Cooperative multiplayer

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Cooperative is a gametype found in the Unreal series.

Overview[]

Cooperative (or co-op) is a multiplayer gametype featured in Unreal, Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali, and Unreal Tournament 3 where two or more players work together to complete a level. Cooperative games in Unreal can only be played online, not with bots. Cooperative games in UT3 can be played with up to 4 players, each one representing a member of Ronin. Co-op games allow online players to make it through the single player campaign with their online friends. In a co-op game, you are able to choose which level you want the game to start, so you aren't forced to start at the first level.

When a group of players play co-op, every player is considered as a Vortex Rikers prisoner, so everyone starts in the prison room and needs to escape the ship in order to fight in group against the monsters and bosses. You can start a co-op game in any level of the game, however, all players will start with a Dispersion Pistol and the Universal Translator. To prevent players from "stealing" weapons in the level from others, these weapons usually respawn every time a player takes it.

The single player campaign of Unreal Tournament 3 can be played online, though it is more like several practice matches tied together with a story.

Scoring[]

There's no scoring. The objective is to reach the end of the level.

Maplists[]

Unreal Single Player maps

Vortex Rikers • NyLeve's Falls • Rrajigar Mine • Depths of Rrajigar • Sacred Passage • Chizra - Nali Water God • The Ceremonial Chambers • Dark Arena • Harobed Village • Terraniux Underground • Terraniux • Noork's Elbow • Temple of Vandora • The Trench • ISV-Kran Deck 4 • ISV-Kran Decks 3 and 2 • ISV-Kran Deck 1 • Spire Village • The Sunspire • Gateway to Na Pali • Na Pali Haven • Outpost 3J • Velora Pass • Bluff Eversmoking • Dasa Mountain Pass • Cellars at Dasa Pass • Serpent Canyon • Nali Castle • Demonlord's Lair • Demon Crater • Mothership Basement • Mothership Lab • Mothership Core • Skaarj Generator • Illumination • The Darkening • The Source Antechamber • The Source

Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali Single Player maps

Return to Na Pali Intro • Edge of Na Pali • Neve's Crossing • The Eldora Well • Glathriel Village (Part 1) • Glathriel Village (Part 2) • Approaching UMS Prometheus • UMS Prometheus • Inside UMS Prometheus • Spire Valley • Nagomi Passage • Velora Temple • Nagomi Passage (Dawn) • Foundry Tarydium Plant • Bounds of Foundry • Watcher of the Skies • Gala's Peak • Escape from Na Pali

Unreal II: The Awakening Single Player maps

Avalon (preface) (TCA Training Course) • Sanctuary (Mining Complex Entrance • Mining Complex • Power Plant) • Swamp • Hell (Descent • Discovery • Desolation • Disclosure) • Acheron • Severnaya • Kalydon • Sulferon (Secret Izanagi Facility • Defend) • Janus (Outside Polaris • Polaris Entrance • Polaris Geologics Research • PGR Exterior • PGR Rooftop) • Na Koja Abad (Outside • Izanagi Xeno Research Facility • Excavation) • NC962VII (Suspicion • Scrutiny • Subjugation • Subordination • Solitude) • Avalon • Dorian Gray (The Vault • The Dorian Gray)
Extra mission: Solaris Base

Unreal Tournament 3 maps
Capture the Flag maps:
CTF-Coret • CTF-Hydrosis • CTF-OmicronDawn • CTF-Reflection • CTF-Strident • CTF-Vertebrae Bonus Pack 1 maps: CTF-FacingWorlds • CTF-Searchlight Titan Pack maps: CTF-LostCause • CTF-Morbid • CTF-Nanoblack • CTF-Shaft
Deathmatch maps:
DM-Arsenal • DM-Biohazard • DM-CarbonFire • DM-Deck • DM-Defiance • DM-Deimos • DM-Diesel • DM-Fearless • DM-Gateway • DM-HeatRay • DM-RisingSun • DM-Sanctuary • DM-Sentinel • DM-ShangriLa Bonus Pack 1 maps: DM-Morbias Xbox 360 maps: DM-KBarge Titan Pack maps: DM-DarkMatch • DM-EdenInc • DM-OceanRelic • DM-Turbine
Vehicle CTF maps:
VCTF-Containment • VCTF-Corruption • VCTF-Kargo • VCTF-Necropolis • VCTF-Sandstorm • VCTF-Suspense Xbox 360 maps: VCTF-Rails • VCTF-Suspense_Necris Titan Pack maps: VCTF-Stranded Special maps: VCTF-Containment_SP
Warfare maps:
WAR-Avalanche • WAR-Downtown • WAR-Dusk • WAR-Floodgate • WAR-Islander • WAR-Islander_Necris • WAR-MarketDistrict • WAR-OnyxCoast • WAR-PowerSurge • WAR-Serenity • WAR-Serenity_Necris • WAR-Sinkhole • WAR-TankCrossing • WAR-Torlan • WAR-Torlan_Necris Xbox 360 maps: WAR-ColdHarbor • WAR-Downtown_Necris Titan Pack maps: WAR-Confrontation • WAR-Hostile Special maps: WAR-Torlan_Leviathan

Tips and tricks[]

Trivia[]

There are other types of co-op mods that don't respawn all items for the sake of fairness - having several people in a match already makes enemies weaker.

Development[]

Cooperative was considered for Unreal II: The Awakening. Technically, it would have been possible to develop the co-op mode, but due to lack of time and the maps being hard to configure for co-op play, it was never finished, and even though it is still possible to see fragments of netcode, it's still not supported. A separate coop mode for split screen game was added to the game by Tantalus Interactive for the Xbox version of the game.

"We've said it several times before, and I'll say it again: there will be no coop in U2. Sorry, live with it. We're making a very story-driven SP game here, with dialog, tons of scripted sequences and quite a bit of non-linear gameplay. No, all that will not take away from the action (Unreal was an action FPS game and U2 will be the same), but it's simply impossible to include a coop mode that works well and is bug-free (do you have any idea how easily scripted sequences break when there's more than one player? ;)) without adding a few more months to the schedule. We realize that a lot of the hard-core fans love coop, but we have to make tradeoffs here. HL is still the biggest FPS game out there, and it doesn't have coop (nor do I hear many people *****ing about it). If you want coop you should wait until a 3rd party team creates a mod for it - until then you can play straight action-shooters like Serious Sam :)"

– Matthias Worch on Infogrames' U2 forum

Gallery[]

Unreal II The Awakening - Mission 1 Sanctuary - Écran partagé