Shitposting for the Fempire
Why are gamers so entitled?
Don't believe me? Here's some examples. (You probably do believe me, considering this com's context, but this is a nice forward into everything.)
So recently, a new game called Metal Gear Survive was announced, and it's trailer proceeded to recieve tons and tons of flack. Look at those dislikes (oh and by the way, why do people dislike trailers on youtube? I'm pretty sure Konami doesn't go on IGN's channel and looks at the statistics to their game trailers, it just gives the channel a video with a lot of dislikes. Anyway...) This was a teaser to a game, nobody knows it's gameplay, nobody knows it's goals, most people are assuming it's going to be a survival crafting game, which it isn't. It's literally like the last game in the series except with co-op gameplay, like they did in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. But people are hating it. Why? Because... uh... uh... Konami fired the main director of a game so it's automatically going to be bad? Yeah, that seems like a valid reason! Also the trailer looks bad, so that means the game is going to be bad, and it's a spinoff! Those have never ever been good! /s
Many gamers do this with every game they don't like the look of. Look at Metroid Prime: Federation Force. 88,000 dislikes and everyone is panning it. Now that it's released, lets look at the score. Oh, a 71, so you mean, the game is decent! Who would have thought!?! Sure, it's not as good as the other Metroid games, but it's definitely something I wouldn't mind paying full price for.
It's just really annoying. No one knows if these games (or movies cough Ghostbusters cough) is going to be good. I wish people would just shut up until they play it themselves or a legitimate review comes out. If Metal Gear Survive is released and it's terrible, go ahead, bash it. But just because the game strays away from the series roots a little bit and you don't like that it's not made by a certain person, doesn't mean it's going to be a bad game.




It's because they built their entire identity on the fickle mistress that is American consumerism. When the winds of change descend on society, and the market changes to reflect that, they feel like their very existence is under attack.
Well, as more & more information is released, it does make sense to be pretty sceptical to try a new product. I was originally looking forward to Bethesda’s Fallout 3, then it was announced for consoles. I lost my excitement. Now, I don’t have anything personal against consoles, but usually designers have to simplify their plans to accommodate console users. Freelancer was redesigned for a possible console release, and a lot of customers were disappointed when it finally arrived. That’s another story, though.
As for why gamers are entitled, I don’t have any certain explanations. Technology has added a lot of convenience into our lives, and consequently it may have unintentionally raised our standards. Some bipeds may have a limited range of interests, so when their favourite is tampered with they take it personally and react very strongly.
I never played Fallout 3, so I can’t make a good judgement of it. I just know that I didn’t like what I saw, which did indeed annoy me, but I had (and have) other things to worry about or be happy about. I didn’t explode in a comment section, instantly ‘dislike’ anything related to it, or send ferocious e‐mails to anybody. (Even if I did do those things, I’d just get drowned out by the masses.) I just got quietly annoyed and disappointed, but turned my attention elsewhere.
I think it's mainly because "Zombie survival co-op game" is one of the most generic, uninspired things you could make. Sure, Peace Walker had co-op, but the whole game wasn't based around it, and you could easily play through without ever touching co-op. The fact that the multiplayer aspects to MGS5 were largely not very good doesn't really help either.
That said, while I love the Metal Gear series, I also don't really care enough to downvote vids on youtube or leave angry comments. If it ends up being good, cool, I'll grab it, if not, whatever, I have tons of other games to play.