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SvennoJ said:
Spike0503 said:

I've been on the lookout for some games to play with my wife as well! I've managed to find some though none of these are splitscreen (I wish EA would release another Army of Two or at least release the old ones for modern consoles!). A modern Ghost Recon with splitscreen would be an insta-buy as well!

Anyway, My current co-op picks: Dragon's Crown (RPG beat 'em up), Blazing Chrome (Contra-like), Alienation (twin-stick shooter), Dead Nation (twin-stick shooter), Contra Anniversary Collection, Streets of Rage 4 (beat 'em up) and Huntdown (Sidescroller platformer/shoot 'em up).

We started "It takes two" last night. While not all that original it's a mix of a lot of games and movies for ideas. It's co-op like Brother's A tale of two sons with platforming that is not all that far of from Psychonauts 2. It's not quite as creative as that but close and the co-op part works well. It has vertical split screen so you don't need to stay right next to each other. It's full of sexual innuendo as well lol.

We played Alien nation / Dead nation, Streets 4. I'll check out the others, thanks!

@HoloDust Outward looks interesting but reviews like this "Outward is a fun and unique experience for those who desire the harder type of gameplay reminiscent of Souls like games." make me back off. I want to stay married :) My wife easily gets frustrated by the controls, something like BG Dark Alliance on PS2 pad is already enough buttons and combos to remember. Does Outward have an easy setting? Gears 5 on easy with auto-aim, that level of game play is too taxing already :/ We abandoned that, too many buttons and things to remember, just led to frustration.

@Spike503 Dragon's Crown looks like it's close to Dark Alliance. Does it have an easy mode though? "If you've ever played a Vanillaware game before (Odin Sphere and Muramasa: Rebirth spring to mind), you know the brutal difficulty the games are known for. We got the impression that a lot of people didn't feel Dragon's Crown was hard enough on the way to level 99, so now there's a brand new Ultimate difficulty level" Probably why I skipped it on the ps3 :/

I've heard of It Takes Two. It's been on my radar since it won GOTY at the Game Awards. I'll probably buy it soon.

Huntdown is a blast! Hope you like it :D

About Dragon's Crown, we've only played a few hours but so far? It's not really that difficult. It might get a bit more challenging later but I saw that you  can also get two additional CPU teammates to make a 4-member squad so that will probably balance any difficulty spikes later on. I'd say give it a shot if you're looking for a simple RPG/beat 'em up to play with your wife. My wife has been enjoying it a lot!