Poll: Are you dissapointed in the current generation of gamers?
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An actual reason? Well, campaign. Spec ops. Good multiplayer. Incredible direction.Mazty said:
Screw resolution and technical specs, it just looks good when you're not going around looking for corpses stuck in a wall.
The storyline was fine though not that important, Killzone had way worse. Graphics are no way awful.
I don't care for the hype. I didn't buy it because of the hype. I bought it because I bought World at War before that, Modern Warfare before that, COD2 before that... and I was never dissapointed once.
What is your problem with me, mate? I LIKE IT. I'm not forcing my opinion onto you, not saying that "you're an idiot if you don't like this". I get offended when you say that if I happen to like MW2, I "settle for less for no logical reason".
It does not bother me as much as it used to. I mean, sure, it aggravates me to no end that people tend to hate jrpgs for existing, but not so much anymore. I have come to realize that it is cyclical: eventually, the JRPG will get a new paradigm so different that it existence changes the direction of future JRPGs. I would love to say it is Demon's Souls, but still has some of the problems that JRPGs have.
That being said the thing I do not like is inconsistency. The modern FPS player tends to defend the hell out of a game if the single player campaign is lackluster, but the multiplayer is decent. (I'm looking at you Johnny Spartan.) The problem being is when you point out that other games like Fracture, Haze, and Shadowrun had decent multiplayer, they start complaining that the game sucked. If you point out they violated their rule and all they are doing is jumping on the popularity bandwagon, they get piss at you.
That being said the thing I do not like is inconsistency. The modern FPS player tends to defend the hell out of a game if the single player campaign is lackluster, but the multiplayer is decent. (I'm looking at you Johnny Spartan.) The problem being is when you point out that other games like Fracture, Haze, and Shadowrun had decent multiplayer, they start complaining that the game sucked. If you point out they violated their rule and all they are doing is jumping on the popularity bandwagon, they get piss at you.
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In my opinion we can't say were dissapointed with the current generation of gamers as much as the last generation of humanity can say they're dissapointed with us. Each generation is going to be different according to how it was raised.
However being 17 and having gamed since I was 3 I was able to bear witness to the golden age which was the last 2 generations. Where story, art, gameplay and originality was more important than online multiplayer, halo clones and OMFG M0DERN WARFARE 2!!111!!
I want to beat some sense into people which may cause the games industry to lose it's sense of innovation but somewhere deep inside me, something is saying it never will. There will always be someone who tries.
Besides, I had fun with the last two generations, I'm having fun with this one. Thats what games are about right. If I have to play Battlefield 2 or Crysis Warhead with a twelve year old screaming in my ear it's just a sign of the times.
In my opinion we can't say were dissapointed with the current generation of gamers as much as the last generation of humanity can say they're dissapointed with us. Each generation is going to be different according to how it was raised.
However being 17 and having gamed since I was 3 I was able to bear witness to the golden age which was the last 2 generations. Where story, art, gameplay and originality was more important than online multiplayer, halo clones and OMFG M0DERN WARFARE 2!!111!!
I want to beat some sense into people which may cause the games industry to lose it's sense of innovation but somewhere deep inside me, something is saying it never will. There will always be someone who tries.
Besides, I had fun with the last two generations, I'm having fun with this one. Thats what games are about right. If I have to play Battlefield 2 or Crysis Warhead with a twelve year old screaming in my ear it's just a sign of the times.
Yes, i play a lot of 2D arcade fighting games and i gotta say i dont know a single young player that can play king of fighters without being the infinite gauge bar mode, they aren't interested in learning the strategy, combos, etc. or getting good in general. they play executing special moves every attack, attack by attack, that's the definition of noob and cheap in that kind of games.
You do realize that pwning shit online isn't a new thing right?
One of the most played game of all time is Counter strike, it's what? 10 years old?
You think starcraft is still as big as it is, and the sequel awaited with glee solely for teh campaign? No, it's cause of teh multiplayer, where you own people online.
Theres still made tons of games with story (I guess thats what you're looking for)
If TF 2 isn't online game where you can own peopel what is it then?
You honestly think ´games wasn't trying to be mroe graphically advanced ba gin the days? they pushed the boundries as much as curretn games, you just don't realize that cause you forget that the boundries for what graphics could do, was lower. Half life 2 was considered really nice graphcis when it came out.
TBH, I think your OP is basicly a bunch of elitist non-sense which isn't even thought through. Made solely to jerk off your own ego, by calling yourself superrior, or actrually calling otehrs inferrior, based on arguments that aren't even true.
One of the most played game of all time is Counter strike, it's what? 10 years old?
You think starcraft is still as big as it is, and the sequel awaited with glee solely for teh campaign? No, it's cause of teh multiplayer, where you own people online.
Theres still made tons of games with story (I guess thats what you're looking for)
If TF 2 isn't online game where you can own peopel what is it then?
You honestly think ´games wasn't trying to be mroe graphically advanced ba gin the days? they pushed the boundries as much as curretn games, you just don't realize that cause you forget that the boundries for what graphics could do, was lower. Half life 2 was considered really nice graphcis when it came out.
TBH, I think your OP is basicly a bunch of elitist non-sense which isn't even thought through. Made solely to jerk off your own ego, by calling yourself superrior, or actrually calling otehrs inferrior, based on arguments that aren't even true.
Here's my explanation: Modern Warfare 2 is a cheesy action film. Looking for plotholes in it is useless. It is very similar to The Rock in that regard, it's nothing more than an extremely well-made action flick.Mazty said:
There's only propaganda if you want to see propaganda (Killzone 2 wins on that field, Helghasts are a paper-thin allegory for nazis).
About the lags. I didn't experience them. Tell me all you want but if I didn't have'em, I can't relate to you. Akimbo shotguns are a *****, granted, but they're definitely not game killers. And I never found killstreaks unfair.
About the direction. Nothing new, again, granted, but it has so much, I sat through the campaing with my eyes glued to the fucking screen, saying "Holy crap, is this awesome" every five minutes.
I'm not a technician, I don't care for the resolution, I look at it and it looks gorgeous on my PC's screen.
Don't tell me that I like it for nothing just because you don't understand me and I can't make you understand me. Why should I try to explain why I like this game so much if all you say is "unbalanced multiplayer, low resolution, stupid story, how can you like this piece of shit?"
I'll tell you just that. During that Gulag level, when you were forced to fight through the shower cabins, I understood that I was playing the best game I've ever played. And your "bah! low resolution" stuff can't make me change my mind.
I am of the opinion that games are now over hyped, under done and quite frankly not as original as they used to be. If you look at the trend, most games that come out today are sequels. A majority of which are shooters which don't really add anything new to the table. I have, however, been surprisingly impressed with some of the more minor games. Games like "No more Heroes" have actually really keep me still playing games. All the other games just get old and stale and crusty.
