I've been looking around considering shooters for LANs. Some of the newer ones have been hindered by a lack of LAN support. They end up requiring lots bandwidth to play at a lan due to players having to connect and play through outside servers. More than a handful of players and things can get problematic.
So what are some shooters that people would like to see played or are interested in trying as a regular lan game ? For those of course who still have interest in shooters.
One I tried recently was Breach ... Actually makes for a decent LAN game. Has lan support etc. Online play has a few issues due to bugs.
So throw out some ideas, options, and level of interest. I'd enjoy seeing what people think.
Also if newer shooters just arent worthwhile as a lan feature, lets also expand the idea to include not just newer shooters but any shooters that you'd like to play at a LAN. List you top 3 picks.
Some that are LAN friendly are:
- CoD4 and CoD5
- Far Cry 1 and 2
- Crysis
- BF2 (original or the free to play would be even better, however I dont know if the ftp has lan type support yet)
- Is the FEAR free multiplayer have lan ?
- Team Fortress, I've played almost none of this but is it lan capable ? It's not my style of game but i'd try it.
Bad Company 2 would be great, but its a no LAN game as well. I did hear that there was a private server type setup that allowed you setup a server for LAN play. I havent found it yet. If anyone has this or knows where to grab it let me know. I'd play with that and setup a server for it there was interest.
Enjoy