Over the last few years, I have found myself drifting further and further away from multiplayer games. A few years ago, I basically played nothing but Heroes of the Storm, and now I pretty much play nothing but singleplayer games.
But, seeing as Halo Infinite released a couple of months ago, I dove back into what used to be my favourite multiplayer suite, and now I remember why I stopped playing this kind of game.
See, I used to play a lot of World of Warcraft. I've quit the game about two dozen times over the years, but the game constantly drags me back into it with the world and the lore (and probably a new expansion), and then it puts me off again with the endgame. I hated how it felt. You have to do your daily quests, and your weekly quests. You can only complete one heroic dungeon a day, and you can only raid once a week - and you have to remember to do your legacy content if you want to grind for cosmetics, which follows the same rules! Oh, and remember to take part in the Darkmoon Faire every day, because the event is up, and you need the tokens for that mount that you want! And if you stop playing, then you are wasting your time - and just think of all of the dailies you need to complete!
It just started to feel like a second job that I needed to keep up with.
And since I have been playing Halo Infinite, I am seeing exactly the same stuff. There are challenges which reset every week, and you need to complete them all to earn an exclusive weekly reward. There are daily challenges where you can earn increased XP for completing your first 6 matches of the day. The game showers you with Double XP rewards that (of course) expire in real-time. There are events which come and go, which offer exclusive cosmetics, that might never return. It is just a system that has been designed to make players feel like they need to play, instead of making them want to play.
Thing is, im pretty done with Halo Infinite. I've played the MP for about 60 hours, and there are only so many times that I can play the same modes, on the same maps, with the same guns. I want to play something else now, and wait for some significant additions, but Halo is just taunting me back with exclusives rewards that I wont get, if I don't play.
It doesn't make me want to play the game, it makes me want to uninstall it.
I just hate multiplayer games, these days.
But, seeing as Halo Infinite released a couple of months ago, I dove back into what used to be my favourite multiplayer suite, and now I remember why I stopped playing this kind of game.
See, I used to play a lot of World of Warcraft. I've quit the game about two dozen times over the years, but the game constantly drags me back into it with the world and the lore (and probably a new expansion), and then it puts me off again with the endgame. I hated how it felt. You have to do your daily quests, and your weekly quests. You can only complete one heroic dungeon a day, and you can only raid once a week - and you have to remember to do your legacy content if you want to grind for cosmetics, which follows the same rules! Oh, and remember to take part in the Darkmoon Faire every day, because the event is up, and you need the tokens for that mount that you want! And if you stop playing, then you are wasting your time - and just think of all of the dailies you need to complete!
It just started to feel like a second job that I needed to keep up with.
And since I have been playing Halo Infinite, I am seeing exactly the same stuff. There are challenges which reset every week, and you need to complete them all to earn an exclusive weekly reward. There are daily challenges where you can earn increased XP for completing your first 6 matches of the day. The game showers you with Double XP rewards that (of course) expire in real-time. There are events which come and go, which offer exclusive cosmetics, that might never return. It is just a system that has been designed to make players feel like they need to play, instead of making them want to play.
Thing is, im pretty done with Halo Infinite. I've played the MP for about 60 hours, and there are only so many times that I can play the same modes, on the same maps, with the same guns. I want to play something else now, and wait for some significant additions, but Halo is just taunting me back with exclusives rewards that I wont get, if I don't play.
It doesn't make me want to play the game, it makes me want to uninstall it.
I just hate multiplayer games, these days.
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