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Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire
07/09/09

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it would be cool if you and some other dude worked cooperatively but are spread apart and then are forced to fight each other but unknowingly since your opponent would be an illusion of a big boss but its actually your friend who you played co-op with throughout the whole game.
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Outkastprince
07/09/09

@Boom-Chicka-Ah: Afterwards, you can spike a football and shout out your rally cry "In ur face!!!".

I was thinking more that it's somewhat similar to Ico where you have to help your defenseless friend through some sort of enchanted forest or maze.
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diagorus
07/09/09

@Outkastprince:

Is it me or are the non-starred comments just much more entertaining than the starred commenters. This new system always greets me with a circle jerk of agreeable and enthusiastic comments - which is starting to piss me off.
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Sensai
07/09/09

@Boom-Chicka-Ah: Pretty sure you just blew my mind hole all BOOM like.
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fuchikoma
07/09/09

@Boom-Chicka-Ah:
That's an awesome idea.

I was also thinking network co-op with voice chat, but give your characters radios in the game, so while you can go anywhere in the level, it would encourage sticking relatively close by making the reception worse and worse as you get farther apart... It would also be a way to tell that the game doesn't really expect you to solve team-based puzzles from opposite sides of the level/world...
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Outkastprince
07/10/09

@diagorus: I don't agree with the system completely since we already notice the star commenters when they post. The fact that we have to depend on a star commenter to "promote" our comment? I'm sorry but many of the non-commenters are extremely entertaining, even more so than a lot of the star commenters. Nothing against the star commenters but let's be real, some of them got that one comment of fame and than never lived up to the star afterwards.
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Pombar
07/09/09

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It would be interesting - and perhaps even easier to execute - if the co-op characters had different move-sets, which would not only allow players to access different areas than each other, but also hint where each character should be heading at any given time. Regardless, communication would be key in such a game, so I suppose headsets would be almost essential.
For now, I just hope Shadow Complex succeeds and does well, because Mustard's putting forwards a pretty intriguing idea or two here, even beyond the fact that he's making a new Metroidvania IP, itself deserving attention!
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Malfunktion v2
07/09/09

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So can we now call it Controidvaniaslug?
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BlueToast
07/09/09

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Sounds more Contra-ish than Metroid/Castelvania.
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Stephen Totilo
07/09/09

@BlueToast likes parenthises.: Glad you brought that up. Donald addressed that. Let me update the post.
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(Zombie) Jölan
07/09/09

@Stephen Totilo: Second paragraph, first sentence should say think, not thing.
Also when is your next notebook dump? *waits expectantly*
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excaliburps
07/09/09

@BlueToast likes parenthises.: I also said it looked a bit like Contra with hints of exploration mixed in.

Co-op would be nice. But I wonder how the hidden items,areas would come into play. I mean if one of the players has more items or has that item to get to certain areas, then what will happen to the other one?

Certainly an interesting thought. Would make boss fights a lot easier I expect.
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Outkastprince
07/09/09

@excaliburps: Maybe the key is the reward for getting the easy way out, the one who failed to get it first has to take on a big boss. They should have it that we could target each other, a little horseplay as we co-op.
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BlueToast
07/09/09

@Stephen Totilo: ah, well I guess that is a little more complex then the impression I originally got.
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excaliburps
07/09/09

@Outkastprince: Hmm. That could work. But in that sense it wouldn't really be co-op is it?

Also, how will they work item management and item/health drops? Like in RE5 wherein the gold is shared automatically?

This is certainly an interesting concept. I hope the game is up to snuff. I would get it if it was. Just to have more games like this and hopefully spawn a sequel with the co-op.

I mean it's a bit too late to implement it now unless they're already doing it...
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Stephen Totilo
07/10/09

@(Zombie) Jolan: Fridays. Last week was a holiday so I didn't have one.
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