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It used to exist, but not so much anymore. I miss heavily community based FPS multiplayer games. With custom servers and so on. I played Counter-Strike: Source last night, what a breath of fresh air!
Same, I played some Day Of Defeat: Source also a while back. I got onto a server, people were talking about random things and seemed to know each other, there was a sense of community, it felt like a local bar.
It's 3am and I'm chilling and talking with strangers while surfing on CS:S. God, I miss this.
I miss that in newer games. It's all matchmaking, all competitive and in many ways, modern games like this feels "no fun allowed".
I really miss these days where games were more than just the game itself.
I also feel that newer games only focus on the competitive aspect.
Pretty much. It's always competitive. Always on the grind. You can't just play for fun, no. You have to be at your best every time, because now, there is this skill-based matchmaking algorithm watching your every move in game and so on.
I feel like I'm starting to get old when I say this, but every time I go back to play one of those old games, I get reinforced in this idea... so many games feel like jobs nowadays. It's just like the real world, it's all so competitive. No fun allowed. You can't ever be goofing around, you have your rank to worry about... every shooter now keeps on getting updated, the meta keeps on changing, and you have to keep up with it constantly otherwise you'll get left behind.
I can't put it into words exactly, so excuse me if what I'm going to say sounds odd... But I feel like most of the modern entertainment available to me is really stressful and I can't explain it. To be honest, it's the first time I'm voicing this feeling, but I find it really distressing...
I think that I fully understand how you feel. It's pretty much why I stopped playing online games. I want to be able to not think about being good or absolutly winning every single game. Most of the time, I would rather prefer trying out "dumb" stuff in the game or simply having random conversations while having fun.