sc94597 said:
Who contested the bolded? All of these reasons fall under the ultimate goal of "gain enjoyment/having fun" unless they are educational/occupational (you learn from the game design or you are reviewing the game.) It is like saying because I am scared when I ride a roller coaster, I am not having fun. It is a silly strict definition to make oneself not look like a kid/overestimate one's hobby as important. That is why I dispute your limited use of the word. |
I would have replied on your wall, but your profile is private. So here it goes for the last time.
When you go on a roller coaster to get rid of your fear of roller costers and you don't actually enjoy the process, they you don't have fun. If you get off and say "boy that was scary, let's do it again!", then you clearly had fun (in other words, that has nothing to do with what I was talking about). When you play a game because your friends play it and you want to prove something to them, you don't have fun. I played COD several times and hated it every time. We do things for an incredible number of reasons and fun is usually one of them. But not always. I'm not limiting its use. You make it out to be something it's not.
With Bloodborne like I said I see it as a challenge. It's mostly frustration, but since I started something I want to see if it's any good and I don't like not beating games. Not taking the bus and walking 15 miles in uncomfortable shoes can be a challenge. It doesn't make it fun. Not during or after it happens. Also, you assume that with a challenge you end up succeeding. That's not always the case. You can play Bloodborne for 5 hours, lose again and again and then go to bed without having beat the boss. That's not fun. Same with caring x item from x point to x. If you fail, you feel tired and frustrated and at no point did you have fun.
Playing The Walking Dead or The Wolf Among Us reminds me of how shitty this world is and how humans tend to behave. That's not fun. Unless you have fun when you go to funerals or read an article about children in Africa. You don't do it for educational reasons. You already know how shitty things are. That's neither fun or in any way enjoyable (for me. I'm aware that others have fun playing The Walking Dead). I have fun playing most games. Not all of them. Simple as that.
Like I said, call it whaterer you want. I won't stop you. But don't speak for others.