Newell: Valve to Replace Single-Player With "Single-Player Plus"

[repeating integers]

Christ, the forums really have been easily angered recently.

I find it hard to believe Valve's new feature will make it mandatory to talk to your friends while playing a game. If you don't like the feature, I see no reason why you can't just ignore it.

 

[Geamo]

I'd tend to disagree with how they're seeing it - whilst I can see where they're coming from, what with all games made by them being distributed by Steam which has its own Community features (IM, profiles, whatnot), I personally don't use them much when i'm playing a single-player game. Immersion is pretty important for me, I don't necessarily want to be talking to someone whilst i'm playing a good immersive single-player game- for things like TF2, then go ahead.

 

[Levethian]

More multiplayer bullshit.

I feel like a relic nowadays.

Me too.
When I'm immersed in a single-player game, interacting with people is the last thing on my mind.

I find it hard to believe Valve's new feature will make it mandatory to talk to your friends while playing a game. If you don't like the feature, I see no reason why you can't just ignore it.

Curious idea

 

[thatguy1]

Oooh Can I be an NPC for other players?

"Hello there Dr. Freeman"

 

[Legion]

I despise playing single player campaigns when others are around or with chat available, it completely kills immersion for me unless I tune them out, and in that case I may as well play it alone.

 

[Cowabungaa]

As long as you can ignore it I'm cool. There's nothing wrong with adding more options, as long as Facebook-less people like me don't have to bother with it all. I just want my solitary singleplayer experience thank you very much. No need for all the social mumbojumbo, I'll get that with my clan in proper multiplayer games.

More multiplayer bullshit.

I feel like a relic nowadays.

Have you even read the article? It's about social connectivity. Judging by their description you have to think about auto-uploading some kind of blog post thing to your Facebook account, intergrating screenshots, chat functions and achievements with social media. Maybe insta-join co-op modes, but that's stretching the meaning of this article.

The only problem here is that they will then be a game developer, a digital distributor, and a significantly large social network. Good for them, but bad for competition.

Then again, they're not stopping other people from trying to do it better.

 

[Colonel Alzheimer's]

As long as it's all optional, I don't really care. Annoying my facebook friends with constant updates on my progress in a single player game does not sound like fun.

 

[KFalcon]

What if I enjoy playing games completely alone? Nowadays everything has to be connected to one another...you have to be available for others all the time. It is exhausting, to be frank. Let me enjoy my games in peace and quiet if I wish to.

More multiplayer bullshit.

I feel like a relic nowadays.

Me too.
When I'm immersed in a single-player game, interacting with people is the last thing on my mind.

I agree. I don't get why everything has to be connected to a social network, just let me play SP games alone if i want to.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Every gamer is instant messaging

eeyup, IM a lot to

every gamer has a Facebook account.

bull, fucking, shit. not only do i not have a failbook account, i'm never gonna

but meh to this i say, i like my single player games thank you very much

 

[Kenami]

This really makes that scream Vader makes at the end of Revenge of the Sith quite appropriate (in my head any ways)

 

[philosophicalbastard]

My GOD people... what the hell?

He said, pretty clearly, there will be "SINGLE-PLAYER"... not multi-player or Co-op, but SINGLE PLAYER!

What I believe he meant was further exploiting the steam interface so that it allow you to Integrate games and the social platform they provide. This is distinct from the current setup in that its not just a glorified DRM with bonus game cataloguing and friends list.

Things like Time trial ladders in Single player, or achievement hunts... and of course, extra Co-op and competitive features.

The single player will be there, standing on its own legs, supporting its own weight... but will have a fully integrate social system that you can choose to embrace or ignore.

Jesus... say boo on this forum and people think you killed all their most loved relatives.

I'm in agreement. Its just them giving people the option to integrate the social aspects of their lives with, what is usually cosidered, the more non-social aspects, not mandatory multiplayer. The entire community always pulls this shit when ever Valve tries something new to please their fans, be it including customizable apparel or making ANY game other than a Half-life sequel.

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

When did gaming become social?

Ya know...beyond the racist bigot children screaming curse words...

I play Single Player games to be....idk...Single...alone


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E2hYDIFDIU

 

[Stabby Joe]

Demon's Souls integrated multiplayer really did work actually, innovative in fact.

 

[Violent-Power]

I don't think replace the single player with multiplayer is a good thing,
these are totally different experiences.

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

When did gaming become social?

Ya know...beyond the racist bigot children screaming curse words...

...ever hear of split-screen co-op?

Hardly exsists in the modern era of gaming...

Why I liked my N64 and such....


Yeah you can say "Those weird co-op missions in MW2 or the L4D2 co-op"

But those are few and far between

 

[kurupt87]

Bollocks. This is just a way to justify "always on" DRM for a single player game.

I also don't have an FB account and don't IM.

 

[JayDig]

I play a lot of games, and I don't use Facebook or Messenger. I love me some co-op, but other than that I'm anti-social online.

Edit: splitscreen couch co-op is the only MP I like on consoles, so I hope it's not dying out.

 

[zombie711]

so can I get co-op on half life arcade?

 

[Sonicron]

"Every gamer has facebook account"

That sentance is everything that's wrong with gaming today.

Amen to that.
Seriously, they'll put me in the ground before I sign up with Facebook. Screw you, Zuckerberg.

Oh well, luckily Valve is largely uninteresting for me as a developer, with the possible exception of Portal. So long as Steam remains the way it is, fine. It's sad, though - Valve are going to alienate a lot of their clientele with this move, I believe, especially the SP crowd.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

...Uh.

Nearly EVERYBODY in this thread is angry.

Why?

All they are saying is that in additon to single player, there will be multiplayer?

How is this bad? Don't tell me it will mean that they will spend less time on the single player mode, this is VALVE we are talking about.

Multiplayer will be OPTIONAL, though you'd probably be missing out.