Uploaded September 2013 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
This is something that I have been talking about for a while now, and that's realism in games. Our games need to be more life like! We want things to happen how they would happen in real life!
But, is that necessarily a good thing?
Because if games were truly realistic, things would be happening that as gamers, we wouldn't like very much.
For example, one shot kills with weapons. Maps being obliterated in a matter of minutes. Limits on stamina. These are things that on paper, might sound good, but don't translate well when put into the game. Now, there have been games that make strides to replicate these things, which turn out to be huge successes. For example: the Battlefield franchise and destructible environments. Everyone loves to blow up builds with tanks and rockets. The most obvious example of this is in Bad Company 2. Nearly everything and anything could be destroyed in that game. After a game of Rush the entire map would be laid out in ruins. But, when Battlefield 3 rolled out, the destructibility was cut down dramatically. Was that necessarily a good thing? Maybe, because it leaves us with some amounts of cover to take during gun fights. Otherwise, we'd be fighting in an open space, gunning each other down. Some may think that's fun, but I do like to have some positions of cover to take during some gun fights.
Also, Call of Duty has been criticized for being too much of an arcade like shooter. My response? It IS an arcade like shooter. They're not shooting for realism, they're going for a face paced, quick to play shooter that everyone can enjoy. I'm not exactly trying to defend the franchise, I think there are some things that they're doing wrong, but just because the game isn't realistic doesn't mean that it can't be fun at times.
But, what do you guys think?
Would you rather have more or less realism in your games?
It's something I'm noticing publishers and developers are pushing with the coming of next gen consoles, and I want to hear your opinions on it.
Anyways, thank you all for watching, and take care!
This is something that I have been talking about for a while now, and that's realism in games. Our games need to be more life like! We want things to happen how they would happen in real life!
But, is that necessarily a good thing?
Because if games were truly realistic, things would be happening that as gamers, we wouldn't like very much.
For example, one shot kills with weapons. Maps being obliterated in a matter of minutes. Limits on stamina. These are things that on paper, might sound good, but don't translate well when put into the game. Now, there have been games that make strides to replicate these things, which turn out to be huge successes. For example: the Battlefield franchise and destructible environments. Everyone loves to blow up builds with tanks and rockets. The most obvious example of this is in Bad Company 2. Nearly everything and anything could be destroyed in that game. After a game of Rush the entire map would be laid out in ruins. But, when Battlefield 3 rolled out, the destructibility was cut down dramatically. Was that necessarily a good thing? Maybe, because it leaves us with some amounts of cover to take during gun fights. Otherwise, we'd be fighting in an open space, gunning each other down. Some may think that's fun, but I do like to have some positions of cover to take during some gun fights.
Also, Call of Duty has been criticized for being too much of an arcade like shooter. My response? It IS an arcade like shooter. They're not shooting for realism, they're going for a face paced, quick to play shooter that everyone can enjoy. I'm not exactly trying to defend the franchise, I think there are some things that they're doing wrong, but just because the game isn't realistic doesn't mean that it can't be fun at times.
But, what do you guys think?
Would you rather have more or less realism in your games?
It's something I'm noticing publishers and developers are pushing with the coming of next gen consoles, and I want to hear your opinions on it.
Anyways, thank you all for watching, and take care!
