Gears of War Official Thread : Shoot To The Left

**Brand X** · 12 Oct 2007, 05:37 PM

Then don't send me invites every time I sign on to any game you are currently playing. <3

**Razor Ramon** · 12 Oct 2007, 05:42 PM

The only reason I do that is because I send out invites in bulk. I don't even look to whom I am sending them to. I'm sure everyone else does the same.

**jyoung** · 12 Oct 2007, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by Brand X

It's called variety. Just because you can enjoy playing the same things ad nauseam doesn't mean other people do. It doesn't matter what the game is to me (even Halo), or how great the core gameplay is, without variety there is no way I am playing any game multiplayer for extended periods of time. It just bores the shit out of me.

But great games have enough variety ingrained into the gameplay itself that they don't need a bunch of fluffy modes to make them look like they have depth and longevity.

See for example:

Unreal Tournament '99 - Capture the Flag

Battlefield 2 - Conquest

Enemy Territory - Campaign

Counter-Strike - Detonation / Hostage Escort

et al.

**Brand X** · 12 Oct 2007, 05:58 PM

There's a major difference between variety and depth of gameplay. What you just described is the later. The games I tend to play for extended periods of time tend to have both (Halo, UT), and while I can enjoy games with deep gameplay (Gears) I can't play them for months on end because they lack the variety necessary to keep things interesting for me.

**Rumpy** · 12 Oct 2007, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Razor Ramon

The only reason I do that is because I send out invites in bulk. I don't even look to whom I am sending them to. I'm sure everyone else does the same.

No, they don't. You spam bot.