Where's my Split-Screen ?

 Man, what happened to split screen gaming ? Gaming used to be a fun activity to do when you had a friend over, but now, the best way to game with a friend is if you both have the same console, and are at your own house.  I remember when my friend Nick would come over, and we'd boot up Time Splitters 3, Halo or Destroy All Humans 2.  Him , my brother and I would always get into some crazy 3 player games back in the day, and now, the onlyl game that we three will play together, religously, is SSB, NOTHING like that game for friends.  :(   I really miss it, and hope it'll come back, I've really wanted a free roaming game a la GTA 4 with splitscreen, that'd be SICK.

 Man, what happened to split screen gaming ? Gaming used to be a fun activity to do when you had a friend over, but now, the best way to game with a friend is if you both have the same console, and are at your own house.  I remember when my friend Nick would come over, and we'd boot up Time Splitters 3, Halo or Destroy All Humans 2.  Him , my brother and I would always get into some crazy 3 player games back in the day, and now, the onlyl game that we three will play together, religously, is SSB, NOTHING like that game for friends.  :(   I really miss it, and hope it'll come back, I've really wanted a free roaming game a la GTA 4 with splitscreen, that'd be SICK.

Internet happened. Sorry you slept a few years.

Hey-- there's nothing wrong with the playing over the internet, but if I friend over, it pretty much illiminates gaming as an option, and I happen to live in Rural Canada, where I don't actually have the BEST connection.

yeah im getting real sick of games without split screen. especial since racing games are now lacking this feature whats next fighting games with no versus?

Yeah, exactly ! Speaking of which, I LOVE Smash Brothers to play with a buddy.

Nintendo will hook you up.

That's why I'm keen to see if Blur is any good - it's going to have four-player split screen, and it'll be a nice change of pace on game nights with my mates.

Yeah nothing beats having a buddy next to you, I'm all for split screen, which i believe Split/Second is including. INTERNET SUCKS

Blame the internet. Sadly (or really, not so sadly) the days of playing goldeneye in a dark, cramped room with four people is long behind us.

" @S0ndor: I said Gaming, not... Wii...ing ? "

A lot of modern First Person Shooters still have split screen. MW2, Halo 3 and Recon, Gears of War , yada yada yada.
 
GTA never had multiplayer split screen.  And games like MUA have offline Co-op.
 
I don't see your point.

I felt that split screen was coming back.
 
Forza 3 had it. Blur will even have 4-player-splitscreen like Mario Kart. (I hate all racing games without a splitscreen option).
 
Also, many action games have it. Gears or Army of Two, for example or most recently Splinter Cell Conviction (with a neat twist ending I've been told).

" @animateria: You don't see my point ? back in the day, every game that had multiplayer, had split screen, nowadays, maybe 10% of every game with multiplayer has splitscreen. 
 

Yuck, Dynasty Warriors has Split Screen ?

Sorry dude, but a free-roam game with split-screen probably isn't going to happen, at least as far as mainstream gaming is concerned. The problem is that it's hard enough to make a good single player free-roam game that looks good and plays well. Having two perspectives (e.g. almost twice as much to render, including potentially twice as many objects/textures) would mean sacrificing graphics at the very least, which no one is going to do, because most people won't buy a bad-looking game. 
 
That said, having a split-screen GTAIV-ish game (as far as game mechanics) that looks like GTAIII would still be hella fun.

" Yuck, Dynasty Warriors has Split Screen ? "

" Internet happened. Sorry you slept a few years. "

" @Vinchenzo said:

" Internet happened. Sorry you slept a few years. "

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" @CptBedlam: True, it certainly IS on the rise, I just hope that things keep up this way, gaming can go in 2 different directions now, split screen AND online, or just online, man, I hope we keep up with the splitscreen, but when I hear about co op in things like, Saints Row, I get SO excited, only to find out that it's just online :( Such a shame (Crackdown as well) 

" @trophyhunter said:

" @Vinchenzo said:

" Internet happened. Sorry you slept a few years. "

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Sorry you two only have friends you met on internet forums. "

The thing that confused me more is the lack of split-screen racing games. Why on earth isn't Burnout Paradise splitscreen? The same question can be asked of Pure, Motorstorm (with only 2-player splitscreen), and many other racing games this generation. For me, racing games are way more fun when everybody's in the same room. Same goes for fighting games. "

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" @trophyhunter said:

" @Vinchenzo said:

" Internet happened. Sorry you slept a few years. "

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Sorry you two only have friends you met on internet forums. "

Sorry you live in the past. go have fun playing golden eye jackass. "

" @trophyhunter: Woah-- watch it there buddy, just because the internet exists, doesn't mean splitscreen can't. "

" @Krazy_D said:

" @trophyhunter: Woah-- watch it there buddy, just because the internet exists, doesn't mean splitscreen can't. "

Sure it can but there is no need for it. Anyone that wants it is a nutcase that can't let go of the past. "

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" @MysteriousBob said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @Vinchenzo said:

" Internet happened. Sorry you slept a few years. "

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Sorry you two only have friends you met on internet forums. "

Sorry you live in the past. go have fun playing golden eye jackass. "

Some people have friends in real life and like to meet them. Playing games with friends and having beers together is better than any online play. "

i was upset that far cry 2 never had local multiplayer, that and burnout paradise and motorstorm. it just seems like such a great thing i don't know why people would leave it out when it can be done

" @animateria: The bigger problem with the titles you listed is that the map design is no longer suitable for split-screen play (and Gears of War 2's two-player splitscreen really isn't adequate). Most games are simply designing large, sprawling maps made for a minimum of eight to twelve players. Halo 3 still has some map design based around four-player fun (Epitaph, Construct, and a few of the DLC maps come to mind), but most games are expanding out of split-screen gameplay.  The thing that confused me more is the lack of split-screen racing games. Why on earth isn't Burnout Paradise splitscreen? The same question can be asked of Pure, Motorstorm (with only 2-player splitscreen), and many other racing games this generation. For me, racing games are way more fun when everybody's in the same room. Same goes for fighting games. "

" @CptBedlam said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @MysteriousBob said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @Vinchenzo said:

" Internet happened. Sorry you slept a few years. "

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Sorry you two only have friends you met on internet forums. "

Sorry you live in the past. go have fun playing golden eye jackass. "

Some people have friends in real life and like to meet them. Playing games with friends and having beers together is better than any online play. "

No one can have a good time playing split screen it's just awful.  Play a real 2-player game like a fighting game or a music game or one of those awful party games. "

You can keep living in the past all you want. 
whats next? you going to talk about how half-life is amazing and not a total pile of shite?

" You can keep living in the past all you want.  whats next? you going to talk about how half-life is amazing and not a total pile of shite? "

" @trophyhunter said:

" You can keep living in the past all you want.  whats next? you going to talk about how half-life is amazing and not a total pile of shite? "

Grow up, pubescent troll. "

lots of games have splitscreen splinter cell convicition has it and halo reach is confirmed to have it. 
play games other than call of duty/battlefield and u will see

" @CptBedlam said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" You can keep living in the past all you want.  whats next? you going to talk about how half-life is amazing and not a total pile of shite? "

Grow up, pubescent troll. "

remember only a fool takes a fool's argument  "

" @trophyhunter said:

" @CptBedlam said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" You can keep living in the past all you want.  whats next? you going to talk about how half-life is amazing and not a total pile of shite? "

Grow up, pubescent troll. "

remember only a fool takes a fool's argument  "

At least you know you're trolling. Get some friends (not the virtual kind). "

" @CptBedlam said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @CptBedlam said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" You can keep living in the past all you want.  whats next? you going to talk about how half-life is amazing and not a total pile of shite? "

Grow up, pubescent troll. "

remember only a fool takes a fool's argument  "

At least you know you're trolling. Get some friends (not the virtual kind). "

I already do why don't you come by and meet them, I'd love to have you over for dinner. "

The last split screen game that I played that was pretty good was The Club. I like that game, even though it's about as deep as an ashtray. An ashtray that's full of ash and butts, natch.

" @trophyhunter said:

" @CptBedlam said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @CptBedlam said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" You can keep living in the past all you want.  whats next? you going to talk about how half-life is amazing and not a total pile of shite? "

Grow up, pubescent troll. "

remember only a fool takes a fool's argument  "

At least you know you're trolling. Get some friends (not the virtual kind). "

I already do why don't you come by and meet them, I'd love to have you over for dinner. "

Everything that counts is that at least you can see them. No matter how creepy it may seem to real people. "

splitscreen rocks