A Peek at Portal 2 Co-op, Where You Play Robots
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Expect lots of portal gun shenanigans from your co-op buddies.
The introduction of cooperative gameplay in Portal 2 has us excited. Little is known about how things will work with two players, each with his (or its) own portal gun, but GameTrailers has the exclusive teaser trailer from Valve giving the first look at coop.
From it, we gleamed that it'll be a robot duo with dual portal guns. If only February 9, 2011 could be here sooner.
A Peek at Portal 2 Co-op
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Because you have a bad taste in games :|
you didn't get any cake?
Must have had a bad experience with the neurotoxin.
Maybe this will be the first step in figuring out a viable way to introduce the portal gun somehow into multiplayer.
Because you have a bad taste in games :|
Must have had a bad experience with the neurotoxin.
you didn't get any cake?
Because he has to share the cake now
It looks like each player had a different Portal gun based on the colors used in the original Portal.
My only complaint about the video is it looks like a very quick mission complete and something that short doesn't give a good sense of high levels of cooperation. They shot ONE portal and it was over? I'm highly anticipating this game but this video didn't do much for me.
I believe the point of this trailer is merely to give you a rough idea of how the co-op mode will work, and get your imagination going. If you're looking to be wowed by the complexity of the puzzles, check out some videos closer to the release date or walkthroughs on youtube following it's release.
But to be fair the first few levels in the original Portal were pretty quick and easy. They are only there to get you used to the mechanics of playing.
Its a teaser. That could just be the end of 'a' level.
Plus it means you could be mean and send your buddy into the smasher.
And considering they both have portals, I would surmise that it will take a lot of co-op.
Because you've never played it.
I was just very underwhelmed after the jaw dropping teaser of the single player content. Not like it has lessened my anticipation for the game itself. I'm sure later levels will be more complex and interactions with the other player more critical to complete each puzzle.
Don't like cake?