Are there any games like this that have coop?

[Stryker]

Because damn, what a missed opportunity.

[Playbahnosh]

There's Elite Dangerous, a space sim with multiplayer.
Although, a lot of people prefer the single player sandbox of X. It's not a "missed opportunity", it's a different type of game. To include multiplayer, the entire game has to be designed differently from the ground up, it won't be the same.

[Sola]

Avorion

[SpaceToast]

pretty much just avorion, I wish this had some sort of Co-op though.

[Playbahnosh]

Originally posted by SpaceToast:

pretty much just avorion, I wish this had some sort of Co-op though.

Well, there is that vestigial multiplayer feature, the Ventures. Ego never made multiplayer before, so I think it's their first foray into trying to implement some sort of co-op into X. The problem is, for a real co-op to work in a very detailed sandbox like X, they have to build the entire game from the ground up to support it. Server-client based engine, network code, etc., which is definitely not in X4. If all goes well, we might see some form of real multiplayer in X5. Maybe...

[SpaceToast]

Originally posted by Playbahnosh:

Originally posted by SpaceToast:

pretty much just avorion, I wish this had some sort of Co-op though.

Well, there is that vestigial multiplayer feature, the Ventures. Ego never made multiplayer before, so I think it's their first foray into trying to implement some sort of co-op into X. The problem is, for a real co-op to work in a very detailed sandbox like X, they have to build the entire game from the ground up to support it. Server-client based engine, network code, etc., which is definitely not in X4. If all goes well, we might see some form of real multiplayer in X5. Maybe...

That would be fine, I dont want large scale multiplayer like elite or star citizen, I just want to be able to have a friend hop into my universe and mess around.

[Meme Turtle]

Originally posted by SpaceToast:

Originally posted by Playbahnosh:

Well, there is that vestigial multiplayer feature, the Ventures. Ego never made multiplayer before, so I think it's their first foray into trying to implement some sort of co-op into X. The problem is, for a real co-op to work in a very detailed sandbox like X, they have to build the entire game from the ground up to support it. Server-client based engine, network code, etc., which is definitely not in X4. If all goes well, we might see some form of real multiplayer in X5. Maybe...

That would be fine, I dont want large scale multiplayer like elite or star citizen, I just want to be able to have a friend hop into my universe and mess around.

I am pretty sure your friend can be simulated with a few MD scripts that spawn random ships and force them to attack the nearest station...

[Neccarus]

Avorion

[Stryker]

Damn, tried Avorion and it didn't stick. You just don't get that same sense of scale/world without being able to leave your ship on foot.

[Joppe]

Originally posted by Strykerx88:

Damn, tried Avorion and it didn't stick. You just don't get that same sense of scale/world without being able to leave your ship on foot.

Haven't tried Avorion myself yet, but I get what you're saying. It may seem like a small thing (space legs) but getting out of your fighter to run around the landing pads of your carrier, or watching the traffic around your station from the docks, really helps with the sense of scale and immersion. Is it perfect? No, but it is still pretty darn cool. :)

[Gregorovitch]

I would say EVE Online is the MP version of X4. I would say that X4 is an SP version of EVE but I think the X games predate EVE, if only by a little.

[Playbahnosh]

Originally posted by Gregorovitch:

I would say EVE Online is the MP version of X4. I would say that X4 is an SP version of EVE but I think the X games predate EVE, if only by a little.

That, and there's the fact EVE is nothing like X. For one thing, you can't personally fly your ship in EVE. Also, EVE is a mumorpuger and X is a single player sandbox. The only common thing about the two games is that both have space ships. Other than that, they have barely anything in common.