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"Self Co-op" Confuses Us

Katrina "ShadokatRegn" Pawlowski July 28th, 2009 at 12:04 AM

Well, there are two characters on the screen...Kind of.

When you think of co-op, who comes to mind first? Friends, spouses, children, or parents are generally considered co-op partners. "Myself" should not have popped into anyone's head when asked who they co-op with. Sony however, would like to share a different idea of co-op. They've dubbed their new title Ecoshift a "Self Co-op" title. Somehow, we think the concept of cooperation eludes these PSP developers. Care to enlighten them?

Ecoshift will give control of two characters to one gamer, in the hopes that we really enjoy playing with ourselves.

The puzzles in this game seem to resemble what Braid did on the Xbox LIVE Arcade - In later levels, moving the main character one direction will have his shadow either follow suit or bound the opposite way. This doesn't necessarily suggestion cooperation at all, it's just puzzle solving.

While we're not sure exactly how Ecoshift will work, we're really not quite sure what to make of a game that is "Self Co-op."What do you think of this "new" type of gaming?

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Tags: playstation portable ecoshift

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7 Total Reader Comments

Arttemis at 07:15 PM on 7.27.2009

Just because no one admits to playing with themselves doesn't mean they aren't!

I don't know if it's a good or bad thing that "self co-op" wasn't introduced with Madballs "The point of the game is to play with both of your balls simultaneously!"

Arttemis at 07:17 PM on 7.27.2009

And will playing Echoshift too frequently lead to chafing?!

Ish at 08:22 PM on 7.27.2009

Self Co-op stuff is cool if its a segment of a single player game, but as an entire game is retarded. Just let someone else do the dirty work with you xD

Sabre at 11:59 PM on 7.27.2009

Wasn't there a game like this called 20 clicks or something? You had 20 mouse pointers that would repeat groundhog day style, and the goal was to get to the end.

Zonf86 at 12:57 AM on 7.28.2009

Yeah, great game that one. There's another flash type game with a similar concept to the 'full' game described in the article.

Edit: This is the game I mean, try it out: http://www.kongregate.com/games/GregAnims/use-boxmen

Edit2: Here's the Cursor*10 (20 clicks) game you mean: http://www.nekogames.jp/mt/2008/01/cursor10.html

smurphster at 05:11 AM on 7.28.2009

pffft.. seriously kat, i'm at work. i almost burst out laughing and caused a scene

sounds like marketing BS to me. they've caught on to the co-op craze lately and want to cash in on it any way they can. it just sounds like a puzzle game, not co-op in any sense.