Is multiplayer so important?

I hear many of you saying GOW is a dissapointment, because of its bad multiplayer. But shouldnt the main game be of more importance? why is the MP growing more important in game play then the main game itself?

I hear many of you saying GOW is a dissapointment, because of its bad multiplayer. But shouldnt the main game be of more importance? why is the MP growing more important in game play then the main game itself?

Ignite2k3

i spend the majority of my time playing the multiplayer.... while the sp campaign is usually only around 8-10 hrs.... the multiplayer can last forever. I even bought a game (shadowrun) that doesn't have a sp campaign, but an awesome multiplayer.

TBH i look for games with good mp nowadays. MP plays a major part in what games i buy when looking for good games./

SP was really important back in the days, I still remember the time I was playing Banjo-tooie and Zelda:OOT on my N64.

but what I like about MP is thats its unpredictable, you never know what people are going to do next.

alot of games nowadays you can play the single player mission online with others cooperatively. that's fun as hell.MaddenBowler10

Multiplayer gaming is the future !....THE FUTURE IS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is the very foundation of our society

if you consider a game with good multiplayer a good game, then it's not really a good game, it jsut has good multiplayer. a good game used to consist of a good story, good gameplay, and if possible, a decent multiplayer. now, for example cod4, you get a half-@$$ story, and all the concentration is on the multiplayer. you pretty much pay $60 for a game where the formula is spawn, kill, die, spawn, kill, get a lucky kill, die, rush to the good weapons, die, game ends, OH YES I LEVELED UP! that's what multiplayer has become. game companies don't have to do anything now except make a good mp, and then they get flooded with awards which is complete bs.aching546

and i totally agree. I almost wanted to get COD4 before i hear that all the peaks and level up system was only for MP? i mean.. isnt that forcing you to play MP, where you have to play that same CS experience over again? i always enjoy a good SP storyline, one that is fun to play.

Look at GTA4, is this going to happen when GTA4 doesnt have Mp? like the rest of the GTA? what about Creed?

kind of, i think that gmaes should have a single player experience and a multiplayer experence. some people don't have live so they just play single player and that it. iam2green

I agree. more games nowadays are forcing people to go online.

I hear many of you saying GOW is a dissapointment, because of its bad multiplayer. But shouldnt the main game be of more importance? why is the MP growing more important in game play then the main game itself?

Ignite2k3

The only thing I don't like about MP is that I see a lot of devs make a short SP campaign and just rely too much on the MP to sell the game. Its easier, instead of adding 6 hours more worth of SP you can just make 12 maps for MP and that will add hundreds of hours.

But I still find SP the best. Oh, and melee attacks always seem glitchy some of the time online, its wierd.

yah i like Multiplayer alot but its also about the single player tht lets us play the game
but now a days i look for games wit amazing multiplayer like halo 3 or COD 4

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