When did gamers become babies? Uh, when developers start putting out half assed crap. Play Divinity: Original Sins. Play the original Fallout games. Play the original thief games. Play San Andreas. Play the original HALO. Play the original COD games. Play the original Medal of Honor games. You're bringing up Mario, I bring up those games. Those games didn't require $500 million yet they easily have more content and an overall better experience. Here you are complaining about people being babies, but it's really people like YOU who are the problem. You become complacent and you will take WHATEVER these devs crap out and you'll force yourself to take it and enjoy it. But seriously, play a game like Divinity: Original Sin, whose budget is only $1 million. Destiny's budget was 500 times more and yet it managed to fail in every aspect. How in the hell is that even possible

Gamers became babies the moment developers started catering to their wants and needs. Games aren't original anymore because [i]we[/i] forbid otherwise.

i spent $60 which i can't get back on this game after being horribly misled. I'm not normally one to whine over my lack of satisfaction with a game, god knows I bought plenty of GBC/GBA games as a kid because of a flashy box. However, when a developer with such a history of generally delivering somewhere in the ball park of what is advertised decides to give me exactly the opposite, I am going to do something the internet allows me to do. That is, complain on forums with a horde of fellow gamers in hopes that something will get changed. Hate on us if you want, just because we aren't satisfied doesn't mean we are whiners. Does anyone remember the preview vid for this game shown at some event where a guy and a chick were playing this game together and ended up in a completely awesome public event? I want THAT public event. Remember the epic cutscene footage they showed as a a narrator eluded to some deep tale full of mystery and adventure where legends would be formed? I want THAT experience. I get nothing i was promise so yes, sir, i am going to "whine" .

The second you were able to interact with real people over the internet while playing a game is when it all started going down hill but it my personal opinion console gaming died when the party system was introduced and learning team work and socializing became obsolete. also it really dose not help with the new types of games and industries that we need to deal with now. These days its all about the graphics and making money nothing else really matters to much so people eventually start seeing this and get pissed off. Another thing is as people started to get older they wanted more from their games and started to see them differently than when they were 12. So its not even that their expectations are high but they are realistic for their age group. for example when I was 15 i remember playing halo all day and night and when I play it now i get bored after and hour or so because I realize there really isnt a point in doing the same thing over and over and people feel the same way about destiny.

Im going to continue complaining cause Destiny is terrible. CoD ghosts was shitty, GTA5 is garbage and now Destiny is shit.

good post, the moment the trophy for everything system in our society became prevalent. I'd say roughly 1995-1996

Ancient gamer here...all of 40 years old, death is nigh. Imho, games got easy, especially of late, and the younger generation got used to this. Old arcade cabinets, Atari, and NES games were hard, came with little to no instruction, and there was no internet to look up cheats and shortcuts. I am really enjoying the difficulty of this game, it's reminded me how hard games used to be. And I'm proud to say my son is enjoying it as well, welcomes the challenge.

The true holy grail of gaming for our generation was during the days when Halo 2 was at its largest. Xbox Live was still something revolutionary, and it was an amazing time. Every game was filled with well-mannered but competitive gamers united with a common love. And the custom games! Oh my god, the best memories come from there. Tower of Power, Zombies, Super Jumps, Mike Myers, Tremors, the list is endless. I spent so long on Campaign getting all the skulls and beating the game on Legendary. Halo 2 beat my ass with a stick for hours on end while I watching Plasma Rifles and Sentinel Beams burn my body again and again. I'm sure many of us spent days at a time playing Pokemon endlessly. It wasn't to show off on the Internet or anything. We did it because it was fun and it was a huge challenge completing the Pokedex along with everything else in the games. Then Xbox Live became mainstream and the younger kids who don't know better told their parents to get it for Christmas. Slowly, we watched the community die as games like Call of Duty became more and more popular. Game developers were too lenient and now we are screwed. Lets not forget who created Halo. It wa Bungie. And now they made another masterpiece for us. There is no pay-to-play model, no micro transactions. We get free updates and other things. Look at this game, for gods sake! It's beautiful and there is so much potential! It is week 2 and people are complaining so much about this work of art. I hate IGN and other reviewers with a passion. These bastards give Call of Duty a 10/10 every year or something like that, praising the game for its innovation and compelling features. The multiplayer has been copied since 2009 with no real development. Next thing. A child wouldn't be allowed to go into a casino, an 18-rated film in the movies, buy a knife, buy a gun, buy alcohol etc etc. yet it is so easy to acquire a video game. I know that parents can buy them, but that is no different to supplying a 10 with alcohol. I think we need tougher laws in place. But to sum up, I agree. No one cares for working hard for the sake of doing it. There was a time without achievements and multiplayer.