Somebody, please give me a game to play.

Niyumi·Jul 18, 2016·3 votes·2,058 views

I am BEYOND FUCKING TIRED of this shitty cash grab. Yet, thanks to the fucking gimme generation, every game these days is garbage, and every company is run by greedy assholes who need to be beaten senseless. I haven't actually enjoyed any game for years, since they killed off WoW by dumbing it down for the whales.

I just hate this game, and the people in charge of it. I don't want to play it anymore, but there is literally nothing else better, and even playing a game I hate beats staring at a wall.

71 Comments

InhaleMyGayWhaleJul 18, 20167 votes

i heard League of Legends is pretty fun. Have you tried that out?

venomous frostJul 18, 20162 votes

mmo's aren't really popular these days, because the games are too grindy.

I do however enjoy playing some starcraft 2 now and then.

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20161 votes

Pokemon Go

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

That's not an MMO, and hardly a game at all. Just a big cash grab by Nintendo with a Pokemon skin on it.

Kind of sad; Nintendo was the last company that hadn't given in to greed. Now look at it.

Deep Terror NamiJul 18, 20165 votes

Lol, you seem to think a lot of f2p games are cash grabs by evil companies. Maybe you just need a book?

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20161 votes

Instead of a book, I would recommend electroconvulsive therapy. Despite being a social stigma, it's actually quite effective for treatment of major depressive disorder.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

Funny thing is: My depression isn't a chemical issue.

When you grow up alone, hated by even your family, and go through life never having a friend or anyone that wants you around, and never so much as hugging a girl (I'm a guy) (I've also had several dating sites / ads / whatnot up for close to 5 years now, and not even one reply)... your life is pretty miserable. Then, tack onto that the experience of having your one escape from reality, that one window to a world where you can enjoy yourself, torn away from you and slowly tortured to death in front of you, all in the name of greed -- there's nothing you can do but watch your happiness die along with it.

That, and knowing I'll die one day, yeah... sorry if I'm not just the happiest person in the world.

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20163 votes

Funny thing is: My depression isn't a chemical issue.

Electroconvulsive therapy isn't chemical therapy.

Also, your examples don't necessarily mean it isn't a chemical issue. Experiences could have thrown chemicals off balance.

Also also, I'll hug you.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

Been on dozens of medications, and they all just make me feel sick. Therapists have said it's not a chemical issue.

And no, you won't. Your arms would fall off, obviously.

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20163 votes

Again, ECT isn't chemical therapy lol. It's actually used for those refractory to meds :D

And yes, I will. Where do you live? I'll give you a big ole hug and then we can play pokemons together.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

I still don't want to go anywhere near ECT. >.> A friggin' CAT scan sent me into a panic attack, I can only imagine that'd be 50x worse.

Not sure hugging some random guy from the internet who was just about ready to punch me (seemingly) is really a good idea. :P Still don't wanna play Pokemon Go though. Maybe a real Pokemon game though.

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20161 votes

Have you never heard of love thy neighbor?

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

Yes, though I'm not religious.

ArakadiaJul 19, 20161 votes

Love thy neighbor is a philosophical idea too. People of all religions or beliefs can beleive it.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

Well, quality is nowhere near what it was 15 years ago.

But, modern authors are terrible. Modern shows are made for stoners. Modern music is garbage. Everything enjoyable is long dead, and you can only repeat the same thing so many times before you get sick of it.

Read thousands of books though. Pretty sure I've exhausted the fantasy genre by now. Nothing written in the last 15 years is worth reading at all.

Deep Terror NamiJul 18, 20166 votes

I keep forgetting that you hate everything.

NiyumiJul 18, 20162 votes

I don't hate everything -- I just hate shitty, low-quality cash grabs made by people who really don't give a damn.

I can go back and read an old book, or watch a childhood TV show, or play an old video game I loved and still enjoy the hell out of it... but you can only do that so many times before you have them all memorized, and they don't do anything for you anymore.

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20161 votes

Pokemon Red was pretty good.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

Nah, Blue was best.

ArakadiaJul 19, 20161 votes

Maybe make your own game. You seem to have alot of time and if I had that I definitely would make one, it's hard work but would be so fun.

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20167 votes

Lmao.

A) How is Pokemon Go possibly a cash grab? I do not know a single person that has spent a penny on the game. Everything you can buy is extremely easy to get just from getting pokestops (which you will be running into frequently if you're using your items to catch pokemon). There is no reason to spend money on that game. Hell, you even get free pokecoins (the things you buy with money) from having pokemon in gyms.

B) You never stated the game you wanted had to be an MMO. If that is a requirement, then say that.

C) It seems as though you're just a bitter individual to be honest. You don't even have to spend money on Leauge, especially after hextech.

D) Your post makes no sense. You blame the "gimme generation" (on a side note, you are either part of that or part of the generation that raised it...and more importantly ruined the economy and blamed it on the 18 year old "gimme" generation), but that doesn't make any sense. If the generation was "gimme", then, in general, cash grabs wouldn't exist....as they would feel "entitled" and not pay for things.

E) "every game these days is garbage, and every company is run by greedy assholes." Well then I don't know what to tell you. This game is literally free to play. There is nothing that requires money. But it's almost as if companies need to make a profit in order to produce a product. Wow, crazy right? If every game is garbage, then I don't know, go outside for once?

Too long, didn't read: You blame the "gimme" generation, yet your post is one giant bitch fit about how "greedy" companies are. Hypocrisy at it's finest.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

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A) How is Pokemon Go possibly a cash grab? [...]

First: Google stores all of that information on where you go, where you spend time, all that, and sells it. Nintendo makes a profit on that.

Second: Everything is time-gated when there is no reason for it to be. Money goes around that.

B) You never stated the game you wanted had to be an MMO. If that is a requirement, then say that.

I want something that isn't the same God damned thing over and over. Something with a story. Something that involves more than 4 buttons. Something that has some developer interest beyond income potential.

C) It seems as though you're just a bitter individual to be honest. [...]

Yeah, sorry if I'm not just ecstatic about the fact that my childhood hobby was ripped away from me and slowly tortured to death in front of me in the name of money.

D) [...] You blame the "gimme generation" (on a side note, you are either part of that [...] but that doesn't make any sense. If the generation was "gimme", then, in general, cash grabs wouldn't exist....as they would feel "entitled" and not pay for things.

Yeah, I'm part of the gimme generation. 22 years old. But, you know, I was raised by people who have some sense of morality left intact. So, I work for what I want, I don't just expect it to be handed to me, or to be able to buy my way through everything.

Cash grabs exist because people are fucking stupid. They don't see scams in their faces, and throw money at shiny things (stoners love shiny things) or to feel better about themselves and preen in front of others. So, in F2P games, they spend money to be different, and to look good in front of other people. They also spend money because they're too lazy to lift a finger to win, and can't actually put in any effort for that piece of gear / item / thing they want.

They feel "entitled" to the rewards people work for because they spend money.

E) "every game these days is garbage, and every company is run by greedy assholes." [...] it's almost as if companies need to make a profit in order to produce a product. Wow, crazy right? If every game is garbage, then I don't know, go outside for once?

It's almost like there's a difference between making money to make your product better, and being a greedy fucking asshole milking something for all it will give you. One involves passion about the product, and actually giving a damn. The other is what we have everywhere these days.

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20161 votes

So go outside. It's pretty clear you lacked that as a childhood hobby.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

When I was little, I went outside all the time. But, it got old.

And, you know, it's not a good idea to go outside alone in a shitty ass city populated by disgusting people who would rather shoot me than say hi.

ArakadiaJul 19, 20161 votes

I doubt everyone in your city wants to shoot you.

Play some sport, because you seem to not like most of the games currently out there.

ArakadiaJul 19, 20161 votes

D) Your post makes no sense. You blame the "gimme generation" (on a side note, you are either part of that or part of the generation that raised it...and more importantly ruined the economy and blamed it on the 18 year old "gimme" generation), but that doesn't make any sense. If the generation was "gimme", then, in general, cash grabs wouldn't exist....as they would feel "entitled" and not pay for things.

Savage.

E) "every game these days is garbage, and every company is run by greedy assholes." Well then I don't know what to tell you. This game is literally free to play. There is nothing that requires money. But it's almost as if companies need to make a profit in order to produce a product. Wow, crazy right? If every game is garbage, then I don't know, go outside for once?

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BeatzBoyFTWJul 18, 20161 votes

Overwatch. Just pay one $39 and the rest is free. Don't like it, Plant vs Zombies lol.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

Overwatch is just as one-sided as League is, if not more so -- also much more repetitive, more about broken comps, and I don't really enjoy shooters.

I want an MMO. Something like WoW (back before they made it "casual-friendly" (AKA, simplified it for fucking assholes who can't be bothered to lift a finger)).

Deep Terror NamiJul 18, 20161 votes

Everyone I've ever heard call WoW too casual doesn't actual run Mythics :3

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

Okay, so, I played WoW from launch week to the 6.0 prepatch. I did raiding that whole time, and was part of DnT when it started (and quit, because they were assholes). In that time, I had every class at max level minus Warlock, Priest and Mage (boring as hell).

When 6.0 launched and all my favorite classes were reduced to 2-button spam, and when Fistweaving was non-viable (and being removed entirely in Legion), I removed my sub, and have not logged in since.

If the classes themselves are pathetically easy, then the raids will be pathetically easy as well. This was the issue with Wildstar.

Deep Terror NamiJul 18, 20161 votes

Anybody can pick up WoW and play, it is now designed so that anyone can experience nearly all the content. But did you stick with the real raiding in Heroic/Mythic? I feel like you dodged the question.

ArakadiaJul 19, 20161 votes

Is WoW still fun?

Deep Terror NamiJul 19, 20161 votes

If you set out to do something (like raiding or achievements etc.) instead of sitting in the town complaining about nothing to do. There is a lot available.

ThecampingrusherJul 18, 20161 votes

Other than league {Don't flame me} i always find my self coming back to minecraft. Overall an amazing game and it always cools me down after losing a tough ranked game. If not MC you can try Runescape.

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20161 votes

Lol.

ThecampingrusherJul 18, 20161 votes

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 18, 20161 votes

Minecraft xD

ArakadiaJul 19, 20162 votes

Minecraft gets made fun of too much.

I Go Pew Pew PewJul 19, 20161 votes

I've never played it lol.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

I don't really like sandboxes. I run out of things to do really quickly, and then just get bored. I like to have some kind of objective to go for, some goal. And I like having a story.

ArakadiaJul 19, 20161 votes

Oh oh! Its a little simpler then some games mechanic wise, but ShadowGate is a sword and sorcery point and click adventure game that has riddles and puzzles. I loved it.

UnpaladinJul 18, 20161 votes

I can see it. Unfortunately there's basically no good MMOs right now. They're all terrible, really. The only one I've really liked in the past while was Wakfu, and even then after year or two it got a little boring and the low amount of players got to me.

I think this no-games situation has gotten so bad I can't even recommend you anything to play. I've just been playing all kinds of Dark Souls for the past month or so.

NiyumiJul 18, 20162 votes

Yeah, I know there aren't really any good MMOs. I don't know what happened to the genre, since it was so popular not long ago, with lots of good games you could play.

I played WoW for over 10 years, and then they went and simplified the game so much that I just couldn't stand it. I tried Guild Wars, and it was just too easy with too little story. I tried Wildstar and played it for over a year, but the entire population hated me (I called the game easy), and the game was just too spamming and easy -- even the last raid boss was a pushover. I tried Mabinogi, but had no one to play with. I tried Maplestory. FFXIV. EVE. Runescape....

So many games. Yet, none of them really stuck for very long. I guess games just aren't meant for people like me. Maybe if I could drop my IQ 100 points, I'd enjoy things and find them challenging.

UnpaladinJul 18, 20161 votes

The entire population hated you for saying it was easy? wowlmao

The game industry is definitely in the wrong, there's a number of things out there right now that are stifling any creativity with new games and old games are starting to become so dumbed down/casualized that it's easy for someone who stuck with it to feel alienated. Old-School Runescape is probably the most MMO-like MMO there is, only because it's devoid of all that stuff. I'm on the fence on whether or not to start it all again.

It's not just MMO's, either. Blizzard's latest success with releasing Overwatch is funny because in a world where every other recent game isn't a total mess, plenty would actually see that Blizzard being behind it is a red flag considering the nasty things they did to WoW and Starcraft 2. Thankfully Overwatch didn't end up with a lot of bad core design decisions.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

Yeah, pretty much. I called the game easy, said the raids were a joke, and that the classes were kind of boring (since most just revolved around spamming 1). I ran really weird builds that were still effective (and even more so), but lacked utility, and people just wouldn't accept it. So, I was basically the Teemo of Wildstar. Everyone hated me, and I was never invited to raids or anything. The name Tahlie still strikes fear into the heart of any of the vets that still play. xD

I just wish some company would come out that actually gives a damn like Nintendo used to. A company who develops products as best they can because they love what they do, and their products, not just because they can make money. A company that would put in real effort and passion, and force other companies to do the same or go out of business. A trendsetter. But, that's just wishful thinking. People are too fucking greedy these days.

UnpaladinJul 18, 20161 votes

Nice, sounds like they were assblasted that someone wasn't playing the most meta things on a game that doesn't seem that serious to begin with. Makes me think of how in Wakfu, there's almost always some kind of drama between guilds. Some guilds straight up mentioned the big, scary boogymen that supposedly ruined their guild and/or left a bad impression. The game is hardly serious and the devs behind it work ridiculously slowly so I found it laughable that there was actual wars where people were like "don't go to [desert island], they'll find you and aggro you". Then came the conversations from guild leaders trying to settle the dispute which led into a full fledged guild battle, kek. Fun game.

It might be a long time before something like that happens I'm afraid. The deal now seems to be to make a clone of what's popular, and MMO's seem to have vanished despite being a very flexible genre. Microtransactions are often a sign of a company's greed and how untrustworthy they are, but nowadays just about every game has them and the only somewhat acceptable form of them are cosmetics.

NiyumiJul 18, 20161 votes

That's basically it. I made them look bad, since I didn't rely on 5 utility spells and could play with 1 or none. Everyone focused so hard on just CC locking bosses, where I liked to actually deal with mechanics and dodge things.

It'll never happen. Society gets greedier every year, and games get worse and worse. While I always dreamt of starting my own development studio / company, I know that it'd just be a big waste of time. No one would play a game that required them to work for what they want, and didn't pander to morons. Would just be a waste of money / time / effort. So, I just have to continue watching as my hobby from my childhood slowly dies. Gotta love greedy fucking assholes going and ruining things for other people because they think money can make themselves feel better about their shitty lives.

GaleWinUnleashedJul 18, 20161 votes

I've been playing Rocket League for the past... 3 weeks now? Could give that a shot.

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ArakadiaJul 19, 20161 votes

And as mysteriously as he appeared, GaleWinUnleashed disappeared....

https://imgur.com/1HvNiEO

GaleWinUnleashedJul 19, 20161 votes

I've lost nearly all motivation for Ranked; I can deal with the toxicity, but it still saps the fun out of everything.

Rocket League's quick chat system, constant action, and the fact that AFK detection kicks you out in under 30 seconds combine to make toxicity far less prevalent than it is here.

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