Christ. Do you people even listen to yourselves? It was explained why changing the current split-screen method would be impractical both from a technical standpoint and from a gameplay standpoint... And you're still like "But whyyyyyyy?"

You're almost as bad as those idiots complaining that the devs porting Metal Slug 3 should REDESIGN A 14 YEAR OLD GAME for widescreen... Even though such a redesign would face many of the same problems mentioned by the Mercenary Kings devs; changing the screen geometry would change when enemies appear, affecting the game difficulty and the event timing, and some areas of the game wouldn't display correctly.

There's also the fact that Mercenary Kings isn't Metal Slug; your level progression isn't locked in, you can move at your own pace and backtrack...and players can split up. Not exactly going to work when you're both on the same screen. (I would go so far as to say it's a Platformer with Run and Gun elements, rather than a straight Run and Gun.)

Originally posted by Samsus:

I am personally not talking about changing the screen geometry, I am talking about giving the option to let couch co-op have 2 players on one screen. That shouldn't be that hard to implement. It still tracks player movement and input controls when they are split up, you just have to do it one 1 view now, instead of 2. Doing that way won't affect geometry or anything else you are describing, just borders. And hey I wouldn't lose half the screen when I play with my wife .They say they won't do that because they want you to "explore", not that it is not feasible. Thanks for being so rude.

I wasn't referring specifically to this case, that part was addressing the complaints of the people who want the option for different co-op splits. That's a technical impracticality. What you're proposing by locking multiple players to the same screen is a gameplay impracticality. Frankly, it's an impediment to the way the devs intended for the game to be played. (And they've said as much.)

Like I said; this isn't Metal Slug. You aren't joined at the hip to your co-op partner. And why would you want to be? So many of the missions could be completed faster if you split up, besides the fact that if you have 3-4 people, you could have the majority concentrating on the primary mission objective, and the remaining player doing the secondary objectives.

But whatever, don't listen to me. Just sit there and continue to assume you aren't getting what you want simply because the devs are lazy or something.

loL, I am glad that a sparked up some conversation! All i requested is that you dont have to have a 4 way spilt screen option, more so that there could be a 2 way split screen, that thousands of other games have seemed to have no problems accomplishing. Just a friendly 2 player couch mode, maybe that is asking too much, but none the less, i felt it was proper to re-open the topic, since it had been previously closed! Cheers! Also some of my mates have small TVs/Computer Monitors, so im just asking that some of the "small screen people" could ultilize there situation. Also no need to call people willing to discuss there issues idiots, That is rude as opposed to asking questions!!!