Warning: The 'cozy' couch co-op at PAX East was actually chaos

I went to PAX East last weekend and stopped by this booth hyping a new couch co-op game. It looked chill from the trailers but then 4 of us sat down to play and the screen was so cluttered with effects nobody could track their character. Within 3 minutes two players were screaming because the controls froze during a boss fight. The dev just shrugged and said it was a feature for 'intense cooperation'. Has anyone else run into a game that looked perfect for couch play but fell apart under real pressure?

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blairwhite17d ago

A dev actually said freezing controls were a feature? That's insane.

william_miller17d ago

Classic dev move. "It's not a bug, it's a feature.