One of the earliest recognizeable games was "Pong" a virtual game of ping pong, later came games like "Warlords" and then "Contra" so on so forth..
Games for many years now have been about competition or teamwork, both have their benefits and their downfalls.. But when it comes to games in general that have a "multi-player" option, woud you rather be the last man standing, or a teamplayer.
A simple answer would be that you like Team Deathmatch.. which is both at once, that'd be a valid answer as well, but digging deeper into the co-operative of lets say LittleBigPlanet and the competitiveness of a game like Call of Duty or Battlefield, I'd like to know what kind you prefer. Do you like facing a challenge or toughing out a story with friends or fellow players? Or would you rather annhilate the masses in the attempt to rise to the top?
Also, if you can, try to use an example.. like which game's competitive/cooperative style supports your opinion. (For Example. "I prefer co-operative because back in the days of Conflict: Desert Storm II, that had to be one of the best times I've had playing a game" or "Mortal Kombat has to be one of the most enjoyable games to play against friends, watching fatalities was just classic, and gratifying if I was the victor."
Of course lately there have been games with both.. Halo, Gears of War, Call of Duty, Uncharted, etc. You can even answer with a game that has both options, but its just a matter of which one you prefer. Like me I like Halo more for its co-operative campaign then multiplayer, but I like Max Payne 3's Deathmatch/Free for all much more then playing on a team.
I have to say I prefer a good co-operative over competitive, partially because I tend to suck at just any game.. there are only a few games I can be successful at competitively, Max Payne and Red Dead Redemption or some of those few.. But Mass Effect 3 would be a great example of my favourite type of multi-player.. Working together with character progression, and classes and such. Teamwork is tricky, that is what makes it so entertaining. But if I had to pick a competitive game, I'd prefer a game like Red Dead Redemption.. where anyone can be anything at anytime.. DayZ is somewhat the same way.. The unexpectable is what makes it addicting.
I'm interested in seeing your feedback.. thanks for reading.
I play a lot of both. I'm generally fairly good at most FPS and RTS games, so I play a lot of them online competitively. Most of my friends tend to out right refuse to play me at RTS games, so we end up doing comp stomps. If a game has co-op I tend to always grab a friend to play through it with them and I still find some time to sit down with a few people and beat the living snot out of each other on Smash Bros.
I love playing Portal 2, Castle Crashers, and Ratchet Deadlocked with my bro, DrReaper, split-screen of course.
I prefer cooperative only because more often than not that means you're working towards something. Competitive, to me, always feels like stunting progression and in my case enjoyment. I'm not much of a multiplayer gamer though.
@tempertress I agree, I like local "splitscreen" co-op specifically, I only wish there were more games that had quality co-op.
@tempertress @Arbalon Army of two was so under-rated.. I'm looking forward to Devil's Cartel. .' )
