This game kickstarted my co-op adventures in adulthood with friends. Playing online co-op with a friend on voice chat, this game is a phenomenal time. I'm still hard-pressed to find a game that does it better. The way it's tailored for two, full campaign and all, it's really one of a kind. Probably helps that I find the story and characters so enjoyable, not to mention the world's aesthetics and gun play. The hardest part was doing the DLCs on Professional, but boy was it satisfying to nail it after an hour of retries.

My friend and I have played a plethora of games together after this, but every so often we'll come back to this and it's a grand old time! Surely it's not just my rose-tinted glasses?