Multiplayer?

[Wedge12475]

So far it seems RIP multiplayer. It is really a shame since I planned on doing a co-op playthrough of this game. I have played the first 10 hours of the game before with my PS1 copy, but was going to restart with a friend and the very nice, clean visuals of the PC version (PS1 resolution is a tad crap). :(

[Cat Daddy]

there was multiplayer for this???

[grafikal -[64]-]

No, there wasn't. Who the ♥♥♥♥ thought a multiplayer would be on this.

[Gilbertify]

no offense but what are you thinking? There's no way they'd add the coop back lol

[thr]

squeenix sucks for their re-relases actually having less features than the originals. damn mobile ports.

[kaipi1]

A game like this doesnt even need multiplayer. There are tons of real multiplayer games out there. play one of those...

[Orphy]

I really wish people would stop pretending that the extremely limited and situational feature of assigning the battle characters to two cotnrollers was, somehow, a "core feature" when this game was released.
Even back than irrc, it was more seen as a curiosity not many people even knew about and which even less saw useful.

[Gilbertify]

Publicado originalmente por orrphalesianprophet:

I really wish people would stop pretending that the extremely limited and situational feature of assigning the battle characters to two cotnrollers was, somehow, a "core feature" when this game was released.
Even back than irrc, it was more seen as a curiosity not many people even knew about and which even less saw useful.

Hahahaha I know right.

[Wedge12475]

Doesn't mean it can't be fun... I was not at all expecting this to keep the feature, but I am disappointed nonetheless. I have played through FF6 co-op and also am currently playing through FF5 co-op (translated japanese rom). Idk, I like playing FF games with other people and having battle co-op is better than having to pass the controller. It's not like it would be hard to add the feature, then again they also kept the mobile UI (which admittedly is not bad, just a little big) soooooooo...

[Naijiro]

Publicado originalmente por orrphalesianprophet:

I really wish people would stop pretending that the extremely limited and situational feature of assigning the battle characters to two cotnrollers was, somehow, a "core feature" when this game was released.
Even back than irrc, it was more seen as a curiosity not many people even knew about and which even less saw useful.

I see what you're saying, but for someone and a friend who's a fan of the game this may've been multiplayer to them in a sense.

I can see why some people may miss it no matter how limited it may've been, personally i don't miss it or care but still.

[lee.Vilenski]

I actually played a co-op game of this as a kid on PS1.

Still confused as to why it was a thing. Basically a way to piss someone off by not taking your 'Attack' turn.

[The Dapper Dragon]

Publicado originalmente por grafikal -64-:

No, there wasn't. Who the ♥♥♥♥ thought a multiplayer would be on this.

There was. I actually forgot about it until I thought about it...It was completly worthless.

[Gabby]

There was no real multiplayer as far as I can remember in FFIX. I feel like breaking out my PSP and checking that though.

It did however, respond to two controllers plugged in at the same time. So you could do multiplayer if you took turns when your characters came up. Local only, of course, because the game wasn't made in an age of online gaming on consoles.

You can still do that now, actually. This one actually reads any input you have plugged in, all at once. So you could have someone play on Keyboard, Mouse, Controllers, etc. You could technically do more than 2 people... I just lack the willing bodies... I mean slaves... I mean people to play with right now... to test that theory.

[Stekpanna]

Awh. I liked playing it with my friend when I was a child. Just went into the menu and decided which controller was going to control which character and voila.
I wouldn't say very advanced multiplayer as essentially all you did was move control over a specific character in combat but it was still more engaging than just watching your friend play the whole game.

A shame the feature isn't there anymore.

[Gabby]

Okay, well if it was there...that makes sense. Though you can still play multiplayer on this version. Just no character assigning.

[JadeWing]

Just. Pass. The. Controller.