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MONACO |OT| What's yours is Mine, Garret
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This game's multiplayer reminds me a lot of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. By itself, it's challenging and sometimes a bit unfair to the lone player, but get 4 people going and it can get hectic and stupid really fast. My games have usually involved me panicking when I or a teammate makes some mistake, instantly running around like a headless chicken and soon thereafter getting killed by one of the four pursuing guards. And then of course apologizing to my teammates for the umpteenth time.
SaltyDoughnut
Member
Thank you so much!
Just discovered a pretty big fault in the multiplayer. If someone bails during a game, all the coins they collected get reset where they originally were. Meaning, if you're on the last floor of a level and a rather important team member disconnects, you have to go back through every floor and re gather all their coins. That's not good at all.
Templar Wizard
Member
im in for a 4 pack, if anyone is looking for a body.
Maybe it was from watching Leverage but I did not expect the Cleaner (in that strip or ingame) to be a balding dude.
None of the art of characters was what I expected, but it all fits.
Be patient, tomorrow will be here in no time.
Is the xbla version really coming out on Friday or are you getting my hopes up?
SaltyDoughnut
Member
how do you guys go about playing when you play multiplayer? Are you collecting all the coins before you leave, or are you just hitting the objectives?
Also, what's the reward for grabbing coins?
Also, what's the reward for grabbing coins?
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Three reasons to collect coins.
#1 - Score. For each coin you miss in a stage, it adds 10 seconds to your completion time. If you want to have the best leaderboard rankings, you need to get everything.
#2 - Unlock new levels. For each 2 levels you complete with all of the coins, you unlock an additional level in the second campaign.
#3 - Power-up uses. Every 10 coins, adds another power-up use to your inventory.
Shake Appeal
Member
Cleaning out all the coins in a level helps to unlock more levels.
Also: satisfaction.
Edit: beaten.
Also: satisfaction.
Edit: beaten.
accurate
PM Soi-Fong. He's looking for one other person to join the 4-pack.
Seems about right.
MrCompletely
Member
hilarious.
But in all seriousness, seen some levels where the mole's gotta be careful not to enable cameras and security lasers to see into other rooms, so i think there's some strategy there.
He's really noisy but he's also pretty fast. If you know which walls are the quickest direct shortcuts, you can finish a level in no time at all, skipping entire floors sometimes.
it's on xbla if you do a search. it seems it may be the free trial only though. maybe there is an option to buy once i get it downloaded. i'll let you guys know.
edit: that's what i was afraid of. when you try to buy it, it shows a cost of -1 points. at least i can play the trial i guess.
edit: that's what i was afraid of. when you try to buy it, it shows a cost of -1 points. at least i can play the trial i guess.
Ah well, at least I'll be ready when it goes on sale.
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Deleted member 47027
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Dear god, that was literally my first game with friends. "Why don't we just go into the room from the start" and they howled when I set off all the shit and tried to leave.
He is, but seems like you can find some really awesome shortcuts with him. Haven't used him too much yet, but you can finish Banque Albert in like 10 seconds (actual time, not game recorded time, since you'll be skipping most of the coins) if you just dig straight up right at the start lol
Crazymoogle
Member
In MP he seems extremely powerful for exactly what the comic showed; you can make a hell of a mess and let your team draw the attention. In SP I'm finding him quite difficult to use in later levels as you run into undiggable concrete, thin walls, and few hiding places.
Given enough repetition he probably makes the most sense for speedruns though
SP = MGS Lite. So you don't want to draw too much attention to yourself.
MP = Smash Brothers Heist. Chaos = Profit.
THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I PLAY! EVERYTIME! NO EXCEPTIONS!
BTW: Here's my impressions on the game. Spoilers: I like it very much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_RaBoYttoc
So... we ended up playing a 2-man game, and it was ridiculously fun. My workmate didn't know what to do and kept alerting guards and triggering every alarm he came across, but somehow we still managed to beat the second and third missions.
Even if he was just playing badly and attracting everybody's attention towards us, I had a lot more fun than when I played through those levels alone! I guess duckroll's right about the SP=MGS, MP=SSB comparison.
I'm definitely going to buy some cheap controllers so we can play 4p missions soon (360 ones are just too freaking expensive).
Even if he was just playing badly and attracting everybody's attention towards us, I had a lot more fun than when I played through those levels alone! I guess duckroll's right about the SP=MGS, MP=SSB comparison.
I'm definitely going to buy some cheap controllers so we can play 4p missions soon (360 ones are just too freaking expensive).
electricpirate
Member
Co-op is really well designed. Thank you randoms on steam for putting up with me being a dumbass.
"How did you die there?"
"How did you die there?"
electricpirate
Member
I think I was on the 4th mission or so, and I said "He lets dig in here"
Long story short, I found a shortcut from the start straight to the goal, but I instantly tripped 3 lasers.
Also, GODDAMN ANIMALS.
Family Fry
Member
Neuromancer
Member
Does anyone have a link to the XBLA trial? I can't find it anywhere.
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
Me too. so sick of begging
Check the buy sell trade thread. You can get single copies for cheaper than 1/4 of a 4-pack.
Use the Bing on 360 search for it. That's how I found it.
The dogs... THEY CAN SMELL YOU
I'd be down for that.
Visualante2
Member
Getting added later. It's only part of the beta at the moment. Had a fair few match making crashes.
Ah, alrighty then.
I would also like to know this.
it's fine, and probably more effective since it's less frantic
wether it's as fun as 4 or not depends on the player. Having more players means having more abilities so there's that, but after playing offline co-op for a bit with a buddy I can safely say that it'd still be a blast to play through it that way
it's easy for shit to go south as 4 players
Visualante2
Member
www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Monaco/live not many people streaming which is surprising. Trying to get in some games with people on air.
MrCompletely
Member
im playing for an hour or 2 if anyone wants to team up, Steam ID is MrCompletely.
Shoot me a message.
Shoot me a message.
Hey I wasn't running anywhere. I was sneaking. You guys did the running... into the guards... and then you brought them back to me, every time!
I said to stick together! When we did, things usually worked!
I liked splitting up better. He always brought the guards back to -you-, and I could clean up during the chaos.