Is it possible to play this game, and OMD1, in LAN/co-op mode with one select friend?

[Baal walk 5]

Hey everybody,

this game and its predecessor OMD1 look really fun. However, we haven't played these games yet, and we don't know anyone who did, so we would like to ask here.

I would like to play the campaign, or the single-player, of this game with my friend. He would play from his PC and Steam account and I would play from my PC and Steam account.

(1) Is it possible for us to play the game like this? (2) If yes, would it be easy for him to join my game, or for me to join his game? We wouldn't want strangers to come in and fill up a player slot, if I am wording this right. (3) Also, let's say we reach level/map 5 and decide to continue at another time, is it possible to save our game and continue later?

Thanks a lot in advance,
B

[Cougarific]

1). Yes you can play 2-player co-op on LAN.

2). Yes. You can *only* play *2-player* co-op, no strangers can join your game unless you invite them.

3). No you cannot save mid-map and continue later. The game does save your progress as you advance to the next map though.

FYI OMD1 does not have co-op, that was added in OMD2. But if you have both games you can play certain "Classic" maps from the first game in 2-player co-op.

[Baal walk 5]

Thanks for your reply!

Regarding (1), for situations where the PCs won't be connected in a LAN, we will also most likely play co-op over the Internet. But it's good to know that this game can be played on LAN!

Also, thanks for letting us know that OMD1 does not have a co-op mode. We really wanted to buy the Franchise Pack, but I suppose we will settle on OMD2 for now; it should have enough content on its own.

[swenor]

There is no TRUE LAN - you still need to be connected to internet. COOP works through steam matchmaking.

Originally posted by Beremis:

Also, thanks for letting us know that OMD1 does not have a co-op mode.

That's why read store page description first. ALWAYS before posting on forums. No need to ask obvious things.

[wiidad]

also when they say Multiplayer, im not certain what they are talking about becauuse there is no vs. ONLY CO-OP in OMD2. 2 player co-op is done very well though. You should have a blast!

[swenor]

They give coop games bad tag. No coop game should be given multiplayer tag when it only has coop and NO PVP. In the past mulitplayer meant ONE thing = pvp, but these days multiplayer also means coop.
OMD has only 1 thing - 2 player online coop. NO PVP.

[literniks]

rtfs

[Blue Shark~Vault Boy /CZE/]

Originally posted by swenor:

They give coop games bad tag. No coop game should be given multiplayer tag when it only has coop and NO PVP. In the past mulitplayer meant ONE thing = pvp, but these days multiplayer also means coop.
OMD has only 1 thing - 2 player online coop. NO PVP.

Multiplayer - "Video game designed for or involving several players". That's coop and pvp both. Not to mention steam has been changing how it categorises them with introcution of new tags (not user ones).