.

well i think its going to be a bit larger than the previous ones we have had coz we are inviting another LAN group we are 8 and they are 8 so around 16 people altogether ! personally i have yet to play L4D i might just borrow it from a friend this weekend and if i like it its in

thanks VampyrByte

What about strategy games any thoughts??

lats LAN we played Warcraft 3 to death

was personaly thinking of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
and World in Conflict. Has any one played those games on LAN?

mkk · Jan 28, 2009, 07:39 AM

World in Conflict would fit well. The game needs at least 4-5 people per team and players that don't play much strategy has it easier to get into the basics than in most other games. Plus you can have players join in the middle of a game and still have fun. Just try to avoid having half the crowd doing heavy artillery, blasting their advancing teammates into bits.

supafly · Jan 28, 2009, 07:39 AM

How about Quake 4 and Doom 3...

as for strategy, a little starcraft never hurts

Mac Daddy · Jan 28, 2009, 12:14 PM

I have heard L4D is a lot of fun online ... I just have to find some time to try it

Cow_160483 · Jan 28, 2009, 12:29 PM

Playing online is sweet but on LAN its way better!

The difference between online and LAN:

To celebrate your victory at a LAN Party, you'd:

savor the expression of anguish on your friends face
leap up and scream, "Suck it down, monkeyboy!"
high-five your teammates (if you have any)
sing a rousing chorus of, "Who's yo daddy?"
announce that he couldn't kill you if you were on life support
Turn up the stereo really loud
begin the smack talk for the inevitable rematch

Now let's assume you were at home alone playing on the Internet. You'd celebrate your amazing victory in the following ways:

Checking your email

It's like the difference between going to a hockey game or watching one on TV. Sure, you can see it all happen on the screen -- but there's nothing like being there in person and hoping to catch a tooth lol.

the advantages of a LAN are obvious.

Judas · Jan 28, 2009, 04:17 PM

cons:

if you lose.......

blibbax · Jan 28, 2009, 05:21 PM

Almost any good co-operative game will really shine at a LAN party. My personal favourites are CoD:WaW Zombie and Rise of Nations.

Judas · Jan 28, 2009, 05:22 PM

i'm still a fan of Quake 1.... provided you use the Prepack...

It's like playing doom 3 with high resolution textures and cool lighting

)

sometimes the old games are a riot to play.

dawgXdenta · Jan 28, 2009, 05:26 PM

I'm like cow the main old game I lan is warcraft particulary Adotta

dawgXdenta · Jan 28, 2009, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cow

playing online is sweet but on lan its way better!

The difference between online and lan:

to celebrate your victory at a lan party, you'd:

savor the expression of anguish on your friends face
leap up and scream, "suck it down, monkeyboy!"
high-five your teammates (if you have any)
sing a rousing chorus of, "who's yo daddy?"
announce that he couldn't kill you if you were on life support
turn up the stereo really loud
begin the smack talk for the inevitable rematch

now let's assume you were at home alone playing on the internet. You'd celebrate your amazing victory in the following ways:

checking your email

it's like the difference between going to a hockey game or watching one on tv. Sure, you can see it all happen on the screen -- but there's nothing like being there in person and hoping to catch a tooth lol.

lol

Neshi · Jan 28, 2009, 08:24 PM

starcraft brood war for RTS game

Cow_160483 · Jan 29, 2009, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neshi

starcraft brood war for RTS game

I loved starcraft, i should really dig it up and give it a twirl!

Keep the suggestions coming

comp_ali · Jan 29, 2009, 06:49 AM

Have you tried Age of empires 2 , it is hell of fun and joy and you can play with 5 player smacking each other or creating teams

didn't like AOE III I think it is a step backward.

Cow_160483 · Jan 29, 2009, 08:50 AM

blast from the past sweet

Tipstaff · Jan 29, 2009, 10:16 AM

I still play the odd TacticalOps: AoT game (you can get the mod for the UT engine, or find the standalone release), or one of it's later mod versions (like TacOps Crossfire) as well as a game of Battlefield 1942 (with and without the Desert Combat mod installed).

I have to go with Judas on Quake as well. It's simple to get going, small enough to get it onto a lot of machines real quick (less than 10mb), and it's not heavy on resources, so you don't need a heavy duty machine to run it. You can pretty much throw it on any old POJ, including low end laptops, and it'll run like the wind. That makes it even easier to get a lot of PCs/laptops together to play on too.

You could even go with Quake III: Arena.

Cow_160483 · Feb 2, 2009, 06:20 AM

Only 17 posts on this thread and 5 of them are mine lol It seams that not many people on DH LAN

Tipstaff · Feb 3, 2009, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cow_160483

Only 17 posts on this thread and 5 of them are mine lol It seams that not many people on DH LAN

It's cuz we've all moved on to playing online games. Going back to playing Lan games is like going back to playing NES. It's nice and all, but we're too l337 for that now.

Cow_160483 · Feb 3, 2009, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

It's cuz we've all moved on to playing online games. Going back to playing Lan games is like going back to playing NES. It's nice and all, but we're too l337 for that now.

hahah true that, but still nothing beats that feeling of being at a LAN its epic any way thanks guys for the input its really appreciated

Tipstaff · Feb 3, 2009, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cow_160483

hahah true that, but still nothing beats that feeling of being at a LAN its epic any way thanks guys for the input its really appreciated

Having so many people in your house all at one time, drunk, sweating up a smelly storm, swearing, eating your food, using your bathroom (or not), using your electricity, being ungodly loud.. <sigh> yeah.. I miss the good old days.

Speaking of which, time for another Lan get together for some Battlefield 1942.

SFOSOK · Feb 3, 2009, 07:29 PM

Halo 1 on the original xbox.

I don't know anything else that would motivate people to lug 4 xbox bricks into one room for a hot sweaty 8 hours of warthog stunts and teamkilling (which is what it turns into after about 4 hours)

jandarsun8 · Feb 4, 2009, 11:00 PM

For co-op play, Rainbow Six is pretty good, haven't been to a large lan party though so don't know if any of these suggestions will be of us use or not, generally just 4 of us play once a month. Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell (the last two-three have multiplayer games to them) NWN is always good but not sure with that many people. As mentioned above though, UT2004 is good. We used to play the Delta Force games from Nova Logic way back when, might be something to look into with their Joint Opperation series of games.

Cow_160483 · Feb 5, 2009, 04:32 AM

Nice jandarsun8 thanks will keep it in mind, crunch time is coning soon foe the LAN that is

supafly · Feb 5, 2009, 11:14 AM

Team fortress, Team fortress, Team fortress,....................
And maybe Swine just for gags OOOOO and Fate

Callandor · Feb 5, 2009, 11:50 AM

Yeah, Fate's a good bit of fun on lan.

Cow_160483 · Feb 6, 2009, 03:26 PM

Haven't tried FATE yet, just usually watched you guys play it .

SeraphicSorcerer · Feb 6, 2009, 03:29 PM

Anyone tried the earth special forces mod? that's always been a fave for me and my friends....

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Feb 7, 2009, 08:01 PM

I haven't played any LAN games before except for ones made in FPS Creator. This program is sooo much fun. You've got to try it out. I highly recommend it!!

Jan 27, 2009, 12:51 PM	#1
Cow_160483 HH's only cow moooooo... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: BOTSWANA Posts: 6,813 Rep Power: 300 System Specs	Best LAN Games ?? OK guys my friends and I are planning a LAN in May and i was just thinking what are the best LAN games at the moment, that we can play to maximize the amount of fun So far the games that we play are Halo, Unreal tournament 2004, Warcraft 3 (Dot A all stars)... and bunch that i cant remember right now Any game category is good FPS, strategy anything will do am just tired of playing the same old games and looking for something new __________________ Decode! Muhahahahah!

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VampyrByte DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 47 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Best LAN Games ?? How many people will be there? if its small, like 8 people, then Left 4 Dead is great fun on Versus. Call of Duty 4, and World at War are great fun. Even CoD 2 still gets dragged out at my LANs with my mates, Trackmania is a good laugh if its just you and a few mates, dunno how that would work with 16 or so people. Counter Strike is getting old now, and TF2 isnt too great for small games, but can still be fun.

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mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,489 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: Best LAN Games ?? World in Conflict would fit well. The game needs at least 4-5 people per team and players that don't play much strategy has it easier to get into the basics than in most other games. Plus you can have players join in the middle of a game and still have fun. Just try to avoid having half the crowd doing heavy artillery, blasting their advancing teammates into bits.

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Cow_160483 HH's only cow moooooo... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: BOTSWANA Posts: 6,813 Rep Power: 300 System Specs	Re: Best LAN Games ?? Playing online is sweet but on LAN its way better! The difference between online and LAN: To celebrate your victory at a LAN Party, you'd: savor the expression of anguish on your friends face leap up and scream, "Suck it down, monkeyboy!" high-five your teammates (if you have any) sing a rousing chorus of, "Who's yo daddy?" announce that he couldn't kill you if you were on life support Turn up the stereo really loud begin the smack talk for the inevitable rematch Now let's assume you were at home alone playing on the Internet. You'd celebrate your amazing victory in the following ways: Checking your email It's like the difference between going to a hockey game or watching one on TV. Sure, you can see it all happen on the screen -- but there's nothing like being there in person and hoping to catch a tooth lol. the advantages of a LAN are obvious. __________________ Decode! Muhahahahah!

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Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	Re: Best LAN Games ?? I still play the odd TacticalOps: AoT game (you can get the mod for the UT engine, or find the standalone release), or one of it's later mod versions (like TacOps Crossfire) as well as a game of Battlefield 1942 (with and without the Desert Combat mod installed). I have to go with Judas on Quake as well. It's simple to get going, small enough to get it onto a lot of machines real quick (less than 10mb), and it's not heavy on resources, so you don't need a heavy duty machine to run it. You can pretty much throw it on any old POJ, including low end laptops, and it'll run like the wind. That makes it even easier to get a lot of PCs/laptops together to play on too. You could even go with Quake III: Arena. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

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jandarsun8 HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MN, US Posts: 323 Rep Power: 46 System Specs	Re: Best LAN Games ?? For co-op play, Rainbow Six is pretty good, haven't been to a large lan party though so don't know if any of these suggestions will be of us use or not, generally just 4 of us play once a month. Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell (the last two-three have multiplayer games to them) NWN is always good but not sure with that many people. As mentioned above though, UT2004 is good. We used to play the Delta Force games from Nova Logic way back when, might be something to look into with their Joint Opperation series of games.

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Cow_160483 HH's only cow moooooo... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: BOTSWANA Posts: 6,813 Rep Power: 300 System Specs	Re: Best LAN Games ?? Nice jandarsun8 thanks will keep it in mind, crunch time is coning soon foe the LAN that is __________________ Decode! Muhahahahah!

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~~RE III - Frankie~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 0	Re: Best LAN Games ?? I haven't played any LAN games before except for ones made in FPS Creator. This program is sooo much fun. You've got to try it out. I highly recommend it!!