Poll: Do you still play a shooter's campaign?

[goddz001]

i end up not playing the mutiplayer that much except when my friends are there otherwsie its just annoying rather than funny.

 

[Megacherv]

Well, I try, but sometimes it's impossible. I mean, take TF2's, it was practically non-existant.

 

[albania614]

Play Campain to get use to guns in game. Find which ever one i like the best. Then own in multiplayer

 

[Kelethor]

I sorta view the campaign as a tutorial for the online bits.

At least, thats what the manual in MGS4 told me...

Man that was a good time.

 

[Wolfe90]

I always play the campaign then if i'm in the mood to be called a noob, hacker or cheat by a numbskull 12 year old i'll play some multiplayer.

 

[Nadiril]

I will always finish the single player before I play the multiplayer content. at least for the PC anyway, on my ps3 I play single player only, simply becuase I don't like playing console shooters online.

 

[FinalHeart95]

Campaign first. Always.

There are few exceptions where I actually went to multiplayer before FINISHING the campaign, Halo 3 being one, I believe. I've never went to multiplayer before starting the campaign though.

 

[Omikron009]

I don't have xbox live, so I usually only get the opportunity to play a shooter's campaign.

 

[One of Many]

I always play the campaign before I touch multiplayer for almost every shooter I own. The only exception to that rule is Team Fortress 2.

 

[Shining_Pyrelight]

I only play campaign. Which is probably why I have so few Shooter games, not many can stand on their campaign alone.
Besides, I really don't enjoy playing with other people so...multiplayer has virtually no appeal to me.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Mostly only play the campaign. There are a few games that I played multiplayer in, but not many.

 

[stiffy]

Storytelling? An archaic concept in today's gaming for sure. Without that there is little to keep me going.

L4D skates the line between engaging multiplayer and story progression. I wish they'd made a cut scene for every stage. Implied story is valve specialty, but c'mon, how awesome are those intro cut scenes?!?

 

[SangRahl]

I tend to ONLY play the campaigns, as multiplayer has to compete with children, a mildly insane in-law, my wife, and the rest of real life (in that order)... and not generally with FPS games.

However, I have been able to clock some quick M/P time with AC:B, while said kids were entertained and the in-law watched on. Heck, the daughter was very helpful in piping up whenever something was amiss (sighted runner, another kill, etc.), and was supportive when I was invariably ambushed.

Now if they could just isolate mike chatter from other sounds, so I wouldn't have to dive for [MUTE] every time some dipsh*t with a very limited vocabulary joins in.

 

[Le_Lisra]

With exception of Left4Dead I haven't played a multiplayer shooter since the first counterstrike. Just don't like it. Singleplayer for me.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

I only play the campaign...

Other than the odd bit of L4D, I have no real interest in multiplayer. As such, a good campaign is vital to my enjoyment of a shooter.

 

[Davey Woo]

When I first get a new shooter I play the campaign, and then I'll probably do a bit of multiplayer to see what it's like. I usually finish the single player within the first week of having the game and then stick with the multiplayer.

 

[JaffaFrost]

campaign first... always.

mostly just to get good at the game first, so I don't completly suck ass at it before I go online

 

[Master Kuja]

I usually finish the campaign before touching multiplayer, but there are a few exceptions to that...

[sub]*cough* Bad Company 2 *cough*[/sub]

Seconded this.
But then, Bad Company 2's campaign was horribly bad, so I think I can be forgiven that.