Nioh's out now on PlayStation 4, and most seem to think that it's very good - but its approach to cooperative play has got some people riled up. Basically, you can summon friends into your game and fight side by side, but only if your ally has already completed the current level. In other words, you can't join up with a pal and beat the game together from scratch.
Fair enough, that's just the way that the title is designed - but the fact that players could band together regardless of their progress in the pre-release demo has got people wondering why co-op was made more restrictive for the final release.
In a statement to Kotaku, create director Tom Lee gives the developer's perspective, claiming that unrestricted co-op would "make it too easy for players to beat the game". Lee explains: "We want players to experience Nioh in how it was intended to be. We allowed players to co-op anytime in the last trial demo only because of the limited stages and time to try out the demo."
We're not entirely sure where we stand on this. On one hand, blindly progressing through a new game with a friend by your side can be fantastic fun, and it's certainly a nice option to have around, but on the other, you've got to respect the studio's vision for its creation.
What do you make of this? Would unrestricted co-op make Nioh too easy, or would you rather the option be available? Form an unbeatable tag team in the comments section below.
[source kotaku.com]
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You can summon randomers who might be better than your friends at the game and make it even easier?
Doesn't make sense to me, I'm playing solo for now anyway but it does seem rather dumb to me
But playing with friends from the scratch is what makes it interesting. actually thats my first intention to buying this game.
Instead of go with "cleared ally", why dont simply make the enemies stronger? or add their numbers or something.
Well Dark Souls co-op was basically a laughably easy mode, so this does make sense.
@B-I-G-DEVIL By "friends" they mean anyone you're playing the game with. Most people aren't going to want to co-op with random strangers. It's like when a competition says "win a ticket to the World Cup for you and a friend," it's not legally stipulating that it must be a friend for at least 4 years and you must have documents to prove this. It just means "another person".
surly playing through the level with a friend who has already finished said level ruins the experiance more than both playing through blind?
Wouldn't someone who is further in the game know how to beat the boss and be equipped with better items? So wouldn't that make the game easier? I don't really care though, the challenge in these games is to solo them anyway and that will be my prefered way of playing when I pick it up.
@Matroska If it anything like Souls / Bloodborne a lot of people like to coop with strangers. Espeically if there stuck. So to keep that in but remove friends just seems stupid.
Should be no one based on what there saying
I'm generally for choice over removing a way to play, but I'll still be getting it. Right up my street.
@KingofSaiyanZ it wasn't I do lot of coop to help others
I am loving this game but I for one think this isn't kewl. Let players play the game how they want. Wether it would be alone or with a friend from the get go. These kind of restrictions limit certain people of having fun.
@KingofSaiyanZ If it's an area you can't get to you can't join. Although I did join a dungeon I didn't have a challice for. In Nioh though if you are both at the same stage you can't join.
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