| richardhutnik said: Sorry, I am not sold on online multiplayer as a big deal. I wil add here, if you have friends remotely, it is nice to be able to play with them. But beyond this, I don't get it. Online multiplayer is made out to be some sort of critical feature. But try firing up some sort of minor title or older title and watch there be little people to play online with. If it is a big title, you get a bunch. Otherwise, you could likely not run into anyone. Then, you do find someone. If you aren't running into immature jerks who throw insults around, you get experience like I did with the original Borderlands. I found a rare person online to play, and did a game. I was then facing abusive language because he didn't like me. Then, he gives me a hacked shield that made me indestructable pretty much, ruining Borderlands for me. So, pardon me here. I just don't get the big deal with online multiplayer at all. What is the appeal of finding people I don't know online and playing them, and hoping the experience is decent. Apparently Microsoft, and Sony, now feels that I would need to pay for all this. And with Microsoft, I have the distinct feeling that I am to drag my friends into their world, as they do squat to really enable people to meet others through their service. Seriously here, why am I going to bother dragging anyone into their world? Sorry, not in the mood. I would rather play face to face with people and have some sort of social connecting, not this faux Facebook style nonsense of lack of human interaction. Like, I do boardgames with people at social get togethers, and that is rewarding, FAR more than what the online pay to play world does. Hey, maybe I am missing something awesome here. If so, feel free to post a counterpoint below. |
i agree with you very strongly at the bolded part, nba jam on fire edition with three friends socialising and having fun not just gaming is so much better than be called names and being hated on in cod online, same with spartan ops in halo 4 and shank 2 co op, just like being in the same room and playing and joking around without the crap that i always get online. If you own a ps3 you should buy all stars on the cheap such a good hang out game while drinking or before you go out, my girlfriend even gets in on the action due to controls and mechanics being so simple.
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