Well I spent 14 hours (
) playing a coop game of Shogun 2 over the weekend and I can't speak highly enough of the game. I've never played a Total War game before nor have I seen a strategy game that focused on such large scale tactics. The battles are so cinematic and the AI always seems to throw a wrench into your strategy. I couldn't imagine trying to command that many men and react to enemy troop movements without a pause feature. If Shogun 2 winds up on a flash sale and you like strategy games definitely pick it up.
I also played some 4 player Dead Island with my friends yesterday. Beautiful looking game and it's pretty damn creepy too. The coop has been fun but we're not too far along. I am surprised with how big and open the island is. Lots of things you can use as weapons and it's pretty funny throwing a boat oar at a zombie. Right now I feel like they should have called it Curb Stomp because we'll kick a zombie to the ground and everyone will encircle it and kick it to death. Not a bad game and so far I'd say it was worth the $8.