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Games without multiplayer worth your $59.99?

RealKilla_789 · 2011-04-01 07:14:31

I was having an interesting conversation with my friends on xbox live yesterday. We were all chatting in an xbox live party and were anticipating the release of L.A Noire when one of my buddies asked if the game included multiplayer. Immediately groans and moans started, included from myself. Basically, we were saying it doesn't matter if there isn't multiplayer; it's going to be a great game. My friend who asked about multiplayer said that he refuses to buy single player-only games unless it was an RPG.I was actually frustrated with my friend for saying such a thing. Personally, I feel as though if a game has a quality single player experience, I will suppport the developer/publisher by buying the game, regardless of whether it has multiplayer or not. But, I started thinking, and I realized that my friend is definitely not alone. Today, let's be real here, most games have multiplayer. Many publishers feel as though in order for their game to sell, they need to stick that multiplayer bullet on the back of the box. Let's take the Assassin's Creed franchise for example, the first two games were an amazing experience in my opinion. Great games, but when Assassin's Creed Brotherhood rolled around, it had multiplayer. Granted, the multiplayer was great and innovative in my opinion; I really liked it. But did it really need it? What do you guys think? Will you not buy a game if it doesn't have multiiplayer? Do you agree with what I said? If not, why? Does a game have to have a minimum number of hours in single player for you to buy it if it doesn't have multiplayer. Would you rather rent the game if it doesn't have multiplayer? Anything else? Post your thoughts!

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#51 RealKilla_789

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I agree about Crysis not needing a multiplayer. The singleplayer in this game was great.
I thought some games (like Resident Evil 5) would have been better if they didn't have multiplayer.
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I think that Crysis 2's multiplayer is pretty full-featured though. I'm having a lot of fun with it.

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#52 KittyKat

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It depends... how long is this game? I'm seeing some coming out that are well under 10 hours... in that case, i'd rent it. If it's something really good that I can take my time on (RPG style, long... but good game, or RTS) then yeah, totally worth my 60 bucks.

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#53 wiouds

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I find most game with multiplayer is worth $19.99.

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#54 c_moriarty

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Yeah, but multiplayer can add a lot to a game like Call of Duty or Red Dead Redemption where you can earn things for advancing... and I want to play Mortal Kombat online. I've never had a multiplayer Mortal Kombat game, and I don't really want MK vs. DC.

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#55 RealKilla_789

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Yeah, but multiplayer can add a lot to a game like Call of Duty or Red Dead Redemption where you can earn things for advancing... and I want to play Mortal Kombat online. I've never had a multiplayer Mortal Kombat game, and I don't really want MK vs. DC.
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Yea definitely agree with you. A lot of people here are speaking as if multiplayer doesn't matter at all, but I definitely think it adds a good value to a game.

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#56 TempSGK

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Dead space 2 without multiplayer? Go for it! your choice, Personally I want more for my money and multiplayer candefinitelyadd more.

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#57 Elraptor

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Without multiplayer (and sometimes even with it) I would rarely buy a brand-new game these days unless it is a massive RPG.

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#58 Kurezan

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As long as it has an interesting singleplayer, I'd play it purely for that.

>See Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Fallout New Vegas, all games I'd gladly pay full price for.

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#59 Archangel3371 Online

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Sure why not but I'm certainly not going to deride multiplayer as I personally love it. I say the more the merrier.

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#60 lamprey263

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not every game needs tacked on multiplayer to be fun, I realize some of the young people got into gaming when everything had multiplayer but many of us having been playing the single player stuff for years

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