the best era of games was befor online gaming

Post by **dsheinem** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:11 am

holaback wrote:sorry about the tittle....some gay online game.

Post by **nateup2** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:13 am

How would you know which one you would rather do when you havent ever done the other.

Online multiplayer games are a whole new dimension of fun, no better - no worse.

You should try them out sometime... unless you are just a hater, mad because you dont have a system that supports it.

Post by **xraydash** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:29 pm

dsheinem wrote:
holaback wrote:sorry about the tittle....some gay online game.

Uh-huh. Clueless or obnoxious, I can't decide which.

Post by **Pingfa** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:40 pm

Couldn't disagree more. If all online games are terrible, that'd have to apply to most, if not all multiplayer games.

In addition, for the most part, unless you've got a server plagued with hackers, playing online is the same as playing Singleplayer, only you're playing against human players - unless all the players play poorly, this can only serve to improve the quality of gameplay because it makes things less predictable.

One thing I can agree with, however, is that thusfar modern games are far from reaching the heights of the 16-bit era - albeit I don't hold to the view that modern games are just plain worse than retro games.

Post by **pixelbender** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:53 pm

My favorite systems are my Dreamcast and my 360. What really needs to happen is have multiplayer games that evolve like a single player. Thus, instead of playing the same multiplayer map all day, the experience would be like a single player game but with the better (or at least hopefully less predictable) AI of human players.

Post by **Citizin** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:56 pm

I dont think you can say that online gaming is equally as good as singleplayer because although that might be true for some, what about people who like story in their games?

Post by **Ack** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:20 pm

Personally I like both. Many of my greatest memories involve myself and my friends sitting in a computer lab playing a game together. I've seen some of the craziest stuff in games because of this, and let me tell you...you should try playing with some of the folks I've played with. Many of my best stories come from that. But it does make a good point. Play with friends. If you're going to play an MMO, get several friends to play with you. My buddies and I tried WoW together, and while many of us took to enjoying different aspects of the game, we were always friendly and helpful to each other. Some of the most fun I had would be grinding with a Warlock-playing buddy of mine, or stalking other players for World PvP with a friend that played Rogue. In Battlefield 2142, enough of my friends joined that we could put out a fully formed squad. We had at least one of every class, and when we all teamed up, we could hold a point for an entire map, or take a point in no time. Everybody knew everybody's strengths and weaknesses, so we'd augment ourselves to help each other out. End result, our entire clan was claimed as proof people were hacking in the game on EA's forums, because we worked so well with each other.

When you've got friends and you've played together long enough, you learn all kinds of ways to support each other, and you learn to be a better overall player. If you want, here's a short list of stuff I played to help my buddies:

WoW: Warrior
Guild Wars: Mesmer
TFC/Fortress Forever: Medic
Battlefield 2142: Support, defensive spec
Call of Duty: American-BAR, British-Bren LMG, Russian-PPSh, German-Scoped Kar98k or MP40

And in Warhammer, I'm looking at playing the Squig Herder.

Post by **GSZX1337** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:10 am

xraydash wrote:
dsheinem wrote:
holaback wrote:sorry about the tittle....some gay online game.

Uh-huh. Clueless or obnoxious, I can't decide which.

I think the term "prejudice" satisfies both ends.

pixelbender wrote:What really needs to happen is have multiplayer games that evolve like a single player.

There was a Source-engine game called The Crossing that was supposed to do just that. Unfortunately, it's TBA.

I read an article about it in GFW, it sounds really awesome.

Back to the topic, The Internet just about changed the way we do everything. We had CDs and LPs, we now have MP3s; we had Blockbuster, now we have NetFlix; we had TV, now we have YouTube; we had gaming magazines, now we have gaming websites. Gaming is no different. If you're a PC gamer, then you probably know that Steam is one of the greatest things that has happened in PC Gaming. Steam has digital distribution, auto patching, in-game chatting (IM or VOIP with people in your game), and more. I think the Internet has changed gaming (along with other things, for the better.

Post by **Haoie** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:50 am

Now that I think about it, single player is the greatest.

And not just because I'm a loner, uh, right?

Post by **Pingfa** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:53 am

I dont think you can say that online gaming is equally as good as singleplayer because although that might be true for some, what about people who like story in their games?

Make your own!

Besides, once the story's over, it's over. Nobody plays Streets of Rage, Road Rash or Sonic the Hedgehog for the story - if you do, you're a freak.

As Ack pointed out, online play is a great way to improve your overall skill - not just with the one game, I might add. Course, it's mostly all down to who you're playing with.