Portal 2
Portal 2 is an all-around fantastic game, and so is its co-op mode! Portal is a puzzle game which has the player use a portal gun to fire… portals at walls, which allow you to move from place to place and solve fun physics-based environment puzzles. Especially with the addition of the Steam Workshop, this game has endless replayability. If you and your significant other are really brainiacs who love a good mental challenge, this is the game for you. Playing Portal 2 in co-op is the video game equivalent of taking your date to an escape room, without having to pay an arm and a leg because escape rooms are incredibly expensive.
Of course, savings aren’t the only reason you should be picking up Portal 2. While Portal 2 has an amazing single-player story, Valve put just as much effort into its co-op. The game’s co-op mode is incredibly unique and has very well thought-out challenges which require not only precise coordination, but also the willpower not to mess with your partner by tricking them to walk into a portal which drops them off a cliff. It’s an incredibly rewarding and entertaining experience to watch your co-op partner fly between the portals you’re quickly having to shoot for them to reach whichever part of a level they need to get to.
The game takes an amazing concept, the portal gun, and not only lets players share the fun of portals, but also create an incredible sense of accomplishment with your loved ones in completing the game’s puzzles.
