Gameplay Focus and Purchasing Decisions

[Deewtaei]

I buy for the single player experience, but solid multiplayer (especially co-op) is a big plus, sometimes even overtaking the 1P game. My problem with competitive multiplayer is that I just don't have the time to devote to the games everyone is playing, and I often feel like I'm just too far behind the curve.

My sentiments, exactly.

[Lordmrw]

I prefer single player and don't really care about multiplayer. At one point I was really into online gaming, but I find that I just don't have an interest anymore.

[Ryan]

Having to play against AI is the reason I don't play single-player games anymore. AI is boring, because beating them always comes down to little more than figuring out and exploiting their behavioral patterns. The only time that stuff is fun for me is when things like score become involved and competition can be generated amongst other players to see who can exploit the AI the best.

I couldn't have said it better, and I've been trying to say it for years now.

[frostwolf ex]

I prefer single player for a major title, offline multiplayer is a slight draw for me because most of my friends still game, and their wives tend to enjoy shorter, minigame type games like raving rabbids2 or wiisports, so those can be fun nights. I really dont care about online at all, the tnl crew was a lot of fun back during pso on the box and cube, but i have no illusions that my tasts and the tastes of the forum at large have drifted further apart, and strangers are less fun to play against, so meh online, its usually more trouble than fun. I would love to see fighting games be reasonably playable online, but every time i played one, the timing was too wonky to use my stratagies and i just got frustrated.

[gamevet]

I like to play with myself.

You're probably still online.

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I'm about half and half with the online play. I'd bought Call of Duty 4, for it's single player, as well as multi-player. I'd actually traded in the PS3 version of COD4, after buying a 360, because I'd had problems finding a match.

I'm not a big fan of buying games that offer nothing beyond online play. I'd reluctantly bought Warhawk, because it lacked a single player campaign. But I needed a title I could take online, with the PS3, and have any hopes of a userbase being there to play.

Still, I need my offline fix and Mass Effect fits the bill nicely.

[Cowutopia]

I prefer online co-op to every other mode of gaming available.

[Vasteel]

I prefer single player in many cases, but that really seems to be because the majority of online games don't skew toward my taste rather than disliking online multiplayer. I wish there was more shit in the non- deathmatch or rts vein.

I can also think of like 10 Dreamcast games that I would suck dick to have with online multi.

[YellerDog]

What a bizarre hobby.

[bbobb]

What a horrible night to have a curse.

[rama]

i prefer single player games. multiplayer's nice if it's good or adds to the overall gameplay experience. i wouldn't play as much battlenetwork as i do if it wasn't for the 2 player vs option. i'd LIKE to play more games online but i don't have the money/time.