Remedy: We Don't Do Multiplayer Games

Remedy Entertainment say they only focus on the single-player side of a title, and don't do multiplayer games.

[SpaceSquirrel]

I'll rather have them focus on making the single-player incredible rather than tack-on a multiplayer mode.

[cranium]

Sadly, that seems to be the direction that most games are going in nowadays.
This makes me especially sad since I play single player games almost exclusively.

[FanboysWillHateMe]

I have a bit of a temper when it comes to multiplayer games. I'm decent in most of them but that's exactly why I get so angry when I do bad.

Multiplayer adds replay value, but I'd rather go with the single player of any game. Less frustrating and equally satisfying.

[RememberThe357]

I love replay value, as I think most gamers do. But replay value doesn't only mean multi-player. Games that allow you to start over with what you've achieved in your previous play through have tons of replay value.

Alan Wake however, seems like the kind of game that wont even need that. It seems like it will be one of those game that is just fun to play over and over. RE4 had that effect on me and Alan Wake reminds me of that game in a lot of ways.

[Saaking]

Personally, I prefer SP so this is great news. I know a lot of people love MP, but it doesn't need to be in every single game. Some games are just meant to be single player only.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Remedy catering to their strength and leaving multi-player to the studios that do them well, such as Bungie and Infinity Ward.

I'm liking what I hear more and more. Can't wait for Alan Wake!

[Tony P]

No MP is a great start. You can definitely make an SP game worth every penny.

But I hope they give this some sort of replay value. Remedy flat out *never* adds any. I can't figure why.

[mastiffchild]

Well, I think it's fair enough. They don't want to make them and they don't have to. focussing on the SP is fine and they will stand or fall by the choice(though in AW's case I fail to see a good MP option anyway-maybe some co-op could be done but the Vs mode in RE5 shows what can be done(badly) with a badly judged attempt at unnecessary multiplayer and why they're wise to leave it out of a game with similar sensibilities.

What I CAN'T condone, however, is the crappy way they treated PC gamers by leading them on for FIVE years most of which were spent using the PC version to show off the damn game! What makes it worse is the stupid lie about "intimacy" being the reason behind the decision(which it CLEARLY isn't!)-what's more intimate than playing a survival/psycho horror title on your own with your headphones on at your PC in a darkened room late at night? I think it's MORE intimate than sayt on your sofa with all the commotion of a normal living room! Had they just began the title as 360 exclusive then no one would have an issue but as it stands they really took the pi55 out of PC gamers. Five years is way too long to allow people to wait for something that never comes and I fail to see why anyone else thinks treating gamers like this is OK.

I've even seen some 360 heads HASPPY about it going truly exclusive and can't get over just how tight that attitude is. What if it happened the other way round and you waited five years to be cut off at the last minute? Would that be funny too? Seriously, with people hoping the clock issue with PS3 was going to be worse than RROD and the HR spoiler fiasco last week I'm beginning to think fanboys are going WAY too far and I'm losing all hope of us ever having a proper, supportive and inclusive gaming community. Not that 360 fans are any worse than any others-they certanly aren't as they're all the same thinhg-but these instances just show a nasty side to gaming and one that shopws us all in a pretty poor light./ that Remedy and MS have also acted very poorly over this just makes it more depressing and I'm concerned PC gamers may see more of this in the future as MS decide they want more 360 exclusives to be fully exclusive-please do it at annoncement, though, and not after people have been expecting games for years as it's a crappy way of working and lying about why borders on plain insulting in my eyes.

I don't know if I can asupport Remedy with a purchase after all this and as AW was one of the reasons I first bought a 360 it's really sad. However, buying the game now would make me feel like I'm rewarding their poor treatment of my fellow gamer and I don't want to feel bad when playing a video game! Bloody morals!

[movements]

As long as the single player mode is satisfying then I don't mind.

[Valay]

Not a problem. Not all developers need to create a multiplayer experience.

[Def Warrant]

No problem. remedy are awesome devs and going by their excellent work with the Max Payne series, i'd say Alan Wake will be a very solid SP game.

[kissmeimgreek]

stick to what you know best. From what i can tell, Most of Remedies games seem to be more story focused and im glad to see some devs not trying to cram MP into their games.

Hope this sells well so other Devs will realize how much people will take a fully realized SP game than a half baked SP/MP game.

[xTrueLegendx]

lol that's why this game will fail and I like games like this.no real apeal to the mass market of people on the xbox that mainly like hardcore shooter if they put co-op in this it would apeal more but im afraid it's just a rent.

[Arnon]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...
http://xbox360.ign.com/arti...

[mt]

i know he is bashing alan wake but what is your point with those links to total sales for mass effect 2 ?

[PeeboDaKilla]

Legend is under the impression that single-player only games don't sell on the 360. Arnon pointed out that Mass Effect 2 (single-player only) is selling extremely well. Pretty good rebuttal.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

mt: what happened was Legend just got owned..

Nothing like a Kratos avatar PSN only troller to tell everyone what the 360 does/doesn't do.

[JokesOnYou]

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Response to Alan Wake a game that is by nature a single player driven experience:
"lol that's why this game will fail and I like games like this.no real apeal to the mass market of people on the xbox that mainly like hardcore shooter if they put co-op in this it would apeal more but im afraid it's just a rent." -xTrueLegendx

http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...
http://xbox360.ign.com/arti...
-Arnon

@aron
i know he is bashing alan wake but what is your point with those links to total sales for mass effect 2 ? -mt

mt: what happened was Legend just got owned..

Nothing like a Kratos avatar PSN only troller to tell everyone what the 360 does/doesn't do. -GiantEnemyCrab

-So tell me "TrueLegend" how does the koolaid taste? lmfao, you just can't make this stuff up!

JOY

[mastiffchild]

Whoa, legend! WTF? Because Fable is full of competitive multiplayer isn't it? And NOONE bought that for their 360 now did they?/s

Also, MP could HURT Alan Wake like the Versus mode for RE5 being a joke hurt Capcom with that title-and not just because of the rip off they pulled over the download key you had to buy to unlock disc content No, it was also a pi55 poor stab at the zeitgeist which played like crap and I don't see a good reason for MP in AW either.

Plenty of games with no MP have done fine on the 360 and just because there's a higher number of shooter fans because of the Halo fan effect doesn't preclude SP only games doing well on MS's console.

Think a little before making vast, sweeping genralisations fella or you run the risk of looking bitter and twisted.

A far more interesting downside, to me at least, for AW is what Remedy and/or MS(we'll never get told straight and in this generation where timed exclusives pretend to be real exclusives is that a shock?)did to PC gamers after stringing them along for five bloody years. Christ, the gamne looks like it'll be great and everything but I can't get my head round why they chose to behave this way towards PCgamers-had it ALWAYS been a 360 exclusiove then fine-noone gets messed arouind but the ONLY issue with AW is the PC gamers bad treatment. Apart from that, and a couple of below the level of the rest of the game , animations it looks slick, clever and full of interesting gameplay AND story mechanics.

Seriously, if it weren't for them dropping the PC version so cruelly late in the piece I'd be al,most as pumped for AW as practically anything else releasing anywhere this year-AND would have been getting it for 360 myself anyway-but as I've said rewarding people for shafting gamers is something I don't like doing and something that makes me feel crappy about myself. Then again, we get treated like crap all round this gen(certainly, I'm not saying any company is any better as this stuff has been pulled by others too)so it's easy to be apathetic about it-but I just think "what if it was ME next time that got messed about?" how would I feel about it then?

Anyway, legend-I think you jumped the train on that one as SP games are just as much a part of 360 life as they are on PC or PS3-360 gamers don't JUST play Halo MP you know!

[Al Bundy]

This game won't sell well because the Xbox fanbase loves online multi player. Rental confirmed.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Yeah never mind Mass Effect 1 & 2, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Dead Space, and Bioshock high-speed. How about you slow your roll on the stereotyping comments turbo.

[Fanb0y]

Like me.

Despite Alan Wake being guaranteed to be a quality game, I base my game purchases off their replayability value.
Like Mass Effect 2. :D

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Owned

[stuntman_mike]

Hats off to remedy Alan Wake is looking awesome, may there single player-ness continue. Hoorah!

[Unicron]

You mean games with no replay value then?

Sadly this attitude is all too common today.

[Fanb0y]

I set myself to use a restricted about of money for gaming this year. A game that I'll play for a couple of hours and shelf indefinitely is not very appealing to spend 79 dollars on (here in Canada, games are 70 plus tax for some reason).

[Dance]

Multiplayer adds more replay value to the game

[Johnny Rotten]

GOOD multiplayer adds more replay value to the game

[PSFan100]

Most games don't need multi-player, especially when it's the same multi-player type experience as every other game, such as death match, capture the flag, etc. It's just mind numbingly boring to me, therefore i'd take a good, polished, single player experience any day over a generic multi-player experience.

[Dance]

Arnon was proving to xTrueLegendx that FPS arent the only games that sell well on the xbox

[swiftshot93]

It doesnt matter as long as the game has replay value I dont think mutliplayer is necessary at all.

[xTrueLegendx]

listen im not saying alan wake is not going to be good im just saying what does it offer us for example I just played heavy rain it has lots of replay value yet I sold it because in the end it would of been a better rent for me Im basing my comment off of what I like. I like co-op multiplayer stuff like that if it had this it would give me more of a reson to buy it

[BYE]

I like that attitude. Great games don't need multiplayer.

[TheBand1t]

Stupid fanboy comments aside...

Props to Remedy. An excellent and memorable singleplayer doesn't need multiplayer.

[tinajacobs1222]

I wish they would hurry up and make Max Payne again.

[dtrain21]

I wanna sticker

[Udidntlistenpunk]

Unfortunately for the bots, remedy doesnt do Triple A games either.

hahaha

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Great to hear! I see too many games SP suffering due to a developer trying to force MP into it.. Props to you Remedy to sticking to what you are good at.

[sashimi]

but then again they are developing on the xbox...

[GiantEnemyCrab]

So they should have no problem at all.. Ask Bethesda or BioWare about that..

[Figboy]

but when it's a PS3 title with MP like Uncharted and inFAMOUS it's "the game PHAILS becuz of no multi-playerzz!!" they double standards (obviously, not from Remedy, but the gaming media) and hypocrisy are amazing.

anyway, Alan Wake is looking great, and i'm glad Remedy are focusing on the single player.

i'm a 95% single player gamer, 5% MP gamer these days, and i liken sitting down to play a single player game in the same vein as sitting down and reading a good book. i like to go at my own pace, and get immersed in the world and characters.

i guess it's appropriate that Alan Wake is about an author. lol.

i'm really looking forward to this one. i only played the first Max Payne, but i loved it. besides MP 2, what else has Remedy done, though? i can't remember. i may pick up Max Payne 2 if i can find it somewhere.

[Nom Nom Nom CATS]

just STFU and release the FAWKING game already.

[QuantumWake]

I'm glad Remedy is focusing all their attention in making a rich single player experience. Their games like Max Payne 1&2 felt really good without a half ass multiplayer mode. With the recent videos that were released for Alan Wake, it looks like Remedy has another masterpiece in their hands.

Happy Gaming! Cheers!! :D

[Narutone66]

then the sites doing the reviews should deduct 10 points from the total score of the game.

[GenerationWinner]

nothing beats a proper immersing single player story. Alan wake will be a shining example.

[Neurotoxin]

We dont do multiplayer games...... or many games full stop.

[e-p-ayeaH]

Cause gaming isnt all about being competitive its about being entertained and having fun.

[xTrueLegendx]

gow3 mass effect bioshock all great games how does it feel when someone gives an opion of a game that's not even out yet they do it to the ps3 all the time alan wake will fail because nobody the majority of xbox players dont want to play games they can rent I never said this games story will fail it will probley be good but is it worth 60 bucks with out co-op multiplayer? I know gow is I know bioshock is worth it I diden't get owend because you gave me sales for games that arent the same gener you idiot do you need some help relizing im giving an opion and not saying facts so im a troll now because im a fan of god of war im also a fan of great games i also said heavey rain was a great game but i should of rented because after i beat it i dident want to play it again cause i felt it would ruin my experience with it