Portal 2 Gets Split-Screen Support in Big Picture Mode

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joytech22

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Sweet Jesus! :D Finally! Thank you Valve. :3

Now all they need to do is support this with their L4D series and TF2.
Aaaaand allow a per-player-per-screen scheme for those of us with multiple monitors.
 

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[citation][nom]joytech22[/nom]Sweet Jesus! Finally! Thank you Valve. :3Now all they need to do is support this with their L4D series and TF2.Aaaaand allow a per-player-per-screen scheme for those of us with multiple monitors.[/citation]

I don't think you will see such with TF2 due to the nature of the game not being co-op based. As for L4D 1/2 it is possible to play split screen coop on the PC just takes a little work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlp1j9u3T1Y though I don't know if you can play online with others doing this.
 

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[citation][nom]hasten[/nom]I hope your thanks is tongue in cheek... seriously... I'm not sure what :3 means.[/citation]

What? Are you saying that continuously supporting your products is a bad thing? And :3 is an emoteicon equivalent in text form.
 

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[citation][nom]The Lads[/nom]Wtf plays portal 2 with a controller?[/citation]
A lot of people. Especially when you have friends over and have the PC hooked up to the TV.

I prefer the keyboard/mouse combo, but that's because i absolutely suck at aiming at anything with the controller. :D
 

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[citation][nom]The Lads[/nom]Wtf plays portal 2 with a controller?[/citation]
Some people are just more used to a controller because they have played games on consoles for so long or it works better with the game than a mouse a keyboard (Flying jets in BF3 works better with a controller than the keyboard for me anyway).

That's one of the great things about PC gaming, you get to pick your hardware instead of being forced to one imput method.
 

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[citation][nom]Gundam288[/nom]That's one of the great things about PC gaming, you get to pick your hardware instead of being forced to one imput method.[/citation]
Hear hear.

I wonder if they will add this to any more games in the future. Should be good for some co-op without needing 2 pc's setup.


 

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i'm trying to play with mouse/kb for myself, and controller for my wife on our tv and having no luck. any suggestions?

i can use either for one player, but not both for different screens, as far as I can tell.
 

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Great! Now is the time to try this out with 2 Wii controllers emulating joysticks through Glovepie.
Next weekend is scripting weekend :)
 
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Now if Valve could push all games on its Store to "patch" or "update" their games to support Split Screen and perhaps Online-Coop (if included in game) that would officially turn Big Picture into the PC Console. DO IT VALVE! We love you!

Imagine, not needing to pay $240 for 4 copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 just to play 4-players locally. Black Ops 2 should update to support 4-player split screen play, and maybe two-player online co-op. I shouldn't be forced to buy 4 copies of one game now that Big Picture is out.
 
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