It's great, if you play with friends, otherwise, meh.
EDIT: What I really like, is network play on PC.
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It's great, if you play with friends, otherwise, meh.
EDIT: What I really like, is network play on PC.
I don't care at all about online multiplayer. For me there are two options. If i want to play alone, i play a good single player game. If i want to play with some company and have some laughs, i play with my friends. You know, good, local fun.
And so, i hate online gaming today. Most developers have the multiplayer component as their priority. So we get a single player so short and easy that only serves as a demo for the "real" thing. Gone are the days of, say, Goldeneye where you got a massive single player campaign, with tons of stuff to do and at the same time a superb LOCAL multiplayer game to have fun with your friends in the same room (that's what multiplayer games should be about). The only games that i can enjoy sometimes as online multiplayer games are MMORPGs because they need a huge number of players to be functional. Still, not my favorite game genre, just something different.
As for the DLC thing, it seems to me as a thing that serves the developers mostly and not the gamers (like the cheep optical media they forced us decades ago). Before DLC the developers had to make games with enough content before they release them. They also had to test them. Now they can just release unfinished games and give us the rest of the content as a DLC for some extra bucks (Like the Street Fighter costumes for instance). Who knows, maybe that extra level they released for [insert game here] was going to be in the game anyway and if there wasn't the case of DLCs you could have it in the main game you bought already. They also care less about stability because they always have the excuse of patches.
I prefer to have complete games in one disc or cartridge. Having the option for extra content for my favorite game sounds cool but its not worth it for all the above reasons.
I don't really have access to online games other than Dreamcast, Saturn, and Genesis. Not many people are playing those these days!
I much preferred the days when we would all get together to play videogames. Multitap, split-screen, or system link are the best ways to play games! I think when playing at the same location there is an interaction you can't get with some anonymous gamer online. And I agree with the notion that a lot of online gameplay consists of rude behavior and cheating. I've never understood why it would be fun to cheat.
Aside from occasional DS game of Tetris / Mario Kart (which is populated with quitters and AR cheats, many of which are so pathetic they can't even win with the long blue block cheat on) I only play online games with friends / relatives. Wii, that is - and everyone's bored with that now :/ I used to play Worms World Party online, but the last time I went on there (some years back, now) it was full of complete mentals.
What annoys me is how some modern games don't have a split-screen 2p co-op option at all - only online. :(
dlc is a scam they charge us for something thats already on the disc
I miss the days where you would get together with friends, huddle around the television, and just have fun playing the game. It seems like today's online gamers only care about winning. Online related content being the "main course" for games nowadays is an absolutely terrible idea if you ask me. Most games have a lackluster single player mode and the primary focus is online play. Have developers considered that not everyone in the world has access to a computer or a half decent Internet connection? My Internet connection is great, but some people I know have constant lag/delay issues when playing video games online.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulis
I don't like DLC at all; it just allows for the developers to be lazy and release games that seem to not even be complete (that is where patches come into play.) Luckily, not all games follow the "DLC to unlock everything" idea. In The King of Fighters XIII, you can select alternate costumes (which are not just costume color variations) by pressing the Back button on an Xbox 360 controller (or Select on a PS3 controller) for some characters. In Mortal Kombat, you can unlock stuff by beating the single player mode or by going to The Krypt and buying the stuff there with in-game currency, not real money. That is something I'd like to see more in games instead of having to deal with DLC.
That's not true. All of the Call of Duty games on the 360 and PS3 have split-screen 2player co-op. My friend at work plays split-screen with his son on his PS3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smii
The 360 version of MW3 has the option of up 18 players via system link as well. You don't even have to take it online to play multi-player.
Thank god for LAN parties, and fuck blizzard for removing LAN support from SC2 and Diablo 3. SC2 sucks anyway, but Diablo 3 is a total shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh