Someone here feels like he missed out?

My friend asked me what games i was playing as a kid and i told him that i missed on most of the single-player titles because i was busy playing MMO and coop games with friends as a kid/teen (when i was small i played only what my parents bought me so i ended up playing the same games over and over again). Anyway, he said that i missed on all the good years what makes me less of a gamer. I told him that when he played games as a kid/teen, i played them too just like him, does it matter WHAT i played? i dont understand his logic. (im pretty sure i even played more then he is, i really spent like forever in my youth playing the pc). Now im kinda feeling down. I was playing the pc like a maniac since i first got it in the 90', yet i missed so much games. (it was only in 2006~ where i finally quit MMOs) I have great memories of playing MMO but i now feel like i missed the golden era of pc. Do you sometimes regret getting late to pc gaming? or just feel like you missed?Fluxation

I was playing multiplayer games like BF2 while single player games were King but I have been going back and playing what I had missed like Deus Ex and Doom 3. It's never too late.

I'm older (30) and have been gaming since the early 80's...so, no, I don't think I've missed anything.

In fact, I think I've experienced the best there is, and I'm very content.

Now that I think of it, I'm quite the opposite of you, actually. I have never touched an MMO, and don't plan on delving into that any time soon (I have an addictive personality...things would turn out bad, I'm sure.)

I played only SP games because I had no friends with spare controllers. I've had a great childhood with Duke Nukem, Morrowind and Pokemon games, though.

I went the other route, I stuck with single-player games and had a blast.topsemag55

Yeah, same here. Never played the MMOs, BF3 was the first multiplayer game i spent significant hours at (except for some hours of CS). I haven't spent a minute playing WoW or similar games. I guess i just fall in the category of gamers who prefer single player games. Maybe I missed out? We shall never know.

I missed too by playing a lot of MMO but dont let it bother you.

You played what you liked back then, so this is whats important, you dont *need* to play the well known games if you dont like them.

You can always play what you missed NOW. Dont care about people who played those game some years ago, numbers are just numbers and they dont have mystical powers.

Dont give a damn about what others played, because they sure dont give a damn about what you played.

This is why digital downloads are so great, you can go pick up a bunch of older titles on Steam or GOG.

Anyways, don't feel down just because someone has to think they're better than everyone else. There's no point fretting about what other people think you missed as long as you had fun.

[QUOTE="Fluxation"]My friend asked me what games i was playing as a kid and i told him that i missed on most of the single-player titles because i was busy playing MMO and coop games with friends as a kid/teen (when i was small i played only what my parents bought me so i ended up playing the same games over and over again). Anyway, he said that i missed on all the good years what makes me less of a gamer. I told him that when he played games as a kid/teen, i played them too just like him, does it matter WHAT i played? i dont understand his logic. (im pretty sure i even played more then he is, i really spent like forever in my youth playing the pc). Now im kinda feeling down. I was playing the pc like a maniac since i first got it in the 90', yet i missed so much games. (it was only in 2006~ where i finally quit MMOs) I have great memories of playing MMO but i now feel like i missed the golden era of pc. Do you sometimes regret getting late to pc gaming? or just feel like you missed?PublicNuisance

I was playing multiplayer games like BF2 while single player games were King but I have been going back and playing what I had missed like Deus Ex and Doom 3. It's never too late.

I went the other route, I stuck with single-player games and had a blast.topsemag55

Your friend is 100% wrong! In fact, he's the one who missed out. Singleplayer games can played whenever. The time of when you play them is hardly important whatsoever. For multiplayer games, it's the complete opposite. Multiplayer games are COMPLETELY DEPENDENT on when you play them. People who missed out on Ultima Online for example, are missing out on a huge part of MMO history and will never experience a different idea of what an MMO could and should be. This not only applies to MMOs of course, but most multiplayer games out there. There are very few multiplayer games that stay the same - and the ones that do are often very different from how they started out. Just look at Counter-Strike :)

Your friend is 100% wrong! In fact, he's the one who missed out. Singleplayer games can played whenever. The time of when you play them is hardly important whatsoever. For multiplayer games, it's the complete opposite. Multiplayer games are COMPLETELY DEPENDENT on when you play them. People who missed out on Ultima Online for example, are missing out on a huge part of MMO history and will never experience a different idea of what an MMO could and should be. This not only applies to MMOs of course, but most multiplayer games out there. There are very few multiplayer games that stay the same - and the ones that do are often very different from how they started out. Just look at Counter-Strike :)

KHAndAnime

You cheered me up :D

I was playing mu online in my school years, and i neglected every other game, one day i "woke" up and realized all the games that i missed.

Mu online was a very epic game at its time. In fact it was one of the main "wheels" who revolutionized the MMOs.

Being inspired by the well known diablo II, Webzen chose to develop a similar game, but which could be played across internet.

Time passed , the game developed and other game companies like lineage, wow, silkroad and so on found inspiration proposed by MU. I think we owe much more to this game that we belive...

Now the game changed way too much and it will never be so awesome like it was back then and im happy i was part of it, so to sum it all up, i think you win some you lose sum because you cant play them all.

Your friend is 100% wrong! In fact, he's the one who missed out. Singleplayer games can played whenever. The time of when you play them is hardly important whatsoever. For multiplayer games, it's the complete opposite. Multiplayer games are COMPLETELY DEPENDENT on when you play them. People who missed out on Ultima Online for example, are missing out on a huge part of MMO history and will never experience a different idea of what an MMO could and should be. This not only applies to MMOs of course, but most multiplayer games out there. There are very few multiplayer games that stay the same - and the ones that do are often very different from how they started out. Just look at Counter-Strike :)

KHAndAnime

Aye, I'm looking into many single-player games that I have missed out on over the years that are exclusively "before" this current gen, so to speak, so I can figure out wtf everyone is raving about in some of these threads. ;) CaptainAhab13

Yeah, being the only person who hasn't played Deus Ex on a pc forum feels like being the slowest kid in the class. :(

[QUOTE="CaptainAhab13"]Aye, I'm looking into many single-player games that I have missed out on over the years that are exclusively "before" this current gen, so to speak, so I can figure out wtf everyone is raving about in some of these threads. ;) metroidfood

Yeah, being the only person who hasn't played Deus Ex on a pc forum feels like being the slowest kid in the class. :(

[QUOTE="metroidfood"]

[QUOTE="CaptainAhab13"]Aye, I'm looking into many single-player games that I have missed out on over the years that are exclusively "before" this current gen, so to speak, so I can figure out wtf everyone is raving about in some of these threads. ;) CaptainAhab13

Yeah, being the only person who hasn't played Deus Ex on a pc forum feels like being the slowest kid in the class. :(

Yeah it feels like I missed out on a lot, I wish I started back in the mid 90's, but I'm happy with my current powerful PC at the perfect timing for games that require it