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McRed Jan 24, 2019 @ 1:06pm

No Online Co-op, No buy.

Just chiming in with many of the other community members. Love a lot of what I see on this game. But without online co-op it really is of no use to me. If this changes I will gladly buy the game. It's 2019.. there should be no such thing as no online co-op in a game with co-op.

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Reminder Jan 24, 2019 @ 1:31pm

Exactly... What's the point of having the campaign local co-op only and a "PvP mode" that supports online co-op..

Healios Jan 25, 2019 @ 2:59am

hori has no online co-op, rayman has no online co-op, cuphead has no online co-op, new super mario bros U has no online co-op

why do you want it for this game ? it's technically very complicated for this kind of game (pvp is in fixed arena without physics), and it's really better to play multiplayer on a couch

Last edited by Healios; Jan 25, 2019 @ 3:00am

McRed Jan 25, 2019 @ 4:25am

Originally posted by Healios:
hori has no online co-op, rayman has no online co-op, cuphead has no online co-op, new super mario bros U has no online co-op

why do you want it for this game ? it's technically very complicated for this kind of game (pvp is in fixed arena without physics), and it's really better to play multiplayer on a couch

Mario is a console game, so I'm not sure why you're including that in a steam forum?

Trine 1,2 and 3 Have online co-op. Final Exam has online co-op. Abyss Odyssey has online co-op. Castle Crashers has online co-op. Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara has onine co-op. Sacred Citadel has online co-op. MANY other games have online co-op.

Asking why I want it for this game is a pretty stupid question. Obviously I want it so I can play with friends that can't make it to my couch. DUH!

Why is it better to play multiplayer on a couch? Do you like touching the person beside you while you play games with them?

Healios Jan 25, 2019 @ 4:59am

I just wanted to say that Unruly is not the only modern multiplayer platformer game which does not have online co-op. And Mario is one of the most played and famous.
Maybe it's just me, but for this kind of game the interest is in enjoying it together in real life, for example with girlfriend.
Some other games are better for online, imo.

btw games like Abyss Odyssey, Chronicles of Mystara or Castle Crashers have nearly no physical elements, its pretty easy for them to implement online coop.
For Trine it must have been a big headache for the dev team, I admit it, but Magic design is a small team who have done the job of a big one, they did as they could

Last edited by Healios; Jan 25, 2019 @ 5:07am

Darkness Jan 25, 2019 @ 5:08am

Just use Parsec for now, online co-op might come later.

I just wonder why it has competitive online multiplayer but no cooperative online multiplayer, it's a really weird design choice.

Also, you could try being more mature, eventually. It's 2019.

Last edited by Darkness; Jan 25, 2019 @ 5:10am

Healios Jan 25, 2019 @ 5:10am

Originally posted by Darkness:
Just use Parsec for now, online co-op might come later.

I just wonder why it has competitive online multiplayer but no cooperative online multiplayer, it's a really weird design choice.

it's not a design choice but a technical restriction due to many physical elements in the adventure mode.

McRed Jan 25, 2019 @ 5:34am

Originally posted by Darkness:
Just use Parsec for now, online co-op might come later.

I just wonder why it has competitive online multiplayer but no cooperative online multiplayer, it's a really weird design choice.

Also, you could try being more mature, eventually. It's 2019.

I've yet to try Parsec, I will certainly give it a go soon.

Also I could try being more mature.. but that's not fun for me so I'll pass on that ;-)

Ricky Spanish Jan 26, 2019 @ 2:00pm

I was going to buy this game with a friend.
We realised there wasn't Online coop.
So goodbye.
Such a disapointment, the game seemed really cool.

NeoSage Jan 27, 2019 @ 2:07am

Design choice, technical restrictions..you guys act like its not a product description that extends its marketibility range. What logical reason is there not to have it or at least state that it will be prepared in a future update?

You wanna talk about big bucks and returns so that both investors and developers are happy? Pretty stupid not too and yes its 2019. Ppl during the cold war thought we'd have spaceships by now..

Honestly such a horrendous choice but could have been saved by saying it will come in an update or something rather than it being a technical restriction...

whats the difference in a couch or online on a 2d platformer? I dont understand. No doubt the game value is terrific but this one simple drawback and response to that drawback will make investors and future potential buyers alike hate you.

Take a break, go on holiday sure but to completely ignore it and say its a technical restriction that will never be rectified in the age of rtx 2K GPU, bitcoin mining, cloud systems is downright insulting...its 2019 ffs

Last edited by NeoSage; Jan 27, 2019 @ 2:10am

Healios Jan 27, 2019 @ 9:10am

you talk about marketting, investors .. but the reality is much more simple, it's about the physical engine used in the game wich is very complicated to be sync online.
That's why you won't find physical elements in pvp mode,
that's nothing to do about a GPU or something like that

the studio has other priorities than spending a lot of time ans money for a online coop mode wich won't be that much used, because the game is designed to be a solo or coop couch experience

I prefer that they add new level and content in the future than having a online mode

Last edited by Healios; Jan 27, 2019 @ 9:11am

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Darkness Jan 28, 2019 @ 3:11am

Originally posted by Healios:
but the reality is much more simple, it's about the physical engine used in the game wich is very complicated to be sync online.
That's why you won't find physical elements in pvp mode,
that's nothing to do about a GPU or something like that

the studio has other priorities than spending a lot of time ans money for a online coop mode wich won't be that much used, because the game is designed to be a solo or coop couch experience

I prefer that they add new level and content in the future than having a online mode

My bad, I missed your post previously, as I just posted as you were posting, probably.

Indeed syncing physics can be tricky, even impossible if it relies on stuff processed by the GPU (PhysX). Wasn't aware the game relied heavily on it for singleplayer and the "versus" portion would be so different.

Anyway, as I always say, people can use Parsec to play any "local co-op only" game online with friends, it's an awesome piece of technology that has 0 desyncs and allows such stuff to be played flawlessly. Demanding online support from indie games is so 2017.

Adding online support for smaller games is suicidal, not only because of the technical limitations, but also because this same people complaining are the first ones to have a negative review going saying "the game is dead, noone is online".

Last edited by Darkness; Jan 28, 2019 @ 3:12am

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