R.I.P. Bots

I feel the same way too sometimes. If you do want bots, try Timesplitters: Future Perfect, or maybe Super Smash Bros.

Personally, I'm kind of glad the resources to makes bots has been distributed elsewhere.

Don't get me wrong, they were awesome in Perfect Dark, and can be alright for testing maps while you're making them in modern games (CS: S). However, with such widespread accessibility to the internet, as they above poster mentioned...we can find more personal nimrods now :D

But if the game already has a single player aspect that makes heavy use of opponent A.I. then I'm all for the inclusion of bots in the multiplayer aspect since the resources to creating them because extensively less.

I hate the absence of bots in current games.

I absolutely loathe the absense of split-screen gameplay in current games.

It did start with the slow removal of bots from various games due to the Internet, which seemingly has given rise to the idea in developers to start removing split screen multiplayer. Look no further than to stuff like Motorstorm (and now seemingly Burnout Paradise). Why pray tell can you not play with a friend next to you?

Why on earth are you not allowed to play with friends anymore? Seriously. Sure, you may have an online buddy or an Internet pal, heck you may be lucky enough to have an actual friend who has the game too so you can actually play online together... I don't know about you, but I'd like to have my flesh and blood friend sitting right next to me.

Nothing was greater in Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat than turning and going "In yo face punk" after pulling off a great win. Stuff like NBA Jam was great for it too. Then of course you had the Goldeneye's and Perfect Dark's. Those were great for having friends or family over and just duking it out, or much better to my liking helping each other beat a game. Who doesn't have fond memories of taking on Red Falcon in Contra with a friend? Or whooping Shredder with your favourite Turtle combination? Even a couple of years ago with stuff like TimeSplitters and The Warriors.

What's even better though, especially as is the key thing with this thread in FPSs, bots?

Bots were awesome, especially in Perfect Dark. I played that game for hours on end by myself just playing with the bots. Add in some friends, and of course the bots, and you could have great times. But nowadays...

Meh to you! You don't have the Internet? Bah, tough luck.

I understand online is a big deal and a nice feature to have, but even at that only 40% of people with a 360 actually have Xbox Live. And that is considered at the high end. A lot of people with other systems don't even play online much if at all by comparison. A vast majority of people who play games don't even bother with online.

I guess I can deal with bots going absent, but it ultimately shortens down my desire to play the games. However I am not liking the removal of split screen from a lot of games. Offline multiplayer is dying for no justifiable reason.