Prototype's multiplayer gets cut and we bleed

well the promised co-op play was one of the major selling points of Prototype to me, but i'm still planning on getting it.

damn, i was hoping for crackdown style co-op.
well, i suppose i will have to wait for APB for that one.

Aw! That was the part I was looking forward to the most about this game! Oh well.

Lame...As previously stated it was one of their major selling points. Now its just lost its "pazazz". Ill just stick with all the millions of other sandbox games coming out that still have co-op. Mercs2 better live up to its hype.

Yeah with the dozens of other must buys this year Prototype really won't be missed, already erased it from my list. Singleplayer only games just don't cut it for the 60 dollar price point anymore. I will certainly consider renting it.

I think I just heard the sound of a million preorders being canceled.

Well I just cancelled mine =) save me money in the long run thank you developers!!! And to say they cant give you the 'polish' of the single player game is a joke, many games have done it, they're just going to rush a POS game out the door and multiplayer is one corner they are cutting.

Loser's

all this hype talk in their diarys!!


then the real lazyness kicks in.
again sound like they wanna rush to get this done, for the quick dolla.

Multiplayer is why I buy games versus rent. If I can play through it and then I'm finished with it there's no need to own it. I'll maybe rent this, play through it and then return it...

I agree w/MrMuggs, this just became a rental at best, I was really hoping for co-op

This better be a bad April Fools joke.

Why were people excited in the first place about this game? To me it looked like another Front Lines, big open sandbox with bland textures and copy and pasted gameplay mechanics.

And now I will never be buying this game.

wait they actually still make single-player-ONLY games these days? ..but ..why?

Can you say.. SUICIDE?? talk about a downer.. that would have been awesome if it was still goign to be on it

Dustin I don't have a problem with good single player games, but when they promise co-op and change their minds because it's too hard, that's pretty shitty. This went from must buy to maybe rent on my list.

Once again another game that should have multiplayer
doesn't.....Why are game developers so lazy.....

Its better that its only single player otherwise I would have to spend money playing on live to unlock achievements and then people would leave whenever they want during the game and besides I usually play video games by myself.

@Dustin

Or theres always a downloadable expansion down the road.

Didnt buy Kayne and Lynch after the dumped the co-op... glad I didn't buy it anyhow... prob be the same for this title. Think I'll wait for a price drop/used before I bother... just wondering why it can't be done well, crackdown did it so well and even there where a few slowdowns it ran well and looked very good.

looks like i won't be buying this after all. APB for me too.

Haha you suckers, they're going to milk every single dime out of this game.

'Maybe as DLC' i.e. 'Yeah, ca$h money, biotches!'

Expect this for every single friggin game in the future. Just look at Army of two and its six missions. What a waste!

Give a game tacked-on multi-player and people say the devs were lazy and trying to make a quick buck. Leave multi-player out in favor of polishing and perfecting the single-player game and people say the same thing. You just can't win, can you?

Me personally? I'm glad multi-player is out. Too many devs waste time and money tacking on multi-player to pander to the potty-mouthed kids on Xbox Live, time and money better spent making sure that the core gameplay is actually good.

The industry could do with less devs diverting their attention to vanilla multi-player modes their games don't need.

If the single-player is any good I may still pick this up, but some co-op would've been nice!!

I have to buck the trend. I could care less if there is co-op available for the game. The game still looks like fun, and I am looking forward to it.

I think I speak for everyone (in the world) when I say... STOP MAKING GAMES WITHOUT MULTIPLAYER. Seriously, don't do it. Stop it. Every game should have some sort of multiplayer feature these days. If you're thinking of creating a game without any multiplayer option, GTFO of our planet.

@ LUDICRUM -
I agree completely,
I have no idea where all this Co-Op and Multiplayer love stems from.
I like playing with my friends, but why can't we just get an AMAZING one player game?

@ Boff, I agree also - It is always nice to have multi and coop as options...

BUT

Everyone's all up CakaDookieFo'z butt b/c of online play, and HALO and COD obv own the landscape as far as multiplayer games go. (and don't even try to tell me about team fortress being huge. I see the same 5 people on there all the time...)
So what happens to these games with multiplayer components no-one plays? I rarely can get a good match up playing Crackdown, A of 2, Timeshift, TF2, etc. anymore.

Let's be honest though, a 2 player sandbox, like Crackdown, is OK, but not particularly noteworthy as a gametype, aside from two person races and two person tasks (if Im forced to 2, Ill just Take Army of Two)...
Maybe the devs figured they didnt want to bother trying to push something that was failing in testing.

Besides, I always hear a ton of complaining on GoW (which is still really popular, apparently) from ppl who say that its Multiplayer sucks, and point to it being tacked on at the end of development, almost like an afterthought.

Ill leave it here -
if they DID include it, and it was not all good, or even problematic, the game would be flamed HARD by the very same "We Want Co-Op/Multiplayer" Crowd

@Cerixus -
You certainly do NOT speak for me.

Am I the only one that remembers the days of PC Gaming at 3 AM by yourself?

Wow, so no co-op? That sucks.

I didn't read the comments before I posted. Co-op is great when it's done right. I have a lot of friends that I enjoy playing co-op with so that's important to me. Co-op is the wave of the future, don't fight it!!!

Crackdown 2 please!!!

That is a Mack truck full of fail. Off my "might buy" list.