I played some Call of Duty yesterday. I haven’t played that game in at least 8 months, most likely longer. The game was Headquarters on Neuville. I was in second place behind some guy named ‘nosound’ with a ridiculous kill ratio. Even though I was doing very well, it just wasn’t any fun.
I remember the game being exciting. For some reason it did absolutley nothing for me yesterday. I figured I’d be a little rusty but I got into the swing of things right away. I used the Browning Automatic Rifle like I’d been doing so since birth. After about two minutes, I remembered how to use cover and protecting myself from snipers. I remembered how to trick people into running out of buildings into my line of fire. In short, I had all the skills I needed to be better than the people I was playing with. And that made it boring, I think.
This reinforces my view that video games are only fun when there’s still something to learn. Once you’ve mastered the game it’s no longer entertaining.