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- FirstDigg, on 11/03/2008, -35/+409Digg up this comment if you prefer "Radically Singleplayer" games.
- greywolfexcel, on 11/03/2008, -0/+132FTA: "People suck. I'm joking, of course — but only a bit."
This man writes the truth. - BlindingDawn, on 11/03/2008, -13/+93Digg up this comment if you wish for "Filter based on age" option in MMO games.
- CrivensMcJugs, on 11/03/2008, -0/+49After playing Fallout 3 for around 30 hours in the last three days, I have only one answer for you: "ThreeeeeeeEEEE DAWG, that's my name, coming to you live!"
...wait, uh, I mean "yes I likes radically singleplayer games." - divinediva, on 11/03/2008, -4/+53Awesome Title... This Gamer also prefers playing with Himself !!
- Midtowner, on 11/03/2008, -1/+46The trouble with MMO games is the multiplayer aspect makes them feel like a job... or like work. You have to be at location x at time y and you have a task to do. Your teammates depend on you to serve some sort of purpose of various import. I suppose this is fine if you're still in high school or whatever. I played Ultima Online back in the day and had a good time. Midway through college, I realized that I was ditching real-life personal engagements (and my girlfriend) so I could do meaningless crap like fake-marry strangers on a computer game. I realized just how silly that was, so I quit.
Now, I don't play anything that I can't instantly save and walk away from at a moment's notice. I also don't make appointments to play games. I do it exclusively in my downtime (which isn't much since I work full time and go to law school in the evenings). I'm a hard working guy and I want my playtime to really be playtime, not just another job or task completed for the benefit of others. - Kidsturk, on 11/03/2008, -1/+37I have no problem with shooting other players in the face, but I wouldn't want to try and cooperate with them for anything more complex than say, shooting the other team's players in the face.
- omnithought, on 11/03/2008, -0/+30The kids would just lie, man.
- SirChasm, on 11/03/2008, -0/+26Depends on the game type. While I agree with the article with regards to RPG games, FPS games are much much more fun when you know you're fragging real players. Bots in FPS just don't compare.
Another game genre where human players are frequently annoying and a pain in the ass to deal with are racing games - one retard going around the circuit backwards can ***** it up for everybody involved in the race.
Basically, in games where co-operation between players is important, human players are the bigger annoyance; in games where it's every man for himself, human players are more fun to play against. - AtraNoxVII, on 11/03/2008, -5/+27I've been playing with myself for years, this is nothing new.
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Is
King. - LemonChicken, on 11/03/2008, -1/+22Probably one of the best games on the last console generation
- KiloKaan, on 11/03/2008, -1/+21Orgy 2.0 - Singleplayer
- reyoo30309, on 11/03/2008, -4/+23"Maybe this could eventually become an entire category of entertainment: You're dropped into a huge, lush, gorgeous, sprawling world, and all you do is just sort of ... wander around."
That's what Shadow of the Colossus was essentially like but it did not too to well... - inactive, on 11/03/2008, -1/+20Do you have a choice ? :)
- vilago, on 11/03/2008, -1/+20What a dirty title
- Tearlock, on 11/03/2008, -1/+18On the contrary, Shadow of the Colossus has heralded much critical praise and sold well enough to eventually gain "Greatest Hits" status which only helped it sell even more units.
- yournamehere, on 11/03/2008, -1/+18I think you meant 'Dead Space'?
- Stevethegreat, on 11/03/2008, -1/+17To tell the truth MMOs are not even real games, they're resembling work, they have things you have to do. Single players are starkly different, there the world has a reason to exist and it either tells you a story through its linearity (jRPGs) or gives you a story to find out (free roaming games), but you're always part of the world. In the same sense you would never be a part of Azeroth, only a mercenary amongst millions...
- Scrappy1850, on 11/03/2008, -0/+16one game is good and the other is infested with dildos.
- alphaeno, on 11/03/2008, -4/+20Fallout 3
Far Cry 2
Dead Zone
Think I prefer single player - rmxz, on 11/03/2008, -0/+15 A good singleplayer game can have the atmosphere of a well written book - thanks to a good team with a single vision applying a consistent vision to all the elements. A good multiplayer game tends to have the atmosphere of the comments of some random blog, thanks to every random kid contributing - though admittedly some collaborations (both in writing (wikipedia) and in games (some guilds) work well.
- Eqxy, on 11/03/2008, -0/+15not if mommy and daddy don't mind having $15 drained from their bank account every month so their precious 13 year old can sit and press numbers 1-9 for 6 hours a day.
- MikeFallopian, on 11/03/2008, -1/+14Sounds cool. I'll probably just wait for the mod that gives you a shotgun though...
- Syraxis, on 11/03/2008, -0/+13It wasn't made to be a straight up FPS. Pay attention to your stats, they're important (like how much damage your guns cause to mobs for example). Ammo is scarce because hey what do ya know? It's a post apocalyptic world, most things are scarce. Just like in Fallout 1 & 2, need to conserve resources. If you only like to run around and shoot everything that moves, F3 probably isn't your type of game.
- aethelberga, on 11/03/2008, -0/+12I'd digg this twice if I could. I love exploring virtual worlds and trying to beat them as a single player but, at times, having to put up with other players (and worse having to partner with them to complete quests) is a pain.
- MimosaVendetta, on 11/03/2008, -1/+13I never realized I like the lack of character interaction in Myst. I loved replaying that game and just wandering through the worlds. The Crystal Key was pretty good for that as well.
- GOVATENT, on 11/03/2008, -0/+12I think this might reach way into the negatives
- omnithought, on 11/03/2008, -0/+11@ Scrappy
...literally - MichaelMelen, on 11/03/2008, -1/+12dugg'ity dugg for singleplayer
- Ghostalker, on 11/03/2008, -2/+13"Hear me and Obey- no, sorry, that's that other radio station..."
- StrangeFamous, on 11/03/2008, -2/+13Don't forget Fallout 3.
- AXNJAXN, on 11/03/2008, -0/+11Only if you don't have parents or a means of buying prepaid game cards.
- greevar, on 11/03/2008, -0/+10Yet another reason for playing single player. Griefers.
- MikeFallopian, on 11/03/2008, -2/+12Morrowind was better.
- SocialPoison, on 11/03/2008, -2/+11@Elranzer: Oh can it... just because the game doesn't use the Japanese style of standing in lines and attacking one another in turns doesn't exclude it from being an RPG. In fact... as a "Role Playing" Game, Fallout (1, 2 or 3 take your pick) are all incredibly deep and really allowed you to "Role Play" the game as you wanted. You weren't stuck in a linear path and you could always bet there'd be more than one way to tackle a situation.
Also the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system is based on a system that used to compete with the D&D rules years ago (which, as I'm sure you're aware, is an RPG ruleset).
You strike me as someone who hasn't played the game. - RUFiO006, on 11/03/2008, -0/+9"Hell is other people"
- doctorgrim, on 11/03/2008, -0/+9Give Fallout 3 a try. It's single player offline but has to some degree a MMOG feel. I'm having a blast with it right now. And if you have kids like I do, it's great to be able to PAUSE and take care of business.
- MrFurious2k, on 11/03/2008, -1/+9There are times when both situations apply. A games replayability and longevity seem to heavily rely on its ability to be used multiplayer. However, there are times when you just want to sit down and play a game by yourself without having to find someone else. I strongly believe that a good game has a solid single-player experience, but also has a good mp addition to keep it replayable.
- vgnezdilov, on 11/03/2008, -0/+8I couldn't decide.
So I voted twice. - js281, on 11/03/2008, -0/+8Main difference for me is:
Single Player = Fast Travel
MMORPG = 2 hours to get from one place to another (aka massive timesink)
I don't have time for 2 hours of wandering around killing random dwarves just to get to an NPC who wants to give me a quest. - Elranzer, on 11/03/2008, -1/+9Fingerprint readers, SSN verification, driver's license... ANYTHING man.
Come to think of it... the 18-25 year olds ain't much better. - TheUngod, on 11/03/2008, -0/+8Get to Rivet City. You'll be able to buy more ammo than you know what to do with. That, or just kill enemies and take it. I know, crazy idea right? Currently I have about 250 shotgun shells, 900 556 (or whatever the assault ammo is), 100 or so 44, and over 100 308 (Sniper rifle, hell yeah). Small guns ftw!
- TheSkunkMonkey, on 11/03/2008, -0/+8I like multiplayer games, just not massive ones. I don't need 1000 random idiots running around in my game but I don't mind hooking up with 2-3 friends to play a game. When you personally know the other players, it makes a big difference.
- Andrwmorph, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7They need an MMO that isn't designed to keep players grinding for 14 hours a day.
- omnithought, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7Those rare times when you get an awesome group together in an MMO and have loads of fun and everyone is compatible and everything just flows can be the most sublime gaming experience ever. However, those times are so rare that I prefer to go it alone most of the time. Because, when all is said and done, douchebags just aren't worth it.
- insanewriters, on 11/03/2008, -1/+8I find I enjoy playing LittleBigPlanet, a game where you are encouraged to play online by default, by myself (or with my wife) much more than playing it online. There is always somebody sucking all the lives out of the checkpoints.
- DanNZN, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7Depends on how you look at it. In many single player games, once you kill something it stays dead. You save a town from monsters and you are the hero, the only hero. You made an actual impact on the game world. This is lacking in pretty much all multi player games where no matter what you do it has little/no impact on the game world.
- Drahkar, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7@dafragsta -
They State in the game manual itself to conserve your ammunition because its not easy to find. It was never intended to be a Quake or Unreal Substitute. Its a RPG played in a FPS view.
As to missing all the time. Maybe if you put some points into your weapon skills and trained some combat traits you wouldn't have that problem. Or maybe if you tried playing beyond level 3 you might have better luck. - inactive, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7Many Gamers game for the same reason people read novels - escapism. Competition and Co-operation have their place but it's long past time this form of gaming was recognised and celebrated. The person above who referenced Myst hit the nail right on the head - this is *exactly* why that series was so popular and sold so well.
"Hell is other people", rings true for many of us so please please don't take away all our nice singleplayer adventures. Thank you for listening.
PS: Here's another Journalist who thinks similar thoughts:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/23/the-tro ... - Hetman, on 11/03/2008, -0/+6I am sorry but I used to love MMO's but now it is like damn. I do not have the time to schedule RL around raids and the choir of leveling up my character. They are fun. But I would rather play single player RPG's and if I want to play multiplayer I will go with an RTS or FPS.
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