Bioshock 2 Devs Talk Multiplayer, Pressure

http://bitmob.com/index.php/mobfeed/bioshock-2-devs-talk-multiplayer-pressure.html

I got to interview the Bioshock 2 devs earlier this week, and one of the things I really wanted to know was why they added multiplayer in the sequel to a single-player game. Their answers were surprisingly thoughtful. (Lame, PR-ish answer are common in this sort of setting. Thankfully, these folks were free to speak)

Anyway, if you're interested, check out the short audio clips in the link. I'm curious as to whether or not you fell on the "Yay, multiplayer!" or "Why are you putting multiplayer in Bioshock 2?" side of the coin.

Couldn't you just post thier response in addition to the the link? Anyway I definitely see no reason for multiplayer, especially since people will just keep playing MW2. But games these days and it has expanded beyond just FPS now, are deemed incomplete without online play. People see it as some kind of cure all for a game, its suppose to add some kind of massive value to a game.

I disagree, most multiplayer components especially among FPS are all the same and people will flock only to a select few but still demand that every game has it. Bioshock was a high quality single player experience, thats all it needs to be. Using development resources to shoehorn in multiplayer just to appeal to mainstream twitch gaming masses is in no way helping the product in the end. I think a number of games might have been better off if they weren't forcing in multiplayer.

I couldn't post the responses because they're individual audio clips in the story. Sorry.

not looking forward to the MP, i really dont think Bioshock needs it, its not like people were unhappy with the first onechaoscougar1

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"]not looking forward to the MP, i really dont think Bioshock needs it, its not like people were unhappy with the first oneWakanoid