Hey hey hey. It's a new week and to top it off, it is the week of Christmas. A week of sharing, laughing, being joyful and happy or it could be a week of shooting your friends, trying to survive a zombie outbreak, building a world for yourself or destroying one( i try not to judge) Anyway you want. It's a week of togetherness. So I thought I give you games you and your family/ friends could play during the holiday. This games are offline LAN multiplayer meaning all you have to do is create a network, a Wi-Fi hot-spot and let the other members connect. Voila and now we can save those hostages from the terrorist.
We kick of with this game, Company of Heroes. It is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ for the Microsoft Windows and mac operating systems. It's a shooting game, in other words you get to kill something. I recommend the game because it is full of action and adventure. In the game you not only get to enjoy real environment of war zone only, but you get to immerse yourself in the historical setting of WWII. If you desired to play historical games which are full of action,then Company of Heroes is your game. And as for the LAN multiplayer, you will probably be better off using the same version of the game in all the PC and avoid patching. Also always off your antivirus and firewall before playing, you can turn it back on when done. The antivirus prevents the file from opening or worse deleting the executable file.
Come on you know this game was going to be on this list. There is no way you mention LAN based game without Counter Strike. Counter Strike Global Offensive is a first person shooter game that has been developed by Valve Corporation and Hidden path Entertainment. It is the fourth game of the world acclaimed Counter Strike. Global Offensive like all the previous releases of Counter Strike is an objective base game. In the game , the player has a choice to either choose to be on a terrorist team or anti-terrorist team. Then, you complete different objectives that come in your way by killing your enemies. There are numerous short rounds in this game which are completed once all the enemies are killed and the objective is completed. The game since its inception has been racking up kills in the being one of the most played LAN based game. And yes it is worth it. And to set it up, ensure that Counter Strike Global Offensive is already installed on all computers involved( like I said before) The computers must be connected to the same network, and the game should be set to go through the Windows firewall.You can reconfigure your firewall settings by going to the Control Panel > Firewall and selecting Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall. Now
Launch Counter Strike Global Offensive and click Options > Game Settings > Enable the Developer Console.
On the computer you'd like to use as a LAN server, click Play > Offline with bots. Next, launch a game, open the console, and type the following command: sv_lan 1.
Your server is now ready. You can retrieve its IP address (whi
Your server is now ready. You can retrieve its IP address (which will allow the other players to connect to it) by typing in the status command and looking for a line similar to udp/ip : 192.168.0.103:27015.
And voila you can now kill that terrorist which happens to be your brother too.
This is the game I was referring to when I said you could build a world or destroy one. In this game you can build anything , I have seen people build houses that are so beautiful that I want to pack my things and live in them. I think Architects should use this game to learn,just saying. The game can be played either using a PC or your phone(i prefer the phone) Generally the game is all about staying alive and building defense against the night creatures. But more emphasis on the building and you have to get the materials from mining hence Minecraft. I actually like the game, it's simple yet boundless. Don't let it's 2D graphic fool you, this game has a way of keeping you glued to the screen in it's own creative way. The only limit is your imagination and probably your character dying from hunger (yes you can die from lack of food). Like all multiplayer game, connect all device to a single hot-spot and play. Pretty easy.
If you are into horror and Zombie mashed together into one, then this game is for you. The game is made up of four players, where you pick from the four characters in the game. It has various choice of weapons and mode of transportation. The aim of the game is to survive till the end of the level and then moving on to the next level. The game is fun to play and I like the fact that you get to have actual people(well game character being Controlled by actual people) have your back and you guys need to work together to make it to the checkpoint. The story of the game Left 4 Dead is that there is a very dangerous virus that attacked a country and a large number of people are infected with the virus. This virus damage the cells of the human body. So now the government of the country decided to give the task of saving the city to the player and his team, to try and control this virus and help the infected people. In this game player can also use many types of weapons(like i said earlier) first when player starts the game he can also use only pistol. But when you proceed to the higher levels of the game, you get to find more weapons. The multiplayer in this case can be split screen.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. An installment in the Call of Duty series, it was released in November 2007 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. To be honest, this is my favorite LAN based game. I have played this game a lot both campaign and LAN. I love the simplicity of setting the LAN, just click multiplayer and that's it. The rest is basically simple and can be figured out within seconds. And to prove my point, I won't tell you how to set it and yet you will know how to. It's that simple(provided you are connected to same network and all that requirement for a LAN based game) there is no limit of how many people can join, so if you want the whole family including your grandma to play, then Call of Duty is your game. Just click multiplayer and then create (if you creating) and then a server is created and everyone can join the game including the one that created the server. I love the game play and story line, always get sucked in whenever i start the game. Though MW3 is also awesome with LAN but i face difficulties sometimes setting it up which is why i vote for this.
It doesn't matter what game you play as long as you get to enjoy beating the other person or just enjoying the game play, you are good to go. Christmas is all about being with family and spending quality time with them. And i think a little round of CS:GO or COD will bring the family closer.
- Company Of Heroes
- Counter strike : Global Offensive
Launch Counter Strike Global Offensive and click Options > Game Settings > Enable the Developer Console.
On the computer you'd like to use as a LAN server, click Play > Offline with bots. Next, launch a game, open the console, and type the following command: sv_lan 1.
Your server is now ready. You can retrieve its IP address (whi
Your server is now ready. You can retrieve its IP address (which will allow the other players to connect to it) by typing in the status command and looking for a line similar to udp/ip : 192.168.0.103:27015.
And voila you can now kill that terrorist which happens to be your brother too.
- Minecraft
- Left For Dead
- Call of duty 4 :Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. An installment in the Call of Duty series, it was released in November 2007 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. To be honest, this is my favorite LAN based game. I have played this game a lot both campaign and LAN. I love the simplicity of setting the LAN, just click multiplayer and that's it. The rest is basically simple and can be figured out within seconds. And to prove my point, I won't tell you how to set it and yet you will know how to. It's that simple(provided you are connected to same network and all that requirement for a LAN based game) there is no limit of how many people can join, so if you want the whole family including your grandma to play, then Call of Duty is your game. Just click multiplayer and then create (if you creating) and then a server is created and everyone can join the game including the one that created the server. I love the game play and story line, always get sucked in whenever i start the game. Though MW3 is also awesome with LAN but i face difficulties sometimes setting it up which is why i vote for this.
- Battlefield 2 :Project Reality
Project Reality (PR) is a modification for the retail Battlefield 2 multiplayer PC game. Project Reality's aim is to create a more realistic combat environment than standard Battlefield 2, and place a greater emphasis on teamwork and cooperation. I love Battlefield too and i like what they did with this. They made the multiplayer more better and more realistic than the original multiplayer in Battlefield 2 game. The way to set it up is to create a Single player account when you first install in the game, then click on the multiplayer tab,host a local game and choose Co-op game play mode. The rest go to multiplayer tab and click on join local to find your game and join. BF2 ver 1.4 is recommended as the Commander AI is botched past BF2 ver 1.5. Project Reality has to be launched through it's own .exe. All the bot supported mods are worth 2 player fun. I highly recommended using AIX 2.0 primarily, it was built with bots in mind and has AI enhancements (among other additions) that really enhance the offline experience. To keep it fun you want to load the right amount of AI for the map you play to populate the map, according to your desired style.
And that is all i have for today, i hope i helped with this few games, and yes i know most of the game here are shooting games. There are other games out there that you could play with friends and family. If you into Strategy you could check out
- Supreme Commander
- Age of civilization
- Total Rome
And we also have Blur, NFS:MW (for nostalgic purposes) etc. They are much but i prefer this list to the rest,because even non gamers couldn't resist the urge to play COD LAN, it was just too much fun to pass away.
It doesn't matter what game you play as long as you get to enjoy beating the other person or just enjoying the game play, you are good to go. Christmas is all about being with family and spending quality time with them. And i think a little round of CS:GO or COD will bring the family closer.
Till next time merry Xmas and have fun with family.
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