Addicted to Call of Duty - help!

[h3donist]

Hi all

I have a rather extensive Xbox 360 gaming library but I am stuck playing the multiplayer of Call of Duty Black Ops! No matter how many times I try something new I always get sucked back in. I know it's brainless dross but it's just so **** enjoyable!

Have you ever got so addicted to a game you end up playing it all the time despite having better games in your collection?

 

[ringwood]

Yep. We have lots of games for our PS3, many of which I bought with full intentions of playing as they look like great games, but I find when I have any free time I usually end up playing Fallout 3 - the Capital Wasteland always lures me in with promises of apocalyptic mayhem.

 

[TheRealCallie]

Here's how to break the addiction. Put the game in the microwave. Press start. Addiction over.

Just kidding. I've heard it's a good game. Never played it myself, though.

 

[Mr Seal The Albatros]

Personally, I could never stand CoD. I can see why others would like it though.

I'm more addicted to TF2... or Star Wars Battlefront... or Civ 5... or Mount and Blade: Warband.

 

[shadetree]

I played the same shooter for about 5 years, enemy territory quake wars. Usually what i do when i got other games i want to play but i got stuck on one ill uninstall it or put the disk up somewhere like the closet if its a console game. Then kinda force myself to play those other games. Its just become a habit that other game so thats kinda what you gotta do.

I played COD all the way up till about BLOPS 1 myself then i had to step away because it was becoming the same old thing over and over again. And getting away from all the pissy teenagers cussing me out and threatening to kill my grandma and rape her dog (not in that order lol). It kinda helped me step away too.....I dont know how the community is on xbox but it was pretty bad on pc, grown men screaming at each other and honeysuckle lol.

This pic btw is a real post from yahoo questions haha.....

 

[Cavey]

It depends if you're talking about a proper addiction or just playing a lot. I once got so addicted to gaming that I would sit awake for 60 hours playing. I wouldn't eat. I wouldn't work. I wouldn't wash. I wouldn't socialise. I'd just sit and play games endlessly. That went on for several years. If it's not like that then I wouldn't worry...

On the subject of CoD. It's addictive because it's easy. There is very little skill or strategy involved - it's a bubblegum shooter. It might sound like I'm being derogatory, but I'm not, I actually really enjoyed CoD all the way from CoD1 through to Black Ops 2. The problem is that the formula changed little over the course of the years and in the end it wore out it's welcome. These days the only shooter I play is Counter Strike: Global Offensive.

I suppose the game I was most addicted to would be the various incarnations of Phantasy Star Online. I spent (literally) thousands of hours repeating the same thing in the hope of seeing some rare weapon or other drop. It had some of the most unbelievable drop rates ever. When an item has a 1/50000 chance of dropping from an enemy you can only see once every 30 minutes, it's probably time to just find a new game...

 

[Katerina]

I don't think I've ever really been addicted. I've still put a lot of hours into games that I didn't enjoy as much as I wanted like Oblivion where I still sunk in 200+ hours.

 

[Scootch]

Skyrim.

I have uh.... a LOT of hours logged.

*Rubs panda eyes*

 

[Grand Union]

I was addicted to Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox 360 until around June last year. Despite having a full time job, I racked up 50 days on the multiplayer stats (i.e 24 hours x 50). I loved the maps and found it a great release from work to fire the Javelin missile system at the enemy team and skittle out up to 6 players at a time in Ground War. I got the 1000 multi-kills badge for the Javelin, and the 10 nukes badge.

I wanted to stop though and do something else with the time. The crunch came that week when I was due to renew my Xbox Live membership and the 360 started making loud fan noises. I took it as a sign not to renew. I was jittery after work for a month or so, replacing the time with film watching for a while.

I bought a PS4, but tbh I find it a bit blurry to look at on my 720p screen when playing games. Films seem fine though. I'm loathed to buy a 1080p screen, lest the addiction roller coaster starts again.

 

[h3donist]

It's cool I've got into Spec Ops: The Line, so CoD has been stashed away for now. I'm really struggling with it though, as unlike CoD you have to think about what you are doing, conserve ammunition and you have to try not to get shot!

 

[Katerina]

It's cool I've got into Spec Ops: The Line, so CoD has been stashed away for now. I'm really struggling with it though, as unlike CoD you have to think about what you are doing, conserve ammunition and you have to try not to get shot!

Love Spec Ops.. it gets very.. interesting I haven't played many shooters but this is the only game on PS3 that I got the platinum trophy on.

 

[Cavey]

It's cool I've got into Spec Ops: The Line, so CoD has been stashed away for now. I'm really struggling with it though, as unlike CoD you have to think about what you are doing, conserve ammunition and you have to try not to get shot!

Love Spec Ops.. it gets very.. interesting I haven't played many shooters but this is the only game on PS3 that I got the platinum trophy on.

I started it long ago, but then it got consigned to my giant backlog. I must go back and finish it sometime. It was one of my friends fave games on the 360, so it must be doing something right.