Life without multi player.

[MiracleOfSound]

There's a different kind of reward from both.

Single player can make great escapism but multi can give a good competitive buzz for people who are good.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Life without Multiplayer

Would be a far better world.

I agree...I miss games that stood firmly on the golden pedestal that was The Single Player Experience.

 

[notsosavagemessiah]

certain types of games were simply meant for multiplayer, like fighters for example. Yes, multiplayer is an important component of gaming if only for social value alone. But developers should not frame their games strictly around that experience. All aspects of a game should be fleshed out, period.

 

[Legion IV]

Life without Multiplayer

Would be a far better world.

Dont you like playing with your friends? i love single player games but dont you love having your mates over relaxing on the couch getting some drinks and food and just relax? hows that a bad thing?

 

[Wraithspine]

Wow I thought i was alone with only yahtzee for company in a sea of morons who actually like 12 year old kids with parental issues screaming at how I am a (Insert stupid incomprehensible offense here). I have nothing against multiplayer so long as i am in the same room. I like to play with my friends (2) and as we are poor we cant bring our tellies and consoles round each other. BRING BACK SPLIT SCREEN!!!!

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

P.S.
Don't even get me started on DLC.

DLC > Multiplayer

I mean, seriously. DLC is single player content. I'd rather buy Horse Armor than a Map Pack, because it'll be there forever. With MP, once the community goes, the game is nearly useless. Unless you just want to dick around with a few friends, and can actually arrange a full match.

But you don't have to buy the map pack to play the multiplayer :S you COULD buy modern warefare 2s stimulus pack orrrrrr you could just stick with the games original maps and when you want to play with friends you can.

OT: The only multiplayer games I like are either fun party-esque games or beat-em-ups with friends anyway, as long as Brawl and MvC and Mario Kart are still multiplayer I'm ok with it, but I think it's online multiplayer that's bad, not multiplayer in general, when it's splitscreen or all in the same room like Brawl etc then it's an incredible experience, online it's boring as hell

 

[The Stonker]

If there was no Multiplayer then there would be no wow.
Wouldn't that be an awesome world? Loads of people would be in the sun having fun or playing other games.
But I frown upon Online multiplayer but LAN well I like being next to my buddies.

I played Wow since the beginning (stopped 2009) and it really is a horrible game which does horrific things to you.

 

[black orchid1]

i think life would be so much more simple, and there would be less rageing at games

 

[tehweave]

Life without Multiplayer

Would be a far better world.

I raise my glass to both of you. Rejoice to the gamers who enjoy the good old one-on-one experience.

Seconded

You've got my vote, good sir.

 

[Drakmeire]

People would learn to take turns and not be so controlling, all 12 year old gamers are now very polite, and soon world peace is declared.

 

[Blueruler182]

It's interesting that I of all people have to stand up for the non-social rejects and say: It's a game. Playing with other people is part of the experience. And, the fact of the matter is, some of the worse games imaginable have tried to stand up on single player. Look at every modern sonic game. There are people who like to play a quick deathmatch with some friends, and, in all honesty, the word "game" usually comes with the connotation of "other people" or "friends". There are exceptions, and I love single player games that actually manage to be good (they're few and far between these days), multiplayer is what people come back for, and I often find myself enjoying that experience more than the single player.

To an extent, I agree single player should be longer. But think that through. That's more time with the crappy story and bad vehicle sections. If it's genuinely good (Arkham Asylum) then it's not a problem, but there's a lot of games that just have horrible stories, even when they try and focus solely on it.

 

[GLo Jones]

I live for online multiplayer. I play my games mainly for the camaraderie, and fun times had amongst my friends and I.

I only tend to enjoy the single player experience if it's a 'single player only' game. In a world without online multiplayer, I would likely cease to be a gamer.

 

[ever-vigilant]

Hmm, looks like alot has been lost with time, I'm not against multiplayer, I just dont like it when most of the developers put all their effort into a games multiplayer mode a put on a single player mode that is held together with blue tac. It's that this is a common trend that happens more frequently.with time untill oneday the gaming world will leave me behind with my dusty old platform games and my 0.5mb internet speed.
Also I can't get online gaming because you can't do it with dialup apparently.

 

[sharok]

It's nice to see that there are a few people who are like me : fine with multiplayer, but shunning the despicable behavior that permeates most, if not all, online games.
I used to play Quake - the original, not II or III - on a LAN with buddies. Yes, I am that old. Heck, we were happy we had a LAN ! It was great fun.
When the Internet finally arrived to my PC, I tried online Quake a few times, and systematically came away with a foul taste in my mouth and utter, utter incomprehension at how some people can so easily ruin the game experience for everyone else.
From that time, and I'm talking around 1997, I decided that online gaming was just not for me.
And I stand by that decision.
Every now and then, I dare myself to try again. For Battlefield 1942, for example. What. A. Disaster. Every match I tried online, EVERY SINGLE ONE, I had more to fear from the fricking, bunny-hopping lunatics ON MY OWN SIDE, then from the enemy. Jesus H. Christ in a bucket, there's a WHOLE OTHER SIDE to shoot at, and you morons have to target ME ?!
Note that I do not confuse multiplayer with online play. I play BF2 over the internet with buddies twice a week, co-op of course, and it's great, we all have loads of laughs (sometimes my wife has to come down to remind me that my daughter is trying to sleep). Recently, I tried with Guild Wars, dragged into that by a few friends. The time spent with my friends is always a good time.
Then I tried Guild Wars with players I didn't know a few times. I systematically got called a noob, or worse, and only managed to end a quest with a player once. He must have been the only nice guy on the web since Y2K.
I'll cut this short by repeating myself : multiplayer I'm fine with, as long the players are all people I know.
Online can go screw itself, the "gamers" out there are not there to play the game with you, they're only interested in either killing you and raping your corpse, or finding the most despicable way to gratuitously insult you and keep you from enjoying anything.
Ugh.

 

[The Only]

i need multilayer my brother and i had one console and hated to wait in line to play a single player player game

 

[JEBWrench]

I certainly enjoy local multiplayer. Especially now that my wife is getting into PC Gaming.

Online? Meh.

 

[RowdyRodimus]

I don't go online at all to play (other than the few times I have that basically are so few they don't count) and probably never will again but I have a library of thousands of games to play so I'm never at a loss as far as not having something to do.

 

[Enigmers]

I think split-screen multiplayer is (usually) best, and games like Starcraft have some great multiplayer, but a lot of what I play is single player, like Sam & Max, Torchlight, Titan Quest, and so on. What I like about single player games is you don't have to wait for anyone else to join you, you can go play whenever you have time or whenever you eel like it.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

The world would be in less chaos and parents would be raising their kids correctly.