Ive been a gamer all of my life, but it was only when the internet really kicked off that I realized how outright ridiculous people can be. You can go to youtube and read comments until your keyboard breaks on your head, but you will never find a more spoiled, picky, self righteous, and downright rude person as the average gamer. This thread is dedicated to those type of people that almost make you want to quit being a gamer altogether just to avoid being placed into the same category as them.
5.Raiding user scores.
There is a preference for a game and then there is this (see link below). Tensions were high as Gears 2 and Resistance 2 would be released and fanboys were arguing over which would be better. Why were they doing this? Because they were exclusive to competing consoles of course. They were two different games with completly different gameplay elements, but what the hell. As soon as Resistance 3 came out, it was hit on Metacritic with a bunch of low user submitted review scores. Most of them didnt even have coherent explanations on why and the game had only been out for about 5 minutes at the time. Fanboys were up to no good. They wouldnt accept that Resistance was actually getting some decent review scores and they took action to debase it in any way they possibly could. Did it stop there? Of course not. Once Gears 2 came out, Sony fanboys were quick to do the same thing. http://n4g.com/news/221071/... ... red-to-4-1
I shouldnt even have to explain why this is pathetic. Instead of playing the game they seem to love so much, gamers are going out of their way in mass numbers to make another game look bad. Ill admit that I have my bias when it comes to games, but I dont see the point in this. No one really takes user reviews seriously, especially when you see such a huge difference in the user score and the official score. All that effort basically was for nothing.
4.Buying games based on sex appeal.
Im no prude, but when Bayonetta came out I was a little angry that it was being recieved so well by critics and gamers alike. For those of you who dont know of Bayonetta, it is a hack and slash game about a Palin-esque witch lady with really long legs, skin tight clothing that is actually hair, and a constant model strut to her movements. You spend all of the game fighting monsters by pulling off combos that strip off Bayonetta's clothing and zoom in on her lady parts as often as possible. The story is pretty much non existant and the gameplay is a ripoff of Devil May Cry. The flaws are obvious here. This is a game selling off sex and sex alone. But for some reason, critics were hailing it as fighting game of the century. Edge even gave it a 10, saying that it "Slapped God of War 3 back to the drawing board" even though God of War was not out yet.
Every gamer I came across seemed to agree as well. When I called out the obvious flaws in this game and how everyone was completly insane for thinking it was good when real good games have been nailed to the cross for far less, I was met with hostile opposition to say the least, with some people even questioning my sexuality and the integrity of my mother.
Like I said, im no prude. But the success of this game and other games like it such as Tomb Raider and Soul Calibur pretty much gives weight to the stereotype that gamers are all lonely virgins and that games are nothing but a cesspool of blood and boobs for said people. There were some great games in that same year that proved gaming could be mature about sex, one of them being Heavy Rain, but it got much less attention in the sales department of course. People always complain that video games are immature and mindless and the fact that gamers support them only proves it to be true.
3.Pixel Counting/Graphics comparison.
Go back to 2009. We see 2 great games coming out, Alan Wake and Red Dead Redemption. Both were pretty good games in thier own rights, but something was getting gamers angry. Was it a cheap ending? Game crashing bug? Nope. Someone took to trouble to zoom in 500 times to see that both games were not 720p, but a slightly lower resolution. Keep in mind that there is no possible way to even see this with the naked eye, but gamers were raging and cancelling pre orders because it was "sub-hd".
Then of course you have the inevitable multiplat comparisons of graphics to find out which looks better. This would be useful if the PS3 and 360 were not near equal in hardware, but 9 times out of 10, the differences are so miniscule that you cant even call it unless you put them side by side and glare at it for a few minutes. There are sites dedicated to comparisons of multiplat games and they always come out the same as long as the developer is competent. A minimal difference at best. http://www.lensoftruth.com/... ... omparison/
So why do gamers get hung up over such a small thing, even going as far as to count pixels to ensure they are getting the best that technology can offer? I could understand if there was some sort of game breaking element here but were are talking about a few pixels missing and gamers act like they have been screwed. It like that video where a rich girl gets a convertible for her birthday but is mad because it isnt red, making you look like a spoiled brat.
2.Being an Internet Tough Guy.
Weve all played a game of Modern Warfare and seen people yelling, swearing, or just being a douche. Maybe you get mad and drop and F bomb out of anger. I can understand that, but there are gamers on the internet who just seem to want to kill your gameplay experience by cussing people out and even using racial slurs. Those are the kind of people that keep me away from FPS games most of the time and why the mute button has become a game mechanic. Just because you are behind a mic doesnt make you a tough guy or give you the right to ruin my game. It makes all gamers look bad when you are yelling "White power" and other ethnic slurs just to piss people off. Its not funny, its not "ironic", its annoying and offensive. Keep it to yourself and quit making gamers look worse than you already are.
1.Piracy.
Piracy is the biggest threat to gaming. As games cost more to make, developers will have to take steps to ensure their game is not stolen and given away on bit torrent. One step that has been taken is PSN Pass, a one time code that will give you full access to the game. Gamers say they are agains piracy, but they have shown hostility towards this reasonable idea because they think it will destroy thier "right" to buy used games.
Other gamers support piracy because they feel games are not good enough for them to pay 60 bucks for. That type of entitlement issue is the point ive been repeating since #3. Gamers think they have a right to something when they really don't. The devs who made the game are the ones with the rights to the game and you simply have the privlage of playing it. If the game was good enough for you to steal from a developer that worked hard for it, then it must be good enough for you even if you dont want to admit it. Games are costing more and more to make and those shiny graphics are not cheap. It is better to support the games you love by buying them instead of robbing them. Its also good to pretty much accept that because piracy is so bad, devs will have to take steps to prevent it. Console locked discs are pretty much inevitable and it is not "the greedy corporation's" fault. It is the gamers fault.
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Number 5 is really lame. As soon as they can vote people vote either 10 or 1 for a game on metacrtic. The user review is pointless. At least here it has some moderation in terms of the community approving or reporting a review. Not sure why a website would do a story on user metacrtic scores nor do i see much point in making an user score lower or higher because it is only/not on your chosen platform especially when no-one cares about user scores on metacrtic. I agree with everything here
Battlecries are what bugs me.
Do people really need to make battlecries for Skyrim? Its a game. You wont exactly be battlecrying while you play it.
Those that do is just plan creepy. I'd like to see them do the battlecries a lot with their other half and still be with them :/
Bayonetta is a great game, sure its crazy japanese sexuality is a bit strong, but the game is for the hardcore, a difficult hack and slash from the guy who made devil may cry.
Catherine also has strong sexual references and is another japanese game and the review scores are good it has nothing to do with the sexual content. You may not like it but its japanese culture and if it sells well over here thats life. Heavy rain deserves more sales? Heavy rain was average at best, Played it, sold it, moved on.
1.Piracy.
Over-hyped argument, piracy has been around since the dawn of video games. Bootlegs of Atari 2600 cartridges, people copying 20 spectrum games onto a single cassette tape etc etc etc.
This is going back 30 YEARS, when the industry wasn't as profitable as it is now yet the same argument is put about as if it is going to bring about the end of all forms of media as we know it.
Christ the PSX could play copied games straight out of the box yet its one of the biggest selling consoles if not the biggest selling console of all time. Piracy actually faciitated that to some extent
The PSN pass is to allow devs to recoup potential losses of their titles being re-sold, it has NOTHING to do with piracy. The funny part of this argument is that the online aspect of any game is considered 'additional content' its not a primary selling point, its a perk. A perk you now have to pay for if you want to buy pre-owned...
I keep using the same analogy, if you bought a used car would you expect to pay Toyota or whoever the manufacturer is $xxx to be able to use the air-con? Obviously not, so why should they have any right to say 'yeah you gotta pay us extra to use that feature as you havn't bought it brand new'
Not a rant at blog author, just the piracy argument always boils my p*ss.
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with respect, I have a few counter arguments regarding #4.
1st, I dl'd the Bayonetta demo and played through it - then I replayed through it several more times. the gameplay is really great. great enough that I felt like bothering to try and achieve a higher score on subsequent playthroughs. the gameplay is tight enough that I only blamed myself when my scores were low. and it's not fair to call Bayonetta a Devil May Cry rip without also labeling others the same: God of War, Dante's Inferno, Castlevania, etc. sharing a genre =/= ripoff.
2nd, sex is not the only thing to this game (see above paragraph). and anyway, especially with the Japanese, there's often a tongue-in-cheek element to the sexiness. I think if you look again at Bayonetta in action you might detect that delightful hint of self-deprecation. it's as if the designers are saying: 'look at us (you, me, everyone); this is what we like. Silly, isn't it?' Bayonetta's sexiness is so over-the-top that I'm sure there's an element of humor deliberately inserted into the mix. and the developer's negative reaction to the subsequent fanpr0n seems to support that this isn't just a sex = $$ situation. else why would he care, right?
Soul Calibur I'm more willing to concede because it started out tame with the original, while later iterations saw progressively larger busts with increasing amounts of jiggle. it doesn't fit the gameplay. and it goes right for the lowest common denominator - giant breasts. whereas Bayonetta had 'sexiness' built into the game right at the word go and its exaggeration fits right in with the over-the-top, heaven vs. hell drama of the story. and it doesn't stoop to just shoving giant melons in our faces.
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