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In what way are you out of touch with today's gaming culture?
- Thread starter DanSensei
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They're just monetizing an algorithm, don't knock the hustle
I'm not into Fortnite or Minecraft. I think that's it really. Was never into sports games, aside from the more arcade-y ones, and those are all dead now
I guess mobile gaming? I just never really find myself in situations where I have the time to play mobile games in any great capacity. If I'm out, I'm usually doing something and if I'm home, I'd obviously rather use a dedicated gaming machine. Also, I don't like murdering my battery on my phone with gaming.
But I find it weird that people, especially here, like to wear being "out of touch" like some badge of honor. It doesn't make you any more cool or gain you any cred.
But I find it weird that people, especially here, like to wear being "out of touch" like some badge of honor. It doesn't make you any more cool or gain you any cred.
GaaS. Pretty much all of it. I had my fill with Pokemon GO and Animal Crossing Pocket Camp in the first two weeks of both.
Also, Battle Royale games. I played Tetris 99 for a few rounds and got to the Level 13 in Fall Guys. These types of games just lose their appeal REALLY fast with me, and I don't see the point in continuing with them long term.
I'm still a bit of a purist in the sense that I like games that I can beat/complete absolutely.
Also, Battle Royale games. I played Tetris 99 for a few rounds and got to the Level 13 in Fall Guys. These types of games just lose their appeal REALLY fast with me, and I don't see the point in continuing with them long term.
I'm still a bit of a purist in the sense that I like games that I can beat/complete absolutely.
I've never given much of a shit about all the minutiae or fan-facing flare around video games: Box Art. Title Screens. Logos. Console aesthetics. Collectibles/Merch. Pre-order bonuse etc, etc... Sure, I can recognize when something is well done, or not, but this stuff is 'serious business' in communities like Era in a way I've never fully understood.
Don't care about multiplayer and don't care about most "AAA" games. Most of Sony's stuff, Witcher 3, and RDR2 stand out in particular as things I just don't "get".
Wrong. It's only been the second half of this gen, when most of western AAA titles made it a fad, and it even started to creep into good old linear franchises like Uncharted and TLOU. Now it's From's turn. Know your history.
I dont understand the draw of Roblox. I legit tried playing it but everything looks so amateurish and Janky, but kids love it.
Now if that game was avaliable when I was a child I would have probably been crazy with, the idea of unlimited games with online aspects sounds like a cool concept, but I feel that this game is not for me at this stage of life, unless I had kids/nieces with whom I would play it constantly
Now if that game was avaliable when I was a child I would have probably been crazy with, the idea of unlimited games with online aspects sounds like a cool concept, but I feel that this game is not for me at this stage of life, unless I had kids/nieces with whom I would play it constantly
I do not need a narrative to play a game.
I really do not see any reason to sit and watch other people play games on Twitch
I have no interest in putting in tons of extra work for achievements/trophies
I really do not see any reason to sit and watch other people play games on Twitch
I have no interest in putting in tons of extra work for achievements/trophies
I don't like and have never liked:
- Smash
- AC
- Pokémon
- Minecraft
- Angry Birds
- Watching people play games instead of ummmm playing them
- Fortnight
- Overwatch
While this probably took someone a lot of time and effort I really don't care what a random person on youtube thought of Skyrim.
Having to get into Discord to play with other people and hope to all heavens that they're not dicks or ultracompetitive assholes is one sure way of keeping myself out of multiplayer stuff.
Everyone wants to be the next popular eSports player like Ninja and give way too much attention to ranked modes and being ultracompetitive. Not only they're not that good at the game, they make sure everyone around them have a miserable time.
Everyone wants to be the next popular eSports player like Ninja and give way too much attention to ranked modes and being ultracompetitive. Not only they're not that good at the game, they make sure everyone around them have a miserable time.
I cannot fathom how one can get angry enough about video games to rant about them online or direct hate at developers' social medias. I myself feel frustrated about labour conditions in the industry, transphobia, homophobia, racism, and the like in games (especially those developed by a dominantly white group), and the lack of marginalized representation in AAA dev and publisher leadership, but Spider-man looking different? That feels like such a low-stakes problem to me in comparison, assuming it is considered a problem.
I cannot get into traditional battle royales. Mainly due to having to wait after getting downed and not having the fastest hard drive speeds. I could if I could pop back in and try again immediately.
i did like witcher 3 but yeah mostly this
sometimes an AAA game will hit with me but im beyond over third person over the shoulder cinematic "movie" games. i thought the worst was the period was when we had brown fps everywhere but i feel this is way worse. i tried god of war, uncharted, tlou (not 2) you name it. few hours i fall off HARD-they just feel like the same shit-watch cutscene, press forward, watch cutscene, set piece, repeat. doesnt help that these stories dont hit with me at ALL
oh and also these flavor of the month games-meh, fall guys, among us, you know any game that blows up from nowhere-i try them sometimes, but whatever. fall off hard too.
as long as sony gets jrpgs though, ill probably always own their consoles. but ps3/ps4 is pretty shit compared to ps2/ps1. that playstation era was fucking incredible.
some AAA games i did like though, nier automata, botw, phantom pain, and witcher 3.
--I don't understand how any of this monetization shit works. I still don't really get how battle passes work.
--I understand why people watch YouTubers and Twitch streamers, I'm just not into them.
--Same with BRs. I'm just not that much into recent multiplayer games in general but I at least understand how BRs change things.
--I understand why people watch YouTubers and Twitch streamers, I'm just not into them.
--Same with BRs. I'm just not that much into recent multiplayer games in general but I at least understand how BRs change things.
I don't have any desire to stream or watch other people stream games. More power to those that do, but it's not for me.
I'm also completely detached from the hype around the new consoles for the first time. I'm usually there day one, but this time I'm not really interested.
I'm also completely detached from the hype around the new consoles for the first time. I'm usually there day one, but this time I'm not really interested.
Don't enjoy RPG-lite mechanics being shoved into everything.
I prefer tightly scripted linear games over checklist open worlds.
I vastly prefer 10-20 hour games to 40+ hour games.
I don't care to watch any streamers and I generally avoid Twitch like the plague.
I think using external chat apps like Discord is a pain in the ass and I'd rather use in-game comms or party chat.
e-Sports are completely beyond me. I just have no interest in any of it and I wish developers (*cough* 343i *cough*) would stop catering to them so hard because it's ruining the casual experience entirely.
I prefer tightly scripted linear games over checklist open worlds.
I vastly prefer 10-20 hour games to 40+ hour games.
I don't care to watch any streamers and I generally avoid Twitch like the plague.
I think using external chat apps like Discord is a pain in the ass and I'd rather use in-game comms or party chat.
e-Sports are completely beyond me. I just have no interest in any of it and I wish developers (*cough* 343i *cough*) would stop catering to them so hard because it's ruining the casual experience entirely.
I never thought that I would watch people play games, but occasionally I do watch this couple I found - around when Last of Us 2 came out. They're so laidback, it's like a chill thing to listen to / watch for a few minutes if they're ever online while I'm working. We're in totally different time zones so it seldom happens.
Dude, I mostly focus on japanese games, don't care about mobile and the majority of western games. And I'm sure I'm not alone on that one.
I am an old hag, so online multiplayer (i need my opponents in the same room to have any fun), mobile, sports and most super hero games fly a few kilometres above my head.
I would have said the gatchas as well but I played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 so that would be wrong (damn that was annoying opening all these crystals)
The streamers are just like your friends that invited you but never let you touch the controller... without the cookies and milk... and with a gagball so you can't talk to them. Nah, i had my fill when i was a kid.
I would have said the gatchas as well but I played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 so that would be wrong (damn that was annoying opening all these crystals)
The streamers are just like your friends that invited you but never let you touch the controller... without the cookies and milk... and with a gagball so you can't talk to them. Nah, i had my fill when i was a kid.
So this little franchise called Grand Theft Auto didn't take the world by storm in the '00s? I must have hallucinated students playing that in my college lounge. I've got even fuzzier memories of being able to explore almost the entire world map in Legend of Zelda, weird...
I've been playing video games since the late Atari days, but go off.
I'm completely out of touch. The only games I buy these days are when old games get rereleased on steam/gog.
Loot is an immediate turn off for me, especially in AAA games.
I don't play almost any multiplayer games.
I don't play almost any multiplayer games.
I don't like Battle Royales, am not into Soulsbournekiro and generally dont enjoy watching twitch streams.
- I generally want shorter games, or tighter experiences I guess. 10hrs is great
- Not that big into open world games, I'm playing Horizon right now and still kinda go from main story mission to main story mission
- No interest in battle royale
- Never touch DLC
- Not big into multiplayer for the list part, minus Fifa 1 on 1, and the occasional Halo match. I think I might get into Destiny 2 once I have it on the Series X though, I liked playing it on Stadia and missed 60fps when I went back to Xbox
- BC is a big selling point to me, probably more than it should be
- Streamers are weird to me, let's play youtube a little less so
I have no clue about stuff like Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite, Overwatch etc. There's absolutely nothing that interests me about those games.
I don't watch livestreamers. No interest in watching people play games unless it's reviews or someone playing old games. Only reason I've ever even heard about someone like Ninja is due to him being mentioned here, and that floss failure video.
I don't play online. Ever. I only really play offline, single-player, story-driven games.
And it's obviously the kids who are wrong.
I don't watch livestreamers. No interest in watching people play games unless it's reviews or someone playing old games. Only reason I've ever even heard about someone like Ninja is due to him being mentioned here, and that floss failure video.
I don't play online. Ever. I only really play offline, single-player, story-driven games.
And it's obviously the kids who are wrong.
I basically don't play multiplayer unless it's Halo. I don't have the time anymore to dedicate to learning new competitive online games
DanSensei said:
The extremism of GAMERZ™ culture's toxicity towards developers, actor & VO's in the video game industry.
I don't care about streamers.
I don't care about Companies selling outfits and don't find it to be some MT screw over. If them selling skins gets me free map packs or even games so be it. I have spent $0 on cosmetics and never found them engaging. But thanks to all the people that have map packs seems to be a dead thing. Which is nice.
I don't care about Companies selling outfits and don't find it to be some MT screw over. If them selling skins gets me free map packs or even games so be it. I have spent $0 on cosmetics and never found them engaging. But thanks to all the people that have map packs seems to be a dead thing. Which is nice.