I've quit mainstream games

I started playing games at the age of 7, I played my first ever game called FIFA 13. This was probably the best game behind FIFA 18 that I have ever played, the enjoyment it brought me and the memories; Nowadays games are just pay to win, FIFA became the most disgusting and money gambling video game I've ever witnessed. Ultimate team turned into pay 400 dollars a month to keep up with elite squads or lose every weekend league. I quit FIFA to come to my first ever FPS game called VALORANT, I fell in love with this game quickly; just like FIFA it required tactical and strategic skill-based gameplay; HOWEVER it didn't take long to realize how dogshit, how inhumane the community, the lobbies and the gameplay is. The only game where a bullet can go directly into the enemies head and come out of it, The only game where bad PING is rewarded. The only game where the dopamine comes from the skins than ACTUAL gameplay, the only game where the matchmaking seems like a deal with the devil.

Games used to be released when they were finished, games would be released when 100% of all the features and content inside worked as intended. Nowadays companies release games to quickly cashgrab and dip; releasing games with many BUGS, uncompleted features and hidden insane broken mechanics. Games nowadays also promote watered down gambling and actually cause gambling addictions, how many games have loot carts that have 1% mythical pull; how many kids wasted thousands and thousands of their parents dollars to only never get a mythical? What do you think is going to happen to that kid when he grows up? This is pathetic as fuck, was it only what 4 years ago where I wouldn't have to spend a single cent to get rewarded for my gameplay and actual skill rather than having to pay to win? NBA 2k is a prime example of this shit, SPEND about what a thousand dollars to get a 99 OVR player in like the first week? VALORANT is probably the only non gambling, non pay to win game BUT the game is actually AWFUL. In FIFA the only person I could blame, the only person I needed to depend on and the only person who controlled my outcome was myself. It was a 1v1 game, In VALORANT however its a 5v5 game, you're teammates have more of an impact on the game then you have your self, this means every single player on your team has to be willing to play the game with you and communicate or its a losing game. It isn't the 5v5 aspect thats the problem, its not the team aspect of the game, its the MATCHMAKING. I still cannot understand how .77KD players can end up in LOBBIES with 1.17KD+. The worst part is, you can face completely dogshit players on the other team but if you have complete dogshit players on your team, its literally who ever is more dogshit loses; which in most cases is ON your team. Im not a developer, I don't know how riot could fix this, I don't know if it even is fixable.

In conclusion, games nowadays are more expensive, promote gambling, most of them are cashgrabs and are only shells of past games. When was the last time you bought a game and actually enjoyed the game you bought? Isn't it criminal how EVERY SINGLE YEAR a new 2k comes out or a new FIFA game comes out with LITTLE to no changes; just a complete COPY and PASTE from last years game with a few roster changes and new UI. You pay 100 dollars for new UI and roster changes, isn't that fucking criminal? Games are dead!

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allat

''The worst part is, you can face completely dogshit players on the other team but if you have complete dogshit players on your team, its literally who ever is more dogshit loses; which in most cases is ON your team''
A wise man once said: ''You go into matchmaking thinking you are locked in a lobby with 9 retards, but all along the number of those retards is 10.''

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its giving unc

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Holy yap idk if this is even a copypasta but I aint reading ANY of that

mandatory allat but i read it and agree

the only "modern styled" game i currently play is MLBTS and occasionally valorant. For the most part im working on an old backlog of retro games and the site retroachievements is helping me get through them by providing a "reward" for my progress.

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I also cant believe how the matchmaking is in val. .9 KD players CLEARLY arent good enough for their rank. valorant is so easy you should be able to accidentally walk your way into an even KD ratio. as a player that has good stats for his rank (PROOF: https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/OhioSigma%2312345/overview) its so frustrating gettting dumbass shitters on your team. if i have a bad game, I lose. i literally cant fathom averaging a negative KD ratio and winning even 45% of my games, but i see negative KD players in the high 50 percentile in WR. teams should just be random. if its 5 1.10+ KD players vs 5 0.9 KD players then so be it. the better team is gonna win and eventually everyone will be in the rank they deserve. its just so crazy how companies are just on their knees for shitty players doing anything to keep them playing.

As someone who is into speedrunning, thinking that it is only now that games come with lots of bugs/glitches is quite fun.

Games used to receive updates (fewer, but still received them), however if you didn't have the latest version... too bad. For example, in Metroid Fusion, there is a certain unintended interaction that was only patched in the japanese version which was released after the other versions.

aint gon lie we do NOT care

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modern live service games (including gacha games) are like having a second job if you're looking for any amount of progression. my recommendation, start playing single player games. also, don't purchase a game as soon as they come out. collect games during the steam sale; it's one of the major usp of the platform. if you've been doing that, chances are you might have a massive steam backlog that can easily keep you leisurely occupied for 2–3 years at the minimum. also, if you'd want to play any newer releases, there's no wrong in pirating it (no matter what some people say). the devs get paid already for working on the game and even if the game performs well, the devs get laid off.

ain't readin allat

happy for you tho

or sorry that happened