Does anyone else not even care about multiplayer gaming?

All my favourite games have been single player experiences. Multiplayer gaming in RTS'sis very hardcore and you have to have practically a pHD in a particular game justto not get laughed at. Multiplayer in FPS's already excludes everyone who does not play it for about 5 hours a day. People - mostly Lemmings - like to put down a game because it doesn't have multiplayer.

If mulitplayer is so great why are practically all the best games on the horizon single player experiences?

All my favourite games have been single player experiences. Multiplayer gaming in RTS'sis very hardcore and you have to have practically a pHD in a particular game justto not get laughed at. Multiplayer in FPS's already excludes everyone who does not play it for about 5 hours a day. People - mostly Lemmings - like to put down a game because it doesn't have multiplayer.

If mulitplayer is so great why are practically all the best games on the horizon single player experiences?

elmoXPXP

Same here, I really don't care about multiplayer gaming. It's just anovelty to me, something that I play for a little bit when I first get the game and then quickly forget about.

I do enjoy split-screen or LAN multiplayer but for me I always buy games based on the single player.

It depends on the type of game. A fighting game should have online play- no exceptions in my opinion. Although The Darkness was clearly a single player game with tacked on multiplayer..there wasn't much effort put into it.

But there are games that are awesome but have no multiplayer.

Aside from a couple genres (fighting, racing, sports) I don't care for multiplayer at all.mattbbpl

I tend to like the campaigns/story mode best.

in this day in age, some type of multiplayer or leaderbord system is just unacceptable. For an FPS to not have mutiplayer this gen should be frowned upon. besides bioshock :D2scoopsofempty

So Bioshock, a possible GOTY, doesn't evenhave any multiplayer?:lol:

[QUOTE="elmoXPXP"]

All my favourite games have been single player experiences. Multiplayer gaming in RTS'sis very hardcore and you have to have practically a pHD in a particular game justto not get laughed at. Multiplayer in FPS's already excludes everyone who does not play it for about 5 hours a day. People - mostly Lemmings - like to put down a game because it doesn't have multiplayer.

If mulitplayer is so great why are practically all the best games on the horizon single player experiences?

gingerdivid

No wonder Tribes wasn't successful... j/k

I will when I get that darned router for my PS3. (free online my shoe.) :lol:tman93

:| Scraping the barrel . How about counting in the cost of the electricty or the cost of the table needed for you to position your router?

All my favourite games have been single player experiences. Multiplayer gaming in RTS'sis very hardcore and you have to have practically a pHD in a particular game justto not get laughed at. Multiplayer in FPS's already excludes everyone who does not play it for about 5 hours a day. People - mostly Lemmings - like to put down a game because it doesn't have multiplayer.

If mulitplayer is so great why are practically all the best games on the horizon single player experiences?

elmoXPXP

antisocialism ftw!

seriously though, all of my favorite games have been multiplayer. even the best single player games (like re4) dont compare to a night of ssbm with some good friends imo.

i guess thats why im not that excited about bioshock. im sure it will be great, but without a solid multiplayer i cant ever see it as GOTY (although it may get it anyway)

[QUOTE="tman93"]I will when I get that darned router for my PS3. (free online my shoe.) :lol:Hoobinator

:| Scraping the barrel . How about counting in the cost of the electricty or the cost of the table needed for you to position your router?

multiplayer is fun as a side dish while single player is the main course.

the only mega-popular game that juggles the boundry of multiplayer and single player is halo.

The TC is acting like multiplayer is versus only. What about multiplayer co-op? That's what made GeoW and Crackdown so great. It's also what I'm looking forward to most in Halo 3.

Personally, I like all forms of multiplayer. It adds more value to the game. In fact, without it, Chromehounds would have been worse than a Dynasty Warriors game.

I mostly buy games for the single player aspect and a good Multiplayer mode is just gravy. If the MP is really good I tend to play it a lot once I finish the SP story. (Like I did with R6: Vegas) I do buy games purely for MP too osmetimes. Like Shadowrun, Battlefild 2, and Chromehounds and a good SP (if any) is just gravy.

I care very much for Multiplayer.

I'm not too big on MP either, I can't stand it longer than few hours, I get my dose of MP action from demos already, I just can't understand people who play the same map in online shooters for hundreds of hours.

It does suite some games tho, I mean like America's Army that is pretty tactical, humans really provide you with a life like challenge. But I'm still a sp gamer first and foremost, I wanna be THE hero and play through a story, and I want the game to end at some point, sp makes for a more atmospheric and variable experience imo, mp tends to get very repetitive.

I'm not too big on MP either, I can't stand it longer than few hours, I get my dose of MP action from demos already, I just can't understand people who play the same map in online shooters for hundreds of hours.

It does suite some games tho, I mean like America's Army that is pretty tactical, humans really provide you with a life like challenge. But I'm still a sp gamer first and foremost, I wanna be THE hero and play through a story, and I want the game to end at some point, sp makes for a more atmospheric and variable experience imo, mp tends to get very repetitive.

EntwineX

single player variable and mp repetitive? i think you've got this all backwards. single player will always be the same enemies and the same story (for the most part) no matter how many times you play it. multiplayer is always different because you never know what other people will do.

Single Player, ftw!

I was an only child, so I didn't have anyone to play with anyways >: except friends... but they can watch >:C

Heheh, I will play a little multiplayer though

All my favourite games have been single player experiences. Multiplayer gaming in RTS'sis very hardcore and you have to have practically a pHD in a particular game justto not get laughed at. Multiplayer in FPS's already excludes everyone who does not play it for about 5 hours a day. People - mostly Lemmings - like to put down a game because it doesn't have multiplayer.

If mulitplayer is so great why are practically all the best games on the horizon single player experiences?

elmoXPXP

how can anyone not like multiplayer?

are you guys saying that you rather have nothing but single player? thats insanity.

even in the days when we didn't play online with the nes, genesis, etc everyone must have had days hanging with your friends just playing multiplayer, so why hate on it now?

now you have the option of having a friend come over and play halo or on a really bad day or on some weird time of day your friend can stay home and still play the same game with you.

I love rainbow six, and I finished the single player, but then what? well I can play the same missions over and over again, with people who use different strategies and just being able to communicate with someone and plan your next attack of a room with 3 or 4 tangos in it is so much better than telling the computer, go here go there.

I can't wait for bioshock, and i'll probably play it through about 2 times and then what? collect dust? even a cheesy multiplayer would have been fine by me, cause you don't have to play it if you don't want to.

in the end I don't understand how anyone rather play games solo all the time, just sounds so anti-social if you ask me.

im pretty much 90% single player. i get games for the single player first and foremost. if it has good MP then thats nice but if its crap or its not there then im not bothered.

the only game i play online for any length of time is Guild wars. even at that i solo most of the time. besides that its only the odd bout in CS or something like that.

[QUOTE="EntwineX"]

I'm not too big on MP either, I can't stand it longer than few hours, I get my dose of MP action from demos already, I just can't understand people who play the same map in online shooters for hundreds of hours.

It does suite some games tho, I mean like America's Army that is pretty tactical, humans really provide you with a life like challenge. But I'm still a sp gamer first and foremost, I wanna be THE hero and play through a story, and I want the game to end at some point, sp makes for a more atmospheric and variable experience imo, mp tends to get very repetitive.

the_wet_mop

single player variable and mp repetitive? i think you've got this all backwards. single player will always be the same enemies and the same story (for the most part) no matter how many times you play it. multiplayer is always different because you never know what other people will do.

[QUOTE="the_wet_mop"][QUOTE="EntwineX"]

I'm not too big on MP either, I can't stand it longer than few hours, I get my dose of MP action from demos already, I just can't understand people who play the same map in online shooters for hundreds of hours.

It does suite some games tho, I mean like America's Army that is pretty tactical, humans really provide you with a life like challenge. But I'm still a sp gamer first and foremost, I wanna be THE hero and play through a story, and I want the game to end at some point, sp makes for a more atmospheric and variable experience imo, mp tends to get very repetitive.

EntwineX

single player variable and mp repetitive? i think you've got this all backwards. single player will always be the same enemies and the same story (for the most part) no matter how many times you play it. multiplayer is always different because you never know what other people will do.

single player can have more varied objectives, but the gameplay itself cant be as varied because it is scripted. i guess i look for multiplayer because i want my games to last me more than 15 hours.