Rumor: BioShock Infinite Drops Multiplayer

[oldtaku]

Now imagine if you'd put all that money into the actual game instead of into multiplayer modes that nobody wanted.

 

[McShizzle]

Multiplayer dropped, no skin off my teeth. Would've been garbage and wasted effort anyway. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

 

[The White Hunter]

I don't care about multiplayer in my Bioshock.

What is it with people and online deathmatch requirements these days?...

This, I hated multi in BioShizzle 2 and it seemed like it detracted from the overall experience.
I'd prefer a longer single player frankly, or a bigger world.

 

[Dfskelleton]

I played Bioshock 2's multiplayer for about a week before never touching it again. I really don't care; as long as they make Infinite all that it can be and THEN add multiplayer, then I'm happy.

 

[crazyrabbits]

I don't see the problem with this. Bioshock's strength has always been its single-player campaigns. 2's multiplayer was entirely forgettable.

I'd rather see them focus on the story mode and deliver an amazing experience instead of stretch themselves thin trying to shove in an irrelevant mode.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

The multiplayer in Bioshock 2 wasn't needed. I did a no vita-chambers run of Bioshock on survivour a few months ago. It was hard but very enjoyable. I hope Bioshock Infinite is good.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

Who even thought it was a good idea to put multiplayer in this title? FFS. I don't want multiplayer in my single-player shooter. I want a challenging, immersive single player campaign with an interesting story and cast of characters, paced well to tell the story alongside the level design and progressing, evolving gameplay.

THat is what BioShock did and did brilliantly. Stop cramming bollocks multiplayer into games that don't need it and concentrate on the best single player experience you can make. Multiplayer won't sell any more copies, won't prolong the life of the game whatsoever (check how many BioShock 2 multiplayer games there are right now, worldwide, I dare you!) and will only waste developer time, compromise level design, balance and the length of the SP campaign.

If there are any other modes, please 2K for the love of all that's holy, drop them too! BSI is looking to be a brilliant, immersive shooter. Do you want it to remembered alongside classics like BioShock and Crysis, or rubbish, forgettable titles like BioShock 2 or Crysis 2?

 

[babinro]

There goes my only 2 reasons to buy this game...with luck we'll get these modes back in a $15.00 DLC map pack.

This game is dangerously close to being as unplayable as Bioshock.

 

[DirgeNovak]

ALLELUIAH!
Nobody would have played it two weeks after release anyway, good thing they're not wasting any more money and development resources on it.

 

[pearcinator]

No Multiplayer!!!!

No biggie...I didn't want multiplayer in this anyway!

 

[silver wolf009]

Pity. I rather enjoyed the multiplyer in 2, and think with the new floating city setting, they could have done some really cool things movement wise.

Still more than likely not going to get it, but at least that's one question about the game I had that's been answered.

 

[EHKOS]

Multiplayer trophies are what stopped me from getting a platinum in 2. I hope it stays gone.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

And nothing that was important was lost.

Let's hope it matches its spiritual predecessor.

 

[The Last Melon]

...since when did Bioshock need multiplayer? I'll admit I never played Bioshock 2, but Bioshock 1 was like reading a novel - you didn't exactly have to jump up and play tag with the nearest person to get the best experience.

 

[Beautiful End]

I don't care about multiplayer in my Bioshock.

What is it with people and online deathmatch requirements these days?...

[sub]Tons of people will quote you for this...[/sub]

But it's true. Nowadays, it seems that if a game doesn't have a Multiplayer feature, it sucks. Not everything can be CoD or BF. Mass Effect 3? Multiplayer! Why not?! God of War?! Multiplayer! Cause we're cool! Uncharted?! Multiplayer! Cause we're on a roll!
Seriously, developers need to stop acting like angsty 12 year olds and giving in to peer pressure.

So I do hope they got rid of it. Regardless of whether it would have been a great addition or not, I'm not buying Bioshock Infinite because of the multiplayer features and the "epic matches online".

Also...Bioshock Infinite Special Edition, please?

 

[Kroxile]

I don't care about multiplayer in my Bioshock.

What is it with people and online deathmatch requirements these days?...

My thoughts exactly. The only type of multiplayer I ever want is co-op and even then 99.5% of games do not NEED it in any shape or form whatsoever.

 

[Aerosteam]

This is a big problem. By that I mean the actual multiplayer mode, it was good it was dropped.

Then again, we'll never know how good or bad it would have actually been.

 

[Mirroga]

FINALLY! Finally they learn that replayability in single-player games have no need for multiplayer. Just refine and make New Game+ as well as tons of competitive side missions and we're good to go.