Why does no one play the same game anymore?

maybe your getting older kree and are above the game cliques?

maybe there masses of groups of younger teenagers playing but your group of mates have grown up etc?

maybe the students etc
 
Another good point, but there are still a select few games that can maintain our interest (currently SSBB and StarCraft). I certainly hope I'm not growing out of it, and I'd be surprised it all my mates were as they range from 15 (my little brother to) to 30, with the majority being 21ish, and it seems like a general trend across the board this generation.
 
I think there is just too many good games. Back int he Goldeneye days it was the ONLY good console FPS, now we have so much choice that people dwell on each title for less time.
 
Shamikebab said:
I think there is just too many good games. Back int he Goldeneye days it was the ONLY good console FPS, now we have so much choice that people dwell on each title for less time.
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It's a real shame if this is the way gaming will progress as it ruins gaming communities which are ultimately the only reason I play games.
 
I love SSBB actually, best thing I have bought for the Wii so far...me and my friend are addicted to it and the story mode is simple but good fun. Best purchase in a while.
 
There's something special about it that's missing from most games nowadays. It has a genuine learning curve with an incredibly high ceiling and a very competitive 1v1, 2 stock, no items game that inspires ingenious play and rewards raw skill. We need more of it this generation and less games like CoD4 imo.
 
also maybe the support isnt there for communities anymore as they were mostly pc based now a lot of people are console based and dont even touch there pc.

for example quakeworld was my main game many years ago, we had new maps coming out, new skins, loads of servers, loads of tournaments etc etc, take many modern console games bf:bc no support for that sort stuff, halo 3 no support. i remember one game (maybe a previous bf) had support for clans nobody touched.

maybe the community is being stifled by lack of availablility of these features and no way to create them as there was back in the day.

consoles are pick up and play devices after all, without any need to stay and take part in any community, for example to learn new skills etc
 
Yeah, a lot play CSS just like a lot still play StarCraft and UT2k4. Doesn't seem to happen in recent games though as CSS is the last game with a large community iirc.
 
I think it comes down to too much choice.

Goldeneye and Halo2 were massively played because they were the stand out games of that generation. But make no mistake Kreeeee when I started playing Halo2 I had 40+ Halo2 friends. But by the time the Xbox 360 came out I had about 8 Halo2 friends. Everyone had moved on.

By the time you started playing with me I think I had about 4 halo2 friends.

GRAW 1 was the same. It was the only decent 360 FPS which meant we had tones of people wanting to play and it was mostly oversubscribed... However as new games came out people moved away. GRAW required a lot of people to have fun in so when the people left the fun left (the game was **** imo, but the people were great)

Halo3 is probably let down by not having enough decent 2v2 and 4v4 maps.

It started bringing them in, but its too little to late. Only the diehard fans are still playing it (even I only play it occasionally and thats bad)

Also I think every game I play (except C&C3) has one major flaw. They make Alrik Shout and throw temper tantrums for no apparent reason
 
Some of it is choice some of it is me. I dont have the attention span I used to have. Previously I could sit playing F1 97 for hours perfecting a set up and lap and racing full length GP's.

Now 10 laps round the same track and I can't be bothered.

I also agree with fourty sevens comment on live being too impersonal playing randoms. Probably down to the sheer number of players but I used to love playing older games online against people on servers. Seeing regular foe etc.

Another problem for me is very few games get the lobby and match making systems right. All of them are flawed to some degree. I still love graw but try playing on your own and sometimes it can take a bloody hour to find a stable lobby.

This gen has moved me further away from MP gaming if anything.
 
TriedandTested said:
Perhaps the problem is with you? :) CoD4 has a LOT of people from here playing it and is still one of the biggest games on Live. It could just be that you're not in to the same games the majority of others are.
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I'm on about people playing in large parties, or "irl", and it's not just me as I've stated.

CoD4 is my second favourite game of this generation but none of my friends are interested and the lack of split screen online is a pain for those who aren't anti social :(

I reckon servers would help immensely for online console gaming, not only for lag but to bring people together more as the chances of seeing the same person twice on CoD4 is remote on the 360.
 
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I feel this is a huge problem, I can never find a game that has a decent enough community to worth investing effot in. This is why I only play FIFA online because it's wham bam thank you mam

You could try setting up a night for OCUK every 2 weeks with a selected game but it would soon die out
 
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That's what I do with CoD4. Play a few rounds then stop for the night.
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it's weird, CoD on the PC was my 1st online experience, played it for a huge amount of time, got cod 4 through the post and sent it back, I feel my tastes have changed, I have a GF and this stops spending silly amounts of time online
 
See, I was going to make the same point Fortyseven made earlier, about it being an online console thing (communities don't seem nearly as strong as they do on PC, and local multiplayer is always better on console), but you said you've also had problems having decent local sessions too, so I'm not sure. To be honest, me and my friends still play games together fairly substantially. There's an Xbox at uni that must be wearing holes into the Pro Evo 5 disc by now, and when we'd probably play more games if we could be bothered to trawl the second hand shelves for another decent game. We've got a Wii in there now, and I'm actually concerned about getting Brawl, because we may well never get any work done if I do!

Perhaps it's simply a case that there actually haven't been any decent local multiplayer games yet this generation? I mean, most of the 360's good multiplayer games are designed for internet play, and larger numbers. Four player Halo 3, for example, just doesn't work as well on the massive maps. And with the Wii, I expected it to continue on from the Gamecube and bring out tons of good four-player fun, and yet, before Brawl, all we've really had has been Sports, and that's too limited to make a sustained game out of. Both Warioware and Mario Party have been rubbish this generation.
 
I'd love a multi player game to hold my attention but sadly gone is the day of games like Age Of Empires 2. Now its all focused on combat and rushing and that doesn't interest me at all. Turtling, base building diplomacy/alliances and eventually fighting is what I like but games don't tend to emphasize that anymore.

First Person shooter wise I only like realistic shooters and even then Console levels generally don't seem as fun as the PC levels of old. Most levels don't feel like real places but rather generic and rather bland. Give me Duke Number 3D (level 2), Golden Eye (Facility), Raven Shield (Airport) anyday.
 
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