Friday 1st May/... Evil may have a new face but he's brought along some old friends.
Does Every Game Need Online Multiplayer?
Andrew Weymes of The Nightly Gamer writes: "This generation of gaming has certainly seen some incredible single player only games such as Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Bioshock and Mass Effect, but it's quite clear that developers don't want to deal with the criticism that they will receive from both critics and gamers for not offering a multiplayer mode in 2009 and onward. Both Bioshock 2 and Uncharted 2 are going to have a multiplayer mode and multiplayer in the next instalment of the Mass Effect series hasn't been ruled out by the developers. The original Mass Effect was quite long because it was an RPG so critics didn't bash it too much for not having a multiplayer mode, but Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Bioshock weren't as lucky. Both games offer great single player experiences but they are both relatively short games that can easily be completed in under twenty hours and that's being generous. Both games probably clock in at a little under fourteen hours. It's obvious that the developers of both games listened to the criticism that they received, but multiplayer modes aren't always necessary. If anything, hastily adding multiplayer to a game that really doesn't need it usually takes away from the game as a whole. Gamers are left with unsatisfying campaigns and decent multiplayer that they have played thousands of times over."
