In the most sane statement to come out of the gaming industry today, Bethesda’s Pete Hines has called out developers for adding half-assed multiplayer to their games.<\/p>\n
“[People ask us] for a game like Skyrim or Prey 2, why doesn’t it have multiplayer?” he tells Edge. <\/a>“Well, our question is always the opposite when we talk to a developer. If you’re doing multiplayer, why are you doing multiplayer? What are you trying to accomplish?<\/p>\n “If you’re doing it just to check a box or because every other publisher says you’ve got to have multiplayer, then just drop it, don’t bother, it’s a waste of time, a giant distraction and it’ll make for a worse overall game. We want the best game possible. If that’s a single player game that’s 15 to 20 hours, then make that! Don’t waste your time on features that don’t make the game better.”<\/p>\n I’d also like to add that multiplayer Achievements are a huge pain in the ovaries too. Just because I can. Because I have ovaries.<\/p>\n