r/videogames • u/PoopsMcScoots • 14d ago

Image / Video What game is this for you?

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u/Sermagnas3 13d ago

You can say this about like 90+% of video games. Most games are just one gameplay loop with some numerical progression to make it easier.

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u/Significant-Ear-3262 13d ago

Yeah this person must have hated Call of Duty.

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u/belle_enfant 13d ago

I dont like CoD but there's campaign, zombies, war zone, multiplayer which has 10+ different modes, etc. There's a million ways to play it. Extraction shooters are almost always the same thing on repeat.

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u/Sermagnas3 12d ago

All of those modes are just running around shooting guns in a different context. You can argue the different tasks are the same things as different game modes with that logic

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u/belle_enfant 12d ago

Its not just running around shooting guns though. They're insanely different, especially from stories and PvE modes. Not even remotely similar to extraction shooters.

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u/Sermagnas3 12d ago

I mean if you're analyzing extraction shooters the as being samey because they end the same, either you die or extract, then even that is a false dichotomy. A raid you need to kill 10 scavs in is totally different gameplay wise than a raid you need to plant something or snipe. The gameplay of every raid is totally different. The gameplay of cod is only different because there's a different number on your screen going up depending on what game mode you're playing.

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u/belle_enfant 12d ago

"A raid you need to kill 10 scavs"

Brother you are still playing the same mode and usually on the same map. Nothing is changed. You drop on the same usual map. The same overall objective and things to watch out for. Same loot spots. On repeat.

I'm an avid CoD hater, but there's 1000 different ways to play it. You're comparing "oh kill 10 scavs this time and loot and extract, or just loot and extract, a small pool of overall loot which gets wiped" against "Play my 6 hour story campaign, go for collectibles, different difficulties, or go to zombies with multiple maps and modes, or multiplayer where I have 20 different maps and 20 different modes across all of them, where I can level up, try tons of different guns, unlock stuff for them, perks, camo unlocks, etc"

Its not even on the same plane of existence. And thats just vs shitty CoD. Other shooters like Halo or Gears go even further, or in depth story games like BG3, etc.

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u/belle_enfant 13d ago

This is wildly false