In the trailer, prospective Wasteland 3 players can see how the game’s 2-player co-op gameplay looks, though only in glimpses. The Wasteland 3 trailer doesn’t go into any particular amount of detail, only shows cinematic examples of how co-op works in practice. It’s a trailer with a singular purpose, which is to inform those who love cooperative games that Wasteland 3 includes the feature and that it’s robust. It’s not just a token co-op gimmick.

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While the trailer doesn’t have any rich detail about Wasteland 3’s co-op mode, that information has been shared prior. inXile has already confirmed that Wasteland 3 supports 2-player co-op for the entire game. There are no restrictions, no split campaign, and no limitations on the story. The entire single-player campaign can be played co-op. Further, the huge world of Wasteland 3 is shared between both players, with neither player being leashed to the other.

A fully-shared world means that one player can go into a battle on one side of the world while the other is shopping with a merchant on the other. Progression will occur regardless of whether one player or both are involved. Players will still want to group together, though, as co-op still only allows for six controllable ranger party members. Where these six rangers will follow players wherever they go in single-player, co-op players will have to split them up. As such, players will be strongest when working together.

There are some meta-features that Wasteland 3 players will likely wish could have been implemented. inXile probably wishes it had the time and budget to implement them, too. Regardless, both players will need to own Wasteland 3 to play co-op. No one gets a free ride, though Game Pass should certainly make it affordable. Co-op also doesn’t work via cross-play. Both Wasteland 3 players will have to be on the same platform. And thirdly, there’s no matchmaking. Players will have to find their own co-op buddy.

Co-op in Wasteland 3 should be flexible, regardless of the lack of cross-play or matchmaking. Being able to play through the entire game together is an awesome opportunity that more CRPGs are allowing for. It’s great that Wasteland 3 is making the most of it.

Wasteland 3 releases August 28 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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