Infinity Ward Finds “Magic Number” For Co-Op
It seems as though Infinity Ward, developers of the highly anticipated Modern Warfare 2, have found the “magic number” for co-op.
However, Robert Bowling, director of communications/community manager for Infinity Ward, warns that the co-op will not be campaign based. Instead, it’ll be called Special Ops, and it is “designed to be replayed over and over again.” He added that, “[Infinity Ward didn't want to] ruin the story by cramming co-op into it.”
“We don’t do co-op in our story because we’re crafting a very specific experience and we don’t want to ruin that by cramming co-op into it. We take the moments that work really well with co-op, we bring them out and we put them in Special Ops.
Story’s all about pacing. Sometimes moments get toned down because they don’t fit with the pacing of the experience you’re trying to deliver. There (in Special Ops) it’s all about fun. It’s about playing over and over again, getting a better time – you’ll have a time at the end of it – it’s about challenging a friend going in on co-op and trying to beat it on veteran.”
When asked why Special Ops would only include two players, not the typical four, Bowling stated:
“Two player seemed to be the magic number for co-op. That’s when it stayed really fun and intense without becoming a clusterf**k of things. We just found that two-players was the most fun.”
Modern Warfare 2 is set for a worldwide release November 10th.
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8 Responses to “Infinity Ward Finds “Magic Number” For Co-Op”
Sounds Intresting :/
I don’t get why game devs don’t make 4 player co-op, if 2 people is the best and 4 is not fun then the player can just play with 2 they don’t have to play with 4. It is just nice to be able to play with 4 people if you want too. Nazi zombies would be way better if you could do 4 people offline and if it had in game music
I would really like to see a game with just single player. That is one of the things I loved about the first Uncharted. Every game does not need co-op or multiplayer even.
” We think 2 is a great number for co-op, because it is just enough to call it co-op and we don;t have to do as much work”. I kid Infinty ward is alright in my book but I highly doubt it will be online co-op.
This is why MAG will own the Military Co-op gameplay with 8 player squads (co-op) to complete an objective with in the game. There is no reason for making it a seperate mode. But that is why MW2 will not succeed as well as MAG!!!!
If co-op means offline 2 player, then that’s fair enough. 4 is quite hard anyway with such small screens.
But if he means in general, then I have to disagree.
Resistance 2, 8-player co-op, is absolutely, without a doubt, the most fun co-op I can think of that’s out there right now. When the classes are balanced right, and everyone’s helping each other, it doesn’t become a clusterf***, it becomes poetry. Gory, bloody, poetry at that, but it’s fantastic being part of a team where soliders are blasting the hell out of a horde of grims, while medics are blasting health to their allies, while spec ops’ throw extra ammo to the soldiers, helping to keep their shields up, and bringing down grim after grim.
Yeah, I’m still playing Resistance 2. You can tell.
MAG SHMAG! MW2 is going to be epic!
This reminds me of the Arcade mode in COD4. Mile High Club is the best level for it! Anyone else know what I’m talking about?
“When the classes are balanced right, and everyone’s helping each other, it doesn’t become a clusterf***, it becomes poetry”
Haha, quote of the day right here.