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  Regardless of it's intent, I think it's fair to review it as such. Not everyone reading the reviews knows the intent of the game, and may be disappointed.
  
  I do agree though, some games are meant to be multiplayer only.

  Apr 21, 2009 3:50pm PDT
  Regardless of it's intent, I think it's fair to review it as such. Not everyone reading the reviews know... : TheNiXXeD
• It can, but I think a lot of people don't play multiplayer (I think I've seen statistics for a few games ... : Modulus
• Sure it can, but is it enough? The biggest let down for me with Sins, was that they had this wicked s... : massdev
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  I dont care much for multiplayer games only, with few exceptions, however, I would rather them make it mu... : .Jayson
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    Is it really bad to provide the option to play the exact same game, just with bots? It's not a detriment ... : s2jason
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      I don't understand the complaints people have with singleplayer bot play. For instance, the original Batt... : Danny5225
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        Would you be pissed if Starcraft 2 was MP only with bot's & skirmish? : capt tripps
        • I will cut somebody : .Jayson
        • Hell yeah, I like Blizzard SP campaigns. : Nighteyes
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          If Blizzard was making a new RTS and designed for multi-player competition, I wouldn't be upset. SC2 thou... : s2jason
          • Yeah, I like the story they had going in the first one. : DM7
        • nope : nova_x
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      no, I think the bot play is a good compromise. I was referring to half assed objective campaigns *cough*... : .Jayson
      • I heard this about Mark of Chaos too. : capt tripps
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  There were some articles back around the time that Unreal Tournament 2003 came out that said that only 15... : RomSteady
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    UT2k3 had a campaign mode though. : ArcKnight
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      Yes, but if you think back to UT and Quake 3, the single-player games were essentially training modes for... : RomSteady
      • I'd probably be one of the 85%, although I did play Q3 a little online. I think they specificly mentione... : capt tripps
  • Wow, that's interesting. I never would have thought it was that low. : s2jason
• does it have a full price? if so then there is the expectation of single player, because single player s... : Luminair
• Not for a $30 or $40 game. At $50 though, I'd give it a markdown, especially if it lacked content. Same... : capt tripps
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  Do you mean online reviews or paper publications? it seems to me that actual magazines mostly ignore MP i : Klebold
  • Online, I was just looking over the reviews on metacritic. : s2jason
• It's unfortunate the game had multiplayer issues at launch forcing people to play a lackluster single pla... : r_picmip 5
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  No it's not. The game should be reviewed for what it delivers and not what it doesn't.. : razlebol
  • What about if it were a sequel or not the first of a series of games? These games are always _EXPECTED_ t... : SigENeaT
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  At the very least they should've included a tutorial mode, even if they didn't want to have a SP campaign... : Matt Burris
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    Definitely agree that there should be some sort of tutorial. : s2jason
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      Oh the irony is just too much for me here. =D I keed I keed. You know I love you! : fleabug
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        Doesn't Savage 2 have a pretty solid tutorial? I haven't played in awhile but at the very least they tea... : melkore
        • The Savage 2 tutorial had its ups and downs, the game changed quite a bit and the tutorial didn't always ... : s2jason