Video games are kinda boring
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Video games are kinda boring
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#2I too have found video games boring.
I want something like a MMORTS with automation and no hella long timers, on a multi faction map (4?) where you wage war and the game is intended to have an eventual total winner (maybe across 3 months?) Where wins create real consequences like buffs, resources, strategic locations etc. Then it can reset and we can play again.
I could see roles and interactions playing out a lot like EVE online where some mine, some build things, some just want to fly a puny ship and shoot stuff.
This could be fun but on a globe w/ contemporary warfare units.
In the past I've found hints of this flavor in games like Future Cop LAPD's "Precinct war mode"[2] (playstation), Dark Age of Camelot MMORPG, Earth 2025[1]
[1]: https://www.giantbomb.com/earth-2025/3030-36263/ [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Cop:_LAPD
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#3It seems like what the author really wants is not to play a video game, but to participate in society.
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#4> All I seek is a full sensory experience of what I see and feel within a virtual environment.
Escapism is definitely aiming at that future we just don't have the tech, but that doesn't mean they can't be enjoyed anyway. Personally I thought we would already have VR and so I keep playing to experience it as soon as possible.
> Think of any popular game (csgo, valorant, Fortnite, apex) ... Of course, they have differences like unique visuals, new items, and various ults/powers, but at the very core, it’s the same rotten stew.
I think this criticism is coming from an angle that would surely include chess... it's boring, has 8/9 pieces only, and it hasn't changed in decades or centuries. I think that is missing the point, especially with multiplayer games.
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#5It seems like what the author really wants is not to play a video game, but to participate in society.
It sounds to me like they want a more meaningful, less deadlocked/frustrating version of society than the reality.
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#6It seems like what the author really wants is not to play a video game, but to participate in society.
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#7I used to think I wanted a higher purpose in games, but what I really wanted was a community with some kind of large-scale competition. The MMOFPS Planetside 2 gives me that, but I get the impression you can also get it from Eve, from competitive gaming scenes, from traditional MMOs, or even from older things like MUDs.
Friendly competition with and against thousands of other people is like a higher purpose, but it's more pragmatic, easier to find, and probably more fulfilling than a game with a higher purpose but no community.
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#8You sure do post your junk on here a lot...
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#9It seems like what the author really wants is not to play a video game, but to participate in society.
And the thing is, lots of games have tried this. But it turns out not to be very fun. See Rust, Wyrm Online, One Hour One Life.
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#10I really do not like these type of articles. I did X, Y, Z and therefore it is justified enough for me to make overreaching claims.
Video games are still very fun and very profitable for the rest of us. Wish I could mute HN accounts like I mute ppl on twitter, not enough to signal an explicit exclusion but enough for me to ignore whatever they have to say in the future because of misalignment of values in the present.