Another year, another Cod

Start making more Co-op campaigns cause I have 1-3 friends and I don't want my only options to play to be a sweaty deathmatch or tree cutting sim.
- As long as it's still playable solo. A lot of co-op focused games I've played don't really work when playing solo
- Agreed, I miss those type of games.
  
  The upcoming Space Marine game might hit the spot, if the previews are anything to go by. 3-player co-op campaign
  
  There are hundres of them which are still accessible via lord gabens site. No need to "miss them"
- Halo series on Xbox :’(
  But also Baldurs Gate 3. Been playing that with my wife and it’s fantastic even just for the sole reason of being able to plug 2 Xbox one controllers into my desktop and play on the couch with Mrs. Perogigurl
  
  I think I can guess what you guys eat between sessions..
  
  The couch co-op for BG3 is pretty amazing.
- Yeah, it’s annoying how many games are single player
  I have a console for couch play, why is it so hard to have couch play
  
  I have a HTPC with 4 controllers and honestly my steam library has more couch games than my old Xbox.
  
  I would imagine couch coop is a significantly smaller market
- Helldivers!
  
  Surprisingly not terrible for a lobby based game!
  
  Still requires playing, and dealing with, other people. It would have been a great single player game.
- Agreed it's honestly pretty sad how so many games are "multiplayer" when without any sort of public chat or communication or anything it might as well be single player with NPCs that tea bag you on occasion even then I've noticed that people have stopped tea bagging so you don't even get that as a hint that there are people playing with you
  
  You can but crouching and getting back up is so slow you can't tell what people are doing anymore
  
  I think they do that to obfuscate how many bots they use.
- Out here still playing Tiny Tina's because cross play is such a hard concept for everyone but fortnite and the bros don't wanna play that shit
- Outriders campaign is great for co-op.
  
  That game falls off so hard in the endgame. Have never seen such a massive failure.
- deathmatch
  breathes in
  or tree cutting sim
  Oh, nvm then.
  Edit: I may be mistakenly looping stuff like Darktide, Helldivers, Monster Hunter, etc into Deathmatch, as those are most of my co-ops aside from survival builders. I also play FFXIV and Elite Dangerous with friends so not hurting as much as others for co-op.
- Zombies man.

I (allegedly) have friends, but we're all adults so there's no way I can actually schedule time to play with them.
- This is also my situation. Also friends who don't game at all.
- You should try to schedule a slumber party lol
  
  Lan slumber party!

But if they focused on single-player games, they wouldn't be able to get you to buy the same game again next year.
(Madden notwithstanding)
- And solo players might not be as motivated to buy and show exclusive loot and skins
- They would also have to come up with a story and level design. It’s easier to make other players the content of the game.

Stop forcing me to play with strangers online, split screens need a comeback!

I haven't played online multilayer since Halo 2 and I don't think anything will get me to start again.

Multiplayer games used to have single payer storylines. Even franchises like CoD had some really fun and memorable ones (Snowy Park, anyone? “No Russian”?) and of course GTAV in general. Now it’s all just Battle Royale or some other standard FPS mode. There’s little inbetween.

Stop making everything a rogue or soulslike too FFS
- I love rogues, but most soulslike games feel soulless (pun intended). Once in a while we get a great game like Lies of P, but most of the time they are uninspired.
- I happen to love those types of games, so I'm here for it. Luckily, there is plenty of games out there.
  
  Honestly all they need to do is create a difficulty selector. That's the only reason I don't play souls games.
  Inb4: "gitgud" Yeah that's kinda my problem. Obviously.

Most of my friends are too busy playing old copies of Parenting and I refuse to put up with the multiplayer random matchup system.

I just want to play games with my husband. We have two games we play together off an on. 7 days to die and Ark Survival Evolved.
They're the two that we can make a private server and the gameplay together is actually fun. Wish more games like that would happen.
- Thanks for the suggestions! We've played valheim so we'll have to revisit it and check out the rest of the list!
  
  To add to the list (not all top notch, lots are play once and done):
  The gears of war series (all on game pass)
  Baldurs gate 3 (DnD)
  It takes 2 (story)
  Minecraft Legends
  A way out (story)
  TMNT: Shredder's revenge (classic side scrolling button masher)
  Diablo 4 (the campaign was fun, but after that wasn't much keeping us entertained)
- I'd like to suggest a game called Planet Crafter. Me and my significant other picked it up recently and it's a fun and chill crafty survival terraforming game. There is no combat or monsters trying to eat you, survival is just like oxygen water and food bars, so that might be a turn off for some, but it fit the vibe we were wanting to play. Crafting / base building is similar to subnautica.
  
  Thank you for the suggestion! We'll definitely check it out!

+1. I have nothing further to add.

bouta make true AGI so I can create friends to play with
- Sounds good until the Ai finds you toxic and wants to play Stardew Valley alone.
  
  fair enough for the ai tbh

Solo player here: I still prefer multiplayer games because single player AI is dumb and predictable. I can only put up with every enemy behaving the same exact way, making the same exact mistakes so many times before it gets boring. And FWIW you don't need friends to enjoy most online titles. Most games let you queue solo.
- Not meant to be a sneer, but isn't that what difficulty modes / end game content is for?
  
  Difficulty modes are for making you lose the same way every time instead of winning the same way every time.
  Multiplayer is for having a chance.
  
  Difficulty modes just more often than not means that the AI will either cheat or become a bullet sponge. Increasing the difficulty also doesn't fix the issue of every enemy behaving exactly the same way as every other. Single player AI ruins immersion for me. The story has to be really good for me to be able to look past the bad AI that is in nearly every single player game.
- Yeah but actually playing with friends is so much better. I almost exclusively do it that way now
  
  Can I borrow your friends?
  
  Not arguing that, but not everybody has that option. If you don't have/don't want friends, queueing solo is the next best way to get maximum enjoyment out of a game, IMO.

Can't stand playing other people. What's wrong with solo games?

"I don't have the patience for PvP"

TBH I'd like more multiplayer games with a real story. Most games on PC and console alike are singleplayer only.
(MMO and MOBA excluded)

The problem isn't necessarily multiplayer games as much as many multiplayer games refuse to release with functions to help you group/party find and actually meet people in-game. They don't have to because discord exists.
So you go to play a new game and turns out you're just playing with the same people you always play games with because despite being multiplayer there's no reason to interact with strangers in-game.

i have a couple friends but they secretly hate me so make games for that please thanks
- they're called MOBAs

I feel seen.
- “Funny, I’m not picking up any enemies nearby. Are you sure?”
  Not what I meant, Cortana
  “Here’s what I found on the web for Not what I meant Cortana”
  Never mind
  “Your next objective is just over that hill”

all games should be both. I love the pawn system in dragons dogma 2 and would love an online/offline mmo that would let your character level and get rewards from other people using your character.

Dave the Diver has been pretty fun.

Also if you insist on buying COD, please don't make me pay extra for it to be included on game pass. I don't want that shit.

I don't have the money or willpower to be on that treadmill. I just check in with battlefield when it looks like they haven't shit the bed.

Am I the only one who enjoyed most of the single player campaign of CoD:MW3?...
- By definition, yes.
  
  😂

I'll be your friend. Not big on multiplayer games though, sadly.

well let us help you work on having friends by making you sit alone in a room staring at a light flashing at your eyes 120 times a second screaming obscenities into a headset at like-minded people.