Poll: Multiplayer, is it really that important?
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Hell yes! I love multiplayer! I've realised now, as I look back on my gaming history, that multiplayer has endeared me to more games than the single player ever did and is actually the thing I miss most about gaming. I can't find much time for gaming now with uni and work and music lessons, but I still love playing multiplayer. It's the single most important piece of gaming to me.
Eh. A good multiplayer element can help a game's shelf life considerably. A lot of games with both elements tend to suffer in one aspect or the other.
I myself tend to look more towards single player aspects of games because I'm just not that much of a social player. With multiplayer games, I like to play with my friends, and that's about it. I've more or less ignored the online aspect of games like Dawn Of War 2, Burnout: Paradise and Halo just because I despise dealing with Random Internet Assholes.
At the same time, I do wish some games, like say, Torchlight for example, did have multiplayer support because friends can always make mere fun into true enjoyment.
I myself tend to look more towards single player aspects of games because I'm just not that much of a social player. With multiplayer games, I like to play with my friends, and that's about it. I've more or less ignored the online aspect of games like Dawn Of War 2, Burnout: Paradise and Halo just because I despise dealing with Random Internet Assholes.
At the same time, I do wish some games, like say, Torchlight for example, did have multiplayer support because friends can always make mere fun into true enjoyment.
Both are very enjoyable.
I like multiplayer because it lets you play with friends and randoms online, and I enjoy that. Most matches play up differently and you never know what to expect. It's also better than playing against bots.
Single player is great too, though, sometimes the games don't have that replay value. If [insert short-campaigned game with multiplayer here] didn't have multiplayer, you'd be left with just a short campaign... Imagine playing a game like Halo 3 and just finishing the campaign...what's left?
I like multiplayer because it lets you play with friends and randoms online, and I enjoy that. Most matches play up differently and you never know what to expect. It's also better than playing against bots.
Single player is great too, though, sometimes the games don't have that replay value. If [insert short-campaigned game with multiplayer here] didn't have multiplayer, you'd be left with just a short campaign... Imagine playing a game like Halo 3 and just finishing the campaign...what's left?
Yes and No.
I play Torchlight and it is perfectly fine without Multiplayer, but games like Modern Warfare would suffer. Multiplayer increases replayability tenfold as well
I play Torchlight and it is perfectly fine without Multiplayer, but games like Modern Warfare would suffer. Multiplayer increases replayability tenfold as well
I do like multiplayer a lot that being said im not too big a fan of the online communities i tend to find myself just logging on and muting every other person I come into contact with because they are either 7 years old and playing a M rated game online or just flamers with no purpose in life. However there are that minute few that actually try to use voice chat to have decent joking sessions and good strategy and thats what i keep in mind when i hear those squealers on Xbox live daily.
Multiplayer helps extend a game's replay value a lot. Playing against the CPU forever tends to get boring, either because they don't learn or because they cheat. That being said, I still won't say no to a 30+ hr RPG. It's just that most other genres don't do single player well enough to outlast a good multiplayer game.
Noooo, i play single player games and i love it. Although i'm probably biased because i have no multiplayer.