When For Honor was revealed, there were a lot of features discussed for the new title. The team at Ubisoft behind the game stated early on that one of their most important features was split-screen. Even saying in an interview once that split screen is:
“Super-required, because this is a game about fighting with weapons, split-screen [is] absolutely a key feature for us […] You want sit on the couch and beat up your buddy, that’s the thing.”
Sadly, during an in-house interview, that you can watch in full below, the team has revealed that the split-screen function has been cut from the game.
“We decided this week to cut the split-screen,” said producer Stephane Cardin in an in-house interview primarily about the game’s closed alpha (below, quote begins at 4:24).
“It was a feature that we loved, but, when we looked at what needs to be done to support online co-op, for us it was critical to make a decision now so we can polish all the features at the AAA level and make sure that we have the most amazing experience.”
There is a little confusion about whether split screen is fully removed from the title, as Cardin only noted it in regards to multiplayer. We’ll have to wait and see for full details.
