Sometimes we all need a helping hand. Many games pit you alone against seemingly impossible odds. But some of the most enjoyable games let you go at it with a friend, the both of you helping each other every step of the way, overcoming all kinds of different challenges that just one of you couldn't handle. This edition of Game Collector is dedicated to games that are all about teamwork or have a key cooperative gameplay element. For good measure, they're all fantastic games that are worth adding to your collection even if you don't have a playing partner.
Halo: Combat Evolved - Xbox (2001)
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What's better than one Master Chief? Two Master Chiefs! Halo's outstanding single-player campaign can actually be played through by two players simultaneously. Ramp up the difficulty and it's like an entirely different game, with both players having to team up against countless tough, intelligent alien foes.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - PlayStation 2 (2001)
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This hack-and-slash Dungeons & Dragons-based action RPG is tremendous fun for one player, and even more so when you and a friend go at it. Choose from several different D&D characters and start swinging! The game's graphics are some of the best the PS2 has to offer. The incredibly smooth frame rate never falters, and the action never lets up.
WWE Wrestlemania X8 - GameCube (2002)
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Up to four players can get into the squared circle in a huge variety of different wrestling events in Wrestlemania X8, the first wrestling game for the GameCube. A ton of different wrestlers are available, and you can create your own, too. See what kind of crazy tag team you and a friend can come up with!
ICO - PlayStation 2 (2001)
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Though it's a single-player game, ICO is all about teamwork. The young main character soon joins forces with a frail, wispy girl, and together they must escape from an ominous fortress and from the clutches of evil shadow creatures. ICO is a truly artistic game, featuring many breathtaking scenes and impressive animation.
Super Smash Bros. Melee - GameCube (2001)
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It's all-out mayhem, Nintendo-style. If you've been playing Nintendo games for years, or even if you haven't, chances are you'll love the frantic four-player action in Super Smash Bros. Melee, which features all of Nintendo's best known characters--as well as some pretty obscure ones--duking it out.
Half-Life - PlayStation 2 (2001)
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The PlayStation 2 version of Half-Life, besides being a faithful port of this revolutionary PC first-person shooter, exclusively features a cooperative episode called Decay. Whether you're playing alone or with a friend, you'll still find in Half-Life one of the greatest action gaming experiences to date.
Hunter: The Reckoning - Xbox (2002)
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Take up arms with up to three other undead hunters in Hunter: The Reckoning, an action game in the vein of classics like SmashTV. You'll fight through countless enemy-infested areas using both ranged and close combat weapons, as well as magic. Hunter's a great looking game that's especially fun for groups of players.
Time Crisis II - PlayStation 2 (2001)
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In this inventive light gun shooter, you and a partner have to help each other out--and stay out of each other's way as you shoot the bad guys. Time Crisis II features plenty of action and great animation, and its innovative use of a duck/reload feature makes the proceedings intensely tactical. It's tons of fun for two players.
Dead or Alive 3 - Xbox (2001)
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The premier fighting game for the Xbox offers up a cool tag team option in addition to its standard single-player story mode and two-player versus mode. Join up with a friend and see if your team can go all the way. Dead or Alive 3 is much more fun with or against a friend than against the computer.
The Adventures of Cookie & Cream - PlayStation 2 (2001)
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This cute game actually offers up some ingenious two-player cooperative action. Player control Cookie and Cream--a couple of bunnies--who must help each other get through a number of tricky puzzle-based levels. Don't let the simple looks of The Adventures of Cookie & Cream stop you from giving this great game a chance.
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