Some of my friends and I somehow got into the topic of the people who choose a certain character or item in-game because either the top players use/have it, it is a very cheap character/item to use or is the most glorified (which does not mean it is a good item/character). Variety is the spice of life but we have come across a lot of instances where almost everyone uses the same thing. While there is a lot of times this happens, for the purpose of staying away from the great wall of text syndrome I will only list a few recognisable things.
Anyone who has played a driving game will most likely have found a single car to be the most used. The vast number of people plaguing online forums asking what is the best car to use. Despite the number of veterans that go on to say there is no best car and it is all down to your play style, they will still continue to ask these questions.
If you have ever browsed the World of Warcraft forums, there is an incredibly large number of people who ask what is the best race or what is the best class. I don't think this needs explaining.
In fighting games, most recently Street Fighter 4, people online will have come across the incredibly large number of people playing as one character. Out of 20 matches I have played on Street fighter 4, 17 of them were against ken, 1 as sagat, 1 against akuma and the last one was against ryu. Personally I choose to go as Fei Long, I haven't faced anyone as him yet so a lot of the time people don't really know what to expect. On the topic of the number of people playing as ken, most of the only use 3 moves: hadoken, shoryuken and grab. It really takes the fun away as every fight feels the same for me as there isn't enough variety.
It can be seen as natural instinct to want to have the best character/item and try to be the best, but it seems to take away the true fun from the game as it makes it feel samey.
What sort of experiences have you had with this sort of behaviour and how do you feel about it?
Anyone who has played a driving game will most likely have found a single car to be the most used. The vast number of people plaguing online forums asking what is the best car to use. Despite the number of veterans that go on to say there is no best car and it is all down to your play style, they will still continue to ask these questions.
If you have ever browsed the World of Warcraft forums, there is an incredibly large number of people who ask what is the best race or what is the best class. I don't think this needs explaining.
In fighting games, most recently Street Fighter 4, people online will have come across the incredibly large number of people playing as one character. Out of 20 matches I have played on Street fighter 4, 17 of them were against ken, 1 as sagat, 1 against akuma and the last one was against ryu. Personally I choose to go as Fei Long, I haven't faced anyone as him yet so a lot of the time people don't really know what to expect. On the topic of the number of people playing as ken, most of the only use 3 moves: hadoken, shoryuken and grab. It really takes the fun away as every fight feels the same for me as there isn't enough variety.
It can be seen as natural instinct to want to have the best character/item and try to be the best, but it seems to take away the true fun from the game as it makes it feel samey.
What sort of experiences have you had with this sort of behaviour and how do you feel about it?
