/v/ - Video Games

No, it's deathmatches upscaled to one hundred gits and the fact that it favors spectators more than players so twitch blows their load about it.

>>15051466

>pvp deathmatch balanced for streaming

every day we stray further from gods light

>>15051466

This, with the added bonus of them being easier to design than your typical deathmatch/team battle game.

it has the same appeal as MOBA

>low entry skill requirement

>common traits from other genres everyone already knows

>multiplayer with teams

>quick drop in and play game

>superficial progression that doesn't stop new players from competing but also gives you things to earn

honestly I'm waiting for the day someone makes a game that has all these traits but isn't garbage. I know, however, this will never happen because games with all those traits are either dead or full of brain dead normalfag casuals.

>>15051456

It's mostly streamers that made it popular actually. Also anyone can win with just luck and camping so it makes people feel skilled.

>>15051640

MOBAs have around 50% of downtime. BR have none. If player is dead he can jump into other match nearly immediately, in teh MOBAs players have to suffer many long minutes in the lost matches as punching bags. BR>MOBAs.

>>15062792

which game is that? looks cool

>>15051456

I'm convinced people that like this play paintball or airsoft and just want more of that.

>>15051456

Day Z is the reason battle royale is popular

The entire battle royale genre is Day Z minus the zombies and survival aspect

>>15062854

Day Z is camping simulator without goal. It is not even a game like its Arma predecessor. It is an engine.

no, br is quick adrenaline filled drop in drop out game one can play after coming home from work while is girlfriend is getting ready to go to restaurant, or a game where you play with your friends in squad during weekends to spend time. It's the opposite of story driven singleplayer game where you immerse yourself in a world during long periods of hours. both sides of the spectrum are equally needed in the industry and will find a market. almost no one wants to play heavy storyline games 24/7, sometimes you just want a quick action

the premise is easy to understand and gameplay is rewarding, i mean you outlasted 100 other random dudes of varying skill, that's cool if you can pull it off on consistent basis

>>15051456

Whales are the reason anything is popular.

>>15062936

Indeed my friend. Most people are normalfags with responsibilities and families who can't play 24/7. That is why br is so succesful, it doesn't require heavy dedication but if you're tryhard you can get better than others and wreck shit.

>>15062854

Also add Minecraft and it's "Hunger Game" servers.

They were kids when playing a cube-game, and now that they have grown up, they are "le ebin gamers" teenagers.

That's why they have this attitude when you criticize these "games" >>15062901

Also yet another thread to reminds us this topic should be banned like it was done with ASSFAGGOTS ones.

Expect shameless baiting, poor arguments, and literal cuckchan and plebbit posting.

>>15063033

>Ban it because i dont like the perfectly fine and legal topic.

>>15063033

>i suck at competitive games the post

here is you you deserve

>something I don't like is a meme

Hey faggot I like open world and I've never played any battle royale trash.

Fuck you.

>>15062901

Realm Royale is the only good Royale. And only because the whole thing is optimized for human beings.

>>15063043

At least read my post before posting, would you?

Every thread goes the same way, take the last one as an example >>15008964

Also, let me sperg for a bit and show more specific examples of the baiting these threads always carry:

>>15062901

>/v/ needs to shit in because it's popular.

>>15009752

<Everyone shits on Fortnite because muh popularity

>>15063069

>i suck at competitive games the post

>>15025265

<implying you don't suck

I even called it on that thread, and lookie at that, it's happening the same here.

>>15063094

Realm Royal rised bar of campers punishing mechanics. This is good, show others the way. But it is arcady cartooney game. There is also demand for "serious shooters for serous gamers".

>>15063124

>I even called it on that thread, and lookie at that, it's happening the same here.

>implying you don't suck

Half of the BR success comes from the stream shillers, the other half is basically the next (Take it with a grain of salt, because its from a Yathzee video)

>"PUBG is such a simple concept, I'm hesitant to give Mr. Unknown any credit for it. Multiplayer shooters have had the tendency to overthink themselves lately in an effort to stand out from the crowd; "Ooh, let's make it about capturing territory! No, wait, let's make it one tough player against four weak players working together, like a sort of reverse gangbang!" So sooner or later, someone was going to go, "Hey, why don't we just take the basic deathmatch concept that was in the very first multiplayer shooters ever and scale it up to the biggest map and the biggest number of players possible with modern technology?" And then the innovation of the shrinking play area would be obvious, as otherwise, you'd have the last two players sitting eighteen miles apart, waiting for the other to come into the coffee shop they've been camping for three hours"

I think BR games have a similar appeal to roguelikes/lites after a fashion. You build up slowly (gathering supplies/equipment) and then death has a major consequence (you are out of the game and lost everything you built up). Combined with randomly placed shit, it's basically a PVP roguelite in practice.

>>15063241

>And then the innovation of the shrinking play area would be obvious, as otherwise, you'd have the last two players sitting eighteen miles apart, waiting for the other to come into the coffee shop they've been camping for three hours"

Yeah this why DayZ retards could not figure it out for 5 years. Everyone's a genius in hindsight.

>>15063033

ASSFAGGOTS isn't banned though. We occasionally have Dota threads.

>>15051456

bls gib thiggs :–DDDDD

A single player battle royale where you develop social connections with cute anime girls would be neat.

>>15062792

>This experience became dull

No.

>>15062755

Half of time spent in BRs is running in a straight line or hiding from other players.

>>15063492

wasn't it originally going to be a game about scavenging/building during the day and fending off hordes of monsters at night? I seem to recall being interested in that too when it was first announced. A shame that it turned out this way.

>>15063510

All we got now is 7 days to die and thats zombie bullshit. Shame because I like the concept of build and defend as a time killer and nothing else seems to do it any sort of justice.

>>15063500

>Half of time spent in BRs is running in a straight line or hiding from other players.

By this metrics 90% of remaining MOBAs gameplay is running in a straight line or uninspiring PvE.

>>15063948

True