It never ceases to amaze me how ignored multiplayer options for console RPGs are. I think most people will agree that Secret of Mana is a great game only made better by playing it with a friend. There's simply no excuse for how few since then have supported multiplayer. Keep in mind I'm referring to console RPGS. Are there any out there BESIDES Secret of Mana that let you do this? Alon D'ar for PS2 has some multiplayer elements but other than that, I can't think of a single console RPG that lets more than one person play simultaneously.
I remember 'playing' this teaching aid back in grammar school on an Apple II. Basically the same concept as windrunk, but with a Space Invaders clone as well as the driving sim. I remember it being particularly graphic considering the age demographic it was aimed at, not so much blood as the messages you got when you crashed the car. "You just killed a mother and her son. How do you feel?" etc etc Of course in our classroom it became a competition to see how good people could get at the games, despite the handicap of ever-decreasingly responsive controls. And yes of course once the teachers realized we actually ENJOYED the damn program they yanked it. =)
Believe me =) You SHOULD be glad you don't live in Hartford. The feeling of despair is almost palpable, especially since the Patriots deal fell through. So something like this IS wonderful, in the respect that anything is better than nothing...
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It never ceases to amaze me how ignored multiplayer options for console RPGs are. I think most people will agree that Secret of Mana is a great game only made better by playing it with a friend. There's simply no excuse for how few since then have supported multiplayer. Keep in mind I'm referring to console RPGS. Are there any out there BESIDES Secret of Mana that let you do this? Alon D'ar for PS2 has some multiplayer elements but other than that, I can't think of a single console RPG that lets more than one person play simultaneously.
I remember 'playing' this teaching aid back in grammar school on an Apple II. Basically the same concept as windrunk, but with a Space Invaders clone as well as the driving sim. I remember it being particularly graphic considering the age demographic it was aimed at, not so much blood as the messages you got when you crashed the car. "You just killed a mother and her son. How do you feel?" etc etc
Of course in our classroom it became a competition to see how good people could get at the games, despite the handicap of ever-decreasingly responsive controls. And yes of course once the teachers realized we actually ENJOYED the damn program they yanked it. =)
Believe me =) You SHOULD be glad you don't live in Hartford. The feeling of despair is almost palpable, especially since the Patriots deal fell through. So something like this IS wonderful, in the respect that anything is better than nothing...