Last night I played through the entirety of Portal 2's co-op campaign offline and split-screen...and from what I can tell this seems like literally the only way to do it.


There are moments in the latter half of the game where it is key to not only have instantaneous communication with your co-op partner, but also be able to see his screen.  I cannot imagine how frustrating those later moments in the game would be for people online.

Just saying, if any of you have the option, play the co-op splitscreen instead of online.

" Last night I played through the entirety of Portal 2's co-op campaign offline and split-screen...and from what I can tell this seems like literally the only way to do it.There are moments in the latter half of the game where it is key to not only have instantaneous communication with your co-op partner, but also be able to see his screen.  I cannot imagine how frustrating those later moments in the game would be for people online.Just saying, if any of you have the option, play the co-op splitscreen instead of online. "

Aren't you able to bring up PIP with your partners screen in it?

"How can people possibly play this online?"

They didn't buy it on PS3?

Zing!

" Aren't you able to bring up PIP with your partners screen in it? "

" "How can people possibly play this online?"They didn't buy it on PS3?Zing! "

I finished it without voice chat my first time through (broken mic). The in-game tools (Partner PIP and the context ping-tools) are more than enough to get you through.

I played it online with my cousin and it was great. You just need a mic and a good partner in science.

" @Spoonman671 said:

" "How can people possibly play this online?"They didn't buy it on PS3?Zing! "

*High Fives* "

DENIED.

It's actually pretty playable thanks to chat, the ping tool and the Y button that lets you see in real time what your partner is seeing. Wired connection is recommended.

Voice chat and tab button. I think you're underestimating the developers over at valve. So if anything, splitscreen is the worst way to play as you don't have the wholes screen to yourselves.

I've played it through once online with my friend and we're now in the process of going back for all of the achievements. Probably the most fun we've had online playing games together online next to RB2 and RE5.

On the Xbox if you play it online you press Y to see your partners screen.

I completed it with a friend with no hassle.

I played the co-op twice on xboxlive, once with a friend with a mic, another with a friend who didnt have a mic. Having the Ping tool and the ability to bring up a window to the other player's perspective was great, especially the ping.

Even for my friend who had no mic, we were able to get through all the puzzles except for one, which I just called him on my phone and got through it (its the one where your partner needs to switch the excursion funnel forward and back as you navigate through the maze btw)

So I say it works fine.

Play with a friend who has a mic. Online you can press tab (on PC) to see what your partner is looking at and you can use a ping tool to show them where to portal, among other things. Playing online seems like the better option, as you then have the entire screen to yourself.

I played it with my brother in the second room... we eventually got tired shouting and turned Skype on :)

Also you can see your buddy's screen using Tab.

Flawless on PC. We could've used Steams voip (which isn't half bad now), but we used our Mumble server. And pressing Tab to see what your friend sees really helps.

" Aren't you able to bring up PIP with your partners screen in it? "

" "How can people possibly play this online?"They didn't buy it on PS3?Zing! "

" @Havox said:

" Aren't you able to bring up PIP with your partners screen in it? "

on the PC you definitely can. "

Played it last night, works brilliantly.

" @captain_clayman said:

" @Havox said:

" Aren't you able to bring up PIP with your partners screen in it? "

on the PC you definitely can. "

On Xbox 360 you definitely can. "

I haven't really had any problems at all playing online, on the 360. Just takes a lot of communication, obviously lol.

Played through online with no problems.

" "How can people possibly play this online?"They didn't buy it on PS3?Zing! "

I played through the entire game with my cousin over XBLA- it was cake. In fact, I was a little worried- I mean, she's the kind of person who gets FURIOUS the second she begins to get frustrated. When she gets stuck, it's because the game is retarded, but it actually went pretty smooth. (we only got real stuck twice, I had to talk her down a little bit. WHEN I FIGURE THIS OUT IN ABOUT TWO SECONDS BRITTNEY, WE'RE GOING TO FEEL SO STUPID!) You can do literally everything you can split screen- sometimes better. Left bumper to put a marker in the exact spot you want to put something out, pressing Y lets you see exactly what the other person sees, voice chat is seamless... in fact, I'd rather have two screens in different towns, then have to get up and point at two half screens. It's easy. "Put your red portal there- bleep bloop- and your orange portal there- bloop bleep- then I'm going to run across this orange gel and launch myself up to that lazer- bleep bloop.

NO CAKE PUN INTENDED (but it was cake).

" @sofacitysweetheart said:

" @captain_clayman said:

" @Havox said:

" Aren't you able to bring up PIP with your partners screen in it? "

on the PC you definitely can. "

On Xbox 360 you definitely can. "

PS3 too "