meaning of co op games ?

[Elnaser80]

Hello guys

i want to know the meaning of co op games

does that means that if i have a pc and a laptop and i have a game which supports the co-op

that i can play this game on the laptop and my son can play the game with me on the pc although

he doesn't have a copy of the game ?

or i must buy two copies for both of us to play the game with each other ?

or this is for the online play ?

sorry but i am a bit confused here .

[AustrAlien2010]

It's usually a game (= match) that allows you to cooperate towards some mutual goal or objective with other players. It generally refers to it's play. Not the installment. Also not how many devices you use for it.
Some cooperative games may just as well be played offline together, either with split-screen (by dividing the display in half (or more)), or by sharing the same view-point (or a combination of the two), or by using more than one device connected, or by waiting and playing in turns, or asynchronous through timed events.

I am not sure if that´s still true nowadays, but that´s close to what it traditionally meant.

It doesn´t say much about how many copies or licences you should purchase.


It can mean a lot of things. It´s probably easier to just ask in the forum of whatever title you´re wondering about.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Coop can mean off line or on line. It usually means on line these days. You usually have to have two copies.

[nullable]

• If the game supports local co-op on a split screen you can use a single machine and one copy of the game.
  
• If the game supports online co-op and each person needs their own machine, each person will need their own copy.
  
• And if it supports both, then depending on how you're trying to do co-op will determine whether you need multiple copies of the game or not.

[Elnaser80]

Thanks guys

So we must have two copies of the game if we are going to play on pcs

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ok