I’ve been playing more multiplayer and I just get different vibes than I used to when the games were in their glory days.
Besides having a smaller fanbase, why do you think it’s so different?
This question has a lot of different answers. For one, I’d say it has a lot to do with the fact that people change over time. What we remember from our different childhoods playing Halo is not the same as what we experience today. Even if we played H3 back in the day and then played the exact same game today, it would feel entirely different.
It also comes down to the fact that the game itself has changed with each iteration. H2’s MP is vastly different from H4’s, for example. At the end of the day, you gotta find which game tickles your fancy the best and either stick with it, or adjust to how the other games differ from that.
At risk of sounding like I’m repeating Happy Place8166’s answer, people change, peoples experiences with games change, and games change. Just gotta find what you enjoy, and try to stick with that.
Could partly be you’re different. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug and trying to recreate it can be disappointing.
It’s mostly you. Like all of us we change over time and feel differently than we once used to about certain things. Yes there are other outside factors that contribute to making things feel different, such as the smaller fan base like you mentioned, but at the end of the day it’s mostly you subconsciously changing over time and not feeling the same way as you did when you first played or used to play these games. Nostalgia is a powerful thing and so many people want to recapture the feelings they once felt towards something, but sometimes it’s just impossible to feel exactly as you once did.
Its because back then, the entire community was just trying to have fun with the game, whereas now, at least 2 or 3 people will always noticeably be able to hit perfect kills from angles that don’t seem reasonable, while crouch strafing at the speed of light…
I don’t recommend multiplayer anymore unless you consider yourself able to hold your own against esports players. Try to find a group that can do custom games instead, or just play ridiculous game modes like grifball, where the enemy team will already have the trajectory calculated to grav hammer jump and swing at the exact time to get the longest ranged kill possible, then… never mind, maybe don’t play grifball
Because of time. Everything changes over time: you, your life, your priorities, your visions and the same happens to games. Of course games from 15-20 years ago would feel different from today because things moved on and the standards changed. That’s is just normal. Don’t feel bad about it.
I find that its because you get more knowledgeable as you grow older and flaws in games start to become more apparent in what you’re playing.
We grow up and priorities change. I loved Halo multiplayer because it was something new and exciting. However, growing up means we gotta deal with other things that makes MP seem less fun. Also, being knowledgeable about the development process and frequent game play updates changes your perspective of the online community as well.
Personally for me it’s I still enjoy the game like I still love playing Halo 2 but it hits different than I used to
play it back then, to me it’s because I got older & I work Monday to Friday, I still play Halo to it’s core, but it doesn’t hit the same as it used to be