Dealspwn writes: Recent news has seen gamers lash out over the launch fiasco surrounding EA’s latest SimCity title. The game requires an always-on internet connection, which meant it broke as soon as it went live as thousands of enthusiastic gamers tried to play at once.
This happened days after Crytek CEO, Cervat Yerli, said, “I think the notion of a single-player experience has to go away.” Instead, he believes there should be more integration with the online world with “online single-player.” So, while keen to plug his upcoming online game, Warface, he’s stupidly kicked his other game -Crysis 3- in the stones. Guess we know why Crysis 2 and 3’s single-player modes can only muster a rental recommendation then.
It shouldn’t surprise you that here at Dealspwn we still think that single player games have a huge part to play in gaming. Yes, titles like Warface and Bungie’s Destiny look set to do great things with online multiplayer. However, as EA have shown recently, internet technology, server competence, a bewildering capacity to underestimate traffic and an astonishing amount of shortsightedness are constant reminders that developers and publishers simply aren’t ready.
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In a list of games that defined the PlayStation 3, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves would certainly be one of the top contenders. The blockbuster sequel to 2007’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune not only received critical acclaim and became a massive hit for Sony’s third console when it was released 15 years ago on October 13th, 2009, but it also cemented Naughty Dog’s future as a developer of cinematic, story-driven action-adventure games as opposed to its history of colorful platformers like Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter from previous PlayStation generations. To this day, Uncharted 2 stands as one of the PS3’s best exclusives and one of the most important PlayStation games of all time.
I loved this era on multiplayer games from Sony. People used to call the modes tacked on multiplayer but they were enjoyable. I loved Factions even more. I'm Still gutted that the second one isn't coming out.
Yeah, that one game where it not only has an amazing single player but the multiplayer was also just as good.
A fresh a breath air with it's more "skill focused, less is more" multiplayer in a time during COD fever where every other game with online was trying to be like it.
Shame NaughtyDog eventually did do COD like things with Uncharted 3 and 4, they ruined what made the original so good. It become an over the top arcade fest in the end.
Ironic cause the MP was basically Halo, and Bungie helped on the technical side of things too. MP was more simple back then, I've said this before but I played U2 MP religiously. I sucked at it like you have no idea, but mah gawd did I have so much fun. Can't find an MP game that hooked me like U2s these days. Then Factions came along and while it had its problem I found new religion with it. Agh damn it why did they cancel Factions 2 bruhh.
It is for sure my favorite game in the series. It's such a blast to play. The train levels still hold up and are fun as hell as well as the entire game.
Still remember the first gameplay video ... shooting the chasing truck and then the beautiful visuals & details whilst traversing the dilapidated Nepal streets ... perfection
Too bad Sony never ported the trilogy to PC ...
I'll say, the PS3 really did sequels better than people give it credit for. Resistance 2, Uncharted 2, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Infamous 2... all were better than their initial offerings and still hold up to this day.
During MCM Comic Con London X EGX, CGM got the chance to be part of a press group interview with the stars of the Uncharted titles, namely the legendary Nolan North, who played protagonist Nathan Drake, Emily Rose, who portrayed Elena Fisher and Richard McGonagle, who took on the role of Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan,
I play single player game when i get home and just want to relax ,Multiplayer does more stressing than relaxing , especially COD and Fifa
Shame most other people don't
They'd rather ask for co-op/multiplayer in ever game even if the game doesn't need it.
Like Elder Scrolls/Fallout for example despite knowing Bethesda can'/t even make the single player work 100% and people want them to waste time on co-op/multiplayer. It would be even more broken...and for what just so you can show off to your friends for a little while.
Sometimes you've got to draw the line and go "No....this dosent need it, I should leave this franchise alone and enjoy going through it solo"
I mean no offence I just don't understand what people seem to like by going online with friends instead of sitting down, relaxing after a hard day and playing a good, solid single player game. Do you really need friends to hold your hand while going through a game, to make choices for you about what your next game is going to be, to miss out of great single player games and to keep putting up with them well after school/work whenm you've probably seen them all day anyway.
i do like single players but hell i do like my multiplayer games as well so to each his own i guess
The most potentially dangerous thing to come out of the recent SimCity controversy is that the publishers and developers might want to skip singleplayer altogether so they can push some online only version of the game, namely the multiplayer portion. It may sound unlikely since Diablo 3 happened and singleplayer games are still being made and yet it nearly happened with Ubisoft.
Ubisoft had a hard time with it's own always online DRM that it actually tried to shove the F2P only Ghost Recon Online for the PC crowd while console gamers get Ghost Recon Future Soldier. PC gamers in the end what console gamers get and the F2P version gets a separate release. Unfortunately it's not the end of the story though. Ubisoft then announced Silent Hunter will be as a F2P but since F2P is already popular, there were no dissenting voice to stop them now. Mech Warrior have become MW Online with no singleplayer because they are F2P only now. Oh they did promised they might make a singleplayer campaign if the Beta is successful but after looking what had happened to Simcity, I do think they would be wary of keeping to that promise since a singleplayer campaign in a F2P game is actually a singleplayer campaign with an always online DRM.
I don't want to boot up my PC and in every game in there requires me to compete or interact with everyone all the time. There's a reason games and movies are called "escapes" from the real world.
We need more multiplayer Co op. Killing takes so much effort.