Does anyone else find online gaming to be.... not fun at all?

I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

phonemug

I used to be addicted to it for years but now i find i hate it. There's only so many times you can run around in circles shooting at people in order to be atop a scoreboard. Its just a mode, a target practice mode, nothing more. Its so lifeless, dull, meaningless & pointless.

Gaming is all about the Single Player experience, multiplayer in my opinion has absolutley nothing to do with gaming. It can be fun at times but its nothing more than a virtual paintball match.

Depends on the game. I find playing COD fun. Can be frustrating at times, but no big deal

Socom 2 back in the days use to rise my blood pressure.

Never tried it because it doesn't appeal to me, I'd rather stick with single-player,topsemag55

Couch Co-Op or with friends. Had the best time with SFXT and Kirby: Return to Dreamland the other day, not like anything I have ever played online.

Online co op is where its at

I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

phonemug

I must admit that i dont get this trend with more and more games moving towards Multiplayer.

For someone with a healthy social live outside in the real world, gaming is more of a relaxing timewaster and there MP isent since most online are not over 18 and if you cant headshot a fly from 1000km away you will get a ton of BS from the kids who spend all day eveyr day 365 days a year playing this game.

The only modes i play Multiplayer are the Horde mode type. Like in Gears of War 3 for example. I like the coop fun. I am a 99 % single player gamer though.

Nobody likes to get online and talk smack? If you're into sports, you'd know trash talk is an intergral part of the experience. It seems like gamers want to be in this protective bubble instead of branching out and actually building and interacting with a community. How is online gaming any different then the interaction that we are having on this forum?

Nobody likes to get online and talk smack? If you're into sports, you'd know trash talk is an intergral part of the experience. It seems like gamers want to be in this protective bubble instead of branching out and actually building and interacting with a community. How is online gaming any different then the interaction that we are having on this forum?

Yusuke420

In contrast to some of the Nintendogs fans posting here ('I avoid anything stressful in games!') I love competitive play, but I don't see a point in talking trash.

During games I sometimes talk to my teammates to convey info, but I don't treat a round of battle like a discussion forum.

[QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

Nobody likes to get online and talk smack? If you're into sports, you'd know trash talk is an intergral part of the experience. It seems like gamers want to be in this protective bubble instead of branching out and actually building and interacting with a community. How is online gaming any different then the interaction that we are having on this forum?

CarnageHeart

In contrast to some of the Nintendogs fans posting here ('I avoid anything stressful in games!') I love competitive play, but I don't see a point in talking trash.

During games I sometimes talk to my teammates to convey info, but I don't treat a round of battle like a discussion forum.

[QUOTE="CarnageHeart"]

[QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

Nobody likes to get online and talk smack? If you're into sports, you'd know trash talk is an intergral part of the experience. It seems like gamers want to be in this protective bubble instead of branching out and actually building and interacting with a community. How is online gaming any different then the interaction that we are having on this forum?

Yusuke420

In contrast to some of the Nintendogs fans posting here ('I avoid anything stressful in games!') I love competitive play, but I don't see a point in talking trash.

During games I sometimes talk to my teammates to convey info, but I don't treat a round of battle like a discussion forum.

Yes, lots of people talk trash in the situations you mentioned, but that's not who I am. For me, the best matches are competitive ones (I prefer a 2-3 loss than a 5-0 win). People spewing at each other decreases my enjoyment of a game (though in such cases I just tend to mute the offenders and play on).

I just discovered the hilariousness of using a Riot Shield online in MW3. People don't know what the f*ck is going on and just panic like it's the end of the world. I've got so many people rage-quitting it is almost not funny anymore.foxhound_fox

Yea, if online gaming involves communication I generally avoid it. Unless it's with friendsMirkoS77

[QUOTE="MirkoS77"]Yea, if online gaming involves communication I generally avoid it. Unless it's with friendsDracula68

The only online gaming I have ever truly enjoyed is in Demon's Souls. I couldn't stand the people invading me and using cheap tactics, but I loved doing a full playthrough with two other people. Tagging with up to 3 people on a team against one black phantom and destroying bosses made online worth playing if you had a small group of friends.

That being said I avoid online gaming like the plague. I always prefer the single player experience, unless it's playing with non-online multiplayer with friends or something.

Everyone here is so depressing when it comes to the future of the online community that it makes me want to stick with single players games. I know online is intimidating, I am currently 4-16 in my first 20 games of NBA2K12. The key to that is to learn about how you're getting beat and try to get better. Playing against the best is the only way you're going to know if you are actually good at the game and it's not the AI that is so inept, that it's giving you a free ride to victory.

MW3...:lol:AcidSoldner

I play a lot of online on my Wii games,and I find them usually fun.They're not so fun when people just camp or hide all the time.

I love Uno what problems have you experienced?

Yusuke420

Idiots making racist comments and laughing about it.

I do not like pit fights a.k.a. deathmatches. They are just too repetitive for me.

[QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

I love Uno what problems have you experienced?

Dracula68

Idiots making racist comments and laughing about it.

I do not like pit fights a.k.a. deathmatches. They are just too repetitive for me.

wiouds

I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

phonemug

Step 1. Turn voice comms off

Step 2. Just play

Step 3. Keep playing until you get better

Step 4. Enjoy

[QUOTE="Dracula68"]

[QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

I love Uno what problems have you experienced?

Yusuke420

Idiots making racist comments and laughing about it.

My thinking is if UNo is/wasthat bad then how about real games? How bad would they get when you keep killing someone over and over? I can only imagine.

[QUOTE="wiouds"]

I do not like pit fights a.k.a. deathmatches. They are just too repetitive for me.

CarnageHeart

You appear in the same pit run around and doing the same thing over and over again while knowing everything that can happen. There is no Unknown unknown so you can not adapt to much.

[QUOTE="CarnageHeart"][QUOTE="wiouds"]

I do not like pit fights a.k.a. deathmatches. They are just too repetitive for me.

wiouds

You appear in the same pit run around and doing the same thing over and over again while knowing everything that can happen. There is no Unknown unknown so you can not adapt to much.

Depends.

it's mostly has to do with the community and how much do they exploit the smallest possible way to win.

i play Team Fortress 2 Regularly on my own, and i love it. Battlefield, or most other shooters, not so much.

With friends though, It's awesome.

[QUOTE="wiouds"]

[QUOTE="CarnageHeart"] If you are doing the same thing over and over in online games you're either playing the wrong games or the wrong people. Humans tend to adapt, requiring constant adjustments in strategy.CarnageHeart

You appear in the same pit run around and doing the same thing over and over again while knowing everything that can happen. There is no Unknown unknown so you can not adapt to much.

I try a few different Deathmatches, and I found all to be too repetitive.

I love SP gaming.

Online I die every 2 seconds because I'm not as good as the people with no lives who sit there playing the same game all day. People online are rude and obnoxious. It's a pretty stressful experience for me and glad to be finished everytime I start a session.

phonemug

Someone sucks at gaming :lol:

Anyways, used to be a lot more fun than it is now. When i had a lot of good pals to have fun with.

I tend to get bored of Multiplayer games veeeery easily, unless some of my friends pick it up then I will play it for a extended ammount of time.

Also. Kane and Lynch has the coolest MP mode ever.

[QUOTE="CarnageHeart"][QUOTE="wiouds"]

You appear in the same pit run around and doing the same thing over and over again while knowing everything that can happen. There is no Unknown unknown so you can not adapt to much.

wiouds

I try a few different Deathmatches, and I found all to be too repetitive.

I'll take single player over online every day of the week. I hardly ever game online, and the only game I enjoyed quite a lot this gen is Black Ops. I love single player games, and am quite sad that multiplayer is tacked on so many games this gen. I feel the sp experience is shortned by this many times.

Also. Kane and Lynch has the coolest MP mode ever.

Ilovegames1992

Yeah, I never use my headset if I choose to play online. Unless it's private chat in Dark Souls. In that case people are generally friendly and helpful.

Some online games are pretty fun like Team Fortress 2 but that's because I only like multiplayers games that I'm good at.

The only online MP game i find to be good and fun is Team Fortress 2, everything else is eather to boring or to stressful.