do u remember back in the old days where.....

there was no online multiplayer and games that were made had a really long story mode.

nowadays i think that game companies focus on the multiplayer rather than single player lifespan..(imo)

tell me what % would u like to see in a game e.g 80%story 20% multiplayer

i personally think 70% story 30% multiplayer would be best

I remember those times. Games like Mass Effect and Bioshock were great representations of this type of game, but I think I'd like to see more games be like Fable 2 where the story mode can be endless and Multiplayer is just friends hopping in and out of your game and helping you with quests and what not.

But trust me we all remember those times, though I can't give you a precentage, like I said more games like Fable 2 would be great.

unfortunately these days are long gone, i have never bought a game for multiplayer and i never will. the cod series is the one that has really suffered, cod 2 had an awesome and huge single player, cod 4 has pretty decent single that only lasts 5-6 hours and it's only going to get worse. hopefully there will always be games like mass effect and fallout 3 that are made purely for single player

unfortunately these days are long gone, i have never bought a game for multiplayer and i never will. the cod series is the one that has really suffered, cod 2 had an awesome and huge single player, cod 4 has pretty decent single that only lasts 5-6 hours and it's only going to get worse. hopefully there will always be games like mass effect and fallout 3 that are made purely for single player

Phoenix6359

Yup, the good ol' days. I still love multiplayer, but sometimes I wish the singleplayer was better(Inevitably what I will be thinking if I get mw2). I want more games like KOTOR and Oblivion. I would perfer to buy just 1 or 2 multiplayer games(like halo or cod4), and the rest would be deep singleplayer games(like KOTOR), but now the industries trying to shove multiplayer games games down our throat, and not make any more singleplayer oriented games, just like what happened to the KOTOR series. I'd say 70% single 30% percent multipl4yer_f0und

i agree with all of you. like you said pl4yer, i buy one or 2 multiplayer based games im happy with and the rest really good Story driven SP games.

Those definitely were much better times for gaming... The thing that I'm annoyed with these days isn't even the multiplayer aspect, it's the fact that a developer cuts the game short so this so-called "convenient" DLC generation can go and buy a $10 expansion that would've just been in the original game 5 years ago... Don't get me wrong I definitely think that the possibility to extend games with DLC is a great step in the industry and if it were tagged onto games like KOTOR it would be amazing the amount of depth you could get out of the game... But these days it just seems like the game isn't EVER complete on release day, it doesn't help when the developer is already ready to release a fully polished expansion a month later

The thing is though, Multiplayer games such as online FPS are technically endless. Which means that you can play it again and again and again, and companies making FPS games don't have to spend as much times making huge storylines.

Now that almost everyone has an internet connection, online gaming is becoming more and more popular and companies will make games for the popular markets because it's the best way they can make money. Games will most likely continue on this path, better and more multiplayer games but shorter and shorter storylines and campains.

forget those days, i miss simple games, like Street fighter II, Super mario, Asteroids, hell, i miss pacman more than anything now. . .

I'm still stuck in the old days too. I like games like Mass Effect, Fallout 3, BIA: HH, Dead Space, Fable 2 because they're all about single player.

Most of games dont need multi player , i think only games like cod , halo , Sport games , fighting games and racing games need it

Most of games dont need multi player , i think only games like cod , halo , Sport games , fighting games and racing games need it

13Th_Gray_Fox

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Most of games dont need multi player , i think only games like cod , halo , Sport games , fighting games and racing games need it

chaoscougar1

i didnt mention FPS , most of FPS games dont need multiplayer , but sport , racing and fighting games could be better with online matches

What bothers me, is implementing multiplayer with games that stand alone perfectly without that element. Resident Evil 5 is a perfect example. Some games simply do not require it and are often better without it.

I agree with all of you. I'm a FPS fan, though it sucks that the single player in them is always short. Wish they make the games like the old times.

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Most of games dont need multi player , i think only games like cod , halo , Sport games , fighting games and racing games need it

13Th_Gray_Fox

i didnt mention FPS , most of FPS games dont need multiplayer , but sport , racing and fighting games could be better with online matches

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i didnt mention FPS , most of FPS games dont need multiplayer , but sport , racing and fighting games could be better with online matches

chaoscougar1

I could name so many console FPS that MP didnt bring anything for them

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="13Th_Gray_Fox"]

i didnt mention FPS , most of FPS games dont need multiplayer , but sport , racing and fighting games could be better with online matches

13Th_Gray_Fox

I could name so many console FPS that MP didnt bring anything for them

[QUOTE="13Th_Gray_Fox"] haha your kidding right? name a console FPS without MP that is successfulchaoscougar1

I could name so many console FPS that MP didnt bring anything for them

No they were not successful as halo or cod in single player this is why i say most of them dont need MP , turok , fear , perfect dark zero , call o juarez : BiB ...

Actually imo, back in the day (80's and 90's) games were infact shorter, the catch was, So many games in the 80's and 90's were insanely hard, You had to memorize timings to get through obsticles and learn patterns of every single encounter in the games. Reality is those games were mostly 2-4 hours in length, but sinse you spent an entire year trying to beat X encounter it seems like forever.

Games now are so EASY to play and get through there is just no challenge like there used to be in the old days.

While its True AI is getting better and better. but fact of the matter is, all you have to do is RUSH the AI and it never stands a chance.

If you want the Old School Feel again you just need to play something like Call of Duty on Veteran. Thats how your SUPPOSED to play it. Yea its 3hrs on Easy. but 20 on Veteran because of a Steep learning Curve.

Sometimes the most effective games in the world are the ones that are the easiest to design.

3D has infact imo made games simple these days. Instead of having to go through a Trap, You can just go around it. It has made games "Cool" But at the same time insanely Simple.

Nothing will ever beat the good old days of NES and SNES gaming

Those definitely were much better times for gaming... The thing that I'm annoyed with these days isn't even the multiplayer aspect, it's the fact that a developer cuts the game short so this so-called "convenient" DLC generation can go and buy a $10 expansion that would've just been in the original game 5 years ago... Don't get me wrong I definitely think that the possibility to extend games with DLC is a great step in the industry and if it were tagged onto games like KOTOR it would be amazing the amount of depth you could get out of the game... But these days it just seems like the game isn't EVER complete on release day, it doesn't help when the developer is already ready to release a fully polished expansion a month later

twitchscb

Totally agree with u, I hate spending $10-$15 on DLC which I think should already be included inthe game. I think too many developers think about making DLC while theyaremaking the game, instead of thinking about making DLC after the game, which means developers take out stuff from the game just to sell seperately (I'm looking at you activision).

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[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"] lol FPS, sports games and fighting games covers quite a bit of the gaming industrychaoscougar1

i didnt mention FPS , most of FPS games dont need multiplayer , but sport , racing and fighting games could be better with online matches

yea i agree TC...i hate games that a multiplayer focused

i'm mainly a single player guy, that's why i love games like mass effect, metroid prime, oblivion and what not

but of course i DO love multiplayer too (it's why i'm a gold member after all) but it's just not on my top priority list for a game

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i didnt mention FPS , most of FPS games dont need multiplayer , but sport , racing and fighting games could be better with online matches

Tom_delonge555

and metroid prime series

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[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"] haha your kidding right? name a console FPS without MP that is successful13Th_Gray_Fox

I could name so many console FPS that MP didnt bring anything for them

yea...there is bioshock, metroid prime, deus ex was on the PS2 without multiplayer, fallout 3 (FPS with rpg elements so don't call it an RPG), the first condemned

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[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"] haha your kidding right? name a console FPS without MP that is successfulchaoscougar1

I could name so many console FPS that MP didnt bring anything for them

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="13Th_Gray_Fox"]

I could name so many console FPS that MP didnt bring anything for them

RobboElRobbo

Dead Space is a TPS, not an FPS.

AND WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO CO OP? why do game companies think that since there is competitive online, there should not be a campaign co op? Oh yeah, and the splitscreen co op is nowhere to be seen nowadaysstrawberry9

i agree. wish more games had split screen but you have to factor in whether the game can technically handle co-op split screen. Halo gets bashed so much for not having graphics like COD and gears but I beleive the graphics were sacrificed a little to allow 4 players to play online on one console. no other FPS currently lets you play 4 player split screen online

I'm more irritated with the fact that a lot of companies are so concentrated on making money from a game that they release it way to soon and chop it up to make something that could have been many times better. Ghost_702

couldnt agree more. feels like companies release incomplete games and then they release a DLC to complete the story or w.e and charge 1200 MSP for something that should have been there since the very beggining.