Shameful PotD: How should co-op be handled?

[ME##]

In my opinion, option number three is the best if there's going to be any co-op at all.  Since in some of those games, Husbandos and Unmapped Areas for example, you're [almost] always playing with AI 'buddies', having one or two real life people replace them wouldn't completely ruin the game experience if you were replaying it and/or trying to fully complete the game.




[spoiler]Of course that would mean there would need to be decent net code, which I understand is hard for Bioware since they have to use EA's shitty online servers, but for Naughty Dog it shouldn't be so impossible to make main story co-op a reality.  [/spoiler]

[Thyme]

uh idk portal 2 is the next to last one i guess

also why aren't you showing the results lol

[PLEASEHELP1991]

i voted for I've never played a co-op capable shame before and will never.
because the games i typically play don't really lend themselves well to co-op in

[ME##]

uh idk portal 2 is the next to last one i guess

also why aren't you showing the results lol

True.  I'm not sure, I did enjoy Portal 2's co-op, though I'd consider it almost a separate half-game in itself.  It's not like Valve took puzzles from the main story, touched them up a bit and just put Atlas and P-body in them like ND did with U2.

[spoiler]They'll be revealed tomorrow.  [/spoiler]

[Thyme]

hhhhnnnngggg i miss being in the best p-body/atlas team ever

[ME##]

hhhhnnnngggg i miss being in the best p-body/atlas team ever

yyy.  who knows, maybe we'll get more co-op once hl2:e3 is released.



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[Andria]

It really depends on the game.

Something like Borderlands takes coop and does it perfectly. You can hop in and out of your friends games with all the gear you've gotten from your game/other online playing. The enemies scale perfectly so it's still difficult for your group. Definitely a great coop game.

Other's are better off not doing coop or if they do, at least having it just be an extra.

[Samus Aran]

#2

It's unfair to force the player to have to play on their own at first. Some games are simply better when played co-op, after all. Look at Resident Evil 5.

Playing the main campaign via co-op is usually the best way to go. But sometimes it can be nice if the game has a totally different story or scenario for co-op. Depends on how it's handled, really. Different scenario worked really well for Portal 2.

[snoorkel]

I don't really like co-op, I'm uncomfortable with the idea of other niggers being in my game. MY GAME, MY WORLD

[Geno]

Dead Island has a pretty cool co-op system. It tracks the progress of everyone playing and it gives you a list of people who are at the same part of the game as you. You can choose to join any one of those players. It's not really perfect, but if more games built a system similar to it, that would be pretty cool.

[YPrrrr]

Lol like I'd ever play through a game twice

Full campaign for all

[Samus Aran]

Lol like I'd ever play through a game twice

it seems like a lot of boyagers have a problem replaying games

which i find strange

[Thyme]

it seems like a lot of boyagers have a problem replaying games

which i find strange

me2

[YPrrrr]

it seems like a lot of boyagers have a problem replaying games

which i find strange

It's like re-reading a book

... which I also don't really do except in special instances