I love online gaming. Games like Gears of War 2 and COD: 4 (already great games) are given months of replay with it. It doesn't need to shoehorned into every title, though.
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I like online, but i also believe offline multiplayer or local multiplayer as some call it is just as important (for all those times you have guests/friends over
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Any game that support mutiplayer should have online, it's an excellent feature and gamers can't live without it.
Not every game that has multiplayer should be online. NSMB Wii is not online and I love it that way because it feels like an old-school Mario that way. Sonic games are multiplayer and i don't want them online. Not many games come to mind but not all games with multiplayer should have online because well it just ruins it.
Online isn't everything though its a big factor in this generation just along with HD graphics and motion controls. Online is the caramel on my Hot Fudge sundae. It's nice to have but isn't required to enjoy the game.
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I like online, but i also believe offline multiplayer or local multiplayer as some call it is just as important (for all those times you have guests/friends over
Online is good, but gets boring much quicker than local. I couldn't imagine all of my brawl matches with friends being online. Although I could due without the hoarse voice from laughing so much.
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Just because a game like NSMB Wii would probably be better offline doesn't mean the developer should not go the extra mile and include both. Mario Kart is most enjoyable in person, and yet the past two MK's have been online to great success. If Nintendo would ever support Wii Speak, it'd be significantly closer to the local experience, too. Of course, I can't connect my consoles online right now, so what do I care?
I was playing unreal tournament this morning and i was placing second every time. Times like those, make online gaming worth it. It's nice for a loner like myself. Alas, a billion random players can never amount to one real friend though.All in all I love online gaming, mostly for shooters,but throw me an RPG online and I'll love it as well.
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@Odny I moved. I have a connection now that requires authentication, and since there are no authentication options on my consoles that I see, I can't get them on. I ordered this USB device that plugs into a computer and piggybacks on its connection to create a wireless network. I doubt it'll be a strong connection, if it works at all, but it's worth a shot, and I'll at least be able to download games from it, probably.
I thought that it was weird you couldn't connect your wii to a secured network, since I can connect my DSi to them. I found this online...you probably already did a quick google search, but this might be helpful if you didn't try:
It's a wired network, actually. Forgot to mention that. My Wii and DSi are helpless at the moment until I get that USB dongle (best word ever). The authentication comment was really only for my PS3, which fortunately has an ethernet connection but unfortunately can't authenticate as far as I can tell. Thanks though!
In my SSBB, when I choose Basic Brawl, about maybe 9/10 times it disconnects. But when I select Team Battle, it is connected about 9/10. So now I only do Team Battle.
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I love online multi-player, but I'd take local multi-player over it any day! Multi-player games are funner to me with friends/family.
Online multi-player is still pretty cool, though. The Wii is nowhere near perfect, but I'm glad that the Wii finally has some great multi-player titles. I just feel that some games get limited by the matchmaking services provided by Nintendo/GameSpy. (Nintendo still uses GameSpy, right?) I hate how I never know how many people are currently playing; I don't want to load up a game and wait for a match if no one else is even online. This issue pops up a lot on less popular games. It becomes even more of an issue where you choose what you want to play, thus limiting your chances of finding an opponent. (Like in Water Warfare or Virtua Tennis.)
I know GameSpy can offer more than just matchmaking, 4x4 Evo on Dreamcast was and still is completely powered by GameSpy, and it has lobbies in which you can see who is there and who is playing. I do like how Water Warfare adopted 4x4 Evo's idea of predefined messages, though. (4x4 Evo certainly had much more variety in the sayings, though. )
A few examples from 4x4 Evo:
Whassssup! Who's your daddy's daddy?! Flat tire... I was robbed!
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