No Online co-op? It's 2020 not 1999 anymore.

[Tamaster]

We are almost in 2021. And yet there are still games coming out with LOCAL co op. Well, what if I don't have anyone local to play with, but online friends?

And please don't tell me to use "remote play together" because that Steam feature doesn't work well at all. Already tested it many times.

Put online co op and i'm sold. Otherwise good luck.

[Doctor Dementor]

because some games are not designed for online coop and doesn't need to be no matter if it's 2020 , 2021 or 2030, it's not something that can be put ''just like that''

[SuTheNinja]

Hello!

Thank you for pointing out this fact.

Indeed, Young Souls is mostly designed for the local coop and that's why there is no online coop.

Adding online coop would require a lot of production time for the devs and would definitely delay the release date to a later date.

Even though there is no online coop, we hope that you will enjoy the game as it is.

[mcnichoj]

Could always just "Remote Play Together" which is probably even better as the other person doesn't even need to own the game I believe.

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

Originally posted by Su:

Hello!

Thank you for pointing out this fact.

Indeed, Young Souls is mostly designed for the local coop and that's why there is no online coop.

Adding online coop would require a lot of production time for the devs and would definitely delay the release date to a later date.

Even though there is no online coop, we hope that you will enjoy the game as it is.

Honestly they should do a look at how much it would cost them to implement online co-op, even if it is a lazy port connection implementation.

It improves a game's reach and marketability. Might be worth the delay/cost.

[uRBAN_Spaceman]

Defaulting to remote play/parsec is absolute garbage. Some of us have international friends we enjoy playing with and remote play/parsec arent viable options in any way shape or form. Im sick of devs cutting corners to save a little money instead of doing it right.

[ブリッジス テウタ]

correction, it's past mid-2021...time flies by at light speed

[haylE15]

Actually came here to ask the same question. I was thinking this game looked very cool and wanted to play it coop online with my gf. I would have even offered it but seems like I should just forget it :/
Funny also how the person litterally ask to no tell them to Remote play and you see everyone coming here to say just that.

[Nerd Kink]

I was loving this UNTIL, I found out no online co-op. DEAD.

[StrifeSan]

so is the sibling controlled by ai if your playing SP?

[StriderTien]

No. I control the other character.

[Master Blaster]

Should work with Remote play together on steam yes?

[AsceticG]

Do you know what the funny thing about this? If they were to make this a singleplayer game, no one would complain. Imagine complaining about having the benefit of multiplayer.

[Tibore]

Steams Remote Play Together is actually amazing, I've played a lot of games online through that function and it works perfectly as long as you have stable and decent connection and you only need 1 copy of the game to be able to play with a lot of people (I think it supports up to 4 or 5 people)

[Darkness]

People who complain about the lack of online co-op are often shortsighted and don't know (or just don't care) about the challenges to implement it and about how much it can backfire even if implemented properly.

It's generally the same kind of people who would complain about the lack of a functional matchmaking and deem the game "dead" when it found nobody, and basically represents themselves half the risk in trying to make a game with online co-op.

Sure, I wish all games in the world were co-op, had both online and offline co-op, it would be tremendously convenient. But expecting, and then demanding it, it just absurd.

It's 2022 and consumers are still ♥♥♥♥, and I bet it'll only get worse.

[Tibore]

Originally posted by Astral:

Steam's Remote Play is a nice fallback option, but it isn't reliable. Regardless of internet connection quality, there are usually lag spikes that hinder remote play in action-based gameplay. Not having native online co-op means I'd only be getting the game when it's at no cost to me.

I haven't experienced any lag spikes with it and I've played a lot of Cuphead and Streets of Rage 4 with a friend and even the expert levels on Cuphead were super smooth for us.