Comments on: RPS Asks: Multiplayer gaming – How Much?

By: minipixel

minipixel — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:38:57 +0000

Many games with a mp component have this problem that when the game is a few months old, the mp community around it is already shrinked. If a game is played a few years after release, chance is that nobody is playing it. There are exceptions to this rule, like Starcraft and others, but it’s still a problem for people like me that play only old -but still great- games.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:14:15 +0000

Yep, basically l4d and TF2 – my steam profile name is Octacon100

By: mashakos

mashakos — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:16:02 +0000

zero and none for me. It’s not the same anymore when you have more money than time – and broke college friends.

By: Monele

Monele — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:34:27 +0000

Not big on multiplayer because I rarely enjoy playing with complete strangers, and friends who like the games I like and like to play online are very rare.
This year, it’s been Left 4 Dead almost exclusively until my recent Trackmania binge (thanks RPS, for both).

By: bhdkrzys

bhdkrzys — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:35:30 +0000

I love how almost every other poster says they play either TF2 or L4D. Really comes to show you how masterful Valve is at making games.

By: MajorManiac

MajorManiac — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:14:04 +0000

I must spend around 90% of my time in Singleplayer games and 10% in Mp.

I only like Mp games that bring together a sense of team-spirit. So I quickly log out of games filled with imature idiots (of any age).

My favorate Mp games are TF2 and Generals: Zero Hour (co-op against the AI) as these are great at building team co-operation. Its also great when mini-objectives arise through the dynamic team play, such as escorting a friends MVC into friendly territory.

By: kiri

kiri — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:13:36 +0000

was always intrigued by mmo’s since playing MUD’s and UO, stuck on WoW since the launch and played too much, also guild officer, and slowly the “game” part of the game disappeared and i was left with responsibilities and a grind for tiny upgrades, logged out last fall and haven’t been on since. online fps and such is fun, kill few hours, but when games swallow your life, you’re in deep shit.

By: Melf_Himself

Melf_Himself — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:22:14 +0000

TF2, L4D, Guild Wars. That’s all that’s worth playing for me at the moment.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:11:51 +0000

In the office we occasionally have lunchtime games of Urban Terror which is always fun.

At the moment I’m restricted to this for my multiplayer kicks as my connection is too poor to play online from here.

Back in the days when I had a real internet connection, a mate and I used to play several hours of Co-op Operation Flashpoint every night, and before that I was severely into QuakeWorld. Ye gods, that was a long time ago.

By: Archonsod

Archonsod — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:44:59 +0000

Maybe once every couple of months at most. Never saw the appeal of multiplayer, the odd times I do bother it’s generally because someone’s talked me into it.

By: Chris R

Chris R — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:33:07 +0000

I one of these games a night for 4+ hours with my g/f and steam friends:

L4D: Custom campaigns
TF2
COD: W@W, Nazi Zombies mode (lots of custom maps)
Serious Sam: First and Second Encounter (lots of coop fun)
Synergy: HL2 Coop fun (Finally got to Nova Prospect!)
Follow Freeman mod: gobs of fanmade Coop maps that are gobs of fun.

I’m trying to finish Kings Bounty: The Legend so I can complete some of the other single player games I have bought, but haven’t unwrapped or installed yet:
Mercenaries 2
Assassin’s Creed
Mirror’s Edge
Men of War
Prototype

By: invisiblejesus

invisiblejesus — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:05:33 +0000

I play quite a bit of City of Heroes, with the rest of my time rounded out with a bit of Left 4 Dead and Killing Floor. I fire up TF2 now and then, but I don’t tend to spend a lot of time on it.