Self-discovery above all things, gaming is about self-discovery and what you may end up liking may not be the same as everyone else likes. How can you say you're a gamer and be unwilling to discover? I mean, then again you could always be a tool and march to the same beat as the majority. No good designer got to where they are now by only playing high rated games, they played everything because self-discovery is everything in gaming. No one person can every truly have fun by only playing highly rated games. How do you think gaming got it's start? Discovery.
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BigBoxGamer wrote:
Self-discovery above all things, gaming is about self-discovery and what you may end up liking may not be the same as everyone else likes. How can you say you're a gamer and be unwilling to discover? I mean, then again you could always be a tool and march to the same beat as the majority. No good designer got to where they are now by only playing good games, they played everything because self-discovery is everything in gaming.
You can discover games and not pre-order them. Also, define "gamer".
Janitsu wrote:
You can discover games and not pre-order them. Also, define "gamer".
A person that plays video games for their own personal enjoyment and opinion and the willingness to discover new content on their own. It doesn't matter that IGN thinks the game you like is bad, what matters is that you like it as a gamer.
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I mean, if you like games that have bad controls, bad gameplay, bad story or any combo of the three, go ahead and play them. Just know they're not nearly as good as the "good" games that IGN or anyone on the steam comments would recommend for various reasons.
I will fully admit that there are some games that people hate that a lot of people love, but I feel that it's kind of a rare case.
I will fully admit that there are some games that people hate that a lot of people love, but I feel that it's kind of a rare case.
True love is found only in yourself.
So what the heck has that got to do with pre-ordering, lol?
I can see you're trying to be philosophical about it, but you're really not. The focal point of games was never really self-discovery (it might have been secondary though) and often times, gamers play games to escape themselves rather than to discover themselves.
Games were always about having fun - how that fun occurs comes in different ways, but don't try and blag it into self-discovery, lol. Gamers are just people who play games. The reason why they play games is really pretty subjective.
Not that any of this has anything even remotely to do with pre-ordering, lmao.
Like I said, what does pre-ordering actually offer? You get the game on release and often very cosmetic extras that don't even matter, lol. You might get a pass for any extra DLC if it releases, but again, that's just a monetary issue, not a game-related issue; it doesn't improve the game in any way that not pre-ordering doesn't.
I can see you're trying to be philosophical about it, but you're really not. The focal point of games was never really self-discovery (it might have been secondary though) and often times, gamers play games to escape themselves rather than to discover themselves.
Games were always about having fun - how that fun occurs comes in different ways, but don't try and blag it into self-discovery, lol. Gamers are just people who play games. The reason why they play games is really pretty subjective.
Not that any of this has anything even remotely to do with pre-ordering, lmao.
Like I said, what does pre-ordering actually offer? You get the game on release and often very cosmetic extras that don't even matter, lol. You might get a pass for any extra DLC if it releases, but again, that's just a monetary issue, not a game-related issue; it doesn't improve the game in any way that not pre-ordering doesn't.
I like learning, and I like theory crafting ideas from bad ones to make them into good ones and expand upon bad things to make them good things. I have no intention of having my gaming experience barred by this phrase. "This looks intriguing, I guess I better go and see if Greg Miller likes it." I would rather buy a game from a studio that was know for releasing sup-bar games that are kind of glitchy than any Nintendo made game you can throw on a shelf, or any high rated game by steam reviews. Because, **** Super Meat Boy. I hate that game.
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sirell wrote:
So what the heck has that got to do with pre-ordering, lol?
I can see you're trying to be philosophical about it, but you're really not. The focal point of games was never really self-discovery (it might have been secondary though) and often times, gamers play games to escape themselves rather than to discover themselves.
Games were always about having fun - how that fun occurs comes in different ways, but don't try and blag it into self-discovery, lol. Gamers are just people who play games. The reason why they play games is really pretty subjective.
Not that any of this has anything even remotely to do with pre-ordering, lmao.
Like I said, what does pre-ordering actually offer? You get the game on release and often very cosmetic extras that don't even matter, lol. You might get a pass for any extra DLC if it releases, but again, that's just a monetary issue, not a game-related issue; it doesn't improve the game in any way that not pre-ordering doesn't.
I can see you're trying to be philosophical about it, but you're really not. The focal point of games was never really self-discovery (it might have been secondary though) and often times, gamers play games to escape themselves rather than to discover themselves.
Games were always about having fun - how that fun occurs comes in different ways, but don't try and blag it into self-discovery, lol. Gamers are just people who play games. The reason why they play games is really pretty subjective.
Not that any of this has anything even remotely to do with pre-ordering, lmao.
Like I said, what does pre-ordering actually offer? You get the game on release and often very cosmetic extras that don't even matter, lol. You might get a pass for any extra DLC if it releases, but again, that's just a monetary issue, not a game-related issue; it doesn't improve the game in any way that not pre-ordering doesn't.
All of that sounds like a the words of a peasant casual. Please, run along and play Call of Duty. The gamers are trying to talk.
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We gave you a chance to actually say something with some actual content in it, you didn't. Instead you went on and attacked sirell.
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I personally disagree, I think there's more to gain from pre-ordering.
like what?