Remember when we used to huddle around a teeny tiny television set, each of us staring at a minute corner of the screen as we tried not to sneak a peek at what the other players were doing? Those were the days, the glorious moments before splitscreen died.
Technically, there’s still a handful of games that offer a splitscreen experience, like inBaldur’s Gate 3, but it’s rare. So rare, in fact, that Reddit users are mourning the heartbreak they feel knowing that TVs are now bigger than ever before, yet splitscreen has all but entered the grave.
We can still splitscreen inBG3– watch the trailer to get a taste of the game!
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“And we managed to play split on like 15” TVs in the good ol days!” replied Straight_Warlock, only for one user to share a story that will stay with me until my dying days; KwamesCorner said “Dude I was retro gaming recently and like HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?! I remember sitting two inches from my little CRT TV playingGoldeneyeand my friend trying to punch me in the nuts for screen-peeking”. Yeah, same.
Okay, so I’ve never personally had that experience, and find it unlikely that I ever will. Still, while being hit in the groin wasn’t an occurrence for me, I fondly remember splitscreen gaming dominating video games during a time when televisions were the size of microwaves. It was part of the charm, despite it contributing to my incredibly poor eyesight.
Surely now is the time for splitscreen to be embraced – we wouldn’t have to squint or strain our eyes, we would have such clarity while wesexily speedrun our way through epic RPGswithout a care in the world. It’s heartbreaking to know that, unless something dramatic causes every publisher to suddenly see the one true light of splitscreen, we won’t get our giant 4K TV test drive. RIP splitscreen, you will be missed on these ginormous televisions.
Topics:Xbox,PlayStation,Baldur’s Gate 3
