Honestly I dont mind passing around the controller to friends when playing single player or online. Me and my friends take turns playing COD4 online (a TDM match each), and if I like this game well probibly do the same. Watching isnt that bad especially when there is so much action on the screen, plus you got the whole screen to your self. While R2 co-op is fun, it shrings the screen down.

In my mind, co-op play is what saves FPS's like Resistance and Halo. Without it, the games are shit.

So if Killzone 2 isn't comparable to Half-life 2 as far as having a single player experience... then I'll stamp the disc with a big FAIL.

It just goes with out saying, HL2 is the gold standard for all single player FPS games. If you have the balls to not have co-op, your game had better be fucking good.

Thats me though. What about you guys?

I may miss it, but a lack of co-op isn't a deal-breaker or anything. I play FPS campaigns solo for the most part anyways, but it's always fun to have the option to play with friends. It adds to the replayability in my opinion... But like I said it's not a major issue or anything, like a lack of any form of multiplayer gametype would be for me...

Agree with demtor and holyetheline. It had better be good enough to stand on its own if no co-op is there, but I prefer to play it on my own through the campaign and then jump into multiplayer if I feel like it. But from reading eurogamer's review it seemed like it was almost set up for co-op but was omitted as they sais a lot of the levels you're paired with another AI soldier. They omitted it for a reason, I hope anyway, and if its not there it was a dev choice to not go that route and I can respect that. Its looking good so far.

I'm glad!

I just got Resistance 2, and I'd like a reason to go back to it after K2 is released!

I think that co-op is like competitive multiplayer. Do it right or don't do it at all.

There's no problem in my mind with leaving a feature such as co-op out of a game. A team should decide what they want their game to be, then make it as good as it can be at what it does. If a game has co-op, it better be more than just a normal single-player campaign with 2 players playing at once. The game's design in general should be built around the features of the game.

I've got the opposite mentality of Demtor. I say if you include a feature, you better make it an integrated, polished, intriguing part of your game. You better not just release some half-ass, last-minute afterthought because people on the internet are crybaby bitches.

Good example:
Gears of War - Designed from the ground up, knowing it was a co-op game. The game provides you with splitting paths through levels while still providing opportunity to work together. If your partner goes down, you can pick him back up.

Bad example:
The Darkness - Great game, but they added a rushed multiplayer mode that was terrible. The should have released the game as a single-player-only experience, and the game would have been better for it. The campaign was fantastic, by the way.

On a side-note I think that what Resistance 2 did with their co-op was interesting. It was separate from the singple-player experience, but compelling enough that it didn't matter. It still provided a well-though-out multiplayer experience.

Like MrSadistic I've never played any co-op so it doesn't mean anything to me. I prefer to play games alone or against other people.

In a world where a Resident Evil game has co-op, this is inexcusable.

Bioshock. No co-op, no multiplayer even. Awesome game. Now go away you naysayers.

I don't see co-op as being too important in a game as it doesn't really add to much. I want to beat the game by my self and not with someone else.

Resistance 2 has a cool grasp on co-op.

@brainderailment - I'm not saying every game needs co-op. Not even saying every FPS needs co-op. I'm just saying that if an FPS doesn't have co-op, then it needs to be an awesome game. Because imo, crap game with co-op, is still fun. Crap game with no co-op, is no fun. See what I mean?

Bioshock and COD4 are both good examples of FPS single player awesome.

Why is everybody so hot on cooperative? Single player and online competitive should be enough.