I still regularly play L4D2 with friends. Also it’s modded beyond all recognition. Zombies are anime girls. Tanks are Donkey Kong. Witches are hatsune miku. Smokers are yoshi. Hunters are assassins creed hoodies. And more. Every weapon is something else. The graffiti in safe rooms are Jayden Smith tweets. The list goes on and on. I love playing it with friends.
That being said, in 2025, while I love L4D2, in 2025 I think World War Z is the best Left 4 Dead-like. Terrible movie, great book. Great movie based game.
PC games would allow everyone to play with whatever controller they prefer.
In general, mainstream/casual audiences will enjoy games like Fifa (or maybe the NBA or NFL equivalent since you’re US) and, if you’ve got a Nintendo console, Mario Kart is a very popular casual tournament game with the option to play as teams as well.
If the participants play shooters, things like (older) Call of Duty games, Overwatch, and maybe Fortnite for more modern audiences are decent options. If they’re more competitive, Counterstrike 2 or Valorant are good as well. Retro Gamers might like Halo or Quake as well.
If they’re into strategy you could play Civilization or Age of Empires, though those games might take a bit long.
For Racing Games, Trackmania is a Time Trial game with a Hot Seat mode, where players take turns trying to drive the fastest time on a track with a time limit. Otherwise, Sonic Racing could be an alternative to Mario Kart that’s available on PC, or you could try a Sim (Forza Motorsport is good for controllers and has split-screen, Assetto Corsa is a more hardcore Simulator which would require multiple setups)
I’ve been playing Albion Online for a while now. First time I tried it was when it became f2p but it didn’t catch me back then. In following years I tried to get in it two or three times but it still couldn’t hold me longer than a week or so. About two months ago I gave AO yet another chance and finally it got me. I’ve been playing it actively since then.
Yesterday I tried Warborne Above Ashes but got bored after 70 mins (Steam game time). Maybe I should give it another chance later too but at least now I’m not interested at all.
Sniper: Elite? The first 4 games go on sale on steam fairly regularly. I played the 5th one with GamePass and I actually really liked that one. The levels are huge and can take you anywhere from thirty minutes to a few hours, however you want to play.
In the 5th one, there are also settings to make it ultra-realistic. I haven’t played with those, but I’ve seen gameplay and it’s almost like a different game.
For moba: dots, overwatch 2, League of legends, deadlock
For RTS, Aoe2, aoe4, starcraft, Warcraft 3, beyond all reason
Some fun events could be osrs pking tournament, classic shooters like halo, quake, unreal, kart racing games fighting games like tekken, street fighter, guilty gear, mortal kombat
Team games are harder than 1v1 because getting all the teams together is like herding cats and following the action of all players is challenging. Probably best to do it all on PC and rent 12 PC’s for the day. People can bring their own controllers and play that way if they choose.
I played all 5 of the Sniper Ghost Warrior games. The Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts games were even more amazing. The first Contracts game is on sale right now for 3€ on Steam.
These games have amazing gun control and sniping. Lots of fun. Can’t wait for a third Contracts installment.
I think you might enjoy Trepang2. It is heavily inspired by the combat in F.E.A.R., has unlockables and arena modes for some replayability. There is a demo and a sale on GOG.
I’d recommend checking out the Far Cry games, from Far Cry 2 onwards.
Also, while not necessarily exactly the thing you’re looking for, the Sniper Ghost Warrior series offers a lot of good stuff. especially SGW3 and later are really fun and have pretty decent gunplay and the games can be played pretty nicely without focusing on the sniper aspect.
And if you feel like doing even more snipering, Sniper Elite gives you some NICE slow-mo X-ray closeups of your bullets destroying your enemies, but the gunplay besides Snipers isn’t that fun.
The short answer is something people can play on a phone. Console ownership is not so prolific that you can assume people will have them, or that they will know how to use them properly. To that point the jackbox games are great for this
I went through a fucking spree earlier this week. Finished Metaphor: ReFantazio last weekend. It’s an RPG from Atlus, basically a fantasy Persona. Would recommend if you like those games. I also played through Lunistice, which is a short little platformer game. Only has a handful of levels, but fun and worth it for $5. Then I went into Mouthwashing blind and finished it in a single night. I knew absolutely nothing about that one except that I had only heard good things about it. Very good, but holy fucking shit is it heavy. Wanna recommend it, but it’s one of those games where you need to stare at a wall for a couple of hours to process everything it throws at you. And I’ve since started Shapez 2. An automation game like Factorio or Satisfactory, but it’s just Shapez. It makes the good chemicals in the brain go brrrrr. Would also recommend.
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