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greenmedic88 said:
oniyide said:
greenmedic88 said:


These days, the SP is often little more than a practice/tutorial run in preparation for the online game.


See im not sure i agree with this totally, i think that only applies to the FPS genre and maybe racing and even then. its just the CODs and there military FPS counterparts that heavily emphasize online.

FPS games are exactly what I was talking about. They're not my favorite genre by any means, but FPS games and by extension shooters such as Gears and Uncharted continually focus more on online as campaigns shrink appropriately (Uncharted not so much). 

EA even went so far as to say that the campaign for Battlefield 3 was little more than a practice session for online to paraphrase. 

I don't have a major issue with it, but as someone who primarily just plays campaigns on the FPS games I buy and typically only dabbles with MP online, it does make paying $60 for a new release a lot less tempting. 

But racing games, like fighting games, are only improved dramatically by the addition of online competitive play. Co-op online play is another great addition in games such as Borderlands, Dead Island and L4D which wouldn't be the same games without it. 

Well in BF defense, wasnt that game always online?? i was under the impression that it was a strictly multiplayer game or always focused on that component. Which is why i avoid that game