Why single player only?!

[RIP Val Kilmer]

I love the EDF games, but let's be honest here, they aren't exactly deep. It's mindless shooting, but it's best in class mindless shooting. That being said, multiplayer makes these games orders of magnitude more fun. Just saying.

[Warfare]

No coop in this one? Hm, I think I'll pass then.

[McMurphy]

Because online coop is hard to play in shmups because of lag or desync.
loocal coop would be cool but you need irl friends than

[(ADORA)ble 🌈👊]

I completely disagree that they aren't deep by shooter standards. I'd say they're more tacticle than games like Far Cry or CoD ect.

[TrueWOPR]

given this is a schmup at most it would be 2 player coop, local-only since online sync in a game type where miliseconds count wouldn't work too well.

[(ADORA)ble 🌈👊]

This game would work perfectly fine with 4 player online co-op. They'd probably have to adjust balance a bit.

[j. valentine]

i am a wing diver girl and i want to play with other wing diver girls too

[Gamephreak5]

Dude, the vast majority of shmups are single player only. It's really par for the course.

Besides, like others said, it'd be hard to have online co-op with this type of game due to lag and desync. D3 is the kind of publisher that works with a small team and puts out games on a bargain bin budget (which isn't necessarily bad, mind you).

I wouldn't expect them to have the means to make online work with a game that requires the fastest reflexes to survive like a shmup. It's easier to do with the regular EDF games because it's slower paced and easier to sync to other players and doesn't require nearly as fast reflexes.

[Crystal]

haha okay I wont buy then thanks