Otakumegane said:
Call of Duty is designed to be a skinner box or sorts. It isn't really the shooting that gets at you it's the competitive nature that's different from a game like Starcraft. Like the killcam and the 1st person nature of it just makes you feel like you got killed by this random dude and that just pisses you off. And they show clearly how you died too. It's designed to empower people that win and make people frustrated when they lose and have them try it again. It plays out on our instincts in the worst possible way. I mean well so does Multiplayer Halo but I've honestly mostly played Co-op with a friend derp.
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If things such as as that, which aren't even real, gets to someone so badly then I think they are better off not playing competitive games because, they are all more or less like this (just as you said). A game of competitive pokemon can also be annoying if you are predicting the other guy's moves perfectly and you know he's gonna make that switch, and then he just decides to not do what was obviously the best option for him for whatever reason and knocks you main wall out, leaving your team defenseless.
Anyway, if a person gets easily frustrated or has anger issues then they are better off staying off competitive activities in general, not just COD, or multiplayer, or video games. I thought it was rather common sense to stay away from things that make you feel bad, but it seems nowadays people keep coming back for more punishment. Not saying it's you since you said you play co-op which seems like a lot better option.
Again, I keep saying that single player/co-op Nintendo games tend to be pretty good alternative experiences.
