Patch to enable split-screen offline?

[Elsa]

Xbox?

I looked up the original article that mentioned "4 player online co-op and splitscreen campaign modes"
(http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/05/30/...ent-3-details/)
... and it was for an Xbox magazine.

All I can say is that if the Xbox version has splitscreen.... and the PS3 version doesn't - I'm going to be royally ****** off!

[Th3DarkCloud]

Uggghh...

I was really planning to buy this today, but after seeing that it has no split-screen, I probably won't. It's disappointing that they'd sacrifice important features like this to get it out before Christmas.

[Ratbacto]

I'm sure I've seen other articles like that Elsa.

I just want to know if something like adding split-screen would even be possible at this point.

[Palodios]

I'd just like to say that this is a big deal to a lot of people. Personally, I was ecstatic when I heard about this game coming out for the ps3 after unreal championship 1 and 2 were xbox only (and I ended up buying an xbox for those games alone). However, I stick to co-op or offline. I can only afford to buy one new game this season, so without co-op, the game isn't that big a deal to me, and I'll either rent it and play through it once, or wait till its in the bargain bins. There just aren't enough ps3s around to require everyone to have their own system and copy of the game to play, and I've never been a big fan of sitting alone playing with the lights off with people I've never met.

If there's a patch, it would be one thing, but as this game is right now... I can wait.

[mikehc69]

I'm sure I've seen other articles like that Elsa.

I just want to know if something like adding split-screen would even be possible at this point.

Same here. I really hope this can be rectified in a patch. At the very least let us use split screen for Instant Action games against bots.

[grkblood13]

i actually joined this site just to state how mad I am about this. I am actually going to the game store tonight to transfer my money that i put down on UT3 to something else. This would have been my first UT purchase, unfortunately it is also my last.

[Trat]

It's probably a system RAM issue on the PS3. You'd have to have textures/materials from different areas of the map loaded.

I doubt all of this. I'm gonna say it: I think this is some sort of deal with Microsoft. I mean, GeOW got splitscreen, why cannot this game get it. Gimp the GFX down a bit and it should work if there are technical barriers, but I doubt it.

If UT3 is Epic's showcase for UE3 on PS3, then it failed... Sorry. I personally don't care for splitscreen, but I know many people will leave this game in the shelves and Epic sorta promised splitscreen, especially Mark Rein in his earlier interviews... I'm disappointed. I'm never buying a 360 BTW.

[Blackskies]

Disappointed...

I wholeheartedly agree with grkblood and I've signed up just to post this because it's ridiculous that they wouldn't include something that many people would obviously want. And now I'm going to have to do research and find an offline multiplayer to get this Christmas now that this was a bust. Hopefully they'll announce some kind of patch, otherwise it's gonna be a shame to see another PS3 game bite the dust in sales.

[MF DOOMED]

I to just joined this site to express my disappointment about no split screen. I still have the plastic wrap on my game and trying to decide whether to keep it or take it back. Please EPIC make this game the way I read about it months ago.

[Tux.Bobble]

If possible, this needs to be patched somehow. I'm still going to buy it, but the only reason I'm going with PS3 over PC is because I don't have a computer that can run it. Otherwise, the entire advantage of the PS3 is gone out the window.

[Trat]

Please EPIC make this game the way I read about it months ago.

Word, I just cannot believe they canned this for technical barriers or lack of playtesting...

[Cold_Killer]

Well, I was learning how to make my own 3d models and bought the game today after work... LUCKLY I DIDN'T OPEN THE PACKAGE YET!

Now I'm going to return it because a lack of split sceen is simply pathetic coming from Epic. They should know better... Unreal Championship 2 was my favorite game for the Xbox.

Were they going to lose profits by not releasing it before Christmas? Do they think everyone wants to play online? Are their designers brain dead? I no longer care. Don't they know the value of a satisfied customer?

[Deathsnapper]

I doubt all of this. I'm gonna say it: I think this is some sort of deal with Microsoft. I mean, GeOW got splitscreen, why cannot this game get it. Gimp the GFX down a bit and it should work if there are technical barriers, but I doubt it.

If UT3 is Epic's showcase for UE3 on PS3, then it failed... Sorry. I personally don't care for splitscreen, but I know many people will leave this game in the shelves and Epic sorta promised splitscreen, especially Mark Rein in his earlier interviews... I'm disappointed. I'm never buying a 360 BTW.

I highly doubt it was some conspiracy/deal with Microsoft.

That being said I agree with the rest of your post. I really wanted to buy this game, and was going to get it for both the PC and the PS3. The main reason for buying both was the splitscreen on the PS3. I know I could just have my friend in the other room on the TV while I'm off on the computer, but it's just not the same. This single change will probably make me not buy the PS3 version.

Hopefully this can be patched. Even if the patch involves lowering the resolution a good amount and upscaling, or some other way of allowing it to happen, it would still be very significant.

[Megatheria]

I'm still pumped about the game and plan on picking up my preorder after work. Having said that, I can't even begin to understand why there is no split-screen. A major competitor of Epic's, Free Radical, is releasing Haze next month. Haze will incorporate 4 player split-screen campaign(on and offline), 4 player split-screen with bots offline, and 4player split-screen online in general. This was a major selling point for the game. If at all possible, Epic, please release a patch for at least offline bot games. I don't care if it is just 2-players, it is better than no split-screen at all. I am more than aware UT3 will still sell very well regardless, but you did, in fact, lose some customers because of this. Maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if we'd have just been informed of no split-screen early on. The fact that nothing was said could have meant a number of different things. Consumers would most likely take the silence as a yes.

[animepunk2103]

I also just signed up to express my disapointment that there is not offline split screen. It seems like a lot of games dont do this anymore and its a real shame. I was so excited to get this game today and now I could care less. I thought maybe it was because no one plays offline split screen anymore but from all these post I can tell Im not the only one disapointed. Maybe if everyone speaks up we can get epic to explain to us what is going on. There is no reason why Gears can have slit screen co-op and not Unreal?!?!?!?!