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How important is a singleplayer & good story for you?

Incredibly important! I l... 212 82.81%
 
Its important for me. 26 10.16%
 
I only play multiplayer (online) games. 6 2.34%
 
See results 12 4.69%
 
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DonFerrari on 21 June 2017
Baddman said:
DonFerrari said:

you have multiple platform and games so you are good on balance

true plus other than that a lot of my gaming time is now spent watching(aka helping them when they get stuck)  the kids play minecraft,lego world and lego dimensions and a bunch of other lego games. tell you one thing tho my son sure wishes ratchet and clank was 2 players

That is joyfull and probably why I'll have to pick up switch very soon to coplay with my kid



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Baddman on 21 June 2017
DonFerrari said:
Baddman said:

true plus other than that a lot of my gaming time is now spent watching(aka helping them when they get stuck)  the kids play minecraft,lego world and lego dimensions and a bunch of other lego games. tell you one thing tho my son sure wishes ratchet and clank was 2 players

That is joyfull and probably why I'll have to pick up switch very soon to coplay with my kid

yeh they even played the ARMS testfires with me..and to my surprise they all hated the motion controllers  and told me switch it back to regular controls. only downside to them gaming is they constantly using all my arrows  and items in BOTW and started a new game + with my ratchet file



LethalP on 21 June 2017

On one hand I do prefer single player games, but on the other I also like gameplay focused games most. And a trend I'm seeing from Sony is that they are closing all their gameplay focused studios like Liverpool, Evolution and retiring IP's like Twisted Metal, Wipeout and Ape Escape all in favor of new IP's with the same cinematic ghetto Naughty Dog approach.



Goodnightmoon on 21 June 2017
deskpro2k3 said:
Goodnightmoon said:
When I want really complex characters with really good stories I read books and watch movies, and I do that a lot, that's maybe why I find many Sony games so dull, they focus a lot on that but they aren't nearly as good as the characters and stories I usually consume and they usually make the equivalent of american cinema blockbusters which is not exactly my thing but to each their own, personally I like when games are great at being games, I can't help but think the need to make it so close to films is born from insecurity, cinema has been considered a high class art for a long time, so some (simple) people think games need to be the same in order to be high class art too, everytime I read story is the most important thing on a videogame a part of me dies.

 

really good story, good complex character. shorter than a blockbuster movie. can finish under an hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yJHXmuAlQ

The desperation...



Goodnightmoon on 21 June 2017
DonFerrari said:
Goodnightmoon said:
When I want really complex characters with really good stories I read books and watch movies, and I do that a lot, that's maybe why I find many Sony games so dull, they focus a lot on that but they aren't nearly as good as the characters and stories I usually consume and they usually make the equivalent of american cinema blockbusters which is not exactly my thing but to each their own, personally I like when games are great at being games, I can't help but think the need to make it so close to films is born from insecurity, cinema has been considered a high class art for a long time, so some (simple) people think games need to be the same in order to be high class art too, everytime I read story is the most important thing on a videogame a part of me dies.

So why do you come in all Sony threads if their output don't interest you at all? And sorry that some of us doesn't get all your fancy inteligence and maturity that only Dickenson can satisfy.

Go and help yourself outside of holiwood and Sony games.

Cause that is only a lie you just made out, I talk maybe in 1 out of every 10 Sony threads and rarely in a negative way, but sometimes I do like to express my perspective about things, horrible I know.



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Baddman on 21 June 2017
LethalP said:
On one hand I do prefer single player games, but on the other I also like gameplay focused games most. And a trend I'm seeing from Sony is that they are closing all their gameplay focused studios like Liverpool, Evolution and retiring IP's like Twisted Metal, Wipeout and Ape Escape all in favor of new IP's with the same cinematic ghetto Naughty Dog approach.

yeh this is what i originally wanted to say but got side tracked lol



deskpro2k3 on 21 June 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
deskpro2k3 said:

 

really good story, good complex character. shorter than a blockbuster movie. can finish under an hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yJHXmuAlQ

Lmao, the desperation

 

can you be more specific?



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Goodnightmoon on 21 June 2017
deskpro2k3 said:
Goodnightmoon said:

Lmao, the desperation

 

can you be more specific?

BoTW is definitely not the best game to made your point, it feels a bit desperated. Best thing about BoTW is gameplay and level/world design, that's what makes it great and is kind of the opposite of the kind of game I was talking about.



deskpro2k3 on 21 June 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
deskpro2k3 said:

 

can you be more specific?

BoTW is definitely not the best game to made your point, it feels a bit desperated. Best thing about BoTW is gameplay and world design, that's what makes it great and is kind of the opposite of the kind of game I was talking about.

My point, in case you missed it. that it has no story, no complex characters, and is a singleplayer game. Is that incorrect?

DId I hurt your feelings, or is this your attempt at damage control?



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Goodnightmoon on 21 June 2017
deskpro2k3 said:
Goodnightmoon said:

BoTW is definitely not the best game to made your point, it feels a bit desperated. Best thing about BoTW is gameplay and world design, that's what makes it great and is kind of the opposite of the kind of game I was talking about.

My point, in case you missed it. that it has no story, no complex characters, and is a singleplayer game. Is that incorrect?

DId I hurt your feelings, or is this your attempt at damage control?

No you didn't, it does have a well structured story (for open world standars) with some very cool moments here and there though but at the end of the day is one of the best games ever done (if not the best) without a complex main character or a brilliant story, so you are reinforcing my point.