What Do You Play First, Single-Player or Multiplayer?

PLAYINB3YOND - 38 days 11 hours ago

Always the single player because it is a vital part of the game, most of the maps, guns etc in multiplayer are from the singleplayer so it is vital in understanding the game and why you are playing in the map you are. I like the way IW have 2 separate teams working on single player and multiplayer, it ensures neither is affected by the other as is less time is put into one or one is judged as more important so the other suffers. Plus IW really know how to mnake an awesome and deep single player experience.

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Natsu X FairyTail - 38 days 6 hours ago

Yep.

you learn the basics during Story-mode. you get better there. you take on Multiplayer after that.

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enkeixpress - 38 days 6 hours ago

I'll definately be playing Single-Player first.

... But It'll be very hard to keep away from the Multiplayer.. lol

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Cenobia - 38 days 6 hours ago

Playing multiplayer first is how noobs are born.

...and why I'll forever be a noob in CS... :(

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Natsu X FairyTail - 38 days 6 hours ago

Cenobia

lol I dont know why you got a disagree.

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rafaleon - 38 days 6 hours ago

Every time I'm trying log on to multi in any game, I've got fck loads of errors.It could be my connection but more likely is that awful PSN fault.

I wish to try out, legendary XBL, but unfortunately I can't afford on X360 :(

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dead_eye - 38 days 5 hours ago

must be you isp. never had a problem with psn. mind you most of the games have dedicated servers and not p2p so you isp doesn't even have to be that good. bet you have an old dial up account lol

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BurninDragon08 - 38 days 5 hours ago

Depends on the game. I'm definitely playing the story mode on MW2 first though.

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NoBias - 38 days 5 hours ago

Uncharted 2: I played single player for about 4 hours and then saw some of my friends jump online. Wanted to save some hours of single player game play for the rest of the week so I jumped online with them for a while. When we finished... I went right back the single player like the weak person I am and started playing again. This process continued.

Halo 3: Not gonna lie, I jumped right on the multiplayer first. I'm a huge competitive online player and let's be honest, Halo is famous for it's multiplayer. ODST, I jumped into firefight first for a few hours and then did the campaign. I did the same for the COD series, even though I think the single player shines a lot more in the single player dept (ODST single player was a lot cooler than 3 though, imo).

Guess it depends on the game. But there's always a really fun feeling online when everyone is new to the maps and their trying to figure them out all at the same time. I love figuring it out with others rather than jumping in much later and people have a jump on me. Like I said... I'm a competitive MLG type player. I love trying to outsmart others on the field. It's a addicting.

MW2 multiplayer will no doubt be first up for me though.

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Chubear - 38 days 4 hours ago

Single Player first ALWAYS for me. I might go check out online at some point just to have a looksey but I'm usually focused on SP before I go onto multiplayer.

SP is why I buy most of my games and I always view MP & co-op as value added bonuses to continue with after my SP experience.

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ps3freak18 - 38 days 1 hour ago

Deffinetly single player. You need to get a feel for the game before you head online. Plus single player has always been the main part of games for me, MP is just a way to keep you playing.

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mikeslemonade - 38 days 1 hour ago

Multiplayer first. I hate single player FPS. I probably won't even finish it. Plus i want to be better than anyone and rank up faster than anyone online.

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Shadow Flare - 37 days 23 hours ago

I always try and do everything in single player first. I didn't even touch uncharted 2's online until I did everything in single player. The online trophys were the last I got before I got platinum

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MrAnonymous - 38 days 14 hours ago

same...and the best way is against ai, story usually isnt great for games, but there are some awesome ones out there and for those i play it for the story and getting used to the controls is just a plus...lol

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aGameDeveloper - 38 days 4 hours ago

Not only do I start by playing single player, I won't even buy a game if it has little to no single player component. I don't enjoy playing random strangers for long, and don't get friends together to play frequently.

For example, I've owned nearly every id Software game but one: Quake III Arena, because it was multiplayer-only (or simulated with bots). The concept was interesting, and the graphics good for the time, but I knew it would not hold my interest for long (based on previous frag-fest games).

I tried "City of Heroes" as an example MMO. I enjoyed the first several levels, but stopped playing the game as soon as the quests became ones that basically required gathering a party together. On the one hand, I was not interested in gathering a random party of non-committed strangers to complete these, and I did not have the time or commitment to join some organized clan (of strangers), or have enough friends that played.

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Monk3y - 37 days 23 hours ago

not really, i personally didn't think Modern Warfare was anything more than a regular shooter that just came out first with brand that had some name and good gfx.

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Double07 - 38 days 4 hours ago

Gr8 1.

Honestly im proud of you. You managed to comment twice on this article and both of them were without trolling or bashing the PS3. Well done ;)

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