Why no 4 player online co-op?

[SabiaNz]

Why introduce the capability and then deny it to online players :/

[40 fps Bragantino]

Because the game is barely playable in 2 player onlinde mode. Let alone 4.

Talk about one of the worst online i've ever seen in a game with this framerate drop problem.

[Rob DiGiorno]

Even if the latency issues were resolved, it seems like the sprites are way too big and the playable area way too small to fit 4 players doing specials, throwing ♥♥♥♥ and everything else. friendly fire would have to be off, or the entire game would devolve into an enormous mess.

I love this game, I really do, but 2 players barely works. I cannot see how anyone could possibly think 4 would be a good idea.

[40 fps Bragantino]

Originally posted by Rob DiGiorno:

Even if the latency issues were resolved, it seems like the sprites are way too big and the playable area way too small to fit 4 players doing specials, throwing ♥♥♥♥ and everything else. friendly fire would have to be off, or the entire game would devolve into an enormous mess.

I love this game, I really do, but 2 players barely works. I cannot see how anyone could possibly think 4 would be a good idea.

It sounds like you think that 4 player co-op isn't a feature of this game.

https://youtu.be/ViTRVOKQ-zM?t=23

[Rob DiGiorno]

Originally posted by Red:

Originally posted by Rob DiGiorno:

Even if the latency issues were resolved, it seems like the sprites are way too big and the playable area way too small to fit 4 players doing specials, throwing ♥♥♥♥ and everything else. friendly fire would have to be off, or the entire game would devolve into an enormous mess.

I love this game, I really do, but 2 players barely works. I cannot see how anyone could possibly think 4 would be a good idea.

It sounds like you think that 4 player co-op isn't a feature of this game.

https://youtu.be/ViTRVOKQ-zM?t=23

not online it isn't...what's your point?

that looked like a big mess to me anyway and not something I'd want to play. And of course friendly fire had to be turned off or else it'd be unplayable.

[40 fps Bragantino]

Originally posted by Rob DiGiorno:

Originally posted by Red:

It sounds like you think that 4 player co-op isn't a feature of this game.

https://youtu.be/ViTRVOKQ-zM?t=23

not online it isn't...what's your point?

that looked like a big mess to me anyway and not something I'd want to play. And of course friendly fire had to be turned off or else it'd be unplayable.

You said " 4 player gameplay wouldn't work". Well it works and its a feature in the game. And it works Online as well as long as the online service is decent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itCgt_m-nQ

No one plays online with Friendly Fire anyway. So my point is that 4 player co-op in this game does work and its far from "unplayable".

[Vixtro]

It is a bit of a shame, but I understand it. Trying to say this in the kindest possible way, but the devs of this game seem new to 'all of this'. What they've done so far is great, but it's obvious they have tread out of their depth a bit when it comes to functional online multiplayer. Castle Crashers had fully functioning online 4 player co-op and that was a game from 2008. I've only been able to do 3-4 players over Parsec, and even on there, as long as everyone playing isn't anymore than roughly 100 miles of each other, it plays great! The screen space limitations though do become more apparent when playing with more than 2 players, so 3-4 players does kind of feel like an afterthought, last minute sort of thing, but I'm still glad it's there. All I can say is that if you do try 3-4 players co-op, unless you're all absolute pros at the game, don't play on anything more than normal difficulty to start with.

I really like SoR4, it's just different gameplay in a mostly good way from the original games. Although I totally understand old fans who don't like it, it's not for everyone, I'm still not a fan of the graphics style (too bright and colourful for SoR, IMO) and the music is hit and miss, but the gameplay is what won me over. Still, for an official product, this game feels like more of a fan game than SoRR, which IS a fan game.

[Rob DiGiorno]

Originally posted by Red:

Originally posted by Rob DiGiorno:

not online it isn't...what's your point?

that looked like a big mess to me anyway and not something I'd want to play. And of course friendly fire had to be turned off or else it'd be unplayable.

You said " 4 player gameplay wouldn't work". Well it works and its a feature in the game. And it works Online as well as long as the online service is decent

I never even said "wouldn't work". jeeze...obviously I meant that because the freaking 2 player hardly works, for me, and many others on PC, that asking for 4 seems pointless. No idea what parsec is, but obviously not out of the box functionality

and if you still can't understand what I was saying, there are very real screen space limitations and map bottlenecks. that whole thing looks like a giant chaotic zerg with some players doing nothing in corners. it does not look like the game was designed in mind for 4 players. If I do play 2 player, I keep FF on, because it requires more skillful play.

just because you can technically do something doesn't mean it's a good idea, but to each his own?

[Thallid]

Originally posted by Pipoco:

Originally posted by Rob DiGiorno:

not online it isn't...what's your point?

that looked like a big mess to me anyway and not something I'd want to play. And of course friendly fire had to be turned off or else it'd be unplayable.

You said " 4 player gameplay wouldn't work". Well it works and its a feature in the game. And it works Online as well as long as the online service is decent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itCgt_m-nQ

No one plays online with Friendly Fire anyway. So my point is that 4 player co-op in this game does work and its far from "unplayable".

You seem to ignore that while yes you can get online co-op of 4 players working, this is not a feature of the game, it is a feature of a third-party program Parsec that allows people to remote couch co-op. Their basic claim that 4-player online co-op is not implemented in the game itself is correct, and you're either not reading about how people are playing 4-player co-op online or trolling.

[Oddbrother]

What an old topic this is.

At least those who still want it regardless still have Parsec and Steam Remote Play.