Today's worst multiplayer experiences

Prey

Above: No one is playing this

Number of people playing this game: Zero (0).

Dark Sector

Above: No one is playing this either

Number of people playing Dark Sector and Prey online: Zero to the power of nobody.

The Darkness

Above: Yeah, there’s no one here, either

Number of people playing The Darkness, Dark Sector, and Prey online:  How many crustaceans have won the Nobel Peace Prize?

Lost Planet

While its multiplayer was pretty fun, again, it’s too old to have enough active players to make it feasibly enjoyable without a group of friends. Those who are still playing are either very good enthusiasts, or just killing time.

Above: It’s still fun, if you can find anyone to play 

Chance we’ll joke that the planet is so lost, no one can find it: 100%, we just did.

The surprise victors

Beautiful Katamari: Shockingly, we rocketed into an active world on our first try, played a couple matches, and actually had a good time. We could have sworn that when we tried a year ago, the game was as desolate as Dark Sector. Perhaps it was a fluke?

Above: Maybe it was…a few hours later and the universe was abandoned. Still, this game is too damn cute to bash

Rainbow Six Vegas: While it was stupidly laggy, there were still plenty of players online enjoying all kinds of tactical death-dealing. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 was likewise active.

Above: Stupidest-looking characters ever? 

FarCry 2: Not only were there plenty of players at 10:00 a.m. PST, the bit of deathmatch we played was actually fun. It wasn’t quite as polished and intricate as some of the more popular online shooters, but it did its job well enough, and we played a few more rounds than we actually had to.

Above: And it looks pretty too

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