
Call this an Afternoon Hangover after a Friday beer lunch (man, I miss those)...
Obviously this is spurred by Modern Warfare 2's release next week, but it's a question applicable to any game with multiplayer. When you boot up a new game for the first time, what takes priority...playing through the story, or hopping online and getting a jump on your stats?
Personally, I can't do anything multiplayer until I play through a significant portion of the single-player campaign. This is for a couple of reasons:
- I'm a little sensitive when it comes to story spoilers, even in bad games. (And bad movies, and bad books, and bad TV...) Better to get through the experience myself before co-workers casually mention that character/event/location either died/happened/exploded. I've heard enough chatter about MW2 already, and the game's not even out yet.
- I need to get familiar with the basic control scheme of a game before I embarass myself in the public arena. Movement speed, aiming sensitivity, weapon familiarity...I need to know the particulars of all of these things so I can properly blame them for finishing second-to-last in the round.
- I always forget to recharge my headset, so I need a few hours alone anyway.
So this Tuesday...perks or plot? Render thine opinions!





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I always play through the single - player portion of the game first, that's the main part after all (At least for most games).
I complete the single - player mode as much as i can before i even think of heading online. That way i'll have as much experience as possible with the game when it comes to the real test against other human players.
Posted: 7 minutes ago by David_Macphail
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