i think many developers forget that us pc gamers have sisters n brothers or husbands or wives or friends that also want to play videogames with us. ya'll already have gamepad support so the addition of a co op mode would be a matter of a couple of easy non resource wasting screen splitting programming, and it would get brownie points from everyone for being the first fps to officially have local co op on pc (which i think every pc fps should have). its simple, one person uses the gamepad n the other person uses mouse n keyboard. local co op in my opinion is actually underused in videogames, but in addition to whats listed above, it gives a more fun experience cuz its not just the lonely player by himself. i know we have vent n steam n all that, but i would have to buy 2 computers if i want to play with my lil bro instead of a friend who lives 10 minutes away from my house.

besides, i know this is late, even if crytek patches in a local co op later it still would be revolutionary, and it would give pc players more of a reason to buy crysis 2. even if crysis 2 only had xbox controller support, i would replace my logitech gamepad with an xbox controller JUST for local co op, infact, that would give people more reasons to actually use an xbox controller in crysis 2.

Man local coop is such a drag.. Gotta be in the same area as your buddy and you get half a screen..

while split screen is OK for need for speed, it isnt for any shooter. just swap seat time to time with your brother ;p ( aint he shouldnt be playing mature game anyway... ;p)

easy non resource wasting screen splitting programming, and it would get brownie points from everyone for being the first fps to officially have local co op on pc (which i think every pc fps should have.
1. If the two players aren't looking at the same thing, the game will have to render more stuff, so it's not exactly "non-resource wasting"
2. Serious Sam. Ever heard of it? C2 wouldn't be anywhere near the first FPS to have split-screen on the PC.

a story driven shooter always has issues with co op unless the main character is always accompanied by an NPC forthe entirety of the progression.....which can be pretty lame if you ask me unless done properly. Crysis 2 was obviously created around the idea that alcatraz was the ONLY protagonist...so I'd say as much as I like the feature it would not sit well with the game itself

This would be very sweet allthough I don't think Crytek will make it. If anything a mod maker will do it, though I don't know if the CryEngine 3 supports it. And even if it would defenitely have a cost in terms of performance. On older games such as Unreal Tournament 3 (read - Unreal Engine 3 is nothing these days) and L4D2 this isn't such a big problem, but for Crysis 2 to have 2 screens rendered I don't know. As to being in the same area as your co-player, not a problem. I play L4D2 local co-op with my friends all the time and it doens't matter if one player is all the way on the other side of the level. And it's such a blast! I really don't understand why this is such a neglectic feature, specially if the console version of a certain game has it and the PC doesn't. Splitting the screen in two halves shouldn't be much of an issue either. People use large monitors and TV's to game on these days. Personally I have a projector which makes for a screen of 2 metres by 1,25 metres or something like that. Even with 4 player Unreal Tournament 3 the size of each screen is quite large If you want local co-op I'd suggest L4D2, Trine, and UT3. Unfortunately there just aren't any more decent local co-op games out there. So let's pray for Crysis 2 (mod)!

It's a good option to have. especially in light of the PC being the only system that can play split screen without dying horribly (look at left 4 dead and cod:blops on console *shudder*).

Also, valve allows for splitscreen in any valve game which has it on console. But it's usually not 'supported', however if you have 2 control pads it's a matter of typing in a command.

@ JackPumpkinhead what i mean by non resource wasting is that i dont think it would take crytek that long to make a split screen mode, and i guess ill have to look at serious sam
Also it doesnt have to be for the campaign, just for online multi or some kind of party mode. look at the last tomb raider game "lara croft and the guardian of light," that one pulled off pc co op with gamepad support perfectly, (although it was 2 ppl on the same screen, PCs would still be best for split screen BECAUSE they're the ones with the most processing power technically)

YES PLEASE DO A SPLIT SCREEN MODE IN CRYSIS 2! Just wanted to scream that out!

i don't think so. it's always been a single player experience and rather it still be and have it not do it just for the sake of it.

co-op only makes sense if the campaign was team based.

Or both use a joypad. Yeah, it is good idea since the pc is powerfull enough. It would imply some changes in A.I. - design and others, though.

"I would HATE local co op if it was included"
LOL, it wouldnt be a big deal if there WAS, and you hate it, then JUST LEAVE IT
BTW i don't think there will be, but WHO KNOWS!!!