Exactly. Even when other shooters had become more interesting to me, Halo was a staple in our home as something my son and I could play split screen together.

It all came down to graphics and performance. I would have gladly settled for 30 FPS in the campaign if it meant split screen was an option. I mean, surely they can find a way to toggle that between solo and splitscreen to from 60fps to 30fps respectively?

I’m squarely in the “lack of split screen killed the game for me” camp. Earlier this year my girlfriend and I started playing through the Halo campaigns together. Partially in anticipation of Halo 5. We made it up through Reach.

“Half an hour later, I’ve got a heartbroken little boy who doesn’t understand why a game company decided to remove the ability for him to play with his dad. I got him started on the campaign solo, held him in my lap while he played, but his heart just wasn’t in it. He asked if we could just go watch some Netflix…