The Daily Grind: What makes you stay with a bad game?

@Vinzix

...for those with a simple mind, yes.

@Utakata

So I reply to an insulting question with something appropriate...and I get downgraded. Do you folks like questions like that? Bet you dollars for donuts you would be pretty upset if someone asked you question like that. Just saying.

@Utakata

Ahem, you were the one being insulting.
Vinzix made a pretty good observation. If you stay with a game, it can't really be that bad...

@lpetersson

And you're the one insulting our intelligence. Did you bother to read this:

"So I wonder how many of you have played or are playing a game you dislike, and why? Do you do it out of a sense of loyalty to friends and guildies, like I did? Do you suffer from the completionist's compulsion to finish everything he starts? Do you just want to make sure you've gotten your money's worth? Do you hold out hope that the game (or your tastes) will suddenly change? Or is there some other reason?"

...seems like reasonable reasons to stay in a game without actually liking it. But I see that's makes things too complicate in a world used to 8 bit troll bites. /shrug

@Macabre 13 To articulate it properly, the game is only fun when playing with friends. I would argue that most people play poker, chess, etc. not because it is fun to play by yourself (against a computer), but it is great with friends.

@OptimusPrimeisOP

But the question is "Why do you play *bad* games," not "why do you play games" in general.

The discussion involves playing games you think are bad and not fun, but you stick to it for one reason or another.

What you're talking about just involves the reason people might play games that aren't necessarily fun by themselves, but are enjoyable while playing with others. That's not what this article is asking.

@Traptz Why does Traptz get down rated? I see plenty of other people make jabs at other games, but knock SWTOR and people get offended.

@Tizmah

Cause' at the moment it's the big game you can't defend, lest you clearly be a "hater" and a "GW2 fanboi"

When GW2 actually comes out, the exact same thing will happen with it, and TSW, and Wildstar, and every other MMO under the sun that finds itself worthy of anybody's attention.

@Adeptus Enginus

Nah, SWTOR engenders a special kind of disdain. GW2 and TSW may have their detractors, but without the complete and utter hubris of LucasArts and Bioware, coupled with the idiotic decision to kill SWG, I just don't think the hatred for those games will rise to the same intensity.

@(Unverified)
Very good post. I had so many friends on FFXI it made it really hard to quit the game, but I eventually just got tired of it a while after ToAU from playing hardcore since the NA release. The game did soooo many things right too that now every game I play I can't help but think what they could adopt from FFXI to make it better.
That being said, I stuck with WoW a lot longer than I would have despite not being too interested in the game because 1) friends on there I wanted to talk to/hang out with, which yes you can do outside of game but people don't exactly frequent chat rooms and it's easier to chat on there than it is to send mass texts since I no longer live in the area; and 2) boredom. Even if an MMO isn't that good for me, I'll play it for something to do/as a timesink. There was a lot on WoW I just did not like or enjoy, but I played it anyway for what little entertainment I could glean.