Online Multiplayer Should Be DLC Or Unlocked First

Now hear me out before sharpening your knives.

Devs and publishers pump huge amounts of money into the single player portions of their games. They want you to care about the single player experience so much that many games don't even let you skip the cut-scenes. Yet with many games such as Killzone, COD, Bad Company and Halo all people seem to care about or even play is the multiplayer module. Modern Warfare 2 gets trashed on a daily basis just for its multiplayer, people seem to forget its continued awesomeness as a single player FPS.

On the other hand some games have very weak single player because most of the dev's time seems to have been spent crafting the online multiplayer. In many gamers opinions the single player experience has been weaker this gen compared to others, if the game also has a serious multiplayer mode that is. Not everyone wants to play online either so what are they really getting for their money? A short blast thats really only there to serve the multiplayer?

My random solution to this is that the multiplayer mode in a game should be unlocked after completing a certain amount of the single player first. Or that games like COD should have a lower retail price with online multiplayer on the disc, but paid for separately and unlocked with a code.

Thoughts?

I beleive devs should just release the full game first, keep the online locked, in about 2,3 weeks unlock the Multiplayer free of charge ofcource.

I beleive devs should just release the full game first, keep the online locked, in about 2,3 weeks unlock the Multiplayer free of charge ofcource.

[QUOTE="iMojo786_PSN"]

I beleive devs should just release the full game first, keep the online locked, in about 2,3 weeks unlock the Multiplayer free of charge ofcource.

tomarlyn

I tend to agree with you on this point. I remember the epic "Single Player vs Multiplayer" thread from a few months ago.

It seems these days it's all about the online fragging, there are just different versions of it. There have been calls to jam online multiplayer into games like Metroid Prime even. Honestly, I think single player experiences have suffered some what, and I don't think that trend will stop.

You solution would help, though.

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"][QUOTE="iMojo786_PSN"]

I beleive devs should just release the full game first, keep the online locked, in about 2,3 weeks unlock the Multiplayer free of charge ofcource.

iMojo786_PSN

Except MW2 had crap single player also.DragonfireXZ95

Despite popular belief, great Single Player games are quite common this gen. People just blow the number of multiplayer focused games out of proportion, since games with MP on them tend to score higher (and are usually more criticially acclaimed). Let's also not forget the games with both single player AND multiplayer that is more SP focused.

Some games that come to mind:

MGS4

Uncharted 1&2

Alan Wake

Oblivion/Fallout3/New Vegas

Dead Space

Valkyria Chronicles

God of War 3

Demon's Souls

Red Dead Redemtion

Orange Box

Bioshock

Heavenly Sword

Heavy Rain

Bayonetta

and I gues Vanquished is pretty good (don't know anything about this game, though).

idk, couldnt the devs just make a good SP and a good MP? And let us decide what we want to do with a game that we bought?

Most first person shooters have **** single player so I never play the single player. I still to this day have never even tried the KZ2 single player and I bought the game day one. I do prefer single player though so good games like Uncharted 2 or MGS4 I wont even log onto PSN until I beat the single player.

Except MW2 had crap single player also.DragonfireXZ95

i thought the single player was pretty fun along with the multiplayer.

[QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"]Except MW2 had crap single player also.lazerface216

i thought the single player was pretty fun along with the multiplayer.

I agree, i actually cared about the story and the characters alot more than Halo or Gears

So by your logic, if I don't like a part of some game I buy I shouldn't pay for it? Like if i bought Halo Reach, but I didn't like one level I shouldn't pay for it? Seriously wtf? When you buy a game, you buy the whole product, not just the parts you love.wizardwd

i don't know what i would do if i had to actually PLAY a certain length of that killzone 2 borefest of campaign, just to play the incredible multiplayer component. cruel and unusual punishment imo.

Nothing should ever be under lock and key. I want access to every bit dot and matrix when I plunk down my fifty bucks. There is no good reason in the cosmoverse I should have to work in a videogame for some crap that I already paid for.Brownesque

It kinda is DLC on 360. :D

Paying $60 for a 5-8 hour game then paying more for multiplayer. No thanks.

[QUOTE="Brownesque"]Nothing should ever be under lock and key. I want access to every bit dot and matrix when I plunk down my fifty bucks. There is no good reason in the cosmoverse I should have to work in a videogame for some crap that I already paid for.HuusAsking

i don't know what i would do if i had to actually PLAY a certain length of that killzone 2 borefest of campaign, just to play the incredible multiplayer component. cruel and unusual punishment imo.

Dead-Memories

[QUOTE="HuusAsking"][QUOTE="Brownesque"]Nothing should ever be under lock and key. I want access to every bit dot and matrix when I plunk down my fifty bucks. There is no good reason in the cosmoverse I should have to work in a videogame for some crap that I already paid for.Dahaka-UK

Why would it waste time? The point is to give single player more focus and better value, at the same time giving online fans a more specifically tailored experience that doesn't punish the solo gamers wallet.

Its an experiment worth trying by any publisher with the balls to attempt it.

Just add bots in multiplayer and more modes for single player(and maybe make campaigns longer too) and it's all good.