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https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/1/11141082/what-video-games-to-play-in-2016
...except the article lists the differences as positives, when in many ways they are negatives too.
How is DLC cash grabbing a positive?
How is single player being supplemental to multiplayer a positive?
How is mandatory pay to play online a positive?
How is the dominance of realism and the improvement of graphics making most games look generic/similar and less stylized a positive?
And this one triggers me to no end....but DOTA, League of Legends, etc....it's just Warcraft 3 man. And I enjoyed Warcraft 3 much more. I'm completely baffled by the explosion. When the hell are we getting Warcraft 4?
As he notes, it isn't even the same hobby anymore. I played games for escapism, an interactive movie with a great story, with multiplayer when I occasionally felt competitive with my buddies. If I wanted to play sports I'd go outside.
Video games were always more than an online sport. They were an artistic experience, a place to play with cool toys and collect them, OR a place to play against a buddy.
I might sound like an old fogey, but I'm 29 and 10 years ago I was 19 lmao Can I get a fuck yeah?
...except the article lists the differences as positives, when in many ways they are negatives too.
How is DLC cash grabbing a positive?
How is single player being supplemental to multiplayer a positive?
How is mandatory pay to play online a positive?
How is the dominance of realism and the improvement of graphics making most games look generic/similar and less stylized a positive?
And this one triggers me to no end....but DOTA, League of Legends, etc....it's just Warcraft 3 man. And I enjoyed Warcraft 3 much more. I'm completely baffled by the explosion. When the hell are we getting Warcraft 4?
As he notes, it isn't even the same hobby anymore. I played games for escapism, an interactive movie with a great story, with multiplayer when I occasionally felt competitive with my buddies. If I wanted to play sports I'd go outside.
Video games were always more than an online sport. They were an artistic experience, a place to play with cool toys and collect them, OR a place to play against a buddy.
I might sound like an old fogey, but I'm 29 and 10 years ago I was 19 lmao Can I get a fuck yeah?