Great games with TERRIBLE multiplayer (2015 edition)

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#1  Edited By nintendoboy16
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Yeah, in years back, this thread was done numerous times before (at least I think so, granted I haven't seen one in a while), but in your opinion, what great games can you think of with terrible multiplayer?

My choice goes back to the N64 era.

Star Fox 64/Lylat Wars - As a single player arcade style rail shooter, it's still a great title that holds up to this day. But I can not hold ANY praise for it's multiplayer for how outdated it was even for back then. Sure, tell me it's among the first of it's kind (and point me to some niche PC/PS/Saturn/etc game that may have outdid it before SF64 did, I'm talking about Nintendo and the N64's own standards), but the problem is, Star Fox 64's multiplayer was outdated THE YEAR it released. In that time, Mario Kart 64 (as bored as I was with that game) and Goldeneye 007 were coming out and both brought something Star Fox lacked, VARIETY. Said variety wasn't even AS restricted in those games either, when Star Fox limited you to ONE ship (you couldn't get another until you unlocked it from single player mode), no choice of characters (player one is stuck with Fox, player four is stuck with Slippy, you get the idea), and even if you add the unlockable Landmaster and On-Foot modes, YOU STILL won't get a lot out of it.

I remember when 64 3D was coming out and Nintendo announced that there would be no online mode and the backlash they got for it, but to date, I still think it wouldn't help a painfully limited experience. As ProJared has said in regards to people modding TMNT: Out of the Shadows to make it playable: "You can polish a turd, but then it's a shiny turd."

Even the disliked Star Fox Assault did better at improving it's multiplayer and I can ONLY hope the new Star Fox for Wii U (if it's not a damn episodic game, if it is, I'm not buying like I didn't Sonic 4... unless it's COMPLETE like Back to the Future, then that may be another story) does better at that.

Anyway, what are your choices?

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#2  Edited By zassimick  Moderator
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Mario Kart 8

Okay, this is an overreaction. I've had plenty of fun playing multiplayer with Mario Kart 8.

You know what wasn't fun in Mario Kart 8?

BATTLE. MODE.

How can you ruin such an easy concept, Nintendo? :(

Granted, I had an alright time with the Battle Mode that is in MK8. We were laughing a bit when trying it out, after tweaking the rules to have power items.

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#3 freedomfreak  Online
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It's on the front page.

Tomb Raider reboot.

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#4  Edited By ghostwarrior786
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it will be easier to just list great games that have good multiplayer considering most games have terrible multiplayer

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#5  Edited By Blabadon
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Spec Ops The Line

Tomb Raider

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@Blabadon said:

Spec Ops The Line

Tomb Raider

i started playing this the other day and so far its boring as ****.

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the last of us, halo 3, uncharted 2, tomb raider, gears 2, far cry 3/4

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@ghostwarrior786 said:

@Blabadon said:

Spec Ops The Line

Tomb Raider

i started playing this the other day and so far its boring as ****.

But but it is supposed to be like that. :p

Enjoyed the story though.

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Every SP game with forced MP. Good example is Demon-/Dark Souls

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#10  Edited By Blabadon
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@ghostwarrior786: That's validation of the game's greatness within that post itself

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@ghostwarrior786 said:

@Blabadon said:

Spec Ops The Line

Tomb Raider

i started playing this the other day and so far its boring as ****.

Lol. You have no fucking clue.

Finish the game and try saying that again. Everything in the game is there for a reason and the developers were entirely aware of all their design choices.

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One that really stands out is Chronicles of Riddick from 2009. Sadly, half the trophies were multiplayer based. The Tomb Raider reboot multiplayer was also half assed and tacked on.

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@aroxx_ab said:

Every SP game with forced MP. Good example is Demon-/Dark Souls

Uhhhh...multiplayer is a big part of those games

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#14  Edited By aroxx_ab
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@PhazonBlazer said:

@aroxx_ab said:

Every SP game with forced MP. Good example is Demon-/Dark Souls

Uhhhh...multiplayer is a big part of those games

Uhh ohh rly? But yeah agreed, it is big part wasted on the game disc that could been used better

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Tomb Raider

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@ghostwarrior786 said:

@Blabadon said:

Spec Ops The Line

Tomb Raider

i started playing this the other day and so far its boring as ****.

It doesn't get any better, unfortunately.

The shooting is good, but apparently the story is why you play it. And you know what? The story is pretty shitty and gratuitous. It puts you in supposedly stressful situations with moral implications and I just couldn't give 2 shits.