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Most of the video games I’ve played were pretty good. The only one I can think of that I didn’t like was MySims Kingdom for the Nintendo DS. Dropped that pretty quickly. It was a long while ago, but I’ll guess it was because there were too many fetch quests and annoying controls.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

most multiplayer shooters to me, they're typically filled with the most vile shit you'll ever hear coming from an 8 year old, and the adults are just as bad and should know better.

competitive shooters like Rainbow Six Siege or Counter Strike are also really bad in casual modes, especially if you're a new or lackluster player. You'll be flamed, team killed, and your teammates will try their absolute best to ruin your entire day over a hobby

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trying to get into those as a newbie is miserable dor all those reasons and also because, unless maybe if you get in right when the game first comes out, your competitors will be far more comfortable with the mechanics and have memorized the maps and so on. It's especially bad if you're a newbie to multiplayer shooters a whole, even if you're good at single player shooters. It becomes and exercise in: spawn, die, respawn, die... Super frustrating to begin with. And then people insult you. Noooot something I find worth bothering with for a thing that's supposed to be enjoyable in my free time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's like that with every competitive game.

You see other people playing it and think "wow, that's cool. I wanna try it", only to be welcomed by what you just described. Your success then depends on whether you have a hard skin to endure the bullshit, or if you're social enough to have others play with you that won't dismiss everything you do so easily. More often than not we don't have the patience/ability for either.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Where baby’s first swear word becomes baby’s first racial slur! Does Mommy know you talk like that on the PSBox?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

competitive shooters like Rainbow Six Siege or Counter Strike are also really bad in casual modes, especially if you’re a new or lackluster player. You’ll be flamed, team killed, and your teammates will try their absolute best to ruin your entire day over a hobby

I would be fine with all of that if they didn't also have the power to kick you from the match