Favorite game mode?

Nah, singleplayer for sure. It is a much more artistic form (and that's not visually speaking).

I'll second that. Try to imagine FEAR as a coop game. It will be a no game :). MP and Coop have their strong points too. But the best story and game immersion you'll get it in SP. In SP, it's like in a movie where you're the main character.

Left 4 Dead is pretty much like movie. And its COOP.

Ok ... now turn L4D in a rich SP experience ;)
Don't get me wrong, I like all of them, but as a game modder and consumer, I am more attracted by SP.

gonna have to agree, coop ftw!

Herr_Alien

It has a single player, but its so survival based that its nearly impossible to win without some decent AI or good players watching your back. There IS not way to turn Left 4 Dead into a single player experience that doesn't have easily replaceable AI at your side at ALL times. Basically lining it up as a coop.

There is a FEAR coop game its called FEAR Combat Warfare, its pretty nice if your playing with someone you know! :)

For me, Single - Player is first -- because it really puts you in control of the world around you -- with fictional characters, performing acts of their own...over multi - player combat, which [don't get me wrong] can be immersive, yet, it does not feature that same feeling of absolute control, within a fictitious world, so to speak...

Agree 110%. Single player emerses you in the environment. The others are good too, but its SP FTW!

Co-op can be just as immersive as Single player when you play with a dedicated group of players. Left 4 Dead is a decent example. OblivionOnline will be a good example as well :D

Synergy, and other such coop mods and games can really make you feel like your there when everyone is reacting to whats going on in the game, and not just talking about random shite all the time. LAN helps really, but you can have a great Coop experience that would be far more satisfying then a SP experience, for the fact that you know you couldn't have got where you are without the dedicated teammates you had alongside you watching your back the entire way there. Diablo 3 will be another epic (SP and Coop, same thing, bter experience online :D)

FEAR AS A COOP GAME!!!!

GENIUS

No disagreements here... It has to be co-op...

Hmm, Co-op most certainly, with a good team, and some good friends, unbeatable experience to be had

Dave

Same here...cus im a scaredy cat...LOL

Coop ftw. Singleplayer is good too,but is always better to play sp games in coop with friends. Multiplayer combat is fun too,but can get boring.

Could say the same about most SP experiences.
I love multiplayer, just for the community aspect.

^^^^
post above me has valid points

Story is definatly a selling point, but almost any single player game that also features coop can be even more enjoyable playing with a good friend who is as into the game as you are :D. (Think Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, or CoDW@W)

i'd say multiplayer combat because its more challanging because in single player the computer is too easy to beat, except from the odd game where you die in 1 or 2 shots.

sweno1 vehicles suck. nuff said

Coop - for team-play and knowing there's an intelligent human being watching your back and not a limited AI who may or may not act sufficiently in a bad situation. Downside, online with random people, who are reading the manual as they play it seems.

SP - for SOMEWHAT immersive gameplay that's usually based so that only one character can reign supreme. Downside (for FPS the most), SP is it always makes your character seem like some kind of walking tank super soldier, but other then some are great.

MP:C - For the satisfying feeling of beating someone who mgiht be as good if not better then you, alone or with a large group of people against another large group. MASSIVE ACTION GAME looks like it could be the top Teambased MMO style war game of all time. It fits into both MP Coop and MP Combat.

It's funny that there seems to be a rite of passage with multiplayer combat games. If you don't spend enough time trying to hone a 'skill' rather than just being able to pick it up and simply have some fun, you're instantly a n00b. I'd much rather be able to strategically play in single-player or coop than flaunt 40+ hours of in game time in everyone else's faces. I put singleplayer because I can set it down whenever I feel I've played enough and I'm disappointing no one.

lol i'm only taking the piss... i just like good games. l4d is awesome

What if singleplayer had stat tracking similar to Audiosurf, where there's a global high-score board that has some simple stat tracking with obvious head to head competition... but it's in an FPS.

Then the devil better put on his jacket and ice skates, a game dev got an original idea ;)

But, yes, that would be awesome, and I would probably buy it.. being it was actually gun :P