Anyone else dislikes multiplayer-focused games?

I know they're the rage. Fallguy, Among Us, Fortnite etc, but I have always had an intense distaste for these games that don't bother delivering a compelling single-player experience.

Don't get me wrong, I still love my multiplayer, so long as the single-player part is catered for properly, and not just an afterthought.

Maybe it's because I'm an old man and don't get all the multiplayer craze of mobile games and F2P, but I'm a much bigger fan of great single-player games where I can hone my skills to challenge what the designers made.

Of course, when it comes to fighting games, shooters, and racing games, that's a different story.

Are there others like me or am I just an old man yelling at the clouds?

I prefer single player and co-op based games. I generally don't bother with competitive only gaming. I've found I'm far too competitive and I end up not having fun with them. If you're not having fun, what's the point?

Same here. I really only play MP now directly with friends - doing a run in Diablo or scavenging with a few friends in 7dtd. I really can't work up the energy to deal with randos any more and I find a solid SP experience much more fulfilling

Yes I feel the same way, I much prefer single player games, but also can really enjoy co-op and I don't like pure multiplayer games nearly as much.

It has its place. A game like among us cannot work as a single player game.

I have nothing against multiplayer, but games that offer nothing else but multiplayer can f off. They all should be f2p cuz they don't offer any variety and do nothing else but milk your ass with mtx.

Nah. Just like I don't like sp games with tacked on mp, don't like mp games with tacked on sp. Plenty of games have pulled off both very well of course. But if a game absolutely nails one or the other, couldn't care less. A dope mp game can net me far more mileage than a sp game anyways.

Especially with...

Oh nvm, carry on lol.

Yeah, some genres are by far at their best in multiplayer, fighting games being one of them.

Since I do not have friends that play video games and I personally find online multiplayer as de-humanizing as distant learning, I do not touch multi-player-focused games. I have been mostly playing video games by myself for more than thirty-five years and will continue this way until I eventually lose interest in gaming or physically unable to play games due to age.

I wouldn’t say that I dislike multiplayer only games in general but I do prefer games that also include some kind of single player component as well. Still though there are some that I do find very fun and enjoy like Among Us, Fallguys, and Call of Duty Warzone. Never cared or got into others like Fortnite or PUBG though.

I don’t care for MP games.

I do find some of them really boring.

Like FN, I just don’t see how that game has millions of fans.

All my friends play is COD Warzone.

I prefer SP games like RE, TLOU, and the Soulsborne games

Gamers have a hierarchy similar to society. Some social classes are attracted to F2P multiplayer games, while others appreciate the crafted single-player games. Just like some enjoy beer and ball games, while others enjoy wine and art.

Still like coop. Like Onward, with a bro in Mexico you've never met, having some interracial "I can barely understand what the **** you're saying" Black Hawk Down moment truly is a wonderful epic gamer moment.

Although it's kinda diminished when a 9 year old joins on a Quest 2 and starts screaming "LOOK LOOK I SHOT ONE".

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Not really a fan when SP is tacked on. Either do a decent SP with it (or vice versa) or don't bother.

Waiting for a decent followup to SFV, dropped in and out of stuff, not the same feels.

The only multiplayer I like is local/couch coop. Not happening that much these days.

The competitiveness of online gaming takes the enjoyment away for me. I play a lot of online coop though which is good fun.

Old guy here. Prefer multi-player games. Sometimes you only have time to get a quick 30 min. session in and then it's back to kids, the job, the house, etc.

I do love single-player games but once you start getting into it and have to leave in a good part/chapter of a game, it sucks.

I’m the opposite. Single player games feel like a waste of my time. They are often times too hand holding and try to take themselves too seriously. I rather master my skills at a multiplayer game than watch some cutscenes, climb towers to reveal the map or look for “treasure.” Sure there are some good exceptions. But those are like 1 in 100

I used to be all about the single player, but they recently put great internet out here in the sticks. Now I enjoy online gaming quite a lot. Both are great. Still think local co op is the best form of multiplayer and always will.

I just had more fun playing online games like Tribes 1 & tribes Vengeance (3). Tribes 2 had to many issues. Unreal 2004 even the 1st call of duty had great online now its just boring play to win formula kind of killed it for me and other crap

To be honest i can't think of a single game that i've played that has just MP, i like MP but not if its only MP if that sense.

And when it comes to MP, i do like playing with randoms especially, in racing games, but with shooters i play mostly in co-op.

When i buy a SP only game, it needs to be a minimum 50hrs so i feel like i've gotten my money's worth, if its just a short campaign i will wait for a big sale.

Personally, you sound like an old man yelling at clouds. It's possible to like both, and there is no need to crap on multiplayer games.

Fortnite has fans because it's a fun game that's nice to look at. Especially the skins. Though to be fair, their skins haven't been as good lately.

I wouldn't make that analogy. I would say SP games vs MP games are like Thanksgiving vs eating at restaurants. Thanksgiving, like SP games, are delicious and last a long time, however, you only cook Thanksgiving once, maybe twice, a year. MP games are like restaurants in that you can eat out several times per week, however, eating out is not something that will last a week like Thanksgiving leftovers. They each have their pros and cons. I play mp games everyday, but the game does fall off at a certain point. Single player games last for months, but after I finish it, I'm not in the mood to play it until a year or a couple of years later.

I like the story of single player games and single player games that are rpg tend to have fun quests and good action. Though I do agree that multiplayer games have a higher skill cap overall. Single player games do not come close to the difficulty of multiplayer games.

I can spend hundreds if not thousands of hours playing team games like Battlefield and Age of Empires.

But I'm not sold on current online trends like Battle royale, live services and battle passes.

I play a lot of online games with friends, but I am just playing a ton more singleplayer games at the moment.

I like MP games, but there's lots of popular MP games I don't like. Fortnite, PUBG, LoL, among others. Free to play games are usually crap combined with crap business practices, so I tend to stay far away from those.

Playing MP with friends (in good games) is still awesome.

I don't dislike them, I just dislike what they've done to the industry. Everyone wants their own World of Warcraft, their own Destiny, their own League of Legends, their own Fortnite. They see them as continuous money printing licences, and so they pour resources into them at the expense of narrative-driven single player games.

Aside from shifting away from the kind of games I like, these publishers are putting way too many eggs in too few baskets. As Sony have proved time and time again, there is money to be made from narrative-driven single player games - it's just not all the money, which is what these money-grubbing corporations want.

Sooner or later, these multiplayer games markets will saturate, and they're going to have to move on to the next gaming trend. What's going to tide them over until then? Narrative-driven single player games will never die, and they are leaving that money on the table.

Yeah im not a fan of multiplayer in general, totally lost interest in it. I like a lot of games designed for COOP play but mostly its SP for me. I used to be into competitive multiplayer back in the day with Tribes, Quake, Unreal etc but the popular multiplayer games today are slow and full of kids.

I like to relax and have fun so it single player RPGs mostly for me.

Oh, I see. I should've clarified that my analogy is based on the comparison made by OP in the third paragraph, which is, in his words, "multiplayer craze of mobile games and F2P" versus "great single player games," not MP vs. SP.

The former is usually cheap, shallow, addictive and time-consuming, and the latter is expensive, crafted, engaging and relatively short. Some people drink $1 beer and watch ball games daily, while others spend $60 for good wine and art and enjoy it on weekends. It's like consumption styles that reflect the class.

If it's just a comparison between MP and SP, like a comparison between Mario Party and Zelda, I think your analogy is very accurate.

@Juub1990: Nope. I rarely bother with sp games. Titanfall 2 was the last sp game that I really enjoyed. Especially open world sp games with shooting elements....the ai is just so boring, and predictable. Nothing comes close to reaching the last 5 in pubg, not knowing how good the remaining 4 players are - or where they are. Getting sniped repeatedly in bf1 then sneaking around and dynamiting him 30 feet into the air. Hitting that last bend perfectly in Forza to get 1st place, and imagining - or even better, hearing - the reaction from the player you just beat.

Only MP game I ever really enjoyed was COD. I'd rather a great SP game.

MP games like Destiny & Warframe are okay to the extant but I been playing SP games all my life since the dawn of SNES and so on. When Halo CE came into the fray, I fell in love with the co-op and LAN party but when Halo 2 online made its way, I really got down for MP games on Xbox to Xbox 360 and when last-gen kick off, I stop caring for MP as it felt more the same and now, I really don't care for MP games back in my younger days, SP games still rules because I was play & finish them on my own time.

What kind of a BS statement is this? I been playing games for decades and never felt this way.

I don't really like MP games. I played a few here and there if my friends pressured me to play it (Destiny, Diablo, WOW) but I don't really take anything away from it and it feels shallow. With a single player game, I can get a story, character development, a better sense of progression in the game, and/or exploration. I can't get that helping my buddy prestige weapons playing the same maps over and over, and over again. Add some virgin squeakers on top of that and it's just not something I want to waste my time with.

@davillain- “ What kind of a BS statement is this? I been playing games for decades and never felt this way.”

Have you ever played a Naughty Dog game? Those feel like they are actively taking control from me and wasting my time. I tried that most recent Tomb Raider game that’s on Game Pass. That game started with cutscene after cutscene and once I had control, it was slowly walking around some festival listening to NPCs talk. Gears and GoW LOVE to stop the action in favor of cutscenes and QTEs. And don’t get me started on Kojima games.

I want to play games, not semi-actively interact with a B-tier animated movie. That’s what many AAA games have become. Here’s an experiment for you. Point a camera at your hands/controller and play a 8bit-32bit era game. Then record your hands playing a AAA game from the last couple generations. There’s a reason those guys were able to play Uncharted 4 with 1 hand. We aren’t really “playing” much of anything these days. It’s just the XP numbers, trophies/achievements popping and EPIC moments that make you think you are.

@goldenelementxl:

Just for giggles my friend. Have you ever tried Man of Medan, offered on GamePass?

My goodness, that one wins movie-game, walking sim, of all time, hands down. No ifs, ands or buts. lol

We need more PvE MP and not PvP all the time.

I don't dislike them, just find them repetitive after a short while and always feel like I'm wasting time that I should be using playing a single player game.

@SecretPolice: It’s more walking sim than Death Stranding? That game makes you balance while walking ffs. Like other walking sims weren’t “sim” enough for Kojima... Dude made the Gran Turismo of walking sims

I have played all of Naughty Dogs games, thank you Super Sonic. I don't mind MP only games if they are fun and I do go back to Overwatch from time to time but my main point is, why so salty on SP games? Interactive games don't bother me and I do like cutsense but what I don't like is you cannot skip a cutsense after you finish the main game.

@goldenelementxl:

Can't say I've tried DS but I'm fairly confident if you give Man of Medan, a whirl your going to agree, it wins the notorious trophy, walking sim movie game of all time. lol :P

While I personally don't play (or enjoy) MP games because I'm too casual and gets my a*s handed to me online whenever I try. I don't have a problem with MP games if they are great and not just made to maximize MTs/Lootbox. So many of the live service games are created for that very reason now a days instead of making a compelling game.

I use to enjoy the Battlefield series until they turned into a glorified COD game but yeah MP games these days are trash. They use to be actually great back in the day but that was decades ago now they are all shallow soulless trash designed to make you spend nonstop on upgrading your character complete garbage.

Depends on if my friends want to play.

I don't play MP with random people unless it's a Souls game.