Poll Question 012 - Why do you play Single Player FPS games?

Why do I play single-player FPS games? Simple. I suck at multi-player games.

If I lose, I get annoyed. If I lose again, I get annoyed more. After for dying for the 20th time, I lost my patience and quit. Not much fun factor there.

There are two main reasons I play single-player games a huge amount more than multi-player.

1. I like to play games at my own pace. I don’t want someone else to ruin my fun or make me feel inadequate or like I’m not doing as well as I should be. It’s up to the game itself to tell me that.

2. I simply prefer the experience you get from single-player gaming, the story, the flow of gameplay, the environments, etc. Multi-player tends to just be a competition of who’s the fastest or who can kill you first. To me, that isn’t as enjoyable as uncovering a mystery or exploring new locales.

I’d like to confirm my opinion by saying that, while I hate multi-player games, I love cooperative games.

David Said:

Half Life and Half Life 2 have also done somehting that is another good reason for me too. Its the total immersion, the fact that I see the game entirely through my eyes and never from a 3rd person view.

I agree 100%.I love HL and check every day for a new mod just to see if I can get a fix.HL changed my life really.I setup lan servers for the kids to play on then bought copy’s for thier friend’s so they could play.It’s an experience that some wont like but for others its the best.

Well, my reasons for playing Solo FPS are:
-I’m not good at multiplayer, really.
You can play and play, and lose and lose. But with time you get better. But I can’t practice to much because is very repetitive for me. For the CSS gamers sake… the game’s good, but why only they play Dust2 and Aztec (luckily) only?
Also, as Fluffy the Hamster says, I get pissed. It’s bugs the **** of me those idiots ruining my experiencie with cheats, AWP bitching or just being a GOD-DAMN PRO (with big “ego” if my day is bad).

-A story to follow and keep you focused:
Hell, I know it’s difficult to narrate a story with the limited POV of FPS, but some games really done that very well: FEAR, Half Life 1 & 2. But Halo done it with a third POV too ^^. A existing story is something that differences a good serious game for gamers from the casual gaming thingies for casual gamers (they must die!).

That are my big good reasons.

PD: I founded an old FPS really cool, but certainly different from others: “Clive Barkers Undying” anyone played it?

There’s nothing better than a good single player FPS that keeps you playing all night long.
Games like Doom, Unreal, Half-Life (and some other classics), really made me play for hours and hours.
Too bad that most Shooters now a days are just gimmicks, good graphics but awful gameplay. That’s why I look forward to STALKER, that game seems to be the “redemption”…

I play Single Player games because I prefer them. I have played multiplayer FPS games and apparently I’m none too bad, but I constantly find myself going back to the Solo sections.

To me SP games require more skill then MP. Generally you can win MP games by placing tripmines at the top of ladders and lobbing grenades everywhere, but in SP games you can’t do that - AI isn’t that smart (!). You have to duck behind cover, peak out and plan your shots. You have to use your surroundings. You need to think.

Also, there’s usually a compelling story (I have played many a game where this wasn’t the case and it really does detract from the playing experience) and you can play whenever you want - if you’ve had enough, you save and quit.

It’s not just for FPS - I’m also a big fan of platformers and adventure games, which have similar aspects, but SP FPS games are my main source of entertainment and that’s why I love them.

Responding to other people’s comments:

Passerby - Co-Op is fantastic - it’s like having the most advanced AI working with you. Fantastic. I just wish I had a friend who lived nearby so they could play Zelda Four Swords with me…

Ezequielhl - Yeah, I’ve got Undying. I played it for a while before getting distracted by something shiny. It’s certainly an interesting game.

Stef - Puzzles! Another plus. Tax those brain muscles! You can’t really do that in MP, can you? But you do get them in Co-Op - another reason to play games with a friend…

Another thing is the enjoyment I get from artificial intelligence. I practically had an ****** when I saw HL1 barney in Counter-life with a shotgun. No way would that happen with a player.

andyb Said:

dufferx Said:

Alex is OK.

So that would mean your sorta hot for her since she is by no means a hot chick.Dont get me wrong I feel same way but dont know why.I have her naked mod installed for some kick’s but its not the same.She,to me,has a mystery that hasn’t been explained.

Well, actually what I meant was she doesn’t seem to get in the way the way others do. I am too old to be even lukewarm for her.

Goddess Alyria Said:

without having to worry about someone sniping my beautiful arse.

send me a pic and I’ll tell ya if it’s worth shooting at

Your point being? lol

*painstakingly awaiting pics*

8:06pm EST Edit: I’m loading shotgun now.

andyb and goddess alyria: thanks for the laugh, i needed that.

first of all, i just enjoy FPS SP or MP. i like action, which both provide. i think inorder to define what makes me play a singleplayer game you would also have to define the game, cause its one thing: the story. like many people use books to take them to new and exiteing places and on grand adventures in the settings, i too use singleplayer games for that very reason.
i then jump on my favorite CSS zombie mod server and take out some fustration by decapitating some relentless zombies heh

Said:

like many people use books to take them to new and exiteing places and on grand adventures in the settings, i too use singleplayer games for that very reason.

Here, here. Someone buy this person a beer!

Single player games interest me so much more than multi-player (by which I mean boring DEATHMATCH) simply due to the fact that I find it more fulfilling to unravel a great story and/or have fun just shooting stuff without fear of dying fifty times.

In SP, you can have a great gunfight with the AI (Half-Life 2, F.E.A.R., Far Cry), something not done often in MP.

SP: Peek out from behind a column and fire a burst at a soldier doing the same thing.

MP: Peek out from behind a column and get a hail of bullets in the face from a player charging like Rambo, spraying his strongest automatic weapon/quadruple-barrelled shotgun (MP only, of course) and die, ad infinitum (or in my case, ad twice and quit).

In SP, you can also get the feeling of being some kind of hero. Can you say you single-handedly took on an entire military installation or defeated an oppressive alien race or beat back the legions of Hell in MP? No! In MP, you can say “LIEK OMG I GOT FRAGGED 20 TIMES IT WAS AAAWWWWEEEESSSOOOMMMEEEE!!1!!1!11″

Then there’s the element of real teamwork in SP (Alyx, fellow soldiers, etc.). In MP it’s either “Er… maybe I’ll help killer666… nah, DEATHMATCH!” or just simply “DEATHMATCH!!!”

I’ll admit I sometimes play MP, but it’s usually with bots, since I know that bots aren’t cheating or gloating when they kill me (gloaters really piss me off). I also like co-op (more games need this!). Co-op is great because you’re not trying to kill each other, you’re working together to beat the levels.

That reminds me — team games like CSS or TFC are never played properly. Instead of ‘Bob’ covering ‘Joe’ with sniper fire, ‘Bob’ and ‘Joe’ both rush towards the enemy to see who can ‘pwn the most n00bs’. Rescuing hostages, capturing flags, etc, is just something to increase their personal score. I say remove personal scores and have only team scores! No powerups or rewards for single team members, no recognition for kills, nothing. Maybe that would get people to work together, since there would be no huge personal score for them to masturbate over… or not. DEATHMATCH!

Hmmm… I’m rambling. I’d better stop. Just before I do, anyone remember the time shortly after Half-Life 2 was released? People were complaining there was no MP version! Oh, boo-hoo! To shut them up, VALVe had to waste time programming a deathmatch variant instead of working on patches or expansions for the SP portion of the game! However, instead of making MP maps, they had the deathmatchers make maps for them. Pretty clever. Have them create the maps and concentrate on the real fun — Single Player!

That’s another thing that bothers me — all I see nowadays are maps for MP (aside from here, of course)! Oh yeah, like we haven’t got enough MP maps already! There’s only fifteen billion of them — per game — to download. Zzzzzz…

End.

Biggs Said:

Sorry Phillip…
andyb & Goddess Alyria I’ve got to admit, you made me LOL literally!

Glad to make you laugh. Was pretty funny even though Daddy Phillip had to scold.