Comments on: Is Multiplayer a Must Have?

By: OGMadKilla

OGMadKilla — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:22:40 +0000

Exactly. What if oblivion had a multiplayer? Sounds great at first but at what cost to the game we know now?? I am mostly on the other side of this story though seeing I mainly play shooters. Single player is neat and all, but to someone who spends 10 hours on single player and then 100s of hours in multiplayer, I’d like to see more phenominal multiplayer only games. Shave it down and put all effort into multiplayer gameplay instead of trying to be everything to everyperson. I spent 100s of hours in Oblivion (single only), and I’m spending 100s of hours on SOCOM (multi only) now. Specialization can work, the developers just have to bold enough to do it and do it right.

By: David

David — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:06:39 +0000

I think too much emphasis is placed in a game having a multiplayer option. Just look at game reviews and you see a lot of games have their scores reduced for not having a multiplayer option (or for not having enough multiplayer options).

I personally believe a game should be created as a single player experience (unless the game type prohibits that as with MMORPGs), that way they can get all the elements of the game sorted out properly. If a mutliplayer option is provided then fine, but don’t take development time away from the main game just to squeeze it in. Sadly, as I mentioned above, too many reviews will automatically reduce a games score for the lack of what they deem to be a “standard option” for a game to be successful.

By: David Macphail

David Macphail — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:17:39 +0000

As far as i’m concerned you buy a game for the single – player experience. The multiplayer is just an added bonus. For starters there are quite a few people out there who don’t even have the internet on their consoles.

Some of my favourite games so far don’t have any form of multiplayer:

Ratchet & Clank
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Heavenly Sword
God Of War 3 (Confirmed to not have multiplayer)
MGS4 (OK, so it has an online mode but i don’t use it. I find MGO to be absolutely horrid).

By: lee

lee — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:24:57 +0000

dont forget final fantasy…and no i count 11,most every great rpg has been offline

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By: WCC5723

WCC5723 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:22:25 +0000

I like to have the multiplayer aspect of a game as long as it’s good. I would trade longer single player for F.E.A.R 2 instead of the online that I have been on twice and could care less for. Then if you add CoD 4 into the mix this game was not only good single player but the online is awesome. The online portion is just overall enjoyable from the maps to the perks and the gameplay makes this game a overall outstanding game, give me more of that type of online play and then yes it would make it difference.

By: ATC 1982

ATC 1982 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:18:57 +0000

I actually enjoy Single Player games (Platformers / RPG) just for the fact that it is the glory in searching an you beating the game

By: Alphathon

Alphathon — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:23:54 +0000

Here, here! While multiplayer is a welcome addition to most games, single player is what makes the game. It defines the story and feel of the game, and without a decent single player your experience is almost solelly based on the other players. I basically see multiplayer as an add on to the game engine and universe of the single player. Sure, you can have a lot of fun, but only because you perform really well or discover a killer strategy. In single player you experience a story, which while no where near as in-depth as a book or movie (usually) really helps define the game. Of course game good mechanics help, but they can never define a game