What did you say? There will be no split-screen in Destiny even though Bungie “love split-screen” and are aware that their fans love split-screen? Well, they obviously don’t love it all that much, or they would have included a split-screen mode in Destiny. So we come to Bungie, one of the last bastions of the split-screen cause, good old Bungie.
Rainbow Six: Siege only showed off one of its online multiplayer modes, and little was revealed about its campaign or other multiplayer modes at all (although, at least nothing has been ruled out yet).
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The new Tom Clancy might have spit-screen – the Rainbow Six Vegas series always did, so why not? Left4Dead 3 has been rumoured for months – maybe that would show up at E3? And, of course, Destiny… Bungie included split-screen in every Halo title, surely at least they could be relied upon to fulfil my couch co-op needs.īut how did things really pan out? Left4Dead 3 remained conspicuous by its absence – but knowing what Valve are like concerning new game announcements, that was hardly a big shocker. So as E3 approached, I told myself not to get depressed about Evolve – there would be other games. Sure, thousands of players will still enjoy the title online, but I find that co-op games work best when you know your teammates, and you actually talk closely to one another – something that I find doesn’t happen to the same extent when using headsets. This all would have been music to my ears, were it not for the fact that the development team announced almost straightaway that split-screen wouldn’t be an option – I was devastated. Why would I be annoyed? Evolve takes the same team-based gameplay from Left4Dead and puts it in a new setting where gamers combine their skills to take down an ever-changing monster enemy. So I was understandably annoyed when – months before E3 – the latest co-operative shooter from the developers of the first Left4Dead title was announced. Gears of War 3 offered similar options, and as such has also seen a lot of mileage. This flexibility has made Left4Dead a favourite game in my household – allowing family members to join up on one sofa and meet a friend online to further bolster our efforts. They’re all about co-op and working together, and thankfully they actually support the freedom to not only play online, but to play split-screen, and even to combine split-screen play with online. Left4Dead and its sequel may well have been out for years already, but they remain some of the most regularly-played titles in my games collection. I already had a bad taste in my mouth coming in to E3. And this year was no different – in fact, some might say it was even worse than usual. But with each passing year what you do notice is that less and less of the “big” new titles adopt split-screen gameplay. Of course, there are games that will eternally contain local multiplayer – sports games and beat-em-ups being the main proponents. I’m sure we all have great memories of split-screen gaming in days gone by, such as Goldeneye duels on the Nintendo 64, Super Bomberman on the SNES, or teaming up to take down the alien menace in Contra on the NES – but would these titles have been as much fun in multiplayer if you were competing against a faceless opponent halfway around the world?Įvery year when E3 rolls around, I inevitably keep my eyes peeled for the newest batch of split-screen games or local multiplayer titles, as this is by far my multiplayer method of choice. Whether it be strategising tactics and methods of attack in a co-operative title, or sharing banter and trash-talk after a competitive match, split-screen and single-system multiplayer is a completely different beast to online play. Call me old-fashioned, but when I want to indulge in some multiplayer gaming with friends and family, I want to be sitting with them in the same room.
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