By my logic I play video games to do that what I cannot do myself thats not a crazy thought and it doesn't mean I should never play games ever. It means I play games to do what I personally find impossible to do. I do not find playing football, rugby or most other sports impossible.Originally Posted by Roto13
List of things you've probably done in video games that you could do in real life:
- Played a musical instrument
- Raced cars (you can rent one if you really care, or find a go kart track)
- Were a soldier
- Fought a guy with your bare hands
- Fought a guy with a weapon
- Shot a target
- Parkour
- Skateboarded
- Played a card or board game
- Flew a plane
- Other stuff that's not coming to mind
Out of that list I've done at least 6 of them in real life and in games, fact is yes I could decide to be a soldier, I very nearly did join the army all I needed to do was sign the line however I decided not to do that at the time because I was doing it for the wrong reasons. However being a soldier isn't quite the same as getting to shoot my best mates in the back of the head and then laughing about it with them afterwards is it?
The only thing about Rockband that makes me rage is people yelling at me to use my star power. I will use my star power when I god damn please, likely after I have played my final note.
I am for the most part with Wolf. The lack of structure to the story in WRPG's and the more often then not Good/Evil systems are kind of lacking. And before anyone says it's a limit to technoligy, I point you back to Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen on the SNES. You yourself could be a saintly man, yet the way the world perceives you is evil. It had possibly the best morality system of any game I've ever played. The only reason it's so lacking now is no one things there's a need to add that additional depth, not anything tech related.
That being said, I am greatly enjoying Fall Out: New Vegas. Not as immersive as I'd like, but the stories are still fun, there are some entertaining characters, ect.
Your right about that, I am quite a good pianist and would much rather do that over some video game about doing the same thing.
Also managed to go karting when I was a kid... a friend of mine broke his leg that day and since then I thought I would much rather play the video game version of it and not risk getting a broken leg.. or worse, and with more style that some 13y/o could do in a petrol go kart.
Again I have also tried to join the Navy, I got turned down after 13 months of intensive training to get myself fit, only to be told that because one of my legs is longer then the other the doctor failed my medical exam... which was right before the final examination and test where Ihad to run a mile and a half in 12.30 minutes, I could do it in 11.15, then swim fully clothed for I think it was 500meters then tread water for 3 and a half minutes, all of which I could do.
I have done this also! I didn't like it when I got it in the neck from my parents, and I don't get in trouble for playing a fighting game like street fighter(my preferred beat 'em up)coupled the fact that I couldn't shoot fire balls from my hands...definitely prefer the game.
This is one of the ones I have not done, and seeing as I do not want to kill anyone fighting in r/l with a weapon would:
1. Require some arms training with said weapon.
2. Require someone else who had also had arms training and for them to have said arm when I entered combat with them.
3. Require the Police to not arrest me or my opponent for carrying about a lethal weapon. And
4. them not arresting me/my opponent for GBH/Murder/Attempted murder. Its frowned upon in civilized society.
I think I have gone into my past about the Navy already but this is slightly different, before I had aspirations to become a Navel Officer and a Gentleman (lol) I was a member of the 1349 Woking Air Training Corps, where I indeed had weapons training and also....
I don't even know what that is so I have no response to it xD (Yes I am serious I don't know what it means, I honestly don't know if you did a typo or what).
I am one of the minority that actually can't stand Tony Hawks or the like games... though much to most of my friends chagrin.
*thinks for 5 minutes* Yep I definitely have played (and preferred) actual rl card and board games... with possibly Solitaire being the exception that proves the rule, its just so much easier have the cards all nice and neat.
At the end of the day I would rather do what I prefer to do, as opposed to doing it another way, Yes I play war games such as CoD and MoH but that is likely the only way I will be involved in such warfare seeing as the military life I would desire is closed off from me, as is racing super expensive car's for the price of a Pre owned Forza (which cost me about £15 back in the day) and not being arrested and fined: Big Win.
So if you ever play computer solitaire, you are a hypocrite.*thinks for 5 minutes* Yep I definitely have played (and preferred) actual rl card and board games... with possibly Solitaire being the exception that proves the rule, its just so much easier have the cards all nice and neat.
(You're one of those "bu bu bu real guitar or gtfo" dumbasses, right? I can't be assed to go back and make sure.)
A hypocrite am I? And a dumbass? way to go with the maturity there.
Aside from that I haven't played Solitaire since I left school, I did actually have a legitimate reason for preferring to play Solitaire on the PC, maybe you should reread what I wrote, oh wait you can't be bothered, I will write it again and expand on why I prefer computer Solitaire: Its swift, a click and a card turns over, its neat, have you ever actually played the game with a regular pack of cards? it takes ages to deal the cards out and it never looks neat no matter how hard you try, with a regular card game, there is always the temptation to cheat, being that I haven't played the game since I was 13 I was immature back then and would have likely done so if played with a real deck of cards, I could go on and on but I see little point seeing as you don't bother to read what I write and then proceed insult me.
At the end of the day you have a very narrow view of a legitimate point of view so I see no reason to discuss anything else with you seeing as you lack the maturity to see valid points against the flimsy argument you have made.
Oh, look, doing something in real life and doing something in a video game are different! What a revelation! Guess what? Music games aren't just dumbed down versions of real instruments. They're games. With high scores and unrealistic note charts.
Oh, look, I was asked what I hate and I responded, games such as Fifa 11 I still cannot see the appeal, I never said the games were pointless, obviously other people like to play them, I said why I hate them, I would rather do the actual sport then sit on my couch playing some sim of the game.
Obviously they are different, otherwise everyone would not bother to buy such games.
Music games... your going on about that now huh? Well again you state the obvious, but your missing the point of this thread, its a place where people express what games they do not like, I think you obviously missed that.
This is all my opinion, not actual fact and I am not trying to convince other people to abandon their likes and dislikes, like some people I could mention.
Roto13, there is no need to call someone a dumbass. I shouldn't have to tell a grown man to behave.
And for future reference here's Parkour!
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