What games do you play? Who do you play with?

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve struggled to keep up with multiplayer games. I don’t really want to play unless I have someone to play with, and finding someone to play with is more trouble than it’s worth. I have friends and family who game, but we always run into one of two main problems: -1) Our schedules simply refuse to align, or -2) We can’t agree on what to play.

I’m always on the lookout for cool indie multiplayer games, whether that means large-scale like Battlebit or small-scale like Deep Rock Galactic. Some of my friends are either always chasing that absolute latest game (i don’t), or they’re real into MMOs (I’m not), or they have very particular preferences about which aesthetics they will take a chance on. It’s a struggle, but I’m always working to figure it out.

So what do you think? How have you fit multiplayer gaming into your life?

  • SbisasCostlyTurnoverEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It kind of doesn’t. Me and my brothers will play some Rocket League on a Monday night (assuming our kids are in bed) but aside from that my gaming is exclusively single-player.

    Never been a big online gamer, but since having kids that’s basically become a non-starter.

    • PenguinTD@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Rocket League for me as well. Because:

      • it has very simple rules, but can get really crazy creative if you know your way around it.
      • player base is big enough so even if you are top 1% it’s still easy to find games.
      • there is no balance change or new character the throws you off and relearn your game plan
      • it’s average 7 minutes match for replay/kick off count down and queuing time.
      • you can totally drop it and then come back again after finish a single player game and it’s still going to be there.
      • it’s free to play but I did throw Psyonix about 60~100 per year to support their operation cost. Good pack/cosmetic didn’t come up often so I usually have at least 4000 credits sitting in my account.