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I used to top leaderboards with a couple of friends in the 6 years between 98-2004, mostly with RTS and FPS games. What really ruined 'competitive' games for me

I used to top leaderboards with a couple of friends in the 6 years between 98-2004, mostly with RTS and FPS games. What really ruined 'competitive' games for me was World of Warcraft, i think. even though i logged over 800 hours in games like COD4:MW, All the Battlefield games from 2 through 4 (including 2142 and BFBC2, which IMO is the best one), and the like, i wasn't ever able to break top 100. My wife did manage to become either the best or top 2 worldwide with the M249 in bf4, having played about 3 times more hours than i did. Because of all of that, and the general burnout from Wow 13 years ago or so, i have a hard time caring enough about any game to play it through legitimately; i also no longer play any competitive games at all. I read this article and have added the game to my wishlist for a future purchase, even though, in general, deck building games have never interested me. Since there's thousands of hours of gameplay and banter about the game online, the 'hook' of the article actually got my attention. I'll never be #1, or top 10, or even top 100 of any game again. I'm mostly ok with that.

dsclough 5y ago
I just have to say you shouldn't let your past experiences with grinding skill in old games destroy your ability to enjoy new ones. Slay the Spire is one of the best games to come out in the last three decades in my opinion. It's just that good.
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- giraffe_lady 5y ago
  That's kind of judgmental to say how they should or shouldn't feel about it yeah? You don't generally just decide to feel that way about something that used to be a big part of your life, and you also don't undo feeling that way on a whim. And nothing about the experience they described centered on the quality of the games, so it also doesn't feel relevant that this one is apparently particularly good.
  - genewitch 5y ago
    I didn't take any issue with it, in fact i had already wishlisted this game based just on the article, even though the article had next to nothing to do with the game itself, in my view.
- stavros 5y ago
  Does the mobile version play as well as the PC version? I'm wondering which one I should get. Mobile is more convenient, certainly.
  - candiddevmike 5y ago
    Yes, they both play exactly the same. You just touch drag cards around. It's turn based, so you can take as much time as you need.
  - danaris 5y ago
    The only difference is using touch vs mouse to play, and it handles touch quite well. I play them more or less interchangeably.
    - stavros 5y ago
      Thanks, I got the PC version because it's on offer, I'll see if I like it.
  - rubyist5eva 5y ago
    The mobile version plays exactly the same as the PC, my only real issue is the UI elements are really small on my iPhone 11 screen and can be tough to read descriptions. You get used to it and memorize a lot of things over time through sheet reitition so it’s not that big of a deal though.
    - crtasm 5y ago
      That's disappointing to hear. Even on the Switch screen some of the text was way too small for me, I hope they look at improving it across platforms.
      - rubyist5eva 5y ago
        Don’t get me wrong I still got hundreds of hours out of the game.
Aeolun 5y ago
I never realized how much time it took me to get good at those games. I had a period of dominating every game in Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, but playing any such game now sees me losing every single round. I’ve had a period of the same with League of Legends more recently, and I especially appreciate that those games take a maximum of 1 hour, but even that is now 10 years in the past. I think I am content to stick with mostly factory games, and no competitive games now.
- WrtCdEvrydy 5y ago
  > Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory That is a name I have not heard in years. I remember being good, but modern competitive games strongly reward speed with ridiculous time to kill.
candiddevmike 5y ago
Checkout monster train as well! It's a different game but similar mechanics (has some tower defense elements).
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dsclough 5y ago

I just have to say you shouldn't let your past experiences with grinding skill in old games destroy your ability to enjoy new ones. Slay the Spire is one of the best games to come out in the last three decades in my opinion. It's just that good.

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giraffe_lady 5y ago
That's kind of judgmental to say how they should or shouldn't feel about it yeah? You don't generally just decide to feel that way about something that used to be a big part of your life, and you also don't undo feeling that way on a whim. And nothing about the experience they described centered on the quality of the games, so it also doesn't feel relevant that this one is apparently particularly good.
- genewitch 5y ago
  I didn't take any issue with it, in fact i had already wishlisted this game based just on the article, even though the article had next to nothing to do with the game itself, in my view.
stavros 5y ago
Does the mobile version play as well as the PC version? I'm wondering which one I should get. Mobile is more convenient, certainly.
- candiddevmike 5y ago
  Yes, they both play exactly the same. You just touch drag cards around. It's turn based, so you can take as much time as you need.
- danaris 5y ago
  The only difference is using touch vs mouse to play, and it handles touch quite well. I play them more or less interchangeably.
  - stavros 5y ago
    Thanks, I got the PC version because it's on offer, I'll see if I like it.
- rubyist5eva 5y ago
  The mobile version plays exactly the same as the PC, my only real issue is the UI elements are really small on my iPhone 11 screen and can be tough to read descriptions. You get used to it and memorize a lot of things over time through sheet reitition so it’s not that big of a deal though.
  - crtasm 5y ago
    That's disappointing to hear. Even on the Switch screen some of the text was way too small for me, I hope they look at improving it across platforms.
    - rubyist5eva 5y ago
      Don’t get me wrong I still got hundreds of hours out of the game.

Aeolun 5y ago

I never realized how much time it took me to get good at those games. I had a period of dominating every game in Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, but playing any such game now sees me losing every single round. I’ve had a period of the same with League of Legends more recently, and I especially appreciate that those games take a maximum of 1 hour, but even that is now 10 years in the past. I think I am content to stick with mostly factory games, and no competitive games now.

WrtCdEvrydy 5y ago
> Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory That is a name I have not heard in years. I remember being good, but modern competitive games strongly reward speed with ridiculous time to kill.

candiddevmike 5y ago

Checkout monster train as well! It's a different game but similar mechanics (has some tower defense elements).

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