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So what do you think of co-op modes on games, and are they being used enough?
Most sports games now allow you to team up against either a computer character, or other human players, and it can be quite fun, as well as very frustrating.
You feel good when you work together to score a goal, but it can't half be frustrating when your partner hits a shot straight at the keeper when youwere in a great position.
I guess that this, however, actually makes the game more realistic. In a team game there are always going to be others on your team that don't do the things the way you'd like them to, and fair enough, sometimes it works out for the best!
What about other genres though? Some games have co-op modes, but not nearly enough. It would certainly add a bit more to the challenge if you also had to keep an inferior player alive!
Mind you, would a game that was mainly to be played as a co-op game sell? I'm not sure that it would, but then again, internet gaming is a hive for co-operation, with team games, and online RPG's encourage you to travel with others.
Then again, sometimes it's just more fun to beat your friends rather than work together!
Most sports games now allow you to team up against either a computer character, or other human players, and it can be quite fun, as well as very frustrating.
You feel good when you work together to score a goal, but it can't half be frustrating when your partner hits a shot straight at the keeper when youwere in a great position.
I guess that this, however, actually makes the game more realistic. In a team game there are always going to be others on your team that don't do the things the way you'd like them to, and fair enough, sometimes it works out for the best!
What about other genres though? Some games have co-op modes, but not nearly enough. It would certainly add a bit more to the challenge if you also had to keep an inferior player alive!
Mind you, would a game that was mainly to be played as a co-op game sell? I'm not sure that it would, but then again, internet gaming is a hive for co-operation, with team games, and online RPG's encourage you to travel with others.
Then again, sometimes it's just more fun to beat your friends rather than work together!
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I think there needs to be more thought into it. Most co-op modes are made for one player only... so each player has to do the same thing. It's fun when you can both go off, and complete the objectives seperatly... "I'll get the booty, you get the car."
Fun.
Fun.
Co-op modes add a certain edge but they are certainly frustrating when your partner doesn't quite have the ability to play the game and lose it for you.
I love Co-Op Modes, in Perfect Dark, me and my mate (Justin - 'kingvt_uk') go round blasting all the 'baddies' it's ace!
I think there will always be a place in gaming for co-op modes... the Japanese love them apparantly, I just hope that the same love can get over here... certainly with PSO V.2 on the Gamecube and more and more Co-Op games coming out over all platforms the mode will play a big part in our future... and you can guarantee that 'After Dark' will have a Co-Op mode... yeah!
I prefer Co-Op... I don't mind taking out my mates in Goldeneye (Just like I could anyone on here - ^_^) but I prefer working as a team... like in football, I looooove football!
But you're right Meka, they can be annoyoing... once when me and Ant were playing Perfect Dark I said...
Game: Ant shoot that guard
Ant: What guard?!
Game: That one quick!!! QUIIICKKK!
*Bang, Ant shoots me instead!*
I then have to lay the smack down on Ant for being such a donkey!
Ant that was how Ant ended up in hospital with a broken leg and two black eyes!!!
That was the question, right?!
Game - ^_^
I think there will always be a place in gaming for co-op modes... the Japanese love them apparantly, I just hope that the same love can get over here... certainly with PSO V.2 on the Gamecube and more and more Co-Op games coming out over all platforms the mode will play a big part in our future... and you can guarantee that 'After Dark' will have a Co-Op mode... yeah!
I prefer Co-Op... I don't mind taking out my mates in Goldeneye (Just like I could anyone on here - ^_^) but I prefer working as a team... like in football, I looooove football!
But you're right Meka, they can be annoyoing... once when me and Ant were playing Perfect Dark I said...
Game: Ant shoot that guard
Ant: What guard?!
Game: That one quick!!! QUIIICKKK!
*Bang, Ant shoots me instead!*
I then have to lay the smack down on Ant for being such a donkey!
Ant that was how Ant ended up in hospital with a broken leg and two black eyes!!!
That was the question, right?!
Game - ^_^
So what do you think of co-op modes on games, and are they being used enough?
Most sports games now allow you to team up against either a computer character, or other human players, and it can be quite fun, as well as very frustrating.
You feel good when you work together to score a goal, but it can't half be frustrating when your partner hits a shot straight at the keeper when youwere in a great position.
I guess that this, however, actually makes the game more realistic. In a team game there are always going to be others on your team that don't do the things the way you'd like them to, and fair enough, sometimes it works out for the best!
What about other genres though? Some games have co-op modes, but not nearly enough. It would certainly add a bit more to the challenge if you also had to keep an inferior player alive!
Mind you, would a game that was mainly to be played as a co-op game sell? I'm not sure that it would, but then again, internet gaming is a hive for co-operation, with team games, and online RPG's encourage you to travel with others.
Then again, sometimes it's just more fun to beat your friends rather than work together!
Most sports games now allow you to team up against either a computer character, or other human players, and it can be quite fun, as well as very frustrating.
You feel good when you work together to score a goal, but it can't half be frustrating when your partner hits a shot straight at the keeper when youwere in a great position.
I guess that this, however, actually makes the game more realistic. In a team game there are always going to be others on your team that don't do the things the way you'd like them to, and fair enough, sometimes it works out for the best!
What about other genres though? Some games have co-op modes, but not nearly enough. It would certainly add a bit more to the challenge if you also had to keep an inferior player alive!
Mind you, would a game that was mainly to be played as a co-op game sell? I'm not sure that it would, but then again, internet gaming is a hive for co-operation, with team games, and online RPG's encourage you to travel with others.
Then again, sometimes it's just more fun to beat your friends rather than work together!
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