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LEGO Harry Potter Conjures up Split Screen Co-Op in Latest Trailer

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We just got a brand new trailer for LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 titled "Conjuring up Fun."  The focus of the trailer is on the open nature of LEGO Games, and specifically the creative things you can do in the latest addition to the franchise.  But what really grabbed our attention is the focus on co-op and a unique implementation of split screen co-op.

While most games stick with a vertical or horizontal split, LEGO Harry Potter uses a dynamic split that rotates the view depending on each player's character's screen.  It's tough to describe and best scene in action, but it's almost comic book like.  

I'd like to see more games take a creative approach to split screen.

 
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Zonf86
8:24 AM
2/23/2010

They introduced the split-screen thing in Lego Indy 2. Works really well, and is very fluid. Help a lot during the flying sections.


Biohzrd451
8:58 AM
2/23/2010

--- Replying to Zonf86 -----

The lego games really are improving which is good.

Might pick this one up later.


samoza
9:59 AM
2/23/2010

I played Lego Indy 2 and they used this system there. It works brilliantly and really opens up the games.


TheReaperCooL
11:02 AM
2/23/2010

I just noticed this splitscreen method, maybe because I don't play Lego games (Except Star Wars, that was good!).

Now this system could be bad if they make it go the wrong way. I can't imagine this in FPS games (or any other), it should remain in platformer games. BTW the Playstation 2 game "The Warriors" has the same feature, minus the rotating screen. So you get too far away from each other, and the screen splits.


BigBadBob113
3:42 PM
2/23/2010

I liked the diagonal split screen they have been using recently. I tend to really dislike split-screen (it looks horrible on my standard def), but the diagonal splitting is not irritating at all.

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Release Date: 06.29.2010
Genre: Action
ESRB: Everyone 10+

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