why realism?

[lordlillen]

i have been thinking. why do games like COD or battlefield keep being made?
ok i guess people buy them so they make money so they make those games but.
we have this wonderful thing with games, we can make anything from fantasy to insanity...
so why make war games? we can make a mario, we can make dragon age, we can make ANYTHING,
so why the f*** do we make them realistic.

i know more people then me dont like games like COD but i dont understand why people keep buying those games. war is horrible why make games about them.
dont get me wrong i like FPS games i like most genre's but if we can make games in space piloting war mechs or games were we crawl around in afganistan, why do we choose realism.

/end rant

 

[TerranReaper]

Because people like war games? I don't know, why do we like anything? Realism and fun are not exclusive from one another by the way.

 

[smearyllama]

I like modern military shooters, but I agree that there are far too many of them.

I'm a fan of Battlefield, mostly, and I kinda like Halo, and I really love MGS (not really all that realistic, but close enough), though I mostly stick with other genres.

I think it's just because it sells, and is what's popular.

It's like how in the late 80s, everyone made platformers, because Mario was successful.

Then, in the 90s, people started making JRPGs and Survival horror, because Final Fantasy and Resident Evil were popular.

Soon, we'll have something even more stupid to complain about.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Yes, Call of Duty. The most realistic game ever made. Why, I just got back from a great day of Snowmoblie-Target Practice with my incendiary shotgun and explosive crossbow. After single-handedly operating my nuclear submarine. Tommorow, I'm going Helicopter-jumping. Should be fun.

By the way, Helicopter-jumping is a very diverse sport. It's many forms includes "Hanging Onto a Rope Tied to a Crashing Helicopter and Fucking Surviving", "Jumping Onto Ladders Supported By Helicopters From Rooftops", and "Being Pulled Through a Burning, Vertical Tunnel about 500 Feet Long That's Roughly the Width of Your Arm-span at 30 MPH....By a Helicopter".

 

[Radeonx]

Because people enjoy them?
Your tastes aren't the tastes of everyone else in the world, last time I checked.

 

[smearyllama]

Yes, Call of Duty. The most realistic game ever made. Why, I just got back from a great day of Snowmoblie-Target Practice. After single-handedly operating my nuclear submarine. Tommorow, I'm going Helicopter-jumping. Should be fun.

SARCASM OVERLOAD!!!!

Holy Monkey-Christ! We're reaching critical mass!

EVACUATE THE SARCASM PLANT!!!

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Yes, Call of Duty. The most realistic game ever made. Why, I just got back from a great day of Snowmoblie-Target Practice. After single-handedly operating my nuclear submarine. Tommorow, I'm going Helicopter-jumping. Should be fun.

SARCASM OVERLOAD!!!!

Holy Monkey-Christ! We're reaching critical mass!

EVACUATE THE SARCASM PLANT!!!

You're damn straight. I've been fired from 3 different sarcasm plants for exactly that reason.

I should probably stop applying.

 

[Tyrak]

Yes, Call of Duty. The most realistic game ever made. Why, I just got back from a great day of Snowmoblie-Target Practice. After single-handedly operating my nuclear submarine. Tommorow, I'm going Helicopter-jumping. Should be fun.

I enjoyed that.

Regardless, I suppose some people enjoy realistic games because they're realistic. In a way it makes sense, as it provides a more real story, and it's a bit more relatable. Of course, if you want to get down to it, a majority of "realistic" games aren't really realistic at all. (Halo, Gears of War, et cetera.) It's more the graphics than anything.

Can't say much though, because I'm not one of the aforementioned people. I prefer a much more fantastic storyline. Something absurd and entertaining. Something that's, you know. Different, from the messed up stuff that happens in war and such. As opposed to...Well, more of it.

 

[smearyllama]

Yes, Call of Duty. The most realistic game ever made. Why, I just got back from a great day of Snowmoblie-Target Practice. After single-handedly operating my nuclear submarine. Tommorow, I'm going Helicopter-jumping. Should be fun.

SARCASM OVERLOAD!!!!

Holy Monkey-Christ! We're reaching critical mass!

EVACUATE THE SARCASM PLANT!!!

You're damn straight. I've been fired from 3 different sarcasm plants for exactly that reason.

I should probably stop applying.

Man, you're a regular Homer Simpson!

 

[Nooners]

Partially it's the technology. The Sonics and Marios of old worked quite well on those old, simple-graphic systems. Now, with the ability to make all those explosions glowy and firey and incredibly beautiful, we're on a big "realism" binge. Eventually it'll grow old and we'll move on back to the crazy days of Vectorman and Earthworm Jim and Psychonauts.

It also has to do with Call of Duty's crazy financial success, and everyone wanting a piece of the pie. Platformers were a dime a dozen back when Mario and Sonic were the reigning kings, so everyone just winds up playing follow the leader.

 

[AfroTree]

Simple

it satisfies our urges to murder other people, yay evolution

that, and peer pressure

timmy buys said game, so bob does too, but then bob buys the next in series, so timmy thinks he has to, too

 

[ultrachicken]

Yes, Call of Duty. The most realistic game ever made. Why, I just got back from a great day of Snowmoblie-Target Practice. After single-handedly operating my nuclear submarine. Tommorow, I'm going Helicopter-jumping. Should be fun.

I enjoyed that.

Regardless, I suppose some people enjoy realistic games because they're realistic. In a way it makes sense, as it provides a more real story, and it's a bit more relatable. Of course, if you want to get down to it, a majority of "realistic" games aren't really realistic at all. (Halo, Gears of War, et cetera.) It's more the graphics than anything.

Can't say much though, because I'm not one of the aforementioned people. I prefer a much more fantastic storyline. Something absurd and entertaining. Something that's, you know. Different, from the messed up stuff that happens in war and such. As opposed to...Well, more of it.

Neither Halo or Gears of War is trying to be realistic, and no-one thinks of them that way. Both of those games are sci fi.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

You got me. In my mind realism isn't fun, so making games realistic seems counterproductive. However the sales of games like CoD and whatever seem to prove me wrong. Don't ask me to understand it though.

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

Because a lot of people would like to have the intense, bloody, and emotional experience of frontline combat without the fear of blocking a bullet with their face....

 

[Waaghpowa]

Depends really, I like battlefield having realistic elements because things like bullet physics, distance over time, you need to lead your shots and adjust for distance which really helps weed out the people who are only sniping for kills, since they can't just point and win. Helps with immersion too, but done well even an crazy sci fi can be immersive.

I wouldn't say Cod is that realistic since most people play it like a death match game. People seem to care more about kill/death ratio than actual objectives, unlike Battlefield.

 

[Katana314]

The world needs to be identifiable and relatable to the players. The easiest way to do that is to have a world that we all know already. Believe it or not, only so many people in the world can readily accept a big fantasy universe filled with magic without shaking their heads at the amount of BS they're expected to believe.

 

[razelas]

Because most people aren't soldiers, thus war games are THEIR fantasies. Not every fantasy involves dragons, magic, and elves.