Poll: No One I Know Likes Good Games
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Funny, considering I don't like to really show off my top ten list, not because of in fear of people saying it's stupid, but I'm nearly 28 years old, and some of the games I feel wouldn't suggest that I am 28.
Still, it seems whenever I bring up every game, everyone I know often suggests "Oh, that's a cool game" and we'll talk about it for five or so minutes. I've come to find that most people are often more lighter in mood than what you think.
From what I gathered, your friend is a game-jock, so thus must have action and no plot,
Still, it seems whenever I bring up every game, everyone I know often suggests "Oh, that's a cool game" and we'll talk about it for five or so minutes. I've come to find that most people are often more lighter in mood than what you think.
From what I gathered, your friend is a game-jock, so thus must have action and no plot,
from both sides (i never knew 40k was that fun) i can say that those guys are understandably ignorant. i'd recommend finding some new friends but dont dump the current ones.
now my story, last year i felt like showing off a personal favourite game of mine to my friends (also gamers) called ar tonelico 2 and was promptly called a pervert for playing an h-game. now these opinions came before them actually watching the game. after they watched it they admitted that whilst VERY suggestive it was not an h-game
now my story, last year i felt like showing off a personal favourite game of mine to my friends (also gamers) called ar tonelico 2 and was promptly called a pervert for playing an h-game. now these opinions came before them actually watching the game. after they watched it they admitted that whilst VERY suggestive it was not an h-game
Meh, most of my friends don't really go that far beyond shooty shooty, but some do, and luckily only a couple are fast to call different games shit, but I am happy to tell you none of my friends don't like games in general, and if you do and they call it all shit with no legit reason, get new friends.
Call of Duty is one of the worst things to come to gaming. Not that it is a bad game, but it is so mainstream right now it is insane. But yeah there is alot of casual gamers out there. I consider myself hard core.
Yeah, I supposed I take my core gaming friends for granted.
Anyway, if someone sees something like epic arching storylines in video games as being unnecessary, then they obviously haven't played a good game that has a good story. It's like saying movies aren't supposed to have special effects, because they're really just recorded plays, and plays of old didn't use many special effects. It's an antiquited view, and until those people experience how much better movies are with special effects, how much better games are with stories, they won't think any differently.
Anyway, if someone sees something like epic arching storylines in video games as being unnecessary, then they obviously haven't played a good game that has a good story. It's like saying movies aren't supposed to have special effects, because they're really just recorded plays, and plays of old didn't use many special effects. It's an antiquited view, and until those people experience how much better movies are with special effects, how much better games are with stories, they won't think any differently.
Whenever I meet new people, sooner or later they will know that I like videogames and they are ok with it, even asking me some advice on wich games to buy. I guess that I just get lucky, as I generally meet people with open minds who'd like to play something aside of FIFA or Mortal Kombat (their Call of Duty). I even gave a bit of advice to a friend of mine on wich DS games are good. Heck, back in the first years of high school, my english teacher dedicated an entire class trying to figure out the piano puzzle of the first Silent Hill... and I was taking notes =)
I guess your friends are a bunch of knuckleheads, just give them their friggin' FIFA and call it a day.
I guess your friends are a bunch of knuckleheads, just give them their friggin' FIFA and call it a day.
Well you havent got the smartest friends there, I have a similar mix, some people are just not too bright, usually those who will say the latest big budget is the shit and everything else is just shit.
I can't help but laugh at them, just like I do with my rap loving buddies who think they are "gangsta", but that's what friends are for, for the massive lulz.
Solution, make fun of them, gradually that makes them think twice about what comes flying out of their mouth.
I can't help but laugh at them, just like I do with my rap loving buddies who think they are "gangsta", but that's what friends are for, for the massive lulz.
Solution, make fun of them, gradually that makes them think twice about what comes flying out of their mouth.
IDK if I'm just lucky but all my family are gamers to some extent. Even my 60 year old mum knows her way around easy things like a FPS and is actually a pretty good old school Mario player, the wife's a more talented and a more thorough gamer than I am(any platinums/full GS/100% finished games are that way because of her!)and is STILL trying to beat a couple of speed run records on Sonic2-and getting dangerously close sometimes and all our kids game as well and their amazing reflexes and unsullied eyes usually make me trhe worst gamer in the house these days. Thankfully, I can still kick their arses at a few things but it's getting rarer by the day.
A lot of my mates, even though I'm now 40, are gamers too and there/'s only a couple of them that do the Fifa/COD only thing and even then I can't moan too much having switched from PES to Fifa a couple of years ago anyway. Even those that do stick to the everyday still like other games but find they don't have time for any more-which is fine, isn't it?
Whatever, you've been a bit unlucky and I doubt too many people are that outnumbered by anti gaming mates-and what do they WANT you to do anyway? Give up to read more? Go parasending? What? Gaming's a part of everyday life and here to stay-remember film and TV(even now some critics won't take TV that seriously)had to gain artistic acceptance n their early years and gaming's just now blowing up and becoming a normal, rather than niche, activity. Only getting bigger so you win! Tell 'em to blow one.
A lot of my mates, even though I'm now 40, are gamers too and there/'s only a couple of them that do the Fifa/COD only thing and even then I can't moan too much having switched from PES to Fifa a couple of years ago anyway. Even those that do stick to the everyday still like other games but find they don't have time for any more-which is fine, isn't it?
Whatever, you've been a bit unlucky and I doubt too many people are that outnumbered by anti gaming mates-and what do they WANT you to do anyway? Give up to read more? Go parasending? What? Gaming's a part of everyday life and here to stay-remember film and TV(even now some critics won't take TV that seriously)had to gain artistic acceptance n their early years and gaming's just now blowing up and becoming a normal, rather than niche, activity. Only getting bigger so you win! Tell 'em to blow one.
I don't know a lot of people, but the ones I do seem to take gaming in stride. My various college classmates occasionally talk about various video-games, and my profs don't bat an eye whenever I mention games as a source of inspiration (for example, I drafted a short "Quest for Glory" film script for my Drama class).
My family is pretty pro-gaming. My brother likes a lot of games, even if he doesn't have time to play them all with his busy schedule. My aunt actually got me into gaming, being a former big-time gamer who focused on Sierra point-and-clicks and holds the record in our former hometown for Lode Runner progress. We used to play N64 together, but by the time the Gamecube rolled around, she neither had the patience to learn a new controller or the reflexes to enjoy the games I preferred; she still plays games, but they're mostly Big Fish casual titles. My mother is similar, but she was never that big a gamer.
My family is pretty pro-gaming. My brother likes a lot of games, even if he doesn't have time to play them all with his busy schedule. My aunt actually got me into gaming, being a former big-time gamer who focused on Sierra point-and-clicks and holds the record in our former hometown for Lode Runner progress. We used to play N64 together, but by the time the Gamecube rolled around, she neither had the patience to learn a new controller or the reflexes to enjoy the games I preferred; she still plays games, but they're mostly Big Fish casual titles. My mother is similar, but she was never that big a gamer.
Either your friends know how to troll you really well, or you need new friends.
Everyone that surrounds me is too polite to say anything negative when I mention gaming, but I get the impression that they're not exactly accepting.
Everyone that surrounds me is too polite to say anything negative when I mention gaming, but I get the impression that they're not exactly accepting.
Sounds like my roommates, the original two only play CoD. I got one to play Limbo and he said, "This game sucks its too short and hot enough action." They will let me play my other games but eventually they just give up and either ask to watch tv or go smoke weed in their room. Like I said that was the original pair. A new guy moved in for the summer and he is the complete opposite. He liked my games especially the ones with cell-shaded graphics or good stories.
They are all my friends just the new guy seems to be more "Game Literate" than the other two.
They are all my friends just the new guy seems to be more "Game Literate" than the other two.
Hey I registrered just to say I know exactly what you mean and I often fight with exactly the same preconceptions, I guess it is easier to assume something than putting the time into something and actually form an opinion.
However since my love for gaming helped land me a job in the industry it have gotten easier. ^^
However since my love for gaming helped land me a job in the industry it have gotten easier. ^^
Wow, your friends sound pretty stupid. I'll leave it at that.
I'm the only guy I know who plays fighting games and my friends don't have a problem with that.
I'm the only one I know who plays scrolling shooters (mostly Bullet Hell) and my friends think it looks insane but cool.
I like my super difficult games (Bullet Hell/DMC/Ninja Gaiden). One of my friends has tried NG Black and DMC3 and is currently stuck on level 2 and level 8 respectively. He wonders how I managed to beat both on the highest difficulty.
As of recently, my dad thought that games were a kid's pastime and I should have really grown out of it by now. I totally ignore everything he says whenever it regards games because it's generally ignorant. If he still holds those views, he has since learned to keep his mouth shut most of the time which is amazing because I never thought he'd have the self control to do such a thing. Most of my extended family still talks too much though.
I'm the only guy I know who plays fighting games and my friends don't have a problem with that.
I'm the only one I know who plays scrolling shooters (mostly Bullet Hell) and my friends think it looks insane but cool.
I like my super difficult games (Bullet Hell/DMC/Ninja Gaiden). One of my friends has tried NG Black and DMC3 and is currently stuck on level 2 and level 8 respectively. He wonders how I managed to beat both on the highest difficulty.
As of recently, my dad thought that games were a kid's pastime and I should have really grown out of it by now. I totally ignore everything he says whenever it regards games because it's generally ignorant. If he still holds those views, he has since learned to keep his mouth shut most of the time which is amazing because I never thought he'd have the self control to do such a thing. Most of my extended family still talks too much though.
I completely understand what you're talking about. I've got friends who slave over COD and Halo but for the most part those guys are quiet about it. It's this one friend who pisses me off the most. He is so boring in his taste. He almost refuses to buy anything that isn't a free roaming fantasy RPG. I tried to show him shadow of the Collossus once and helped get to the first one. He got step on once and died and then said it wasn't his type of game. That was two years ago so I've gotten over it but even now he continuasly spoats his opinions on games he's never played.
God that sounds like heavy sarcasm, but knowing some people... it's not...Kanlic said:
Yeah, I understand your issue. Just because reviewers didn't call it God or just because you haven't heard of it before doesn't mean it's crap. Some people just need to branch out a little. Those people are -not- gamers. They might play a game or two, but they're not gamers.
Firstly, please tell me you AREN'T trying to defend recent FF games' narrative. Please, please, PLEASE.Thaius said:
ME1 (from what I remember): Defeat evil robots with
ME2 (The one I played): Gather a bunch of character's, fight evil aliens. Gather more characters. Defeat evil aliens. Very predictable storyline all through it.
Bioshock: Save a bunch of MacGuffin's from evil robots, have very shallow good/bad endings depending on whether you lustfully ate MacGuffin's souls.
Red Dead Redemption: Hunt down and capture a series of criminals, after being shot because John's not too bright.
Beyond Good & Evil: Just checked its plot. Very shallow.
I think I see the problem here. I never said the narrative was "incompetently told". I was saying that the narrative was SHALLOW.
That's not entirely fair. It's like comparing The Evil Dead to a Francis Ford Coppola film.Kanlic said:
