• 13Mar 08

  Put the multi back in multiplayer

  A thing I both love and hate at times when it comes to games for the 360 is online play. I really love being able to go online and play with friends (or strangers) on XBL... but sometimes I want to be able to play offline with friends and there are some games that you would think this wouldn't be a problem but I keep getting surprised by games that come out and have a glaring lack of offline multiplayer (or it's just not as good as playing online).

  Army of Two... 4 players on XBL? No systemlink? Seriously? At least 8 player XBL and they seriously need to have systemlink play. No reason why they can't. None.

  Medal of Honor: Airborne... no offline multiplayer. You can play online and it's great, but you can only do that alone. The single player game has 6 missions for X's sake, you could at least make the multiplayer have a split screen, systemlink possibility.

  Team Fortress 2... should have had a splitscreen option, at least two people per xbox. I can understand that there's a lot of stuff on that disc but I'm sure it couldn't be that much more to be able to get two people in on one screen. Especially a game that (seems to me, anyway) is so simple, visually.

  Call of Duty 4... the online play is amazing. The single player game is, well, it's good for a CoD game that's for sure. Offline play, however, is absolutely lacking compared to online play. It's really sad that you can't make your own classes and choose your own perks for offline play. I really wanted to be able to do that and even have one friend that was bummed because he can't play online so there are perks he won't ever be able to mix and match.

  That's all I can think of right now but I hope they don't forget that people want to be able to play games offline, splitscreen and/or in a systemlink situation. I went from wanting to immediately buy to not even wanting Army of Two because I wasn't going to be able to systemlink the game with my roommate and friends unless we were online... that's just so unnecessary.

  • Posted Mar 13, 2008 6:46 pm GMT
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• 20Jun 07

  Rockstar Games' 'Manhunt 2' Slapped With 'Adults Only' Rating

  I would probably never play this game but if it manages to come out with that AO rating it would probably sway me into trying it at least. I mean, how many AO games are there? I've never seen one. As far as my thinking is going, until I see the game in action, is that the only difference between this game and a game like Dead Rising is that the people you're killing aren't zombies. DR is a pretty gory game. Or perhaps better would be Gears of War, the deaths in that game are seriously gruesome.

  • Posted Jun 20, 2007 2:44 pm GMT
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