No Online/LAN Co-op for Halo 2 73
BlueMoon writes "It has now been confirmed that Halo 2 will not include support for co-op mode on Xbox LIVE or LAN play. The co-op mode will remain for offline play only. Bungie made all attempts to implement it however with the complexity of the game it was simply impossible to have a worthwhile co-op experience." You may not be able to play together, but as consolation, check out the Halo 2 Ads pointed out by an anonymous reader.
Game complexity? (Score:1, Interesting)
Much state in these games is down to pointless detail... since when can a game like this not be online - coop?
Sounds really dumb, or more accurately, a way of making you spend more on halo -2- online but with some stupid name that doesn't make it sound like you are paying twice for something.
Mark my words - they will release a pay-for addon for this... it was all in the plan.
Give up on Xbox and Halo. [my 0.02]
Re:Game complexity? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Game complexity? (Score:3, Interesting)
Agreed. There are a lot of modern games that are eschewing multiplayer coop for exactly this reason -- the sheer complexity of trying to pull off all the scripted bells and whistles gamers have come to expect doesn't jive with the ability to add another character, another POV into the mix.
Bioware nixed coop from Hordes of the Underdark for just this reason; it wouldn't make sense from a story perspective, due to the cutscenes and how NPCs talk and interact with the character. Even in the game mods I design, I find coop often means "The main character all the NPCs form relationships with and make pacts with and such... and a bunch of guys who are along for the ride to help with the monster killing." Because anything more than that requires a LOT of special case scenario code for the NPCs alone, much less the puzzles.
Since there isn't really a screaming vast majority for a coop game, it's probably not going to happen unless the game was designed for that experience from the ground up, or has a game formula that works well with it (simple action games with no major scripted events).
What?!?! (Score:2, Interesting)
16:9 Widescreen Support (Score:1, Interesting)
No one has commented on this part of the article yet. Although I already knew H2 would support widescreen, this is the first time that I personally have seen reference to VERTICAL SPLITSCREEN. This is just fucking awesome news for anyone with an HDTV. Jesus Christ I am wetting my pants to play this game.
Other developers should take note of this 16:9 action. Although some games do support widescreen, most do not. But even the ones that do, rarely do they provide for VERTICAL splitcreen. Hat's off to Bungie on this front!