Grim Fandango

[A Black Falcon]

I played Four Swords-GBA once. It wouldn't work just with formations, as you have to have the people in different places... but I see no reason it couldn't be like Lost Vikings crossed with that formation idea! That is, like a PC RPG, like, specifically, Baldur's Gate... where you can move everyone together with formations (the game has like a dozen of them for your 6-person party), or can move each person seperately. I think that would work great. Oh, not as good as playing with others, but it would definitely work and doesn't seem like it'd have been TOO hard to do... too bad they didn't try in the GBA game. :(

Oh, and for more proof against multiplayer adventure games look at Myst IV's massively multiplayer mode! Oh wait, it was dropped for lack of interest...