

The other premier looter shooter available on the Xbox Series X | S, Borderlands 3 forgoes the more “games-as-a-service”, all-in-one approach of Destiny 2 and shoots for a more straight-laced co-op RPG. The high level PvE missions, like Nightfalls and Raids, require 3 and 6 players respectively, so you’ll have to make some friends quickly if you want all the best loot.

Like most co-op games, Destiny 2 does allow you to experience a decent amount of the game on your own, but if you want to get the most out of the core experience, you’ll need to recruit friends.
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While Destiny 2 is free to play, Game Pass includes the expansion content for additional reasons to play. There’s plenty of these games on offer on the Xbox Series X | S, but perhaps the most complete experience of its kind right now is Destiny 2, especially if you’re a Game Pass subscriber. Looter shooters often make good fodder for co-op games as you work together with friends to try and obtain better weapons and armour. Plenty of missions, lots of cards and a versus mode to boot ensures Back 4 Blood has a lot of replayability. While it channels the same 4 vs all horde shooter mentality, Back 4 Blood adds more wrinkles to the formula with its card system, which allows players to build a deck of perks that can radically alter how proficient you are during your campaign run. Naturally, it would make sense for the original developers to try and return and reclaim their throne, by following the same formula, but Turtle Rock’s Back 4 Blood is more than just a retread. With Vermintide 2 already being featured on this list, it’s no secret that Left 4 Dead inspired works are still big business when it comes to co-op games. Set during the sword, shields and fantasy version of Warhammer, not the space marine fascists 40K version of Warhammer, players control one of several characters, each with their own upgradeable loadouts and abilities, as they travel across the world trying to put a stop to the hordes of Skaven that are murdering everything in their sight.

It’s a concept arguably perfected by Left 4 Dead, and it would appear that Fatshark also knows the value of this formula, as they’ve proved with Warhammer: Vermintide 2. Just you and your friends versus the entire world. It would appear that the co-op formula naturally lends itself to the idea of taking on massive hordes of enemies.
