I see your point and I agree with it to some extent, even though I never cared much for the higher levels myself. With gaming having a never before seen penetration however, the "high-skill" playing remains a niche. New iterations of games come out in a much more frequent fashion, there´s hardly a reason to build a meta game that requires a prolonged training period, keeping players busy after the initial freshness wears off. For FPS that is, can´t speak for RPG´s or MMO´s.Uzique wrote:
i don't have the desire to learn/play a game to that degree, either, but i'd hope it was at least there for those that are so inclined. a game feels very unsatisfactory and lacking something when there is no sense of a 'higher level' of play, i.e. a steep gradient to the learning curve. that is, after all, why a lot of people play certain games, such as MMO's and RTS games: knowing that there is a professional level where the game is played to an extremely high pedigree. i get the feeling with most modern fps games that they only feature an average, casual, entertaining-hollywood experience that doesn't allow any room for finesse or 'skill'.
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