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No Split Screen in Titanfall
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Same with smash brothers. I have no faith in online system for new smash bros.
I agree though halo has best local multiplayer functionality. Hell, you can play campaign co-op as well.
Solid Samus
Banned
I thought shit would change this gen in this regard. Nice knowing that was just wishful thinking, at least for now. Even CoD only supports two players on a console now. Shit's fucked.
no local play for multiplayer title; cool brah, sign of the times, whatevs, who doesn't play games online anyways, certainly not a vast majority, would have been nice tho
no online play for multiplayer title; wtf is this indefensible shit
console gaming and console gamers alike these days are fucking strange
It's more like sitting next to someone watching a Netflix movie as opposed to watching the same Netflix movie in your respective homes while skyping
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Titanfall has AI baked into the game so 1v1 matches aren't empty. It would be perfect for split screen.
krameriffic
Member
Any other PC gamers take a certain glee in seeing console gamers complain about losing niche features that very few people care about?
Welcome to our world.
Welcome to our world.
This is great then! I don't have to listen to racist rants if the dudebros and rednecks that don't buy it.
It's a major reason behind Halo's success imo
As a person who goes to college, I have no idea what nonsense you are talking about.
What's wrong with that? I play with my 5 year old nephew a whole lot when he wants to play PS3 with me. When we play Call of Duty, he's not old enough to play correctly. He goes 0/16, 1/17, etc. regularly, but he's always player two so he doesn't impact my K/D.
For the features in this game, or rather the lack of them, I'm not sure if I'd be willing to pay full price for it. It's slipping into the "wait until it's on sale" category for me.
Wow, that is a horrible analogy. It is nothing like that at all.
The people that are complaining never play any single players game because they don't have split screen? You guys missed out on alot of great game with this logic. Zelda,Metroid,Metal Gear Solid split screen no where to be found. How many PC games have split screens?When your friends come over play a game you can play together and when they leave play Titanfall.
Whiskeymatt
Member
I'm pretty sure no one is saying that.
Or as a person who plays Halo online. It was pretty routine running into parties of people playing local split screen with 2-4 players. Personally I just about always also played online with my wife. Beer, split screen and a warthog = fun times.
Neuromancer
Member
That's a really dumb analogy. I want you to think about it for a couple minutes and see if you can figure out why.
If you're sitting beside each other, can see each other's screens, and can talk directly to each other (rather than through a headset), it's identical to local multiplayer, except you each have your own full screen.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I want the feature on PC too. It's just way easier to work around the limitation on the PC. Especially if there's LAN support.
The point is Titanfall's gameplay ideology puts such a heavy focus on competitive play and playing co-operatively in a team that they don't even have a single-player mode means that local mutiplayer should be even more of a vital feature. Especially when it was a feature in the developers last game.
If Respawn wanted to make splitscreen happen they could make it happen. Whether that means reducing the framerate to 30fps, having it run at 720p, turning off anti-aliasing or switching the texture detail to 50% or all of the above they could make it happen.
Or it's like going to watch a movie together with someone, or going to the mall or a restaurant with them - you're socializing and enjoying an activity together.
Anyhows, was recently playing some Splinter Cell Blacklist and Rainbow 6 Vegas split screen with a buddy. Now that I think of it, I think all of the Tom Clancy games have split screen, which is great.
You'll have to wait for the second coming of 3D.
Halo online with groups of friends local or not, is best halo.
Infinite_Daremo
Member
The generational gaps between posters here are pretty apparent. I like split screen but my friends from my youth are miles apart now.
bigboss370
Member
not surprising, but terribly disappointing. Equally disappointing are the people saying it doesn't matter or that this is a good thing.
I bought Diablo 3 practically solely because it had couch co-op. The more games with splitscreen or local co-op the better.
I bought Diablo 3 practically solely because it had couch co-op. The more games with splitscreen or local co-op the better.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
This is seeming like one barebones-ass game. Seems more like an Early Access kickstarter thing than a fully fledged retail product going for $60.
Probably will give the PC version a shake, but hope its priced aggressively. Oh, and I guess it'll be Origin?
Probably will give the PC version a shake, but hope its priced aggressively. Oh, and I guess it'll be Origin?
Neuromancer
Member
I would guess they decided the manpower and time it would take to implement didn't make business sense. I can't imagine there were technical reasons that could not have been overcome.
It's just kinda sad if in order for two people to play a videogame together they either choose to or have no choice but to sit in separate rooms with a wall between them, whilst playing each other together.
I feel sorry for the kids of the future if this is a typical conversation: "Hey brother do you want to play some Mario Kart together? Okay you go to your bedroom and I'll go to my bedroom and we will connect to the internet and play together!"
That's fun for sure but nothing beats actually being with someone whilst playing them.
If no splitscreen is the future it's pretty depressing. We're living in an age of powerful consoles, 1080p, 60-inch screens and 60fps. There's been no better time for splitscreen.
MasterOfPastures
Banned
Splitscreen is a peasant feature, so I don't care. But PC games have all but lost LAN functionality. That is a very sad fact. And I doubt any big multiplayer game by a publisher will have LAN again.
Sorry to break it to you but kids don't even talk on the phone anymore they text.
Yeah, it's almost certainly just a cost/benefit thing. While actually implementing it is probably fairly doable, it's also probably not trivial. And, it's another thing to test and support regardless, so the costs add up.
Honestly, I kind of like that Respawn has the balls to make the game so bare-bones. Not because I take any pleasure in people losing options they care about, or don't like getting more for my money -- but because it runs counter to the consumer expectation that a game needs everything and the kitchen sink included to be worth $60. I think that expectation only hurts mid-budget games that can't afford to do everything without compromises, and those are some of my favourite games.
spindashing
Banned
I hate that the non-split screen trend has become a thing, really.
ThirtyPlus
Member
I do.
hypostatic
Member
Kids? Family members are family events? At least CoD does this right.
HappehLemons
Member
This is a big deal to me. I always play with friends locally, it's less about us all owning the systems and more about the convenience of us all being able to get together and play on one screen. We have a lot of fun with this. This has really made me not want to get this game anymore.
willskate4free
Member
sucks... kid and i play cod split screen online.. this would've been nice to have on this game.
There are always people on CoD using split screen, a few years ago a big point for us playing any game was if we could play it together quick and easy like Halo and CoD do.
These days though this sort of news doesn't bother me, disappointing for some I don't doubt, but now my friends and I all like having our own consoles and TVs when gaming together.
TheRealTalker
Banned
Bungie please save split screening
Usually devs say they do not want to downgrade the graphics hence no split screening
But TITANFALL is based off the source engine so they aren't really losing much like COD
ThirtyPlus
Member
In fact, splitscreen is the only reason I still play COD yearly.
Oppo
Member
Well as mentioned (I think?), Warhawk did it, with a lot more players too. You could do any combo of local split screen and online as well.
I actually did use that mode a few times and it was really great to have.
Kocolino67
Member
While TV screens become bigger and bigger, the split screen is disappearing. Is it correlating? And is there a causal relationship?