Are Single Player FPS Campaigns Dying?

[@e_pr4274]

I've always thought of multiplayer to be an extra plus to a game. Now its come to be the main thing of a game... I hope single player campaigns never die.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

If story focused game becoming a online crap, there is nothing more to say: Gta 5 Fallout 76 Even nfs tried this with 2015.

[@zackrose6261]

@iskender Caglar GTA 5 was a success though, and I haven't actually seen many people shit on the story. Fallout76, just because it's multiplayer only does not make it bad. ;p

[@matthewbergeron3641]

Single player FPS will never die, they may separate from multiplayer though. So both sides can spend more effort on the single player experience and the multiplayer one, without splitting time and effort on both

[@TheMightyGumball]

I'm pretty sick and tired of pvp games overall. Give me singleplayer and co-op games. That's what I want!!!!

[@saluteswithtriangle6599]

Thats what i said.... then the division came.... and then i walked into the dark zone not knowing what it was.... I fucked up so bad.....

[@hadihazazihalid1172]

with splitscreen

[@andreiselaru4374]

I want to play campaigns with my friends

[@aaronvanzomeren8775]

I hate coop, players i have to finish a mission with are ALWAYS evn worse than me...

[@andreiselaru4374]

@@aaronvanzomeren8775 co-op can be played alone

[@GamingNexusuk]

If single player goes away in my favourite fps or any other genre I'm done with the gaming scene as I love sitting down with a good story rather than play competitive online. I don't mind playing online now and then but single player will always be for me and many others.

[@dragons12375]

I'm right there with you

[@usernametaken4023]

Couldn't put it better myself.

[@tubby_1278]

Amen

[@jaymosisjones]

ABSO-fuckin-LUTELY!!

[@FlowerKnight2]

Same. I'll still play my old games but I won't he buying the latest stuff.

[@zahr501st8]

I'd take god of war or witcher 3 over fortnite or pubg any day.....

[@notoriousbig3k]

there are franchises that wont die and keep the tradition living

[@adlibbed2138]

as bad as it was I'd pick Super Street The Game over the latest NFS and Forza

[@adamarcher1814]

i have never played either of those. but i would too

[@xlilxlegendgaming7765]

FUCKING SAME

[@CloutStash]

All these multiplayer shit is getting a bit boring to tho. I wish we can go back to the good days when we finish the story first, then jump on multi :/

[@YarodYisrael]

Exactly

[@Intr0vertical]

I still do that and my friends think I’m weird for it

[@jayyamazaki_288]

So true

[@slayer45670]

Prodigy Gamer same, i only played Cod for there single player. Multiplayer was too toxic and zombies is boring.

[@BooliumNor]

CloutStash I can agree with you, however, Rainbow Six Siege is actually the only game that is an exception, now I’m a new player to Rainbow Six Siege, I’ve only played 250 hours... so I’m only a decent player, but in every match I’ve played, they are all different... if you show me a video of a match I’ve played, I can name when it was, because it’s different every single time! No 2 matches are the same whatsoever!!! COD, Battlefield, Overwatch, Fortnite, PUBG, etc, they are pretty much the same thing over and over, but Rainbow Six Siege just keeps on giving! I mean, I’ve played other games for thousands of hours, and they got old, but Rainbow Six Siege is the only exception i have found!!!

[@utisti4976]

Death to multiplayer! Singleplayer is king and _will always be king!!_

[@Malgus929]

I'll take single player over multiplayer any day

[@thegamingfan5222]

Same what's your fav.?

[@clintburton36]

Me to

[@lunabaphomet]

some developers just want to get rid of it,less work.. also micrisoft seems tobe pushing it too with halo not wanting to include splt screen instead coop online in most of their games because you know ...you have to pay to play online too,tey want single player games to die..

[@RyanOConnell02]

Same

[@carlostrudo]

Same here. I really don't care about multiplayer.

[@JBrotsis1]

I only ever bought COD for the campaigns. I’m more into FPS campaigns that are open world based now. Like the Far Cry games or how Rage 2 appears. Not linear and instead of taking 6 hrs to complete, take 20-40 hours. Although I still enjoy Halo’s structure and yea, wolfenstein is great too.

[@johnmeeks1020]

jbroti 004 I’d rather have a mix of both you know like a 20 hour linear story. Open world stories seem to loose some aspect of the actual story being as it’s less movie like and more be in a world like. Ik people will say things like that’s why they have audio logs and extra things to find but it’s not the same imo

[@user-bd3fn8ee4k]

- Gets game - Plays SP - Beats SP - Plays MP - Plays SP on Hardest difficulty - Goes back to MP

[@TheJames1579]

last of us/uncharted

[@halfblindfox3129]

Very relatable

[@saluteswithtriangle6599]

MGS4 lol. Rip MGO2

[@Sadab360]

Hold your horses lads cyberpunk is coming lmfao

[@exarkun4084]

Yep. But it's the only one that is.

[@maxjavaid9443]

Exar Kun rdr2

[@donatotusi9140]

why did I read that in the voice of mimir? haha xD

[@donatotusi9140]

@Jin Ruidmongm Yeah probably haha man I can't get enough of GoW I'm currently on my NG++ After this run I'll play on GMGOW but with the Zeus Set :D

[@Malus1531]

Don't forget Doom: Eternal

[@kingluckyday6090]

It should be a trend. All games should not be a service.

[@bluecat2186]

You mean shouldn't?

[@coletrainhetrick]

King LuckyDay but games like rainbow six siege actually are great with the service aa it continuously gets better and more fun as it continues

[@cynicalgold9992]

@@bluecat2186 you realize shouldn't means should not, right?

[@kingluckyday6090]

@@coletrainhetrick I meant as in "ALL". I've got no problem with a couple gems that glow brighter with time but don't want All to be like that. Like single player campaigns.

[@koij.]

Yeah but Rainbow six siege was a replacement and a test it was a test to see how well the game would do then it transformed in to its own game that made hella money the reason i know this was because i am a season 1 player

[@captainbuds]

Don't forget about tomb raider campaigns those are always a good time!

[@circle7489]

Elmmer Fudd those are 3rd person tho

[@captainbuds]

@@OmegaRejectz you didn't enjoy any tomb raider game ?

[@shreyash643]

Yeah and specially due to the hot main character Lara Croft

[@liambradley7396]

Cyberpunk 2077. Doom eternal, Rage 2. It's not the audiences making single player campaigns die it's not he companies who'd rather be anticonsumer

[@lilcheezebag1708]

Companies follow the money. Multiplayer brings alot of money.

[@gurugeorge]

Yeah, same with comics, s-f, all the nerd domains: SJWs destroy everything they touch.

[@BigTendy]

Metro underrated and forgotten as always. Such a great series.

[@slayer45670]

“PFS CAMPAIGNS”. That means no open worlds, only levels. Doom is a great example though.

[@slayer45670]

Connor I don’t forget it, I absolutely love last light

[@faris3727]

The problem with multiplayer for me is the subscription on consoles. I don’t want to buy overwatch for 60 bucks only to not be able to play it because I need ps plus

[@justabread5679]

That is why we stay away from greedy console makers, children.

[@faris3727]

Just a Bread Lmao, I actually bought a ps4 for the single player exclusives. Sadly though I don’t have enough money for a ps4, Nintendo switch and a pc. I’m not really a big fan of multiplayer games anyways but thank you for the lesson

[@saluteswithtriangle6599]

Get it on PC then. Lol

[@wu1ming9shi]

"I actually bought a ps4 for the single player EXCLUSIVES." This means that there are games that may NOT be available on PC...

[@Jake38nine]

I have PS Plus for the storage. Lol.

[@arun1775]

Alien isolation, a 15-20 hour fps single player masterpiece

[@dinossfin8928]

👏yes!

[@Rachel-96]

Not really a First Person *Shooter* though its more along the lines of Outlast

[@andrew.a1266]

Agreed

[@sjsharp2007]

most RPG's like Dragon Age and the witcher aer 200 hour masterpieces but yeah SP campaigns need to continue because not everyone wants to play online and ultimately if MP is the only option in your game then it'll hurt your game rather than help it. It's one of the main reasons why I like game modes like The Journey in Fifa because it tells a good story and makes clever use of Fifa's mechanics. But yeah Doom is a great single player FPS and I own all the Doom games. Although I will admit I haven't played the original ones for quite a while.

[@GTDGAMINGTILLDEATH]

Not a shooting game so that incorrect

[@H1t0k4]

THE BIG THING - That's the main problem with gaming in whole right now, everyone, exept few companies, want become the big thing and not concerning about creating a good game.

[@zackrose6261]

Yea, I think League of legends set the bar so very fucking high when it comes to multiplayer popularity that people are just trying and failing with games. Honestly, there are still more single player games then multiplayer, it's just the multiplayer games need more advertisement.

[@shocktriple]

Including sony?

[@H1t0k4]

They are publishers or am i wrong?

[@houndrysmagolyteofhope4661]

The NEXT BIG THING is the next good game. Not insulting LOL but i am tired of hearing about it, also most people there are toxic and also the game is probably that fun. In gaming the BIG THING is that thing we all want to get our claws on. eSports is just a cosequence of the big thing. I can name several BIG THINGs that still have ripples. Mario Bros, Original Doom, First call of duty, Skyrim, Some EA games back when there was no internet, Golden Eye 64, Fallout, original point and click. Is the one original of everything, LOL is basically that the original one. A unique game is always the best product, mass production is bad because there is no clear choice.

[@houndrysmagolyteofhope4661]

@@H1t0k4 Well they are both. Sony is still my favorite because of that. They still make a one time worth lifetime product.

[@csajegyember6179]

Single player 4 life

[@Deedric_Kee]

csaj egy ember 🤘

[@tomphillips1937]

i love single player to the end

[@csajegyember6179]

@@tomphillips1937 same!

[@henrietta2454]

👍👍

[@dragoonprime9829]

Local coop>single player>online

[@tylerhill40]

Great points Falcon 👍

[@dabkatz8406]

*great points writer

[@mondothegrunt7649]

Titanfall 2 is both underappreciated and underrated

[@maniacaldrop92]

Mondo The Grunt yes and they actually listened to fans and gave us a very solid campaign.

[@cwmiller80]

Titanfall, Prey and Wolfenstein 1/2 were probably the best single player campaigns in an FPS from the last few years. DOOM is a great FPS too, but it has no story or very little of one. Bethesda seems to be one of the few companies trying to put out good single player FPS games!

[@SomeGunNerd]

Yes

[@danielllitpek2014]

I know its not a masterpiece (unlike titanfall 2, which imo is), but the cod infinite warfare campaign was quite underrated too! I actually enjoyed that campaign, it is more on the gameplay side though (Like Doom), unlike Titanfall 2 which is a good balance between story and gameplay.

[@UnluckyBro-]

Im waiting for Atomic heart ❤ Edit: Did Gameranx just like my comment?! ❤❤ Another edit: TY FOR ALL THE LIKES OMG!

[@hellomikie92]

Yeah they read comments every once in a while lol

[@UnluckyBro-]

@@hellomikie92 Guess in lucky xD

[@sisyphusconstantine7708]

Congrats

[@UnluckyBro-]

@@sisyphusconstantine7708 Ty

[@Maver1ck101]

Not a true FPS though. It's an "action RPG with FPS elements", a.k.a. an immersive sim.

[@bi0hazard921]

I don’t know about first person shooter single player campaign‘s but I know for fact role playing games will never die!

[@Ben-kh4lc]

What's your favourite rpg?

[@Ben-rp6wr]

@@Ben-kh4lc divinity is a pretty good series.

[@hey_skaterxd8577]

DeathGamingXP YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[@ahmedabdelrahman6392]

fallout 3/new vegas

[@xTriXKillerx]

South park the fractured but whole

[@qoodrink347]

Who misses games like Timesplitters? The modes were awesome even when playing against bots. Those were the days...

[@saluteswithtriangle6599]

My God! You make me feel old bro... "TIME TO SPLIT" lol. Loved those games man.

[@housemouseshorts]

and them map editors..i thnk doom remake was the last fps to ship with a map editor that was simmiler..and its not comeing back to doom eternal. Though i hope they relese mod tools fallout style..though i doubt it due to the fact that doom eteranl seems like it will be pvp focused(one of the demons at the end of the gameplay traller...is a player with a name tag and all.) soooo yeah

[@tinymetaltrees]

Timesplitters! ❤️ An all time great!

[@hibone]

Sad times. I only play them for the story mode.

[@slayer45670]

hibone honestly same, online multiplayer in cod is to toxic and zombies is repetitive and boring. CoD campaigns had some great stories

[@TJXCooler100]

Me too, thanks a lot ACTIVISION!

[@axelvanhoorn9720]

Me2

[@GiantCatt]

Me 2

[@nicktrains2234]

Not only big companies, but a lot of smaller games studios have stopped making games for console now. Remember the glory days of the xbox360 when you were spoiled for choice on story games to play

[@vincegonzalez2171]

I love single player, I love stories, and I love characters. Online multiplayer games are just so boring to me, because they're all ultimately the same. Not every game is the same, but each one functions the same. I really enjoyed Overwatch for about two months, which is the longest I've played online multiplayer since Halo Reach came out. But like I said earlier, to me it's all about stories and characters. I get why Fortnite doesn't really have a campaign mode (still sucks), but Overwatch? It doesn't make any sense. There is already a cast of unique characters who each have backstories! They should release a DLC, and I think that even if it is just each character has one 'origin' sort of level, it would kill. They don't even have to do much writing, just develop the preexisting stories into a level.

[@heathweather5995]

I only play single player campaigns.

[@saluteswithtriangle6599]

@Mi Ke doesnt hurt to play. But it is your choice.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

I tried playing mp, but I am not so good at it and most of them are just people shooting each other for no reason.

[@wu1ming9shi]

"Multiplayer" wassad? Is that something that's good on toast?

[@Tavian.]

i only play halo for the campaign now because i really only care about the story and i don’t care too much how multiplayer is in halo anymore, but i loved halo 3 and halo reach multiplayer

[@johnsimmonds4810]

I've never played a Halo game but I want to! Good comment! Power to the players man!!

[@cristidenis531]

Remember when fps games campaigns where awesome?like cod mw2 or medal of honor?

[@CarSceneWack]

Yes😭

[@moody5035]

MW2 and MW3 single player campaign was the shit 👍

[@jaymosisjones]

BlackShark 990, yeah, those were the good ol' days!

[@e_pr4274]

Pepperidge farms remembers... :(

[@goldcluze9370]

Rember when bo1 and bo2 actually connected but then there was bo3...

[@joshuavanrooyen5179]

I miss campaigns and I will fight for them 💪🏻

[@MrYoungHegelian]

Metro Exodus is the last of a dying breed.

[@slayer45670]

MrYoungHegelian there's still doom and wolfenstein, but I do see your point

[@justahuman1000]

@@mastercharacter That's a full fledged RPG though

[@slayer45670]

Open world games don’t count. The videos specifically says “ FPS CAMPAIGNS”. That means levels designs like doom, halo, metro, even technically CoD and Battlefield games. Not rust 2, not cyberpunk

[@Hamuelin]

Regardless of being open world RPGs, Cyberpunk and Rage are FPS titles 100%. If you don’t count those, you may as well exclude Metro Exodus too. (While not doing too hot) BFV will still have singleplayer, the COD after this one will too. The eventual Borderlands 3. There’s likely others I’m forgetting, and almost guaranteed to be ones we don’t know about yet.

[@MrWolfPants]

Apart from Rage, doom, Wolfenstein, Witchfire, Atomic Heart, Serious Sam, Dying Light

[@alexperson6234]

i miss playing fps stories. it mostly brings back memories of when i was younger and thinking they were amazing stories (admittedly lots of them are trash, but still fun) if its a money issue theres plenty of little things they can change that'll give them more money and since theres lots the money will grow quickly. I think of bo3 my guess is that the main screen/home screen didn't cost that much to make but lets be honest, did we need it? couldn't a static picture or something like that work? Also if games like battlefront and cod would stop adding in state changing items to loot boxes they'd make lots of money. Look at siege, no one cares about the alpha packs because they don't give you exclusive operators or guns or equipment or anything, just skins and bobbleheads. they need to appeal to the completionist group of people who want every bit of content. I can live without having a special camo, in fact if theres one i want ill probably spend money trying to get it. if theres stat changing stuff I refuse, even if theres something I want. sadly lootboxes are the only way for devs to make sure they make enough money to keep games running now because even though triple A titles still make millions even hundreds of millions and are far beyong breaking even, the gap is too close in the business world compared to how it use to be

[@ZellieOwO]

Dude this isn't reddit chill

[@Ben-kh4lc]

Wolfenstein and doom are the only really fun ones I've played recently Edit: I've played deux ex,BioShock,metro,half life etc. Like 2 or 3 years ago so I can't really remember the experienc3

[@csajegyember6179]

Try god of war or any naughty dog game

[@atoaster9940]

The old cods had really fun campaigns tho

[@slayer45670]

They are both so great. I own the new order, the old blood, doom and the new colossus. Can't wait for doom eternal and Young Blood

[@Ben-kh4lc]

@@csajegyember6179 played all god of wars and last of us and all uncharted, exceptional games but they're not fps

[@MYTHICALTWINKIE]

Halo my dude

[@fafafriendly]

Falcon...you are the freaking best!😁👍🏼

[@TheMoonShepard]

Just a trend - I don't think Multiplayer only is sustainable without better ideas and executions, and in Multiplayer only titles, ideas don't seem to go further than microtranactions and copy-paste game modes at the moment

[@tacoguy210]

The editing is always so good in your videos

[@SoraFan23]

Developers seem to think that people only care for multiplayer only, therefore they don't put single player in the game. That is just not true, there are many people out there that like to play single player games for the story and when they are down they go into online portion. While there are some who just only play the game for Single Player and don't care for the online and I don't see anything wrong with that, its their choice and not the developers. I remember when EA said that "Nobody plays Single Player Games" they are being biased because they are many games that have great stories and people still play the game for the story and then they will want to try the online part. The point is developers need to stop being biased of what they think people play the most because that is just going to prevent other people who only want to play the game just for story mode.

[@mattjohnston2]

Oh, they KNOW that single player is wanted by us, but it's a money thing. It costs way less to make an online only game (especially if it's not the first of a series), and it creates a steady revenue that makes up for the loss of customers that are only interested in the campaign.

[@furrychewbacca7]

You're videos are so thoughtful and always get me thinking about things i didn't even notice. Really opens your eyes to the way the industry ebbs and flows on a year to year basis.

[@lichh64]

That's what I don't like about this current era of gaming. Most of the games are becoming pay2win, and as someone who can't buy stuff online I feel like it's really annoying as other people are having the full experience while I'm stuck here with my original one which should have had the full experience. Also the trend about going all digital is also a problem, because I still can't buy things online. I'm pretty sure that if games go 100% digital they will lose at least 25% of the revenue. Another topic is what Falcon is talking about here which is "No Single Player" which is really annoying because we can't get those ghost and cpt price memories again, furthermore the membership of people might run out which leaves them with nothing to do on the game as there is no single player, but only multiplayer. If it goes this way then I think that all the memberships should be free so we can have what we spent our money on non-stop! Let me know what you think.

[@zmeizy]

@Werewolverine4 just buy the damn game, lil console peasent

[@zmeizy]

Omfg get a debit, credit card

[@myshoeproductions2671]

I'm more a historic military fps genre type of guy but really like single player models and campaigns of them to experience battles than screaming children .

[@M0rshu64]

Nah, Singleplayer campaigns still have some life left in them. Wolfenstein, Doom, and Metro are proof of this.

[@NarutoUzumaki-hj2hb]

M0rshu64 not only wolfenstein, doom or metro there’s huge amount of good campaigns

[@koij.]

Some CoDs have great campaigns i like titanfall 2 campaign and the best campaign for me is Borderlands never got in to borderlands 2 as much

[@fardimnazir666]

Most of them being from Bethesda...not good.

[@JugalSingh]

@burung biru Yeah, I like Far Cry.... Except it's just new map and better graphics every game.

[@AussieLiam93]

Far Cry 5 has the arcade (multiplayer maps created by the community) there was single player DLC but they were all about 5 hrs long or less.. Also if you wanted to get the new weapons that were added after release you had to complete a certain challenge in the multiplayer arcade. (play 40 minutes of "certain map/s" in the arcade to unlock the Deagle for purchase in singleplayer.)

[@mattsmechanicalssi5833]

@Falcon Did you notice the $50 bill at 2:08 has "EA" as the start of the serial number? Just asking!

[@yungpepe8253]

prey was easily the most underrated game of 2017

[@christopherboye5498]

As much as I love single player games, that game kinda sucked. Which is unfortunate.

[@yungpepe8253]

@@christopherboye5498 it's definitely not for casuals

[@tormxnta]

What are you talking about? People wouldn't shut up about it for months.

[@christopherboye5498]

@@tormxnta The game sold poorly.

[@christopherboye5498]

@@yungpepe8253 Nope hardcore player here. The story was very unengaging, boring enemy design and characters, bad combat mechanics etc etc.

[@Raziel1030]

Great talking points as always, Falcon!

[@gabrielgonzalezfernandez6222]

Single player games, specially in this case fps campaigns won’t die, there’s a great range of games (halo, doom, wolfenstein) that prove that they attract mote than enough people. Just because the next COD follows the trend, doesn’t mean anything

[@superscythe227]

Hey Falcon. I've been watching this channel for a few years now and this is the first time I have been compelled to comment. You are spot on with this entire video but the point about gaming trends adopting the current fad and marching them into contempt is especially insightful. I always love listening to your topic videos but great job on this one!

[@jacobio]

Someone bring back good FPS campaigns like COD4

[@PuffNips8741]

I won't lie. I loved Cod 4. Go try some Battlefield campaigns. BF1 I actually liked

[@Slime-ez5cg]

@@PuffNips8741 BF campaigns have been garbage aside from 1

[@slayer45670]

Or black ops 1. And what about a battlefield bad company 3??? That would be awesome

[@Slime-ez5cg]

@matt606 I second this. Probably the most underrated FPS campaign ever.

[@slayer45670]

matt606 fuck yeah it is, insane replay value too

[@reggiejames8626]

I like how you guys talk about a subject without spoiling plots.

[@efilwv1635]

Death to multiplayer!

[@efilwv1635]

Maclues why? Because multiplayer games are shallow and petty.

[@nicktrains2234]

Have to agree with you. I have only ever enjoyed one multiplayer game, and that was battlefield 1. Apart from that my entire game Library is single-player

[@macmac6064]

Why not both? XD

[@efilwv1635]

mumbo wumbo no! Only single player! I don’t want both rat poison and pizza!

[@RosheenQuynh]

Normally I'd agree but sacrificing the ability to play with my friends is not worth it. Rather than ridding of multiplayer altogether, people should be able to exchange appropriate info to play together instead of meeting up with strangers online. Split screen is wonderful but what if your one of your gaming buddies (i.e. family members or best friends) moved away and you want to play with them still? Are you seriously gonna say "Welp, that person is dead to me game-wise because fuck multiplayer"? Dude, *that's* shallow and petty if that is the case.

[@Johnny_frost]

I love single player campaigns. There is a story and an atmosphere!

[@blessenthomas9601]

Me too

[@Arbbym9er]

I've been asking myself this question since Halo 5. That game's campaign was a disgrace to a franchise that was once a pioneer in video game story-telling.

[@maniacaldrop92]

Arbbym9er they even made it rated T to give it a "wider" audience. Which I believe took away from it. Also the jumping back and forth between the two Spartan teams. When they said these games were supposed to be a master chief saga. Oh and that stupid repetitive mini boss I forget his name but was like they ran out of ideas to me.

[@atlfoevaeva09]

While the campaign was lackluster, one misstep isn't really an indicator of story driven FPS dying. It was just bad story telling (with great gameplay imo).

[@Arbbym9er]

motivatesean I get that. Halo 5 isn't the only example, just an eye opening moment for me.

[@RosheenQuynh]

@Austin Kohl As a Halo fan myself, I wish other Halo fans would grow up concerning the T rating. It's not that big of a deal. The lot of us played the previous M-rated Halo games when we were younger than a teen.

[@NarutoUzumaki-hj2hb]

Arbbym9er just because a game used to be good doesn’t mean it will always be good

[@Meteaura22]

I think there can be a healthy space with both multiplayer and singleplayer FPS games and their campaigns. I think Halo accomplished this fine, though I can't say anything about the recent Halo games, as I haven't played them. However, as long as games like Doom, Wolfenstein, Skyrim, Borderlands, etc. still live on, single player FPSes will never die.

[@galling2052]

Sir Doomslayer and Mister Blazkowicz would like to contribute strong, very strong arguemts to the contrary!

[@cameronhunter6751]

He brought them up in the video.

[@fishfashfosh]

If big companies stopped producing campaigns, I’m sure many passionate indie game devs are more than happy to make them. It’s not something that would cease to exist considering there are so many creative people out there who are willing to tell stories through gameplay.

[@thekingnumberone2427]

Call of Duty 4 is just lazy it takes time money and effort to make a campaign mode what is good. But for multiplayer rinse and repeat and slap a couple of maps what takes them a couple of months to make. Zombie mode the same thing. I'm not going to buy this Call of Duty not because it doesn't have a campaign because I feel like they're not even trying anymore.

[@JerkyStallion]

They took it out because it made no profit for them! BR will make a shit ton of profit for them!

[@thekingnumberone2427]

@@JerkyStallion I'm thinking it's going to backfire in their face. And the beta is not really that good. It's Not Call of Duty. It's like a mutant of OverWatch and fortnite with a little Call of Duty sprinkled in

[@cabronjames6597]

@@thekingnumberone2427 Beta was good your just trash

[@rabasi8330]

*Black Ops 4

[@DrViperVideos]

Nope. Halo 5 stumbled but halo in general has a good single player story. Doom and doom eternal. Wolfenstein. Rage 2. Fallout. Battlefield. Its not dying at all

[@CheddarGetter]

Yeah i play a lot of Paladins. So I really enjoy MP. But CoD dropping campaign is unacceptable. Especially keeping full price AND a season pass that's full price? No way. And going by PSN and XBL trophies/Achievements more ppl finished campaign than hit level 10 in MP. Additionally there's no way it took 3-4 years to develop. They scrapped something and this is what we are left with. AND ITS ALL STILL FULL PRICE WITH A SEASON PASS. It still is outselling BFV in preorders by far too. Guess that's what happens when you shit on your audience irl.

[@EdK-Music]

I fear that they’re going to microtransaction-ize the single player campaign

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

They did actually...Don't you remember shadow of war, ac origins and far cry 5?

[@saluteswithtriangle6599]

Metal gear survive lol

[@jerm1027]

I'm not a huge FPS player, but I almost play narrative-heavy games exclusively, with Telltale games, and David Cage games being amonsts my favorites. BioWare during the ME1 & ME2 era (also played way too much KoTOR and Jade Empire) also held some of my fondest memories in gaming. That said, I skipped the new Battlefront, and got Battlefront II on sale and exclusively played the campaign (which I thought was nearly good, definitely could've been fleshed out more). I just prefer being in another world surrounded by characters rather than people, and that's mainly because I'm not that competitive, and I find people suck, especially anonymous online people - there are too many toxic communities.

[@MetalJody1990]

Sadly, I must agree.

[@Jake_Kern]

I really hope they don't die out. Phenomenon content as always gameranx 👌👌

[@deonkleinhans6064]

FPS campaigns shouldn't be going anywhere, like you said Falcon in the end it'll just piss gamers off to not have such games. I think they need to find a balance between the two, but we can only hope that there will always be ambitious game devs who are dedicated to making a great singleplayer experience, because there will definitely always be ambitious gamers waiting to play those games.

[@johnsimmonds4810]

Absolutely!

[@lespaulphoenix5179]

I HATE this is even an issue, tbh... Games should come complete, and I hate that devs are trying to piss on our heads and tell us it's raining.

[@saluteswithtriangle6599]

Its not the devs. Its the publishers.

[@animerocks97]

So in short Bethesda makes the best single player games

[@jwhi419]

Square enix?

[@StrongOffscreen]

Anime Rocks God help us

[@johnjulio6694]

I think he left out the fps part but I agree, bethesda kills everything they do. I buy every single game they come out with cause odds are its gonna be fantastic. Lets see how fallout 76 is tho.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Yeah sp is going to be interesting in fallout 76....But wait, it is online focused!

[@wu1ming9shi]

O.O BWAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAAA... Man, thanks for the laugh. It's been a while since I laughed like this. XD

[@The-Tech-Gent]

Single player games are my thing. Although, the thing I enjoy most? Single player campaigns with friends, like borderlands, dark souls, dying light, MHW etc. Games are more fun with friends. Not a fan of competitive gaming myself. Apart from dark souls that is.

[@JerkyStallion]

VR! Metro: Exodus! Cyberpunk 2077! Doom2! Fallout! Elderscrolls6! Borderlands3! Dyling Light 2 Battlefield5 campaign! Far Cry series!Titan Fall Campaign! BF1 Campaign!Wolfenstein! Rage 2! Bio Shock! Dishonored! More! But also 3rd person games Spider-man! RDR2! Last of Us pt 2! Ghost of Tsushima! God of War! Horizon Zero Dawn! Uncharted! Rocksteady's next game! The Division 2! More! *Like So Many Can See!!!*

[@housemouseshorts]

Why do people convenituly ignore the fact that Doom 2 has pvp. its shown in the gameplay traller ffs. One of the demons is a player with a name tag and all...Doom 2 is not single player its a pvp game. Yes you can likely turn it off. However the game will now need to be balanced around pvp... Also Cyberpunk 2077s devs stated they will work on multiplayer AFTER they are done with single player....

[@user-gf3hf5ri8b]

Developers who focus on both single-player and multiplayer will go straight to heaven lol

[@truepatriot3768]

I've always said these crappy senseless multiplayer are cancer of gaming industry , they not only kill single player games , after killing single player they'll kill themselves too

[@RubberusDuckus]

I liked Diablo II's implementation of their campaign. They allowed for players to engage in offline play for the campaign but also allowed for multiplayer games, for co-op modes. You could take your offline characters to the online world and interact with others. This was great when you couldn't play online. There are simply times when my network goes down and nothing I do on my side will ever fix that. Granted, Diablo II had its own issues with hackers but those issues can be addressed without causing offline players from being prevented from playing the game. Since so many games do not have an offline mode, I can't even play many of them without an always on connection. Some games need an online connection, like World of Warcraft but I don't see why I need it for others.

[@axelvanhoorn9720]

I dont have psplus so i cant play play online multiplayer

[@TrevVision]

Are you living in the 3rd world?

[@wokeil]

You can still play fortnite

[@axelvanhoorn9720]

@@wokeil yeah i know i am playing the shit out of that game

[@Tool0GT92]

No he's 7 years old.

[@Yinzermakesvids]

@@TrevVision he could have just moved into his own place and can not afford internet just yet? Not everyone makes 100k a year starting out..

[@karmawhitewolf6947]

Gameranx can you do a video of about what i experienced? because what i first found out that felt like it was a secret messages or something but when you go to Megaman X5 stage select screen then open the lid without restarting the game then put in L Megaman Legends 2 disc in it and close the lid and let it play it will start playing a really weird scarey dialogue that i do not understand at first because i was terrified at first but when ya listen carefully it sounds like as if there is a secret message dialogue of something i am not sure what it was but i think Capcom did this on purpose if people ever does this and i never gotten the chance to listen to the whole entire dialogue because i was afraid it was gonna destroy or ruin the system but i was hopeing if you can do a video about this if it is possible

[@YousefGamer2015]

Online Co-op campaign is the answer

[@housemouseshorts]

You would think so yes.. However if you do that then everything needs to be balanced around coop.the enmeys will now be too hard to kill solo or too easy to kill as a group..Look no further than Path of exile for exsamples. Very few people play said game in a party. As POE is a brutal case of this. the game is challenging solo..but theres also an opotential party system..The problem being with more then one person the game becomes a cake walk...Grinding Gear Games trys to fix this by making the monsters stronger and increasing loot drops,if you have more players..however the stonger monsters only really kicks in if you have over 2 or 3 people..at which point bosses become impossible to defeat either due to spawning very powerful adds way to many enmeys or becoming bullet sponges that party wipe in one hit...The loot drops are a problem because 90% of loot in the game is vendor trash. This is the problem with balancing a game around coop. You can't have both without serous problems arising.

[@SixTheArctos]

Well said! Honestly I hope the multiplayer bandwagon calms down a bit and developers focus more on single player campaigns.

[@anxivty]

titanfall 2 was so good

[@Uubier]

I have been missing the hours of engrossing story that games as mentioned, with many more, that has been seeming to be sitting on the side burner. I have been on the trend for online games to play with friends, as well as meet new ones, that have a competitive nature but truly have casual-esk playibility. Co-op games like the Borderlands series has been one of the greatest accomplishments for crossing these two concepts together. Gather a few friends and enjoy hours of deep story line.

[@Gruntvc]

Wolfenstein The New Order and The Old Blood, Titanfall 2, CoD Infinite Warfare, and Doom all had pretty good/fun campaigns. Wolfenstein The New Colossus was not a good follow up to Wolfenstein The New Order and The Old Blood. As for single player focused games future? 2019 is already giving us: Metro Exodus, Doom Eternal, and Rage 2. Campaigns/single player is doing fine.

[@Gruntvc]

And Cyberpunk 2077...

[@cameronhunter6751]

And Wolfenstein 2, sorry man but I have disagree with you on this one.

[@housemouseshorts]

Doom Eternal is going to have pvp though...one of the demons that shows up at the end of the gameplay footage is a player with a name tag and all..the game is going to be pvp focused by design..soooo As for cyberpunk 2077..they said they are likely adding multiplayer after the single play is finished sooo..

[@t77snapshot]

Campaigns to me are like watching movies that you are fully immersed in, making them a strong dose of entertainment. Another thing I like about good campaigns are the non repetitive aspects you often find in multiplayer shooters.

[@BooliumNor]

I see you keep on using footage from Rainbow Six Siege back from 2 years ago or more.... back then, the game was trash, but now Rainbow Six Siege is an entirely different game now! Gameranx, can you do a 2018 review of Rainbow Six Siege? Because the old review is really outdated, and pretty much irrelevant now.... because the game was terrible at launch, but now it is probably one of the best games out there, if not the best!!!

[@anactualonion5137]

Plat 3 all the way

[@maniacaldrop92]

Long time fan of Rainbow six and I'm 100% still disappointed in what they did to the series in turning it into a class restricted, multiplayer only, and mess that they took another beloved franchise. Also games should be finished and playable at launch. They even used zombie type gimic in the game that used to be based on the tom Clancy books that were based some what in reality.

[@BooliumNor]

Austin Kohl yeah, I can see that it’s really no longer a Tom Clancy game, but man, it sure is good... They did have outbreak (a zombies/Alien mode for a limited time in Operation Chimera, but as a multiplayer game, I don’t think it could get any better! Also I agree, it should be a complete game at launch, the game was terrible and should have died, but I’m glad that Siege does exist! And year 1 and 2 were pretty much based on reality, then Lion, Finka, and Allibi.... the rest are pretty much what either already exist, or could exist with the technology we have

[@Forcemaster2000]

Live services as games will happen and will always be here, but so will single-player campaigns and one-shot games that have a particular story that ends. There are room for both in this world.

[@Intr0vertical]

Not in Halo.

[@andrewagravante5152]

Worst nightmare: campaigns become the dlc for multiplayer games and the ending requires a microtransaction purchase.

[@aoijasmine8442]

*no* I saved you guys 10 minutes bye thank me later.

[@LittleBearRomero]

A Jasmine oh man thanks. Oh wait, actually I like watching the videos and if I didn't I wouldn't be here. Come up with an original comment for fucks sakes.

[@clintburton36]

Jeremyah Streams'n'stuff whoosh

[@LittleBearRomero]

clintburton36 can't be whooshed if there wasn't a joke

[@Silly_Goose1243]

Jeremyah Streams'n'stuff double whoosh

[@Italiasiangamer]

Jeremyah Streams'n'stuff Who shit in your cereal?

[@UKTBM]

Really nice Video and thinking! Thats the ones i like and your thoughts are not just your thoughts, they are good researched too

[@inffected0235]

I never had the luxury of internet when i was a kid, so the story of the games i got were THE most important part for me. I can live without it, but If you're going to release a game without a story it absolutely shouldn't cost $60 at launch.

[@fardimnazir666]

Memories of Half Life 2, Deus Ex, BioShock, Portal 2.... Sob.

[@FelipeKana1]

One of the problems is not that companies want profits, but that they *think* they *need* to achieve *more profit than others*.

[@cmac907]

This is why I am starting to appreciate racing titles such as Forza Horizon and The Crew more as time goes by for their campaigns and story lines

[@czardavid3]

I miss a good call of duty campaign maybe I should pick me up an old one for ps4 any recommendations

[@ammadfarooq3403]

assassin creed ,far cry ,fallout ,witcher ,tomb raider ,grand theft auto were best for their single player campaign but now they are also more focused on multiplayer with ton of dlc and updates every month

[@ShehabEllithy]

I feel like as the gaming industry got bigger and bigger the competitive scene thrived, and gaming was open to more people who never experienced a game. The flashiness of competitive gaming and esports attracted a lot of people who never experienced an actually good non-competitve game. The decrease in PC prices also helped open the market to everyone. This is most true after Fortnite released. Yes it is a good and fun game but because it attracted new people to gaming, those new people never saw how beautiful an offline game can get. My friends, for example, never touched a game in their lives (except maybe LOL for a little bit) and when they saw Fortnite and they became obsessed with it and it's competitiveness. My friends now only play one or two games that are competitive and that's it. I feel the rush of people into the market forced companies to akcnowldge that the focus on gaming is now competitive. Yes esports do bring ligitmacy to gaming but it also destroys the artistic part of it and only makes companies focus on delivering a competitive game. This transition from good, creative and artistic game design to this bs of competitiveness, I feel, will hinder the production of good games that are not good because of its competitiveness. Tell me, when is the last time that you see an artistically beautiful or creatively enjoyable game that is not an indie game? Maybe it's nostalgia when I was playing flash games or when I was playing the downloadable SpongeBob games but I still feel like the rapid expansion of the market and inclusion of young kids and normies who never touched a good game before is destroying games. The only good games now are indie games or RPGs

[@tamvirahmed7208]

Metro Redux were amongst the most atmospheric FPS story games I've ever played.

[@silversky5554]

Is there any modern games that comr close to underground 2? I really want to play racing games with deep customization in it do t really care about the storyline as long as i can build my car from scratch like nfsu2 ill be happy. Please let me know if you know 1

[@CapSquad]

"I won't dump on 'em" -Falcon The Hero I really hope that there will always be a company like id soft. around. Doom 2016, for me, was just such the best scratch for my FPS itch.

[@WolfCommander]

IMO single player should always be an option. It keeps people with the game when they can't access the online feature, either because of their connect being bad, their service temporarily ran out, etc. Plus the single player campaign, is basically the whole story, the background, the lore (to me) of the whole game. If people want certain things in multiplayer (unlocks, skins, etc), then they should make it so you have ti unlock it by playing single player. Like BF4 and certain guns/tags. To me, call of duty had some of the best campaigns. 1. Because at the time, they were set in relatively modern times, with possible outcomes in any war. Then that changed when it got more futuristic, but when it started it was like "oh, this could probably actually be the future of war fighting." 2. Because when you play the call if duty campaign you WERE the soldier, those were your comrades. With multiplayer, you just another cog, and once you die, that's fine you're just a "different" cog. And most of the time your teammates weren't your comrades, just people that knew, most likely didnt know, what the hell they were doing.

[@JTReviewsPlus]

Doom, Wolfenstein and Titanfall 2 campaigns were so much fun. Hopefully Halo Infinite’s will be fun..

[@xxnike0629xx]

Online multiplayer is great and all, but flat out removing the option to play a single player campaign in Call of Duty Black Ops 4 is going to upset many people; especially if they want to charge the _full_ $59.99.

[@Putzl52]

I really hope single player games/modes don't die. I enjoy multiplayer but I also like a break from it too. It's a way to enjoy the game in a more relaxed environment

[@felixdhuertas]

Man this video resonates so much, I recently played Titanfall 2 campaign and beat it in less than 7 hours... So disappointing really felt like there should be more.

[@keybladeuser13]

Tbh all my nostalgia went straight towards the old ps2 games that usually almost all of them had amazing singleplayer campaigns and I wish more games would be made like them. Whatever happened to creating a story or world that would make you actually question things in life and things that would move you so much to a point that maybe several years later you still look back and think "wow, that was a great game and an amazing experience, I wish we had more of that."

[@keybladeuser13]

Just to add on some games that came to mind were the Ratchet and Clank series, the Sly Cooper series, the Jack and Daxter series, and of course Kingdom Hearts because why not.

[@pegasusdrive12]

Thank you for mentioning Wolfenstein too. It seems like every comment section I go people just shit on the second game. For me personally that's what got me into this franchise. And after playing all the games since the reboot I still think The New Colossus is the best modern Wolfenstein game.

[@RetroBigCat75]

Deus Ex, Wolfenstein, Titanfall 2 & Dishonored (non single player FPS game) are examples in good they are. The problem is that they're tacked on & turns out to be crappy. As much I like playing online multiplayer sometimes, I'll ALWAYS roll with single player games. At the same time, I wish people in the gaming community would chill out with the whole "single player video games are dying" part for it's lazy & check them out in the last few years (do some damn research before complaining). Sweet video!

[@jerryhoffman1308]

No shout-out to Dishonored or Prey???? Arkane Studios is making classics here. Talk about true creativity and care. Great video tho. Keep up the original vids! :)

[@hotcheetos1435]

Most people don’t have the time to sit through a long play through of a campaign from working long hours at work and doing time for your family, it really shortens your spare time for gaming so it’s just easier to do some quick multiplayer gaming , than trying to remember where you left off days ago in the story or even bother finishing it.

[@blessenthomas9601]

That's for you....I have been playing Single player since my school .. Now I'm grown adult ..Still I prefer my campaign over multiplayer....We won't find friends in busy life... Campaign helps in smoothing our mind after hectic work rather being all fried up in competition of PVP