• krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    I really don’t understand why people like those games. I don’t find them fun at all. And the micro transactions are so fucking obnoxious.

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      15 hours ago

      They’re a very pure and straightforward shooter experience with a lot of polish. I don’t think it’s that weird.

      The level of monetization is totally unhinged at this point, but there’s a good game buried underneath it all.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      16 hours ago

      I used to play black ops 1 a shitload. I was fresh out of highschool and it was my first online game after getting internet. I already liked FPS games and this was interactive FPS with actual skilled people instead of shitty bullet sponge bots.

      As for why people love them so much now? I have no idea. I’m sure I also wouldn’t have cared for them if I had played online games earlier in life.

      I’d much rather have a compelling story nowadays.

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        13 hours ago

        People like them now because they are in the same situation you were when you liked them.

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          9 hours ago

          There didn’t used to be microtransactions. And now days there’s so many free options that paying for an annual title that has microtransactions seems a rip off in comparison because of the alternatives. And those alternatives have huge player bases.