Comment by jbs789
1 day ago
After a ~20 year break from first person shooters I’ve recently played Call of Duty Multiplayer and what struck me was how many superficial skins or various rewards were visible to others - it seems to steer the player to accumulate these things (through play or $), to show others in the game.
And the odd pumpkin heads (literally players with pumpkins as heads) running around coinciding with Halloween.
Very different than Counter Strike circa 2005.
Roughly the same mechanics but much more commercialised, playing to the psychological weaknesses of players.
I think you've articulated his point better than I could!
Gaming today is very much based in retention and hijacking the retention by any means necessary.
Playing originals is a different experience and possibly what might give kids a different experience of gaming.
A lower-fi game leaves more to the imagination as well.