User blog:BlazingLeopard/Gamers then, Gamers now...

Ten Years Ago...
So, obviously, I like to post some random things every once in a while. So this time, I've decided to compare some gamers attitudes ten years ago, to what they are now.

So ten years ago, it was 2003 (shocker, I know). For me, it wasn't a very interesting year, in terms of what games were released. I mean, you had Sonic Heroes, The Simpsons: Hit and Run, Soulcalibur II and Pokemon Ruby and Shapphire.

Anyway, less about the games and more about the gamers. Gamers back then were very relaxed, played for fun. They invited their friends around so they could play various games and have pizza. Or they'd invite each other to have LAN parties on Halo: Combat Evolved. Everything was so relaxed and the "gaming storm", as I like to call it, had started to take shape.

Ten Years Later...
Ten years later, it was 2013 (again, shocker). Games are getting better, graphically and gameplay wise. There are more games and more people playing them. Games like Call of Duty Black Ops 2, Fez, Mass Effect 3 and The Walking Dead have taken the world by storm, introducing competitive multiplayer earlier on in the "gaming storm", brilliant graphics, amazing gameplay and just amazing storylines.

The only problem is the whole competitve side. Some gamers, mostly the one who play shooters, have started becoming too competitive. Also, gamers now know what the developers can do, so they can get very critical, even sometimes not even playing a game based on just what game critics say. I think that they should judge a game by the experience they've had with it and not by what IGN or Gamespot (for example) say about it.

That's all I have to say... for now.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned enough or described what I'm trying to say very well, but I do hope people get my point.

Some gamers have become too demanding and too competitive. It's alright if you complain to a company about game breaking glitches that force you to stop playing a good game, but complaining if you don't get what you want in a game is a bit pointless. If you don't like a game after you've played it, then don't play it. It's that simple.

Anyway, enough of me rambling on...

Goodbye mah friends...