Anyone else not buying MP less games anymore?

It feels like such a waste to buy a game without multiplayer, single player games could never have the value of multiplayer games. Recently I bought bioshock infinite, and I love the game but I felt ripped off hardcore, after the SP there's nothing to do so it was like a waste of money. From now on I will only rent SP only games... does anyone else feel this way? I mean many of you have to have felt ripped off by games like Vanquish, Mass Effect 1+2 and Witcher 2.

I have no issues buying SP-only games.

Just get a discount by waiting at retail if you are worried about the game. It's hard to feel ripped off if you get the game cheaper than normal.

Also, I am losing interest in MP games in general, unless they approach with a fresh angle...so I appreciate a good SP game if it's unique and fresh.

Just get a discount by waiting at retail if you are worried about the game.

SolidTy

Well I replay games alot so I'm fine. Multiplayer is a nice bonus sometimes but I don't usually buy games specifically for multiplayer.

Online multiplayer is SOOO over-rated it's not funny. There are only a very small amount of online mp games that are even worth playing, and even then they become repetitive very quickly. So no, sp>>>>>>mp every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

I have no issues buying SP-only games.

lundy86_4

Seriously? Games like Super Mario Galaxy are such a rip off, after you are done there's no reason to come back.

Seriously? Games like Super Mario Galaxy are such a rip off, after you are done there's no reason to come back.

GD1551

Super Mario Galaxy has tons of content. It lasts longer than alot of multiplayer games will last you.

I don't buy games with multiplayer. They are such a rip off and waste of time. 

Seriously? Games like Super Mario Galaxy are such a rip off, after you are done there's no reason to come back.

GD1551

So did anyone feel ripped off buying Bioshock Infinite, Batman Arkham City, Ni No Kuni...etc?

So did anyone feel ripped off buying Bioshock Infinite, Batman Arkham City, Ni No Kuni...etc?

ninjapirate2000

TC did if he got any of those.

If I want to play a multiplayer game, it's usually Quake Live or TF2. Occasionally Tribes Ascend. I mostly play single player games, and I think I paid $20 for ME3. That's the most I've spent on a game in a while and I felt it was worth it. I played like an hour of the multiplayer to get the readiness rating up, but man I didn't enjoy it. I hate horde type modes and the game didn't have great combat anyways.

I have no issues buying SP-only games.

lundy86_4

No, but I am buying a lot more multiplayer only games like Chivalry Medieval Warfare and Natural Selection 2. If I want a single player game, I want it to be nothing but single player, and if I want a multiplayer game, I want it to be nothing but multiplayer. Think how much better Battlefield 3 could have been if they ignored the idiotic single player and focused on the multiplayer alone.

You can play SMG with 2 players

the 2nd player is able to shoot out stars

There's like 3 MP games I play, and I'm completely uninterested in MP modes from SP games. All the best MP games are designed from the ground up around MP, and when SP games have a MP mode attached, more often than not it's extremely lackluster, and doesn't hold anyone's attention long enough to pull them away from whatever MP games they regularly play, be that COD, or Counterstrike, or BF, or whatever. And every SP game I've ever played and truly enjoyed, I've since replayed at least once. 

Publishers need to realize that MP is not always needed, not everyone wants it, and even when people do want it, it has to be truly amazing to actually keep people playing. Don't cram it into every game. That's a tried and true way to make a shitty game.

No, but I am buying a lot more multiplayer only games like Chivalry Medieval Warfare and Natural Selection 2. If I want a single player game, I want it to be nothing but single player, and if I want a multiplayer game, I want it to be nothing but multiplayer. Think how much better Battlefield 3 could have been if they ignored the idiotic single player and focused on the multiplayer alone.

cfisher2833

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Seriously? Games like Super Mario Galaxy are such a rip off, after you are done there's no reason to come back.

PhazonBlazer

Super Mario Galaxy has tons of content. It lasts longer than alot of multiplayer games will last you.

Single player: Beat the 10 hour campaign once and never touch it again.

Multiplayer: Play the exact same 20 minute match over and over and over and over and over and over and over again and don't get bored.

But hey, you get to watch a little XP bar fill up to unlock new guns that do the exact same thing slightly differently!

I don't know if people who think like this are stupid or easily satisfied. I've put over 700 hours into Morrowind and I still play it semi-regularly. Maybe modern single player games are just crappier than old ones.

No, but I am buying a lot more multiplayer only games like Chivalry Medieval Warfare and Natural Selection 2. If I want a single player game, I want it to be nothing but single player, and if I want a multiplayer game, I want it to be nothing but multiplayer. Think how much better Battlefield 3 could have been if they ignored the idiotic single player and focused on the multiplayer alone.

cfisher2833

All of this.

If it's really good, I have no problem buying it.

bioshock infinity was great btw.

It feels like such a waste to buy a game without multiplayer, single player games could never have the value of multiplayer games. Recently I bought bioshock infinite, and I love the game but I felt ripped off hardcore, after the SP there's nothing to do so it was like a waste of money. From now on I will only rent SP only games... does anyone else feel this way? I mean many of you have to have felt ripped off by games like Vanquish, Mass Effect 1+2 and Witcher 2.

GD1551

Im not buying many multiplayer games anymore because they all suck now. Everything is a cod clone, or something that borrows basically everything from it. No tactical skill based arena shooters for us anymore. 

It feels like such a waste to buy a game without multiplayer, single player games could never have the value of multiplayer games. Recently I bought bioshock infinite, and I love the game but I felt ripped off hardcore, after the SP there's nothing to do so it was like a waste of money. From now on I will only rent SP only games... does anyone else feel this way? I mean many of you have to have felt ripped off by games like Vanquish, Mass Effect 1+2 and Witcher 2.

GD1551

Opposite for me.

It feels like such a waste to buy a game without multiplayer, single player games could never have the value of multiplayer games. Recently I bought bioshock infinite, and I love the game but I felt ripped off hardcore, after the SP there's nothing to do so it was like a waste of money. From now on I will only rent SP only games... does anyone else feel this way? I mean many of you have to have felt ripped off by games like Vanquish, Mass Effect 1+2 and Witcher 2.

GD1551

The whole point of gaming for a lot of us is to escape and explore a different world. Something multiplayer bro social gamers will never understand...

Seriously? Games like Super Mario Galaxy are such a rip off, after you are done there's no reason to come back.

GD1551

Nope, I prefer SP games. The only MP game I love is BF. All the other MP games are not as fun to me. millerlight89

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Seriously? Games like Super Mario Galaxy are such a rip off, after you are done there's no reason to come back.

Midnightshade29

Seriously. I much prefer a good SP game, that I'll play a few times, over a boring campaign with a boring MP mode tacked on for artificial replay value.

[QUOTE="millerlight89"]Nope, I prefer SP games. The only MP game I love is BF. All the other MP games are not as fun to me. BPoole96

It really doesn't matter to me.

Some of my favorite games I've only played through maybe 5-10 times in my life which is easily dwarfed by multiplayer games I've played, but value doesn't simply come from play time.

On top of that I play multiplayer games for different reasons than I do single player. Similarly I can watch unlimited tv shows for free, but I still find myself at the movie theatre every so often.

[QUOTE="millerlight89"]Nope, I prefer SP games. The only MP game I love is BF. All the other MP games are not as fun to me. BPoole96

hard to admit but yeah... Because the thing is that games these days are so easy and so short too! An example would be MG Rising and Vanquish. I wouldn't pay $60 for them but if it is at least 15-20 hours like Deus Ex then it's OK.

Well TC, looks like you're the only one. Probably because not buying games just because they don't have multiplayer is an incredibly stupid thing to do.

hard to admit but yeah... Because the thing is that games these days are so easy and so short too! An example would be MG Rising and Vanquish. I wouldn't pay $60 for them but if it is at least 15-20 hours like Deus Ex then it's OK.

Gue1

No.  My situation varies by game.  Like tomb raider for instance, I never touched the multiplayer.  I bought TR solely for the single player experience. 

usually games are good at only one thing, SP or MP, you want a good story etc, you buy a SP game

So did anyone feel ripped off buying Bioshock Infinite, Batman Arkham City, Ni No Kuni...etc?

ninjapirate2000

Nope, nope, and  hell no!