Does not having split screen ever piss you off?

[ForensicYOYO]

Its really getting old for me every time I hear of a game im looking forward to not have either split screen or co-op. Im mean really is it that much more trouble to add it? Games like Killzone 2, Uncharted 2 and as I just found out the new Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit game all dont have split screen when they clearly should. Hell! Those games had everything else you could have possibly ask for out of a game. So why no split screen?

I dont know about you but I get a great joy from having a couple of friends over and popping in a multiplayer game. But nowadays Its so limited its not even fun any more. Just the same old games CoD, Gears, Halo and more CoD. Do they really think online is that much better then owning your friends right in front their face? Or do they not care and just think getting rid of split screen will force more people to buy their own game and console?

This saddens me dearly... U_U

 

[Sleekgiant]

I'm glad Left 4 Dead had split screen, made the game way more fun, I hate when games kill of split screen

 

[Defense]

Don't they have to reduce the framerate if they do splitscreen?


Well, either way it does sadden me when there isn't any local multiplayer function, because the servers won't be up forever, and that kinda ruins the point of a lot of games. Come on now, who actually plays Killzone 2 for the storyline exclusively?

 

[chainer1216]

the slow death of local multiplayer makes me sad, used to be that when i had friends over i'd just grab one of the random games i had laying about, popped it into the console and plug in another controller or 3 and a time was had by all, now we really have no choice other than grabbing battlefront 2 and playing that on the 360.

 

[ForensicYOYO]

I'm glad Left 4 Dead had split screen, made the game way more fun, I hate when games kill of split screen

Im glad they had at least 2 player split screen. But they had 4 people. Why couldn't they made 4 player split screen? System link is a hassle.

 

[oplinger]

Has to do with FPS (...frames per second.) sometimes, rendering all the action twice, or 4 times, kills the experience.

However not having split screen pisses me off a bunch.

 

[Scars Unseen]

I hate split screen. Still think it should be included for those that like it though.

 

[Sleekgiant]

I'm glad Left 4 Dead had split screen, made the game way more fun, I hate when games kill of split screen

Im glad they had at least 2 player split screen. But they had 4 people. Why couldn't they made 4 player split screen? System link is a hassle.

2 is all I needed, no one wanted to play as Zooey and Louis anyways

 

[Sleekgiant]

Has to do with FPS (...frames per second.) sometimes, rendering all the action twice, or 4 times, kills the experience.

.......are you gaming on a toaster?

Also FPS is not double with split screen it plays just the same, its the fact that everyone plays online now that developers got lazy and said forget split screen

 

[Hader]

Split screen should just be mandatory for anything multiplayer, whether or not it looks pretty isn't much of an issue to me, just the ability to do some multiplayer with friends when we can't game online or anything is an added bonus well worth the effort.

 

[oplinger]

Has to do with FPS (...frames per second.) sometimes, rendering all the action twice, or 4 times, kills the experience.

.......are you gaming on a toaster?

Also FPS is not double with split screen it plays just the same, its the fact that everyone plays online now that developers got lazy and said forget split screen

No, I didn't say the FPS doubles, It renders the scene twice. From 2 viewpoints, or four. The frames per second will dip -hugely- on most games because of that. Especially when things are happening.

Imagine a game that already makes the PS3's FPS dip in single player. Now imagine it having to do it twice. At the same time. It'll dip even more. Now imagine it doing it -four- times all at once. Multiplayer at two and a half frames per second is totally rad! ...Only it's not, so devs don't put it in the game.

 

[Sleekgiant]

Has to do with FPS (...frames per second.) sometimes, rendering all the action twice, or 4 times, kills the experience.

.......are you gaming on a toaster?

Also FPS is not double with split screen it plays just the same, its the fact that everyone plays online now that developers got lazy and said forget split screen

No, I didn't say the FPS doubles, It renders the scene twice. From 2 viewpoints, or four. The frames per second will dip -hugely- on most games because of that. Especially when things are happening.

Imagine a game that already makes the PS3's FPS dip in single player. Now imagine it having to do it twice. At the same time. It'll dip even more. Now imagine it doing it -four- times all at once. Multiplayer at two and a half frames per second is totally rad! ...Only it's not, so devs don't put it in the game.

......is the PS3 a toaster. Tell me how games like Goldeneye 64 ran smoothly then?

 

[Falcon_Punch]

One game more than any...Pure. This game NEEDED split screen but all we get is a gimped online mode. Good game falling short of greatness because it missed that one tiny yet ever so important multiplayer aspect.

 

[oplinger]

Has to do with FPS (...frames per second.) sometimes, rendering all the action twice, or 4 times, kills the experience.

.......are you gaming on a toaster?

Also FPS is not double with split screen it plays just the same, its the fact that everyone plays online now that developers got lazy and said forget split screen

No, I didn't say the FPS doubles, It renders the scene twice. From 2 viewpoints, or four. The frames per second will dip -hugely- on most games because of that. Especially when things are happening.

Imagine a game that already makes the PS3's FPS dip in single player. Now imagine it having to do it twice. At the same time. It'll dip even more. Now imagine it doing it -four- times all at once. Multiplayer at two and a half frames per second is totally rad! ...Only it's not, so devs don't put it in the game.

......is the PS3 a toaster. Tell me how games like Goldeneye 64 ran smoothly then?

...You can't be this dense. What do you think consoles run on? Magic?

If the game doesn't utilize the full extent of the hardware, the FPS hit wont be as noticeable. If you think goldeneye was the peak of N64 technology...

Also, walking into 2 or 3 explosions would make the game come to a complete halt. ...50-100 could crash the game entirely

 

[Sleekgiant]

Has to do with FPS (...frames per second.) sometimes, rendering all the action twice, or 4 times, kills the experience.

.......are you gaming on a toaster?

Also FPS is not double with split screen it plays just the same, its the fact that everyone plays online now that developers got lazy and said forget split screen

No, I didn't say the FPS doubles, It renders the scene twice. From 2 viewpoints, or four. The frames per second will dip -hugely- on most games because of that. Especially when things are happening.

Imagine a game that already makes the PS3's FPS dip in single player. Now imagine it having to do it twice. At the same time. It'll dip even more. Now imagine it doing it -four- times all at once. Multiplayer at two and a half frames per second is totally rad! ...Only it's not, so devs don't put it in the game.

......is the PS3 a toaster. Tell me how games like Goldeneye 64 ran smoothly then?

...You can't be this dense. What do you think consoles run on? Magic?

If the game doesn't utilize the full extent of the hardware, the FPS hit wont be as noticeable. If you think goldeneye was the peak of N64 technology...

Also, walking into 2 or 3 explosions would make the game come to a complete halt. ...50-100 could crash the game entirely

I'm not....but maybe you should get yourself checked, if the game crashes due to a problem like that, the developer did something wrong.

Not my fault if they can't code a game properly.

 

[FortheLegion]

I'm glad Left 4 Dead had split screen, made the game way more fun, I hate when games kill of split screen

Im glad they had at least 2 player split screen. But they had 4 people. Why couldn't they made 4 player split screen? System link is a hassle.

2 is all I needed, no one wanted to play as Zooey and Louis anyways

HEY!!
I play as Louis >:/

On Topic: I hate it when games don't have split screen It's always funner to have a friend right their when you play and system link is a hassle. I don't play online much i don't have the money to subscribe to anything. nor do i play console games enough to make it worth it...

 

[Sleekgiant]

I'm glad Left 4 Dead had split screen, made the game way more fun, I hate when games kill of split screen

Im glad they had at least 2 player split screen. But they had 4 people. Why couldn't they made 4 player split screen? System link is a hassle.

2 is all I needed, no one wanted to play as Zooey and Louis anyways

HEY!!
I play as Louis >:/

On Topic: I hate it when games don't have split screen It's always funner to have a friend right their when you play and system link is a hassle. I don't play online much i don't have the money to subscribe to anything. nor do i play console games enough to make it worth it...

XD

We mostly shoot Louis......we're really mean people though

 

[ForensicYOYO]

let's be honest, if we had friends we wouldn't be playing video games

Wow. Really? I recall both Yatzee and Extra credit touching on this topic about the stereo type of calling ourselves Gamers. Just cus you play video games does not make you an antisocial looser in your moms basement.

 

[Flauros]

Yes. It used to be "lets play 2 player!" with my girl, now i have to SPECIFICALLY BUY a certain game that has SUPER SPECIAL SPLITSCREEN, because all games are online now.