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Anon is a nostalgic gamer (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Game companies have definitely done their best to try and make multiplayer gaming more and more lonely. I settled in quick to single player cause at least I could have fun and not simultaneously be lonely and dominated by some hyper competitive toxic game matched tryharding BS.

[+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can still still be competitive, you just have to be a bit clever about it.

I recently started playing mobile shooters... in an Android emulator with a mouse and keyboard. Destroying touchscreen kiddos with a proper input device never gets boring.

Some games are even smart enough to detect the mouse and keyboard and only match you with other players using external input devices, like CoD Mobile. That's one of my favorites because it's basically CoD: Greatest Hits. All the best maps from the old games are there. And new modes come out every week. It's so much better than modern CoD; takes me back to the days of playing CoD4 and MWII on the Xbox 360 when I was a teenager.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't even want to be competitive, but stat tracking forces the issue. When you found a regular hangout place for a some team based game, you didn't need to worry about tracking every kill. You could just be helpful to your team in ways that K/D ratios can't track like throwing yourself at the opposite team when they're chasing your team member who has the flag for instance. Just not being a ragging asshole could get you a positive reputation.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

we have successfully urbanized online games. the days of a small town feeling in new online games are over

[–] GenitalHurricane@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This basically describes my experience with counter strike pre-1.6.... like 1.3 thru 1.5, circa 2002-2005. Lost thousands of hours of my youth negotiating knives-only rounds and doing stupid totem pole camping on de_dust while 1 guy on the other team tried to AWP everybody. Am I old?

[–] AllToRuleThemOne@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Day of Defeat <3

[–] FancyLad@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Shout out to my TF2 clan. You were the best friends I ever had. 🫡

[–] Adix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Great, the loss of community now extends to video games as well