There appears to be a disturbing trend in video games recently – a lack of competitive split-screen. This has come to the attention of many since it was announced that Halo 5: Guardians will not have split-screen multiplayer. Through reading online comments, Toby can say that he is not alone in saying that the best Halo experiences were playing it with your family and friends, crammed around the television, laughing in their face as chaos ensues. Now people all over the world have spent a ludicrous amount of money on four controllers for their Xbox One, and for what? Back in the day we were given competitive split-screen in games that didn’t need it (Metroid Prime 2, he is looking at you), but now game developers seem less and less enthused with the mode.
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In Halo 4, 5, and Infinite, Master Chief became a more nuanced, human character.
In spite of the Halo series’ struggles, 343 deserves praise for adding nuance and characterisation to the ever-beating heart of Halo - The Master Chief. Playing through Infinite, it's abundantly clear that the events of the current and previous trilogies have irrevocably changed the iconic hero. He’s no longer the ‘blank slate’ that was previously presented by Bungie. He’s a fatigued, damaged and fallible protagonist, and one who is meandering through currents of grief, while reveling in his newfound agency. Giving the Chief a compelling and meaningful voice was no small feat, and 343 should be proud of that victory.
This article completely misses part of the appeal of the original iteration of character in the original game trilogy. It was the Chief and Cortana vs an entire alien collective. The blank slate Bungie displayed in their games was genius, he was an mysterious hero a wide audience could identify with because he wasn't as clearly defined as most characters.
The books added a lot of lore and backstory but most Halo players just want a fun game with exposition that doesn't get in the way of gameplay, it's why the Cortana level in Halo 3 was derided.
Not every character has to be a damaged soyboy, a soldier has to suck it up and do his duty.
A lot of people give the 343 version of Master Chief a lot of slack.
But Fundamentally he is still the same character, he just has a couple more dialogues. He has not changed in terms of attitude.
"Not every character has to be a damaged soyboy, a soldier has to suck it up and do his duty."
And that's what he has done at the end of the day, he did his duty. Watch his partner die, and was ready to destroy the weapon in Halo infinite....he is still the same soilder that everyone remembers
Halo Infintes one was a nice balance between both.
The 343i Master Chief has is based on the books. However, in Halo 4-Infinite, the Master Chief overtime become. gradually becomes more willing to show some emotion.
"However, in Halo 4-Infinite, the Master Chief overtime become. gradually becomes more willing to show some emotion."
Which is awesome! I love how Master Chief become more John and less soldier.
We still have a considerable amount of games that still feature local multiplayer
Don't worry. A little while ago I read a comment that said people who like split screen play are a "vocal minority". The silent majority apparently prefers moving TVs together for local play.
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OT - "They believe that inferior graphical fidelity will negatively impact sales of their game, so it is not worth their money to invest in creating a mode that will have lower quality graphics, at a lower framerate and resolution"
That could be, but they also might simply not want to take the time. More and more games seemingly get patches on day one, probably because as the platforms get more powerful the games are more complex to make, but whatever the reason if they're having trouble getting the basic game to work properly for release they won't want to work on extra modes, especially ones that impact the graphics which split screen normally does.
Want local multiplayer? Buy a WiiU. Pretty simply solution really.
That is a f*^#ng good question!
Rocket league comes to mind..
thing is most people playing split screen now have internet, if you have internet would you rather play on half a screen or your own full screen.
gone are the days when you was asked to bring your multitap to add more controllers XD