really goes for type of game i am playing. BUT for most part competitive. killing npcs, free roaming ect gets boring much faster then going up against real humans who oppose a challenge for you
I like both co-op and competitive. I'd play almost any game co-op givin the oppertunity (I'm one of the few hoping Fallout 4 has some sort of drop-in/drop-out co-op) but competitive has to be done well for me to like it so I'd say I prefer co-op.
I can't complain about a good co-op like boarderlands or even dark souls. I prefer solo games like mass effect. gears of war style competitive really get my blood pumping and heart racing
Co-op. Especially local. I like to coordinate with a friend to accomplish a common objective, instead of battling it out for dominance. Some of my best gaming memories are from co-op experiences, like playing Perfect Dark Zero on Dark Agent difficulty. A friend and I actually planned out strategies on paper at school before doing the mission(if it was difficult enough).
depends. if its something dumb like a horde mode type game then no, i hate that. if its like a co op campaign like halo or splinter cell conviction then its awesome, i love it. especially if i can get 4 people like ghost recon but usually i prefer competitive games. you get such a great rush when you dominate other people online in a game of battlefield or halo
It really depends on the game, but if I were to pick overall, I would say competitive. Lets take an MMO for instance. I have had a great time running a dungeon with friends, just having fun, drinking a beer chatting it up and helping each other out. But nothing compares to the rush on competitive PvP. Now my favorite is "competitive Co-op" where its 1 group of players vs another group of players, such as TDM and objective modes. But overall, I tend to end up playing games like MW3 more than i play games like L4D2 because at the end of the day, i would rather kill players than help them :P
Competitive for me. No AI can compare to a human for a challenge.
Where's the fun in beating a program?
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Depends on how difficult the program is.
Something I have noticed is that with real players, they be very difficult through cheesing (cheap tactics) such as in Starcraft 2 when people do cheap tactics like bunker rushes. But if you learn the tactic, it becomes very easy to counter and so the only way for a player to progress past the "beginner" level is to learn the mechanics of the game, learn some well established tactics, and think tactically on the fly. Those cheap tactics will no longer work in the higher levels of gameplay. AI on the hand plays tactically but as u go up the difficulty ladder, they start becoming more and more cheap. Ever play a racing game where you are 20seconds a head of the competition and u crash once and all of the sudden everyone is on your ass? That's how the game ups the ante, either through cheapness or flat out cheating. Think about most games (FPSes especially) ..increasing difficulty has nothing to do with better tactics...its all about making u take more damage and the enemy take less damage. If you played a human who found a secret that lets him do 2x the damage while recieving 1/2 the damage, you would say thats cheap. So why is it not cheap for the AI to do that? I think they should increase AI difficulty not by giving them a damage modifier and u an armor debuff, but by actually giving them more tactics. So maybe they become more prone to using flanking techniques, the are more situationally aware, they spread out more, they use more cover, yes, you can even keep the increase in accuracy, but dont make it so ridiculous where every single bullet hits the mark. Increase it within reason. Increasing the damage I take and decreasing the damage i deal is just a cheap and lazy cop-out
co-op is good for when things like story and instructed goals aren't an issue, it's hard to follow game story and be moved by narrative and dramatic elements when friends are yapping away in their headsets, for this I'll lean toward competitive MP
Between the two, I go for Co-op with a friend. People take games WAY too seriously. Really though, Sp all the way. Still...It can be fun to get in a game or two for the competitive aspect.
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