Gaming trends through the years...

[Deleted member 158512]

when did jrpgs die

When nobody localized the new Metal Max games.

 

[AceWarhead]

So I guess i'm the only one who wants FPS to not be on top anymore and have other genres become more popular.

I don't get it when people don't like FPS's being "on top"
It's pretty satisfying to shoot something up with a gun, like it or not.
FPS have been in existence for a long time, and always will be.

Theres a difference between shooting something and playing just another FPS. Like I said no one wants FPS to disappear but just let other genres have the top spot instead of hogging it.

Again I got no problem with shooting games like BRS the game and the 3rd Birthday but its just FPS that pisses me off since those FPS fanboys always think they're automatically better than eveyone else because all they play is FPS.

Yeah, I get your point. But many genres have had the top spot for a long time. Over the years, From platformers to RPGs, it's now the FPS's genre to dominate for a short time. It'll all go away for some other genre, only for it to come back in around 20 years or so.
And that's just stupid if someone thinks they're automatically cool if they play bland ol' MW3.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

So I guess i'm the only one who wants FPS to not be on top anymore and have other genres become more popular.

I don't get it when people don't like FPS's being "on top"
It's pretty satisfying to shoot something up with a gun, like it or not.
FPS have been in existence for a long time, and always will be.

Theres a difference between shooting something and playing just another FPS. Like I said no one wants FPS to disappear but just let other genres have the top spot instead of hogging it.

Again I got no problem with shooting games like BRS the game and the 3rd Birthday but its just FPS that pisses me off since those FPS fanboys always think they're automatically better than eveyone else because all they play is FPS.

Yeah, I get your point. But many genres have had the top spot for a long time. Over the years, From platformers to RPGs, it's now the FPS's genre to dominate for a short time. It'll all go away for some other genre, only for it to come back in around 20 years or so.
And that's just stupid if someone thinks they're automatically cool if they play bland ol' MW3.

I actually found that FPS has been dominating for longer than the other genres really but that might just be me since alot of the so called "gamers" where I live are just CoD pricks.
I agree that its stupid but alot of genre fanboys are like this, I mean in my area your either a CoD or WRPG fanboy and if your neither of them then your not a real gamer apparently.

 

[Gahars]

So I guess i'm the only one who wants FPS to not be on top anymore and have other genres become more popular.

I don't get it when people don't like FPS's being "on top"
It's pretty satisfying to shoot something up with a gun, like it or not.
FPS have been in existence for a long time, and always will be.

Theres a difference between shooting something and playing just another FPS. Like I said no one wants FPS to disappear but just let other genres have the top spot instead of hogging it.

Again I got no problem with shooting games like BRS the game and the 3rd Birthday but its just FPS that pisses me off since those FPS fanboys always think they're automatically better than eveyone else because all they play is FPS.

Yeah, I get your point. But many genres have had the top spot for a long time. Over the years, From platformers to RPGs, it's now the FPS's genre to dominate for a short time. It'll all go away for some other genre, only for it to come back in around 20 years or so.
And that's just stupid if someone thinks they're automatically cool if they play bland ol' MW3.

I actually found that FPS has been dominating for longer than the other genres really but that might just be me since alot of the so called "gamers" where I live are just CoD pricks.
I agree that its stupid but alot of genre fanboys are like this, I mean in my area your either a CoD or WRPG fanboy and if your neither of them then your not a real gamer apparently.

Do you happen to live on a farm? I ask because your area seems to be inhabited primarily by strawmen.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

So I guess i'm the only one who wants FPS to not be on top anymore and have other genres become more popular.

I don't get it when people don't like FPS's being "on top"
It's pretty satisfying to shoot something up with a gun, like it or not.
FPS have been in existence for a long time, and always will be.

Theres a difference between shooting something and playing just another FPS. Like I said no one wants FPS to disappear but just let other genres have the top spot instead of hogging it.

Again I got no problem with shooting games like BRS the game and the 3rd Birthday but its just FPS that pisses me off since those FPS fanboys always think they're automatically better than eveyone else because all they play is FPS.

Yeah, I get your point. But many genres have had the top spot for a long time. Over the years, From platformers to RPGs, it's now the FPS's genre to dominate for a short time. It'll all go away for some other genre, only for it to come back in around 20 years or so.
And that's just stupid if someone thinks they're automatically cool if they play bland ol' MW3.

I actually found that FPS has been dominating for longer than the other genres really but that might just be me since alot of the so called "gamers" where I live are just CoD pricks.
I agree that its stupid but alot of genre fanboys are like this, I mean in my area your either a CoD or WRPG fanboy and if your neither of them then your not a real gamer apparently.

Do you happen to live on a farm? I ask because your area seems to be inhabited primarily by strawmen.

No, I live in a normal slightly racist australian city which sucks cause its a nice area to live in but the "gamers" suck here.

 

[AceWarhead]

So I guess i'm the only one who wants FPS to not be on top anymore and have other genres become more popular.

I don't get it when people don't like FPS's being "on top"
It's pretty satisfying to shoot something up with a gun, like it or not.
FPS have been in existence for a long time, and always will be.

Theres a difference between shooting something and playing just another FPS. Like I said no one wants FPS to disappear but just let other genres have the top spot instead of hogging it.

Again I got no problem with shooting games like BRS the game and the 3rd Birthday but its just FPS that pisses me off since those FPS fanboys always think they're automatically better than eveyone else because all they play is FPS.

Yeah, I get your point. But many genres have had the top spot for a long time. Over the years, From platformers to RPGs, it's now the FPS's genre to dominate for a short time. It'll all go away for some other genre, only for it to come back in around 20 years or so.
And that's just stupid if someone thinks they're automatically cool if they play bland ol' MW3.

I actually found that FPS has been dominating for longer than the other genres really but that might just be me since alot of the so called "gamers" where I live are just CoD pricks.
I agree that its stupid but alot of genre fanboys are like this, I mean in my area your either a CoD or WRPG fanboy and if your neither of them then your not a real gamer apparently.

Do you happen to live on a farm? I ask because your area seems to be inhabited primarily by strawmen.

More like inhabited by idiots...

 

[ZaeZae64]

So I guess i'm the only one who wants FPS to not be on top anymore and have other genres become more popular.

I don't get it when people don't like FPS's being "on top"
It's pretty satisfying to shoot something up with a gun, like it or not.
FPS have been in existence for a long time, and always will be.

Theres a difference between shooting something and playing just another FPS. Like I said no one wants FPS to disappear but just let other genres have the top spot instead of hogging it.

Again I got no problem with shooting games like BRS the game and the 3rd Birthday but its just FPS that pisses me off since those FPS fanboys always think they're automatically better than eveyone else because all they play is FPS.

Yeah, I get your point. But many genres have had the top spot for a long time. Over the years, From platformers to RPGs, it's now the FPS's genre to dominate for a short time. It'll all go away for some other genre, only for it to come back in around 20 years or so.
And that's just stupid if someone thinks they're automatically cool if they play bland ol' MW3.

I actually found that FPS has been dominating for longer than the other genres really but that might just be me since alot of the so called "gamers" where I live are just CoD pricks.
I agree that its stupid but alot of genre fanboys are like this, I mean in my area your either a CoD or WRPG fanboy and if your neither of them then your not a real gamer apparently.

Do you happen to live on a farm? I ask because your area seems to be inhabited primarily by strawmen.

Gah this is starting to bother me.

Are you calling his argument a strawman, or were you insulting the people he was talking about?

I can't tell because I'm dumb.

 

[Gahars]

@Just Another Gamer @AceWarhead @[member='ZaeZae64']

I'm just not buying it. If you live in a city and the only gamers you can find are Call of Duty or WRPG "fanboys", something's up. Either you're looking in all the wrong places and nowhere else, or you're generalizing people's interests to an extreme degree.

 

[ZaeZae64]

@Just Another Gamer @AceWarhead @[member='ZaeZae64']

I'm just not buying it. If you live in a city and the only gamers you can find are Call of Duty or WRPG "fanboys", something's up. Either you're looking in all the wrong places and nowhere else, or you're generalizing people's interests to an extreme degree.

Alrighty then, I was just curious. And yes I do agree with your statement. I know alot of people who don't just play CoD/Battlefield all the time.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

@Just Another Gamer @AceWarhead @[member='ZaeZae64']

I'm just not buying it. If you live in a city and the only gamers you can find are Call of Duty or WRPG "fanboys", something's up. Either you're looking in all the wrong places and nowhere else, or you're generalizing people's interests to an extreme degree.

You might not but australia is a pretty boring place. At my old high school you fit into 1 of the 3 groups the FPS fanboys, WRPG fanboys or you get picked on because you like something that isn't "cool" and now in uni its pretty much the same thing but atleast the people have tried to play different genres as well as the standard WRPGs and FPS.

 

[T3GZdev]

I know the vocal majority of gamers including me hate the way that gaming has went so far. FPS this, brown and bloom that, etc...

But this won't last forever. Just look at the gaming trends. The gaming world seems to be on a constant ebb and tide.

Examples!

Atari age: Just getting their feet soaked, didn't have much of a pattern besides product placement games and maze/arena games

NES age: Platformers. Platformers everywhere.

SNES age: Mascots were the largest thing here, and Platforming still going strong, but the rise of RPGs starts in this age.

PS1 age: You got TONS of RPGs flooding the market here, on all platforms. Platformers are on the way out the door. A few FPS games are released during this age.

PS2 age: Still tons of RPGs on the PS2, some on the GC, but FPS starts the slow creep to the top on the Xbox. Platformers still cling to life on the Gamecube

360/PS3 age: FPS all day err day. WRPGs are still going strong, but JRPGs are showing the signs of death. Platformers are officially dead except for Wii and handhelds.


So it's easy to conclude that FPS games will make their slow creep into the ether as well, while something else takes it's place.

Wii,DS=mixture of everything not as many shooters tho.
3DS=mixture of everything equally

 

[Just Another Gamer]

Wii,DS=mixture of everything not as many shooters tho.
3DS=mixture of everything equally

I actually found the DS to me more mixture of everything but more casual games.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Fact: I know more cool people who play CoD than annoying twats you play CoD.

If you judged a game completely on its userbase than Kingdom Hearts is just for annoying weaboos and Dota is the game for enormous prick elitists.

Like how people say "gameplay makes games, not graphics", gameplay makes games, not fanbases.

 

[Deleted member 158512]

In any case, now that I have the captive audience of an Australian that doesn't play PC games, can I ask if you guys got a PS2 game called, "Kaido Racer"? NOT "Kaido Racer 2", which I'm certain came out in both Australia and Europe, but the first one, 'Kaido Racer'. I can find no evidence that it did, besides what is listed on GameFAQs, but I think the people that submit game data for GameFAQs are brain dead (like mislabeling genres and making up fake region releases).

 

[BlazeV]

Fact: I know more cool people who play CoD than annoying twats you play CoD.

If you judged a game completely on its userbase than Kingdom Hearts is just for annoying weaboos and Dota is the game for enormous prick elitists.

Like how people say "gameplay makes games, not graphics", gameplay makes games, not fanbases.

coming from am american you wouldn't think any cod player are twats but anyone who likes somethnig from japan is.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

coming from am american you wouldn't think any cod player are twats but anyone who likes somethnig from japan is.

Except that's not actually true?

First off, I didn't state that no CoD players are twats, I'm just stating that not every one is. Second, I have never said that anyone who likes anything Japanese is a twat. I will state however that anyone whose a weaboo is a twat as well.

But it's good to see some good ol' fashioned misinformation around here.

 

[Gahars]

Fact: I know more cool people who play CoD than annoying twats you play CoD.

If you judged a game completely on its userbase than Kingdom Hearts is just for annoying weaboos and Dota is the game for enormous prick elitists.

Like how people say "gameplay makes games, not graphics", gameplay makes games, not fanbases.

coming from am american you wouldn't think any cod player are twats but anyone who likes somethnig from japan is.

Just... what?

 

[Sterling]

The only thing that disturbs me about gaming trends and where they are going is the increasing number of people who take video games wayyyyy too seriously. People are obsessed with K/Ds, lore, and such to the point that it's really starting to take the fun out of gaming.

I really don't see anything wrong with immersing yourself in a game's lore or story but fanaticism is not great. Like people who feel that disagreeing with their view on a game is the equivalent to pissing on their ancestor's grave. Like my friends in general really enjoy and know a lot about Mass Effect lore and will defend it if it's insulted but they won't throw tantrums over it. It's just something we all enjoy and something we like to discuss.

I think I get what you're saying though.

Immersion is great. I immerse myself in any and every game/movie/book/album I take the time to play/watch/read/listen to. That's the only way you can really enjoy anything, even the "shitty" stuff. I enjoyed Sucker Punch. I enjoyed Rage. I prefer to let the storyteller tell their story rather than make up my mind as to where I think it should go. I would rather go back and play 007: Nightfire against bots than play the latest CoD against a bunch of 13 years old obsessed with keeping their K/D up.

Immersing yourself in any form of media is not a bad thing, I'm pretty sure that's actually how you're supposed to do it. Obsessing over any form of media to the point that it makes you angry IRL is ridiculous...

Look, if this is about the ME3 ending debacle, get over it. I don't care what form of media/product it is, if the quality is not up to snuff (especially the quality of an already established series) I will be speaking out about it. It doesn't matter if you're a fan or not, poor writing is a serious offense in any media situation. In fact it sits right up there with misinformation, and false embellishment.

The only thing that disturbs me about gaming trends and where they are going is the increasing number of people who take video games wayyyyy too seriously. People are obsessed with K/Ds, lore, and such to the point that it's really starting to take the fun out of gaming.

Indeed. Online gaming is getting too competitive, FPS or not.

At the end of the day, the amount of joy and satisfaction you get from an online multiplayer FPS comes from your K/D ratio and your score. Losing teams are mocked, and newbie/noobish players are scorned as useless feeders. It's a terrible development.

Long gone are the days of Quake, where people just shoot the shit out of each other and had real fun. Nowadays, I can't really leave my PC at the end of a match without checking my score. It's terrible.

I don't think it's quite as competitive as you think. Sure, in FPSs like Call of Duty, there is quite a bit of trash talking and stat whoring. In more games however, the value of teamwork is held in higher value (Gears of War, Mass Effect). People do take online games way too seriously, I have a friend who had a heart attack because he got super angry at a match. The desire to excel at any game or activity is firmly rooted in the human psyche. When any game adds a scoreboard, shit goes down.

 

[Gahars]

coming from am american you wouldn't think any cod player are twats but anyone who likes somethnig from japan is.

Except that's not actually true?

First off, I didn't state that no CoD players are twats, I'm just stating that not every one is. Second, I have never said that anyone who likes anything Japanese is a twat. I will state however that anyone whose a weaboo is a twat as well.

But it's good to see some good ol' fashioned misinformation around here.

and isn't that by your definition anyone who doesn't liek the american dub a weeaboo cause you need to actually learn the difintion and thats someone who likes japanese culture over thier own not liking the original dub over the american dub

Wow, wow, that's a real... powerful argument right there. However, here's something you may want to consider.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

Fact: I know more cool people who play CoD than annoying twats you play CoD.

If you judged a game completely on its userbase than Kingdom Hearts is just for annoying weaboos and Dota is the game for enormous prick elitists.

Like how people say "gameplay makes games, not graphics", gameplay makes games, not fanbases.

I never said all CoD and FPS fans were pricks just the ones I met but I prefer them over the WRPG crowd for sure. This was based on the people I met and again I never said all I just said the ones I met and if I did say all then I misspoke.

Never been a KH fan though, i'm more of a strategy JRPG fan myself and I can't get into KH it was too ummm...I don't know the word...I was gonna say gimmicky but that doesn't sound right, maybe too Square Enix or something like that.