Okay, so I decided to host a ranked match for Gears of War last night, to see if I could get some practice in and maybe go for some of those related achievements (lol, "a series of tubes" :lol: guess someone at Epic is a YTMND fan :D ).
Anyways, while I didn't do too well, some people were wondering why I wasn't doing better. I remained honest and told 'em that I just don't really play the multiplayer of GoW much, because that's not what I bought the game for. And I could tell that in their voices, they were probably thinking I was some kind of weirdo.
I mean, seriously... does nobody ever bother to buy a game for a strong singleplayer anymore? Or is it just weird to them? I'm sorry, but if a game's singleplayer isn't compelling and worth playing, then I just don't give a **** if it happens to have the greatest multiplayer in the land. I don't buy games for multiplayer like that. And to be honest, only reason I even have XBL gold is because my brother bought me a prepaid card so we could co-op with each other. Deathmatching online just doesn't attract me nearly as much as being able to properly co-op with my friends and family.
So I mean, I have to wonder... has XBL become so much of a 'killer app', that people are basically just hopelessly addicted to the multiplayer aspect, and thus killing a lot of the quality SP games that we used to have? After all, what about those times you play a game and can't connect with your friends... if you just bought it for multiplayer, how are you supposed to enjoy the game then?
Maybe I am just rambling on, but for me, a game with a lousy SP/offline mode is just worthless, regardless of how good its multiplayer is. If I can't necessarily have fun with a game even when it's just on my lonesome, I'm much less interested in sharing the experience with someone else, familiar friend or complete stranger.
What's your take on it?
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