Humdinger
Member
Yeah, I haven't played online in probably 10 years. I enjoyed doing it when XBL first came out. People were friendly, cooperative, optimistic, and talkative. It was fun; you had a sense of teamwork and cameraderie. That only lasted a year or two, though. Ever since then, no one talks, and people mostly play with their mics unplugged. So online gaming didn't really connect you with people anymore, and when it did, it was with some 13 year old who wouldn't shut up.
Plus, the nature of multiplayer gaming seems very boring and repetitive to me. Run the same maps, over and over. I like story and characters, and those are entirely absent in online multiplayer. It's all about the task, which usually involves something very simple and straightforward (kill these guys, hold this base, etc.). I just don't find it interesting for more than half an hour.
To be honest, I'm also slow on the reflexes, and so I get killed a lot, which is no fun. This is compounded by the fact that I don't play much (ever, really), so if I enter a game, I'm completely green, and I get slaughtered. Not fun.
Anyhow, I'm sticking to SP. I would like to get into some co-op gaming eventually, but my schedule and tastes make that hard.
Plus, the nature of multiplayer gaming seems very boring and repetitive to me. Run the same maps, over and over. I like story and characters, and those are entirely absent in online multiplayer. It's all about the task, which usually involves something very simple and straightforward (kill these guys, hold this base, etc.). I just don't find it interesting for more than half an hour.
To be honest, I'm also slow on the reflexes, and so I get killed a lot, which is no fun. This is compounded by the fact that I don't play much (ever, really), so if I enter a game, I'm completely green, and I get slaughtered. Not fun.
Anyhow, I'm sticking to SP. I would like to get into some co-op gaming eventually, but my schedule and tastes make that hard.