I ALWAYS play the single player mode of all games. And I NEVER play the online side to them. Not played online in the past five or six years maybe longer. I have played online in the past [on the Dreamcast and PC]. Besides the fact that you are against real people when online, there's nothing else appealing about it. It gets boring after a while running around killing each other constantly. Then once your done with that format, it's rinse and then repeat the process. Nah. It's definately not for me. I like to get my money's worth as I like to be entertained with a story and immersion. That is why I play single player modes. I will play splitscreen co-op mode going through the single player story, that's good. But death match and capture the flag and gumpf like that is not for me.