How much do you care about multiplayer?

[CrysisMcGee]

I just got done playing Call of Duty 4. Excellent game, the campaign is a lot of fun...and short. I installed it roughly around 2 and I've already beaten it at 9.

I was reading the reviews, and they say the multiplayer is excellent. Personally, I don't buy a game EVER for the Multiplayer, unless its a multiplayer-only type of game (obviously).

No, I buy them for the story, the experience, the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, and the fun. Not that I don't use the multiplayer in games, it's just that it's never a selling point for me.

I'll pick up Modern Warfare 2 when it gets down to 20 dollars.

So how much does multiplayer affect your decision to get a game?

 

[justcallmeslow]

I think same as you - it depends on the game.

If I'm buying a game with an extensive campaign then I'm normally not bothered about multiplayer. However, I didn't get WoW or TF2 for singleplayer...

 

[Pimppeter2]

Zilch

I don't play online

 

[orangebandguy]

I have a rule.

Consoles for Singleplayer and PC for multiplayer. I switch between the two regularly so it's a good balance. I suppose you'll have to judge what that makes me.

 

[SantoUno]

I pretty much stopped caring this month. Before I would have only bought games like MW 2, Halo ODST, and L4D2 if I knew I was gonna play with friends, but now I can no longer count on that so I gave multiplayer the middle finger and stopped caring about multiplayer-focused games. Meaning no Halo 3, Mw 1 and 2, L4D2, etc.

 

[targren]

Not at all. If a game is bad, but is touted as "having great multiplayer", it's a bad game AFAIC.

 

[Cabisco]

I buy for multiplayer, so i care for it a great deal. Nowadays for me having a game without a co-op mode seems like it's missing something, i do have lots of fun on games by myself but i can't help imagining the fun i would have with my mates alongside me. I mean in games like Arkham i understand why it's single player, but for me a large part of the appeal of say Call of Duty and Halo etc is that fact i can play with my friends.

 

[dalek sec]

Zilch

I don't play online

This for me as well.

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

I couldn't give a flying toss about online multiplayer.

Local is fun though, once in a blue moon.

 

[Guitar Gamer]

if the offline is good enough I will completely ignore the lack thereof or how shitty the milti player is

take Resistance fall of man for a example

 

[kawaiiamethist]

I'm a lone wolf, I don't play with others - unless it's a fighting game like Tekken, or a group based thing like SingStar or Whatever Hero.

 

[effilctar]

Given the current economic climate, I can't afford to buy a game just to play through the story once and leave it to gather dust(unless it is a seriously amazing game *winks at Assassin's Creed 2*) so if there is a multiplayer feature, I make my decision based on online multiplayer, as it can last much longer than the story.

 

[Dys]

I have call of duty 1,2 and 4 and have yet to play through so much of a the first level on singleplayer. I bought them entirely for the multiplayer and as such it is very important to me (in those games). Naturally this is why I won't be touching modern warfare 2 (and wouldn't even if it was as good as the previous titles).

There are some games that I won't buy because they don't include adequate multiplayer (cod6 isn't the only one), games like anno1404 are silly without it.

 

[CrysisMcGee]

I have call of duty 1,2 and 4 and have yet to play through so much of a the first level on singleplayer. I bought them entirely for the multiplayer and as such it is very important to me (in those games). Naturally this is why I won't be touching modern warfare 2 (and wouldn't even if it was as good as the previous titles).

There are some games that I won't buy because they don't include adequate multiplayer (cod6 isn't the only one), games like anno1404 are silly without it.

You're one of them....what about games that are single player only?

 

[Hiphophippo]

I could not care less. If the game is strictly multiplayer then obviously I'll consider that (TF2, L4D2 ect) but I really only play games for the storytelling, or in the case of my playtime with Red Faction Guerrilla on PC lately, the ability to reduce everything to a meaningless pile of rubble.