Control will not have multiplayer

Control will not have a multiplayer mode despite Remedy's new multiplayer focus

[AngainorG7X]

Amen

[darthv72]

Neither Quantum Break nor Alan Wake had multiplayer so I wasn't expecting this one to suddenly change that despite Remedy saying they were going to do more MP games.

[C-H-E-F]

why would it need it? Not every game needs that, I really feel like alot of gamers need to learn how to be alone. My most favorite games are single player.

[gangsta_red]

"I really feel like alot of gamers need to learn how to be alone."

I actually feel the exact opposite. A lot of gamers need to learn how to socialize and do it properly. Not every game needs MP and not every MP games needs a SP campaign too. It goes both ways.

[MasterCornholio]

Video games can be a way to socialize but it shouldnt be the only way that people choose.

But I'm an antisocial gamer so what would I know?

[manabyte77]

You think multiplayer in a video game is socializing, much less properly?? You sound sheltered. “Socializing” on PSN/XBL is not a substitute for the very different conditions of real life or the work force.

[jimbost79]

"A lot of gamers need to learn how to socialize and do it properly."
And who exactly are you to judge and tell people what they need to do?

[TheOptimist]

Might as well watch classic movies like Fight Club and Inception with a bunch of 12 year olds who are extremist fans of crap like Fast & Furious.

[C-H-E-F]

Dude are you living in 1970? The people with the most social skills in society are GAMERS and ANIME LOVERS. My whole childhood I played sports, missed out on dragon ball z, pokemon, digimon, all of that. And the people who I interacted with were just about sports, and didn't know much about the world, when it came to talking to girls or people outside of the circle. They didn't because they couldn't so they labeled them as "lame" so they will feel better about themselves.

I later went to college to major in game and simulation programming with a minor in computer information systems. These kids I met then ran the school, pool parties, drinking games, clubbing, parties in general, gaming events, manga events, comic-con etc. These kids were more social than any kid I met growing up.

So stop it with this old fashioned perspective on what a gamer is, or a nerd or whatever, it's not the case. Being able to put yourself into these worlds (gaming/anime) and then having these massive communities attached allows for gamers regardless of genres to reach across the ocean and speak on a game regardless if it's single player or not.

Also to add, talking to someone online through a microphone is far more different than talking to someone in real life. I bet it's hard for you to look someone in the eye throughout a whole conversation yet you want to speak to me about socializing? lOl man please.

[gangsta_red]

@mana
"You think multiplayer in a video game is socializing, much less properly?? "

Yes it is socializing, you are speaking and talking with real people while playing the vidyas.

"Socializing” on PSN/XBL is not a substitute for the very different conditions of real life or the work force."

Awesome!! never said it wasn't.

@jimbost
"And who exactly are you to judge and tell people what they need to do?"

I'm the one who's in the exact opposite group of the person who declared, "gamers need to learn how to be alone.".

@theoptimist
That's not a very optimistic view. You would be surprised how many 12 year olds would like movies like Inception and especially Fight Club.

[gangsta_red]

"So stop it with this old fashioned perspective on what a gamer is,"

Interesting, I just basically had a direct opposite view of yours about gamers and that some how triggered a personal dissertation of your whole life.

"The people with the most social skills in society are GAMERS and ANIME LOVERS."

Yeah...that could probably be debated.

"I bet it's hard for you to look someone in the eye throughout a whole conversation yet you want to speak to me about socializing? lOl man please."

Man, seeing how easily off the hinges you became over a comment that wasn't even about you, I'm going to have to change my mind and actually agree with you that gamers need to be alone. Especially if they start to foam at the mouth so easily and over nothing.

[Tetsujin]

N4G logic:

No multiplayer - Why can't they put some sort of multiplayer in the game? What's the point of having Plus/Gold if there's single player games releasing? I want to play with my friends online together. F- the datacaps my ISP put on me/us, I want my multiplayer!

Multiplayer - This feels tacked on, and they're following X/Y game with the standard options available. This multiplayer is basically a reskinned X/Y. I can't stand when companies do this!

Me - Is the game fun?

[FrenchFryNarwhal]

Who thought this was going to be mutli-player?? It's a very clearly single-player experience.

[EDKICK]

Plenty of people apparently. On an article posted on here a little while back Remedy said they were going to support Control post launch more than some of their other games. Some writer twisted that and said Control was becoming GAAS, then N4G twisted that into meaning it surely having a multiplayer GAAS element.

I mentioned post launch support doesn't always mean MP or GAAS and got downvoted for it but whatever looks like I was right.

[Relientk77]

Good, hope the campaign and powers/abilities are awesome

[Derceto]

I like it already....

[CrimsonWing69]

Thank god!

[gamer7804]

thats good, I still don't see a whole lot of story in this control game though. Kinda concerned it will flop. They are already having another team focus on a multiplayer title.

[strayanalog]

I truthfully didn't expect it to for this game.

[ziggurcat]

Oh thank God.

[leahcim]

Thank god.

[Cajun Chicken]

Good. Won't need one like all of Remedy's other titles.

[Aries83]

If I can beat the game in 10 - 12 hours, it needs to have some form of multiplayer, or don't sell it for $60. Games like Fallout 4, The Witcher 3 and AC: Origins have so much to do in them (If you bother with side missions) it's almost overwhelming. To me that is $60 well spent. I liked Quantum Break, but the game was insanely short and had no replay value. I couldn't help but be a little disappointed when I beat it. I even gathered all the collectables in my first playthrough, and due to the checkpoint level selecting I was able to go back and choose the alternate options at the choice sections to get the last 4 achievement I was missing to 100% the game. I wanted to support Remedy, but wished I'd waited for a sale.