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  • RE5 has online co-op.

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.

 #123993  by RentCavalier
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:52 am
...aw hell...now I gotta get this game...

BUT WAIT! Does it have offline co op too?

 #124015  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:27 am
It'd have to have system link. It won't have split-screen.

 #124039  by RentCavalier
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:39 pm
True. That kinda sucks...I sort of feel like just about all the major game companies EXCEPT Nintendo assume their players don't want to play local games. Splitscreen was great! Why'd we ever do away with it?

 #124042  by Julius Seeker
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:11 pm
Yeah, kind of weird that it has online but not offline Co-op mode. You would think that it would be easier to do, and offline co-op mode is one of the most fun features a game can have.

 #124044  by Kupek
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:42 pm
I can see implemetning offline co-op having real difficulties. Not technical, but design; you have to make sure that your interface and levels still work when the player has less vertical space than horizontal space.

 #124045  by Lox
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:37 pm
Yeah, it's like playing GoW offline co-op. It works, but heck if it isn't distracting and harder. I much prefer having my fullscreen to tear up some locusts.

 #124048  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:40 pm
Split-screen sucks and it has always been a terrible compromise.

 #124049  by Julius Seeker
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:53 pm
I still prefer it to online co-op which isn't nearly as fun. Of course, most of the co-op games that I do play don't use full screen, they have both the players on the screen at the same time.
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 #124050  by Zeus
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:57 pm
Guess I'll have to get the PS3 version then

 #124064  by SineSwiper
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:11 pm
Zeus wrote:Guess I'll have to get the PS3 version then
Huh?

 #124069  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:44 pm
SineSwiper wrote:Huh?
'cause he won't pay for Live to play it online, I assume.
Dutch wrote:I still prefer it to online co-op which isn't nearly as fun. Of course, most of the co-op games that I do play don't use full screen, they have both the players on the screen at the same time.
It's an acquired taste for sure, but I now far prefer playing games designed to take advantage of a full screen (Halo, say) online with my friends, rather than at their place and sharing a screen. Local play for multiplayer games designed to be played on one screen (a fighting game or Bomberman) is still the greatest thing ever though.

 #124074  by Zeus
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:04 pm
Andrew, Killer Bee wrote:
SineSwiper wrote:Huh?
'cause he won't pay for Live to play it online, I assume.
Ding, ding, ding

 #124077  by Eric
 Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:06 pm
Zeus wrote:Guess I'll have to get the PS3 version then
Sweet, I have a co-op buddy. PS3 it is. :)

 #124112  by Zeus
 Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:03 pm
Eric wrote:
Zeus wrote:Guess I'll have to get the PS3 version then
Sweet, I have a co-op buddy. PS3 it is. :)
Let's hope I have a PS3 by then and there's nothing extra announced for the 360 version that'll change my decision

An aside:

More M$ Gold membership bitching - not only did the fuckers make me wait 'til July 8 to get my Canada Day theme, they're taking away the Gears 2 one release yesterday 'til next week. It's promotion for the game you dumb fucks, you should want as many people as possible to have it. Not to mention you can't use Netflix unless you have a Gold Membership. Wow, they're just going to far with this to the point of being petty and hurting the advertising of the games they need to promote.

I can't wait for Home to come out. I hope to hell it slaughters Live

 #124115  by Lox
 Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:36 pm
Zeus wrote:I can't wait for Home to come out. I hope to hell it slaughters Live
Home? I think you're mistaken. There is no such thing as Home nor will there ever be any such thing as Home...well, at least the way Sony is handling it. :)

 #124119  by bovine
 Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:55 pm
Zeus wrote:I can't wait for Home to come out. I hope to hell it slaughters Live
I hope that it is at least decent. However, a second life styled online lobby is hardly something that is going to topple the streamlined, robust features of live. I hope home is cool, but I don't think it will do anything that anyone really wants.... unless you really want to show people your virtual room with your virtual trophies in it and watch movies together...... virtually.

 #124120  by Julius Seeker
 Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:15 pm
bovine wrote:
Zeus wrote:I can't wait for Home to come out. I hope to hell it slaughters Live
I hope that it is at least decent. However, a second life styled online lobby is hardly something that is going to topple the streamlined, robust features of live. I hope home is cool, but I don't think it will do anything that anyone really wants.... unless you really want to show people your virtual room with your virtual trophies in it and watch movies together...... virtually.
Sounds like something Electronic Arts developed a decade ago. Though, maybe according to Zeus that wasn't popular enough to count.

 #124134  by Zeus
 Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:34 pm
Dutch wrote:
bovine wrote:
Zeus wrote:I can't wait for Home to come out. I hope to hell it slaughters Live
I hope that it is at least decent. However, a second life styled online lobby is hardly something that is going to topple the streamlined, robust features of live. I hope home is cool, but I don't think it will do anything that anyone really wants.... unless you really want to show people your virtual room with your virtual trophies in it and watch movies together...... virtually.
Sounds like something Electronic Arts developed a decade ago. Though, maybe according to Zeus that wasn't popular enough to count.
Not like that they didn't