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portal 2 can me and my brother play coop on our pcs with just one copy of the game?
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You would need 2 different copies and 2 different accounts in order to play coop. If steam would have made it possible to play coop on different computers with only one copy they wouldn't have sold as much.
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No you need two separate steam accounts to play coop
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no, you need 2 copies on 2 steam accounts to play since you can't play on LAN
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You can't do that with just 1 steam account.
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No. You need 2 copies on 2 steam accounts and in 2 different computers.
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I am sorry, it does not work. If you want to play together in split screen, you need a console version.
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You can, but it requires circumventing steam.
1. Start Portal 2 on both computers with steam in offline mode
2. Enable the console
3. Type 'sv_lan 1' into the console
4. Have one person host the game
5. Have the other person connect from the console by typeing 'connect <local-ip>'
You may or may not have to have steam in online mode for the person hosting the server. Good Luck!
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Sorry i think you can't but you could take turns or both buy portal 2
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no you need seperate accounts and games unless you had 2 controllers and a xbox or ps3
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