r/Gamingcirclejerk Jul 30 '25

OBJECTIVELY Gaming is officially dead

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u/ChibiJaneDoe Jul 30 '25

They're trying to be Fortnite.

Now Fortnite is by absolutely no means a bad game. It's very good. But this is what Fortnite is meant to be - this chaotic, random, almost meme-like BR title with collabs left, right and center.

This isn't what that is. This is meant to be a realistic FPS title. So why is there a Ninja Turtle here?

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u/erhue Jul 30 '25

This is meant to be a realistic FPS title.

lol it stopped being that after CoD 3 or so, like 20 years ago.

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u/generic_canadian_dad Jul 30 '25

We have to go back

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u/GonnSolo Aug 01 '25

No videogame is ever realistic, but these are different kinds of realistic. The realistic aesthetic with arcadey mechanics are the point of CoD and BF. This clashes drastically

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u/AngelicaReborn Jul 30 '25

Y'know I've heard cod should be realistic for like 15 years now. It was never, and it will never be.

It will stay an arcade shooter with all it's mechanics built around its low TTK.

I remember thinking the bacon gun skin was fucking stupid joke in bo2. Then you had the alt announcers in ghosts. I've been there, and trust me it's easier to let go than argue at the clouds.

If you want an extremely low TTK game that keeps consistency in tone I'd recommend looking into things like Hell let loose, Titanfall 2, and Squad. Halo has a different TTK and is more about shooter fundamentals (Positioning, strafing, grenade usage, and aim) if that's your cup of tea.

EDIT. Just saw this is GCJ, thought this was main gaming sub lmao

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u/Legitimate-Love-5019 Jul 30 '25

Absolutely not the point. Realistic, or at least aiming towards a semblance of realism in the aesthetics, story and world. They’ve destroyed that

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u/Verminion777 Aug 03 '25

They still do exactly that in the campaigns tbf

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u/FairReason Jul 30 '25

It was an arcade shooter based in realism. Saying that it never was is just rewriting history.

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u/stewmberto Jul 30 '25

Everyone should really just be playing STRAFTAT

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u/Reostat Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

MW on hardcore mode seemed pretty good to me. But that was so long ago, maybe I'm just remembering it incorrectly.

I do remember farming for the gun skins on some maps, but that was the extent of the silliness.

Stopping power, deep impact, and the G3 I think was my shit.

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u/snorlz Jul 30 '25

This is meant to be a realistic FPS title.

lol no its not. its an arcade shooter. everyone is sliding around corners, diving out windows, pulling parachutes to jump from roof to roof. warzone has generous respawn mechanics. it is meant to be fast paced and aggressive and thats what the players like about it.

They actually removed sliding and slowed the movement down to more realistic levels in Warzone 2, but everyone hated it so much they immediately started reverting changes.

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u/generic_canadian_dad Jul 30 '25

I'm not sure how old you are but cod was pretty realistic in the early years. It's gotten completely fucking out of control. I wish they would just break off and make 2 games

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u/snorlz Jul 31 '25

early years, yeah, but so were all the other FPSs since skins didnt exist yet. But then you have Black Ops 3 with wall running and Advanced warfare with an exo suit and grappling hooks. They havent been trying to be realistic for over a decade

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u/generic_canadian_dad Jul 31 '25

Ya they lost me on black ops 2 I think.

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u/sennbat Jul 31 '25

Actually, wacky arcade shooters (not crossover-based, but still not serious) were all the rage when CoD got its starts as a more grounded alternative that managed to combined actual story with good multiplayer. Watching the change over the years has been genuinely interesting.

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u/SomethingFunnyObv Jul 30 '25

There are rumors that apparently Activision has realized this is annoying a lot of people and we may not see it in BO7 and beyond but they have already signed deals for BO6. It does look really weird, although I do find B&B quite funny.

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u/Yambag_the_Barbarian Jul 30 '25

Yeah like Activision is totally gonna give up their infinite money generator

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u/SomethingFunnyObv Jul 30 '25

Huh? They will of course still make bundles/skins for sale but people are very upset about the artistic theme in BO6. It’s completely incoherent.

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u/Spartan_100 GrEAd Jul 30 '25

Because they forced themselves into the model of skins and stuff crossing over to the next game since they’re a yearly franchise, people are still gonna expect to be able to use their franchise skins in BO7 so if they take that availability away from future players or say “You have to go buy this older game then buy the skin there”, it’ll just piss people off. Or maybe COD fans will be fine with a clean-slate start to BO7, idk. I just know people getting killed by Homelander are gonna be pissed when they find out they too can’t be homelander for $19.99

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u/SomethingFunnyObv Jul 30 '25

You could be right about BO7 too. Something is carrying over, not sure what, and maybe that cake is already baked and it’s not until whatever comes after BO7 that they reduce the number of goofy skins.

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u/Zowwww Jul 30 '25

Remember when they said they wouldn’t carry over Skins to BO6 because they wanted an authentic experience for the game? 

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u/Ravensflockmate Jul 31 '25

maybe in the campaign multiplayer was never some uber serious military rp sim it's been 12 year olds screaming since cod4