There's definitely something that feels missing with a variety of games when you can only start playing them online with anonymous people, even with games where its designed to be more of "everybody is at odds at you, go for the best" that are encarnated with the Battle Royale games or settling with whatever you can in team shooter/MOBA games.
Those sure can be more fun if you gather your friends at a call, but when a game does not have a reliable online option, doesn't have online at all, or it might be less cumbersome to just play locally...having good old splitscreen to skip over all that is a blessing that comes with the extra of pure side-to-side banter with your buddies 😂
Thanks for reading, and thanks for your comment! 😄