Online vs Single player games

[Razor 1]

Is it just me or is single player games a better bang for the buck since we can always play them, but once servers are down online games are not playable?

[LowJack_VA1]

I prefer single player games, myself, but it's because i hate cheaters. When I run servers for online I keep them private so noone else can get in except who I want. If I can't do a private server then I don't run the server.

[Start_Running]

Not every single player game requires a server. Bt yeah Generally make sure the game has a strong single player. Because eventually you won't be able to find anyone to multi wioth.

[Razor 1]

Originally posted by LowJack_VA1:

I prefer single player games, myself, but it's because i hate cheaters. When I run servers for online I keep them private so noone else can get in except who I want. If I can't do a private server then I don't run the server.

[Razor 1]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Not every single player game requires a server. Bt yeah Generally make sure the game has a strong single player. Because eventually you won't be able to find anyone to multi wioth.

I thought SP games always worked because it runs from our desktop but saves progress on Steam. Am I incorrect in this?

[Lokaror]

it's very rare that i buy a game without at-least a solid singleplayer. The multi only games either have to intrigue me deeply or have some other factor to them. Unfortunately, so many games either have single or multiplayer stapled on and have sub par singleplayer, multiplayer or both. I think so many people don't understand you can't just ask devs to make everything multiplayer as well, lol.

[Razor 1]

Originally posted by Lokaror:

it's very rare that i buy a game without at-least a solid singleplayer. The multi only games either have to intrigue me deeply or have some other factor to them. Unfortunately, so many games either have single or multiplayer stapled on and have sub par singleplayer, multiplayer or both. I think so many people don't understand you can't just ask devs to make everything multiplayer as well, lol.

Not sure if online only games were available in jewel cases..never had one..but online only games are not worth it if after a year there is no dedicated server and nobody wants to play them anymore..

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Razor 1:

Originally posted by Lokaror:

it's very rare that i buy a game without at-least a solid singleplayer. The multi only games either have to intrigue me deeply or have some other factor to them. Unfortunately, so many games either have single or multiplayer stapled on and have sub par singleplayer, multiplayer or both. I think so many people don't understand you can't just ask devs to make everything multiplayer as well, lol.

Not sure if online only games were available in jewel cases..never had one..but online only games are not worth it if after a year there is no dedicated server and nobody wants to play them anymore..

That depends on how much enjoyment you get for that year.

[Razor 1]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by Razor 1:

Not sure if online only games were available in jewel cases..never had one..but online only games are not worth it if after a year there is no dedicated server and nobody wants to play them anymore..

That depends on how much enjoyment you get for that year.

Then what about these old games that are still selling after many years? I bought an online game that was already dead and had no players online....

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Razor 1:

Is it just me or is single player games a better bang for the buck since we can always play them, but once servers are down online games are not playable?

Depends on what you like.

For me, "always playing them" doesn't really matter all that much, although it means I can just wait for the games to be really really really really cheap. When I do play them, I play them once, and then they are "games played"; I have no reason to play them again.

I just don't see the point in multiplayer games, if you don't have anyone to multiplayer with.

[Crazy Tiger]

Highly depends on preferences. Some people don't replay games, or prefer to play MP games for a short while before moving on to the rest, and for those people "always being able to play them" has zero value.

Whatever is "better bang for the buck" is always based on personal preference.

[Halo]

You have never played Division 2 then, that is down at least once a week with maintenance for the shared single player.

And yes, single player is usually deeper and more satisfying, it has more content.

Online since 2010 has been pretty much hur-de-hur, thanks to COD, quite appalling rubbish and it gets worse.

Most online games are less intelligent than the manic Saturday morning cartoons they mirror.

Personally I have been playing single player games for most of the past decade, only coop like L4D2/Insurgency had any interest to me.

I gave Planetside 2 3 years between 2012/15 but 6 years later there is still nothing in that.

Online is usually an 3p33n thing, you either have it or don't.

[Razor 1]

Originally posted by Kargor:

Originally posted by Razor 1:

Is it just me or is single player games a better bang for the buck since we can always play them, but once servers are down online games are not playable?

Depends on what you like.

For me, "always playing them" doesn't really matter all that much, although it means I can just wait for the games to be really really really really cheap. When I do play them, I play them once, and then they are "games played"; I have no reason to play them again.

I just don't see the point in multiplayer games, if you don't have anyone to multiplayer with.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Originally posted by Razor 1:

Is it just me or is single player games a better bang for the buck since we can always play them, but once servers are down online games are not playable?

I agree with you too.

This is one reason I've turned down otherwise very attractive mobile/gacha games. One day, all the progress I've made on them would go poof, in a way that a locally-saved save file won't, as long as I maintain my data stores properly.

[Razor 1]

Originally posted by Quint the Alligator Snapper:

Originally posted by Razor 1:

Is it just me or is single player games a better bang for the buck since we can always play them, but once servers are down online games are not playable?

I agree with you too.

This is one reason I've turned down otherwise very attractive mobile/gacha games. One day, all the progress I've made on them would go poof, in a way that a locally-saved save file won't, as long as I maintain my data stores properly.