Printable View
To give you a good idea I have put a collective of 5 hours into call of duty 4 and halo 3 single players. But Over 50 combined in there mulitplayer. That holds true for just about every game, if it doesn't have multiplayer, with rare exceptions, I just don't care. Also co-op is meaningless to me, it's all about the player vs player.
The Xbox 360 changed the way I look at console gaming. Whenever I wanted some solid single-player action or something my buddies and I can get into, I go to a console. If I wanted to play with a bunch of other people from different locales and skill levels, I hopped onto my PC. But when I got a 360 and found out how much better some games are with others, I can't go back to the way it was.
Gears of War is what did me in. I played the game before I owned a 360 and thought it was alright. I did one Act and found it to be just another action game. But when I bought my own copy and started playing multi-player with TNL, the game felt fresh and different to me. Now I can talk shit with other people on a console, something I didn't even dream of. I don't have to change video cards, procs, RAM or anything.
Ever since I tried buying games that are mostly multi-player and the only one that was a letdown was Halo 3, but playing with TNLers made it bearable. I can't even fathom going back to just normal single-player gaming after this generation. Hell, when I didn't have any Internet connection at my house for three weeks I took my 360 to my girlfriend's house and played there. Even she dug playing TNLers in Uno.
I'll still play great/fun single-player games (BioShock, Lego Star Wars II) but I won't be as inclined to buy them compared to Rock Band or Call of Duty 4.
While I really enjoy good single player games, I find myself buying games that have both SP & MP modes strictly for the multiplayer, with the single player being a nice addition. When I am actually playing games, I just find the overall experience more enjoyable and rewarding to play along side people I enjoy playing with than playing a game by myself. That's not to say I don't find single player games enjoyable and rewarding, they just don't seem to give me the same feeling as an extremely well put together multiplayer game does.
I guess it's the social aspect of gaming that I like more than anything. I have always had friends that played games, we always played offline multiplayer games, or even switched off playing single player games. And with multiplayer gaming becoming far more popular I can see why I prefer it over strictly single player games, especially since playing games with people has been such a big part of my overall "gaming experience".
Halo 3 and CoD4 say what's up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brand X
I bought both of those to play online and happened to do the single player because why not. Also, I really want to play through Halo 3's single plater right now. Is anyone down?
Precisely my point. While I did enjoy both of those single player games, I bought them for the multiplayer. Thinking back a few months even games like GoW, Splinter Cell: DA (which had a shitty MP :( ), and Forza 2 were all bought strictly for the MP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opaque
Personally I prefer single player, due to the role gaming plays in my life now. I just don't have as much free time now a days as I used to, doing 2 schools eats up the majority of my time. When I do find free time to do something other than animating, if it's a Friday, Saturday or Sunday then I'm going out with friends, if it's a week day then I'll play some games.
If I get in 5 - 10 hours a week of game playing right now that's a lot for me. Sure at the start of the semester I'll be able to get in like 20 on a good week but not right now. Honestly I just don't have the time to put into a lot of these online multiplayer games to reach a level of proficiency with them where it's actually fun to play online.
When I did my undergrad I was all about online gaming. I just seemed to have a shit load of free time back then, so during weekdays when I wasn't in class I was playing PC games online with my roommate. Weeknights and weekends were devoted to drinking.
I aim mostly for engrossing single-player adventures, but if it has multiplayer (and online multiplayer at that) it's a nice bonus
that's cause they all had their wangs outQuote:
Originally Posted by raz0r
lol raz0r
multiplayer or bust really. I spend most of my time alone, I'd rather my gaming be a facade of social interaction than not. Single player has its place in games htat have story telling as a central thing but if there's no center on story, multiplay is a must, even if its just a scoreboard and friends list.
Single player main course, multi player desert.
I've been playing Mass Effect for the past 3 weeks whenever I get some downtime when I'm not posting here and never once cared that there wasn't a mode to play with other people somehow.