ZombiU’s Multiplayer Will Probably Be One of the Best Things About the Wii U

[Kresnik]

crissindahouse said:

Kresnik said:
I was actually going to post a really glowing comment about how that sounded really cool. I stand by this, actually - I'm always a big fan of innovation and tweaks to the formula in multi-player and this sounded like a really cool way to mix almost RTS with FPS, and a dose of CoD zombies thrown in.

And then I read "No online play for this mode". I mean come on. There's nothing wrong with couch gaming - I love spending time on Mario Kart or Timesplitters with my gaming friends, but they're not always here. Online gaming is always here, and it's a method we use to keep in touch as everyone moves on with their lives. Quite disappointed with that, although I'm sure I'll still buy it at some point once I get my Wii-U.

exactly that is the point. i often read peoples opinion saying "i meet my friends when i wish to play a videogame with them" or something like that but that is simply not possible anymore if you are an adult out of school. when i was in school over ten years ago i had no problem meeting with friends in freetime to play with them these games because all the friends were in the same school or lived few streets further. nowadays most friends left the city to work or study anywhere, those wo still live close to me have own families and a hard job. you can always call a friend and say "come let's play few rounds online" at evening even if he has a wife, but you can't just say "you have to work tomorrow right?  we have 10pm come to me and let us play together on a couch, we are 30 years and who cares about your wife and bla" lol

online gaming still let me interact with my friends even if i don't see them for months, that is just great and nothing less and much  better than just talking with them on the phone.

I completely agree with everything you just said.  Seems like you're in exactly the same situation as me, and countless other people I would imagine :P

I just don't see why they'd make a multiplayer mode and then limit it to local play only in this day and age.