The guys at PC Gamer mull the question, “Do FPS games still need a singleplayer campaign?” They ask a bunch of people the question that have names that I do not recognize, nor does PCG tell us who these folks are, but I would guess they are “important” in the gaming industry….maybe. This Andy Kelly guy sounds like a dick, whoever he is.



In this soulless, transient age of ‘games as a service’, big mainstream shooters definitely don’t need singleplayer campaigns. They’re lavish, over-produced wastes of money, frankly, offering nothing in the way of innovation or imagination. The campaigns in these games almost feel apologetic, like an item on a checklist that has to be ticked. And I think developers are realising that all people are actually interested in is having the same mind-numbing multiplayer experience over and over again.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – First Person Shooters and Single Player