Hi Dark, Interesting point. I don't have anything against social games per se, but my issue is I just don't often have anyone else to play with thus turn to single player games to amuse myself to keep from getting bored. That's why certain games that would be fun with more than one player I just don't get into, even when they have an online mode, as I have grown use to my own company verses the company of others.
That said, if I have someone to play with such as my son I enjoy playing card and board games because we can talk, joke, and compete against one another. The difference here is the face to face aspect verses playing online in the Blind Adrenaline card rooms which is okay, but not the same experience. So I think a lot has to do with, for me at least,if that social interaction is face to face rather than over a network connection. Cheers! On 5/22/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi charlse. > > I agree Ten pin alley is a social game, however interestingly enough that > was the very reason I didn't buy it, sinse I don't really get chance to play > > audio games with people at the same computer very often (when my friends > turn up we do tabeltop rp), and thus for me the main fun of games is as a > single player and I just felt the single player experience of Ten Pin Alley > > wasn't really enough to warrent me buying the game. > > Another example is Mississippi. again, it looked a nice game to play with > other people at the same machine, but with no computer opponents the single > > player game just didn't seem much fun. > > I hadn't actually thought of this before, but it is entirely possible that > for some people, maybe even quite a few people, games that are purely! > social and have less to offer a solo player (including games with computer > opponentns), might actually be something of a turn off. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
