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Most gamers prefer single-player games [teenagers prefer Online PvP tho]
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I prefer co-op but the times I can play don’t always line up with the times my friends can play.
My favorite games are things like Destiny, Minecraft, Helldivers, and Terraria, when I have friends to play with.
When playing alone, live service games can be ok, and competitive PvP is about the worst experience out there.
Single player games are often a much better experience than either of those.
We need more asynchronous game mechanics
What is an example of an async game mech?
Death stranding where people built structures for other people in the world is one.
Minecraft servers where you gather resources for your friend and put a sign up with a message.
Anything where you can interact with each other but don’t have to be logged in at the same time.
I always thought the messages left by other players in Dark Souls was such a cool mechanic.
They could be helpful, letting the player know to be wary of danger, or they could be completely disingenuous and trick the player into jumping off a cliff and dying.
I always labored over whether or not to take a leap of faith based on other players' messages cause it was a toss-up whether they were being helpful or trolling, lol.
SimCity's cooperative structure building - anything where the group has to earn "points". PvP asynchronous mechanics are essentially anything where a player can be attacked while offline.
Thanks for the explanation. I've only played one game like that, but it is super fun; Neptune's Pride. It's free and web based, id highly recommend it.