By giathebao on Skatehive
Since the NES days, playing Duck Hunt and Contra with my dad, I have always enjoyed playing video games with others. Some of my favorite memories growing up were going over to a friend’s house to play splitscreen multiplayer after school. Whether it was Mario Kart or Halo, Nintendo 64 or Playstation 2, it didn’t really matter what game or platform it was on, it was always fun when we played together. That being said, there has always been lots of room in my heart for a great solo-campaign, falling into epic stories like Zelda Majora’s Mask or Metal Gear Solid 2. For a long time, it felt like we could have our cake and eat it too. Plenty of imaginative games to play solo, as well as a great variety of split screen games for in-person social play. At some point the games changed, and the friends moved further away. source Fast forward to now, I haven’t possessed a console since 2019, and even then, I was not an active user. I’ve been moving around a lot, I didn’t want to carry too much w