My interest in anything online was gone the moment my Destiny group that came together to have fun was yelling at me because I was dying in a raid and laughed about it. Even Rocket League became too serious.
I feel this. There’s enough toxic masculinity and just toxic people in online spaces before you make everything always a competition.
I don’t play many FPS games full stop. The ones I did play added a bunch of elements I didn’t like (Destiny, Overwatch, etc). Since they don’t make up the predominant portion of games I play, I can’t say it’s surprising to me.
Others have complained about the number of “mouth breathing kids” and I can’t really fault them for that. The number of people in online games with no filters, who play loud music, or have family drama going on around them on hot mic is too high. The number of people who are rude or worse is also too high.
There’s something, though, to be said for the kinds of games that are just more popular because they encourage a story and or exploration or both.
The only thing that I enjoy more than single player RPGs are co-op RPGs, to this day my favorite gaming experience is playing through the entirety of Tales of Graces f in co-op with my friend, and it’s a shame most of these games don’t even have a couch co-op option, much less an online mode, at least Larian does it with their games.
Pvp games are more likely to leave me feeling angry after a session compared to single player and coop games where I’m more often ending the session happy.
I play KSP and Dwarf Fortress so I can do single player and still end feeling angry and frustrated
Sudoku is nice - me 40sh
My appetite for PvP dropped off precipitously after college. I just don’t have the time to dedicate to getting good at any game, and every online multiplayer game I’ve ever played is toxic if you aren’t at least decent. I have no interest in a sixteen year old cursing me out because I don’t have the map memorized.
Single player generally also brings in much more flexibility, especially when it comes to things like mods. With my limited free time, if I’m enjoying a game except for thing x, I prefer the ability to remove or diminish that thing x. Also, you have the ability to pause to change laundry loads or whatever.
Mods are big for me. I almost just don’t play in modded games these days, with few exceptions. Not impossible to do that in multiplayer, but it has a whole new dimension of challenge to it.
With kids being able to pause when you have to stop the kids from killing themselves or eachother is usually a plus
Co-op is all I care for
Same but have no one to play with :/
What timezone you in?
UTC+2 (Amsterdam NL)
Bummer, I’m PST (UTC+8)…
One of my friends moved to Europe for work and I haven’t been able to hang out with him since. Timezones suck lol
Haha yeah, the inventor of timezones is an asshole lol
What do you play?
I like rts games like company of heroes and sins of a solar empire, survival games like project zomboid but also games with base building like valheim, rpg’s like baldur’s gate 3. I’m just not a fan of fps games although borderlands 2 was a lot of fun but that was mainly because of the rpg aspect. I also enjoy Stormworks, kerbal space program (sadly single-player), farming sim, it takes two, no man’s sky.
If you like survivals and base building I recommend Grounded, it’s a really well made game and lots of fun
I just played 30min and I love it! Thanks for the recommendation
I enjoy pvp games that I’m talented at. If I’m not good at something I tend to get down when I keep losing. Pvp is just really hard and bottles that feeling of helplessness.
I used to have the time to be good at PvP games. I used to have the reflexes too. Then I got older and PvP games left me behind, so I left them behind. Turning 40 this year
I’m good at metroid prime hunter pvp… That’s it
I mostly prefer single player games myself, but I’ve been addicted to the online multiplayer game Enlisted for the past couple of years.
Well when I was a teenager I liked pvp games. Now I don’t. I assume when they’re adults some of them will feel the same, probably
They needed a study to tell them that?
For me it’s really a matter of mood and if my friends are available for something co-op.
I do have one PvP pleasure though and that’s Street Fighter. I can’t stand anything team based, but give me two characters on screen 1v1 and I’m all over it.
Yea, I think I would probably say I prefer single player or co-op games over multiplayer.
But I am pretty sure that I put more time into street fighter 6 last year than every other game combined. I do really enjoy my fighting games… But I can’t really stand to play any other competitive multiplayer genre.
For me I think Street Fighter (and most other fighting games) avoid all the most frustrating parts of PvP.
No teammates to worry about. Whether they’re bad players that need to be carried, or trolls, or just some raging screecher. They’re annoying more often than not in team based games, and even when they’re not usually they’re just… non-entities quietly playing the game. There’s little to no social engagement in modern team based multiplayer, so what’s the point?
Some people might find the lack of a team frustrating as that means there’s no one else to vent at or assign blame for a loss to other than yourself, but those people can piss off and keep playing their MOBAs. They’re just making the experience worse and I’m glad to have something keeping them away.Very well balanced. While I’m sure there are other balanced fighting games out there this is more specific to SF6. Capcom has done an incredible job balancing the cast. People like to talk about who’s top tier and complain about matchups they don’t like, but looking at the overall win rates online you can see that the best v worst character is only a 3% spread. Some individual character matchups are pretty wildly skewed, but I think that’s fine.
Both players have perfect knowledge. This is a big one, imo. Nothing is hidden from either player. You know where the other person is at all times, exactly how much health you both have, and exactly what resources. Losing to something you were not aware of is one of the worst feelings in any game, and most fighting games avoid it entirely.
I don’t play multiplayer because I don’t want to be cussed out by a 6 year old.
I play games to have fun. I’m not trying to prove anything to anyone.
Hit them with the “i tapped ya mum”
That’s why MMOs are fun because we don’t use voice comms for random people, just text.
I don’t play multiplayer because I don’t want to be cussed out by a 6 year old.
Or talked to. The younger, the more rude they are in chats.
Lol you’re right
In another news a month ago, it said, young gamers do no longer seek confrontation as much and therefore play less PvP games.
This one is very specific about teenagers, kids must be more common on roblox and fortnite experiences that aren’t as sweaty as the battle royale.
I need another Uncharted style game. I don’t want another always online, micro transaction filled, lootbox earning grindfest filled with people who wish cancer on your mother because you don’t play as well as they think you should
Don’t forget invasive anti-cheat components that can reduce performance, introduce security risks into your kernel, might be spying on everything else for all we know, and still fail to prevent people from cheating.
