• Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    I have a strong preference for co-operative games, so I don’t really understand the attraction of non-team based PvP games like battle royales, extraction shooters, or just straight death matches like in quake or CoD. Like why would you want to be cold and alone with everyone out to get you when you could have friends.

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      5 hours ago

      Not my cup of tea either, but a lot of people are competitive and like to pit themselves against others. There’s also the aspect of competing against others with friends. The only times I’ve had fun in pvp games/modes was when I was playing with a group of people I knew.

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        1 hour ago

        The only times I’ve had fun in pvp games/modes was when I was playing with a group of people I knew.

        Thinking about it you’re sort of right, in that I enjoy playing stuff like Smash Bros and Mario Kart with my friends, but even then I have no interest in competing, I just find ways to annoy everyone else. I might win as a side effect of being annoying, but I’m just asking likely to be hoisted by my own petard, and I consider both good results.

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      7 hours ago

      Have you ever enjoyed any game that’s mostly played one on one like rock paper scissors, tennis, poker, chess, go, cup stacking, most sports you see in the olympics. In one on one PvP games, you usually make friends too

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        6 hours ago

        Not really, I always preferred stuff that involved a group. The closest I get is board and card games, but they have an element of randomness that takes away the individual competition and makes it more of a social activity.