Paying $65 for an only single player game?

Fallout 3 has looked great to me lately. It seems very atmospheric, and the gameplay videos look cool. However, I cannot see myself paying $65 for an only single player game. It might just be me or the way I think, but I'd like to hear other views on this.
I'm not big into RPGs, although I do like them somewhat. Playing single player games seems to last much less time than playing a game with both single and multiplayer. Halo 3 by itself in the campaign, what a joke?! Would anyone buy that? I've spent easily 95% of the time playing that game in the multiplayer. So this leads me back to my original question, why pay $65 for a game I'd play once or twice through the campaign? Is it worth it?

Because Fallout 3's campaign is meant to be absurdly big. Nothing like Halo 3's.

Although to move your topic forward slightly I do worry about the XBOX Live/PSN generation. Don't get me wrong I love me share of online gaming but I'd take the single player experience first everytime. Look at COD4 - a great online game no doubt but that shadows the fact that it genuinely had an amazing single player mode. Sure the game could be faulted for the single player being too short but - it kinda worries me that there are people out there who have COD4 and haven't even touched the single player.

I worry about threads like this. I hope we NEVER reach a time when games drop single player modes in favour of online play because... to me the single player is the heart of the experience. I guess it's just me. I like films and books and stories. I guess I just like to be moved.

If the single player is good enough, then sure. I don't mind at all. Especially with something like Fallout 3 where you can spend hundreds of hours playing the story mode.

It depends on the game. Fallout 3 is definitely worth the price, other games may not be.

"It depends on the game. Fallout 3 is definitely worth the price, other games may not be."

It's not like Fallout 3 has a 6-10 hour single player campaign. You're paying $65 for a quality game that took a long time to develop. If it doesn't have a feature that you feel it requires, then you should probably not buy it. But you'll likely be missing out on a lot of quality games if you limit yourself in this manner.

"BiggerBomb said:

"It depends on the game. Fallout 3 is definitely worth the price, other games may not be."

You can say the same about online games. A lot of online play seems pretty pointless at it's core."

I thought it would have multiplayer. Regardless, I think single player is far more important anyway. I've noticed that I actually don't even bother trying most games online. Playing online just takes too much time and becomes too addictive and requires practice and learning little tricks and stuff. Because there are already so many games out there and not enough time as it is, I'd rather only invest time in the multiplayer of the biggest and baddest games.

If you see that after beating the single player story you have no more need to keep the game, I would sell it. Or in that case, you can always rent it (or use gamefly) There are many options in the world of videogames my friend.

"get2sammyb said:

"BiggerBomb said:

"It depends on the game. Fallout 3 is definitely worth the price, other games may not be."

You can say the same about online games. A lot of online play seems pretty pointless at it's core."

Very true. What I am saying is that replayability and multiplayer are not synonymous. Mass Effect, Oblivion, and soon Fallout 3 are all massive games that allow you to put more hours of new content than repeating the same maps over and over.

That's not to say I don't like multiplayer, I love it. I do, however, prefer a solid singleplayer story and I will always take that over addicting multiplayer."

"It's not like Fallout 3 has a 6-10 hour single player campaign. You're paying $65 for a quality game that took a long time to develop. If it doesn't have a feature that you feel it requires, then you should probably not buy it. But you'll likely be missing out on a lot of quality games if you limit yourself in this manner."

I think $60 for a great SP game is a better deal than $60 for a great MP game...

"I think $60 for a great SP game is a better deal than $60 for a great MP game..."

"Same here, but with fallout3, i dont really think the gameplay looks that great, kinda underwhelming. But every thing else about it looks good."

Well, given that Fallout is based around a post-apocalyptic world...and you shouldn't ever really see too many folks hanging around the world in the first place...then it would seem that Fallout is the LEAST likely candidate for multiplayer gaming.

Well, before online multiplayer became a mandatory feature in every shooter game, that's how much they cost. Think of it this way, would you pay 65 dollars for Perfect Dark in 1999? I know I would. So if you think that this game might be that good, then go for it.

If any single player game is worth the money it is probably Fallout three, the campaign will last you plenty longer then most games plus you open up a world of all but guaranteedexpansions and add ons in the future.
Geno said:

"Well, before online multiplayer became a mandatory feature in every shooter game, that's how much they cost. Think of it this way, would you pay 65 dollars for Perfect Dark in 1999? I know I would. So if you think that this game might be that good, then go for it."

I once paid $75 for a baseball game... so $65 for a game like Fallout 3 isn't that big of a deal.

If the single player is good enough, which Fallout 3 is likely to be, then yes, it is justified. Take Dead Space for example. Single Player only, but very much worth full price.

I honestly have no problem paying 65 bucks for Single Player games.

I suppose this is the breaking point where games are simply costing too much in relation to their content.

"I suppose this is the breaking point where games are simply costing too much in relation to their content."

Fallout 3 is so massive you would never need an online mode for it.

Well Fallout 3 is 50 bucks on PC. :) Anyways, if the game is good then I think it's worth spending $60 even if it's short. If you are unsure about how much you will like it you can always rent the game or buy it for half price a couple months later.

only if its made my bethesda.