Videos games aren’t supposed to be realistic. I’m not supposed to put myself in the position of a real socom or seal or delta or recons or X18 for that matter. I don’t want to.play a video game that represents reality. That’s not what video games are about. Video games are supposed to be void of reality. Destiny, baldurs gate, elder scrolls, Mario, metal gear, etc… That’s what video gaming is supposed to be. Not real situations that could/would occur like call of duty. CoD is a garbage game and it’s offensive for them to remaster the bullshit and then expect people to pay for the bullshit that they couldn’t justify having paid for when the game(s] was first released. Do not fall for the Microsoft trap

  • erin (she/her)
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    221 month ago

    Okay but I enjoy realistic milsim games. You don’t have to play them. Weird take.

    • Sneezycat
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      -91 month ago

      Ah yes, Tarkov, where you die of inanition after 30 minutes without food and where jumping 2 meters breaks both your legs, which you can just fix in like 20 seconds with some splints. Very realistic.

      • @CTDummy@lemm.ee
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        111 month ago

        I usually mean stuff like Arma, squad and so on for milsim. The coordination, different assets and the wounding. Most these games even if you do survive it takes a good length of time to heal and multiple items. That’s the realism, as opposed to the famous “bleeding out the eyeballs until I spontaneously heal in 30 seconds.” EFT is still in the same vein don’t get me wrong but way less coordination than other milsims.

        • Sneezycat
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          -51 month ago

          My point is that even “realistic” games have unrealistic stuff for the sake of being fun to play. Realism is an interesting design choice, but trying too hard can make the game dull.

          • femtech
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            31 month ago

            For you, not for others. Same thing as people liking stick shift cars.

          • @Maalus@lemmy.world
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            11 month ago

            Your point is pointless. People say “I like realistic games” and your point is “oh but they’re not 10000% realistic!” Like yeah, so?

            • Sneezycat
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              21 month ago

              People like some realism in games. Look at how RDR2 was criticized for how tedious some things were. People liked the horse ball-jiggling physics realism, not the skinning or looting realism, because it slows the gameplay too much.

              Still, there will be hardcore people that love realism to the point of controlling each individual joint like Toribash, but it becomes a battle of realism vs accessibility.

                • Sneezycat
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                  21 month ago

                  The point is saying games are “not realistic enough” is unproductive criticism, like saying “just fix it”.

      • erin (she/her)
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        130 days ago

        I never got into Tarkov, but I love Arma and Squad. To each their own.