SHAZBOT!
Comment on Single player games
mereo@piefed.ca 1 week ago
I’m in my early 40s. Back then, I used to play Quake 3, UT and Tribes 2 competitively. Not anymore. Life is stressful enough, and I don’t want to add to that by playing competitively. I want to relax by playing story-based games. I also play a lot of games on easy mode so that I can truly enjoy the story.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Tribes 2 was so fun.
There was a brief period where I played Tribes: Ascend, and it was actually really good and reminiscent of the old games. Then, I don’t remember specifically what happened but it only took one update to kill it. Pretty sad.
grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Tribes Ascend had at least two periods where it was good bordering on great and Hi-Rez fucked it up both times.
That company’s sheer incompetence is noteworthy. Global Agenda had serious first-mover potential and they bungled that too.
grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Difficulty doesn’t really have anything to do with story. Playing games on easy can even rob you of the enjoyment of the full gameplay mechanics. Noah Caldwell-Gervais’ recent video covering RE4R and RE9 is a good example, where some of their conclusions regarding gameplay design were only because they typically play on easier settings. Some of the things in question make more sense or have stronger legs when the game’s played on a reasonably challenging setting.
mereo@piefed.ca 1 week ago
Of course, it really depends on the game. For example, I preferred playing Borderlands 3 on normal mode because I enjoyed the mayhem, whereas I played the Horizon series on easy difficulty because the story was engaging and the world atmosphere was awesome.
So it really depends. Often, if a game is not an FPS and is really story-driven, I’ll play it on easy mode to enjoy the story. The more full and deep the game’s story is, the more likely I am to play it on easy mode to fully enjoy it after a stressful day.
grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, I get that. I’m on the opposite end where I want to be challenged and enjoy the feeling of beating a tough room or encounter. Sadly not all games are balanced well and increasing difficulty might not actually make much difference, in which case you might as well just play on easy.
mereo@piefed.ca 1 week ago
I see. Well… I guess I’ve had enough beating back then to just take it easy now!
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 week ago
About the same, but I would love to go to a lan party every now and then and actually game. I stopped going when people were more interested in sharing their puddle deep political takes then gaming and that was before gamergate. I can only imagine how bad it would be now.
People were more relaxed a lan parties and open server browser games. Rank tracking and matchmaking made everyone a sweaty gamer.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Exact same. I can pause when needed and handle priorities. Fuck MP games that drive up my blood pressure. The only MP games now are co-op, like L4D2