Multiplayer doesn't always mean logging on to some mmorpg, or playing with random people from the internet. I think most multiplayer is done between friends. Me an my buddies play games together. Some big matching service isn't needed. Most of our games are lan, or direct hosting over the internet. We don't use matching services. We often use mods. But, since its private it doesn't matter. Some games may not lend themselves as well to multiplayer as others. Bioshock I can't say is one o
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I located my box. I bought the Collectors Edition of Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. Silver box. Looks really nice. Good marketing material. I said in my last post there was somthing on the box that lead me to believe the game supported multiplayer. [quote]Metaverse II online campaign support![/quote] There is no indication on the box what Metaverse II is. I still don't know exactly what it is, but when I bought it I assumed Metaverse II was a matching service for multi
[quote] Bioshock doesn't have multiplayer and it's a FPS. Oblivion doesn't have multiplayer and it's both first person and an RPG. [/quote] I guess that explains why I don't own bioshock, or oblivion. [quote]So someone arguing that it's "required" is not reasonable.[/quote] Let me rephrase. It is required if I am going to buy it. The box for GalCivII was misleading. It suggested it had multiplayer. I don't have it handy but there was something to the effect
I bought GCII when it first came out. I never played the earlier versions, but I love MOO, I love Civ, somthing like GalCiv sounded awesome. Overall the game is damn cool. But no multiplayer means I do not play it. I have not played it in a long time, and it only lasted about a month after I bought it. I have not bought any of the expansions, nor do I plan to. I don't understand why there is such an attitude against multiplayer. This is 2007, not having multiplyer is like not having an
A buddy of mine each bought this game with the intention to play each other. Honestly it's suprising that a modern game doesn't have multi-player. It's the only thumbs down I can come up with about this game.