RealRT said:
Pretty much, yeah. A singleplayer game is an experience. A multiplayer game is no different from solitaire, just a gaming fix with zero substance to it. Worse even, solitaire has less cheaters and assholes in it.
Solitaire isn't even a multiplayer game - not primarily at least. Also, you'd be very hard pressed to argue that games like poker (another card game) or chess (does that need explaining?) lack substance to them. You'd likewise be hard pressed to argue that the games on that list which are multiplayer-focused lack substance to them as well, outside personal value judgement.
This is coming from someone who generally prefers singleplayer, by the way.
SlumlordThanatos said:
Good game? Yes. Game of the Year? Surely there was something better. Doom, maybe?
Taking that as writ, how does any of that do better than Doom? I mean, one third of Doom, its multiplayer, is a mess. Has some nice ideas to it, namely the demon rune thing, but it's not helped by the universal ammo system, loadouts (which would be fine in some games, but really don't work here), and map/weapon packs that cost up to around $50, depending on where you live in the world. The singleplayer is more enjoyable, but, at least for me, it's marred by repetitive combat, a terrible story with terrible characters, a sequel-bait ending, a rune system that starts off fun, but forces you to inconvenience yourself in order to get the higher upgrades, and boss fights that are...actually pretty good, all things considered.
So, haven't played Overwatch, hence why I haven't said anything about its actual quality, but Doom...yeah. It's fun, overall, and a net positive, but is so flawed in both its singleplayer and multiplayer that I can see why Overwatch would be voted over it, in theory - the "focused less vs. unfocused more," scenario. If we go by RealRT says, that singleplayer is an experience (and yeah, it is), does that make it better by it being a lousy experience? Going by the list, I can't fault it for music/sound design though, so I'll give it brownie points there.