UT3 Has no splitscreen...PATHETIC...

I was really looking forward to this game, then i heard it had no split screen i was like lol wut... how hard can implementing split screen be in a frikkin fps these days, i know not all of u ppl have friends but i for one do and sometimes when we chill out its nice to play on a frikkin console TOGETHER and not over some broadband connection for a change! There goes the whole sociable aspect of ut3 i was hoping for...my xbox owning mates get halo which they play online and off...hell they even got a nice girl to come around and PLAY IT WITH THEM, alas ut3 is confined to online which will force me to sit on my sofa and dribble whilst i play...saying simple commands to my friends via headset which doesnt feel right and is not nearly as fun as offline split screen.

I for one am now not purchasing UT3 because the devs have been really really lazy by ommiting this simple feature....

This trend that devs seem to focus more on online MP than they focus on offline MP sucks in my opinion.

Id alwaystake an afternoon of 4 player N64 Perfect Dark or Goldeneye splitscreen over any online console shooter.

Yeah, I get mad when devs don't put in split-screen support... whatever happened to the days of playing video games being social?Funkyhamster

Yeah, I get mad when devs don't put in split-screen support... whatever happened to the days of playing video games being social?Funkyhamster

Agreed

woot for guitar hero

also i may try out timesplitters i heard thats a nice splitscreen game but i played it when i was small and didnt like it soo...

splitscreen>online

playing with friends>playing random people

it just makes sense :)

splitscreen>online

playing with friends>playing random people

it just makes sense :)

samusarmada

splitscreen online

best.

splitscreen>online

playing with friends>playing random people

it just makes sense :)

samusarmada

playing split screen with friends vs people online is the business.

A game with no split screen these days is a disgrace.

Maybe its all to much for the PS3 :P (I kid before you fanbots starts crying)

This trend that devs seem to focus more on online MP than they focus on offline MP sucks in my opinion.

Id alwaystake an afternoon of 4 player N64 Perfect Dark or Goldeneye splitscreen over any online console shooter.

Can-o-Mark

WOW, so much QFT in one line, HOLY ****.

goldeneye>anyother game multiplayer.

Online owns splitscreen for the simple fact that its a new experence every time.

Unlike friends because most times then none you already know what your friends

are going to do and what weapons they like to use.

[QUOTE="Can-o-Mark"]

This trend that devs seem to focus more on online MP than they focus on offline MP sucks in my opinion.

Id alwaystake an afternoon of 4 player N64 Perfect Dark or Goldeneye splitscreen over any online console shooter.

Marth6781

WOW, so much QFT in one line, HOLY ****.

goldeneye>anyother game multiplayer.

splitscreen>online

playing with friends>playing random people

it just makes sense :)

samusarmada

There's this thing called a friend list where you can, you know, add friends to a list so you can play with them...

Besides, FPS games make for the worst offline multiplayer experience if you're not using LAN. Splitscreen FPS = teh suck. Fighting games, Sport games and various specific games like Contra or Bomberman makes more sense in the offline sense than FPS games.

Besides, who wants to play on a FPS map that was meant to house 16+ people with below half that?

splitscreen>online

playing with friends>playing random people

it just makes sense :)

samusarmada

Going out with friends > Playing games in a room with friends.

And then, when your home *gasp* you can play online games with them when you cant be together!

Ingenius!

[QUOTE="Can-o-Mark"]

This trend that devs seem to focus more on online MP than they focus on offline MP sucks in my opinion.

Id alwaystake an afternoon of 4 player N64 Perfect Dark or Goldeneye splitscreen over any online console shooter.

Marth6781

WOW, so much QFT in one line, HOLY ****.

goldeneye>anyother game multiplayer.

yeah goldeneye source is pretty tight.

anyway, TC you're absolutely right, i think UT3 has gone a long way down hill since 2k4.

[QUOTE="Funkyhamster"]Yeah, I get mad when devs don't put in split-screen support... whatever happened to the days of playing video games being social?badgert

Agreed

Splitscreen FPS=JOKE

seeing where the oponnents are is pathetic at best...

4 player splitscreen on UT3 = JOKE!!!

Seriously the game is ment for online play like it was on PC.

splitscreen>online

playing with friends>playing random people

it just makes sense :)

samusarmada

People seem to think that playing a game alone in their dark rooms at night and fighting avatars controlled by people they can't see or truly conversate with actually subsistutes being social.

I mean online FPS's are one thing but seriously some of these online things are ridiculous. I mean an online fighting game? The point of that genre is to meet people and see their faces when you kick their arse.

Is it really that hard to form a LAN party people?

Going out with friends > Playing games in a room with friends.

And then, when your home *gasp* you can play online games with them when you cant be together!

Ingenius!

Meu2k7

Going out with friends to play games with friends > All

Best of Both Worlds. :)

I hate it when that happens. Developers seem to forget that there's a whole different market out there for multiplayer; online isn't all there is.Many of them have gotten caught up in the race for online dominance and have left us splitscreen gamers in the dust. And then there's the games that have splitscreen but have none or very few of the maps designed around that concept. Not everyone has made the jump to online, and there's still many out there who have that will still take splitscreen multiplayer over online. By not including splitscreen in games developer effectively alienate an entire group of people. For a multiplayer-focused game like Unreal Tournament III, I find this very sad.TheEndBoss

In all seriousness, if you haven't jumped on the online bandwagon in general by now, you deserve to be left behind, especially when it comes to gaming. It simply doesn't benefit developers to restrict themselves from making huge MP maps just to accommodate 4 people at a time.

People seem to think that playing a game alone in their dark rooms at night and fighting avatars controlled by people they can't see or truly conversate with actually subsistutes being social.

I mean online FPS's are one thing but seriously some of these online things are ridiculous. I mean an online fighting game? The point of that genre is to meet people and see their faces when you kick their arse.

Is it really that hard to form a LAN party people?

Gunraidan

I'm all for the whole "splitscreen is awesome" thing you're saying, but...

My friends and I usually have some considerable difficulty forming a LAN party. It's hard to find a weekend where everyone's free, between sports and dates and all that. We've only been able to get a couple parties in since everyone's so busy. Of course, what little we've been able to get done has been pretty awesome.

I'm all for the whole "splitscreen is awesome" thing you're saying, but...

My friends and I usually have some considerable difficulty forming a LAN party. It's hard to find a weekend where everyone's free, between sports and dates and all that. We've only been able to get a couple parties in since everyone's so busy. Of course, what little we've been able to get done has been pretty awesome.

TheEndBoss

I'm trying to start a weekly LAN party with just me and about 3-4 of my friends. We're just going to play fighting games all night like Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Guilty Gear XX ^ Core, and King of Fighters XI. :)

There's also the arcades, but they're dead everywhere but the East and parts of Mexico.

I'm trying to start a weekly LAN party with just me and about 3-4 of my friends. We're just going to play fighting games all night like Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Guilty Gear XX ^ Core, and King of Fighters XI. :)

There's also the arcades, but they're dead everywhere but the East and parts of Mexico.

Gunraidan

Bah, now you're making me angry that my friends and I are so busy! :evil: Monthly didn't even work out for us.

I'm trying to start a weekly LAN party with just me and about 3-4 of my friends. We're just going to play fighting games all night like Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Guilty Gear XX ^ Core, and King of Fighters XI. :) Gunraidan

I was about to buy the game...then I read online that it didnt have co-op....so Im gonna wait till my friend buys it then, I will so we can play together offline, if he doesnt I wont either

Edit: instead Ill try to get Rockband

I don't mind. I have tons of friends but we don't play videogames together. We go out to bars and such where i live.

All the buddies i played videogames with were where i was stationed last so it works out well because i play online with them sometimes.

Di...Did you say... 3rd Strike?! I wanna be there too. :cry:Blue-Sphere

I had I and a friend of mine play it for about 30 minutes (he had to leave). And I had him hooked.

Bah, now you're making me angry that my friends and I are so busy! :evil: Monthly didn't even work out for us.

TheEndBoss

Well why don't you just set up a time every month that works for your schedules? I mean it doesn't have to be a consitent day. Just when you and 3 or 4 of your friends have time off. Or even better your could just pick one day every 2 weeks or month and make sure you guys (or girls) have nothing planned and leave that day free and then get your game on? :)

splitscreen>online

playing with friends>playing random people

it just makes sense :)

samusarmada

that's what lan is for you get the best of both

[QUOTE="badgert"]

[QUOTE="Funkyhamster"]Yeah, I get mad when devs don't put in split-screen support... whatever happened to the days of playing video games being social?killab2oo5

Agreed

if you don't want our games fine

[QUOTE="samusarmada"]

splitscreen>online

playing with friends>playing random people

it just makes sense :)

p2rus

splitscreen online

best.

thus Warhawk == Best :D

Agreed.

Splitscreen is awesome. Any MP FPS that doesn't have it doesn't warrant a purchase from me. Games like UT, Timesplitters, Halo etc are meant to be played with friends imo.

splitscreen>online

playing with friends>playing random people

it just makes sense :)

samusarmada

I totally agree with you. I have way more fun playing with friends and people I know.

its a PC shooter.. PCs dont do split screenmattyomo99

yeah, but ported to consoles, no excuse, yourdamage control reeks.:lol:

Yeah, I get mad when devs don't put in split-screen support... whatever happened to the days of playing video games being social?Funkyhamster