Not having local co-op is a big mistake.

[Irion]

If this is online multiplayer only, and there is no option to play local coop its gonna be bad...

[KingzWayz]

They want to sell more Games, more consols, more PlayStation plus membership, Splitscreen is dying even on strong PCs which can Run Games in 5K/ 8K. They dont interssted in social Friendship experince, its just the Money which they want it Most.

[DeadPixelRefund]

wow, talk about alienating your core player base of the last decade! I only play helldivers for the local coop mayhem. That's the game's BRAND.

But hey, Halo Infinite got away with minimizing coop so surely this will also work for Helldivers 2? See ya in the bargain bin in a few years :)

[stabbyjones]

"All right guys for helldivers 2 we need to really hit the ball out of the park. What's our killer feature?"

"Dlc!"
"Online only multilayer!"
"Uh, couch co-op?"
*throws him out the window*

[Infec^tion]

yes i love to play couch co op used to play allot like alien nation (ps4 exclusive) looks a bit like the first part of this game so the normal hell-divers. my friend and i had a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blast

[abkorman]

Dr. Sinistar M.D. eredeti hozzászólása:

Do people actually play couch co op on pc?

Most of my one hundred wishlist across all storefronts have local co-op feature. Many get wishlisted because of that feature exists. To play with family & friends rather than forcing them to buy PC or console.

[DeadPixelRefund]

also remote play is the greatest invention ever for couch coop and allows you to simulate couch coop with anyone on steam who has a controller connected.

[DeadPixelRefund]

Admiral Dinosaur eredeti hozzászólása:

EDF also has its brand practically based around looking like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ for the sake of being able to run split screen on anything that can turn on. not a fair comparison

Hypercharge: unboxed is a recent 4 player local coop game just like this. Developers are fully capable of making sexy games with 4 player split screen but most just don't take the time to implement it. Racing games are a good example. They have relatively lighter development requirements and guess what, we get split screen in nearly all of them.

[✠ Red, Ghost of the Creek]

is this a console thing?

[Lord-Knight Fandragon]

Is This game gunna somehow force us to share a screen like the original Helldivers did?

[Ludewich]

Although I love local coop via steamlink on my coach, I still never had friends playing Helldivers 1 locally (but remotely!). And ... well, playing a first/third person shooter without keyboard/mouse sounds awkward to me. I know that this is a personal preference, others will have a different mindset (especially on console). As a consequence, I will not miss local coop for helldivers 2. Even if they will offer local coop, I seriously doubt that I would ever find someone to play it on my coach.

That said, I still plan to invite someone to play Helldivers 1 on coach coop. Will probably become 4 guests who have never seen the game in order to have a good balance.

[kryptoniteEggs]

agreed... the total chaos + friendly fire + local game, is the primary key of this game success in my opinion, remove the local scream and laughts about caos and friendly fire will remove alot of the fun.
this game looks like the helldivers 1, but with a 3hr person camera, maybe the option to still playing local, even with 3rh person camera splited in 4, maybe can put more lovers to buy the version 2.
Today we have BIGGGGG TVs 60"+ in 4k that can easy split in 4 parts to fun ,but i still love more the isometric vision

[Jam1511]

Teoyo eredeti hozzászólása:

If Borderlands can still have local coop, then Helldivers 2 should have it too.

Baldur's Gate 3 also has couch co op.

[Kidney Airline]

Well, tbh why would you want to run splitscreen on a 24 Inch screen? thats just nuts especially with more than 2, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ need a huge magnifying glass for everyone to actually see details and them crosshair if there is one.

besides if you want the splitscreen coop play on console and not PC ^^

[Arath Hunter]

Kidney eredeti hozzászólása:

Well, tbh why would you want to run splitscreen on a 24 Inch screen? thats just nuts especially with more than 2, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ need a huge magnifying glass for everyone to actually see details and them crosshair if there is one.

besides if you want the splitscreen coop play on console and not PC ^^

Why? Because we have people we'd like to play in person with, and have a bigger screen then that for our PC's. Lastly why would I want to be corralled to a console when I have a perfectly good PC settup as is?

[Irion]

"i dont use splitscreen/same screen co-op, so that means no one use it"