We all know that the rise of Streamer culture is nothing other than perpetuation of ye olde reality shows - where people once peeped into lives of others, now they can directly communicate with those others. In a society beset by alienation, a familiar face can dig deep into your pocket.
While I have never donated to a streamer, and I do not play multiplayer games, I find myself playing a lot less in general these past few years. Just last night I finally started MGS V and halfway through first Afghan mission I switched it off. Gameplay was decent, but I needed interaction, human contact, Skype call, anything. I believe it also has something to do with the game type, MGS V being a gigantic, almost directionless playground. Mind starts wandering, and anyone who has ever watched a stream knows how chock full of interaction they are. Is it the format that is defective or are we inevitably warped by isolation?
you have us
>>388152559
But that's the same thing, I often quit playing to post something on /v/. It might be also the reason why I'm gravitating towards bullet hell shooters and similar old-style games rather than "narrative" experiences you can see coming from a mile away. MGS V in particular feels like a giant map with braindead bots.
Sounds like the problem is you. Requiring constant human interaction to do everything isn't normal.
>>388152707
Wait. Holy fuck are you me.
I genuinely loved playing narrative driven games but nowadays I get bored out of most things I play and I'm generally starting to prefer dumb CoD shit to waste time instead.
Eventually I come back to shitpost of /v/.
Why would a lack of human contact during the game affect the gameplay of said game? I don't understand the problem here. If you really need to human interaction that bad, put on a podcast. Its not like the game is so hard that you need to hear every little thing.
No, you just have a shitty attention span.
>>388152827
It has to be said, modern narrative driven games are utter crap. I'd recommend Darkwood but it forces crafting upon you to pad the game.
>>388152707
fucking this
I was really happy to get adrenaline installed on my vita yesterday to play the psx final fantasy games that I've never played before, once I had verified that they were working I put it down to shitpost here about how shit the Vita is and play fucking unreal tournament
what's going on here
>>388152504
Welcome to the internet age. I'm glad I'm old enough to have grown up without it since I don't get that pervasive loneliness, in fact, I feel too connected by all this stuff. As a remedy, just find a f2p mmo or something and be social in global.
That's really weird. I love playing single player games and losing myself in the moment.
I can barely play a game without a streamer on in the background. It wasn't always like this, but the loneliness is now overwhelming. Oddly enough I can read a book just fine with no background noise.
>>388154539
I'm mostly replaying my favourites for years now. Deus Ex, VtMB, SH...
...it gets melancholic. I was toying with trying to learn Japanese and then playing all the Yakuza games for years, like a soap opera, 1-2hours per day but I don't have that kind of tunnel vision.
>>388155268
Oh, I hate that. I don't replay games at all. Always trying new stuff.
>>388155794
All great games have to be played at least 4 times
Found out the girl streamer I watch is not pure and has potential further leaks that are nudes. I mean it should have been obvious since she is a whore due to the Russian descent but I wanted to believe. I am distraught. She also supposedly tried to neck herself during a stream during the breakdown. Feels bad man.
>>388157246
If you have 400 bucks, dm legendary lea on instagram, if you can travel to arizona it's a really good quality fuck for an hour
>>388157186
Fuck that.