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[Walter Matthau]

If someone told me 20 years ago that I'd be able to buy a compilation that contains both Power Stones, Capcom vs SNK 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper, Project Justice, and some others with online play and several extra bonus features for the equivalent of what would have been less than $25, it would have blown my mind.

 

[MacReady13]

The internet thrives on hate, drama and negativity it seems. It's getting worse it seems like.

Saw some dude who makes Youtube content around Civilization-like games post 2 reviews of Civ7:
- Civ7 review 10/10 it's a MASTERPIECE
- Civ7 review 0/10 it's a COMPLETE MESS

His negative review got twice as many views.

It's the internet in a nutshell: everything has to be 'the best/worst thing ever' or else it's not interesting enough.

It's funny you say that- I do a small podcast myself about the football team I follow, and when my team loses, our podcast does FAR more numbers than when my team wins! People love negativity for some reason.

As for me, I'm only really negative on gamepass as I see it as the devaluing of games and a terrible way for gaming as a whole to move towards. Other than that, I'm mostly positive about game and please, for the love of god people, BUY Clair Obscur! It is easily one of the all time greatest games! I'm not even a fan of turn based games and this has me hooked like crazy! I'm not even massive on stories in games as opposed to gameplay but this excels at BOTH story and gameplay! It's a masterpiece! Buy it and play it! Support these devs so we get more from them.

 

[grvg]

It wasn't always like this, it was far more intense and worse.

Go read some of the BBS postings in the 1990s when gaming was just objectively way better and more interesting than it is now.

Sometimes I think back to the Mifflin Devin post and lol

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

Did people ever just enjoy games or negative arguments was always the dominant voice online??

online? yeah i guess
easier to appear smart/edgy if youre a critic, and it's fun to shitpost

pre-x360/ps3 offline was super positive
mostly kids just super excited to play new games

 

[Soodanim]

While most consumers are out there just buying and enjoying ti's entertainment we enjoyed it so much that we started spending more time talking about it than actually enjoying it.

People might say the magic has been taken out by devs and whatever sins they commit, but we certainly won't find any of that magic on forums. Far too much negativity and people doing their best to recruit people into their negativity unless it's a huge release where everyone gets swept up in the hype and goes back to having fun.

We know too much. Ignorance is bliss.

 

[Tams]

Willy.

 

[diffusionx]

Sometimes I think back to the Mifflin Devin post and lol

the GOAT

but there's lots of that, it was a different time

 

[Wildebeest]

Just wait for the next game made in Russia or China and bask in the glow of near universal praise from the internet with any dissenter being crushed by an overwhelming backlash from the enjoyers.

 

[onQ123]

Too many unhappy people on the Internet crying about any & everything

 

[Redeeming Casualty]

Try to move away from online discourse if it starts impeding your enjoyment of your hobby.

This 100% THIS. Go play and enjoy games. Its helped me out a lot because no fault to anyone but humans can be annoying with communication devices. More people in gaming spaces can just be so annoying. Like no joke my enjoyment of the switch 2 reveal was dampened because of all the negative discourse online. So I did what should have done. Disconnect and go outside and play some games and I'll tell you what in that time I enjoyed replaying Burnout Paradise, Clubhouse Games, and playing Golden Sun for the first time. Basically go play games and enjoy life. Avoid the noise.

 

[Humdinger]

but I find myself sucked into numerous arguments about these games "Oblivion Remaster is disastrous, Gamepass destroyed Expedition 33's chances at success, nothing about E33 is original….etc", while I am more than guilty for dragging myself into those arguments but I can't help wonder was it always like this? Did people ever just enjoy games or negative arguments was always the dominant voice online??

No, it wasn't always like this. It was different 20 years ago. There were still console wars, but people weren't so negative in general. There was less "reaction" and more thought. There were fewer one-liners and more discussion. There was less concern about whether your post got "likes" (because there were no "likes"), less tendency to craft posts for approval or attention or just to provoke a reaction.

I'm sure there are a host of factors involved - social media, declining literacy, divisiveness in the culture, constant distractions, lack of time to think or write, increased isolation and needs for attention in these venues, the reaction/"like" systems themselves, etc.