I'd never play MP in a Bioshock game but I still don't consider it to be something worth gloating about. Not having multi means they either couldn't get it working in time or didn't have the resources to dedicate. I don't think any developer has ever made the decision 'we could do multiplayer but it would take away from SP'. In the end the product is just less fully featured than it could've been (regardless of whether I would even use those cut feature(s)).
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BioShock Infinite does not have multiplayer of any kind
- Thread starter pargonta
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There are plenty of examples of it happening successfully. There is no reason to expect that a talented developer like Irrational would have made the terrible bolt on multiplayer mode that everyone here seems to assume they would have made. Especially with a project like Bioshock Infinite where they are clearly not being rushed by a publisher mandated schedule.
Had they decided to include a multiplayer mode I'm sure it would've been interesting or at least somewhat unique. So it seems really weird to me to praise the removal of a feature from a game being made by such a well regarded team.
Visualante2
Member
Maybe that explains why so many staff left.. they blatantly were trying multiplayer.
Get outta here.
demosthenes
Member
I hope everyone happy about this decision buys the game before it's $10!
Well that's a blatant untruth.
Clay Davis
Member
I'm glad there's no multiplayer but the tower defence mode sounds really cool. maybe release it as downloadable content or in a sequel.
disappeared
Banned
What did I fucking tell you guys months ago.
There is nothing wrong with this game.
Stop being fucking paranoid.
Levine got this.
There is nothing wrong with this game.
Stop being fucking paranoid.
Levine got this.
brokenbeans
Banned
Day 1 baby.
Acquiescence
Member
A new setting, no silent protagonist, and a complete lack of any multiplayer component... it's like they want me to buy this game as soon as possible!
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Good, I just hope the SP design is better than that of the original. No MP doesn't guarantee a good SP experience.
SlowRevolution
Member
I'm still worried about the game but hopefully this is a good thing. I never really play MP anyway so it's no big loss for me.
Klendathu Club Owner
Member
My guess is that getting the MP to work would've meant another delay of 3 months or something like that and Take-Two is probably more eager to get the game out the door at this point.
CadetMahoney
Member
no big loss for me.
Haunted
Member
Good news all around!
If someone from Irrational or 2K games is on GAF - show this thread to your marketing department, or your execs or whomever is unhappy with the decision and is pushing for those bullet points right now.
Look at the positive reception of this piece of news among the core demographic.
If someone from Irrational or 2K games is on GAF - show this thread to your marketing department, or your execs or whomever is unhappy with the decision and is pushing for those bullet points right now.
Look at the positive reception of this piece of news among the core demographic.
Vinterbird
Member
I do wonder if they will revisit the cut MP mode following launch of the game, if it becomes a sales succes. They could do a MP patch, and then go on to sell a "Now with MP" disc based version and suddenly shelflife has been extended.
stn
Member
Really? I thought Bioshock 1 was excellent! I could understand if you were saying this about 2, but even that game was pretty solid.
PixyJunket
Member
YES YES YES YES YES!
BEST NEWS IS BEST!
THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE!
BEST NEWS IS BEST!
THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE!
Johnny Dazzle
Member
Good, they can focus on the SP campaign.
Bioshock 2's multiplayer was a disaster on PC.
Bioshock 2's multiplayer was a disaster on PC.
Also, are you willing to spend $60 on a game where half of the content is worthless within the span of a year?
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Of course. I'll pay $60 for any game that I'm actually excited about. This is easy because I only buy a few games per year.
PoweredBySoy
Banned
Preorder preordered.
PixyJunket
Member
BioShock 2's multi-player wasn't that bad actually, but I'm still glad to not have it in a game for a change.
The Level 50 achievement though, THAT was bad.
The Level 50 achievement though, THAT was bad.
Glass Rebel
Member
I wouldn't have touched the MP anyway. As long as 1999 mode is still in I'm fine.
Canis lupus
Member
Thank god. Some games like Bioshock and Dead Space don't need multiplayer.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Yeah, I don't really understand why everyone is celebrating. If they had said this when the game was announced, maybe start cheering. But if the development was so troubled (which has been rumored) that they couldn't get the MP up and running, and people had to be yanked to get the single player working...yeah, we'll just have to hope for the best.
Rumors aside, the thing that worries me most is how little we've seen about this game. Or even heard about people playing it. It was announced a little over two years ago, yet we only have a handful of trailers and articles. Seems odd for such a big name game that is supposedly coming out in less than 3 months. And then you compound that will talk about features being removed, it's not exactly a winning combination by any means.
Rumors aside, the thing that worries me most is how little we've seen about this game. Or even heard about people playing it. It was announced a little over two years ago, yet we only have a handful of trailers and articles. Seems odd for such a big name game that is supposedly coming out in less than 3 months. And then you compound that will talk about features being removed, it's not exactly a winning combination by any means.
Vinterbird
Member
Because this game has been in production hell for some time now, and reports of the MP mode being a serious hassle for the team means that they made a smart decision killing it, and putting all the current ressources into making the sngleplayer experience (which also has been reported as been troubled)
StreetsAhead
Member
It's 2012! How can this fucking joke of a game be AAA if it doesn't have multiplayer? It's unacceptable. Are the developers that incompetent that they can't design a decent mutliplayer mode in 2012? Seriously, Irrational needs to hire more developers if they are struggling with this.
PixyJunket
Member
Because not every game needs some shoddy "ME TOO ME TOO!" Modern Warfare mode saddled to it.
Shadow of the BEAST
Banned
Great decision by levine.
Personally i think sp and mp should be sold completely seperately.
Personally i think sp and mp should be sold completely seperately.
People's reaction to games having multiplayer is so incredibly odd... and dumb. They usually are upset because of their fairly baseless presumption that the developers could've spent all that time used to make the multiplayer mode on the single player instead.
In Infinite's case, it seems like they spent a lot of time trying to incorporate a multiplayer, but it just didn't work out. So, potentially all that same supposed time that could've been used to further improve the main game was still wasted, they just have nothing to show for it. And people are happy? Why? Because you're just bad at multiplayer games and won't have to spend that hour to get the three achievements?
In Infinite's case, it seems like they spent a lot of time trying to incorporate a multiplayer, but it just didn't work out. So, potentially all that same supposed time that could've been used to further improve the main game was still wasted, they just have nothing to show for it. And people are happy? Why? Because you're just bad at multiplayer games and won't have to spend that hour to get the three achievements?
because certain games are meant to be single player experiences and the more resources go there, the better
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
You're right that they probably did spend a fair amount of time working on multiplayer before canning it in this case. Your presumption that multiplayer never takes away from single player seems like the one that's baseless, given the finite nature of development resources.