Resident Evil 5 - Splitscreen Co-op Video

Cwalat - 380 days 23 hours ago

lol, that is just pure propaganda...

the outstreched splitscreen version is better, why?

because you can see something...

take COD:WAW for an example, the spliscreen is divided like this demo... but what happens when you play it on a 40" LCD?
you see nada, absolutely nothing that's over 20 feet from you...

they better go back to fullscreen attachment, or they are gonna have an angry fan mokking them...

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thor - 380 days 22 hours ago

I don't see WTF is wrong with using the entire screen. Why not have it like it always was? With one player on top, and the other on the bottom. Too much effort is it? Wipeout had great split-screen and it didn't need to shrink each person's view. It's hard enough to see as it is, why do I want the screen shrunk even more? It makes zero sense. It's not like it's really even an advantage online (if that's the reason) because it's a bigger advantage to be able to see someone else's screen. There should at least be the option to change it. And I can't see that anyone, given the option, wouldn't want it to take up the entire screen.

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Rick AstIey - 380 days 17 hours ago

Wow this looks lame.

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riksweeney - 380 days 22 hours ago

I guess they either had a choice of stretching the image horizontally (no way), or just showing a lot more to the left and right of the player (more than what you'd see in single player).

I don't think vertical split screen would work so they decided to do this weird off-center thing.

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thor - 380 days 22 hours ago

I don't really know. I think (and this is a complete guess) that they add in split-screen as a last-minute feature (remember R2 didn't have confirmed split-screen until a month before launch) and as such they can't be bothered to change the aspect ratios and set up all the weapons etc. so that they look right on a different sized screen. If they do it this way, simply shrinking the view and not changing the aspect ratio, they don't have to worry about much - it will just look right and they won't have to change anything.

I think it also comes from the complaints about the side-by-side split that was so common earlier this gen - so instead of doing a top/bottom split which is best, they opted for this because the view really is very wide with the top/botttom split.

It's a shame really because I like the game to take up my whole TV.

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Daver - 380 days 21 hours ago

@2.2

yea me too when i play a coop game i want it to be full screen not 3/4 resistance 2 disappointed me for this too

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thor - 380 days 21 hours ago

How can you POSSIBLY say that? Do you think I would rather:

a) Play split-screen with my siblings/friends when they come over
b) Convince all my friends to buy PS3s, buy another 2 PS3s and a couple more HDTVs for my house, upgrade my internet connection [which would cost an absolute bomb since my connection is the fastest I can get at the moment] so I can play online with 3 consoles at once without lag, and then play against my siblings & friends without being able to see them, relying on voice chat to communicate.

Split-screen is FUN! How can you say it's not fun! Seriously, when your friends come over, do you want to have to take it in turns and swap over the controller to play a game? Sure, it's fun to play online, but it's a lot better to play against someone who's right next to you, and even better yet to have split-screen online. Online gaming can often feel like a solitary thing because you're playing against strangers most of the time. Sure, they might be on your friends list, but they aren't always your real-life friends.

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0verdrive - 380 days 16 hours ago

agreed with thor.

not everyone is the only person who plays games in the house. what about all the people with siblings or roommates? online is nice because it gives people who would normally play alone the option to play with other people, but as thor said, theres nothing better than playing with friends sitting next to you. also, online has technical setbacks, and its also easier to communicate with something sitting next to you than talking to someone online.

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thor - 380 days 21 hours ago

You obviously don't have siblings who also want to play. I can see that if all your friends have PS3s/360s and play games quite often then it's another option to play them online - but you can't do that with brothers and sisters obviously. I generally sit quite close to the TV to play - but then, it's not really that bad to watch it from afar, I mean I used to play 3- and 4-player split on a 14" TV! It's better than having friends round and taking turns for sure.

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Pennywise - 380 days 22 hours ago

With your wisdom, I wish you have 10 bubbles to spread the knowledge. /s

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Yoma - 380 days 22 hours ago

Because of the very limited hardware the console they programe the game to, they are able to use the spu helping calculate graphic. The PC is upgradeable, so a graphic card is used only then

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