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This thread came about after my post in the Bioshock 2 thread, where I said that multiplayer for a game like that seems unnecessary.

What do you think? Obviously games like COD, TF2, etc. need multiplayer, but Bioshock?

In your opinion, do games these days require a multiplayer component for people to want to buy them? Or do games like Fallout 3 or Dragon Age, with their replay value, work just as well?

I've thought it silly when people complained about no multiplayer in some games, I think that if the single player story is good and there's varied gameplay each time through, unlockable items/weapons/armor etc, then the game doesn't need multiplayer.

What do you think?

He-Beast

I agree, they absolutely don't need multiplayer, and I'll take it one step further and say they don't need a bunch of unlockables or different paths or difficulty levels either.

It's not that I don't appreciate these things when they're good, but the sheer addition of them is a really superficial reason to buy/like a game.

kid_gloves

Most games have shit multiplayer, so they definitely dont need it.

If i wanted to play with others i would get a game specifically designed with that in mind, they generally are a much better experience.

Zorbo

yep

LTD

90% of all multiplayer games are boring as fuck, so no, they definitely don't.

Cheezinator

I have a few favorite multiplayer games that are staples of many times I'm together with friends, and a couple of online-capable games as well, but honestly, probably 4 in every 5 games (or maybe 9 in 10) that I bother to spend time playing is single player. But I spend a *lot* of time playing games from past generations, so who knows. If I had any current-gen systems and was into newer games, then I might be more of a multiplayer advocate.

Noodz

Responding the the thread title: no. Adventure/RPGs for instance can be built for multiplayer, but only in single player can the benefits of a good immersive plot be maximized. Another more extreme example would be dating sims/visuals novels, the epitome of ronery player game.

XJDenton

Not necessary, but they can be fun.

SiRo

less multiplayer, more co-op (doubles) gaming plz

椎名林檎

This.

And not only do most games have shit multiplayer, but the time spent developing that shit multiplayer mode with half-assed effort because it's expected could be better spent fine-tuning the core of the game instead.

permanentmorning

like you have anyone to play them with anyway

Techun

I don't want to play online with 12 year old fucks, I want to play co-op with my friends, in my room, on my xbox.

NafGorp

To be honest I'm enjoying the multiplayer more in Bioshock 2 than the single player.

LTD

the worst example of multiplayer becoming way too important in gaming is MAG. i mean, really? a game that doesn't even have a single player campaign? i dunno, i find that shit highly gay and useless. multiplayer, especially in FPS is just boring to me.

Zorbo

rof rof rof rof rof

LTD

if you roll on the floor you might as well laugh

Uncle Damfee

I can see how you would think that if you have no friends

Cognacad

I much prefer single player. To be honest I think playing multiplayer online for thousands upon thousands of hours just killed it for me. Its kind of weird. For the longest time I was like OMG I'm playing with/against REAL people, its fucking awesome! Like, they do shit like, not programmed, like they think of it.

But now I'm like man these people are fucking idiots/noobs/retards/shitfaces I just wish they were computers and I could just play with my friends in my room of doom.

SiRo

yes, that's what actually meant with my post

Cognacad

Yeah I want to play with my 12 year old friends in my room.