Halo

Halo...

 

The big one for Xbox owners everywhere.

 

How does Halo 1, 2 & 3 fare as a split screen coop game?

 

Very very Well!

 

Halo CE puts you in the big green boots of the Master Chief. Player 2 simply becomes a 2nd, silent, (invisible to cut scenes) Master Chief.

 

Halo CE does not feature wide screen support, so both players share a 4:3 screen, split horizontally.

 

The game is loads of fun with a friend.

 

Halo 2 added wide screen support and with that a nice vertical split down the middle, giving each player half of 16:9 screen to play on. Player 2 is still a silent (but deadly) clone of the MC and the Arbiter.

 

Halo 3 went one step further and made player 2 the Arbiter, now fighting the good fight with the MC.

 

It then also added 2 more playable characters for Players 3 and 4!

 

Good stuff indeed.

 

Only gripe with Halo 3 Same screen Coop is,  for some reason, you do not get to use the entire screen. It has black bars on the sides. This is kinda off putting for me, but the missus did not seem to mind it at all.

 

Halo (as a Trilogy of Coop goodness) get a solid 9/10