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00:00Right so James in order to solve this puzzle. We both need to press the button at the exact same time
00:05All right, you're with me. Let's do it. Hell. Yeah, okay, right. It's already three two one. Oh
00:14James you didn't actually press the button then yes, I did no no no no no we both need to press it at the same
00:18Time together at the same time all right, okay, no worries man. It's fun. Try again. Okay ready three two one
00:26You didn't press it again, did he
00:29James he's still there, mate
00:32You see sometimes in video games girls can you hear me?
00:35Yeah, so sometimes video game co-op modes can make things considerably more difficult, and I'm here to explain why
00:43Hello all of you little demons Jules here for what culture calm back again with another episode of the awesomely named and awfully
00:49Hosted to use your own adventure the weekly medieval theme format where I the crown jewels of what culture calm take a list chosen
00:56By you yes, you the person who actually submitted the name for this list, but it was in the actual live chat
01:00So unfortunately, I didn't grab your actual name, but this is dedicated to you whoever you may be
01:05Enjoy this today. Yes, you get to decide. What list I dole out to you each and every week and today
01:10We're talking about video games that sometimes made co-op
01:14Jules because today we're talking about video games that were actually made harder with co-op
01:19But now this is the thing when it comes to video games co-operative play is usually something that is a God sent to players
01:25I mean when the big evil of the land has got you backed into a corner is about to introduce your mouth to its feet
01:31You'd probably wish that you'd have somebody riding into your rescue and in this medium that can literally take place with people charging in
01:38Going hey, I'm gonna kill you. I'm gonna kill you. I'm gonna kill you. I'm gonna kill you
01:42Literally take place with people charging in going headfirst foot first fist first axe first to your
01:48Rescue and with another player or team of seasoned veterans by your side
01:51It can make even the most daunting games far far easier as now
01:55You've got real allies that will actually stop to pick you up pass your ammo and don't just run off aimlessly
02:00But yet sometimes adding another player into the mix only makes a recipe for disaster
02:06So let's take a look at them today as I'm Jules
02:08This is what culture.com and these are seven video games made way harder with co-op
02:14number seven any halo game on
02:17Legendary now when donning the mantle of the big green tin of man's spam that is master chief
02:22It can be very easy to buy into the power fantasy that he presents that you quite literally are the best that humanity has to offer
02:29Yet the experience changes somewhat as soon as you bump up the difficulty as now instead of charging forwards
02:35You're learning the meaning of tactical retreat in all of its forms and here on
02:40Legendary the only ones laughing are the grunts as they toe punch your corpse over and over
02:45So how could this experience get any more humbling well by adding in some friends and the knowledge that all enemies double in health on
02:52This mode known as legendary and will mow you down in seconds and then multiply that by the fact that in some halo games
02:59You aren't gonna be respawning next to your buddy after you die
03:01But back at the bloody last checkpoint and you can see how that makes for a painful
03:06experience and things got somehow even worse if you and your pals attempted the vid master challenge annual on halo 3 as
03:12Here you need to complete the halo level as a group of four with iron skull on which resets the entire level if even one
03:19Of you dies and with everyone riding a ghost at the end
03:22There are so so many elements of this that can go wrong
03:26So by the end of things you're probably gonna be minus three friends
03:29Even if you do get plus one achievement for doing so number six portal 2 now
03:34Everyone knows by now that despite their often hilarious tone
03:37The portal games are no joke when it comes to brain bending puzzles
03:42venturing through the testing labs and beyond was never a dull experience as the player is
03:46challenged at every turn to think on their feet and be about 20 steps ahead in order to manipulate different portals and surfaces at a
03:53moment's notice
03:54therefore with such
03:55Demanding gameplay one can only feel their soul die just a little trying to do all of this with another person in tow
04:01attempting to convey to another player that they need to fire their portal gun at just the right time and then move to another
04:07Location and perform another action is basically trying to give directions in a foreign country where you don't speak the language
04:12Plus you've also got this scenario, which James and I will now act out for you today James
04:16Are you ready to take the center stage once more?
04:18Yes, here I am walking across a bridge that my friend James Dowse has made for me with his amazing portal gun
04:25Isn't life grand? Oh, I sure hope he doesn't delete the bridge at some random inopportune moment. Just because it's funny. Oh dear
04:34This is your life now
04:37Continually trying to explain plans only to have them disintegrate
04:40Thanks to either poor communication timing or just because your partner thinks it's bloody funny to drop you into that boiling lake of metal eating
04:47Acids, I mean it totally is but it's not helping number five dark souls to scholar of the first sin
04:54So in case you hadn't heard dark souls both as a game and a way of life big up to my fat rollers in the buffet
05:01Of pain that is life itself is a pretty hard ride
05:04Yeah, you die a lot and even when you're not chomping on a sweet backstab, bro
05:10You're beset with such depressing environments that it starts to feel quite bloody lonely at times as such
05:15You might be very tempted to call in a helping hand or two to make the brutal gauntlet between bonfires that little bit easier
05:22However, before you light up that big fat humanity and pass it around the bonfire. Maybe you should consider something
05:28This is a from software title and as such help is something rarely given without a price being paid
05:34That's because even though the boss battles can be made significantly easier being human also invokes the possibility of being invaded by other players
05:42And let me tell you something having to battle both PvP and PvD at once is no joke
05:48Oh
05:48PvD for those not in the know is player versus dickheads who constantly glitch out because a poor net code plus when it comes to
05:55Dark Souls 2 scholar of the first sin where you could summon up to three other spirits to help players soon realized that certain enemies
06:03Like Heidi nights aggroed immediately making the challenge even more extreme plus with a full party
06:08Your damage is actually going to be reduced by
06:1167% of their normal state making chewing through even the most basic enemies in utter slog and
06:15Remember the longer you spend in Dark Souls combat the more likely it's going to be that you're gonna make a mistake and die
06:22number four double dragon neon now in fairness
06:25You could actually put any example of a brawler video game that has friendly fire in at this slot
06:30But there is a reason a real reason why I've chosen to put double dragon neon on here
06:36Explicitly and I will tell you
06:39Now because today we're not talking about battle toes and the fact that your friend could kill you at a moment's notice by accident
06:45We're talking about the much less infamous and if we're being honest much more inferior title double dragon neon
06:51Which for fans of the series was kind of a low point
06:53I say this because everything about this title feels kind of off
06:57from the weird low definition 3d sprites to the tone of the game that feels at odds with itself in that it constantly promises a
07:03Blast of 80s fun, but delivers something utterly straight-laced and often boring
07:07In fact boring will be the order of the day should you look to 100% this title as trying to get the misters
07:12Perfect trophy will make you bore a hole through your goddamn skull out of frustration as this one
07:18Achievement requires you to make it through a level in co-op without either person taking a single hit and friendly fire being on now
07:25it's that last section of the achievement which proves to be your utter downfall because no matter what level you choose to do this on
07:31The screen often gets completely cluttered with enemies and thanks to a rogue punch or throwing an enemy into your actual teammate
07:38You're going to lose your chance at this trophy again and again and again
07:42And it'll make you question what the bloody point of it all was
07:45number three
07:46Cadence of Hyrule now for those of you not in the know when it comes to
07:50dancing the best way to describe my moves are that I have the rhythm of a person who is flatlining and I kind of look
07:56Like if spaghetti could feel pain
07:58So when it came to playing through the crypt of the necrodancer video game and the subsequent Zelda centric title cadence of Hyrule
08:05You best bloody believe that I absolutely sucked at both as soon as the situation becomes even remotely
08:10Stressful in either game my rhythm-keeping skills go out the bloody window. However through perseverance and intense concentration
08:17I have been able to make some progress level three, baby. I
08:22Got down to floor three. Yay
08:24However, if you think you've started to master what cadence of Hyrule has to offer prepare to have that dream shattered the moment you
08:30Fire up the game in two-player mode as here with players taking up the mantle of both link and cadence
08:35You have to explore dungeons to save the land all while staying on beat and trust me if you thought that it was challenging enough
08:42On solo runs that is multiplied to the extremes as soon as you've got another player bungling up their movements and attacks
08:48Plus this mode throws up some rather devious moments in which you'll need to coordinate to hit enemies together or solve mild puzzles
08:54And doing all of that to an ever-threatening metronome is like a death knell to your friendship
08:58number two
08:59overcooked one and two
09:01now the phrase cooking up a storm is usually often to describe somebody who approaches the act of cooking with passion intensity and sometimes a
09:09little bit of ferocity
09:10But when it comes to overcooked one and two the phrase kind of changes a little bit and comes to mean if you don't get
09:17That onion chopped in the next two seconds
09:19I'm gonna shove a lightning bolt up your bloody ass and do not even think that a hurricane has got the same intensity as my
09:25controller throwing accuracy
09:27I say this because there's no such thing as a chill moment in the overcooked series as you'll constantly be chopping boiling cleaning and
09:35Desperately sprinting to the past to serve food. It is
09:38Relentless and so too are the cuss words that will likely spout from your mouth the moment that you start to play this online with
09:45Friends because here somebody has to take charge and barking orders at your friends when combined with time limits is never going to make
09:52You captain popular
09:53In fact, it's going to make the entire experience an utter chore as if your communication skills aren't up to par or if your friends
09:59Go into business for themselves or just can't simply keep up with the hectic pace
10:03You're gonna miss out on those high scores and chew them out for it
10:06Therefore it's actually something of a simple pleasure to play this game on single-player now
10:11I know that's not the way the game is meant to be played
10:14But it is far far less stressful than having your supposed best friends yell at you for burning a stew or ten
10:19I'm sorry that I get easily distracted and number one keep talking and nobody explodes now
10:25I know what you're thinking James Jules you handsome idiot
10:29What are you talking about? What words are falling out of your mumbly bumbly mouth today?
10:34Keep talking and nobody explodes is solely a co-op game
10:38So, how can you say that it's made harder in co-op when that's the only way to play it?
10:42Well, guess what my friends
10:45It's back the evil finger temple of doom
10:49Yes, that's right
10:50The finger temple of doom has made its way into these lists once more because while it is
10:55Technically true that keep talking and nobody explodes is a multiplayer game
10:59That's not to say that it is the only way to play it
11:01Thanks to the ingenious mind of developer Devon Hurst there now exists a bot that allows players to tackle the game
11:07Utterly solo with the bot reading audio cues and responding in its own voice back to the desperate bomb defuser
11:13Arguably this makes for a much much easier play session than with friends as the bot
11:18Immediately responds and does so with impeccable clarity
11:21This means that you can rattle through questions and get hold of the situation far quicker than the panicked
11:26Scrabbling and stumbling that real-life players fall prey to now
11:29I know that it's not as much fun per se to play with a bot that has been
11:33Exclusively designed to help you through this game
11:35But still it is so much less stressful as a result to do so and you know what the regular
11:42Experience of this game kind of makes it feel like anger management courses sponsored and made this game
11:48So yeah, I'll save some money and play with the bot from time to time. And there we go my friends
11:52Those were seven video games made harder through co-op
11:55I hope that you enjoyed that and please let me know what you thought about it down in the comments section below as always
12:00I've been Jules you can go follow me over on Twitter at retro J with a zero or you can swing by live and
12:05Let's dice where I do all of my streaming outside of work, and it'd be great to see you over there
12:09But before I go, I just want to say one thing
12:11We detailed a lot today about times that things were made more difficult by adding well too many cooks to the broth
12:17That's not the saying but you know where I'm going with that one
12:20And I do want to stress though in real life sharing a problem with your friends your family's professionals in the support industry
12:26That is something that I truly
12:28Encourage you doing because sharing a problem usually means that you can solve it far far quicker
12:33You shouldn't go through life trying to bottle up your emotions and make sure you're not speaking to people about your problems
12:39share those problems get them out in the open start a discourse as painful as it might be sometimes and
12:43Start to get the help that you deserve because you are a massive ledge and you deserve all the best things in life
12:49And I don't want anyone stumbling across the way alright big love from me to you now
12:52Go out there and absolutely smash it today as always. I've been Jules you have been awesome
12:57Never forget that and I'll speak to you soon. Bye