IM PLAYIN asks why the classic split-screen co-op game has died a death, and reminisces about the best games to play co-operatively.
"For me, the PS2 was all about the split-screen co-operative games; very rarely did I play a game without my brother. Games like Dynasty Warriors, Time Crisis, TimeSplitters, WWF, SOCOM, and Unreal Tournament occupied our days and nights whilst growing up. The 360 had some half decent co-op games that I enjoyed playing as well, like Left4Dead, Army of Two, Borderlands, Call of Duty: World at War and Halo 3. But the current-gen consoles seem to have switched split-screen for online, which I find very disappointing. What ever happened to the old fashioned split-screen game?"
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Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.
Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem
I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.
Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.
Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.
If you’re hyped for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, then you can play the first entry of the RPG series on PS4 and PS5 now for a very low price.
Just Bought it Thank you after checking reviews alot people enjoyed it Worth Picking up for that Price.
I love split-screen co-op. I wish more developers would continue to have split-screen co-op experiences in their games.
Time splitters a future ps4 game ,will be amazing , and will obviously offer split screen as that was a major feature of the previous incarnations , drive club producers evolution have said a split screen option could be added at a later date.
Personally I used to love hooking up two PlayStation's for some doom multi player battles , side dodging whilst rocket attacking each other... Now that was fun!
Local lan is awesome also.
I'll keep playing them as long as devs keep making them.
Money happened...
You can get more money for your product if you can push a group of friends into owning multiple consoles and a copy of the same game each online rather than split screen at someone's house.
Taking away local co-op makes it so you have to play with friends online. That's one extra copy if the game to buy and extra console. It's all part of the plan from greedy devs.