Although I Eric, owner of GameNTrain am not yet a parent, I am a teacher and I directly see how videogames can negatively or even positively effect children and young adults. The question I am posing is when do we as parents or adults have to tell someone enough is enough… It is time to take a break from videogames for a little while. Below I have listed some of the reasons why, in my opinion it may be time to take a break from gaming.
PC like experience on PS4 – Sony’s attempt to address cross platform gaming
We've previously seen what we can take off the Prometheans, but what will Master Chief's backup be bringing to the fight in Halo 4?
Quite a lot of old favorites, as well as some new vehicles and an old enemy.
Spartan 1 program was somewhat Mech like..so bout time :P
Wow though, they look so much like Metal gears. Or gekkos
I know there were going to be mechs for a while, but seeing it actually shoot at that ship is so awesome.
A list of the most realistic games available.
number 4 ,in my eyes, is a total kick in the groin. Total dis service to the whole tactical genre.
I can't decide if the list was based on what games look realistic or what games are realistic.
Battlefield is a FPS primarily that requires teamwork and tactics to win. Doesn't mean it did a dis-service to the tactical genre, it just means none of the tactical genre games were good enough to beat it. Pretty accurate, IMO. Everything in the game is spot on physics and realism-wise. Of course there's some thing that can't be to have a good game, but deal with it.
Stopped watching after I saw his first 2 choices. What a joke he thinks Battlefield 3 is realistic. It can be tactical, but certainly doesn't need to be played that way in order to succeed.
You'll totally be able to win planting 0 bombs in rush or capturing 0 points in conquest, not ever flanking or getting behind people to do said things if your teammates can't. Good luck with that, you've just never played the game right. I also bet you haven't won, either.
http://battlelog.battlefiel...
Actually I have won a game doing nothing but lone-wolf running and gunning. In fact, I've won quite a few games doing my own thing. I've also been in the top 3 (out of 24) about 28% of the time.
Ejecting from a jet, shooting another jet with a rocket launcher while in mid-air, and then landing back in your jet is NOT realistic. It's fun, but that's not the point of this top 5.
compared to many other games it is realistic. sure there goofy shit u can do but come one. u know why u won lone wolfing? the other team wasnt working as a team or even cared about winning. COD kiddies just want kills
Okay then 60% of BF3 players don't use tactics is what you're saying. And that's on "hardcore" servers even.
Just because it's more realistic than some other games doesn't mean it deserves to be in a top 5 list.
You know why you do well? You don't die. You know why? You don't play the objective. Just killing scrubs that can't fight back because they have more important things to do. Like PTFO.
You're one of those people who run up to the bomb, kill everyone, and then run away so you don't die. Without planting/defusing. I hate those people. Don't play BF3 if you're going to do that. Play COD and don't give BF3 a bad name.
Now I sound mean but seriously...
BTW your Battlelog isn't impressive. You lone wolf it but dude, it's fairly unimpressive. I do better by playing the objective. (But I've been sniping recently so I haven't helped the team too much.)
After looking at your Battlelog. You lie. You do play the Objective.
Yes you are right. Your 1.74 W/L ratio and 8 more hours of playtime is so much better than my terrible 1.53 W/L ratio... That's a whopping 3%
Of course I play the objective! Look at my original comment. I go in Rambo-style and take the objectives, cause half of your team is doing their own thing away from the objective.
Then name a game that is huge (in a sense that everyone will play) and is also tactical. Nowadays, people like the fast-paced action of FPS so it would be boring if BF3 was all tactical. Everyone would be too cautious and sit back and not die. EVER. Tactical requires a captain who can plan everything but if that happens, it won't be fun because you won't be doing your thing, but instead someone else's.
For #3, I'd say GT5 is more realistic than Forza. Simply because it is a simulator and puts realism before fun, whereas Forza is very fun but not as realistic as GT5.
I know his list wasn't going to include simulators, but you need them for a realistic game, no?
Just checked it out. It looks very nice indeed. :)
But I still think GT5 is more realistic.
(Or if you can find a good gameplay video of it, I might change my mind. I don't have much time to look for myself I'm afraid.)
Realistic feeling = if you switch out a mag...you don't get to keep the bullets in the previous mag you just threw away = no games out that are THAT realistic
should've just named this "Games i think are fun and kind of, almost, not really realistic"
There are games that are smart about weapon reloading.
RedOrchestra is one that I can name off the top of my head, and it isn't even a military sim.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising did this, although I'd say it gets annoying to use the left overs of your ammo belts when you run out of fresh ones.
There was a game called like swat or something i played along time ago. You start with 4 mags, one in your gun, 3 spares. If you reloaded You would keep the mag but it might only have 1-2 bullets left. Of course that game somewhat tanked it for obvious reasons.
Good article. My favorite,... "When you can not go into the room that your child is gaming in because their body odor has left a green fog in the room, you need to get them into the shower."
This is a gaming site.We do not need articles telling us when is time to take the game away..PS3 AND 360 fan boys unite against this article. >:)
@MARKUS_MAX1MUS No matter where i comment u never fail at stalking me >:)
Moral of the story, Dont let kids play games like "Gears of War" and more importantly if your a parent with any kind of brain power, you will test something before you let your child on it I.E Xbox live, PSN.
As a gaming parent of two budding gamers I can agree with this article. However, I'd like to add another point that is very important:
Parents need to know and UNDERSTAND what their kids are doing on line and in game.
@MARKUS_MAX1MUS - well said! I play every game to the end before my kids get to. I make informed choices that go well beyond ESRB ratings (which are largely ignored) and online reviews.
@B1663r - There's nothing like a clueless... GAMER.. on L4D to ruin your session. My ten year old pounces like a pro and taught me a thing or two about spitting. He's not ruining the game for you. I assure you it's the 22 year old that's high as a kite chilling in his dorm room cutting Econ 101 that's ruining the game. Handing a child an open mic with no guidelines in any team game is a terrible idea. Xbox has settings in place so that you can limit the interactions of anyone (child account OR adult account). For example, my son can't hear or be heard by anyone over XBL that isn't on his FL.
The responsibility of insuring that content is appropriate for a child is not the developers or console makers, it's the parents. Each child is different and can deal with / understand varying degrees of violence/sexuality.
Now back to Gears 2 campaign with my son. :)
(Sorry for the long commentary! This topic means a lot to me!)