There's another interesting quote posted on
Kotaku from Geoff Keighley's
recently released iPad app,
The Final Hours of Portal 2: "Portal 2 will probably be Valve's last game with an isolated single-player experience," Keighley wrote, saying he heard this from both Gabe Newell and the company's project manager Erik Johnson. If you are trying to work out what this means, don't worry, as so is Valve, as Geoff adds: "What this all means is something Newell is still trying to figure out." They quote Keighley saying he considered this "curious," as do we, as
Portal 2 joins
Portal and the
Half-Life series at the pinnacle of single-player gaming. It also casts another shadow on the forsaken
Half-Life 2: Episode Three. Thanks nin.
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Episode 2 was essentially a co-op game with Alyx. There were a few levels that she was 'off doing her own thing', but making a narrative story-based game for co-op wouldn't be that different. There is a significant difference between an AI-controlled ally whose actions are completely scripted and a player-controlled ally who can do whatever he wants. Trying to advance the narrative through the latter would prove difficult. Even if you removed all player control during cinematics, your co-op buddy would totally ruin any suspension of disbelief and immersion during actual gameplay.
Co-op simply isn't suited to story or character-driven games. Seeing your co-op partner serves as a constant reminder that you are playing a game and that the characters within it are simply empty shells. |
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Apr 25, 14:25 |
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Apr 25, 15:09 |
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Apr 25, 14:22 |
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Apr 25, 14:33 |
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Apr 25, 18:24 |
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