Best and worst multiplayer game components in primarily single-player games?

[StaceyPowers]

@killamch89  mentioned RDR2 Online not catching his interest because of quality issues. It made me curious what single player games have the best online modes available and which ones are a waste of time.

[Alyxx]

Doom 2016 was kinda a waste of time compared to the single player portion. Just didn't feel like it was proper Doom.

On the other hand I feel the Call of Duty games have always had great multiplayer. There's a reason it became a saying that nobody bought CoD games for the single player.

[killamch89]

Batman Arkham Origins multiplayer component was a shitshow to put it politely compared to the single-player mode. It was full of bugs and glitches - some of which they managed to fix but it was still crap irregardless. It's one of the primary reasons why the game has such a bad reputation compared to the rest of the Arkham series.

[kingpotato]

-GTA V is excellent both at single player and multiplayer , a lot of micro transactions but fun,
-Monster Hunter World  as well its basically the same game and quality at both single and multiplayer
-Borderlands 2 as well you can enjoy it in both single and multiplayer
-And also the Bungie Halo games had a good Single player campaign and of course an excellent multiplayer mode, and Halo Reach had the Best campaign (I almost cried at the end)

[kingpotato]

Worst, well I cant think of many but I do have a few on my list that where not that interesting :
-Assassins creed 3/4 had a very average multiplayer mode, basically you had to assassin other players with stealth but usually this involved walking by pass them and stab them in the back so no Parkour kills or anything like that.
-Max Payne 3 was more like a third person shooter , it was average, but the slow motion didn't worked that well on a multiplayer platform
- And the Multiplayer for the first Read Dead Redemption was also very average and the characters at your disposal where very ugly and lame xD

[Alyxx]

The Borderlands series in general is an example of how well you can make a multiplayer game. All of the games are enjoyable on their own but with friends to play with they become even better.

[killamch89]

GTA V is one of the best examples of both the single-player and multiplayer components being pretty good in their own right although it must be said that the multiplayer component is full of p2W players. You can still make lots of money from heists to buy things though so it isn't entirely bad.

[Alyxx]

7 hours ago, killamch89 said:

GTA V is one of the best examples of both the single-player and multiplayer components being pretty good in their own right although it must be said that the multiplayer component is full of p2W players. You can still make lots of money from heists to buy things though so it isn't entirely bad.

I hear the grinding is pretty bad in GTA Online atm though...

[skyfire]

Shadowgun legends good for single player and bad for multiplayer. It had capacity to be like fortnite like game but it did not make it in the multiplayer. 

[killamch89]

17 hours ago, Alyxx said:

I hear the grinding is pretty bad in GTA Online atm though...

If you are playing with noobs it can be quite a pain because you constantly have to restart heists and some of them happen to be very long and hardly have any checkpoints. Otherwise you can make 5 - 10m a day which can buy a good portion of in-game vehicles. Well, most of them...

[Alyxx]

5 hours ago, killamch89 said:

If you are playing with noobs it can be quite a pain because you constantly have to restart heists and some of them happen to be very long and hardly have any checkpoints. Otherwise you can make 5 - 10m a day which can buy a good portion of in-game vehicles. Well, most of them...

Yeah see I have a few issues with GTA Online and other grinding type games:
I have maybe 2-3 hours at most for gaming on workdays due to my 10 hour schedule (my workplace is 40 minutes away with bus) and therefore I often prioritize single player games or games I am doing for reviews. I simply don't have time to sink into a multiplayer mode that pretty much isn't worth the effort.

[skyfire]

I think Predator Hunting grounds would be one multiplayer game worth watching considering it has pretty good graphics and looks realistic. 

[killamch89]

11 hours ago, Alyxx said:

Yeah see I have a few issues with GTA Online and other grinding type games:
I have maybe 2-3 hours at most for gaming on workdays due to my 10 hour schedule (my workplace is 40 minutes away with bus) and therefore I often prioritize single player games or games I am doing for reviews. I simply don't have time to sink into a multiplayer mode that pretty much isn't worth the effort.

Fair enough and it isn't for everybody unless you just want to get online and just be a maniac.

[Alyxx]

GTA never really appealed to me to begin with.

[killamch89]

On 10/15/2019 at 12:08 PM, Alyxx said:

GTA never really appealed to me to begin with.

Every gamer has their preferences - I mean being able to beat up a hooker and get back your money after sex sounds entertaining!...and disturbing simultaneously...🤣