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[LegalEagleMike]

does nobody remember multiplayer matches against xXJohnny420Xx, and his friends, xXJohnny420Xx(1), xXJohnny420Xx(2), and sometimes xXJohnny420Xx(3)? because I remember that shit in like every other bout

this thread is about the campaign.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

this thread is about the campaign.

i'm aware but i'm addressing this sentiment that couch co-op as a whole is something that few people go in for anymore.

 

[Angel_DvA]

They have a product for people who want to play together in the same local area, it's called another Xbox One

should have been first post.

It doesn't bother me that much though, you can't please everyone.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Oh wow, I think this is a legitimate skip. I played through all the Halos with my brother.

Your brother doesn't have an Xbox?

 

[king grimlock]

i'm aware but i'm addressing this sentiment that couch co-op as a whole is something that few people go in for anymore.

But it is, regardless of what you want splitscreen players are the minority. Yes there are more than some people think but obviously not enough for devs to bother.

 

[Chucker]

I'm old man status now and don't have people over to play games that much anymore. Loss of local co-op means nothing to me.

I could see how some people would lament it though, last time I did it was Halo 2.

 

[Big Green Anus]

Not hyperbole, but this delayed my purchase on the X1 until next year. I always play the Halo campaigns for he first time via local coop since Halo series usually brings great memories.

This really bums me out

 

[hwalker84]

Who plays splitsceen in 2015? It's probably less than 1% of the sales. Good riddance. Focus on other stuff 343.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

But it is, regardless of what you want splitscreen players are the minority. Yes there are more than some people think but obviously not enough for devs to bother.

i doubt the number of players utilizing the feature is the only important factor here, especially when it comes to halo, which is literally the go-to place for split screen gaming on any platform that isn't a nintendo. nor do i see why some people are so quick to say that nobody used split screen when playing halo, of all games! i doubt many players here can even complete a decent length online mp session without finding grouped local players.

 

[The Artisan]

Splitscreen online MP is still in. Someone should edit the thread title to make it clearer.

splitscreen mp is in, so what is missing is splitscreen campaign?

 

[_woLf]

Who plays splitsceen in 2015? It's probably less than 1% of the sales. Good riddance. Focus on other stuff 343.

Seriously? The attitudes of some people in this thread are baffling. "Who cares if other people enjoyed it, good riddance."

Okay.

 

[The Real Napsta]

splitscreen mp is in, so what is missing is splitscreen campaign?

Yes.

 

[Big Green Anus]

Traumatic flashbacks of my life are being activated because of this news. I don't know how to respond.

Lol!

Halo was always a coop experience for me via campaign and not having local coop really kills the excitement for me

Going from 4 player to 2 player wasn't great, but I excepted that, but this is just too much!

 

[Huge Succeeded]

Who plays splitsceen in 2015? It's probably less than 1% of the sales. Good riddance. Focus on other stuff 343.

lol, i bet more players would play splitscreen in 2015

if games had splitscreen in 2015

but killing splitscreen has been a thing since well before 2015 and what's causing it is arguable - however you can't deny that there was a huge emphasis on visuals and online functionality last gen, which took many traditionally split-screenable genres, like fps and racing, and neutered them, and that was never our choice. it wasn't ever our choice that there's nothing split-screen to play, which is the main reason nobody plays splitscreen, and the main reason many halo players didn't want to see halo of all series drop the feature. halo was the last bastion.

anyway, 1% is as far as i'm concerned an insane lowball when you're talking about the premier split screen series on consoles. halo was half the reason people owned multiple controllers last generation, because toward the latter half they sure as hell weren't getting their fix elsewhere.

 

[The Artisan]

Yes.

that's still a bummer if you ask me.

 

[myharlequin]

Halo is great not just because of the local co-op Because of the online multiplayer and local split screen, and those are coming in Halo 5

THERE IS CO-OP ONLINE FREE! WITHOUT GOLD

And I agree that is better to have the option, for me this is not a big deal, I usually play co-op online with friends no offline

 

[Omni]

Seriously? The attitudes of some people in this thread are baffling. "Who cares if other people enjoyed it, good riddance."

Okay.

The point is that there are so many others things that should be focused on instead of a decade old feature that a small percentage of players have even used.

Obviously I'm not a game developer, but I imagine it takes a LOT of work to get something like that running. Just not worth it.

 

[Seth Enosh]

Split screen multi-player is still in. It's the split screen coop campaign that is out. Something you're rarely going to see in games moving forward. Very hard to maintain any sort of decent frame rate.

It's only hard to maintain a decent frame rate in split screen if the developer doesn't plan on it from the beginning. Plenty of games on low powered systems managed it just fine, including Halo 2 and 3.

On the other hand the awful performance of halo 4 and H2A in two player split screen already demonstrated where 343 puts their priorities. And the Bungie halo games had terrible online co-op because they were built for split screen or LAN, even Halo Reach online co-op was a laggy mess and H1A was near unplayable. If I remember right halo 4 already was better at online coop so hopefully this change comes with improvements to the online mode that will now be the only option.

 

[Darksol]

Go figure the first Halo to remotely interest me since 2 takes out the thing I would have played it for -__-

 

[_woLf]

The point is that there are so many others things that should be focused on instead of a decade old feature that a small percentage of players have even used.

Obviously I'm not a game developer, but I imagine it takes a LOT of work to get something like that running. Just not worth it.

How can you possibly even know the percentage of people that use it? There is enough disappointment stressed in this thread and reddit alone that suggests that your "1%" estimate could not be more wrong.

 

[king grimlock]

i doubt the number of players utilizing the feature is the only important factor here, especially when it comes to halo, which is literally the go-to place for split screen gaming on any platform that isn't a nintendo. nor do i see why some people are so quick to say that nobody used split screen when playing halo, of all games! i doubt many players here can even complete a decent length online mp session without finding grouped local players.

I don't see anybody saying this I'm sure if you asked most they would tell you they absolutely did splitscreen at one point, most are saying that it is used way less in today's world.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

The point is that there are so many others things that should be focused on instead of a decade old feature that a small percentage of players have even used.

what's the relevance of pointing out that it's a 'decade old feature'? if anything that strengthens the reasoning for our desire to see a feature that has helped to define halo since the beginning move forward alongside the rest of the series, especially in an era where hardware can actually do it justice better than ever. and you can imply that only a small percentage of players played halo splitscreen all you'd like but if there's one splitscreen game where that's the least intuitive possible explanation, it's halo. shitloads of people grouped locally to play multiplayer and the proof was there every time you'd hop online.

I don't see anybody saying this I'm sure if you asked most they would tell you they absolutely did splitscreen at one point, most are saying that it is used way less in today's world.

'it is used less'

again, it's not simply used less, it's not even given as an option in most games, and it's been clear since last generation that that transition hasn't simply been a result of us not utilizing the feature, but often because things like getting hefty sexy engines to run on aged or weak hardware take precedence above all to pubs and marketers.

it's like, if over the course of this generation, publishers and devs alike start to drop resolution in their games in order to keep them running well.

and then by the end of that theoretical generation, when every game is 800p, i'm surrounded by people telling me, "well nobody even uses 1080p anymore so"

well no shit

 

[King Gilga]

That's fucked up. Its not even halo anymore.

Gane is dead to me.

 

[Megatron]

I think skipping it is a big mistake. Sure probably 1% of people over 20 use it, but I bet the % under 20 is way higher. Every kid with a brother uses couch co-op. Dorm rooms are full of them (though they may be more likely to play couch multiplayer, but still)

Actually, that's a good question. Is split screen multiplayer still supported? It's probably a lot more important to leave that in there.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Not cool. A staple in the series =/

Damn not even split screen multiplayer?

 

[myharlequin]

what's the relevance of pointing out that it's a 'decade old feature'? if anything that strengthens the reasoning for our desire to see a feature that has helped to define halo since the beginning move forward with halo. and you can imply that only a small percentage of players played halo splitscreen all you'd like but if there's one splitscreen game where that's the least intuitive possible explanation, it's halo. shitloads of people grouped locally to play multiplayer and the proof was there every time you'd hop online.

That feature didnt define Halo.. Please remember that Halo brought ONLINE to the Xbox....ONLINE PEOPLE!! "o n l i n e" no local co-op campaings (Gears is more like that)

 

[aly]

This really sucks. My sister and I went through all the main Halos and ODST this way. Its a big reason why Halo was fun for me.

 

[LegalEagleMike]

Actually, that's a good question. Is split screen multiplayer still supported? It's probably a lot more important to leave that in there.

yes

 

[Bryant]

Man, I already had plans for my friend to come over and play campaign.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

That feature didnt define Halo.. Please remember that Halo brought ONLINE to the Xbox....ONLINE PEOPLE!! "o n l i n e" no local co-op campaings (Gears is more like that)

"helped to define halo"
halo had extensive local functionality long before gears ever did. halo had split screen campaign co-op long before gears ever did. and yes, these things helped to define Halo and give it appeal. the profound success of Halo 1's local play is much of what enabled Halo 2's online focus to begin with.

halo brought a lot more than just 'ONLINE' to consoles, what was your first halo game, 3? it brought FPS to console in every context, single player, local multiplayer, local co-op, and then eventually, online.

 

[Sephzilla]

What a joke

 

[PaulExcellent]

LOL
What the fuck.

 

[jem0208]

Not cool. A staple in the series =/

Damn not even split screen multiplayer?

Yes there is split screen multiplayer.

 

[Saraluna]

Well, that's really disappointing.

 

[Big Green Anus]

Just make it 30fps for local coop campaign only and 60fps for everything else

 

[The Artisan]

Just make it 30fps for local coop campaign only and 60fps for everything else

frames can't be the reason why they took this feature away.

 

[shandy706]

Literally the main reason I considered Halo games (4 excluded) fun.

I've completed all of them (except 2 which I didn't play) with my friend, on legendary and with tons of beer of course.

Everyone that is concerned, let's share our Gamertags and do co-op.

My wife will be disappointed too, but the positives I'm seeing far outweigh the negatives for us.

 

[Eoin]

Yes there is split screen multiplayer.

If you like nothing but 1v1's I guess. It's pretty much useless unless you and a bud are hopping online together.

 

[John Harker]

oh my favorite feature... in fact the only mode I've beaten any of the halo games on.

So this hurts, I likely won't finish it then

 

[rokkerkory]

Its like 2 steps forward then 2 steps backwards with halo

 

[LegalEagleMike]

If you like nothing but 1v1's I guess. It's pretty much useless unless you and a bud are hopping online together.

there is online split screen multiplayer.

 

[sector4]

Who plays splitsceen in 2015? It's probably less than 1% of the sales. Good riddance. Focus on other stuff 343.

Split-screen co op is the only way I play Halo. This is really disappointing for me.

 

[HighResTomato]

Fuck 343 seriously, this is THE feature that made Halo, Halo for me. They just keep doing this shit, hoping for people to lose their jobs is fucked up but these men and women can not be trusted with an IP of this magnitude.

 

[Eoin]

there is online split screen multiplayer.

That's why I said it's pretty much useless unless you and a bud are hopping online together.(in splitscreen)

 

[REDSLATE]

Considering the number of poor decisions made up to this point, it's honestly not surprising. Just save your money. The game's not worth it.

 

[italianfreak240]

I remember playing co-op a ton with my friends on Halo CE but now it’s not a huge lose to us since we all got live.

 

[AdventureRacing]

I certainly won't be buying the game then. That's pretty much where I spend all my time playing halo. Considering how much the quality of the games has dropped off I guess it's not much of a loss anway.

 

[Plywood]

I'm glad they chose framerate over local splitscreen.

 

[Bulk_Rate]

I finished my first playthroughs of h1-h3 local co op split screen, carrying my buddy who sucks at console fps the whole way through all three games. Man he was useless but those were some fantastic good times.

Local co op was part of Halo DNA, very disappointed

 

[Zalusithix]

I guess I won't be picking up the new Halo then. I only play Halo these days because of the split screen coop. It's kind of a tradition to marathon through the game when my out of state friend is visiting. Take away the coop and the game is useless to me.