Earlier today, news broke that upcoming medieval brawler For Honor has dropped support for split-screen play, although comments made by producer Stephane Cardin made unclear whether he was referring to online co-op only. Sadly, as it turns out, the worst-case scenario is upon us, in that split-screen is being cut from the game completely.
In a statement from Ubisoft delivered to Polygon, the publisher writes: "The For Honor team made the difficult decision to cut split-screen co-op in order to deliver the best experience at launch [...] For Honor fans looking to play with friends will still have the option to play online co-op for the campaign and multiplayer modes."
The news comes as a potential killer blow for those who were looking forward to battling through the title's campaign with a friend in local co-op, but it should be noted that you'll still be able to team up with your buddies online.
Were you planning on playing through the release with a friend sitting by your side? Has the removal of split-screen co-op dulled your excitement for the 2017 title? Sink your battle axe into the comments section below.
[source polygon.com]
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I never knew there was gonna be split screen so no loss for me
I don't know why it's the case, but it's sad how so many developers are struggling to implement a feature that has been around since the 5th generation at the latest.
Spilled screen? 😂
@ThroughTheIris56 Graphics take a serious knock back when running in split screen. Easier to hide or ignore those shortcomings 20 years ago.
@ThroughTheIris56 We've already seen single player as a marketable selling point. Might be best to just think of the better times. Its what I do.
They will add VR couch player later, so it will seem you are playing local co-op.
Well that sucks. I understand that split-screen is resource intensive, but online co-op is completely useless for me. I don't play games at the same times as my friends are online, and without local co-op it's just too expensive for my wife and I to play games together.
And now it's a deal break for me! I want to play with my wife!
Ok, skipping it then. Thanks Ubi$oft.
@kyleforrester87 I'd pick the ability to play splitscreen with bad graphics over no splitscreen at all every time.
This has completely knocked it off my radar. I miss the days of couch co-op.
@kyleforrester87 a knockback to graphics is going to ruin a couch co-op experience that's a bit sad isn't it
@SmashbrosFtw1306 @ThroughTheIris56 Unfortunately as far as the developers and publishers are concerned I guess they don't want the game to look bad in screenshots and videos for the previews and reviews. Similarly it often seems they'd rather have it looking pretty than achieve a solid frame rate!
Edit: Having said that, the Divinity developers opted for split screen on PS4, sacraficing 60fps for 30fps in the process. Personally I'd rather they had cut split-screen and kept it at 60fps as I never intended to play a game of that length and complexity with someone else. It took me long enough to get through on my own without trying to co-ordinate the availability of someone else too lol.
@kyleforrester87 Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't they make it so single player graphics remain the more or less the same and the only major downgrade be during splitscreen.
That seems very strange opting for splitscreen in an RPG like that. However For Honor looks like a game that splitscreen would fit very well in.
@ThroughTheIris56 Yeah sure they could, they didn't do that with Divinty because they didn't want the gameplay to be jumping between 30 and 60fps. But I guess it's just too much effort for Ubisoft to bother with in this case. I suppose they have also had a lot of stick for 'downgrades' in the past (Watch Dogs is a good example..) I suppose shoddy looking split screen gameplay wouldn't go down well in prerelease vids!
@kyleforrester87 Really annoying Especially since a good game for splitscreen could be a major selling point in a time where it is such a rare feature.
@ThroughTheIris56 yeah agreed. I suppose they weighed it up and figured it's one of those things that only a smaller percentage of people would have really benefited from so wasn't worth the extra effort. Sucks for those who wanted it though!
Many have said it already, and I'll just say it again. I would take slightly worse graphics and even a slightly lower frame rate if they give me couch split screen co-op. My interest in this game has significantly decreased. I live in a rural area where internet is not really all that quick. Online co-op is worthless to me.
This game was supposed to have split-screen? I don't play these kind of games that much but if it had off-line bot mode with split-screen i'd def buy it, otherwise it's just not my kind of game :S
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