Does anyone else find online gaming to be.... not fun at all?

I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

Yea, if online gaming involves communication I generally avoid it. Unless it's with friends. Certain genres really don't need it either, like RTSes but I suck ass at them so don't play much. Recently playing Journey, I find its MP component to be brilliant. Making communcation so basic really enhanced the experience and I hope to see more of it in the future. All things considered though, SP is where it's at.

yep. If i wanted to listen to immature whining babies, who suffer from pussitis, I would go back to work!

I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

phonemug

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I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

CarnageHeart

I can see why people who would want to compete against a high level of competition... when I get in those moods I play something like Ninja Gaiden. At least that way I have a chance and will not get mercilessly slaughtered by wave after wave of gamers.

I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

phonemug

i agree that the challenge is the best thing about it and is the main reason i myself still occasionally play online but my problem is that i find online communities make the whole thing more annoying than fun. even in multiplayer only games i prefer to just fill a map with predictable bots as opposed to having to go through the hassle of finding a server with halfway decent peoples playing. like was said, peoples play and act like they are the center of the world; they whine when they win, they whine when they lose, they don't play as a team, some will think it's funny to play loud music or worse through a mic, they cheat, etc, etc.

there is a lot of potential for crap to come your way if you decide to just jump in a random online match and i think you really need a large group of friends or acquintances to play together to get the most out of the experience.

I very rarely play games online. People spewing random crap down the microphone is too much for me.

I don't get into online gaming at all. It's just a gameplay mechanic you execute in various environments - it's the most repetitive thing on earth. And pwning some 13 year old holds absolutely no appeal to me whatsoever. And people online are just...ugh.

I like characters, story, a progression from beginning to middle to end, a lot of variety - all things entirely absent from online.

I don't get into online gaming at all. It's just a gameplay mechanic you execute in various environments - it's the most repetitive thing on earth. And pwning some 13 year old holds absolutely no appeal to me whatsoever. And people online are just...ugh.

I like characters, story, a progression from beginning to middle to end, a lot of variety - all things entirely absent from online.

Jackc8

Maybe you could try some MMO type games.

I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

phonemug

You are not alone brother, you are not alone.

As a Xbox Live OG (original gamer) I can tell you first hand has that the community slowly devolved into something it was't intended to be. The explosive popularity of games like Halo and Call of Duty has attracted some bad apples. The party system hasn't helped matters any because it allows gamers to live in a bubble instead of being a benefitial community member, they simply surround themselves with stuff they want to hear. They aren't listening to teammates or getting to know other gamers that play the same game and that's orginally what Live was about. I used to meet awesome people back in the day, now no one even talks during a game of NBA 2K12.

I don't get online gaming at all. I play games to be alone after having to deal with people's BS all day, I don't see why anyone would want it.

[QUOTE="Jackc8"]

I don't get into online gaming at all. It's just a gameplay mechanic you execute in various environments - it's the most repetitive thing on earth. And pwning some 13 year old holds absolutely no appeal to me whatsoever. And people online are just...ugh.

I like characters, story, a progression from beginning to middle to end, a lot of variety - all things entirely absent from online.

CarnageHeart

Fair point :) I don't play many shooters but this one seems to provide the fun and excitement that I find lacking in most of them.

I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

I don't find most of them fun anymore, but there are a few that I absolutely loved and would still play today if they were still the same.

I like both.

Its a shame that's the stima attached to online gaming now...

I'm kinda getting tired of online, I stay in a party chat 90% of the time so I have no problems there, it's just getting to easy. I've been looking for a good long single player game to play but nothing out right now interested me or I've already played it.

I enjoy co-op a lot. Competitive gaming, not nearly as much.

the only online games ive actually enjoyed were Counter-Strike and Ultima Online.

just cause someone is better than you at a game doesnt mean they have no lives it means you suck

anywho i enjoy mp with friends in a party chat i hate most people online

i do sp every now and again i guess

If I'm going to play online with anything in gaming its going to be an MMORPG. But sometimes I'll play a game of BF or CoD, very rarely though.

I do think its fun, only MMOs though.

What bothers me are the "we reward you the more you play" games. First, it unbalances the game. Not everybody has incredible amounts of time to invest in a game. Second, it tends to make the game more about levelling instead of winning.

I can't stand online gaming, If I am not related to the 20 kids online I have no interest in spending time with them and the constant whining. Even worse is games that force you to play online to complete quests.....like Fable 3.....Why they do this I have no idea.

What bothers me are the "we reward you the more you play" games. First, it unbalances the game. Not everybody has incredible amounts of time to invest in a game. Second, it tends to make the game more about levelling instead of winning.

Heirren

I find online gaming to be fun now and then but I prefer single player games, for shooting games I would rather play offline bots than compete against people who spend all day everyday online and I definitely prefer MMO's over any other type of online game. But most of my games I've bought I end up not enjoying the multiplayer or they have no online function at all which suits me fine.

My first online experience was on the PS3 which was White Knight Chronicles. Awesome community, friendly and just really down to earth people. I then started other online games which basically turned me off.

Now, not so much. If I play online stuff now it'll be co-op, or multiplayer with friends who don't take it too seriously. Multiplayer with randoms is about as unappealing as a kick in the nuts.DJ_Lae

Exactly this. I still like going against randoms, even the jerks, but only if I have friends on my team so we all share the experience, bad or good.

But to TC, come on, it's easy to say others have no lives to make up for your own failings, when it's you who lacks the competitive edge. There are plenty of people who can pick up and play and be gods among men while the rest of us have to suffer a bit before we get anywhere. I admit I get my ass kicked all over the place, but there is still fun times to be had, and I respect the people who are legitimately better at the game than I am.

Unless they act like giant dickhoIes.

What bothers me are the "we reward you the more you play" games. First, it unbalances the game. Not everybody has incredible amounts of time to invest in a game. Second, it tends to make the game more about levelling instead of winning.

Heirren

The last competitive multiplayer game I heavily played was Team Fortress 2 nearly a year ago. For some reason, I just lost my taste for competitive gaming, and Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 was what did it for me. Countless times I'd get hate mail like "SPAM PLASMA BEAM MOAR" or some crap, it just gets old being bashed for every single match you win, even if it's completely letigimate. I don't get personally offended by it, but there's just no sense of community or sportsmanship in competetive multiplayer games anymore, at least not in my experience. I find I greatly prefer single player games these days, with an exception for Journey.

I like it, but I find single player to be a lot more fun and interesting. MP is just a time killer.

must be playing mw2, blops, or mw3...cant think of too many other games online that you would die every two seconds...but i play online games a lot and it definitely takes some patience to find the games out there that are actually worth the time

It depends on the game, but yeah, generally I like SP a lot more because I get to do things at my own pace. Especially online shooting doesn't interest me at all. It tends to reduce the game to a test of reaction speed and quick decision-making, while usually an SP experience embodies so much more. I know I'm generalising, but it's just hard to get a slow-paced, stealth-like experience from a multiplayer shooter, except if it's online terrorist hunt in Rainbow Six or something.