Why Modern Warfare 2 Does Not Have Co-op
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I applaud their efforts.
There are reasons why games like Half-life and Bioshock are single player and games like Halo3 and WaW have co-op. And when we're comparing campaigns, there's an obvious winner. I'm just saying having a buddy T-bag his victims kinda draws you out of the experience.
There are reasons why games like Half-life and Bioshock are single player and games like Halo3 and WaW have co-op. And when we're comparing campaigns, there's an obvious winner. I'm just saying having a buddy T-bag his victims kinda draws you out of the experience.
If at any point there is more than one person involved in the story during the campaign, then they can go to hell with their "good for the story" bullshit. It doesn't mean you have to have 2 people with backstories that are playable, make one a freaking ghost that takes the roll that a computer will most likely be doing in the first place. I buy games that have good 2 person or more co-op because I play with my girlfriend. If there isn't co-op, it revolves around watching/taking turns. Go to hell infinity ward, this was a bad choice, and I take it as being lazy on their part to not include it.
I too, am disappointed. But it will be for the best... Won't it?
*voice in head* - It damn well better be.
*voice in head* - It damn well better be.
Wow, people are being very... Hostile... Towards this. It's a design choice, and as far as I'm concerned, a damn good one. I'm taking it as proof that they give more of a damn about the storyline than pleasing what ammounts to a very small demographic - there are some games where I've thought "playing with a mate would be cool", but never "If I can't play this with a mate, I won't buy!"
Hmm... Im disappointed about the coop being dropped for the main campaign but Special forces sounds good. Two players. One goal. A whole lot of enemies between them. Awesome.
"That's when it stayed really fun and intense without becoming a clusterf**k of things. We just found that two players was the most fun."
^ thank you god. I know this isnt the greatest analogy but I liken this to BF2142. 2142 is kinda like one big co-op game. That is a clusterfck of epic proportions. If you dont have a good commander and a decent squad the game rapidly becomes an exercise in rage and frustration.
"That's when it stayed really fun and intense without becoming a clusterf**k of things. We just found that two players was the most fun."
^ thank you god. I know this isnt the greatest analogy but I liken this to BF2142. 2142 is kinda like one big co-op game. That is a clusterfck of epic proportions. If you dont have a good commander and a decent squad the game rapidly becomes an exercise in rage and frustration.
That's his point though, that adding another ghost (or 3 other ghosts) would detract from the overall experience that the game and the developers want to offer you, and I completely agree with him on this point. If the CoD4 campaign was like that, the nuclear explosion that killed my charachter wouldn't have a hundreth as much emotional response because who cares? He was just a ghost A.I. guy.super_smash_jesus said:
Back to the OP, I was a little disappointed that they didn't have 4 person special ops, but if they say that it didn't work then I guess I will believe them.
Co-op campaigns should always be separate from the single player campaigns, otherwise you end up with a rubbish single player experience or a rubbish co-op experience. Some games can pull it off (like Rainbow Six) but I think most games should go the GR:AW/Resistance 2 route and have two separate campaigns so that each experience is optimised for the players.
I'm glad Infinity Ward agree with my thinking, these guys know what they're doing and they won't add a mode just because it looks good on the back of the box.
I'm glad Infinity Ward agree with my thinking, these guys know what they're doing and they won't add a mode just because it looks good on the back of the box.
You weren't missing much.needausername said:
After seeing this, I'm beginning to doubt that we may see anything like Nazi zombies.
Yeah, i agree that shoving in co-op into the main campaign would ruin the experience. It would've brought down the campaign of CoD4, since you know that there's always going to be one douchebag who runs straight for the objective to score points, while the other players just tag along, and the immersion is lost as you're not a soldier anymore, but a player who is frustrated over his teammates.
The new co-op in MW2 reminds me a lot of Terrorist Hunt from Rainbow Six Vegas(2). And that part was pretty damn awesome, so i'm really looking forward to MW2 now.
The new co-op in MW2 reminds me a lot of Terrorist Hunt from Rainbow Six Vegas(2). And that part was pretty damn awesome, so i'm really looking forward to MW2 now.