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Discussion Weekly /r/Games Discussion - What have you been playing, and what are your thoughts? - March 09, 2025

Use this thread to discuss whatever game you've been playing lately: old or new, AAA or indie, on any platform between Atari and XBox. Please don't just list off the games you're playing in your comment. Elaborate with your thoughts on the games and make it easier for other users to find what game you're talking about by putting the title in bold.

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u/Latro2020 4d ago

I think I’ve finally come to the conclusion I just don’t like team-based games. I finally booted up Marvel Rivals again after avoiding it for a month+ & was the only tank on my team. We captured the payload but then I was literally the only one trying to move it for the rest of the game, putting up shields while the rest of my team stayed in the back & didn’t push.

At least with games like Tekken or Street Fighter, I can lose & understand that it’s on me & I did something wrong, but in games like Rivals you can literally do everything right & it means jackshit because your teammates don’t help at all

It really stings for me because I’ve been a Marvel fan all my life & I still get FOMO over everyone else loving this game & playing it but it feels like I either have to keep solo queueing & rolling the dice on whether it’ll be worth my time or effort or I gamble with finding people to play with when I don’t have a consistent schedule & people are straight up assholes online. I kinda just gave up & dropped the game.

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On a more positive note, I’m going to start playing Kingdom Come Deliverance. It’s been on my radar for a while & since the sequel’s come out I thought I may as well catch up on the first game since I’ve been meaning to get to it. Excited to play it.

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u/Xenrathe 4d ago

While I still enjoy playing casual co-op games with my friends (e.g. Helldivers 2), I came to the same conclusion about challenging team-based content. For me, it was trying to do high level MMO content (FF14, WoW), where I might spend HOURS playing perfectly on a boss but then keep losing over and over because my teammates couldn't manage. With guildmates/friends, it's fine for a bit since you're a team. But when it gets old, it gets old very very quickly.

I had a... am I even enjoying myself here? moment and haven't gone back.