24 Best 2-Player Games to Enjoy With Your Best Friend in 2016 (PC): Page 8 of 8

24 Best 2-Player Games to Enjoy With Your Best Friend in 2016 (PC)
Double the fun!


3.  Mortal Kombat X

When 2011’s Mortal Kombat reboot revitalized a franchise that had grown stale from too many uninspired sequels, we knew an excellent follow-up was inevitable.

Then 2015 came along, and with it the exceptional Mortal Kombat X – already being considered by many as the series’ best entry.

With X, Mortal Kombat is back and more gruesome than ever. It injects the franchise with new blood courtesy of eight new characters – some of whom are direct descendants of returning veterans like Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade. Not only are there more than a dozen characters to play as, each fighter also has a trio of distinct fighting styles to choose from, effectively multiplying the roster number by three.

Add to this the return of the much-lauded story mode, robust multiplayer modes, a first-person Krypt, and amazing DLC characters such as Jason Vorhees, the Predator, Leatherface, and the Xenomorph, and it’s no surprise Mortal Kombat X is one of the best 2-player games to enjoy with your best friend!

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Sir, what a big sword you have!

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Not a fair fight.

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Slice and dice.

2.  Street Fighter V

One of the best 2-player games to enjoy with your best friend is one that allows you to pummel each other in the face like no other game can: Street Fighter V.

In a move calculated to please all fans, the game’s exceptional roster is a good mixture of the old and the new. Newcomers Rashid and Laura are a perfect fit in Street Fighter mold, while icons like Cammy and Zangief are looking better than ever. Then you’ve got Karin and Rainbow Mika, whom we all have to agree have been absent from the limelight for too long.

But the best thing about the game is how it changes up the formula to make even the old characters feel new. New moves and mechanics, such as the character-specific V-Skills and V-Triggers, will pave the way for a deeper, more tactical fighting game sure to impress casual and hardcore fighting game fans alike.

Of course, Capcom isn’t done improving Street Fighter V. They’re upgrading the game with new features every month. July saw the roll out of the long-awaited cinematic story mode, and we’re still getting new stages, new costumes, and new fan-demanded characters such as Ibuki and Alex. What a great time to be a Street Fighter fan!

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That's gotta hurt.

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Taking Bison for a spin.

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Fancy moves.

1.  Overwatch

Overwatch is more than Blizzard’s exceptional competitive shooter – it’s an amazing, colorful story packed with wonderful heroes and villains, not to mention a look and animation quality that rivals Pixar’s best efforts.

Set in the future, the game tells the tale of the now-defunct task force Overwatch, which came into being to fight for humanity during a global robotic uprising known as the Omnic Crisis. As new problems arise, however, it may be time for Overwatch to come out of hibernation.

You have 21 heroes to choose from, and what an eclectic bunch they are! There’s the time-travelling adventurer, Tracer, whose speed and ability to rewind time makes her difficult to kill; D.Va, a South Korean ex-pro gamer who can fight while driving her giant mech or without it; a cyborg ninja named Genji who can kill you with one slash from his sword; a super intelligent gorilla called Winston; and more.

It’s one of 2016’s biggest games, and definitely one of the best multiplayer games to enjoy with your best friend!

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Shoot 'em up.

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The music of battle.

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Heroes never die.

That’s it for our list of the best 2-player games to enjoy with your best friend! Do you feel we left your favorite game out? Tell us in the comments section below!

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Writer, Gamer, Dreamer
Gamer Since: 1986
Favorite Genre: RPG
Currently Playing: Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Tera Online
Top 3 Favorite Games:Dark Souls II, Bioshock Infinite, Dragon Age: Inquisition


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