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Re: Oni Multiplayer...
Posted By: Nijhazer <nijhazer@sega.net>Date: 1/4/01 12:33 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Oni Multiplayer... (Adam)

: Thats a silly question, here is a better one. Would you accept an Oni with no
: network play, or one with single player and lan/fast internet ? I would go
: for the same product with some level of network play, so at least people
: who do live in small lans, or go to lans very often, or have uber sweet
: cable modem pings ... can get more life to the product at hand.

Unacceptable over cable modems. Mostly unacceptable over DSL. Not very good over a LAN, but playable.

This was the beast that was Oni multiplayer. Don't think Bungie didn't try to make it work-- the product has been delayed a year in large part because they were trying to make it work. The lead programmer for Halo (Jason Jones) actually flew out to Bungie West and took some time to try and make it work and eventually declared it impractical and unworkable.

If they had left it in, they would have had to delay the game another six months or so designing multiplayer-specific levels so that the very, very small handful of people who would actually have been able to play multiplayer would have had something to play. They were already taking some serious heat for the game's running delays; not to mention that they would have had to re-hire their level designers (who by this time had pretty much finished the single-player levels), and then when they put the game out, the majority of people purchasing it would have been angry that multiplayer had been included but they couldn't use it. I know I would have been.

-Nij


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Replies:

Oni Multiplayer...Komemasa 1/1/01 8:47 p.m.
     Re: Oni Multiplayer...Lemon-Tea 1/1/01 8:53 p.m.
           Re: Oni Multiplayer...digital187 1/1/01 11:25 p.m.
                 Re: Oni Multiplayer...Michael Spencer 1/2/01 12:56 a.m.
                       Re: latency sucks (was: Oni Multiplayer...)Ektek 1/2/01 1:34 a.m.
                             More Links:Michael Spencer 1/2/01 3:20 a.m.
                       Re: Oni Multiplayer...Chrondeath Dracion 1/2/01 5:25 a.m.
                       LAN-only would be acceptableTwrch 1/2/01 10:43 a.m.
                       to multiplayer naysayers: MARATHONScud 1/3/01 3:08 p.m.
                             Re: to multiplayer naysayers: MARATHONAdam 1/4/01 6:56 a.m.
                                   Re: to multiplayer naysayers: MARATHONTyrbiter 1/4/01 10:27 a.m.
                                         Re: to multiplayer naysayers: MARATHONMark Levin 1/4/01 10:30 a.m.
                                               Re: to multiplayer naysayers: MARATHONTyrbiter 1/4/01 3:43 p.m.
                                                     Re: to multiplayer naysayers: MARATHONMark Levin 1/5/01 10:55 a.m.
                       Re: Oni Multiplayer...Adam 1/4/01 6:52 a.m.
                             Re: Oni Multiplayer...Nijhazer 1/4/01 12:33 p.m.
                                   Re: Oni Multiplayer...Jumbo 1/4/01 1:13 p.m.
                                         Re: Oni Multiplayer...Nijhazer 1/4/01 4:28 p.m.
                                   Re: Oni Multiplayer...Michael Spencer 1/4/01 1:15 p.m.
                                   Re: Oni Multiplayer...Chrondeath Dracion 1/4/01 4:15 p.m.
                                         Re: Oni2 Multiplayer...Jesse 1/4/01 5:02 p.m.
                                               Re: Oni2 Multiplayer...Nijhazer 1/4/01 5:14 p.m.
           Re: Oni Multiplayer...Interactive Civilian 1/2/01 12:42 a.m.
     Re: Oni Multiplayer...Dan Rudolph 1/2/01 2:39 a.m.
           Re: Oni Multiplayer...Komemasa 1/2/01 2:33 p.m.
                 Re: Oni Multiplayer...Nijhazer 1/2/01 2:40 p.m.
                       Re: Oni Multiplayer...Curious... 1/2/01 6:01 p.m.
                             Re: Oni Multiplayer...Harry 1/2/01 7:06 p.m.
                                   Re: Oni Multiplayer...Nijhazer 1/2/01 7:20 p.m.
                                         Re: Oni Multiplayer...Harry 1/2/01 7:31 p.m.
                                               Re: Oni Multiplayer...Nijhazer 1/2/01 8:14 p.m.
                                         Re: Oni Multiplayer...Komemasa 1/2/01 8:14 p.m.
                                               Re: Oni Multiplayer...Nijhazer 1/2/01 8:18 p.m.
                                                     Re: Oni Multiplayer...Komemasa 1/3/01 2:29 p.m.
                                                           Whine, whine, bitch, whine *NM*Nijhazer 1/3/01 3:45 p.m.
                                                                 Hahahah ...Adam 1/4/01 7:07 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Hahahah ...Nijhazer 1/4/01 12:39 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Hahahah ...Lemon-Tea 1/4/01 6:11 p.m.
                                                           Re: Oni Multiplayer...yoodaa 1/3/01 3:48 p.m.
                                                     Re: Oni Multiplayer...Adam 1/4/01 7:04 a.m.
                                                           Re: Oni Multiplayer...Nijhazer 1/4/01 12:42 p.m.



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