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Submitted by GamePodunk 358d ago | opinion piece

4 Obvious Issues That Modern Gaming Refuses To Address

GP: "If your hobby involves reading books, watching movies, or playing games then you're going to need some form of suspension of disbelief. Things are going to happen in these fantasy worlds that aren't going to happen in real life. That's the whole point of immersing yourself into another world; you usually don't want to be put in a setting that mimics where you are right now in life.

But there are some things in games that are just so obviously flawed I can't help but point them out. Things in games that make you think 'Just what is going on in their world?! Why are things like this!?' While there are plenty of examples I could name off, I've narrowed my list down to four." (3DS, Culture, Final Fantasy XIII, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Nintendo DS, PC, PS Vita, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)

Tvensky  +   358d ago
I want to be put in real life situations, and dont want to waste my time on stuff which dosnt exist..

I better play some games witch teach me something.. games like GT, Mafia, Battlefield are not perfect simulations, but at least have something about real world you can use in your own life..

I dont want to know nothing about orcs or trolls! :)
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RedDead  +   358d ago
You miss out on the best games it seems.
christian hour  +   358d ago
I don't know if it's just wishful thinking on my part, because I just want to believe so hard that nobody has this attitude towards games, or any form of medium, be it movies, books, poetry, paintings etc, but I'm pretty sure Tvensky is being VERY sarcastic but failing to realise it doesn't always translate well on the internets, or he's just trolling... He can't really be serious can he?
Tvensky  +   357d ago
Well I do play games like Metal gear, Fallout, Uncharted, COD, GTA, even final fantasy.. etc. they have fully fictional stories and stuff... but I strongly prefer games like GT5, Mafia and Battlefield like say'd above... no sarcasm! ;)

Stated above was my opinion! I didn't put it as a fact.. anyway, what I meant is that i want to use something I learned from movies, games, discovery channel, what ever you into.. its better when you know something about science and cars etc.. than some meaningless powers in skyrim and how to slay a dragon.. :)
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bishop-br  +   357d ago
What the hell can you learn from Mafia? LOL

And don't get me wrong, I do believe in games as media that can teach you stuff much beyond those politically correct educative games. The only reason I can post here is because games made me learn some english. There's a ton of stuff that I only ended researching because of games.

I also understand that games like GT can teach you the basics (and only the basics) of how someone drives a high power car in high speed without messing up, although there's no feedback available that quite prepares you for it... That holds truth for most sims, even the professional ones.

But it's not like you know how to properly operate a gun just because you can push a trigger in a controller, chances are you don't even know how to unlock safety, you don't get how different triggers work. You may end up with a hole in your foot though.

Just saying, most games won't teach you any of their main action.
ApolloAdams  +   358d ago
You want to be put in real life situations in video games?

And then don't want to waste your time on things that don't exist?

Well, that is your preference and there isn't anything wrong with that but there is not one video game that simulates real life better than real life.

And don't we play video games to be put in situations where we can't be in real life?
Fez  +   358d ago
I really hope you're not doing the things you learn in GT, Mafia or Battlefield in your day to day life!
MacDonagh  +   358d ago
What does it mean to "exist" or be "real" anyway? Did Jesus really exist? Is love really real? My view on it would be that if there is an idea that has been creatively thought out; it exists and is no more or less real than physical reality.

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frostyhat123  +   357d ago
@Tvenskt It's called the sims.
Tvensky  +   357d ago
I dont consider myself a real gamer.. thats why Im not into all those tiny details..

and I never really liked lord of the rings, Star wars or Garry Proper... dont know why Im not into it.. but I understand it might be fun for others.. art and stuff.. cant really argue about that!
AdvanceWarsSgt  +   357d ago
I respect your opinion, but I'm going to have to disagree with it. In my experience the best games have always been the ones that weren't trying to be realistic or were parodies of realism by being completely over-the-top (like GTA: SA).

But to each their own. Just know that you're in a minority.
LightofDarkness  +   357d ago
Sadly, he's not. This is how MANY modern gamers think. These are the people who only buy Madden, FIFA, GTA-alikes and COD-alikes. They outnumber us "core" gamers by a rather wide margin, it seems.
gaden_malak  +   357d ago
"games like GT, Mafia, Battlefield are not perfect simulations, but at least have something about real world you can use in your own life.. "

Like what?
Gamer1982  +   357d ago
The mario one is brilliane and so true. Though are these issues? No.. Just silly spots.
Hicken  +   357d ago
Well, at least it wasn't one of those "Why do these things happen in games when they wouldn't happen in real life?" types of articles. Those just piss me off to no end.
Jirachi  +   357d ago
I think both fantasy and realism have their places in gaming and it's best to ballance them.
Too realistic and it losses creativity(without fantasy even pong would never exist)
Too Fantasical and it losses the ability to convince someone there part of the journey and not just the player(simplely put fantasy can help immersion but too much can hurt it)

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