Valve 'Probably' Done With Single-Player Games

Klo · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:54

From Kotaku:

The makers of such acclaimed single-player video games as Portal and Half-Life 2 want all of their future games to support connected, non-solo gaming, in some way, at all levels.

http://uk.kotaku.com/5795355/valve-probably-done-with-single+player-games

Not sure how I feel about this, I prefer singleplayer games over multiplayer in the vast majority of cases.

KNiVES · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:56

Last time I checked, Portal was the only single player game they did, what are you bitching about?

d_brennen · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:57

There's a place for both SP and MP, I fear a lot of devs are going away with SP content beacuse it's easier/cheaper to make player driven content. CSS will never get old for me but I'd like the option to play grand SP stories too

LeJosh · 25 Apr 2011 at 17:58

Just seems like they want to have a co-op feature in future games.

But singleplayer will still be indefinitely there ofcourse.

Klo · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:03

KNiVES said:
Last time I checked, Portal was the only single player game they did, what are you bitching about?

Ever heard of Half Life?

Anyway, I'm not saying I hate multiplayer games, I've played 300 hours in L4D2, 150 in TF2 plus many more in other games. I'm just saying a high quality singleplayer experience will beat a multiplayer one for me. I don't mind coop in games, as long as theres still a mode where I can play through by myself.

Utnac · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:04

KNiVES said:
Last time I checked, Portal was the only single player game they did, what are you bitching about?

Erm, Half Life games?

NeoReloaded · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:07

KNiVES said:
Last time I checked, Portal was the only single player game they did, what are you bitching about?

Fail.

perox · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:08

Half Life Deathmatch?

Utnac · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:17

perox said:
Half Life Deathmatch?

Was entirely seperate, they are saying they will no longer have isolated single player games, portal 2 was their last.

RedStarRiot · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:17

yeah half life did have deathmatch

RedStarRiot · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:18

Utnac said:
Was entirely seperate, they are saying they will no longer have isolated single player games, portal 2 was their last.

shame, what does this mean for HL3 :eek:

MouthBoy · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:19

RedStarRiot said:
shame, what does this mean for HL3

Dare I say it, Co-op? One as Freeman and the other as Alyx?

Klo · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:19

RedStarRiot said:
yeah half life did have deathmatch

That was isolated, this is where they incorporate it into the main game. You can buy HLDM separately, you can't buy the Portal 2 coop separately.

Bloomfield · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:33

Klo said:
you can buy the Portal 2 coop separately.

Utnac · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:34

Bloomfield said:

I imagine there is a T missing there

KNiVES · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:34

Klo said:
Ever heard of Half Life?

Anyway, I'm not saying I hate multiplayer games, I've played 300 hours in L4D2, 150 in TF2 plus many more in other games. I'm just saying a high quality singleplayer experience will beat a multiplayer one for me. I don't mind coop in games, as long as theres still a mode where I can play through by myself.

Aaaaahahahaha there's a thing called Half Life: Deathmatch btw

Not just for HL1 but both of them as well.

This applies to the two or three other completely clueless posters in the thread as well.

Evilsod · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:39

KNiVES said:
Aaaaahahahaha there's a thing called Half Life: Deathmatch btw

Not just for HL1 but both of them as well.

This applies to the two or three other completely clueless posters in the thread as well.

Call them clueless if you like, no-one actually includes Half Life: Deathmatch as being part of either game as a multiplayer component. Your post still made you look like an uninformed tool.

Kenai · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:42

The way it's worded, it sounds like they want all games to have some sort of multiplayer component as well. Not that they aren't producing single player games at all, HL3 isn't going to co-op only, they're not retarded.

As above - I think Portal was about all they did that was solely SP - HL(2) had multiplayer support, L4D was mainly MP etc. etc.

Sounds good to me

Strife212 · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:43

KNiVES said:
Aaaaahahahaha there's a thing called Half Life: Deathmatch btw

Not just for HL1 but both of them as well.

This applies to the two or three other completely clueless posters in the thread as well.

It sounds like they mean incorporating multiplayer into the main game though, ie co-op.

future games to support connected, non-solo gaming, in some way, at all levels

Tefal · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:44

I hope they mean cop like l4d etc as they're coop is great and coop games are some of the best fun I've ever had much more so than standard sp games.