Coming home from picking up Battlefront, me and a friend couldn't wait to jump into a hectic 20 v 20 online game together, sticking it to the other team over some classic split-screen. Little did we know that the touted couch co-op feature was limited to the Battles offline game mode only. Although this is probably on us for not researching properly whether you actually could play online locally with a friend, it's still incredibly disappointing that DICE wasn't able to implement this feature. Maybe I've just become too accustomed to having friends over and blazing through a couple of games of Call of Duty locally with friends, but not having online split-screen included in a game like this seems like a missed opportunity - especially when the title's party system is limited to two players. Still, at least there's some form of couch co-op in Battlefront, which is more than you can say for that other huge first person shooter that released this year.
Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.
