Local co-op... whut?

[Sweetcreems]

(•ิ_•ิ)? I'm confused, since when was there local co-op?

[Baffan]

Since always! Since Symphonia (2003), nearly all Tales of have!

[Sweetcreems]

Originally posted by Baffan:

Since always! Since Symphonia (2003), nearly all Tales of have!

You serious? How in the world do I do this?

[Baffan]

On consoles, simply set the characters in the slots (2, 3 or 4 depending on how many you are) to Semi-Auto or Manual.
On PC it's in the Settings, you determine a controller for each player, then in the game once again you put the character in the slots to Semi-Auto or Manual.

[Simon]

Local coop has always existed in tales games, but you can only local coop during combat. When out of combat, only player 1 can move the character

[Mystic Myotis]

Many (but not all) of the games have local co-op, and some of them have better takes on it than others. For example, it can be a bit of a pain in Symphonia and other games that came out before Symphonia because P2 is sometimes not on-screen, which sucks. In Zestiria, it completely breaks an already bad camera system, and the fusion system is awful for people who play local co-op. The link system from the Xillias is also bad for local co-op, but not as bad as the fusion system. Obviously, the Vita games (Hearts R and Innocence R) do not have local co-op either, which is a massive shame because those two games have really fun battle systems.

In my experience, the best games in the series for multiplayer are Abyss, Vesperia, Graces (great camera in this game for multiplayer, btw, whoever was in charge of that deserves a freaking medal), and Berseria.

Usually, you just put another controller in and change the character's settings from "auto" to "manual" or "semi-auto," and that lets someone else play. I highly recommend it if you have someone around interested in the games; multiplayer is a ton of fun in Tales of, imo.