Poll: No One I Know Likes Good Games

[DrDango]

I have sorta the same situation my only true gamer is josh (not real name) he has the same opinions on gaming as myself all other gaming friends are ignorant e.g josh and i were talking about the upcoming release of MW3 and BF3 I said "I'm going to not buy MW3 but I might buy BF3 if its more like BF2 and BF1942" Josh agreed. then the others ganged up on me because i qoute "BF is shit and COD is the reoncarantion of christ" I then showed them BF2 then said "this isn't shit it great actually".

my point try convicing them by making them play them or if not use some infalable logic on them
e.g I said "minecraft has shit graphics"
they said "NO! IT DOESN'T (fanboy rage voice)"
i then said "its true because has the minimum polygons for a 3d game on each object 6 everything 6"
they said "so.. its still looks nice"
I said "thats not graphics thats Aesthics"
they shut up and left

 

[Vancleef]

As far as I know, all the cool kids at school play CoD, CS or Fifa.


My friends and I talk about all sorts of games, though one is a valve fan-boy, one mainly plays free mmo's + minecraft, and one claims he is a retro gamer etc.


My brother is just like the guys the OP wrote about.

AC2 was not worth his time, cause you could not stab people at once.
Starcraft 2 was not worth his time, cause it was too complicated.
And Okami was too boring.



My parents could care less about gaming.

 

[Mungular]

haha "video games are for kids". sounds like your friends need to be informed!

 

[Brandon237]

If anyone said my Crysis, Fallout NV and Star Craft 2 were shit, they would be booted from my home! My friends all play games other than the very mainstream themselves so... no real problem, but seriously, your friends said that? SPARTA KICK DEM!

 

[SckizoBoy]

I've already been beaten to it (first reply, no less), but 'games should have no story' and 'AssCreed 2 is a good game' is a bit of a contradiction.

Anyway, I think most people here would agree that (MP aside) CoD-BlOps sucked (or at least I think so).

Most of my friends are gamers anyway, so it hardly matters to me. My family don't really care what my hobbies are provided 1. I don't waste all my money on it & 2. I work.

Those friends that don't game (and they don't really care what I get up to when I'm not around), I do other stuff with... like violence.

 

[Isnack]

most of my circle of friends are just as into gaming as i am, except for one who decided to talk smack about portal, that was messy.

 

[Sleepy Sol]

I'd say most of my friends aren't as into gaming as I am; they're mostly CoD players that pick up the odd game every now and then. They don't tend to dismiss games I have as 'shit' though. I've had 2 of my friends to watch me play BlazBlue and screw around with Tager online; laughs were had. Hell, I even got one of those friends to play Portal and I think he was better off for it. My brother is a different story. He often dismisses anything that isn't a modern shooter (save maybe one or two RPGS) as shit because he can't understand it. Sounds a bit like your friends.

 

[Zantos]

No I often get told everything I play is shit. Mostly because I own consoles (that is, alongside a gaming PC) and because I generally prefer the "popular" games. I essentially have the opposite problem that OP has. I get looked down on by the mighty JRPG/RPG/Valve fans as some sort of simpleton just because I actually really enjoy Call of Duty and Halo.

Even though my flatmate (by far the worst offender) still insists we have all my consoles in the living room so we can all play.

 

[repeating integers]

No I often get told everything I play is shit. Mostly because I own consoles (that is, alongside a gaming PC) and because I generally prefer the "popular" games. I essentially have the opposite problem that OP has. I get looked down on by the mighty JRPG/RPG/Valve fans as some sort of simpleton just because I actually really enjoy Call of Duty and Halo.

Even though my flatmate (by far the worst offender) still insists we have all my consoles in the living room so we can all play.

Dear god, these people actually exist in REAL LIFE? I thought they were just, y'know, internet tough guys.

OT: Can't remember the last time I was genuinely attacked for my opinions on gaming. I have one friend IRL who loves CoD and hates Halo, putting him opposite me, so we clash about that sometimes - but other than that, people are very tolerant.

Now if only everyone else could have my luck...

 

[Unia]

So do your friends make a habit of dissing other people's interests for no reason? Actual topic aside that's really immature.

Guess I'm lucky when it comes to friends. One likes JRPGs and WoW, one likes simulations and Civilization, one likes anything actiony (with story!) and even the only one who isn't actually a "gamer" enjoys watching me play some story-heavy things or messing with co-op. Most of all we all like joining for Rock Band and such. My parents both play games, even if my mother (hypocritically) views it as a massive waste of time.

Oh, but we're all female so according to people like in OP we don't exist.