Naughty Dog has already stated that The Last Of Us will not come with co-op integrated into its main campaign, but will the game have a separate co-op mode? Well, with the team recently posting a new ad looking for a ‘co-op Game Designer’.
The designer’s responsibilities will be…
[C]reating mechanics, game modes, progression systems, reward structures, social features, etc. to serve the co-op experience. Creating and iterating gameplay designs with the team, and working in script to implement and/or tune them.
That sounds a lot like The Last Of Us, but it also sounds like pretty much every AAA game in development right now.
The producer will also be involved in “designing andscripting co-op combat encounters” and “AI behavior design” which seems to fit with the whole ‘encounter’ system Naughty Dog seems to be crafting for the game.
If I was to hazard a completely out there guess, I would suggest that Naughty Dog is in the process of possibly creating a separate co-op mode in the vein of games like Halo 4, or Resistance 2. Maybe a Left 4 Dead style mode? It could also be a simple mode within the game’s multiplayer?
It’d difficult to say at this stage — we can only speculate. Naughty Dog hasn’t even shown off multiplayer for The Last Of Us, so we really have no idea what it could possibly look like.
The Last Of Us: Naughty Dog Hiring For Co-Op Multiplayer Dev [NowGamer]
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