Last generation's most successful console, the PS2, didn't have built in online capability. Also, the amount of people with a broadband high speed connection back then wasn't as high as it is today. But with all the capabilities of our consoles this gen, and when taking into account the robust presence of Steam, PSN, and XBOX Live, you can begin to see a clear pattern, and it paints a very gloomy picture for fans of quality Single Player games. Here is a short list of Games that started this generation as Single Player only games, and now includes Multiplayer.
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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Players can pay to edit their character, resurrect the dead and other actions.
Yet Helldivers 2 gets a pass? Y’know a GotY contender by the name of RE4 had them and so does Devil May Cry V. The funny thing is I enjoyed both of those games thoroughly without having to buy a single microtransaction.
What I do consider a valid complaint is not being able to start a new game or being able to edit your character. That’s kind of a seriously baffling decision, but then I think how I played Dragon’s Dogma 1 and I never edited my character and I just did a 100% playthrough on a single file and didn’t start a NG since. So, I don’t think these are really going to impact me, but I can see how it will others.
I was going to pay full price to support this game because I've been waiting for it for forever but I think I'll wait until I get it for free from Epic or a Humblebundle monthly.
I am not defending Capcom, as I am not a fan of MTX in single player games. I do however belive they were open to reviewers about having MTX in their game. The reviewers just decided to leave that part out. Which is very disingenuous. There are some companies that get away with these things. Image if this was done by EA, Ubisoft, or even Activision? I am positive those defending Capcom, would have had their pitchforks ready if the companies listed above did this
alive and kicking, multiplayer games are great though but a single player game is more beneficial for me specifically as a gamer because i enjoy the pure quality and taking my time in a good game and enjoying a good story.
IT'S ALIVE
its alive but, multiplayer has become an excuse to make games shorter, and for some like ea they believe it needs to be in every game
Single player will never die. But since humans are a social creature it will have some hard times and we'll see less n less of it from this point on...it can't ever completely die though.