Do you prefer to play games alone or with others?

[Nerd_Solitude]

I'm curious how social you guys are when playing video games. I personally prefer to play alone with single-player games. I like immersing myself in the game for a nice little break from reality. However when I play multiplayer games or with other people I just can't seem to relax. I'd love to hear what you guys do.

 

[Leiioo]

For me it's predominantly single-player, but I don't mind multiplayer games that use either chat "wheels" where you can't type out your own messages, or that use canned voice-lines, like in Earth Defence Force.

 

[Antilocal123]

Alone, coaching others on a game isn't fun at all unless we’re on a sesh or something.

 

[Xdqwerty]

It depends if theres someone with me at all

 

[Glimbo]

I prefer to play alone whether it's single player or multiplayer. Even when I played MMOs I went solo.
It just lets me play at my own pace without having to worry about anyone else.

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

I stopped playing multi-player games a long time ago, and now exclusively play single-player games alone. All by myself.

 

[Prism_Red]

I don't play online-only games, for multi-player, it's strictly friends only. I'd go so far as to play akimbo in light gun games.

 

[Raziya The Seeker]

Much as I prefer flying solo, I've had fun playing multiplayer most every time. Especially nowadays, when it's not common for me to do so. Besides? My word, beat-em-ups and some other games are so much easier with a Player Two than a single player.

For sake of democracy which is non-negotiable, I picked "Alone, Single Player Games" on the poll.

 

[Antihero]

My preference is single player games,
I have learned my lesson from experiencing multiplayer games back in the day, that a foolish friend is worse than an enemy.

 

[stealthRUSH]

usually single player games but I equally spend the same amount of time, sometimes more, on 1-on-1 Fighting games online, sometimes offline which you can consider multiplayer. honestly i'm split 50/50.

 

[ciro64]

Both, really. Couch multiplayer games are more of a social activity, while solo games are either about personal challenge or a experience altogether.

In more rare occasions the multiplayer games is both about social and challenge. In those cases you'll see the most expressive and over the top version of me.

 

[Adrastia]

I highly prefer single player games. Although I did have fun with Maple Story during the beta and a few years beyond that.

 

[Yousef's iconYousef]

I hate humans.

 

[goregoregoregoregoregore]

Alone for both single-player and multiplayer.
I'm heavy into competitive multiplayer games but i hate anything that involves playing with other people, unless it's a session of fighting games with a good friend.
I MIGHT rarely be willing to play a single player with someone very close to me but i think it's only fun if it isn't a coop game

 

[J.F.C]

Alone i guess. Local Multiplayer is really fun but i haven't gotten any opportunities to play any games locally ever since i finished college, and playing Online games with random people is an awful experience that i prefer to stay away from.

 

[TheWanderer]

I enjoy playing single player games and getting immersed in the story that being said I like giving my friends a good whopping on SMB or Tekken

 

[Karnik 2.0: reboot]

I usually play jrpg games on DSi or PSP, obviously alone, while I play beat'em up and shoot'em up games with my son, my brother or some friends, on a bootleg multi-systems console: here obviously the fun is more, but also the fits of anger.

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

I'm a solo player for life but I do like streaming games with my bestfriend, sometimes we play one title together but mostly it's a backdrop while we talk.

 

[trickybus]

Single-player with or without friends and couch co-op, that's it. Competitive versus brings out the worst in strangers and most people suck at co-op or don't try. The last online multiplayer game I played was Journey, funnily enough.