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Would You Buy BF4 If It Was Multi-player Only?

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  • 25-07-2012 9:03pm
    #1
    darrenw5094
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭


    Just curious to see how many people would still purchase BF it it was Multi-player only and no Single-player like MAG.

    Are you a Multi Player only person? 67 votes

    Yes, I would still buy BF4 if it was Multi-player only
    0%
    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    92%
    Shiminaythe_sycoSpearDapperGentjonskifenrisSkittlecdbAkrasiadellychopperbyrnefearcruachmuppetkillerKare BearHerculeRiesen_MealgrizzlyAnCapaillMor5uspectBlazer 62 votes
    Have not decided yet.
    7%
    PogueMahone365SeanbassCaptain ChaosPseudoFamousJinbakrdi 5 votes


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    danniemcq
    Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    but what happens when the servers go down?


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    darrenw5094
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭darrenw5094


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    danniemcq wrote: »
    but what happens when the servers go down?

    View it on Youtube......might even pick up some tips.:)


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    solarith
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭solarith


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    Yes, definitely. I honestly hope that some games go this way, and are discounted as a result of way less time spent in development. I haven't played a singleplayer mode in CoD since MW2, and never played more than half an hour of singleplayer in BF3, and about 4 minutes in BC2. I'm not really interested in their (crap, generic) stories.

    The battlefield multiplayer games often feel more like a mission than anything I've experienced. There's certain patterns which emerge in the games which are unique to those games, really give it something that can't happen in a scripted game.


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    PogueMahone365
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭PogueMahone365


    Have not decided yet.
    solarith wrote: »
    Yes, definitely. I honestly hope that some games go this way, and are discounted as a result of way less time spent in development.

    They might go this way, but they definitely won't be discounted!

    I like the Single Player stories, personally, I'd like to see them kept but improved, I think the reason they're generic and predictable is because they're focusing so much on the multiplayer aspect.


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    AnCapaillMor
    Registered Users Posts: 4,920 ✭✭✭AnCapaillMor


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    BF3 was the first to have a single player campaign, the rest had a sort of skirmish mode, i've yet to play the single player, so have no problems whatsoever with it being mltiplayer only.


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    hypermuse
    Registered Users Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭hypermuse


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    Single player games on FPS are somewhat redundant now when you consider how many hours people put into it compared to single player!

    I'm not saying Single player is ****e (although I'm personally not that bothered with it) as some people love the story, but I'd say over 90% of the time spent on games like BF/COD is spent playing multiplayer for 90% of the people that bought it!


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    grizzly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    100%. As hypermuse says better that the dev time is spent on multiplayer and drop single. I'll get my single player thrills from games like Far Cry.

    BC2 had a fun single player game. BF3 SP looked great but was ultimately boring.


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    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    Bought BF4 on day one.... still havent completed the campaign ....

    Just really cant be bothered with it anymore , the co-op i have though as its much better IMO playing with someone else .


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    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users Posts: 10,972 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    The campaign disc has never left the box, so I'd have no problem with BF4 being MP only.


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    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,515 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    The SP in BF3 was awful. Terrible story, buggy, scripted, and WTF were they thinking QTEs. Why waste time, money and effort on it when nobody wants it.
    The SP in BC2 on the other hand, while nothing special from a gameplay perspective, was a hoot.


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    iColdFusion
    Registered Users Posts: 995 ✭✭✭iColdFusion


    Not sure really, I'd prefer it had a single player but would take a decent co-op campaign in its place.

    Even though I have a crazy amount of hours racked up in BF3 online I'd still hesitate in handing over €50 for multiplayer only BF4 and I don't have enough faith in DICE to believe it would be perfect if they were allowed to focus on multiplayer only.


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    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    iColdFusion wrote: »
    Not sure really, I'd prefer it had a single player but would take a decent co-op campaign in its place.

    This is what I really want from online multiplayer. I like capping fools, but I love co-op. It's why I bought Borderlands and why i'll buy the next one. I was gutted when Resistance 3 came out and there was no co-op modes, and then Insomniac basically abandoned the game.


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    #14
    darrenw5094
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭darrenw5094


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    danniemcq wrote: »
    but what happens when the servers go down?

    Like right now?????:mad:


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    #15
    Lizard Spock
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Lizard Spock


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    Yes, haven't finished the single player missions on BF3 despite racking up a ridicules amount of hours on multi player.


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    #16
    TheTacticsGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 243 ✭✭TheTacticsGuy


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    5uspect wrote: »
    The SP in BF3 was awful. Terrible story, buggy, scripted, and WTF were they thinking QTEs. Why waste time, money and effort on it when nobody wants it.
    The SP in BC2 on the other hand, while nothing special from a gameplay perspective, was a hoot.

    Yeah I much preferred the SP's from the BC series


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    5uspect
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    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    TheTacticsGuy wrote: »
    Yeah I much preferred the SP's from the BC series

    It wasn't that they were particularly good. Mostly it's scripted generic gallery shooting. What BC did however was to take the piss out of the silly over wrought military shooter. Considering how silly MP can be with people C4ing the **** out of each other and talking ****e on TS, it was great to see discussion on strawberry sprinkles rather than the usual technobabble.


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    #18
    danniemcq
    Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    I played through most of the SP in BF3 when the servers were being updated a while back.

    I willa admit there are some fantastic set pieces and stuff in there and its better than some SP only games i played.

    probably will finish it next time there is an update.


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    #19
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    Playing the Single Player is a waste of time when I could be playing Multi Player with friends instead...

    I really wish they'd just say "you know what, no more SP in Battlefield and no more MP in Medal of Honor" and make them into two separate and definitive sorts of games. They've both got Frostbite 2 under the hood, they're both made by Dice, they're both modern day war-fighter games - why waste time on MoH MP when BF3s is superior anyway and all they're going to produce is some rubbishy 5 hours of set pieces. Give us a 20+hour SP campaign in MoH and concentrate on the best possible MP game from BF4.


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    #20
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Every BF prior to BC was MP only

    BF1942 / Vietnam / BF2

    The recent SP have been an afterthought really, the focus is always the multiplayer with the BF series


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    Glico Man
    Registered Users Posts: 8,279 ✭✭✭Glico Man


    No, i would only buy it if it had both Single and Multi player modes
    Yes.

    I bought BC2, Vietnam and BF3 for the multiplayer. Couldn't give a rats about single player/story mode. I do for certain games like Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect for example, where there is a credible single player story to become engrossed with, but imo, the single player/story mode just doesn't suit Battlefield.


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