Xeranx wrote...
Did the developers, at any point, mention that you could play co-op with people in the same room with you? I haven't seen that anywhere so I am always confused about people requesting split-screen co-op.
If you have to ask for split-screen co-op doesn't it mean that you don't have it by default? Then, doesn't that imply that you will be the only one at the controls?
How exactly will 4 people be able to play with the same screen, in the same house taking multiple cover positions unless they're playing with a movie theater screen of some sort?
The fact that they did not is exactly why I started this thread.
And yes, but that doesn't really have any bearing on anything. If you have offline co-op, then you and one friend could beat the controls, and it would be just you two. If in XBL or PSN, you'd be the only one using the screen, and there would be up to three other people with you.
Games like Borderlands managed to have 2player splitscreen just fine, although 1p per screen on XBL. Modern Warfare 2 has the splitscreen co-op missions, but that was it (campaign and online were 1p only). In MP games (offline) you could have four people on one screen. In Halo Reach, you can have four people per screen, online and off. You don't need a massive TV, but it helps a lot. Having two people play offline co-op splitscreen is one of the most basic aspects of a multiplayer game. Sometimes, I just don't want to go online, and sometimes, I do, but with a friend.
Hell, CoD: Blops has splitscreen online play. That game blows. Hard. Please don't tell me that Blops will have a better thought-through multiplayer than Mass Effect 3.