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AzaIndustries Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:17pm
Family CO-OP
Is there any way I can play with family members without having to buy multiple copies?

My family members aren't frequent gamers and I've bought games in the past multiple times just for them to play a handle full of hours with me in the little time they ever spend gaming.

And we're in the same house, I'm aware the game doesn't have LAN but it would be great if I could play with people sitting next to me without buying multiple copies.
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Let's Go Brandon Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:20pm 
Nope
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AzaIndustries Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:34pm 
Well I'll have to wait for a deep sale then.
It's really not worth $65AUD to play with my siblings.

A shame less and less games have either LAN and/or Split-screen support these days.
The trend of online only MP is less social IMO.
Last edited by AzaIndustries; Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:34pm
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Slewey Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:51pm 
Originally posted by Aza-Industries:
The trend of online only MP is less social IMO.
Did that even make sense?
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AzaIndustries Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:54pm 
Originally posted by Slewey:
Originally posted by Aza-Industries:
The trend of online only MP is less social IMO.
Did that even make sense?

Yeah, back in the day people went to lan parties or invited friends over to play local/LAN games.
It's getting harder to do that with less games supporting it.
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Druark Feb 28, 2018 @ 7:11pm 
Splitscreen is good for some games, but it can get a bit frustrating if you're trying to play FPS games with 1/4 of the screen. Though the option would still be nice.
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Fritzgerald Feb 28, 2018 @ 7:18pm 
Originally posted by Aza-Industries:
Well I'll have to wait for a deep sale then.
It's really not worth $65AUD to play with my siblings.

A shame less and less games have either LAN and/or Split-screen support these days.
The trend of online only MP is less social IMO.

Why is a 25 dollar early access game, 65 dollars in Australia? Even with conversion it should be closer to 32 dollars, no?
Last edited by Fritzgerald; Feb 28, 2018 @ 7:19pm
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Dwarfurious Feb 28, 2018 @ 7:21pm 
Originally posted by Aza-Industries:
Is there any way I can play with family members without having to buy multiple copies?

My family members aren't frequent gamers and I've bought games in the past multiple times just for them to play a handle full of hours with me in the little time they ever spend gaming.

And we're in the same house, I'm aware the game doesn't have LAN but it would be great if I could play with people sitting next to me without buying multiple copies.
Well... i know that if you buy it on the windows 10 store you also get it on xbox but im not sure if it requires you to log into an account to play it. But it has crossplay so 'maybe' you can ! im not sure though
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AzaIndustries Feb 28, 2018 @ 7:30pm 
Originally posted by Fritzgerald:
Originally posted by Aza-Industries:
Well I'll have to wait for a deep sale then.
It's really not worth $65AUD to play with my siblings.

A shame less and less games have either LAN and/or Split-screen support these days.
The trend of online only MP is less social IMO.

Why is a 25 dollar early access game, 65 dollars in Australia? Even with conversion it should be closer to 32 dollars, no?

Because I have to buy 2 copies, like I said my family members are infrequent gamers who don't play much.

I'll be using my copy a lot but they will probably only ever play a handful of hours, and only with me not online or anything.

I provide both the PCs and gear too.
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SpiritFire Mar 1, 2018 @ 3:18am 
well my mother and my wife both talked about playing this but i told them not to get it becuase they would get lost. lol. they get turned around very easy in games so it would be pretty rough for them.. they would prolly team kill ppl on accident as well. =P
Last edited by SpiritFire; Mar 1, 2018 @ 3:18am
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Roxxapo Mar 1, 2018 @ 3:59am 
I would kill to have Local Co-Op in this game.
Too many games ignore splitscreen.
Hell, Borderlands 2 outright locked splitcreen off in the pc port!
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Munchies Mar 1, 2018 @ 4:02am 
Dude ... you can have people in your house and play online multiplayer ... I know I know Mind = Blown ... ALL you have to do is join the same server ...
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Spooky Mar 1, 2018 @ 11:52am 
11 / 10 - would play "legal backup" copies on LAN parties again.
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Belle Delphine Targaryen! Mar 1, 2018 @ 12:07pm 
Originally posted by • Spooky •:
11 / 10 - would play "legal backup" copies on LAN parties again.
Those LAN orgie$ were priceless! I miss the golden days.
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Roxxapo Mar 1, 2018 @ 12:24pm 
Originally posted by Munchies NerdsBG:
Dude ... you can have people in your house and play online multiplayer ... I know I know Mind = Blown ... ALL you have to do is join the same server ...

And it would only cost 100$! and 3 more computers. Flawless logic.
Not sure why anyone has an argument against splitscreen co-op.
Last edited by Roxxapo; Mar 1, 2018 @ 12:26pm
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AzaIndustries Mar 1, 2018 @ 12:27pm 
Originally posted by Munchies NerdsBG:
Dude ... you can have people in your house and play online multiplayer ... I know I know Mind = Blown ... ALL you have to do is join the same server ...

You missed the point entirely.

Originally posted by Super Roxxapo:
I would kill to have Local Co-Op in this game.
Too many games ignore splitscreen.
Hell, Borderlands 2 outright locked splitcreen off in the pc port!

Yeah that was downright criminal.
I use my PC hooked up to my TV more than any of my consoles.
It's just better in every way.

But devs keep stripping split-screen out of their PC ports.

If they added offline LAN support I would just load up steam family sharing and use that.
Last edited by AzaIndustries; Mar 1, 2018 @ 12:30pm
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