• Stamets@startrek.websiteOP
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    1 year ago

    For real. Was playing a Star Wars game again recently. Devs had dropped support and the community had become rampagingly toxic. I found a discord to play with people and actually have a voice chat and they all whined about how no new players showed up but they were repugnant to an extreme. Hyper gatekeep-y for a start but then add on a massive dose of sexism, racism and every other flavor of bigotry.

    Decided maybe that the game had died for a reason and uninstalled that shit.

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      1 year ago

      Kinda reminds me of the current state of SW:Squadrons. The only remaining community are the toxic sweats. The player count is so low that you pretty much always have to wait minutes to start x.x

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        I was talking about Battlefront 2 (2016) but Squadrons also applies. I tried playing that game online 3 times and just never bothered continuing it. I get being sweaty, fine, but being toxic about it is something else. Just not interested in it anymore. Been playing stuff like Baldurs Gate 3 perpetually now and it’s great. Or the Hitman trilogy. Actually looking at my playstation almost all the games are singleplayer. Only multiplayer game recently is a co-op game, It Takes Two.

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          I was talking about Battlefront 2 (2016)

          Ah, don’t tell me that, it’s one of the few games that I actually want to play. I might just stick with the older version instead.

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            1 year ago

            Same. I used to play tournaments so I’m good but I don’t go sweaty. So many people though feel compelled.

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          Doesn’t Battlefront 2 have a co-op mode against bots though? Last time I played it was that mode and still fun as hell. Can’t be sweaty if it’s co-op.

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            Oh yes it can. People will compete over the kills and kill hog as much as they can. Some people will actively block you so you can’t shoot while they’re in a lightsaber hero. It’s just exhausting.