Whats wrong with being a "dudebro"?

Aether · January 21, 2015, 05:02:29 PM

I don't really give a shit tbh but that's probably expected of me.

Verbatim · January 21, 2015, 05:17:33 PM

Quote from: Prime Meridia on January 21, 2015, 04:35:02 PM

Just Dance, for a more recent example, isn't a dudebro game. Neither is Tribes: Ascend (although it did attract a lot of memester idjits).

Simple/casual shooters with "deep" (like a bathtub) mechanics are the defining factors of dudebro games. Halo fits it, as does Battlefield, and CoD. Quake has a 90* learning curve, it's too "hardcore" to be a dudebro game. Quake Live even got a small resurgence a few months back, and it quickly died again because the new players left after getting their asses handed to them with a 0% success rate.

I'm gonna let you in on something.

I've actually never played Quake.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · January 21, 2015, 05:27:20 PM

Doesn't surprise me Verb. I'd describe it as the Guilty Gear of FPS games, or at least I would Arena/Live.

Verbatim · January 21, 2015, 05:29:34 PM

Well, you'd think I'd have played it, because of the whole Trent-Reznor-did-the-soundtrack thing.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · January 21, 2015, 05:31:28 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 21, 2015, 05:29:34 PM

Well, you'd think I'd have played it, because of the whole Trent-Reznor-did-the-soundtrack thing.

Well I wouldn't bother with it now. It's impossible to play online at this point. The only people who play it have played it for over a decade and are stupid good at it.

Verbatim · January 21, 2015, 05:34:58 PM

Quote from: Prime Meridia on January 21, 2015, 05:31:28 PM

Well I wouldn't bother with it now. It's impossible to play online at this point. The only people who play it have played it for over a decade and are stupid good at it.

Even the sequels?

🍁 Aria 🔮 · January 21, 2015, 05:37:00 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 21, 2015, 05:34:58 PM

Quote from: Prime Meridia on January 21, 2015, 05:31:28 PM
Well I wouldn't bother with it now. It's impossible to play online at this point. The only people who play it have played it for over a decade and are stupid good at it.
Even the sequels?

Quake Live has been out half a decade now, and while SF4 beats it by a few years, it doesn't have nearly the same amount of newb-friendliness. Quake is unforgiving, and while that's nice for the core players, it doesn't promote growth.

R o c k e t · January 21, 2015, 07:01:07 PM

everything

Mattie G Indahouse · January 21, 2015, 07:04:11 PM

Look at all the hip young kids in this topic using their hipster words.

cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · January 21, 2015, 07:05:37 PM

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.

Korra · January 21, 2015, 07:16:01 PM

Nothing, its just a label placed to people who enjoy sport games...and newer Call of Duty games.