Multiplayer on games that no one is playing.

[JUMBO PALACE]

Quake IV (Xbox 360) is effectively dead.

Wow I was actually ninja'd out of Quake IV. I didn't think anyone would even remember that game existed. I remember searching for a multiplayer game... it must have been years ago... and not finding a single soul.

 

[Entreri481]

The recent AVP for the 360.

Most of the problem comes form the games poor connection issues and buggy matches, thus making most of its community quit out of frustration. Which sucks because its actually quite fun.

Had fun as the predator while it lasted

 

[Daedalus1942]

Neotokyo. Such a shame.
-Tabs<3-

Tried it, liked the mechanics but there was only less than a dozen players on a good day.

I rest my case.
-Tabs<3-

 

[Martinchee]

Definitely Shaun White Snowboarding, at least on the 360.

 

[AngryFrenchCanadian]

Neotokyo. Such a shame.
-Tabs<3-

Tried it, liked the mechanics but there was only less than a dozen players on a good day.

I rest my case.
-Tabs<3-

Well, yeah. I meant to say it looked fun. Just not enough players sadly. Pretty original mod.

 

[Elijin]

Plus, the other result, in which barely anyone plays....but the people who do are all such diehards that good luck getting any headway into it if you're new....

 

[Hiphophippo]

Command & Conquer: Renegade ... multiplayer in that game was awesome when it still had a pretty active playerbase

Oh man, it totally was. I was going to post this as well. We played the ever loving shit out of it at a LAN shop I used to work at. It was so awesome.

 

[Gutkrusha]

I just re-downloaded Monday Night Combat, and got a free expansion pack, and it seems like no one is online anymore. I go to play crossfire, no one is there. I try out the newest Blitz map, no one is there, still waiting.

So do you know any games that no one seems to be playing online?

EDIT: Good news, looks like the people are back in MNC

No one really plays Blitz, but the game's always had tons of people playing since it came out in August. A large group of people I know still play every day.

 

[random_bars]

Multiplayer on obscure-ish games isn't always abandoned, though. There's still players on 360 TF2, a game that came out in 2007. There's still players on Brutal Legend, a game that came out in 2009 that a lot of people didn't even realize had multiplayer. From what I've seen, the question of whether the multiplayer on a game that isn't CoD will last basically depends on whether that multiplayer is actually unique and fun enough to sustain a player base. Which in those examples, it is. I'd guess that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's multiplayer will be the same, as that fits the bill too.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

Command & Conquer: Renegade ... multiplayer in that game was awesome when it still had a pretty active playerbase

Oh man, it totally was. I was going to post this as well. We played the ever loving shit out of it at a LAN shop I used to work at. It was so awesome.

Amen brother, a- freakin' -men.

 

[EzraPound]

Motorstorm Pacific Rift. Last week it took me a while to find a match and when I did it was against the same 6 people for some time. Also this past week couldn't find a decent game with GTA. I thought GTA was always populated.

I know--it bites. You'd think more people would be playing this (great) game.

When I play Soul Calibur IV on PS3, I can only really find games by searching for rank quickmatches, and even then they'll often be stints where I won't find any, or I'll be matched with the same person several times in the space of an hour. This is the most recent Soul Calibur!

 

[Hiphophippo]

Command & Conquer: Renegade ... multiplayer in that game was awesome when it still had a pretty active playerbase

Oh man, it totally was. I was going to post this as well. We played the ever loving shit out of it at a LAN shop I used to work at. It was so awesome.

Amen brother, a- freakin' -men.

What role did you prefer to play? I was an engineer myself (and still am in TF2) and whenever possible I rocked the Hotwire special engineer for extra bombs. I was a goddamn ninja in that game. I don't think everyone there knew you could go 3rd person so sneaking around in third person was basically cheating against a team full of fps players. I would always sneak in behind the ore harvester.

 

[MurderousToaster]

I think everyone just abandoned Team Fortress 2 - can't find a single sole online...

What in the hell are you talking about? I've got 803 servers with people in them on my server list.

 

[Palademon]

Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2.

I tried it when it first came out. The people who got up to 9999 points on the leaderboards must've done it and then quite a week or so before I got there. There is NO ONE.

The one guy I found after days of searching I had to add to my friend's list just so I knew somebody. But haven't played with him since.

 

[MisterM2402]

I think everyone just abandoned Team Fortress 2 - can't find a single sole online...

Presumably you're referring to a console version of that game. Either that, or you have a problem with your PC.

umm are you playing on the PC or consle?

Are you playing on the Console? Get the PC version!

Or, if you are on PC, try setting all of your server filters to their default options.

You gotta be trollin.

What in the hell are you talking about? I've got 803 servers with people in them on my server list.

Spoiler

It's like the most populated game I know! XD Though I guess that isn't saying much since I only really play TF2 and L4D2 online...
And yes, PC version for me.

 

[mrF00bar]

Command & Conquer: Renegade ... multiplayer in that game was awesome when it still had a pretty active playerbase

Oh you just flooded me with nostalgia, when Renegade first came out the multiplayer wasn't too dry but its died pretty soon.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

Command & Conquer: Renegade ... multiplayer in that game was awesome when it still had a pretty active playerbase

Oh man, it totally was. I was going to post this as well. We played the ever loving shit out of it at a LAN shop I used to work at. It was so awesome.

Amen brother, a- freakin' -men.

What role did you prefer to play? I was an engineer myself (and still am in TF2) and whenever possible I rocked the Hotwire special engineer for extra bombs. I was a goddamn ninja in that game. I don't think everyone there knew you could go 3rd person so sneaking around in third person was basically cheating against a team full of fps players. I would always sneak in behind the ore harvester.

I was an Engineer bro too, always healing people's expensive vehicles and keeping the assault team alive while planting some sneaky explosives... good times

 

[IamQ]

Well, Uncharted 2's multiplayer was never that big. But I've always gotten matches done.



Also:

What?

 

[Appleshampoo]

We have a perfect dark Night every wednesday, 4 of us at least normally make it online. Very very rare we get anyone else in our games.....

I never managed to find a game on that. What time (and zone) do you usually play? I may hop in one day!

 

[DustyDrB]

Last few time I've tried to play assassins creed brotherhood on XBL i haven't been able to find a game which sucks. Anyone still playing?

I haven't played since December, but it's still popular. It's number 6 and number 1 on the top games for the 360 and PS3 here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/top_games].