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22 Dec 2012, 4:37 pm

Splitscreen multiplayer used to be the s**t, but usually you do need another keyboard and perhaps another monitor screen for it.



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22 Dec 2012, 5:13 pm

Can't say I hate multiplayer, since some of the happiest times of my childhood were spent on a couch with friends playing multiplayer games.

What I don't really get the appeal of is online multiplayer. I like to be able to joke around in person with the guy who just pulled off something amazingly lucky / stupid / impressive.



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22 Dec 2012, 5:23 pm

Declension wrote:
Can't say I hate multiplayer, since some of the happiest times of my childhood were spent on a couch with friends playing multiplayer games.

What I don't really get the appeal of is online multiplayer. I like to be able to joke around in person with the guy who just pulled off something amazingly lucky / stupid / impressive.

Online multiplayer is fun too, if it's with friends only.

And the post someone made about the competitiveness, bullying and ego-boosting in online multiplayer is completely spot on and also the main reason why wrongplaneters don't like to play multiplayer these days.



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22 Dec 2012, 9:40 pm

Oodain wrote:
ebec11 wrote:
I like multiplayer when it's local or online with only my BF, but not if it's stranger. What makes me sad is that local multiplayer is dying because of all the online multiplayer, and if it is added, it's tacked on :/ My mom used to run a daycare, and I loved playing multiplayer games with the other kids :)


i have found that the way of emulating that are the social game services like steam and desura.

they tell you who is online where doing what, making it easy to play with friends.
True, but it's not the same as playing in the same room as somebody, it's social interaction that I actually enjoy so it sucks to see it disappear in some franchises.