@ajroo: I've played Rocket League for 200 hours. I've played CS:GO and other iterations of CS for thousands of hours. Both of these games have very simplistic game modes and very few maps which are played regularly. What keeps me coming back to these? The same thing that will keep me coming back to Overwatch - a balanced, competitive game that is fun to play with a bunch of friends and is also fun to play more seriously.
The fact that the games are quite short is a bonus too as I get older and have less ability to sink time into competitive games.
Not to mention the fact that the characters are all very diverse; I think the character design in this game is actually legitimately amazing in terms of skill sets and making each one uniquely different.
I'm unsure why you think leveling up and 'progression' (read: locking things behind a level-up system that should be avaliable from the get-go) adds to the longevity of a game as well. For me, it actually shortens it because once you are done getting everything you feel like you've 'finished' the game.
People who think this is a good thing encourage bad game design imo.
CS didn't have leveling up and it dominated for years. It's unneeded in FPS games, especially competitive ones. Gamers are like gambling addicts who need their fix now.
@gregalor: I think people hate Endurance Runs now? Someone asked about it at the PAX East panel and as soon as the words "Endurance Run" were mentioned by someone asking a question there was a rush of booing from the crowd.
Pretty sure that's because that question has been answered to death, not because people don't like ERs themselves.
I mean, considering the fact we've had endurance runs of every MGS game recently too...
I don't think you understand Giantbombs take on an endurance run.
Erm, I watched their Persona ER in full. I don't see a whole lot of difference between that and what they did with the MGS games if you take ER to mean a full playthrough of a game without stopping. It just wasn't called a ER.
@gregalor: I think people hate Endurance Runs now? Someone asked about it at the PAX East panel and as soon as the words "Endurance Run" were mentioned by someone asking a question there was a rush of booing from the crowd.
Pretty sure that's because that question has been answered to death, not because people don't like ERs themselves.
I mean, considering the fact we've had endurance runs of every MGS game recently too...
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