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So Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan doesn't have offline co-op?
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Tizoc
Member
My brothers couldnt tell 30 from 60 fps, i wouldve been fine ith a steady 30 fps if it meant splitscreen coop and it restrixted which area a player could go to if the game mentions that both need to be together to enter it
Mr. Nice_Guy
Member
I hadn't heard about this. The continuing death of couch co-op is really disappointing, especially in a game like this. Sessions of Turtles in Time with friends was the best back in the day.
Ditto.
I was literally discussing buying this game to play local co-op last weekend, but hadn't seen a confirmation that I could...
dragonyeuw
Member
Speaking for myself of course, I wouldn't mind a few less on-screen 'happenings' in exchange for off-line co-op with steady FPS. Something about a TMMT game screams local co-op......personally I'm disappointed. Not enough to not buy the game, but it will be a missed feature for me. I'd love to go through the game with my son.
Myself and my brother grew up with the Turtles and still have a fondness for anything turtle related really. My brother has got my nephew all involved in the franchise and he loves anything with those ninjas. They were super excited when they saw the trailer for that game.
Why the hell can't my brother and his son play the game in their living room together? Other franchises have worked out local co-op without the split screen to great effect. Seriously screwed up. No purchase from us.
Would have been day 1. If they add it in due to fan backlash then that would be awesome, I hope enough people want it and vote with their wallets.
Why the hell can't my brother and his son play the game in their living room together? Other franchises have worked out local co-op without the split screen to great effect. Seriously screwed up. No purchase from us.
Would have been day 1. If they add it in due to fan backlash then that would be awesome, I hope enough people want it and vote with their wallets.
Ragnarok
Member
Why is local multiplayer dying out? These publishers realize that many games are played by families. Families that would prefer to play together. Just because the internet is ubiquitous doesn't mean brothers don't want to play together on the same damn TV.
And a turtles game without local multiplayer is downright sacrilege. It's one of the main points of the games. Such bullshit.
And a turtles game without local multiplayer is downright sacrilege. It's one of the main points of the games. Such bullshit.
HammerFace
Banned
Have you guys seen the gameplay? Jesus. There's no way they can get local coop and still have anything be visible on screen. That shit is messy as it is with a single player per screen.
MAtgS
Member
It's a cross-gen title, they're seriously saying it can't be done at least on 8th gen?
Corpsepyre
Banned
Well, if we had stronger consoles, yeah maybe. But splitting the screen down to 4 sides would guarantee 20 fps for each.
Just saying.
Tizoc
Member
Hey man we were fine wIth 2 player tmnt beatem ups 20 years ago we'd be fine with 2 player tmnt games today
family_guy
Member
This is a budget title though.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Seriously?
Perfect.
still 50 dollars for something that 20 dollar games have done
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Lots of games are skipping this feature.
family_guy
Member
Like what? Anyway I didn't know it was $50. Thought it was more like $30-40.
Tizoc
Member
Hey im calling the ot!
Garrett Hawke
Member
I don't see how it would affect the single player framerate though
Nowhere Man
Member
IDGAF, wouldn't use it much if at all anyway. It's a Platinum game, I'm getting it.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
If power wasn't an issue last gen, the gen before that, or the gen before that with local coop, how is this gen, with more power, all of sudden... not enough power.
That is a wishy washy excuse (and not the major factor) for development prioritization, forcing more to be in the paid online networks, etc., and nothing more.
That is a wishy washy excuse (and not the major factor) for development prioritization, forcing more to be in the paid online networks, etc., and nothing more.
Manny Calavera
Member
That's surprising and disappointing but I'm still very excited about this. Looks a lot of fun and will evoke plenty of nostalgia for sure.
mrmickfran
Member
If it released on Wii U, we wouldn't have this issue.
lol
Petrae
Member
Modern console video games.
AAA publisher thinking: "Online multiplayer means that friends have to each buy a copy of the game to play together. That's more copies sold, and more cash in our pockets... versus one copy for a group of people."
Man I despise that death of local co-op/multiplayer (not completely dead, but lets face it, it is nearly dead).
I have nothing against with playing online, I love playing online. But it baffles me when a game doesn't have it just because of something like frame rates.
It may surprise Neogaf but MANY people who are casual gamers don't even know what the word frame rate means. Or even care.
I dunno, I am biased as a 4th child I was able to have so much fun with my brother and sisters while playing video games. I consider myself very luck to have played games in a time where split screen was the norm for many games.
Now I can't even play Halo (5) with my brother, a game we loved to play together for years. It is a fuck you to people who have friends and family over.
I have nothing against with playing online, I love playing online. But it baffles me when a game doesn't have it just because of something like frame rates.
It may surprise Neogaf but MANY people who are casual gamers don't even know what the word frame rate means. Or even care.
I dunno, I am biased as a 4th child I was able to have so much fun with my brother and sisters while playing video games. I consider myself very luck to have played games in a time where split screen was the norm for many games.
Now I can't even play Halo (5) with my brother, a game we loved to play together for years. It is a fuck you to people who have friends and family over.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Sad that in 2016 we are just hoping for 2 player couch co-op. It's a TMNT game, it should be 4-player local co-op.
At least they know that if you can only have one co-op, online is the way to go.
They should have both obviously, but I'm just glad it's not another game stuck in offline co-op only land. Playing Mario 3D World all solo still hurts.
lol
They should have both obviously, but I'm just glad it's not another game stuck in offline co-op only land. Playing Mario 3D World all solo still hurts.
lol
dragonyeuw
Member
I would have thought the game would be built around ensuring that local c-op wouldnt not be compromised, even if it meant a little less shit on the screen.
HammerFace
Banned
Honestly it might have been a choice made by Activision but even then in my experience Platinum games seem really focused on the single player being in control of what they see and the flair of what they do.
I'd much rather have already somewhat disappointing one player per screen gameplay than an even more disappointing couch co-op. Like admittedly couch co-op would be amazing but I don't think that'll happen and I'm okay with that.
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Doesn't bother me much personally, it's a Platinum game after all and the single player experience is what I'm into their games for! I'll probably have fun just switching between turtles on the fly!
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I went ahead and pre-ordered it.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Tizoc
Member
Ah cool, will let them know we're tossing some OT subtitle suggestions in here then :3
Leafhopper
Banned
That's bizarre as hell.
Activision doesnt seem to do it for these games (See Korra and Transformers.)
Activision doesnt seem to do it for these games (See Korra and Transformers.)
SolidSnakex
Member
It's basically an Activision budget line game. They don't market those titles. They just develop them and release them and they turn a profit because of the low budget and lack of marketing.
Rapscallion
Member
Paul Gale
Member
A four player or two player couch sitting cooperative experience would have been awesome, but if the solo campaign is solid, then it will still be worthwhile. We'll see.
There have been a few character-focused trailers sent out in the last few weeks. You can find a compilation of them here. I know at Gamestop they were running a preorder campaign that gets you costume alts for the turtles, but I'm not sure if any other retailer is doing similar.
But otherwise, it's pretty much standard procedure for a budget Activision release. Not too much in the way of marketing hoopla.