Naughty Dog looking into Co-op game

[baracksyndel]

Naughty Dog is arguably one of the best mature/grit devs out there today. And after hearing about this new focus I can't help but feel really excited. The focus for them is co-op gaming. They've pretty much come out and said that they are focusing on revolutionizing the experience in their next title, though we don't know why title that might be. I'm excited about this only because a lot of co-op campaigns seem tacked on, just a way to increase sales without focusing on making it a great experience. I'm eager to see what Naughty Dog.

Naughty Dog talks Co-op

 

[DPatel304]

Co-op AI & encounter design – designing and scripting co-op combat encounters,
AI behavior design, and difficulty balancing
Co-op system design – creating mechanics, game modes, progression systems,
reward structures, social features, etc. to serve the co-op experience. Creating
and iterating gameplay designs with the team, and working in script to implement
and/or tune them
A strong passion to innovate in the area of co-op design
Strong understanding of co-op gameplay mechanics

All of this sounds good. I'm in. ND are amazing developers and I always love a good co-op experience.

 

[MegaZero]

Awesome! Naughty dogs are awesome developers and I personally love all there games. I wish them all the best on there co op games because I know for a fact that I will definitely play it!

Good luck to them!

 

[baracksyndel]

Naughty Dog is one of the best developers out there and I'M pretty excited to see what they will do with co-op. It'll be pretty exciting since more often than not co-op play is tacked on though we have had the rare cases where it's good. I'm hoping for a true co-op revolution, a co-op game that makes other devs really improve.

 

[CpmPanda]

Naughty Dog reminds me of Konami. They go all out in their games and revolutionize graphics and features and manipulate what you can actually do on a console. I love it and I really hope they make it big, make it smart, make it re-playable with tons of goodies and rewards because games like Dragons Dogma, where you have tons of quests, variety, so many different variations of things to do that it never gets old. We need more of that in games.

 

[hellsing006]

I'm going to be very interested in how they pull this off. There is a very basic formula to how co-op games work and hopefully Naughty Dog will be successful in changing up the formula in a meaningful way. If anyone can, I'm sure that they'll be able to pull it off and hopefully create an all new genre of games.

 

[Game Branded]

oh wow, this is awesome news. Dead Space 3 was one of the best co-oping experiences I've had to date. Glad Naughty Dog is headed that way too.

 

[dragoonblade]

I'm pretty excited by this news. The co-op genre needs a little boost and some variety and I agree with what a previous poster said. If they knock this out of the park (and with their track record I'm willing to bet on their success) then this could bring in a wave of great and not so great co-op games.