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Developer Splash Damage is eager for you to hop online with their latest FPS Brink, so much so they’re willing to help your single player campaign if you try it.

This unique concept will give players the opportunity to try co-op, and double the in-game experience if you do so:

“At a certain point in the game we say to them, ‘Why don’t you just try co-op and see how you go? For this next mission we’re going to give you twice the number of experience points if you play co-operatively with somebody else.’”

Of course, Splash Damage head Paul Wedgwood is quick to note there is plenty to the single player experience even if you choose not to hop online, but the benefits of doing so will make the single player easier.

Experience in a FPS is not new, obviously a part of the multi-billion dollar Call of Duty franchise, but using the multiplayer experience to boost a solo gamer is different enough to give the developers credit. However, in some way, it does feel like cheating, and those who enjoy their games to be mercilessly hard may be turned off by the idea too. That said, Wedgood believes this a way to teach people to become better at the versus game, unlocking skills and using them in single player, prepping them when other humans are shooting at them. It’s an experiment, but one that seems like it’s overdue.

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