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Original post by dante_joins_stars Well a coop mode in a horror game might go well. because there might be a situation that you need a key item, and if you got a second player, they could cover you while you went to get it. That's if you really want the help. In some way you can see my point of doing two player coop offline. Of course there is gonna be alot of things people don't like. But hey its worth the try.

That would work, I guess, although that would probably involve designing the game from the ground-up as a co-op game (unless you had good A.I. that mightn't work in single player).

Most of the best co-op games that I've played tend to teeter between cooperation towards a single goal and competition between the players. A good example that I've played would be 2 player Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, where although both players are working towards the same goal, both tend to compete for who gets the most kills. Gauntlet is another good game with this dynamic.

However, it's not unfeasible to make a survival horror game where both players purely cooperate.

Good luck with your game!

Well like every one elses reply, yours has some great points to it. That's why I posted my question. And like every one else's reply I am noting all that is said down. That way I can be fair to all people. And I like the replies I gotten. Keep em coming.

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Original post by dante_joins_stars I know this is not the place or forum to conduct business, but you seem to have some good ideas. Not to sound rude, but I think you have what it takes to make or help create the next generation games. Bruce

...well, now, let's not get hasty. There's a lot more to it than recognizing a coop horror game over an LAN would be fun. :|

Depends, really. The "horror" factor to most horror games is that you are alone. That alone gives you a sense of dispair and fear.

i kind of like the idea of a coop horror game

a lot of the things i can think of right now require that the players get really immerged in the game and play by certain rules of themselfes, for example to sit in different rooms.

break up the communication between the players and let them only talk over a headset while modifying the speech according to their locations and distances. i guess it would be even possible to move the lips somewhat accordingly.
this could be used for solving coop-puzzles in a more interesting way or for some more horror stuff (imagine the to players standing on the opposite of a soundproof glass. while they try to comunicate something one player sees, ore merely thinks to see that a zombie approaches from behind the other player...)

at some point of the game, let them give a feeling, that the game can only be "won" if they do exactly the opposite of the other player or play against them. (i.e. let one see what the other doesn't, even when they are at the same location, perhaps for a second, a monster opening the other players head whatever...)
this would be quite hard i suppose

just a few ideas don't know if this would work generally

greetings

If it *has* to be offline, I'd prefer that they sat in different rooms, like ubersquid suggested. Having communication breaking up, making them unable talk with each other at all would just be amazingly scary, provided that the other conditions are good. Maybe if you just see a shadow of something and one of them goes "Whoa, I think I just saw so-" and then the communication breaks up. Add a slight break before some dude takes a big bite of your thigh and you got an awesome scene.

I have read all the posts that people has made in regards to the 2 player coop mode. And after reading several posts, I have gave it some serious thought as to whether or not if this project of mine will go 2 player coop. I at this point am still unsure of what I want to do. Some people like the idea some people don't. And I know I can't please every one. But in a small way I am starting to go against the idea of coop team play. Because one person wrote in the forum here that most horror games is best played when alone to give them that fear of the unknown. So if I don't go two player coop action, then I will have to find some thing better to put in its place. But then again I can see the need for a second player. This is a tough choice to make. And only I can make the decision in the end. Hopefully I can come up with a solution to this problem. Because I cannot proceed any further until I figure out where this game is gonna go. Thank to all for posting your thoughts............
Bruce

You could really create tension in co-op. For example, your partner is trapped in a room with your monster/ghost/killer, or drowning beneath a locked door, the other player scrambles to save them hearing their screams. It would work well.

I think a multi player Co-Op horror game will be great! Think of it everyone splits up. When you see someone run out from the dark and you shoot like crazy, you notice it's one of your partners. That'll be fun for me. Hmmm. Nice idea.