Hi everyone, recently I was considering buying Halo 5 (I don't have an Xbone but I do have a PS4) to play with my older brother who was set to return to Australia at the end of this year. I wanted to do it as a thankyou for playing Halo games with me when i was younger and introducing me to the series. Obviously, as splitscreen was nixed (apparently quite necessarily as the Xbone can barely hit 60 even with quite a few tradeoffs as it is) a lot of people (including myself) were somewhat outraged and disappointed over this, especially since Halo is considered THE Splitscreen game. I didn't play many games when I was younger but Halo was always my go to game and living in a large family was one of the few we could play together.
Anyway, more to the point what so you guys think about splitscreen? I don't mean just 'most people don't use it anymore' but what kind of games should still keep it and why you think that is. Personally, I think if the game can afford it and its in the genre of shooter/ racer then why not? Obviously this isnt possible for all games and for some it would make no sense, but after all Splitscreen isn't really just a poor man's excuse for online play, it provides an entirely different experience than online, especially because its more personal.
This is my first Ozbargain post BTW, so please don't eat me. :)
Skyrim/Fallout
Do away with the retarded NPC follower and have a slightly more intelligent friend controlling your pack mule