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So I just bought me a ton 'o games:

Darksiders
Mass Effect 1& 2 (Bring on the alien lesbian sex, wooo... :p )
Stalker (The first and second ones, will probably get the third later)
 

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Mm, I loves me some Stalker. Beat second, wasted tons of time on the third but never beat it fully. Never really played much of the first though, played Clear Sky first and couldn't push myself to downgrade to Shadow of Chernobyl.
 

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welcome to the stalker club bro, shadow of chernobyl has some killer mods, smp, oblivion lost.

the third one was the best, I've beat it so many times, it never gets old

I've used the opportunity to get a couple people gifts.
 

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I bought Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Resident Evil 5, The FEAR series pack, and Call of Cthulhu. Good Sale!
Was going to buy the 3 stalker games but I ran out of cash.
 

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Call of Cthulhu is an AWESOME game! Really scary stuff, great purchase!
 

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Hell, half of these games listed seem to be single player. I wouldn't waste money on a SP game for computer. There are torrents nowadays for everything, at least i save some money by doing this and when i trully enjoy a game i try to buy it (after trying it with a pirated version of course >_>).

I still need to buy me some games i guess, these would be mostly multiplayer based games though, games like Burnout Paradise city, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (game kicks ass and never gets old) and killing floor. Maybe even COD MW2 (enjoyed this one, hell of a game) or borderlands, though i never bothered trying this game out so im not sure if its worth it or not.

Also ME1 & 2 = great games, waiting for the 3rd title release right now.
I also have S.T.A.L.K.E.R., call of prypiat. It's the only S.T.A.L.K.E.R. i played so far, its enjoyable, can be replayed for fun for a few times... then it might get old. Game is freaking buggy though, and the dialogue sucks on this game on some cases.
 

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Why can't singleplayer games be worth the same price as a multiplayer game? Not that I've compiled a list of my favorite games ever, but I can't think of any multiplayer ones that would make the list :?
 

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jon50559 said:
Why can't singleplayer games be worth the same price as a multiplayer game? Not that I've compiled a list of my favorite games ever, but I can't think of any multiplayer ones that would make the list :?

Basically my thought on this: Single player games = waste of money when bought unless they are something you truthfully enjoy and want to collect them all, you can get them via torrent (example fallout 3 + all addons), saves you a nice amount of money from buying the GOTY edition of this game which isn't kinda low.
Multiplayer games = worth it since they are multiplayer afterall, lets put L4D, L4D2 and KF for some examples. These are worth buying if you want to play with friends or random people over on the internets.

Another short version explaining why (for those who could have problems to understand my 1st explanation): games bought for the multiplayer real experience = good deal, games bought that only have single player and some addons = no good deal, even when they are cheap. There's torrents for all that.


Been checking the sales, got 15 games to my wishlist, some of these aren't games i will buy but that i will possibly download.

Wishlist(possible games/game packs that i might buy):
-Call of Juarez = 9,99€;
-Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood = 14,99€;
-Mount & Blade: Warband = 12,49 €;
-Burnout Paradise city Ultimate box = 11,24€; -----------> x
-Killing floor Bundle = 12,10 €; -----------> x
-Nation Red = 4,49€;
-Dark Sector = 4,99€;
-Borderlands = 13,39€; -----------> x
-Dark Messiah of Might and Magic = 7,49€; -----------> x
-Pain Killer Black edition = 4,99€ and Pain Killer overdose = 2,49€ (even though i had black edition original once, but my brother took it to switzerland i think...);

The one's marked with a X are the ones i'm probably going to buy this year, which make a total of 44,22€ out of 50€. Leftover = 5,78€ (possibly for nation red but i'm not sure yet).

My wallet contains 65€, i feel like spending only 50€, if anyone wants to share ideas about good MP/co-op games at decent prices, go ahead. :D

PS: I hate it when i have many games listed and i can only buy a few >_<
 

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So... by your logic all game companies who generally produce singleplayer only games will now go out of business, or convert into only making multiplayer games :oldcry: a sad world indeed. Most of the time multiplayer games just feel like a waste of time unless they're really fun with great game mechanics, and because of this I often see SP games try to innovate, or add cinematic qualities to their maps. I like to play games for an experience, not for competition.

MP can be fun occasionally, but playing only with other people? I shudder at the thought.

(I also reaaalllly hate when a great SP game has tacked-on MP just for the extra sales)
 

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jon50559 said:
(I also reaaalllly hate when a great SP game has tacked-on MP just for the extra sales)

Basically, something like Bioshock it seems, i don't know the reason for the MP system they added on the 2nd release. Probably because it wasn't so lucrative with SP only compared to making a SP/MP game? :eek:

At least thats my thoughts, when i see a game with multiplayer or co-op, i always think on buying it after trying out the SP gameplay; if its single player only, i automatically say "No, waste of money!", unless these games are for unique platforms like Playstation 3, games like God of war... :wink:

Also, i'm pretty sure it's just a mather of time untill games like Fallout turn into co-op gameplay style. I've read a magazine like a year ago, that they discussed about future game titles, specifically Fallout, they mentioned something about there being a chance of adding a co-op system to these games in the future, now to know if this is true or not, i really don't know.
 

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Generally, Zeus, when you have a job and money of your own, torrenting isn't as necessary. Still a valid option to try a game imo, but only if you're questionable as to its worth. I usually research any game I plan on buying though, so that's usually not a problem. I torrent old games often though.
 

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Borderlands was a great game but given that its playable single player or multi and the mp doesn't really change anything except how good of loot you can get and difficulty, its not worth the MP buy. Loved the shit outta that game though
 

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Your argument for not buying singleplayer games is you can download them via torrents instead? You can do the exact same with multiplayer games. Most of them even with online play. :roll:
 

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Jelly said:
Your argument for not buying singleplayer games is you can download them via torrents instead? You can do the exact same with multiplayer games. Most of them even with online play. :roll:

Yes but private servers are less reliable than the ones you see on a original game when you buy it.
 

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I don't think he's arguing his position is moral - he's just saying he pirates them because he can. ;)

Personally, I don't pirate anything with a demo, or under $20. If it's over $20, and has no demo, I'll pirate it just to see if it's worth the sticker price, and buy it if it is (and delete if not). *Occasionally* I'll pirate something I already legally own, because it isn't working right, or the copy protection is hampering play, or because I had to get some newer version to work with hardware changes. (ie. the fuggers didn't patch, but the pirates did.)

Once in awhile I'll pirate a game if I've no intention of playing it more than once or twice - ie. some RL friends demand I play some game with them that I've really no interest in.

Also, anything older than 10 years, or so, is fair game so far as I'm concerned. Everything on MAME, MESS, N64, Atari, etc. I've no mercy for assholes claiming copyright on ROMS where none of the original creators are making a cent anymore. The "we might re-release it in a nostalgia pack!" doesn't wash either - as none of the original crew will see a cent of that money - that's just exploitation.

Single player games I can very rarely stand though. Almost always need a human opponent to make a game worth while. The best a single player game can hope for is to tell a story, interactive movie like, and most of those don't do a very good job of it. There's a few exceptions though.

Unlike Multiplayer games, Singleplayer games these days, even the best of them, have almost zero replay value for me - at least until about 5-10 years later. But I never watch a movie more than once in a decade either (unless social situations demand it). Some people see every movie they like five or six times or more - so maybe that's just me.
 

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Well... Fable (Original) had a lot of replay value for me, just to try everything out... sure it got old, but it lasted me a good few days.

Fable 2 and 3... oh where do I begin? They have Multiplayer but a lot less to do in many ways. Atleast Fable 2 introduced new things like buying houses so that you can make money while you are out making money... so that at the end of the game you can choose to get moar monie.. <.<

But yes, typically I agree with Thothie, multiplayer games have a higher potential of replay value, but so do games with many different choices that reflect upon the game play.

+1 for Thoth having morals :roll:

This is the internet, honor and morals are like taking pity on a troll when they fail. :|

Maybe I've had a few too many drinks tonight

- New years resolution is to quit listening to good music like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzdIaBnckg
uugh... Can't get it out of my HEAD!!! Cthulhu works in strange ways indeed.
 
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