(01-22-2013 10:34 AM)Arjahn Wrote: (01-22-2013 04:16 AM)Lightmatt Wrote: MOBA games, nuff said. League of Legends to be more specific.
This guy... THIS GUY. He gets it.
Does anyone have fun playing MOBAs? I feel like every time I play one that everyone's just playing some cruel practical joke on me. They are so mind numblingly boring and repetitive that I feel like rage quitting from lack of rage... for which there's a harsh penalty. And all mobas do the same damn thing.
Three lanes, pick one, fight minions/weaklings to gain XP, increase stats and abilities, go back to spawn to buy shit, pick a lane, fight minions, repeat for 30 minutes, move up on Turret, try to kill turret, go to secondary defense, try to kill secondary defense, go to their spawn, kill something big at their spawn.
It's just not fun, and I'm not saying this as some Michael-Bay esque explosion COD fan gremling or anything, I can appreciate a good tactical game or slower RPG, but all MOBAs just feel so similar and so... lame that I can't even play them much any more.
Don't get me wrong I love the feel of any MOBA game. Being able to use cool acrobatic skills to move about the map, killing minions, and fighting other players can make for a great experience; but it takes a while due to really passive play and strict meta game.
The RPG elements kinda piss me off too. If you're having a difficult time in lane against someone who can damage you easily, because they have better stats from the start, there's not much you can do about it. Soon, they'll snowball to the point that you're going to lose your lane and goes off to roam and dominate other lanes. Meanwhile, you're trying to catch up in farm and your teammates are busy in the chatbox telling YOU how much YOU SUCK and should uninstall the game. You want to mute them, but what if you miss a signal to do something that could turn this game around
and don't see it and fuck up and then... Ahem! Anyways, I not too fond of the RPG elements.
Lastly, the communities in these games can be pretty bad (Not saying that only MOBA communities are bad it's just how the game is setup.) If you're having a bad game, you can't just leave and try another game, no, you're stuck with these people for at least 20 minutes (That's if you can get a surrender to happen.) The only real reason I still play LOL is so I can hangout with my friends; who only play that game and none other (Even though we have a bunch of other games that we could play multiplayer on.) [/rant]
That's why MOBA games piss me off, there's a really cool game under the repetitive and grindly mechanics and usually terrible community, but it's really tough to experience that game because of that.
