I moved 9 hours away from my friends. I play Beyond All Reason and Helldivers 2 with my buddy every weekend and some weeknights. We have been gaming together since grade 6 or so which is about 32 years.
Online play with dedicated servers has been almost entirely positive in my opinion and makes up a lot of my fondest gaming memories, it’s the live service games that tend to suck.
Personally I don’t consider “online play” a positive change
Friends who moved a thousand miles away but still want to play their favorite games together probably do.
I assume that’s probably not what you mean, of course.
I moved 9 hours away from my friends. I play Beyond All Reason and Helldivers 2 with my buddy every weekend and some weeknights. We have been gaming together since grade 6 or so which is about 32 years.
Online play with dedicated servers has been almost entirely positive in my opinion and makes up a lot of my fondest gaming memories, it’s the live service games that tend to suck.
As an additional option it’s great, as a requirement with no Lan or hotseat it’s bad