I think the majority of players would play Skyrim more often if it had co-op.
Just sad to see the developers didn't think of making it possible to play 2 players together, at least.

I wonder, is it because it's impossible for it to work in such game as Skyrim?
If not, would you donate money like KickStarter.com thing where we would raise money to give to Bethesda if they promised to make co-op?

http://www.gamesas.com/forum/189-the-elder-scrolls-online/

Personally, I think it's a horredous idea that would ruin the TES series...and I'm already leery of Zenimax's motivations on TES online.

I am sure it could be possible, but not ideal as the game is designed with a single person experience in mind.

Would I donate to Kickstarter to see it done? Nope.

And the wheel turns on the last, er, two or three Dragonborn

I've seen more feelings on the negative side than positive on these forums.

Fact is, Bethesda looked at the possibility but could not find a way to do it without impacting the single player experience It takes more work to balance for even co-op, plus you have to devote time to server support (The ability of the game to make that online connection and transfer data quickly between both players).

To a degree the game has to be built around the multiplayer capability since you can't just slap multiplayer code onto an exisiting engine without a lot of hard, hard work. Since a game only has finite resources (Time, money and personnel) working on even a co-op mode will take away some of those resources that could have been used on making the single player experience better.

It may happen with a future game, but it's not going to happen with Skyrim.

Majority of the Skyrim players, casual players don't hang on these forums, they play other games.

I wouldn't support it, let alone donate to it.
TES has always been and hopefully will always be a single-player experience. It's focused on immersion in the game world rather than co-op and CoD-style mechanics. Want to play with a friend? Play CoD. Want to enjoy a single-player experience? Play TES.

The exception to this is, of course, TES Online, but Bethesda isn't developing that.

No, that is a MMO. And it's NOT Skyrim. It's not even first person view, come on. And the graphics has less details, you can't lift things in the air and you can't dual wield magic in first person view.
So, no it does not interest me as I prefer the ORIGINAL Elder Scrolls games, such as Skyrim.

Co-op, 2 players would be fine!

No i would have given up on the game instead

Keep your multiplayer out of our Elder Scrolls.

And Skyrim isn't going going to have Co-op either.

You CANNOT add multiplayer support of any kind to a game that was coded for single player, not without massive expense and a lot of time as you'll have to basically tear apart the game code to ensure the game worked with the new code.


Got the game on PC? Check out one of the mods that aim to add multiplayer using various third party hacks and tools. One thing they do have is time, but don't expect too much. Previous efforts failed or never got far and the current attempts appear to have stalled and descended into some sort of war of words between them.

The only co-op in skyrim im interested in is having my follower, sadly they all love their hunting bows so much that they only serve as a minor distractions currently instead of somebody you can tailer to a specific role. Online co-op would mean sharing loot and the my greed would not allow it.

No kidding. I never said it was, and I never said anything about Bethesda deveolping it either. It is however, TES. Figured that might actually interest you because clearly Skyrim doesn't...in which case, you need to find a different game to play.

You know few silly nerds have made a Skyrm Online mod where you can fight each other and see each other in full gear, what you wear and the time of the day in sync'd, etc.
And that is from few silly nerds without any huge company to back them up, so.

So your first saying you CANNOT add multiplayer support OF ANY KIND - well, you can.

Neither would I.

Mods are a whole different story. They only have to work on one platform- they rely on users to tweak them so that they don't melt the game- and they're made for free so modders can afford to cater to small niches.

Besides, if there's already a mod for multiplayer, then what's the problem?

Did you read the rest of my post? Where I acknowledged the multiplayer mods? The problem is, at some point -like all previous attempts- they are going to hit a brick wall as they are having to rely on third party tools and hacks without access to the source code.


Also, hold my hand up there should actually be 'just' before the cannot. Also the rest of that same paragraph says why it can't just be added.
edit: Can tell I just got up. The 'Just' comes after the cannot, not before.

No wasting dev time and resources on adding multiplayer would only make the single player portion suffer. Multiplayer takes a lot of effort to do well. I would much prefer the game was built solely for single player and only that. I wouldn't mind them licensing another studio to do more of a TES styled co-op game but certainly nothing from the main series. At least TESO will be competitive and Cooperative. Good enough for me if I like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAALSMnkt9w

If that is actually real and not just computer controlled characters following a script (As a couple of multiplayer mods allegedly did) then they've got at least one to three stages further than attempts for Oblivion.

The 'players' moving back and forwards between two points and walking into stuff seems a bit fishy, but could be a case of worlds not being quite in sync (One players world is slightly out of position) and testing how far you can move from the host.

Lots of sync issues though. A lot of flickering in and out and jumping from one spot to another.

nah, it's real. the beta is actually out so as far as I know, so you can try it for yourself.

but, yeah...it's still very janky right now.

This.

There are plenty of other games that will satisfy gamers co-op fantasies. Bringing multi-player into TES will surely dilute and muddy our single player experience.

I love the ES because I don't have to interact with other human beings to enjoy it and it's made for people playing alone.

The day Bethesda diverts some resource to multi player, that's the day I'll quit buying ES games.

Ok personally I never understood why people wouldnt want Co-op in Skyrim. Do you guys seriously not see the actual benefit of it beyond your veil of imagination?!!I mean it makes no sense to me! Me and my sister along with my friends (we are all big fans of Skyrim Hail bethesda!!) believe that Co-op would make an even more fun experience!! People apparently forget that these kinds of ideas should be "optional" meaning you can play Co-op "if you want to". Its in no way going to hurt the single-player experience. There is a reason that players get to have followers...hello!!


How exactly does "CoD" tailor to this topic? There are alot of fantasy games out there that have had Co-op AND multiplayer like Lord of the rings or Baldur's gate. Who cares if you have a second dragonborn on the map? Who cares if you have to share loot with your buddy and your probably both rich anyway so...who bloody cares? My point is that giving a game Co-op means that you and your best friend can play online TOGETHER! What about challenging your friend to a duel on the outskirts of Whiterun or You talk with your Skyrim buddies about what gear you have? Well why dont you team up together for a couple of dungeons and just go kill stuff together? Then the next day you can resume back to your single player as if you had never played Co-op to begin with.

Don't get me wrong I understand the feeling of just wanting to make a story in your head and not have "outside forces" come and muck it all up. But I dont see exactly how this counts as "mucking" it up other than adding even alot more fun to it.

I play ES because it is singleplayer. If i wanted to play with friends i would put in a multiplayer/co-op game and do it. My Elder Scrolls time is my "Me" time. I wouldn't buy a multiplayer elder scrolls it would ruin it for me.