Gamer elitists, why do these people dump on other genres and their fans, like shooters or kinect titles? Where does it come from? What do they gain?

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Areym said:

Gugerface said:
Shooters get bashed by those people who mostly play jrpg:s/platformers and such. They don't like a game which they have to compete against real people, since it reminds them of their childhood. Oh those nasty schoolyard games.

I think the correct and obvious connection you grossly missed is that JRPGs and Platforms focus mostly on a robust and well-written story. Shooters have a tendency to have forgetable campaign cause the main drive is the multiplayer action and thus the campaign gamers are notoriously put off by the wash-away campaign and their characters. To each their own.

However, games like my favorite shooter this gen, Spec Ops: The Line prove that any game, even shooters, can have deep and intricate stories and engaging characters and plot lines.

Yeah. Save the princess and teenagers save the world from some villain. Robust and well written indeed.