Well i did buy him a $2000 laptop for his birthday,and I had played Modern warfare 2 before and told him if he buys me anything not to buy that. Maybe he looked at it as a joke but i didnt.Leviathan_ said:
My Modern Warfare 2 epiphany
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Yep. Agree with the OP. I've been turned off of recent games like nobody's business lately, and that's BAD for me because I'm studying to be a game DESIGNER. @_@;
Any game gets boring after a while. If it's consistent enough to be coherent, then its consistent enough to get repetitive. A low replay value game, you shelf it for several years, maybe indefinitely. A high replay value, you shelf it until you get the hankering, and it looks fresh again.
Personally, I played MW2 single player through a few times, messed around in Spec Ops, and got to level 30-something in Multiplayer. Then I was tired of it. That's not bad, it means I have the sense to try new things. Given some time, I might go back in a few months, or a few years even, and enjoy it again. Its important to play a game because you are discovering and learning new things, not because the act of playing 1 game is so familiar, you need it to be comfortable.
Personally, I played MW2 single player through a few times, messed around in Spec Ops, and got to level 30-something in Multiplayer. Then I was tired of it. That's not bad, it means I have the sense to try new things. Given some time, I might go back in a few months, or a few years even, and enjoy it again. Its important to play a game because you are discovering and learning new things, not because the act of playing 1 game is so familiar, you need it to be comfortable.
Here's how I feel about it:FaithorFire said:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.156402-Online-shooters-too-much-stress
Exact same thing happened to me with MW2.
My gamerscore has been the same for the past... oohh... 5 months? because I've been relentlessly grinding on MW2. So I went and bought Read Dead Redemption and I'm having a hell of a lot more fun. I also started another playthrough of Fable 2 since I haven't played through it on my current Gamertag (I got a new one after my old one was hacked) and I've got another 500-600 gamerscore between Fable 2 & RDR. It's far more satisfying to actually work towards an end that's only a matter of a few hours away than grinding on MW2 for an end that isn't even technically an end.
My gamerscore has been the same for the past... oohh... 5 months? because I've been relentlessly grinding on MW2. So I went and bought Read Dead Redemption and I'm having a hell of a lot more fun. I also started another playthrough of Fable 2 since I haven't played through it on my current Gamertag (I got a new one after my old one was hacked) and I've got another 500-600 gamerscore between Fable 2 & RDR. It's far more satisfying to actually work towards an end that's only a matter of a few hours away than grinding on MW2 for an end that isn't even technically an end.
I don't play most of any game online unless my friends are with me that's why I like Halo for 4 player split-screen. As for MW2 me and my friends compete to see who can do the best or if we're bored then we fuck around online.
I have been having fun with online games (bc2, tf2 and counter strike) and I still will for a while because I have fun sometimes but the main attraction for me is the challenge. I like fighting against other people online. However that being said I just downloaded DOSBox started to play DOOM and wolfenstien 3d and that is some of the most fun I have ever had.
Yeah, that happened to me a couple months after I bought it, but unlike CoD 4 and WaW I stopped giving a rats @$$ about my K/D and win/lose raito and started having fun. I mean like secondary only, quick scopes, throwing knives, the whole 9 yards just to have fun. Cuz in WaW and CoD 4 it wasnt such a downer to work on getting a better K/D.
I have realized that it has just become second nature to play and... therefore... boring. When a game stops holding surprises and simply makes the user hate life every couple of seconds, it isn't good. The only reason why I actively play now is to play xbox online with friends. That's it.
Upon reading the OP, I also agree that MW2 is starting to feel like a job. Especially if you are constantly getting upset when people act like complete asshats for no particular reason.
Upon reading the OP, I also agree that MW2 is starting to feel like a job. Especially if you are constantly getting upset when people act like complete asshats for no particular reason.
I keep seeing AC2 popping up in comments here
sighhh I was so excited about playing that game, and while I had fun beating 100% and beyond...idk looking back I'm just like "...ya I don't wanna touch this anymore" cuz I just sorta outplayed the fun in it (and well, I played Prince of Persia 08 and don't ask me why but it really really got to me story-wise and...maybe you have to fall in love with Elika for the story/ending to really hit home hard)
sighhh I was so excited about playing that game, and while I had fun beating 100% and beyond...idk looking back I'm just like "...ya I don't wanna touch this anymore" cuz I just sorta outplayed the fun in it (and well, I played Prince of Persia 08 and don't ask me why but it really really got to me story-wise and...maybe you have to fall in love with Elika for the story/ending to really hit home hard)
Actually, this happened to me with EVE Online. I played it extensively for a year and a half, training up my character from frigates to battleships. But at the end of a highly unsuccessful campaign my alliance took part in (and got our asses kicked) where I ended up contributing nothing and losing huge amounts of my possessions I reassessed how I was experiencing the game and came to the sad conclusion that, in hundreds of hours of gameplay, I'd almost never actually had fun. The few times I had enjoyed myself were really nothing special considering how much more easily I could enjoy myself in pretty much any other game and most of the game was work and frustration. The big events during the campaign, where our leaders insisted on our presence for several hours a day, were basically sitting around for ages waiting for people to get ready, then shooting stationary, non-player targets for hours. And we still LOST. It was horrible. So I quit. On the spot. Cancelled my subscription, left a quick note on my corporation's message board and uninstalled the game.FaithorFire said:
No, but that's because I had the foresight to see exactly what you're talking about and avoid it in the first place. I did get CoD6 (MW2 will forever be reserved for the far superior game MechWarrior 2) and enjoyed the campaign and multiplayer until I got first prestige and decided that was enough for me. I got my money's worth, I don't need to get 10th prestige to feel good about myself. Getting into the Pro League in Starcraft 2 is far more important.
P.S. My SNES has been hooked up and used on a regular basis since I got it. When I moved on the newer games my cousins took over playing it, and now that the newer games are so rarely worth getting excited about, I still replay the classics or have friends over for games like Super Bomberman 2, Mario Kart, and Turtles in Time.
P.S. My SNES has been hooked up and used on a regular basis since I got it. When I moved on the newer games my cousins took over playing it, and now that the newer games are so rarely worth getting excited about, I still replay the classics or have friends over for games like Super Bomberman 2, Mario Kart, and Turtles in Time.
why does that guy get suspended for saying "yes"? I'm kinda lost ~_~khaimera said:
in any case, OT: I think you may be in a very small group of people to have this "epiphany". I guess in the end it doesn't really matter for the rest of us, not being mean, i'm just saying, it just doesn't really seem to be important
This. I actually played MW2 online for a good while after I got it before this realisation hit me. I have found it to be true with the vast majority of games I have played online. I only ever occasionally dip into online play with any games now, haven't played MW2 in almost 6 months and don't miss it at all.CTU_Loscombe said:
The only game I still play online at all is IL2:1946 on the PC.