A couple of questions (splitscreen related) | Forums

[Ratbacto]

After being disappointed with UT3 (no splitscreen whatsoever), I decided to convert to Haze!

Now my main question would be if there's a FAQ somewhere with confirmed information regarding the game? I tried digging through the forums but some of the information seems pretty old so I don't know if it's reliable.

My main issue is the splitscreen, now I remember reading it's a limit to 2 players per PS3 but that was in the coop context. Are they boosting that to 4 players per PS3 for online (DM/TDM/etc)?

I hate to compare the 2 games but maybe it'll simplify my question...will the multiplayer features be like those of Halo3? (which are currently 2 players per system for coop and in online DM/TDM games which can have 4 players per system)

Sorry if this has been asked before but it's just that some of the info I found on the boards weren't exactly conclusive enough.

[tychal]

haze allows two players via split screen and four with online. you can have a mix of 3 online and one at your house or 2 at your house and 2 online. the online will be a enter on the fly type of deal where you dont have to restart the match or wait for the new member to reach you. i had the same question when i started posting on the blog so im glad to help answer it

[Ratbacto]

Hmmm ok that answers my campaign question but maybe I'm the one that's misunderstanding so let me reformulate my question

If I have 4 friends over with 1 PS3 and 4 remotes, now I know we won't be able to play the campaign but will we be able to play multiplayer Haze?

I'm guessing it might even be a different answer depending on if it's vs bots or vs other people through the internet so a clarification to both those would be awesome.

[MaxPower]

I'm also a convert to Haze after the UT3 debacle! If Haze has even half the features of Perfect Dark or Timesplitters 2 it will be awesome. Sorry to invade your thread... carry on.

[deded999]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but no 4 player s/s at all, unless you have two systems connected via either LAN or online.

[mornelithe]

Yeah, it's 2 player splitscreen max under any circumstances, from what we've been told thus far.

[Ratbacto]

Bummer, cause I seem to be part of a minority who likes playing 4 way split screen and none of my friends own PS3s.

Anyways 2 players is better than 1 so that's still ok. Thanks for the info guys

[mornelithe]

Honestly Rat, I'm sure the folks at FRD would've liked to have 4-player, but I don't think that the machine can support it. There's a ton of post-processing and such, as well as the 2 entirely differing skill sets that require a bunch of processing. I think it's more because of that, that it's 2-player as opposed to 4-player.

[Ratbacto]

No don't get me wrong, I understand that games nowadays are getting limited by the hardware processing and I am grateful for having splitscreen.

I was just asking because it seems splitscreen is becoming a thing of the past and what was once pretty much a staple for FPS games is now a question mark.

Anyway I've been reading more and more about this game lately since UT3 isn't the "party-friendly" shooter I expected. I must say, this game looks like the game to replace Warhawk/CoD4 for the "party" game.

[Toad17]

Originally posted by mornelithe:
Honestly Rat, I'm sure the folks at FRD would've liked to have 4-player, but I don't think that the machine can support it. There's a ton of post-processing and such, as well as the 2 entirely differing skill sets that require a bunch of processing. I think it's more because of that, that it's 2-player as opposed to 4-player.

After playing games like Warhawk, Call of Duty 4, and Resistance I'm fairly certain that the hardware is capable of 4 player split-screen. Haze is more ambitious than those titles in its level of detail for the stages, effects, and particles though. The seamless gameplay probably doesn't help the situation either