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8/19/2014 6:59:54 AM
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Seriously, Split Screen
I know there are a bunch of topics out there already, but I decided to add my voice to the throng.
Guys, do you have any idea how disappointing it was for my wife and I to play the beta, both love the heck out of it, and realize we would never actually be able to play the game together? We can't afford to buy another current-gen console just to play one game together, but we both loved the beta and would really like to play the game together. That's a huge experience you're depriving us of. And when Destiny, a game with a huge focus on social interaction, doesn't allow us to have that interaction with the closest people in our lives, something is very, [i]very[/i] wrong.
Just add two-player split screen to the game. It will only help your goals here, and it will help my wife and I (among a multitude of other people with the same complaint) enjoy the game so, so much more.
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9 RepliesSplit screens been dying for a while. I'm facing this exact dilemma , probably gonna buy a another ps4 by Christmas so my girl and I can play. Just the way it is. Visuals and frame rate would have to suffer too much. It be a shitty experience.
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9 RepliesSorry, but you are almost certainly in the minority here. Split screen is just not a priority for the majority of Destiny players or Bungie. So they're not going to do it no matter how much people complain. They simply do not have the computing resources available to them to make it happen in a worthwhile way (resolution/frame rate etc).
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I would also like this
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1 ReplyAgreed, me and my brother would love to play together!
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This is an online only game. Split screen would be next to impossible to pull off. Sad but true, as others have stated, split screen is no longer a priority in this day and age. I don't see how split screen in a game like Destiny would even be fun with all the load times and instances. Pool your money together, no going out to eat or movies, cut back on booze and cigarettes if you smoke and you will have enough for another system and Destiny by the time the first DLC hits.
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Yes, having to pass the controller was a drag. The wife and I went back and forth the whole time. She would want to use her avatar, and I would want to use mine. Needless to say, that shit gat old, so we would just use the one character. When I had company over, everyone would take turn shitting on all of my stats. Not that stats are super important to me, but being able to rub your superior stats in some cocky pricks face is sometimes satisfying.
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Destiny 3
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4 Replies[quote] Guys, do you have any idea how disappointing it was for my wife and I to play the beta, both love the heck out of it, and realize we would never actually be able to play the game together?[/quote] You must have been heartbroken. Imagine that, there is a game out there which you would like to play but cant. Seriously, get over it. There are a ton of other games out there, a lack of Destiny doesn't warrant any more than a "Well that sucks". I was annoyed when they failed to release Halo 3 for my Xbox, and yet here I am today, with no mental scars from that experience. It is not the end of the world. Buy a local coop game instead.
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3 RepliesAgreed - split screen would be good. Even if it was a LAN or private multiplayer only option.
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5 RepliesNot that you don't have my sympathies, but I never understood the love for split screen. I disliked it, even on N64. I'd rather save up for another console for the wifey. That's just me though.
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2 RepliesPeople saying that it is a dying feature speak of the death of console gaming itself IMO. Today, the only thing that keeps the label of consoles "being a crappier PC" from sticking is the unique experiences consoles bring to the table, which aside from exclusives is split screen. If it completely dies out, that'll be a sad day for consumers and consoles alike.
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Sign the petition!
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4 Replieshttp://www.change.org/p/destiny-add-split-screen-co-op Sign the petition to get Bungies attention! It already has 630 signatures! Props to Charles Earp for making this.
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Seriously, it isn't in Destiny.
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split screen seems so primitive in my opinion
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AGREED!!
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Split Screen.....Bungie says....no. Let this die. Its dead.
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Agreed
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split screen is gone dont do it bungie!!!!!
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Not how I'd play the game but this is something I support it'd be nice to play with the wife
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I support you bro
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5 RepliesSplit screen will never happen sorry
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3 RepliesIt's so weird that people would have a strong opinion against split-screen as if they are going to be forced to play that way. It's not going to happen, sorry, but all the opposition from the community is really perplexing. If you don't have someone that you want to share a screen with then this has nothing to do with you.
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I feel your pain my man, but it won't happen unfortunately. You and your wife seem like the perfect couple. Do you know how hard it is to find a woman who likes to play videogames? It's like finding a conscience in the middle of wallstreet. It's like finding virgin in the club. It's like finding an honest man at the car dealership. They're scarce as all hell.
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1 ReplyI'd love split screen, but I'm not sure destiny is capable of supporting it. Playing halo with a house wired up to support 4 xboxes so 16 of us could play was a huge thing. It made gaming great. That said, split screen on destiny would come down to the capability of a system to support 2 separate games running simultaneously. I know the last gen consoles can't handle it. PS3 has too many problems running a single game with too much memory. Destiny works extremely well on it, but Fallout New Vegas couldn't run at all late game. And the skyrim problems. Destiny would work great if you were running split screen in a limited level system like Halo. The problem is that it's far too easy to wander off from your fireteam in destiny. If I go left and the person I'm playing with goes right, and we end up in 2 separate loading zones it means that the game has to load and run both zones simultaneously, effectively doubling the game's pull on the processor. PS3 would simply freeze. PS4/xbox1 might be able to run it, with diminished capability/frame rate, then again they simply might not be able to do it at all. If the game was limited to strikes/crucible matches it would probably be fine, aside from log in limitations which may be inherent to the system architecture. Explore mode would either be unplayable or crash. Much of the story mode crosses through the explore mode terrain, making it essentially explore mode. Split screen is great, I'd love to see it, but I'm not sure that this is even possible given the game they made.
