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Re:Thief II and the odd fascination with multiplayer games
Posted By: Nyperold, on host 216.111.134.72
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000, at 09:43:22
In Reply To: Re:Thief II and the odd fascination with multiplayer games posted by Faux Pas on Wednesday, March 29, 2000, at 06:54:16:

> > Err... what about Half-Life? Generally HL is considered to be one of the best shooters of all time, and offers a helluva lot more than just "Shoot anything that moves". Incidentally, HL and Thief were released in the same year if memory serves, and HL won more than like 40 "Game of the Year" awards from major publications.
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> That's because gaming magazines have some sort of bizarre love affair with the multi-player aspect of any game. PC Gamer, PCXL, Computer Gaming World... all of them laud multiplayer as the be-all and end-all of the game.
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> When Thief 2 comes out, you'll hear the same comments about lack of multiplayer support. These MP zealot columnists won't realizing that a game where ten people stand in the shadows for five minutes waiting for two guards to walk by just isn't that much fun.
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> -Faux "still working my way through System Shock 2" Pas

Although I suppose that the other players could be the guards. :)

Nyper"I'd be in rush mode all the time unless they made it disadvantageous"old