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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Dec 19, 2018 15:29:04 GMT -5
try destiny or destiny 2, I love throwing fire hammers about in those games.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 19, 2018 18:34:31 GMT -5
The gaming industry passed me by when the Wii became the biggest thing.
I play video games to escape real life, not do more real life shit while having to hold a shitty controller.
I'm going to disagree with you on controls though. Using a trigger button on a controller to be the... trigger, makes perfect sense.
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Post by stevec484 on Dec 19, 2018 18:47:20 GMT -5
I stick with single players games now and even most of those are boring me lately
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Dec 19, 2018 18:55:54 GMT -5
Yeah, N64/PS2/X-Box were my prime gaming days. I get bored or overwhelmed these days or don’t have the interest to invest.
I also disagree about the trigger thing, that makes sense. I don’t get invested in the story but it’s always fun to pop in a Halo or COD and shoot shit.
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Post by Hurbster on Dec 19, 2018 19:03:27 GMT -5
I tried playing Gears of War for the first time in many years, it didn't go well.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Dec 19, 2018 20:24:48 GMT -5
I hear you to an extent. It's definitely hard to get into modern games.
I go to college with people a full decade younger than me on average, sometimes more. I'm in CGT, so I'm surrounded by tech people and gamers. Some of them know their stuff, but the majority of them grew up when games were already 3D, and they're super into Overwatch and Fortnite and stuff, which is fine - to each their own - but we have very little in common. It's kind of a bummer.
I still play and enjoy modern games. Nintendo is always my jam regardless of era, but I mean outside of that with the more cutting edge stuff in terms of visuals. The new Spider-Man was a lot of fun. God of War was cool. I loved the Shadow of the Colossus remake, though that hardly counts since it's based on a game from 2005. The modern Hitman games are amazing - they conjure up these detailed dense areas, and they are extremely creative with locations (a race track is not JUST a race track, it has a mega-complex with an aquarium attached to it, and a whole marina area). The games also have balance between being hilarious in way you'd never expect while still taking itself seriously enough. I love these games, and they're as interesting to me as anything I've played before in the past.
So it's not just modern games passing me by, though that is some of it, but it's also that I am extremely choosy about what I sink my time into, and I don't fall for marketing/hype stuff like a teen does anymore. I definitely prefer the simplicity of earlier games, so that's where my main interest lies. Most games either don't appeal to me that much or I just don't feel like investing in them. I think that's a big part of it, too - I look at big games as a commitment of time. I'm content playing only a few modern cutting edge games a year excluding Nintendo's main stuff.
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Post by twiggy101 on Dec 19, 2018 20:31:58 GMT -5
I tried out Fortnite, I found it to be kind of bland. It's no where near Quake, Goldeneye, Timesplitters, Team Fortress, COD4 or Battlefield 1. Apart from the parachute onto the island and dancing I don't see why it has so much buzz. (Well except it is free ) Then again I think my interest in FPS games has waned over the years. I dislike team based deathmatches and there are not enough FPS games with weird/daft guns. Fortnite is free!!??
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Post by Rave on Dec 19, 2018 23:00:37 GMT -5
Add me to the list of those eagerly awaiting Borderlands 3. I'm not even that into FPS and I adore that series. Of course, anything that doesn't penalize my shitty driving skills and encourages me to run over everything gets even more points. The most terrifying sentence I can utter in relation to video games is "They're letting me drive the car!"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2018 23:43:12 GMT -5
BL3 is gonna be the gawd damn jam
The new classes sound awesome and as ridiculous as one could hope from this series.
Beast Master sounds f***ing awesome basically mech pet class
An assasin type character
The Bot jock gunner
And the siren ...roidy siren FTW! ...I am hyped to make a build with that projection skill as my first go to
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 20, 2018 1:50:33 GMT -5
I pretty much gave up on consoles after the Dreamcast died. Between my reflexes slowing down and hand tremors I suck at most modern games. Plus I just am not into stuff like FPS,battle royale and the more popular modern genres.
I do enjoy RPGs and some 2d fighters. But there is still so many 16 bit and before games I have never played for me to explore modern systems.
Right now the newest console I own is a PS2. That I bought for Marvel Ultimate Alliance and the Dragon Quest games. Newest handheld is my ancient DS.
Thankfully both my sons enjoy older games. My oldest just recently got himself a Genesis model 1 and a flash cart. And my youngest,he turns 15 early next year,loves playing my 2600 when he is here.
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Post by SmashTV on Dec 20, 2018 2:48:44 GMT -5
I had a similar feeling about two years ago, partly from having a lack of motivation due to being bored with gaming. I'd buy games I thought I'd like, but I just couldn't get behind them.
How did I cure it? Simple; I upgraded from an XBox 360 to a One and started to enjoy gaming again!
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Dec 20, 2018 4:34:01 GMT -5
I tried out Fortnite, I found it to be kind of bland. It's no where near Quake, Goldeneye, Timesplitters, Team Fortress, COD4 or Battlefield 1. Apart from the parachute onto the island and dancing I don't see why it has so much buzz. (Well except it is free ) Then again I think my interest in FPS games has waned over the years. I dislike team based deathmatches and there are not enough FPS games with weird/daft guns. Fortnite is free!!?? The basic Battle Royale game is free.
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Post by Powerline on Dec 20, 2018 9:45:42 GMT -5
I'm not the biggest fan of the Battle Royale genre, I'll admit. PUBG when it started and when Fortnite came around was a bug-riddled mess. Fun concept, but for every "Holy crap! I won a match! Check it out!" vid on YouTube at the time there would be a "Holy crap! Look at this glitch! What the hell is this game?!?". And they have cleaned it up some, but they waited until Fortnite was firmly planted at the top to get around to that.
I just don't like all the building/crafting aspects to Fortnite. I watch the players that end up placing Top 10 regularly and they're all building these batshit crazy towers and shooting simultaneously. I could NEVER do that.
I own Black Ops 4 and think that game's Blackout is the best Battle Royale mode running away. THAT is how it needs to be done if you ask me. But with the game being a full retail release, I would sure hope they could do better than a couple free games (one of which started as a rudimentary mod).
But primarily I am a retro gamer/collector. Some of it is nostalgia for me, but a lot of it for me is that those were eras where companies were taking risks. Nowadays companies put so much money into making their games that they HAVE to make something they're confident will sell, which stifles them creatively. They'll only put creativity into a side mode (CoD's Zombie modes started as a total throwaway in World at War) or something that was proven elsewhere (the Blackout mode in Black Ops 4). And yes, there are indie companies getting creative and willing to go all-in on a wild concept. And there is something to be said/appreciated in applying those new ideas in a less technologically-restrictive era than the days of the 2600, NES or SNES/Genesis. But there's a difference between some small 5 man team with a wild idea in 2018 and EVERY videogame company, from a couple blokes in a garage to the giants at Nintendo, Sega, Capcom, etc. throwing everything at the wall and hoping it sticks in an era where there was no "winning" genre or game type. And that made for more memorable games.
It also doesn't help some of these games are just way too complex. And I can appreciate that in some ways; I love me a good SimCity game, and I still argue Rollercoaster Tycoon as the greatest PC game of all-time. But...again, going back to Black Ops 4...there's so much going on; so many mods, so many paint jobs, so many "specialists", loot crates, rank unlocks, etc. that it's overwhelming. There's gotta be easier ways to do all that...though I suppose they're looking more for "profitable" than "easy". And that even goes with Red Dead Redemption II. I LOVED the first, favorite game of the previous console generation. But there's SOOOOOO much busywork, so much watching gauges, so much item management...and all of it is just "shit to do" that does little to add to the experience and many times takes away from it; cleaning guns but needing gun oil or else your guns suck, cooking/crafting items one item at a time at a campfire, managing the camp even though there is literally NO punishment or detriment if you never contribute at all, and so on. Maybe that's all fun and "adds to the experience" for some, but I found myself saying "I'm not enjoying this at all" often.
I hate to play the guy sitting on his porch with a glass of Country Time Lemonade discussing "simpler times" when "you could buy sum gotdang romaine lettuce at the corner store and it didn't kill ya", but when it comes to gaming, I'm that guy. That's not to say I hate all current-gen games; Persona 5 might be one of my favorite games of all time, I've got several current games on my Switch I play the hell out of, and I'm helplessly hooked on Rocket League. But I find myself able to pass on a TON of current-gen games without flinching.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Dec 21, 2018 1:53:39 GMT -5
I bought a new computer like a year and a half ago with the intent to start playing games on it. As of now, I've yet to play any games on it at all. There's all this memory on my hard drive and it has certain features on it designed specifically for gaming, but I just haven't got myself to commit to any games. In all honesty, I've always been more of the type to watch people play games rather than play them myself. Maybe someday, who knows.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 21, 2018 5:43:40 GMT -5
I bought a new computer like a year and a half ago with the intent to start playing games on it. As of now, I've yet to play any games on it at all. There's all this memory on my hard drive and it has certain features on it designed specifically for gaming, but I just haven't got myself to commit to any games. In all honesty, I've always been more of the type to watch people play games rather than play them myself. Maybe someday, who knows. just get any cheap game and get going
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Post by Woo on Dec 21, 2018 11:48:06 GMT -5
I hate mutilplayer FPS's these days. None are as good, as creative or as fun as Timesplitters 2 imo so what's the point?
I hate online gaming on general and feel online gaming plus DLC is killing consoles. Tekken 7 didn't even have Team Battle, but hey at least you can play online right? Street Fighter V was incomplete on release and needs DLC to save it. Mass Effect 3 had to have a DLC ending change. Final Fantasy XIV released a brand new DLC game because the one on arrival was received so badly.
Are no games actually complete on release anymore? Are the days off playing games with friends on your house dead too?
I remember playing Timesplitters 2 and Micro Machines V3 8 player (both required two multitaps Timesplitters needed a link cable, two TVs and two PS2's) and it was amazing. I miss social gaming.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 21, 2018 11:53:10 GMT -5
eSports killed gaming.
Stick with your old shit.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 21, 2018 11:53:43 GMT -5
I hate mutilplayer FPS's these days. None are as good, as creative or as fun as Timesplitters 2 imo so what's the point? I hate online gaming on general and feel online gaming plus DLC is killing consoles. Tekken 7 didn't even have Team Battle, but hey at least you can play online right? Street Fighter V was incomplete on release and needs DLC to save it. Mass Effect 3 had to have a DLC ending change. Final Fantasy XIV released a brand new DLC game because the one on arrival was received so badly. Are no games actually complete on release anymore? Are the days off playing games with friends on your house dead too? I remember playing Timesplitters 2 and Micro Machines V3 8 player (both required two multitaps Timesplitters needed a link cable, two TVs and two PS2's) and it was amazing. I miss social gaming. Don't forget Gran Turismo Sport launching without a Single Player mode, and only getting one through DLC much later.
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Post by Woo on Dec 21, 2018 12:35:16 GMT -5
I hate mutilplayer FPS's these days. None are as good, as creative or as fun as Timesplitters 2 imo so what's the point? I hate online gaming on general and feel online gaming plus DLC is killing consoles. Tekken 7 didn't even have Team Battle, but hey at least you can play online right? Street Fighter V was incomplete on release and needs DLC to save it. Mass Effect 3 had to have a DLC ending change. Final Fantasy XIV released a brand new DLC game because the one on arrival was received so badly. Are no games actually complete on release anymore? Are the days off playing games with friends on your house dead too? I remember playing Timesplitters 2 and Micro Machines V3 8 player (both required two multitaps Timesplitters needed a link cable, two TVs and two PS2's) and it was amazing. I miss social gaming. Don't forget Gran Turismo Sport launching without a Single Player mode, and only getting one through DLC much later. Wtf?!!! I hate modern games. I've not even got a PS4 after owning so the previous 3 and don't feel like I've missed out. All my favourite series are on decline anyway- Resident Evil (until 7), Tekken, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid (I blame Kojima more than Konami), Final Fantasy, Silent Hill and I didn't like GTA's IV or V...
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Post by Perfect Timing on Dec 21, 2018 16:06:41 GMT -5
SCREW FPS games...screw FP games in general, far too much going on you feel like somebodys is behind you turn around it's too late you're dead. 3rd person games have always been a more relaxing experiencing IMO.
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