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Does the console edition have any local coop? If not... do any current gen hacknslash games have local coop? Me and some friends used to rip through Norrath and Return to Arma on the PS2, and we want a suitable replacement.
Bringing eventually with no date set. Its a big deal for quite a few pc gamers, shame they can't clarify when its gonna get out.
@Killias2
My wife and I tore up Norrath, Return to Arms, and pretty much every console hack and slash we could get our hands on as well - good stuff!
As far as Dungeon Siege III goes on console, it sort of has local coop. Imagine Fable II, where the second player is the "companion" - he doesn't save anything on his own profile, in terms of progress.
However, if you play with a roommate, or significant other, where you are ALWAYS going to play together, it doesn't really matter, because all the companion's skills and items are saved. For all intents and purposes, they are two different characters. So yes; sort of, haha.
My wife and I tore up Norrath, Return to Arms, and pretty much every console hack and slash we could get our hands on as well - good stuff!
As far as Dungeon Siege III goes on console, it sort of has local coop. Imagine Fable II, where the second player is the "companion" - he doesn't save anything on his own profile, in terms of progress.
However, if you play with a roommate, or significant other, where you are ALWAYS going to play together, it doesn't really matter, because all the companion's skills and items are saved. For all intents and purposes, they are two different characters. So yes; sort of, haha.
arnt controls one of the very first things you should figure out before you start programing a game?
Is it just me, or the control are on of the very first thing you should get right before releasing your fucking game? Hey, let's release a incomplete game with crap control, pshhhh we'll just fix it later! Seriously? What the fuck?
Too bad thats not the only thing about the game thats pretty horrible. Which is a shame cause I loved Dungeon Siege 1 and 2. I forced myself to get through it, short campaign, no new+ or import character feature to keep building, horrible controls, bland characters, linear story. Seems like they had all the right things to make a great game, yet for some reason it fell way too short in all areas.
"@Killias2
My wife and I tore up Norrath, Return to Arms, and pretty much every console hack and slash we could get our hands on as well - good stuff!
As far as Dungeon Siege III goes on console, it sort of has local coop. Imagine Fable II, where the second player is the "companion" - he doesn't save anything on his own profile, in terms of progress.
However, if you play with a roommate, or significant other, where you are ALWAYS going to play together, it doesn't really matter, because all the companion's skills and items are saved. For all intents and purposes, they are two different characters. So yes; sort of, haha."
Thanks for the info! I looked into it more, and there is only 2 player local coop. Honestly, I don't get this limitation at all. Why does it feel like modern console local multiplayer has regressed? All this obsession over online multiplayer has really sapped the games of any local focus at all, which is distressing when you actually want to, I don't know, have fun with friends.
Isn't that supposed to be the point of these consoles?
My wife and I tore up Norrath, Return to Arms, and pretty much every console hack and slash we could get our hands on as well - good stuff!
As far as Dungeon Siege III goes on console, it sort of has local coop. Imagine Fable II, where the second player is the "companion" - he doesn't save anything on his own profile, in terms of progress.
However, if you play with a roommate, or significant other, where you are ALWAYS going to play together, it doesn't really matter, because all the companion's skills and items are saved. For all intents and purposes, they are two different characters. So yes; sort of, haha."
Thanks for the info! I looked into it more, and there is only 2 player local coop. Honestly, I don't get this limitation at all. Why does it feel like modern console local multiplayer has regressed? All this obsession over online multiplayer has really sapped the games of any local focus at all, which is distressing when you actually want to, I don't know, have fun with friends.
Isn't that supposed to be the point of these consoles?
Its an ok game, nothing special to be honest. Better than Hunted or some other tripe that has been released. If they actually do fix the controls so that the game plays properly then great! Still a mediocre game but at least you won't have to fight the inane control scheme :)
The lack of progression for the person who joins you in "coop", and it really hurts to call it that, is both baffling and infuriating. Then again, this is Obsidian, so I'm not surprised. The only goal they take seriously is how to find new and better ways to fuck up the games they make.
@Killias2
My fiancee and I loved those as well, and we've been enjoying Hunted: The Demon's Forge, though it's a bit of a different beast, gameplay wise, if you enjoy fantasy settings, it's good.
If you've got a PS3, there's Dungeon Hunter Alliance on PSN, and I believe it goes up to 4 local. I've only played about the first hour, but it seemed really good, and was only 11 bucks with PS Plus (free from downtime), but I think that discount ended.
Also, if you and your roomies didn't play Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 and 2, you have committed a grave crime, those are limited to 2 players, but I found them better than Champions, which is saying a lot.
And, as a final throwback, just because it sounds like you like them with 4 player local, there was a Dungeons and Dragons hack n slash for the OG Xbox that would be worth tracking down, probably the weakest of any I've listed, but still pretty decent with 4 folks.
My fiancee and I loved those as well, and we've been enjoying Hunted: The Demon's Forge, though it's a bit of a different beast, gameplay wise, if you enjoy fantasy settings, it's good.
If you've got a PS3, there's Dungeon Hunter Alliance on PSN, and I believe it goes up to 4 local. I've only played about the first hour, but it seemed really good, and was only 11 bucks with PS Plus (free from downtime), but I think that discount ended.
Also, if you and your roomies didn't play Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 and 2, you have committed a grave crime, those are limited to 2 players, but I found them better than Champions, which is saying a lot.
And, as a final throwback, just because it sounds like you like them with 4 player local, there was a Dungeons and Dragons hack n slash for the OG Xbox that would be worth tracking down, probably the weakest of any I've listed, but still pretty decent with 4 folks.
No one here has a gamepad on their PC? I just use a wireless Xbox controller.
You get ease of control from a console and amazing graphics/moddability of a PC. Seems easy to me.
You get ease of control from a console and amazing graphics/moddability of a PC. Seems easy to me.
"Perpetually annoyed" pretty much sums it up. I suppose if I was going to invest that much in my gaming setup on a continual basis, I too would be hard to please.
If I wanted to play with a game pad I'd have bought it on console, guess I was hoping for something more akin to DS1 or 2. Having said that, apparently there was a small patch that inverted the camera controls with no way to fix it, and making it even MORE unplayable for me. Awesome job....
"If you've got a PS3, there's Dungeon Hunter Alliance on PSN, and I believe it goes up to 4 local. I've only played about the first hour, but it seemed really good, and was only 11 bucks with PS Plus (free from downtime), but I think that discount ended.
Also, if you and your roomies didn't play Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 and 2, you have committed a grave crime, those are limited to 2 players, but I found them better than Champions, which is saying a lot. "
Thanks for the recommendations!
I never played Dark Alliance, but the other two dudes in my Norrath trio have played it. They said it was really good, but, as you said, it only supported two at a time, which cut against its utility. I'll look into Dungeon Hunter Alliance.
Also, if you and your roomies didn't play Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 and 2, you have committed a grave crime, those are limited to 2 players, but I found them better than Champions, which is saying a lot. "
Thanks for the recommendations!
I never played Dark Alliance, but the other two dudes in my Norrath trio have played it. They said it was really good, but, as you said, it only supported two at a time, which cut against its utility. I'll look into Dungeon Hunter Alliance.
Oh, I see that it is based on Dungeon Hunter for the iPhone, which I actually have. Hrmm, I'm not sure how I feel about that, haha.
Why can't we bring another Norrath-esque game to the new generation? It really is absurd. Not everyone wants to play exclusively online multiplayer....
Why can't we bring another Norrath-esque game to the new generation? It really is absurd. Not everyone wants to play exclusively online multiplayer....
I can't find Dark Alliance 2 - it's like $40, used, for a beat up jizzed on copy with a rental case.
So PC gamers are pissed off about that and not about how Obsidian's developed, and Square's published, another inferior experience, when lesser companies are out there doing so much more with much less? Thats impressive.
I've never played a more cheap killing, boring storied, flat looking dungeon crawler-like game in my life. Trust me, its not nearly as horrible as Daggerdale (Daggerdale had 0 story, looks like someone shit it out, and played like shit -but you could see the fun underthere somewhere, which I really can't find in DS3), but its not too high above it on the totem pole.
I've never played a more cheap killing, boring storied, flat looking dungeon crawler-like game in my life. Trust me, its not nearly as horrible as Daggerdale (Daggerdale had 0 story, looks like someone shit it out, and played like shit -but you could see the fun underthere somewhere, which I really can't find in DS3), but its not too high above it on the totem pole.
There are a lot of things I can forgive a developer for, and there are a lot of things I can't.
Releasing a game with controls that don't work falls in the latter category.
Releasing a game with controls that don't work falls in the latter category.
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