Solo or co op?

[no try hard team]

Assume that you have a friend, is this game better to play solo or party with friend?

[katzenkrimis]

These Larian games are immensely popular solo.

Coop, not so much.

[Senyaak]

party

[nyanko]

Better in what sense? Cause gameplay wise or enjoyment, no difference.

[cire87]

i prefer solo but we shall see

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

if you had someone to play with wouldn't it always be more fun?
I mean I can't think of any example where a game would be more fun alone than with friends.

[Izuzul]

If co-op is fun or not depends more on the friend than the game.

[Starvey]

Originally posted by noob:

Assume that you have a friend, is this game better to play solo or party with friend?

Since I don't like MP, given the choice, solo. MP and coop bore me to no end.

Even if in BG3, you can't have N@rut069 jumping in circles, it still bores me. My game, my story, my choices, my tactics.

[LinkToReality.ttv]

If you wanna have a contained story where you make all the choices then play it solo.

If you wanna play with friends that will run up and talk to NPCs before you, joke around (like filling your inventory with 40 tons of crates while you go get a drink) and push you off cliffs for the luls play co-op.

I know I'll do both.

[DeadBeat61]

Humans are intelligent. They never play co-op for free. If a weakling Tiefling or diminutive halfling wants you to carry them through the Underdark, they better pony up the gold.

[cire87]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝Link⎠⎞:

If you wanna have a contained story where you make all the choices then play it solo.

If you wanna play with friends that will run up and talk to NPCs before you, joke around (like filling your inventory with 40 tons of crates while you go get a drink) and push you off cliffs for the luls play co-op.

I know I'll do both.

all of this

[Alvarius]

Solo if you want immersion.

Co-op if you wanna fck around, have a good laugh and not take the game too seriously

[nizzemancer]

yeah I don't play story games in coop.

[Miqi]

This game is huge and very complicated.
It will have bugs and you should expect bugs.

However these bugs will be more in coop.

So it depends on if you and your friends are capable of looking past bugs and take it as it comes.

You will have full control of your story and less disturbances if you play solo.

If you play multiplayer you will probably have some friction in choices. but you will also get a different perspective on things or have a partner who approaches combat more different from yourself.


tl;DR it is a game that should be played through multiple times regardless, so either is fine.

[Heu, Iterum Id Feci]

Originally posted by nizzemancer:

yeah I don't play story games in coop.

+1

[Cooperal]

Haven't got to coop with this yet, but my experience with DoS2 tells me that solo is likely going to be the most immersive. Coop is probably best done with people with a similar level of game literacy, otherwise you will often find the less experienced players crutching on the guidance of others and generally finding themselves less engaged. I suppose it is a roleplaying game though so you could also incorporate that discrepancy into the experience.