Poll: Is it Just Me, or is Online Multiplayer Ruinning the Fun in Videogames?

[King of the Sandbox]

It depends on the game. Most of them are designed with one to be the focus anyway.

I like both, but local co-op will always be GOD TIER for me, personally.

 

[Yureina]

With the exception of games with pretty decent online communities such as Team Fortress 2, I make a point of avoiding online multiplayer games. At this point, I pretty much am living in Single-player town.

 

[SpireOfFire]

my distaste for multiplayer is well documented by now.

 

[Sarkule]

It's not ruining it. Just some games are WAYYY more fun as multiplayer than single player. But then of course, some games are better off as single player.
But it really comes down to a matter of opinion.

 

[Evil Earlgrey]

If it was a perfect world of nice people (like myself) i'd vote:
local multiplayer > online multiplayer > singleplayer

but after my experiences online and the fact that "John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory" is true, i'd go with:
singleplayer > local multiplayer and as few online multiplayer as possible -.-

Hell, i even play SC2 almost exclusively against AI just to avoid getting pissed about some immature fucktard who thinks the web is a place to experiment with his puberty issues.

 

[AlmostLikeLife]

I really only use Xbox Live to play with friends on L4D or a football game anymore. Sometimes I'll play with randoms, but it usually turns out to be a bad idea.

 

[Nouw]

Nothing beats getting Triple/Multi Kills in an Online Match. I love Multiplayer, but that doesn't mean I don't like Singleplayer.

 

[Kiju]

I admit, online multiplayer puts a lot of stress on being a good sport considering hardly anyone else is. This is usually what makes guild/clan fights usually more fun is you're playing with people you know against people you know, and more often than not if it's a good guild, they'll realize that some weapons (AN-94, Noobtubers, and Mortar-spammers, Defib-spammers, I'm looking at you) are unfair and completely broken, and thus won't be used.

Bad Company 2 is a lot more fun when you are playing it with friends, admittedly. Especially if you have a good team going. I had a great time playing in a Clan vs. Clan game. A lot of the guns I hate were outlawed and any of the people who used them were insta-banned from the server. Sadly the server crashed after I think my sixth hour straight playing, and I faved it, but hardly find the space to fit myself in. Oh well.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Well, umm, no, it doesn't.
If you dislike MP, there are plenty a lot a gigantic armada of SP games that you can enjoy.
So, it's definitely not ruining all the fun in videogames.
I think I'm not the first one to say all of this, but this really is the only answer to your question.

 

[RUINER ACTUAL]

...or you can just do what Yahtzee does and only play the single player.

You should have another option: Private Online Multiplayer. I find that to be the most fun. Whether it's free for all with my friends in CoD4, private races in Forza 3, or custom matches in Halo 3, I find private MP to be the best. You know the people won't play the game like a bunch of 9 year old retards, because they aren't.

 

[Carlston]

I don't worry bout it.

Just play...

If they have knives and grenade launcher just use tactics, mine around yourselfs for the melee people and keep good cover with the nade launchers.

Just don't let it get to you, and if they use nade launcher then why not you? It is in the game, and doesn't make you any less of a player. Just cause a effective weapon, is not popular, let the leet dorks whine, they nade spam normal grenades and rpg's so i laugh at them when they babble about noob tubes. The point is to win.

When you make up rules just to counter act in a way you can't handle, you just shouldn't play the game at all. Explosives, campers, hey they are all IN the game. You don't see the smart tactical minded trying to ban zergers? The retard bunny hopping of the shotgun abuser, hell thats been out since doom...

If it works, either do it yourself or just plan defenses for it. And don't take it to hard.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

After a while, it gets boring going up against AI over and over. It's more satisfying to play against other human players. I'm either pretty lucky or I just don't care, but the online community doesn't piss me off a whole lot. I run into the occasional teenage smartass or annoying 10 year old kid, but that doesn't happen as often as everyone says it does. Maybe I don't play shooters enough. Street Fighter is where it's at.

As for decrying cheap tactics, I pretty much never do that. My only bad experience was when the whole opposing team loaded up with grenade launchers in Modern Warfare 1 in a no respawn game. Rounds didn't even last a minute. Not fun, period. Otherwise, I'm perfectly fine with whatever you try to throw at me. I see it as a fun challenge.

 

[phoenix_tetsu]

For me, it all depends on the type of game played... for example, I love Rock Band Online multiplayer, but would rather rot before playing an FPS in multiplayer

 

[imgunagitusucka]

You need to find a gaming community that shares your views on gaming. I live in Australia and over a year and a half ago I met a fellow aussie online who was involved in a "clan" of only a dozen or so other aussies who would hook up online and get together for LANs' to enjoy gaming without the "wankers" that pervade XBL. With some concerted effort and an undying commitment to "wanker free gaming" punchonaustralia.com was born and now we boast over 250 members, all gamers searching for an oasis of mature, fun loving peers to play games with. We organize online "fight nights" in all sorts of games, playing with a spirit of sportsmanship and fun, with private and custom games that offer gametypes that are more creative than your vanilla TDM or CTF. We run leagues for FIFA, we have a Forza3 championship, multiple BFBC2 teams competing in cybergamer ladders, our "killcamarama" MW2 nights are insane [your team scores or loses points depending on how awesome or lame the final kill cam is]and I can honestly say that if it wasn't for POA I probably would have given up on XBL. So to answer the question...NO it's not ruining anything, it indeed has the potential to make gaming incredible. You just have to make it happen for yourself.

 

[Zhukov]

Eh... sorta almost.

I agree that local multiplayer with friends is more fun.

However, online multiplayer is a lot more convenient.

With a local game, you have to organise a bunch of people to be in the same place at the same time to play the same game. That isn't so hard if you're a kid or a teenager. However, as you and your friends get older and busier it gets exponentially harder.
But with online multiplayer on the other hand you can just jump on and play any time you feel like it. Log in and bam, dozens of servers to chose from. No fuss.

There's also the matter of scale. With online multiplayer I can join a 32 player match of B:BC2 and enjoy an "epic" battle. But with local multiplayer? No chance. Hell, I don't even have 32 friends, let alone 32 friends who play games. And 32 friends who play games and want to play the same game at the same time etc? Not gonna happen. Ever.

Sure, you get idiots and loudmouthed teenagers with headsets and cheap tactics. But that's a price I'm willing to pay. Besides, in my experience, it's not as bad as some people make it out to be. So long as you stay clear of the putrid, seething pit of humanity that is XBL you'll find that most people are at least civil, if not friendly.

I've found something of a happy medium by being a regular player on dedicated servers. (Yes, that's right, dedicated. Screw you MW2.) It's obviously not the same as playing with friends, but you end up getting to know the other regulars and a good time can be had by all.

 

[imnot]

single player, online lags and is exppensive , by local you meen splitscreen? if so i enjoy that aswell.

 

[Audio]

It's stuff like this which makes me enjoy L4D more then others. If one guy decides to run off and go solo, the AI director will pounce and they will die. MW2 is badly constructed and causes the frustration but it still attracts all kinds of asses :[

I have not experienced the Xbox douche bags, only the mocking stuff on youtube. Saying that, i can still easily imagine the horrors. I dont see so much of this on my laptop; i make my home at a well maintained server and things stay friendly.

I would like to see more single player ONLY games and keep these online multiplayer games separate.

 

[Hazzaslagga]

you can just ignore online and play with your friends anyway. in halo i generally assume douche behaviour is the norm, it is a piss about game not a serious one and if someone is taking halo seriously (one of thoes weird mlg or something or other player) then it only makes it more hilarious to annoy them. Cod i can understand people's frustration but it's almost all about twitch tactics and what load out you have along with everything else like the overpowered knifers (In other words it's not a deep combat experiance). thus I play BFBC2 because no ones a douche and they're playing to kill much better gameplay then cod online.

 

[science girl]

I find that people can be quiet abusive of players on xbox live, especially when you are a girl they automatically think you are bad at the game which isn't slways true. Thats just my opinion

 

[PauL o_O]

The only thing I use online for is coop.