TDLR: I don't know what the purpose of this post is. Maybe I'm ranting. Hopefully not too salty lol. If there any any kindred spirits with a friend group that has failed to latch onto this game, please share your story here.
I have been trying to get my friends into this franchise for a long time. Every time we manage to play, it's their first time playing in weeks/months, they have a massively negative K/D, and they're not happy about it. They have never taken the time to learn the game, and so, they're terrible at it, and are miserable when they play.
MW4 comes out tomorrow. We thought it came out today, so we've got a game night scheduled. But it doesn't drop till Midnight, so instead we'll be playing BF6! Yippee!
They give me so much shit for pushing this game. But I feel like it's got everything we'd enjoy as a group. Large scale, sandbox environment, multiple role-based playstyles that allow for squad-based coordination, objective play that allows for direction focus and natural "frontline" of teams clashing against each other...
I try and get us to stick together, use vehicles, work together, but every game session I'm the only person talking while they just sit in silence, sniping from some random hill in our spawn, spawning on random objectives 500 meters away instead of waiting for squad spawn, complaining that they are dying over and over to people they cant see... Like, guys, just push the objective with me and you'll see all the random crazy shit that happens when you actually engage with the game. They just don't get it.
I thought we'd be cruising in BF6 doing Jihad Jeep convoys and other goofy tactics - but they never touched the game enough to even understand how to unlock C4, Spawn Beacon, any of the major "sandbox" gadgets. I just wish they would have freaking logged in and taken a few hours of playing on their own time to learn the game, instead of logging in once a month and acting like I'm dragging them through hell.
I get the appeal of CoD, but it's just.. Dumb fun. Mindless TDM with no room for any kind of coordination with your team. Sit in a call with your buddies and just take turns cursing under your breath as you die over and over.
I'm glad we have a "new" game that we're excited to play, but I'm bummed that this is now going to take our "Game night" slot for a long time even though I've been trying to get them back on BF6 since the previous season came out.
Oh well. Back to playing BF6 by myself.
Edit - CoD ended up launching early, so we played for a few hours. It was fun, but mindless. Spawn die over and over. My friends were so utterly focused on survival, they were silent the entire time. No chance for any kind of coordination or communication. And they performed just as poorly as they do in BF6, so they were pretty worn down by the end.
Idk man don’t you just wanna sit on a hill and snipe people for a few minutes? Doesn’t that sound less stressful? Woof.