| badgenome said: Lazy headline aside, "gimmick" might not be the right word but he has something of a point. Leaderboards, social sites, achievements, etc. are all ways to make the kind of pure single-player game that arose because of the proliferation of home gaming systems into a sort of multiplayer experience without resorting to shoehorning in PVP. |
Exactly. The article really isn't that offense (as coming from someone who hates the idea that all games should have deathmatch multiplayer that too many developers espouse).

Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.







