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Home News Insomniac's Days Of Single-Player Only Games Are Over

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Insomniac's Days Of Single-Player Only Games Are Over

Posted on Wednesday, September 12 @ 11:46:23 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

Single-player only games are quickly becoming a thing of the past.

Ted Price, CEO of Insomniac, shared with IGN that he doesn't plan to return to experiences that only offer a single-player component. He stated:

I can't imagine that any game we'd do from here on out will be single-player-only.

The gaming industry has quickly gravitated toward multiplayer experiences, online in particular, in recent years. Campaign-centric games like Uncharted and Metal Gear have had to expand their offerings in order to stay competitive, and Insomniac's lineup is no different.

For those who don't care for playing with other gamers this news is disappointing. Seeing a developer spend 100% of its resources in the single-player mode is becoming extremely rare. How this will affect Insomniac's upcoming games is yet to be determined, but if it turns out like Uncharted 2 and Mass Effect 3 then maybe it's not such a big deal.
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 12th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
    It is a big deal! I think I'll start an internet petition. Anybody got an extra pitchfork they can lend me?
    0 2
  • Barth_Vader
    Barth_Vader
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 12th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
    and that's why the new ratchet sucks dick
    0 2
  • Axelownz
    Axelownz
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 12th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
    I am fine with mutiplayer as long as its good and not just tacked on. If they are just putting multiplayer in just to have multiplayer than i would rather now have it.
    0 4
  • BRostigraben
    BRostigraben
    Joined: Jul 2012
    Posted: Sep 12th, 2012 at 8:18 pm
    Personally, as long as there aren't Achievements/Trophies/whatever that are tied in with multiplayer, I'm fine with this.
    0 0
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 12th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
    He never mentioned competitive modes, so for those of you assuming...stop.
    My favorite R&C game is Deadlocked. Co-op is great. I don't like the others as much because I get bored playing by myself.
    0 0
  • Kakulukia
    Kakulukia
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 13th, 2012 at 1:13 am
    ...and my days of playing Insomniac games are over.
    It's sad, really, to see one of my favorites studios getting so shitty so fast. R&C All4One was a travesty, Full Frontal Assault looks lame as well, they seem to have taken out most of the interesting stuff from Overstrike.

    So long, Insomniac. We had a good run together.

    Sidenote: I'm fine with multiplayer, but keep it the hell out of story mode. If not wanting to play co-op means you're penalized in anyway, you lost a sale. Looks like playing Fuse single-player will basically force you to babysit 3 AI characters. Not my definition of fun.
    0 1
  • Masterwabbit
    Masterwabbit
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Sep 14th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
    Single Player w/ Leaderboards tacked on? Good enough for me, I'm not that stupidly competitive, and implementing those don't take too much effort if you know what you're doing.

    Single Player w/ Comp or Coop MP tacked on? Now you're making me mad. Spending time making sure the netcode works and developing MP only maps, characters, stuff that takes away from the polish of the SP? Grrrr.

    Multiplayer with a tacked on SP campaign? ... Wait, isn't that what most shooters are today?
    0 0

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