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Apparently there was a memo distributed to the majority of developers
stating that players, in fact, do not need/want cooperative play in
games. I'm unsure who circulated this memo but it seems to have made its
way to every major development house with only a few minor exceptions.


Let me clarify for any developers which may read this:

Not all gamers are serial killing 13 year olds hopped up on coca-cola
and candy bars. Some gamers actually ENJOY cooperating with other humans
against AI opponents.

When you have only deathmatch you force a situation in which you may
have one side which is massively more skilled than the other side. That
is part of the reason so many people shy away from deathmatch type
games, especially the guy who only has a few hours to play a night. Why
go get raped by a 13 year old who has 8 hours a night to play Quake3,
where is the fun in that?  With an AI opponent you can *scale* the
difficulty to make it a challenge without being too easy or impossible.

Hopefully by some act of God developers will get this memo above,
becuase right now, coop play is looking real bleak...




In article <87c1d3$aev$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  bv...@my-deja.com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Playing games cooperatively against the computer is the best fun in my
> opinion. It is dissapointing to see how few cooperative multiplayer
games
> exist. This is particularly true in the case of RPGs. Playing through
> Baldur's Gate with my wife was fantastic.
> I want more of these games!
> I will comment on a few games that would (have) be(en) great in
> cooperative mode:
> Caesar III/Pharaoh - you could divide the responsibilities and manage
a
> city together. Each player could have an allocated budget.
> Rollercoaster Tycoon - same as above
> Planescape: Torment - it was my biggest dissapointment that this game
> does not have multiplayer support, but after all I forgive Black Isle,
> because it would be reading a book together
> Fallout 2 - the village should have sent two people to get a GECK
> X-Wing Alliance
> Nox - This upcoming Diablo-like RPG will NOT have coop multiplayer
>
> And the list could go on. I think most games today would do better if
they
> supported cooperative multiplayer. Even shooters should have this
mode,
> like Quake 2.
>
> If you agree let your voice be heard!!!
>
> Black Void
>
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>


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