Going through the absolute shit on offer currently it really is remarkable to me how backwards this industry has gotten. Micro-transactions were one thing but it looks like any kind of co-op game is just some god awful grind fest if it's free to play yet that's what the majority of the cons00mer types seem to be playing now.
At least Stardew Valley and Helldivers 2 can be called video games but honestly I tried PoE and it bored me to death not to mention the obvious trash FPS issues it seems to have right at the beginning. I'm going to just check out the Warframe gameplay rather than play it myself.
Even without the enemies having 500000 hitpoints it seems that matchmaking is often garbage in these games at the best of time which immediately gets me having flashbacks to GTA V and I go into a fetal position over that because rockstars matchmaking is truly awful. I don't think I could ever play co-op with people if they just quit halfway through and inevitably the instance ends right there so you're fucked and have to immediately jump to a queue only to have another twat abandon a game right after. So unless you can keep playing with people even after they leave or solo it that means the game is effectively unplayable.
Yep, offline or solo play only for me.
To be fair, considering they're still trying to make money on F2P, there's always bound to be some offset there. I get what you're saying, and agree to some extent. If that nonsense isn't your thing, and I get why it wouldn't be, it's a completely reasonable reaction to go to just buy it/own it singleplayer games.
I never got in to it either, but I think that's actually that it takes a while for your to warm up to it. PoE has it's issues, but those are largely issues inherent in most ARPGs, F2P or otherwise. PoE just isn't going to grab some people, and some people also don't give it long enough, as it does start out a little drab, in my opinion. Not every game is going to be for every person.
I mean, that's generally pretty rare, in my experience. Frustrating when it happens, but quite rare. You have to determine what's important to you. Multiplayer will always be at least a bit of a gamble, because it introduces that human element into it by default. You'll get some shitters, you'll get some bad matchmaking, you'll even get the occasional troll or rager. You'll also get a more challenging experience because you're fighting other humans, though (in PvP at least), and that it will be balanced around trying to have 50:50 winrate at an equal skill. If that's your thing, it's great...assuming competent execution. If it's not your thing, it's not your thing.
Again, completely valid. I sort of go back and forth myself. I also prefer solo play, generally, but do also love the competition of some PvP games, so hit up the multiplayer from time to time.
I do understand the business model behind it and everything so I'm not like these fuckers who keep spamming about making a game F2P and then inevitably complaining there are micro-transactions in it and yes these people exist. I just find it cheeky the level of disingenuousness when it comes to the overall discussion about the free to play model. I've come to expect it now, but it's just sad this is what most of the industry effort is on rather than making even vaguely acceptable singleplayer content that isn't just a shameless walking simulator with tacked on DLC crap.