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One of my favourite aspects of modern gaming is definitely the different variety of multi-player modes there are. They feature something where you can play against a friend of yours in some sort of battle, or race. I love playing them, it brings a sort of attitude, so you feel something when you play, so you know that the reason you want to defeat your opponent so much isn’t ridiculous, as they are merely something on a screen, but they are someone you know and probably get on with, and now jokingly hate them. The different variety of multi-player games is huge; you can shoot, knife, race, punch or align yourself with your fellow gamer. In my case, the fellow gamer is my sister, who I used to arrive home to, and then play against on my console
In beat ‘em up multi-players, what a lot of people only care about is how much blood appears, when it’s fake anyway, so what difference does it make? One of my favourite multi-players is the N64’s Super Smash Bros. It may not be realistic, but if you are fighting someone who is about as good as you, you can just smash away at him/her, in a game that is fast-paced chaotic. It’s very different from other beat ‘em ups as it isn’t violent, and it doesn’t feature Japanese names that you haven’t heard of, but names of famous video game characters. Myself, I was brought up with Nintendo consoles, so that could be another link as to why I like this game so much. But it’s not just that. I’m totally addicted to this game because of its playability, once you get into it. I just hope the sequel isn’t disappointing. Wrestling games work a bit differently from other beat ‘em ups, but unfortunately are enjoyed more if you like the T.V show.
I don’t like racing games so much, though. I just don’t. I’m not a fan of racing in general, which doesn’t help. I do like racing games where you can do tricks or something extra, i.e. SSX Tricky for tricks, and Mario Kart for being able to attack people. Straight up racing I find boring, as it doesn’t bring attitude into gameplay with another person; it’s just not that fun simply overtaking someone, and then around again (although in arcades when you sit in something it’s sometimes fun, as you push pedals and steer wheels, and when those are brought in to multi-player racing it does get a bit better). In SSX Tricky you can show off to your mates about how many points you got, and in Mario Kart it’s Ok to show off about beating your opponent as you can take the mick of you hitting them with a shell. In straight up racing, I just don’t see what’s so great about showing off your time, it’s partly “Wow you can hurt your finger that pushes the accelerate button harder than me!” and the rest skill, I admit.
Shooters often have a lot of good multi-players. As I generally enjoy FPS games, when put into multi-player they are very enjoyable, but more so when (once again) the two players are about as good or bad as each other. It’s fun to sneak up on someone and have a gunfight to find out who lasts longest. I’m particularly fond of Perfect Dark and Goldeneye in this part, Goldeneye because of the level designs that give good gunfights, and Perfect Dark for the challenges where you can team up with one another in Challenges. The King of teaming up in a Shooting game is Time Crisis and its sequel in an arcade, no question. Both having good guns and teaming up is awesome, just like the game itself. The PS1 and PS2 versions are good, but unless you have two T.Vs then it’s just not the same thing, as the guns are different as well.
Then there’s sport. There is a wide selection of multi-players in sport games, from Football to Skateboarding to Tennis. In team sports such as Basketball and Football, it is a laugh playing against each other, with the possibility that you could just pass the ball to someone else on your team at the moment that your opponent thinks that they can get the ball/whatever off you. However, in cricket games it’s quite different controlling the whole team, and it just gets boring. Tennis is good, as you play against each other more directly, and then there are extreme sports games, the Tony Hawk’s series being the most famous. They go under a completely different category to sports games, in reality. It’s all about tricks and points, which I like, as I mentioned earlier. Getting more points or busting more tricks than your opponent is a joy, and a great thing is that you don’t have to like the sport to play it in a video game, which applies to most sport games.
Multi-players are definitely great, but there is still room for improvement, where new ideas are needed to make this aspect of gaming more popular.
Thanks for reading,
Allardini
In beat ‘em up multi-players, what a lot of people only care about is how much blood appears, when it’s fake anyway, so what difference does it make? One of my favourite multi-players is the N64’s Super Smash Bros. It may not be realistic, but if you are fighting someone who is about as good as you, you can just smash away at him/her, in a game that is fast-paced chaotic. It’s very different from other beat ‘em ups as it isn’t violent, and it doesn’t feature Japanese names that you haven’t heard of, but names of famous video game characters. Myself, I was brought up with Nintendo consoles, so that could be another link as to why I like this game so much. But it’s not just that. I’m totally addicted to this game because of its playability, once you get into it. I just hope the sequel isn’t disappointing. Wrestling games work a bit differently from other beat ‘em ups, but unfortunately are enjoyed more if you like the T.V show.
I don’t like racing games so much, though. I just don’t. I’m not a fan of racing in general, which doesn’t help. I do like racing games where you can do tricks or something extra, i.e. SSX Tricky for tricks, and Mario Kart for being able to attack people. Straight up racing I find boring, as it doesn’t bring attitude into gameplay with another person; it’s just not that fun simply overtaking someone, and then around again (although in arcades when you sit in something it’s sometimes fun, as you push pedals and steer wheels, and when those are brought in to multi-player racing it does get a bit better). In SSX Tricky you can show off to your mates about how many points you got, and in Mario Kart it’s Ok to show off about beating your opponent as you can take the mick of you hitting them with a shell. In straight up racing, I just don’t see what’s so great about showing off your time, it’s partly “Wow you can hurt your finger that pushes the accelerate button harder than me!” and the rest skill, I admit.
Shooters often have a lot of good multi-players. As I generally enjoy FPS games, when put into multi-player they are very enjoyable, but more so when (once again) the two players are about as good or bad as each other. It’s fun to sneak up on someone and have a gunfight to find out who lasts longest. I’m particularly fond of Perfect Dark and Goldeneye in this part, Goldeneye because of the level designs that give good gunfights, and Perfect Dark for the challenges where you can team up with one another in Challenges. The King of teaming up in a Shooting game is Time Crisis and its sequel in an arcade, no question. Both having good guns and teaming up is awesome, just like the game itself. The PS1 and PS2 versions are good, but unless you have two T.Vs then it’s just not the same thing, as the guns are different as well.
Then there’s sport. There is a wide selection of multi-players in sport games, from Football to Skateboarding to Tennis. In team sports such as Basketball and Football, it is a laugh playing against each other, with the possibility that you could just pass the ball to someone else on your team at the moment that your opponent thinks that they can get the ball/whatever off you. However, in cricket games it’s quite different controlling the whole team, and it just gets boring. Tennis is good, as you play against each other more directly, and then there are extreme sports games, the Tony Hawk’s series being the most famous. They go under a completely different category to sports games, in reality. It’s all about tricks and points, which I like, as I mentioned earlier. Getting more points or busting more tricks than your opponent is a joy, and a great thing is that you don’t have to like the sport to play it in a video game, which applies to most sport games.
Multi-players are definitely great, but there is still room for improvement, where new ideas are needed to make this aspect of gaming more popular.
Thanks for reading,
Allardini
Cbfd is amazing! I like the race multi-player and the total war multi.
Not many people know how good Conker's BFD is untill they've actually played the game. It's mainly just different 3rd person shooters, but there's also a good racer and tank game. The main game's good, and so is the multiplayer. It's one of the best games around, and you should try and get it if you haven't already!
Solskjær_24 wrote:
> Games with good multiplayer modes are brilliant, especially when there are a
> variety of different multiplayer modes to play. Conker's Bad Fur Day's a good
> example of this.
Damn! The one multi-player game a like that i missed out!
Do consoles
> really need on-line gaming?? Surely we can just stick to a good old 4-player
> multiplayer game!
I don't see the point in online gaming, unless it's with someone you know well but can stay in great contact with, and you both like games.
> Games with good multiplayer modes are brilliant, especially when there are a
> variety of different multiplayer modes to play. Conker's Bad Fur Day's a good
> example of this.
Damn! The one multi-player game a like that i missed out!
Do consoles
> really need on-line gaming?? Surely we can just stick to a good old 4-player
> multiplayer game!
I don't see the point in online gaming, unless it's with someone you know well but can stay in great contact with, and you both like games.
Games with good multiplayer modes are brilliant, especially when there are a variety of different multiplayer modes to play. Conker's Bad Fur Day's a good example of this. I also like multiplayer versions of FPS's, mainly Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, which can last for hours if you have 4 players.
Do consoles really need on-line gaming?? Surely we can just stick to a good old 4-player multiplayer game!
Do consoles really need on-line gaming?? Surely we can just stick to a good old 4-player multiplayer game!
The lack of replies is probably due to the thousands of times this argument has been posted on these forums. But yes multiplayer is a definite asset to modern games
Please, someone reply!
One of my favourite aspects of modern gaming is definitely the different variety of multi-player modes there are. They feature something where you can play against a friend of yours in some sort of battle, or race. I love playing them, it brings a sort of attitude, so you feel something when you play, so you know that the reason you want to defeat your opponent so much isn’t ridiculous, as they are merely something on a screen, but they are someone you know and probably get on with, and now jokingly hate them. The different variety of multi-player games is huge; you can shoot, knife, race, punch or align yourself with your fellow gamer. In my case, the fellow gamer is my sister, who I used to arrive home to, and then play against on my console
In beat ‘em up multi-players, what a lot of people only care about is how much blood appears, when it’s fake anyway, so what difference does it make? One of my favourite multi-players is the N64’s Super Smash Bros. It may not be realistic, but if you are fighting someone who is about as good as you, you can just smash away at him/her, in a game that is fast-paced chaotic. It’s very different from other beat ‘em ups as it isn’t violent, and it doesn’t feature Japanese names that you haven’t heard of, but names of famous video game characters. Myself, I was brought up with Nintendo consoles, so that could be another link as to why I like this game so much. But it’s not just that. I’m totally addicted to this game because of its playability, once you get into it. I just hope the sequel isn’t disappointing. Wrestling games work a bit differently from other beat ‘em ups, but unfortunately are enjoyed more if you like the T.V show.
I don’t like racing games so much, though. I just don’t. I’m not a fan of racing in general, which doesn’t help. I do like racing games where you can do tricks or something extra, i.e. SSX Tricky for tricks, and Mario Kart for being able to attack people. Straight up racing I find boring, as it doesn’t bring attitude into gameplay with another person; it’s just not that fun simply overtaking someone, and then around again (although in arcades when you sit in something it’s sometimes fun, as you push pedals and steer wheels, and when those are brought in to multi-player racing it does get a bit better). In SSX Tricky you can show off to your mates about how many points you got, and in Mario Kart it’s Ok to show off about beating your opponent as you can take the mick of you hitting them with a shell. In straight up racing, I just don’t see what’s so great about showing off your time, it’s partly “Wow you can hurt your finger that pushes the accelerate button harder than me!” and the rest skill, I admit.
Shooters often have a lot of good multi-players. As I generally enjoy FPS games, when put into multi-player they are very enjoyable, but more so when (once again) the two players are about as good or bad as each other. It’s fun to sneak up on someone and have a gunfight to find out who lasts longest. I’m particularly fond of Perfect Dark and Goldeneye in this part, Goldeneye because of the level designs that give good gunfights, and Perfect Dark for the challenges where you can team up with one another in Challenges. The King of teaming up in a Shooting game is Time Crisis and its sequel in an arcade, no question. Both having good guns and teaming up is awesome, just like the game itself. The PS1 and PS2 versions are good, but unless you have two T.Vs then it’s just not the same thing, as the guns are different as well.
Then there’s sport. There is a wide selection of multi-players in sport games, from Football to Skateboarding to Tennis. In team sports such as Basketball and Football, it is a laugh playing against each other, with the possibility that you could just pass the ball to someone else on your team at the moment that your opponent thinks that they can get the ball/whatever off you. However, in cricket games it’s quite different controlling the whole team, and it just gets boring. Tennis is good, as you play against each other more directly, and then there are extreme sports games, the Tony Hawk’s series being the most famous. They go under a completely different category to sports games, in reality. It’s all about tricks and points, which I like, as I mentioned earlier. Getting more points or busting more tricks than your opponent is a joy, and a great thing is that you don’t have to like the sport to play it in a video game, which applies to most sport games.
Multi-players are definitely great, but there is still room for improvement, where new ideas are needed to make this aspect of gaming more popular.
Thanks for reading,
Allardini
In beat ‘em up multi-players, what a lot of people only care about is how much blood appears, when it’s fake anyway, so what difference does it make? One of my favourite multi-players is the N64’s Super Smash Bros. It may not be realistic, but if you are fighting someone who is about as good as you, you can just smash away at him/her, in a game that is fast-paced chaotic. It’s very different from other beat ‘em ups as it isn’t violent, and it doesn’t feature Japanese names that you haven’t heard of, but names of famous video game characters. Myself, I was brought up with Nintendo consoles, so that could be another link as to why I like this game so much. But it’s not just that. I’m totally addicted to this game because of its playability, once you get into it. I just hope the sequel isn’t disappointing. Wrestling games work a bit differently from other beat ‘em ups, but unfortunately are enjoyed more if you like the T.V show.
I don’t like racing games so much, though. I just don’t. I’m not a fan of racing in general, which doesn’t help. I do like racing games where you can do tricks or something extra, i.e. SSX Tricky for tricks, and Mario Kart for being able to attack people. Straight up racing I find boring, as it doesn’t bring attitude into gameplay with another person; it’s just not that fun simply overtaking someone, and then around again (although in arcades when you sit in something it’s sometimes fun, as you push pedals and steer wheels, and when those are brought in to multi-player racing it does get a bit better). In SSX Tricky you can show off to your mates about how many points you got, and in Mario Kart it’s Ok to show off about beating your opponent as you can take the mick of you hitting them with a shell. In straight up racing, I just don’t see what’s so great about showing off your time, it’s partly “Wow you can hurt your finger that pushes the accelerate button harder than me!” and the rest skill, I admit.
Shooters often have a lot of good multi-players. As I generally enjoy FPS games, when put into multi-player they are very enjoyable, but more so when (once again) the two players are about as good or bad as each other. It’s fun to sneak up on someone and have a gunfight to find out who lasts longest. I’m particularly fond of Perfect Dark and Goldeneye in this part, Goldeneye because of the level designs that give good gunfights, and Perfect Dark for the challenges where you can team up with one another in Challenges. The King of teaming up in a Shooting game is Time Crisis and its sequel in an arcade, no question. Both having good guns and teaming up is awesome, just like the game itself. The PS1 and PS2 versions are good, but unless you have two T.Vs then it’s just not the same thing, as the guns are different as well.
Then there’s sport. There is a wide selection of multi-players in sport games, from Football to Skateboarding to Tennis. In team sports such as Basketball and Football, it is a laugh playing against each other, with the possibility that you could just pass the ball to someone else on your team at the moment that your opponent thinks that they can get the ball/whatever off you. However, in cricket games it’s quite different controlling the whole team, and it just gets boring. Tennis is good, as you play against each other more directly, and then there are extreme sports games, the Tony Hawk’s series being the most famous. They go under a completely different category to sports games, in reality. It’s all about tricks and points, which I like, as I mentioned earlier. Getting more points or busting more tricks than your opponent is a joy, and a great thing is that you don’t have to like the sport to play it in a video game, which applies to most sport games.
Multi-players are definitely great, but there is still room for improvement, where new ideas are needed to make this aspect of gaming more popular.
Thanks for reading,
Allardini