# Recommend a good Xbox 360 Co-op RPG **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 12, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860 "2012-12-12T20:26:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/21 "2012-12-18T22:31:30Z")
> [@joemama24\_98](#): > > Some ideas: > Borderlands While it’s a good game, I think Borderlands completely fails the OPs tests: #1: Okay, fine it does pass this one. 😛 #2: Fail. FPS games with twinstick controls are the antithesis of “stuff you want to sit your non-gamer friend down with” #3: LOTS OF SHOOTY DEATH. #4: HAH #5: Nope. OP: Do not buy Borderlands to play with your girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![joemama24\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/22 "2012-12-21T21:11:52Z")
Let me add Sacred 2, then. I played this a lot with my wife on my PS3, and just saw that its also available on the 360. Its a loooong game, but would fit his requirements nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/23 "2012-12-21T22:14:00Z")
My wife isn’t a gamer and she played threw fable 3 twice, we’ll past when I gave up playing with her. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/24 "2012-12-22T11:48:16Z")
Castle Crashers satisfies all your criteria except having a great storyline, and it’s a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![gaming4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gaming4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaming4life)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/25 "2013-02-04T16:12:58Z")
A lot of people didn’t like this game for some strange reason. My brother and I love co- op rpgs. Thisoneis rated M but it’s mostly just for crit hits. There is decapitation and some blood but as far as playing a rpg together it’s one of the best. Very fun leveling looting upgrading gear. A fantastic story. I definitely recommend this game to any rpg fan who likes to play co-op ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/26 "2013-02-04T19:04:10Z")
> [@gaming4life](#): > > A lot of people didn’t like this game for some strange reason. My brother and I love co- op rpgs. Thisoneis rated M but it’s mostly just for crit hits. There is decapitation and some blood but as far as playing a rpg together it’s one of the best. Very fun leveling looting upgrading gear. A fantastic story. I definitely recommend this game to any rpg fan who likes to play co-op Which game are you actually talking about, since there are a bunch of LOTR spinoff games? ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/27 "2013-02-04T19:21:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > They’re not RPGs, but the various Lego games (they just came out with a Lord of the Rings edition) are kind of the gold standard for “co-op games that you can play with your SO, even though she’s not really a gamer” games. > > They’d still meet all of your other requirements. Second this. They’re definitely $20-level games, as you can blow through the campaign in one or two evenings. The rest of the game is grinding unlocks. Still, the campaigns are pretty fun, and the gameplay is really easy and forgiving. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/29 "2013-06-08T15:51:45Z")
> [@joemama24\_98](#): > > Dungeon Siege 3 I played through this with my wife, and she liked it (although this was on the PS3, I know it’s available on the 360). We tried to play Sacred 2, but the co-op was massively buggy. Again, though, this was the PS3. I’d would recommend Skylanders. Whilst it’s advertised as a kid’s game with a lot of extra characters to buy, you don’t _have_ to buy anything other than the game itself as it comes with the portal of power thing and 3 of the figures (including Trigger Happy, who’s the best one by a distance anyway) and it’s actually a fun game that stands up pretty well. It’s not difficult, but you said you didn’t _want_ difficult. And, as other’s have said, the Lego games are great. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/30 "2013-06-11T13:22:41Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > OP: Do not buy Borderlands to play with your girlfriend. I know it doesn’t fit the OPs bill, but my g/f loves it. We started playing Left4Dead and didn’t like it much…honestly not sure what makes it such a great game. We’ve been playing Borderlands like fools for the last couple weeks. You shoulda seen the look on her face when she learned there’s a Borderlands 2 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/31 "2013-06-11T14:07:49Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > Second this. They’re definitely $20-level games, as you can blow through the campaign in one or two evenings. The rest of the game is grinding unlocks. Still, the campaigns are pretty fun, and the gameplay is really easy and forgiving. Are there any other games like the Lego games? My wife and I, who only have a PC, have enjoyed all the Lego games and actually did play X-men Legends 1 and 2 on the PS2. I wish we had more co-op games to play; we love 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860/32 "2013-06-11T22:50:58Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > The only other suggestion I can think of is like… Lego Lord of the Rings, which is hilarious, two player co-op, Lego Violence, easy to play, but isn’t really anything more than a button masher-action type game. Still pretty entertaining though. Try the demo, it’s free. The full game is new and will run you $60, however. For PC, Lego Lord of the rings is $7 on Steam until Thursday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860.md?page=1)