Ive been a gamer all of my life, but it was only when the internet really kicked off that I realized how outright ridiculous people can be. You can go to youtube and read comments until your keyboard breaks on your head, but you will never find a more spoiled, picky, self righteous, and downright rude person as the average gamer. This thread is dedicated to those type of people that almost make you want to quit being a gamer altogether just to avoid being placed into the same category as them.
5.Raiding user scores.
There is a preference for a game and then there is this (see link below). Tensions were high as Gears 2 and Resistance 2 would be released and fanboys were arguing over which would be better. Why were they doing this? Because they were exclusive to competing consoles of course. They were two different games with completly different gameplay elements, but what the hell. As soon as Resistance 3 came out, it was hit on Metacritic with a bunch of low user submitted review scores. Most of them didnt even have coherent explanations on why and the game had only been out for about 5 minutes at the time. Fanboys were up to no good. They wouldnt accept that Resistance was actually getting some decent review scores and they took action to debase it in any way they possibly could. Did it stop there? Of course not. Once Gears 2 came out, Sony fanboys were quick to do the same thing. http://n4g.com/news/221071/... ... red-to-4-1
I shouldnt even have to explain why this is pathetic. Instead of playing the game they seem to love so much, gamers are going out of their way in mass numbers to make another game look bad. Ill admit that I have my bias when it comes to games, but I dont see the point in this. No one really takes user reviews seriously, especially when you see such a huge difference in the user score and the official score. All that effort basically was for nothing.
4.Buying games based on sex appeal.
Im no prude, but when Bayonetta came out I was a little angry that it was being recieved so well by critics and gamers alike. For those of you who dont know of Bayonetta, it is a hack and slash game about a Palin-esque witch lady with really long legs, skin tight clothing that is actually hair, and a constant model strut to her movements. You spend all of the game fighting monsters by pulling off combos that strip off Bayonetta's clothing and zoom in on her lady parts as often as possible. The story is pretty much non existant and the gameplay is a ripoff of Devil May Cry. The flaws are obvious here. This is a game selling off sex and sex alone. But for some reason, critics were hailing it as fighting game of the century. Edge even gave it a 10, saying that it "Slapped God of War 3 back to the drawing board" even though God of War was not out yet.
Every gamer I came across seemed to agree as well. When I called out the obvious flaws in this game and how everyone was completly insane for thinking it was good when real good games have been nailed to the cross for far less, I was met with hostile opposition to say the least, with some people even questioning my sexuality and the integrity of my mother.
Like I said, im no prude. But the success of this game and other games like it such as Tomb Raider and Soul Calibur pretty much gives weight to the stereotype that gamers are all lonely virgins and that games are nothing but a cesspool of blood and boobs for said people. There were some great games in that same year that proved gaming could be mature about sex, one of them being Heavy Rain, but it got much less attention in the sales department of course. People always complain that video games are immature and mindless and the fact that gamers support them only proves it to be true.
3.Pixel Counting/Graphics comparison.
Go back to 2009. We see 2 great games coming out, Alan Wake and Red Dead Redemption. Both were pretty good games in thier own rights, but something was getting gamers angry. Was it a cheap ending? Game crashing bug? Nope. Someone took to trouble to zoom in 500 times to see that both games were not 720p, but a slightly lower resolution. Keep in mind that there is no possible way to even see this with the naked eye, but gamers were raging and cancelling pre orders because it was "sub-hd".
Then of course you have the inevitable multiplat comparisons of graphics to find out which looks better. This would be useful if the PS3 and 360 were not near equal in hardware, but 9 times out of 10, the differences are so miniscule that you cant even call it unless you put them side by side and glare at it for a few minutes. There are sites dedicated to comparisons of multiplat games and they always come out the same as long as the developer is competent. A minimal difference at best. http://www.lensoftruth.com/... ... omparison/
So why do gamers get hung up over such a small thing, even going as far as to count pixels to ensure they are getting the best that technology can offer? I could understand if there was some sort of game breaking element here but were are talking about a few pixels missing and gamers act like they have been screwed. It like that video where a rich girl gets a convertible for her birthday but is mad because it isnt red, making you look like a spoiled brat.
2.Being an Internet Tough Guy.
Weve all played a game of Modern Warfare and seen people yelling, swearing, or just being a douche. Maybe you get mad and drop and F bomb out of anger. I can understand that, but there are gamers on the internet who just seem to want to kill your gameplay experience by cussing people out and even using racial slurs. Those are the kind of people that keep me away from FPS games most of the time and why the mute button has become a game mechanic. Just because you are behind a mic doesnt make you a tough guy or give you the right to ruin my game. It makes all gamers look bad when you are yelling "White power" and other ethnic slurs just to piss people off. Its not funny, its not "ironic", its annoying and offensive. Keep it to yourself and quit making gamers look worse than you already are.
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