What happened to Multiplayer gaming?

gestures468 · 07-26-2011, 10:43 PM

Nowadays people just care about their kill death ratio or yelling at the enemies or even their own team.

I remember a time were you could play multiplayer games and not be insulted every 4 seconds, were people would care about completing the objective more than getting kills, were people would give the competitors tips on how to avoid dying that way or counter that weapon/class instead of insulting them.

What happened to multiplayer games?

Inb4callofdutydidit

Burack · 07-26-2011, 10:45 PM

spoiled preteen kids.

JudgementBullet · 07-26-2011, 10:47 PM

Call of Duty did it.

gestures468 · 07-26-2011, 10:51 PM

When halo 2 was out capture the flag was the best experience with lots of teamwork ever now in halo reach the only team work you see is very rare and usually poor quality

Azof · 07-26-2011, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gestures468

Nowadays people just care about their kill death ratio or yelling at the enemies or even their own team.

I remember a time were you could play multiplayer games and not be insulted every 4 seconds, were people would care about completing the objective more than getting kills, were people would give the competitors tips on how to avoid dying that way or counter that weapon/class instead of insulting them.

What happened to multiplayer games?

Inb4callofdutydidit

I play Black Ops on the 360 ( it runs like crap on pc)

I maintain a 3.24 ratio but only a 0.80 ratio I play the objective but I only like playing by myself so I constantly get teamed up against parties so can not win with a level 4 and his guest who are sharing a 19" screen.

I don't give abuse as I don't use a mic and if I anyone messages me for advice I give it to them.

IgnoreThisPlox · 07-26-2011, 11:46 PM

I hate ranking system in MP or achievement unlocking to unlock new weapons and such. I wish MP FPSes were like CS where you have everything unlock but you have a currency to buy it

Disodium · 07-26-2011, 11:54 PM

..yet you have to get(achieve) money to buy(unlock) them..

ernest. · 07-27-2011, 12:04 AM

I wish Battlefield 3 didn't show a kill/death scoreboard. Or even no scoreboard at all would be nice.

stinkytaco · 07-27-2011, 12:12 AM

Free MMO's are making everything generic.

Hats

GFWL

Cosplay

lack of inovvation

most things are just an update of Quake with pretty graphics, lets try something new!

Games with no server browsers!!! (Kiss me bumm Minecraft and Terraria!)

psihomir2 · 07-27-2011, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stinkytaco

Free MMO's are making everything generic.

Hats

GFWL

Cosplay

lack of inovvation

most things are just an update of Quake with pretty graphics, lets try something new!

Games with no server browsers!!! (Kiss me bumm Minecraft and Terraria!)

Yeah, lack of server browsers is totally a game-killing feature and definitely the reason for immaturity in these games' playerbases...

OP, I think it was inevitable, 10-15 years ago gaming and the Internet as a whole was still the geek's domain, nowadays everyone is on there and gaming is popular among all groups. I saw something similar happen to many IRC channels I was hanging out at around the time IRC was dying completely.

Firestorm998 · 07-27-2011, 12:43 AM

For me it was CS:S, our clan was split and it was the end of MP for me.

I've had a couple of goes of my son's MW2 on the 360 and it didn't seem too bad.. Screaming kiddie-wise anyway.
As psihomir2 says, there's a newer demographic and us hardcore* lot notice the shift in the game design. It's not just MP either, SP is affected.

*Dislike this term tbh.

Parliamentarian · 07-27-2011, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gestures468

I remember a time were you could play multiplayer games and not be insulted every 4 seconds, were people would care about completing the objective more than getting kills, were people would give the competitors tips on how to avoid dying that way or counter that weapon/class instead of insulting them.

I've been playing online multiplayer games since Doom; I do not remember it ever being anything other than what you described above.

Zamav · 07-27-2011, 01:13 AM

You forgot to take off your rose tinted glasses. Thats the reason

MrSniker · 07-27-2011, 01:29 AM

Games have always been like that do you not remember CS before VAC? My god there were cheaters everywhere, same goes for Starcraft map hacking was baaaad.

CS you'd always get cheaters or people who would play annoying music over the microphone for whole matches.

You just notice more people going for more k/d and such because there's more people online now then there was ever, hence there's more K/D pro gamer wannabes.

Nitronumber9 · 07-27-2011, 02:01 AM

Short answer - gaming is now catering for the casuals.

Longer answer - gaming is currently catering for the casual gamer and doing more to keep them, while its impossible to compare a game from 10 years ago with games of today, however game companies are choosing to add more and more to these games to increase longevity while not making the game more fun.

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07-26-2011, 10:45 PM	#2
Burack Join Date: Sep 2008 Reputation: 1200 Posts: 821	spoiled preteen kids.

07-26-2011, 10:47 PM	#3
JudgementBullet Join Date: Feb 2010 Reputation: 105 Posts: 820	Call of Duty did it.

07-26-2011, 10:51 PM	#4
gestures468 Banned Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 852 Posts: 4,540	When halo 2 was out capture the flag was the best experience with lots of teamwork ever now in halo reach the only team work you see is very rare and usually poor quality

07-26-2011, 11:46 PM	#6
IgnoreThisPlox Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 2787 Posts: 841	I hate ranking system in MP or achievement unlocking to unlock new weapons and such. I wish MP FPSes were like CS where you have everything unlock but you have a currency to buy it

07-26-2011, 11:54 PM	#7
Disodium Join Date: Oct 2008 Reputation: 115 Posts: 2,238	..yet you have to get(achieve) money to buy(unlock) them..

07-27-2011, 12:04 AM	#8
ernest. Join Date: Apr 2009 Reputation: 414 Posts: 263	I wish Battlefield 3 didn't show a kill/death scoreboard. Or even no scoreboard at all would be nice.

07-27-2011, 12:12 AM	#9
stinkytaco Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 690 Posts: 1,387	Free MMO's are making everything generic. Hats GFWL Cosplay lack of inovvation most things are just an update of Quake with pretty graphics, lets try something new! Games with no server browsers!!! (Kiss me bumm Minecraft and Terraria!)

07-27-2011, 12:43 AM	#11
Firestorm998 Join Date: Oct 2008 Reputation: 6173 Posts: 396	For me it was CS:S, our clan was split and it was the end of MP for me. I've had a couple of goes of my son's MW2 on the 360 and it didn't seem too bad.. Screaming kiddie-wise anyway. As psihomir2 says, there's a newer demographic and us hardcore* lot notice the shift in the game design. It's not just MP either, SP is affected. *Dislike this term tbh.

07-27-2011, 01:13 AM	#13
Zamav Join Date: Feb 2008 Reputation: 520 Posts: 2,063	You forgot to take off your rose tinted glasses. Thats the reason

07-27-2011, 01:29 AM	#14
MrSniker Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 306 Posts: 249	Games have always been like that do you not remember CS before VAC? My god there were cheaters everywhere, same goes for Starcraft map hacking was baaaad. CS you'd always get cheaters or people who would play annoying music over the microphone for whole matches. You just notice more people going for more k/d and such because there's more people online now then there was ever, hence there's more K/D pro gamer wannabes.

07-27-2011, 02:01 AM	#15
Nitronumber9 Join Date: Jan 2010 Reputation: 394 Posts: 2,247	Short answer - gaming is now catering for the casuals. Longer answer - gaming is currently catering for the casual gamer and doing more to keep them, while its impossible to compare a game from 10 years ago with games of today, however game companies are choosing to add more and more to these games to increase longevity while not making the game more fun.