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With some recent and pending releases opting to exclude a multiplayer mode; Skewed and Reviewed ask in a new Opinion Piece if this is a growing trend as developers seek to cut costs more than ever.
I think the riskier option is to sell a SP game that you throw some form of MP into just for the sake of it and that ends up affecting the quality of the SP experience. With the plethora of F2P MP games out there, why spend time and money on something when you can focus on the SP experience. Not to say that means they're all good, but at least they're not wasting time with things people don't want in SP games. I doubt anyone bought Veilguard for MP let alone will buy the next Star Wars SP game and expect MP either.
There is that. I think the modes that were tried for The Last of Us is a good example. But for me a FPS missing multiplayer seems off as it was such a staple FPS, RTS, and sports games are where gamers expect it to be.
It's the current logic. People are paying more, for less.
If that "saved" money were actually spent on improving the single-player experience, that’d be one thing. But anyone who actually plays games knows that’s not what happens. We’re in the era of “safe” games, stripped-down, polished packages full of shiny lighting, big setpieces, and all the interactivity of a NES-era background.
Multiplayer modes, extra features, modding tools, things that used to add value for players, keep getting cut. Why? Because they don’t add value for the company. And, as always, the useful idiots will cheer, pay more all while getting less than before. So of course companies will keep doing it.
Exactly and what gets me is if it is done correctly, multiplay adds money. Ask Activision how much they make on skins and DLC all the while giving a year of free content updates. You get through a Call of Duty campaign in about 8-12 hrs. The multiplayer and frequent content updates are what keeps people playing. I always pop back in when new maps and content release. I do not buy skins and packs but many do. I wonder if we will get the Half-Life 2 mode where Multiplayer is added later. Some may see how the game does and then decide to add it later.
I wish they would go back to having SOME simple mp, like instead of the only choices being going all out and gambling on a super roadmaped, season pass, Battle Royale, multiplayer with open world maps and tons of loot OR no multiplayer at all. Why cant we have something in between sometimes? Where's just this very simple PVP probably reusing a sectioned off peace of a level from a single player like they used to do
I think they all have a place but simpler forms are needed. I wish we would see more co-op play in a campaign.
Very true but certain genres like FPS and RTS games are expected to have them and when they do not it makes one wonder.
Agree but there's definitely been some wtf moments over the years and it really was far worse in the late ps360 era where games like tomb raider the reboot had multiplayer and trophies required multiplayer.
These are the best character builds in Clair Obscur per character.
generally, it doesnt matter until after the half way mark, but will be more important later on
I’ve been beating every single boss with my build… except phase 2 Simon… can’t believe they made that menace
All the way recently got an AMD Phenom II X2 555 which is unlocked so with the bios it unlocks to a Quad Core B55 @ 3.2ghz and can be overclocked to speeds of up to 4ghz on air. Bargain price for when I got it for only £65!
I have an AMD 1090T. Great 6 Core CPU for the price and have it OC'd to 4ghz stable on air
I have the 2600k OC'd to 4.4 and it has been running so smooth and sweet, no complaints.. it's on air cooling and I get it down to 34c, and 37-38c on a hot day...
Eat's everything I though at it, I could not be happier.. it's a beast..
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The i5-2500K is pretty much the perfect chip around for price-performance ratio, overclocks like a dream and nothing comes close at the price, leaves AMD's offerings for dust.
I switched to the dark side and bought a Intel Core i5 2500k o.c. it to 4.4GHZ on air and i couldn't be happier. SSD + 2500k = Windows 7 super duper snappy.
Beats the crap outta anything AMD has and all for $200 you just can't beat 2500k's bang for buck ratio.
On the flipside i still have my AMD Phenom X2 550 o.c. to 4.1ghz and it's the best dual core cpu ever. Bought it day 30 for like $80 and every now and then i unlock it to a 4 core B5 @ 3.8 GHZ
looking at Intel $ocket 2011 if the price is right (i seriously doubt it though) or AMD Bulldozer if they can beat Intel.