2 Player Co-Op PvP

[Antdawg]

So awhile back, I thought I'd read about a mode in SF6 where you and a friend could team up to play matches against other teams online. Now that i'm looking into it more, it seems like I was mistaken, and that i might have read some old or incorrect info. Is there any way to play WITH a friend instead of against them?

I probably can't convince my friends to get the game if the only options is to play versus each other, but i think they might be down if we could play the game together cooperatively. Does anyone know if there's gonna be some kind 2 player mode? I have 4 friends that i want to get into fighting games and i thought it could be fun to play 2v2 against each other.

[TruthWarrior115]

no you read right but sadly that was the old design, the game got delayed and changed to the classic 1v1 style, it was originally supposed to be a team focused game but i heard the game testers hated it. honestly it got me really sad because im a huge fan of team play and capcom no longer have any team based fighting games. idk why they make it optional?!? it even grinds my gears seeing pieces of the old build in the adventure mode, you can team up in certain battles with a.i. in adventure mode only like wtf........

[Antdawg]

Originally posted by TruthWarrior115:

no you read right but sadly that was the old design, the game got delayed and changed to the classic 1v1 style, it was originally supposed to be a team focused game but i heard the game testers hated it. honestly it got me really sad because im a huge fan of team play and capcom no longer have any team based fighting games. idk why they make it optional?!? it even grinds my gears seeing pieces of the old build in the adventure mode, you can team up in certain battles with a.i. in adventure mode only like wtf........

Daaaaaamn, that really sucks man. I doubt any of my friends will get it then. I was so pumped for some kind of co op, cause i figured it would really help to ease them into the genre, and then i could teach them some stuff in a less discouraging environment. And yea the fact that the ai can be called in to help wtf lol let my friend fight with me in the open world instead!

i thought world tour was going to be something completely different. I thought there would be monster hunter style events/missions were you could team up and fight souped up npcs for prizes with a friend, and then play against other teams online. I am, very sad now.

[BigCheese]

Co op is such a missed opportunity in fighting games. It brings in a whole new audience and would be easy enough to implement. Oh well.

[TruthWarrior115]

thats the thing about games cant gets our hopes up or expect anything, im really looking forward to this game but im also really sad about them erasing teamplay, they talk all this ♥♥♥♥ about bringing in new players and stuff but erase the one mode many people would of found fun, till this day my favorite street fighter game is street x tekken, because of the teamplay and ability to team up with friends and take on others and especially the scramble mode where all 4 people duke it out in open 2v2 play, was chaotic and fun.

[TruthWarrior115]

exaxtly bigcheese, with all the hype this game is getting could you imagine the hype for an optional teamplay mode trailer, ryu and ken fighting jamie and luke. ugh sucks even thinking about :(

[Antdawg]

Originally posted by BigCheese:

Co op is such a missed opportunity in fighting games. It brings in a whole new audience and would be easy enough to implement. Oh well.

Maybe if enough people request it as a feature, it can make it in one day. Although at that point, I doubt my friends will care. It's weird too because with the battle hub and social elements you'd think they'd see the very obvious next step of allowing people to play WITH their friends in a competitive way that doesn't pit them against each other. This is the only genre that doesn't do this as far as I can tell and it's truly bizarre to me since it seems like it could so easily be added on the side. So many issues could be solved by allowing people to team up
-less intimidating for new players if a friend plays on their team
-easier to teach someone how to play if you can analyze their gameplay in real time and talk to them
-player retention would most likely improve
-game is instantly more social as you can team up with friends and strangers and trade tips/combos ect.


Idk, I feel like the World Tour Mode is really misunderstanding what's at the heart of the complaints about single player content in fighting games. From what I can tell, world tour is going to be a very basic game mode where you fight a bunch of relatively easy battles in a Street Fighter/Yakuza style hybrid where you learn everyone's moves 1 by 1 and add some points into your vitality or strength, with the stats being pretty pointless in the grand scheme of things. So it's basically a very light rpg layered on top of your traditional Street Fighter. It looks like you beat some goons and bosses and that's cool and all but then bam that's it, you're done there is no loop to keep you here... correct me if I'm wrong but it looks to be a one and done type of situation.
Really, what I think people wanted for single player was a ton of unlocks/skins/items to earn over the course of many months, years even. Something for them to earn, a carrot on a stick so that when you start getting wrecked constantly online you can always say to yourself," hey at least in 15 more matches i'll have enough in game currency to buy that sweet skin" . I have a feeling that Project L is going to take this path and it seems so obvious why lol people need to be tricked into learning with loot and shiny stuff.

So if you aren't going to add truly in depth single player content, why not have co op events? Things people can earn if they play together or solo? Maybe I'm wrong and World Tour will have a ton of cool content to unlock and a lot of depth but idk. I just can't help but feel it'll be shallow and not have the kind of stuff people truly want in the end from a single player mode.