Posted February 09, 2019
I'm guessing that plenty of has had played (or are still playing) in local multiplayer mode, with split-screen. What personally annoys me though, is the fact that in most of the games I had played, screen is always divided on "up and down", without possibility to change it on "left and right".
Why is that even a thing? It's rather obvious that people are sitting next to each other (no matter if playing on PC or console), so more natural would be rather splitting screen on left and right side.
I could understand it in such games like Hunter Hunted or Sonic 2/3, since those are 2D platform games and in such games your most "important" thing is to see things on the right and on the left (even if there is a lot of jumping on higher and lower parts of level).
But all those 3D racing games (such as Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing/Sonic Racing Transformed) or "action" games? Since you need more to see what's in front of you, making "right" and "left" section of the screen would be even more logical. And yet, it's rare. It wouldn't be so bad if we only had choice, but it's not the case for most of games with split-screen.
Any thoughts/comments about this topic?
Why is that even a thing? It's rather obvious that people are sitting next to each other (no matter if playing on PC or console), so more natural would be rather splitting screen on left and right side.
I could understand it in such games like Hunter Hunted or Sonic 2/3, since those are 2D platform games and in such games your most "important" thing is to see things on the right and on the left (even if there is a lot of jumping on higher and lower parts of level).
But all those 3D racing games (such as Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing/Sonic Racing Transformed) or "action" games? Since you need more to see what's in front of you, making "right" and "left" section of the screen would be even more logical. And yet, it's rare. It wouldn't be so bad if we only had choice, but it's not the case for most of games with split-screen.
Any thoughts/comments about this topic?