is this game an online co-op game?

[Gyu]

And only two people can play at the same time right? So i just wonder if this game requires two people sit face to face like in the trailer or not.

[casual gamer.]

It's meant to be a local game, but can easily be played over the Internet with VOIP.

[Dlaw]

And no, as many people as you want can play at the same time, though eventually there comes a point when you just have too many.

You can have any number of experts, I've found that 3 is the sweet spot so far, though most bombs can comfortably be done with 2.

[Garlyle Wilds]

All this game requires is one person with the game, and at least one other person they can talk to that has the bomb manual on hand (which is located online, and can easily be printed out or just viewed live).

So, you can have those additional bomb manual reading people sitting next to you, or you can have them on a voice call via Skype or Teamspeak or any other service you wish. So long as you can talk to each other and one of you has the game, you can play.

And as many people can play with you as you wish, really. Though the more there are the more confusing it can get.

[Allen]

Thanks everyone, I just want to confirm that everything said here sounds right: The game can be played either local co-op or using your favorite voice chat service. Only the bomb defuser needs a copy of the game, the other players (with the free bomb defusal manual) can be in the same room, or connected via a voice chat service or phone.

Sometimes people even like to play with multiple bomb defusers describing the bomb and only one expert with the manual -- how you split the roles is up to you!

[Gyu]

Allen님이 먼저 게시:

Thanks everyone, I just want to confirm that everything said here sounds right: The game can be played either local co-op or using your favorite voice chat service. Only the bomb defuser needs a copy of the game, the other players (with the free bomb defusal manual) can be in the same room, or connected via a voice chat service or phone.

Sometimes people even like to play with multiple bomb defusers describing the bomb and only one expert with the manual -- how you split the roles is up to you!

Thank you. Now I understand how it works.

[Dlaw]

WHAT!? People can assist in defusing more than one bomb without themselves exploding!?

That's a better multitask-er than I. I can't work though Complicated Wires and the Button at the same time.

[Allen]

Dlaw님이 먼저 게시:

WHAT!? People can assist in defusing more than one bomb without themselves exploding!?

That's a better multitask-er than I. I can't work though Complicated Wires and the Button at the same time.

:) The most high level bomb defusers tackle multiple modules at one time, but if you're playing with more than one Defuser, there is always a limitation that only one person can interact with the bomb at a time.

...But sometimes it can be fun at a party to have multiple people able to see the bomb, all trying to describe it at the same time. I suspect this would be the most fun when it's everyone's first time playing the game and communication patterns haven't been established yet.

[Dlaw]

Allen님이 먼저 게시:

Dlaw님이 먼저 게시:

WHAT!? People can assist in defusing more than one bomb without themselves exploding!?

That's a better multitask-er than I. I can't work though Complicated Wires and the Button at the same time.

:) The most high level bomb defusers tackle multiple modules at one time, but if you're playing with more than one Defuser, there is always a limitation that only one person can interact with the bomb at a time.

...But sometimes it can be fun at a party to have multiple people able to see the bomb, all trying to describe it at the same time. I suspect this would be the most fun when it's everyone's first time playing the game and communication patterns haven't been established yet.

Well yea, when I play with more than one expert, and I'm the defuser, I assign one or more of them a module that's mostly done by the expert like Complicated Wires or Password, and the expert that's left and I work through the harder ones that take a while, like Simon and Morse Code.

But I wouldn't be able to keep track of 2 different bombs being defused at the same time by two different people if my life depended on it. One bomb with multiple defusers is different.

Edit: I noticed that when I was in the menu, I could switch between KB/Mouse and controller. Can you do that while in room too? That would make it easier to have multiple defusers, take turns passing off the controller and you could still have someone who's more comfortable with the KB/Mouse play.

[Allen]

To a certain extent, yes. The game currently works as follows:

- Press a button on a gamepad and you will switch to gamepad controls if you weren't already using them.
- Click a button on the mouse and you will switch to mouse controls if you weren't already using them.

We never intended this feature to be used as a hot-swap mid-game, so please let us know if any problems come up if you play this way.

[Dlaw]

I can't test right now, but next time we play I'll check it out and let you know.

[Wisecracker]

Why is this not playable alone? Why cant the bomber defuser also be the expert? lets call it a trained bomb defusal expert?

[Hoshikudaki]

Demetrius님이 먼저 게시:

Why is this not playable alone? Why cant the bomber defuser also be the expert? lets call it a trained bomb defusal expert?

You can, but that is not the intended purpose of the game.