What single player franchise would be even better with multiplayer?

[Kae]

I would like to have an online version of Final Fantasy Tactics. There is a serious lack of games like that for multiplayer.

Pretty much this, it would be really hard to screw up.

 

[Creator002]

Fallout and Oblivion with GTA 4's multiplayer with the ability to do the quests like Fable.

 

[bauke67]

Wouldn't it be awesome if skyrim turned out to have something like the arena in oblivion,
except now you can fight against other players online?
There could be rewards for winning, and people of similar levels could fight eachother,
maybe even a team deathmatch mode.

 

[ChaosBorne]

i've always wanted a Co-op feature in the Elder Scrolls games (and now also fallout by extension)
not the usual multiplayer ofcourse where some douche gets to ruin the game but an invitation based multi-player.

basically also wanted some form of Co-op in mass effect and dragon age (i actually got dragon age thinking it would have some form of multiplayer as neverwinter nights did) those would be vastly improved because you wouldn't have to rely on the sucky AI of your squadmates/party.

i'm sure there are more games where Co-op can improve the game in some way, not a great fan of regular competative multiplayer games. (mostly because i suck at them but also because it rarely feels right in the game)


EDIT: oooooh there is one game where i always felt like a competative multiplayer could be loads of fun, Hitman, just think about it, it could be like 8 people tops on the same map trying to be the first to complete the hit, you can do everything that you can in the single player game so switch clothes etc. but you would have a custom skin for your hitman so you could actually be following a different hitman trying to kill him for his outfit that he already stole.
this has been a fantasy of mine for quite a few years now.

 

[BiggyShackleton]

i've always wanted a Co-op feature in the Elder Scrolls games (and now also fallout by extension)
not the usual multiplayer ofcourse where some douche gets to ruin the game but an invitation based multi-player.

basically also wanted some form of Co-op in mass effect and dragon age (i actually got dragon age thinking it would have some form of multiplayer as neverwinter nights did) those would be vastly improved because you wouldn't have to rely on the sucky AI of your squadmates/party.

i'm sure there are more games where Co-op can improve the game in some way, not a great fan of regular competative multiplayer games. (mostly because i suck at them but also because it rarely feels right in the game)


EDIT: oooooh there is one game where i always felt like a competative multiplayer could be loads of fun, Hitman, just think about it, it could be like 8 people tops on the same map trying to be the first to complete the hit, you can do everything that you can in the single player game so switch clothes etc. but you would have a custom skin for your hitman so you could actually be following a different hitman trying to kill him for his outfit that he already stole.
this has been a fantasy of mine for quite a few years now.

You've played the multiplayer on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood right? Same formula you described there basically, just obviously more of the AC style gameplay.

 

[GameMaNiAC]

Prototype would have interesting multiplayer, especially with co-op on. Fallout would also be good to do, wandering the wastes with a friend (and I'm eagerly waiting for the Fallout MMO which will let me do this). And Dwarf Fortress! Imagine stabbing another player through the lungs, so he cannot breathe, and then leave him for dead! I wish.

 

[Squilookle]

Absolutely none whatsoever, because you just know the singleplayer quality will suffer as a result.

 

[Bat Vader]

If games like Fallout, Oblivion, or Mass Effect did get a multiplayer mode. I would want it to be worked on after they finish up the single player mode.

 

[Hugga_Bear]

Okay, HEAR ME OUT before you kill me for this...

Elder Scrolls games.
Wait for it.

IF in an ideal world where the multiplayer development took nothing from the resources, I would LOVE a multiplayer co op type game with a mate. Think Red Dead Redemption basically, maybe even with some unique raid type things open. It would be great fun because I have a lot of friends like me who play the game and like a laugh, messing around with them would be great fun.

However, of course, we do not live in an ideal world, the balancing and work for such a game would be very difficult, moreover the cost in terms of resources and manpower etc would degrade the rest of the game, so not the best idea, then.

Still, it would be nice if it were possible, everything's better when you're doing it with a mate. Except masturbation I guess.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Just Cause 2! Just imagine firefights in free falls and parachute races. Or simply wrecking havoc with your buddies all over Panau.

 

[Goro]

Good God, let's keep the last minute multi-player tack-on to a minimum. I'd also like to add I'm sick of buying games with a 20 cutscene disguised as a single player campaign.

 

[ChaosBorne]

*snip*

You've played the multiplayer on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood right? Same formula you described there basically, just obviously more of the AC style gameplay.

not entirely what i was getting at, the target of the hit is the same for everyone is what i meant actually (so in a particular level you always have to kill the same guy with his own routines and everything.)

and yes i did play the AC:B multiplayer and it didn't really tickle my funny bone, mostly because you couldn't make your own character and also because i sucked at it.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

I'd like to see Co-Op in an Elder Scrolls game. The thought of questing around as a party always intrigued me.

No one's possessions would be safe. With a single player they might get over encumbered. Then again, that might not be too much of an issue in itself.

 

[BiggyShackleton]

*snip*

You've played the multiplayer on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood right? Same formula you described there basically, just obviously more of the AC style gameplay.

not entirely what i was getting at, the target of the hit is the same for everyone is what i meant actually (so in a particular level you always have to kill the same guy with his own routines and everything.)

and yes i did play the AC:B multiplayer and it didn't really tickle my funny bone, mostly because you couldn't make your own character and also because i sucked at it.

Fair enough, I enjoyed the AC:B multiplayer but was pretty terrible at it, can't seem to get a match at all now. I do like the idea of a Hitman style MP though, I'm thinking of like 4 or 5 players all trying to get the hit on the Mafia grass in the Suburbia level from Blood Money? Or the Rehab clinic? Would be madness!

 

[Mr Pantomime]

Im going to go with everyone else on Just Cause 2. Sometimes you just need an extra grappling hook.

 

[Rawne1980]

The thing is Fallout is a RPG series that is primarily aimed at story for the most part. Also there is a lot of talking involved and exploiration and for me personally I find these aspects to be more enjoyable by myself.

If the game became a multiplayer game with faction wars it would just turn into a mindless FPS game and most people would ignore the other aspects.

You could probably just make a mod for an already existing FPS game and change the appearence of the factions to those in the Fallout world and the weapons.

Also, didn't Fallout: Tactics have multiplayer?

Fallout has potential for some really fun multiplayer, Imagine exploring the wastes with you best friend taking all your ammo and shooting you constantly despite friendly fire being off in online co-op mode, and The post-apocalypse isn't lacking in warring factions for death-match or CTF(or maybe capture the nuke).

Just curious if you are aware that Interplay are currently in the process of making a Fallout MMO?

Voila, Fallout with multiplayer.

I quoted you both because one seems to want mulitplayer in Fallout and the other seems against it.

This way you both get your wish of sorts. Bathesda's Fallout games remain multiplayer free while the MMO Interplay managed to keep hold of is going to be a massive multiplayer Fallout game.

 

[Jacob Haggarty]

I'd like to see Co-Op in an Elder Scrolls game. The thought of questing around as a party always intrigued me.

Yeah, something like this. I wouldn'y mind multiplayer in most games, so long as its mostly co-op. I like games where you can work together in achieveing something, or just generally dicking around.

For games like the elder-scrolls and fallout 3, i think it would be quite cool to have two player that aren't contractually obliged to have to stay together. Instead, each is given total control over where he or she would like to explore.

 

[Volkov]

A game where story is any more important than in a porn film (so CoD, etc. need not apply - CoD story is laughable) is only made worse by addition of multiplayer. So Fallout, for example, would just suck if you added multiplayer.

Now that said, there are single player games where story is NOT important but yet do not have multiplayer components. Those probably would benefit from such additions. Now, examples of such games...

Well, puzzle games are generally good examples. Multiplayer Tetris is fucking FUN, but games like Incredible Machine (and its heirs, like Crazy Machine), Zuma, etc. I think could really benefit from a competitive multiplayer element (i.e. where your opponent's situation gets worse when you do something). Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think either of those has multiplayer currently.

Civilization didn't have multiplayer for a while, and now does, and I think it was a good addition, particularly with turns over e-mail (excellent idea).

I don't know if Dungeon Siege 2 & 3 have multiplayer, but if they don't, they should.

So to summarize - a game in which story is a significant enough part cannot benefit from multiplayer. This is a strong statement but I think it's true. But, a game whose story is insignificant, or separate from gameplay, could in fact benefit from multiplayer. CoD is an example of it.

 

[Aragatory]

There are tons of single-player franchises that would be even better with some multiplayer sprinkled on top( not the opposite as evidenced in Call of Duty.

Fallout has potential for some really fun multiplayer, Imagine exploring the wastes with you best friend taking all your ammo and shooting you constantly despite friendly fire being off in online co-op mode, and The post-apocalypse isn't lacking in warring factions for death-match or CTF(or maybe capture the nuke).

I would just like to point out that a Fallout multiplayer mod is being devoloped by a modder, here is the link: http://www.moddb.com/mods/vault-tec-multiplayer-mod

It's not finished yet and it's just one guy working on it but there ya go.