I've seen these posts on another site...

"no mp is a bad decision"

No, it's a very good decision. Consumers would be much happier with an excellent single player only GTA3 than GTA3 with great single player but mediocre multiplayer. Since too much emphasis is put on multiplayer these days, the fact that the multiplayer stinks by itself is almost enough to make most players (well at least on VE3D) throw the game away. Rediculous, no?

I mean "I was pretty much only going to buy this game FOR multiplayer"

Why?!? It was never even announced! What did you do, dream up some multiplayer scenario in your head and make an imaginary game up, and that's what you wanted to buy? Why were you even interested in the game in the first place when no multiplayer was even mentioned in any of the reviews? What's the matter with you?

"im not going to buy it because just because of the lack of MP."

So let me get this straight... You're going to deprive yourself of a good game just because it doesn't come with the MP which was never even intended to be included in the first place? That's like saying "I'm not going to buy Sonic the Hedgehog because Crash Bandicoot's not in it."

"No MP... so sorry they aren't going to see my buck."

The game was never about MP!!! I don't understand it. How can anyone go around reading great stuff about a video game, and find it interesting, and then they mention "No MP" and suddenly "Ohhhhh ohhhh.... no MP??! The game isn't fun anymore for some reason! Even the single player game isn't fun because I can just 'feel' that the MP is gone on the CD!" Forget that the SP game never changed and that millions of gamers have been enjoying it, oh no... you don't think it's fun just because MP isn't in there!

"thats that, not getting my money now bitches"

You zealots! You will refuse to play the game and see if it's fun, just because it doesn't include a certain mode! That is the epitome of ignorance! You sound like a plebeian who thinks "The customer is always right." How could the customer be right if they're ignorant about the issue? It just doesn't make sense. The only person you're hurting is yourself because you're depriving yourself of a great game out of spite! Spite is THE stupidest reason to do anything. It's a good thing the only person you're hurting is yourself.

For example, players whined and whined because there was no multiplayer in Deus EX, but when they put it in, players whined and whined because the multiplayer in Deus EX sucked. It's just a lot easier to save a lot of hassle and forget about the multiplayer from the start.

Also multiplayer in GTA3 just wouldn't make sense. Since the premise of the game is to work your way up the ranks in a mob doing jobs, it wouldn't make sense to have to compete against others. How would you be ranked against each other? It would also be silly to make the missions into contests to compete against each other. Also, cooperative would make no sense. And turning the game into a riot by making the goal to kill each other? It wouldn't work because that would totally work against the game's story... besides, that's what State of Emergency is for. And also the world of GTA3 is way too big for even 16 guys to find and kill each other.

The only thing I could think of to make the multiplayer game work is if it was more strategic, kinda like the old game "Spy VS Spy," and it would also follow with the plot. However, for the usual action oriented mindset this game attracts, it might be too boring for them to actually have to think.