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    Post by Buggy Virus Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:57 pm

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    Buggy Virus wrote:
    Wade_Wilson wrote:Split screen? You serious? What if you're hollow? How would that work? How would transitioning between areas work? What about bonfires? Split screen would never, ever work.

    Umm. . .

    Have it work like normal co-op, hosting needing to be human and everything.

    Then they usher in the second user on the console via a special soapstone.

    Player 2 is half the level of host and shares the inventory of the host.

    Then they can get killed or leave when they defeat a boss like normal phantoms, and give a cool down for the special item for summoning so you can't immediately resummon player 2 after they die.

    That would be a workable system.


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    Post by Bcc17 Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:56 pm

    Do I even need to say why?
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    Post by Slarg232 Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:06 pm

    Splitscreen would be pretty terrible on this game....
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    Post by Buggy Virus Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:56 pm

    Give me some reasons.

    We allow online co-op, with voice chat. What difference would it be if it was simply someone in the room with you.
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    Post by Federally Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:04 pm

    Buggy Virus wrote:Give me some reasons.

    We allow online co-op, with voice chat. What difference would it be if it was simply someone in the room with you.

    Voice chat? Uh since when?
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    Post by Buggy Virus Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:05 pm

    Federally wrote:
    Buggy Virus wrote:Give me some reasons.

    We allow online co-op, with voice chat. What difference would it be if it was simply someone in the room with you.

    Voice chat? Uh since when?

    Xbox has always allowed players one on one chats.
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    Post by Federally Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:06 pm

    Buggy Virus wrote:
    Federally wrote:
    Buggy Virus wrote:Give me some reasons.

    We allow online co-op, with voice chat. What difference would it be if it was simply someone in the room with you.

    Voice chat? Uh since when?

    Xbox has always allowed players one on one chats.

    That is a feature of Xbox Live, has nothing to do with FROM soft or DkS
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    Post by Buggy Virus Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:09 pm

    Federally wrote:
    Buggy Virus wrote:
    Federally wrote:
    Buggy Virus wrote:Give me some reasons.

    We allow online co-op, with voice chat. What difference would it be if it was simply someone in the room with you.

    Voice chat? Uh since when?

    Xbox has always allowed players one on one chats.

    That is a feature of Xbox Live, has nothing to do with FROM soft or DkS

    But it doesn't change the fact that players are easily able to voice chat if they want to. I really don't see a reason to deprive players of split screen if they wanted do, being that it is already so simple to get voice chat for online Co-op.

    They are already moving towards more voice chat by adding items that allow voice chat in the DLC.
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    Post by Federally Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:13 pm

    No they're adding items that allow audible messages. The rumor mill has pumped out some nonsense about voice chat but FROM has never said voice chat, they're adding in what was referred to as 'scream stones' that you throw down and they say something to your phantoms.
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    Post by DoughGuy Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:15 pm

    DkS is not meant to have a friendly, talk to a friend while you are playing atmosphere. Its meant to be a cold unforgiving world where you can only communicate through gestures which arent entirely unambiguous. Split screen would ruin the experience the designers wanted.
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    Post by Emergence Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:19 pm

    If Namco has it's way, they will grind any sense of lonliness that From has intended for the Souls Series into the ground. If split screen co-op will sell more units, then bet it will be included in future installments. Traditionally though, split screen does not result in boosted sales figures. While it may be a nice to have for some gamers, it rarely justifies the added development costs.
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    Post by Buggy Virus Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:22 pm

    Emergence wrote:If Namco has it's way, they will grind any sense of lonliness that From has intended for the Souls Series into the ground. If split screen co-op will sell more units, then bet it will be included in future installments. Traditionally though, split screen does not result in boosted sales figures. While it may be a nice to have for some gamers, it rarely justifies the added development costs.

    Darn Namco. . .

    Federally wrote:No they're adding items that allow audible messages. The rumor mill has pumped out some nonsense about voice chat but FROM has never said voice chat, they're adding in what was referred to as 'scream stones' that you throw down and they say something to your phantoms.

    Oh. . .

    That sounds. . .

    Awful.
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    Post by Knight Alundil Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:21 pm

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    I actually started a petition to get fromsoft to create a patch which would allow demon's souls on ps3 to be played via LAN. I would much rather have this than split screen on any souls game seeing as the servers will be going down... at some point.
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    Post by Wade_Wilson Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:23 pm

    Split screen? You serious? What if you're hollow? How would that work? How would transitioning between areas work? What about bonfires? Split screen would never, ever work.
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    Post by Bloodios Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:39 pm

    It might also further impact the performance of the game, since it has to render two different screens at the same time.
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    Post by WhatDoesThePendantDo? Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:40 pm

    I don't know if I like this idea for this game, could annoy more than be a cool addition, I think.
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    Post by ZikoLogiKa NL Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:47 pm

    I don't see it fitting for Dark Souls myself.

    Portal 2's cooperative campaign was a really fun experience to play splitscreen., I enjoyed it a lot more then the single player story.
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    Post by Rin Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:54 pm

    Hehe, would bring a whole new era of ganging... but realy dark souls is most likely one of the best rpg's out there and possibly the future of online rpg's for consoles so if idk bethesda makes a drs inspired game but adds voice chat, easy way to co-op and other **** id be happy, hell id buy it de day its released but dark souls is awesome and if you dont think that i have no idea wt de hell u doing hear and even if there is some glitches there eint **** we can do about it is there now... :roll:
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    Post by Wade_Wilson Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:02 pm

    Rin wrote:Hehe, would bring a whole new era of ganging... but realy dark souls is most likely one of the best rpg's out there and possibly the future of online rpg's for consoles so if idk bethesda makes a drs inspired game but adds voice chat, easy way to co-op and other **** id be happy, hell id buy it de day its released but dark souls is awesome and if you dont think that i have no idea wt de hell u doing hear and even if there is some glitches there eint **** we can do about it is there now... :roll:

    >Wanting Bethesda to make a dark souls like game
    >Wanting voice chat
    >Wanting easy co-op
    >Implying Dark Souls is the future of online rpgs for consoles
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    Post by Rin Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:08 pm

    were in that did you find 'wanting' man? i said 'so if' :| try reading de thing properly next time...
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    Post by Wade_Wilson Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:20 pm

    Rin wrote:were in that did you find 'wanting' man? i said 'so if' :| try reading de thing properly next time...

    It's hard to reply properly to something that's incomprehensible.
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    Post by Rin Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:40 pm

    Lol if you find that a bit of slang in a short sentence is difficult to understand then you are not realy u2d are you... :|
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    Post by Buggy Virus Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:59 pm

    Wade_Wilson wrote:Split screen? You serious? What if you're hollow? How would that work? How would transitioning between areas work? What about bonfires? Split screen would never, ever work.

    Umm. . .

    Have it work like normal co-op, hosting needing to be human and everything.

    Then they usher in the second user on the console via a special soapstone.

    Player 2 is half the level of host and shares the inventory of the host.

    Then they can get killed or leave when they defeat a boss like normal phantoms, and give a cool down for the special item for summoning so you can't immediately resummon player 2 after they die.

    That would be a workable system.
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