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

[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.

 

[thisbymaster]

Well all these options should be optional, I mean COMPLETELY optional. There shouldn't be one item that I can't get, one hat that I can't get or any advantage that is available in the game that I can't get without linking facebook or getting X friends to like or join. That stuff is REALLY REALLY REALLY annoying.

 

[zHellas]

ADAMANTIUM RAGE.

ADAMANTIUM RAGE! *punches a Sega Genesis/Master System*



*high fives you*

OT:

So, basically:

A multiplayer game by any other name?

 

[teqrevisited]

"every gamer has a Facebook account"

Why valve? Just... why?

Please, get Episode 3 done then you're free to follow whatever crazy schemes you like.

 

[RA92]

For fuck's sake people, remember Half Life Deathmatch? Or Ricochet? Or Team Fortress 2? Or Counter Strike? Or Day of Defeat? Or Left4Dead? Or Alien Swarm? Or Portal 2 co-op? Or the upcoming Dota 2? Valve has been doing multiplayer social gaming since forever. And that fact did not ruin any of their SP experiences. I have no idea what you're all whining about.

Sorry, had to be done.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Oh god, the shitstorm really hit the fan this time, so instead of spending time on games that are several years behind schedule you will be working on facebook connections... well that's what we always wanted :S

 

[Gladion]

I never felt "This game would be so much better if I could connect my facebook account to it and tell everybody I just murdered tons of defenseless people and children by blowing up the nuclear bomb in Megaton." Apparently, I was wrong.

Oh well, I'll file this statement of his under "PS3 is not worth jack".

 

[Atheist.]

Wooo DotA 2! About time they release this game.

 

[linwolf]

You're ALL missing the point. All thats really been announced is Co-Op all around and more social aspects if you WANT them. There not forcing Co-Op or Facebook on any of socially lacking amongst us. Stop being so paranoid seriously.

That what they said about multi player and now a lot of games suffers from a half-ass single player. Remember always expect the worst that way you are never disappointed.