Dragon Age Inquisition has one, isn't it? And it's already dead by the time I get to play the game.
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What Was The Most Unnecessary Multiplayer?
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Assassin's Creed Brotherhood's Multiplayer seemed completely unnecessary and tacked on, but actually it was pretty fun.
Disagree on Bioshock 2. Tacked on implies there wasn't any thought put into it, but Bioshock 2's multiplayer was actually well done.
that one i got lucky and manage to win to get the achievement. there after i random join games to purposely lose in hope to help some1 get the winning achivement.
Go easy, PS3 only owners were not quenched for AAA exclusive multiplayer last gen; it's why MAG and TLOU tasted so good.
It's the same way that people in desert survival situations often end up trying to drink their own urine.
Really weird opinion that runs in stark contrast against the majority. People adored ME's multiplayer, even if I wasn't a fan of it myself.
I came here to say this.After Sonic Adventure 2: Battle had a rather enjoyable multiplayer mode I found Shadow the Hedgehog's utterly worthless. Play as Shadow against yellow stripe Shadow! Or metallic yellow stripe Shadow! Or your absolute favourite - metallic green stripe Shadow!
Also the levels were bland (blander than the main game's levels, even), and matches went on way too long because the game mechanics do not lend themselves to multiplayer in the slightest.
yeah but it was awesome and even scarier than the single player!
Player can start the mode with coop icon located at certain place around the cities then P2 can choose any available peds model and just free roaming without any objective, though both players can kiss each other like they are on date..
Totally agree. I don't know how they managed to mess that up. Everything about the single player screams arena shooter but the multiplayer is garbage.
1. Mario Odyssey - Cappy
2. Luigi's Mansion 3
3. God of War: Ascension
4. Tomb Raider
5. Watch Dogs
2. Luigi's Mansion 3
3. God of War: Ascension
4. Tomb Raider
5. Watch Dogs
Bioshock 2, that was probably the peak of adding worthless MP to SP games.
On the other hand I think I might prefer tacked on MP over games as a service infiltrating everything
On the other hand I think I might prefer tacked on MP over games as a service infiltrating everything
Going to say DOOM 2016 as well. I remember a lot of the game's marketing having a huge focus on the multiplayer side and it took way too long to get an actual look at the single player gameplay.
Also, Double Dragon on the NES. There was no cooperative mode so they threw in a VS mode that only had mirror matches that wasn't very good.
Also, Double Dragon on the NES. There was no cooperative mode so they threw in a VS mode that only had mirror matches that wasn't very good.
ME3's multiplayer may not have been expected or neccessary, but it ended up being quite good, a lot of people remember it quite fondly (despite it being a microtransaction riddled affair).
I put it in the same category as The Last of Us' multiplayer, nobody expected it, and it ends up being top notch in spite of that fact.
I think there's something to be said for having a handful of short and speedier levels in Sonic 3 that are more in line with the speedy and focused structure of Sonic CD, and so I don't write off the (competitive) 2-p mode entirely, but yeah, they're still lacking in that respect. The whole being kinda ass thing is exactly why I think it's unnecessary.
I actually played a good deal of this one. My group of friends were Gamecube-only and our options for FPS multiplayer weren't exactly plentiful (it was basically just TimeSplitters and NightFire....though we ended up playing way more MP2 MP than Nightfire for some reason, though TimeSplitters was king). I don't think it's anywhere near as bad as its reputation suggests, though at the time I played it I had so few reference points for anything else like it.
After Sonic Adventure 2: Battle had a rather enjoyable multiplayer mode I found Shadow the Hedgehog's utterly worthless. Play as Shadow against yellow stripe Shadow! Or metallic yellow stripe Shadow! Or your absolute favourite - metallic green stripe Shadow!
This was another one of my "multiplayers that probably aren't actually good but I enjoyed my time with because there was nothing else close to it on the Gamecube". Oddly enough I never found SA2's to be that fun but I played the heck out of this with my friend and I have no idea how, since thinking back that game's mechanics are pretty janky for multiplayer.
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I'd say generally all of them because the servers for multiplayers never stay alive for very long x_x and moreso if they have a feature for text chat in-game but could never get it to work and removed it entirely I'M LOOKING AT YOU BIOWARE FOR THAT ME3 MP! (I am still angry over that.)
I've never seen anyone even TALK about Spec Ops: The Line MP. So that one.
As the extent of it was always just "its there" while others at least had some interesting ideas to share.
As the extent of it was always just "its there" while others at least had some interesting ideas to share.
Batman Arkham Origins has a multiplayer mode. First in the series from what I remember. It's pretty much the number one thing I question about Origins. Was such a waste of resources lol. Must have been WB demanding it
Tomb Raider 2013 online was so tacked on and sooooooooooo bad. No wonder they dropped it for rise.
They farmed it out to Splash Damage to do the multiplayer. The rest of the game was done by WB Games Montréal.
Sonic Colors also had really tacked on multiplayer. The levels you unlock by collecting the red rings can be played with two players, and the two players, er, "race" to the end of the stage.After Sonic Adventure 2: Battle had a rather enjoyable multiplayer mode I found Shadow the Hedgehog's utterly worthless. Play as Shadow against yellow stripe Shadow! Or metallic yellow stripe Shadow! Or your absolute favourite - metallic green stripe Shadow!
I put "race" in quotes because it doesn't feel like a race at all. The level design doesn't at all accommodate for that and it all just feels so artificial. I don't think the game even tracked who "wins". One of the players simply reaches the end of the level and that's that.
There hasn't been a single worthwhile multiplayer mode in any 3D Sonic since SA2:B. Heroes is the only one that comes even remotely close, and I would give Lost World a pass if it didn't, well, play like Lost World.
Oh, that's Spec Ops: The Line, no question.
Yes, it had multiplayer. Yes, it's exactly the kind of thing that flies right in the face of every point the game itself was trying to get across, and the developers protested as much. But 2K was adamant about it having MP, so (if I remember right) they outsourced it to a different team, and the mode was unceremoniously tacked on before release. Virtually no one played it for any significant length of time.
EDIT: looks like this has been brought up before several times. Good. I'm just surprised people remember it even had a MP mode.
Yes, it had multiplayer. Yes, it's exactly the kind of thing that flies right in the face of every point the game itself was trying to get across, and the developers protested as much. But 2K was adamant about it having MP, so (if I remember right) they outsourced it to a different team, and the mode was unceremoniously tacked on before release. Virtually no one played it for any significant length of time.
EDIT: looks like this has been brought up before several times. Good. I'm just surprised people remember it even had a MP mode.
I absolutely knew someone was going to mention Assassin's Creed. Back when it was still a thing I remember it getting criticism for being repetitive and forgettable, but it was a unique multiplayer experience that no one else was doing that I can remember. I miss it too.
... what the fuck?
God of War Ascension's multiplayer was genuinely really good. By far the best part of that game. It got bad press because people absurdly blamed it for the lack of quality on the single player side of things.
It was like powerstone for a modern era, and one day someone is going to build a similar game in the right context which will blow up.
The Last of Us' multiplayer mode is exceptional. Absolutely insane opinions in this thread, presumably from people that spent next to no time playing the modes they are attacking.
God of War Ascension's multiplayer was genuinely really good. By far the best part of that game. It got bad press because people absurdly blamed it for the lack of quality on the single player side of things.
It was like powerstone for a modern era, and one day someone is going to build a similar game in the right context which will blow up.
The Last of Us' multiplayer mode is exceptional. Absolutely insane opinions in this thread, presumably from people that spent next to no time playing the modes they are attacking.