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I mostly buy games for the single player, i want to enjoy my time gaming.
Only Stranded Deep but unfortunately that's become a water-harvesting, potato-hunting game.
I don't play online.
Yes, nothing like a retro single player shooter !
I mostly play single-player games these days. I get to enjoy the story lines more and usually better graphics in these types of games.
fs17 & space engineer offline, BF4 & titanfall 2 online
Yeah I really enjoy them and find them more satisfying than mp games tbh.
Hmm, I tend to play games that have a single player (or co-op) story based campaign, which then leads to the multiplayer aspect afterwards. I think they still work well together, especially for those of us who just want to relax while playing a game without it becoming something competitive unless you want it to.
Which is probably why I haven't purchased a purely multiplayer game and likely never will.
I mostly play singleplayer - a mixture of all genres really.
Emm,not always - tell that to anyone who plays Bethesda single player RPGs,or those from CDPR,etc. Playthroughs can last 100s of hours,maybe even more.Quote:
It's a fine balance - gamers may adopt a title based on its single-player credentials, but if you want to keep them playing for months or years to come, you'll likely need an evolving online experience to keep them hooked.
Sure,there are games like Planetside 2,TF2,Diablo 3,etc which I have played for years too,but a single player open world RPG can be relevant for a very long time.
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Thats the thing in terms of games which can have an impact - thing of games like the Mass Effect trilogy,Bioshock,etc they usually tend to be single player games. Its much easier to generate meaningful narratives in a single player game,instead of relying on the random actions of online players.
I only ever play single player games as I prefer to do my own thing and enjoy the game.
I pretty much only play single player games and those single player games that have a local network co-op option.
Mostly single player and co-op that's restricted to a couple of friends like borderlands or payday. Recently played Tera on ps4 and havin to drop into groups with the public was a disaster.
Single player pretty much all the way for me. At least I can pause the game when I need to do something (which is often)
Yes when I can find one to buy.
Stopped playing multiplayer years ago, I kinda got bored of competitive play. Still adore co-op, and is indeed my fave mode, but no, competitive multiplayer isn't fun for me anymore. It was great when you had a group of friends to play as a team, but as lives got busy it became nigh-on impossible to get us all together, and there's just not much fun in playing randos
I haven't outgrown gaming, but I outgrew online gaming years ago.
Servers full of adolescent ass hat virgins trying to tell me how good my mother was last night. I'd rather enjoy the games I play.
Absolutely. single player FPS is the only way to go..
Single player, or LAN-based multi, but very, VERY rarely online. Too high an idiot to decent player ratio online.
I only play single player games.
I have tried multiplayer games before but they are not for me, I personally found online games to be monotonous and boring.
I like to progress at my own speed and complete everything the game has to offer.
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My favourite genre is rpg, games like Witcher 3 where my first playthrough lasted over 500 hours, but like I said I like to complete everything the game has to offer.
I look for single player games in any new game I buy theses days
I play single-player games exclusively. If it's multiplayer only, it doesn't get my money.
More than 95% of my gaming time is within single player games. I do play WoT and some co-op Borderlands when I feel in the mood. In general though, I find MMOs these days are ruined by people rushing and / or cheating.
I pretty much only play single-player games, unless I'm with friends in which case I've got a ton of couch co-op games.
I don't really like multiplayer. The only MP game I'm into is Rocket League. I try other things occasionally but I don't get much out of it, and I'll start thinking out single-player games that I like more and play those instead.
Plus, I don't really like the atmosphere that goes along with MP. There's no doubt people get really invested in MP games, and you can see that by how much they curse out their team-mates as if winning was the most important thing in their lives, but it seems like a pretty joyless kind of obsession sometimes. I play a game because it's enjoyable, and when it's not then I stop, but it seems like a remarkable number of people out there sink hundreds of hours into something that's nothing but emotional torture for them.
single player yes. MP with mates as a LAN party or head-to-head etc but rarely online now my machine is as old as it is. When my machine was good enough my net wasn't, so yeah, last thing I MP'd properly was BF2. A long long time ago.
I avoid multiplayer as much as possible, except for the occasional co-op. I mainly get games for single player.
I play games for a story, so thats all online points gathering for nothing games gone.
Well, Im surprised. I thought I was unusual in much prefering single-player or local co-op but it seems that's far from the case. Who knew?
single player all the way here
A bit of both, Although i do prefer single player games.
Currently playing Warframe which allows you to select solo mode or multiplayer, This only allows up to 4 players on each mission.
It also has an invite option for playing with anyone on your friends list.
All my walk-throughs are for single player PC games using keyboard and mouse.
The only multiplayer game I currently play is World Of Warcraft. Everything else is primarily single player.
I ONLY play single player games. Don't have the free time to commit to playing multiplayer and have not found one that's kept my attention for long.
I mainly play single player games but do occasionally like Destiny 2 & Titanfall 2 multiplayer on PS4. Few year ago I did get into CoD : Advanced Warfare multiplayer on PC and enjoyed it but after playing BO3 on Steam gave up as the other players were just to toxic and abusive
I play both. I'm into management sims and strategy games which both lean toward single player but I have played grand strategy games like Solaris, Crusader Kings 2 and various civs multiplayer, although almost exclusively with IRL friends.
I've never played an MMORPG but did get quite into Planetside 2 and World of Warships for a while. In both cases it was through a community (based around a large UK based PC gaming website & it's forums/discord server) that was well mannered and friendly. So even if the public channels were full of people shouting slurs my team channel was full of civilised people.
There are a few games I'll play online publicly as other people's chat is easily ignored and they're better than the single player bots: Rocket League comes to mind for that.
That said, I'd still save 3/4 of my gaming is single player. That's changing as the kids get old enough to play local co-op though.
Nothing but...
I find the other good thing about playing single player games is you can wait for sales etc, with the multiplayer twitch fests if you not there on day one you will get left behind, of course buying games on day one if rather more expensive.
Single player - and mostly on retropie and retroarch from the 80's
favourite game type is turn based game, and that is a pain to play with others, also cant imagine playing the witcher as a multiplayer game.
I mainly play single player games, I'm currently catching up on the Assassin's Creed series. I do play a bit of Destiny 2 with friends though
With the amount of toxicity and cheating in many online games, I almost exclusively play single player games lately.
I prefer single player games or ones with optional local/online multiplayer. Some single player only games are ruined by a lack of co-op or multiplayer, whereas other games are ruined by not having enough single player options.
To clarify, some single-player only games, especially where you control two characters, should have co-op modes, but don't. This is frustrating for puzzle/action games that emulate Portal, but don't provide the co-op mode. Other games try to force online multiplayer instead of providing a decent single-player experience.
Other games try to offer the best of both. SWTOR, though far from perfect, can provide you a full single-player story experience with no interaction with other players or can provide a full, collaborative experience from your first time logging in.
I mainly play single player games, at the moment I'm playing Fallout 4 again trying to get to 1000 hours play time on steam I'm 990 now (sad I know).
The only multiplayer game I play is World of Warships but I only play 3-4 games then I stop.
Single player only.
I do mostly play single player open world games. But I find it weird when in the game, I'm stuck in a traffic jam, or driving a forklift.
My son prefers real opponents, I think maybe the AI opponents are too predictable.
Yes of course.
Single player games are all I play. It's rather sad to see them in decline.
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I gave Fortnite a go... didn't think much of it. Last game I played online and enjoyed was Star Wars Battlefront 2 (the original) with my flatmate. SO GOOD.
But yeah, most of my time is devoted to Kerbal Space Program :) Single player ftw
Put off online games by gamers who are only out to mess up your game. I do prefer a good story anyway :-)
With the rabid cheaters in MP I rarely play online games anymore. If I do play it's a co-op game like L4D2 or TF2 where an admin can ban the bastards. So many griefers and trolls in an MP game that co-op/SP is the way to go. I really love SP story lines also. MP is usually more for people that like to get together and talk strategy. I'm more of a gung-ho person and hate most stealth games.
I'm not convinced they are. Many more games are made these days than 20 years ago, I'd be surprised if the total number of single player games has dropped, just the number that have multiplayer have increased.Quote:
Originally Posted by DemonHighwayman
The difference is that the marketing budgets of the biggest publishers (EA, Activision Blizzard, Ubi,) are aimed at those that have large multiplayer elements. The tier below that still has many single player games and even those at the very top can have compelling single player. GTA V is the biggest selling game of all time and you can spend 100s of hours in that without touching multiplayer.Weirdly I see less cheating than I used to. Maybe I'm playing the wrong (or right,) games for it.Quote:
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I used to play a lot of counter strike online within a Clan, playing with people I knew was and still is always better than the public servers. A lot of games need team work and you very rarely find that unless you are part of a clan/team
Generally these days I play single player games as I prefer the stories and being able to explore the worlds at my own pace.
Umm, I hardly play any other games. As for online MP titles, I've only played like a dozen in my whole life, and maybe a couple more with local coop. Meanwhile, only last month I have finished two SP titles: Doom and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. And while I have given a couple of MP games a good few hundred of hours (LoL, JK3 and both Titanfalls), that's about as much time as I have played Morrowind alone.
The only exception: Neverwinter Nights 2, I have spent a decade playing it online only, but gradually moved from playing to modding over last three or four years. Other than that, though, I hardly give any attention to online games - not because I don't like them, just prefer gameplay better served in single player.
I don't enjoy online gaming much anymore. About 15 years ago+ I did a lot of Clan gaming with Quake 3 type games. It was a much better exprience then, you got to know people better in those days, now you're just a number.
I still play games which are online capable, e.g. Elite Dangerous, but I tend to play alone.
I mainly play single player. Multiplayer requires time and commitment of which I am very committed and time locked to parenthood currently. Used to enjoy a bit of Battlefield bad company 2 back in the day but its all become to focused on grinding and buying map packs now.
I would say it is a 50-50 on my playtime. I try to avoid spending too much time on multiplayer games and only do play them with friends.
Mostly I only play single player. Sometimes a co-op game but with a few friends at most.
I still play single player games, there is nothing better then first person shooters (to me)
I play mostly single player games. I also play a few MMOs (Elder Scrolls Online, Neverwinter, D&D Online, Sword Coast Legends), but I play them alone, never as part of a group.
I mostly play singleplayer games and im a little pi.. that i mostly can buy digital I enjoy to have the game in my home with manuals and maps
Yeah its pretty much all i play, I play games for the story and to be emersed in the world to escape the daily work bullrubbishrubbishrubbishrubbish. Multi player used to be fun for me but its all boils down to the same crap now its all kids that shouldnt be playing 18 rated games screaming into the mic because they are all trying to be edgelords.
Too many juveniles, trolls, griefers, cheaters, sociopaths in MP. At least bots don't cheat. I also tend to have relatively high latency, which doesn't help me avoid death in a MP FPS. It's unfortunate that most companies spend most of their budgets on MP. If they'd invest more in SP, I'm sure they could make far smarter, more competitive AI for offline play. Publishers, EA for one, got it in their heads that it'd be a great idea to force people to go online even just to load up the game for SP. That's just stupid, and they consequently don't get my money.
I think Its totally lazy, jumping on the bandwagon of "Battle Royale", greedy AAA company's this day and age leaving out the most Important part of a game which Is the single player story driven part of a franchise Is a sad time. I do play a lot of online like PUBG, Left 4 dead 2 (Greatest game ever) destiny 2, vermintide 2, to mention a few but some days I just want to play a good game all by myself :)
SP by preference - I like to win and I like knowing that it's possible to win, especially since I've paid for it.
PvP games pit you against cheaters, haxorz and mouthy kids who have nothing better to do than play games repetitively all day every day, refining their twitch-shooting abilities to levels far beyond anything I could manage even when I had their kind of free time.
If my idea of fun was getting my backside handed to me over and over by Rubbish who live to abuse others, I'd walk naked out of my house to pick fights with the local gang of 'persons of transient nature'... At least then I'd not need to drop thousands on a gaming PC and hundreds on the DLC for it.
At the insistence of a friend, I recently tried PlayerUnknown's Jogging Simulator and managed 66 minutes of empty space, running, glitching, sticking and server downtime, as well as a 2:5 KDR, before I swore lots and got the stoopid thing refunded. Pleas to try Fortnight instead ("It's soooo much better, despite being the exact same thing") have fallen upon a heart of stone.
Yes. I'm not into multiplayer at all. I'm over 50 and I can't compete with the young twitch wizards these days.
I play mostly single-player story-driven games.
Yes & almost exclusively. I spend all day wrangling people. Gaming time is my time away.
Overwhelmingly single-player games. As a somewhat senior gamer I can no longer compete with younger people with the reflexes of a striking mongoose, and the manners of a rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbish-house rat. WoT used to be fun but now irretrievably broken.
Haven’t found a collaborative play game that suits me so far
Sounds like we have the same issues with online gaming!
i play campaigns because i am not very good at playing humans
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Indeed I do and nowadays I only really play co-op games online rather than competitive ones.
I only play single player or solo gaming. I'm middle aged and can't keep up w/ the young kids. Plus, they cheat (sometimes). I just want to relax and have fun.
Much prefer single player FPS games - example - Far Cry series. With the freedom of open world games, you can come back to tackle a situation in so many different ways.
I have tried online and found it repetitive and boring. My first experience in Fortnite was underwhelming due to being killed 4 times in a row before I could take one step. I persevered and eventually got to run around a while before being killed, but the action and environment are so limited and no real puzzles to overcome. It is just kill or be killed within a shrinking arena, wait for a reset and do the same thing over, ad infinitum.
Have tried home LAN with a few friends and that can be a good laugh, this is less common due to the hassles. And the only multiplayer I do like to play is on a friend's older 3D TV (polarized) with a gaming console. It can have 2 people playing the same game on the same screen (mostly car racing games) and with the glasses, you get to see your game on the whole screen while the other player has their own different view (not the 50:50 split screen). But it is only occasionally when we can get together
Decent ping in our country is a luxury. (Tried to play COD:WWII and For Honor but the connection is always in Strict NAT)
Getting 1 game is already sapping my wallet. So, I'm better with single player games.
And besides, I'm kinda introvert.
I only have the internet via satellite, so it is single player games all the way for me
Pretty much SP only these days for me. Last game I played a lot of online was GTAV on 360 but even that was mainly just me racing and doing missions on my own in GTAO. Will probably do the same when RDR2 comes out.
I play mostly single player games. Once in a while, I'll go back to an oldie in Joint Operations and play that one with others but it seems that the numbers of players are dwindling on it.
Strictly single player here. Let's not forget the big studios are only out to rape our wallets with DLC and loot boxes in MP to let people but their cheating way to the top. You only have to look at the fiasco that SWBF2 became. I won't buy a game if it doesn't have a single player mode period.
I Only play single player if the internet goes down, I'd much rather play with a crowd than not,given the oppertunity.Playing MMORG games like EVE online with upto 256 players all under the command of a few Fleet commanders just eager to pew pew as a single unit or playing in a squad on PUBG, playing together i think you learn more about a game quicker than going it alone.
I do hate the hackers though.
I used to play SP and MP, pretty much only play SP now.
MP becomes tedious because of, well, other people being *insert expletive of choice*
I only play single player games.
Having said what I said, I am about to pick up Post Scriptum... but only after a lot of reviews and assurances that it's both a decent game and mostly populated by decent people working together!