Why I Hate Every Single Untitled Tag Game Gamemode
Let me break it down for you. It's not that I hate the concept of tag games, but rather, it's the lack of creativity and originality in these untitled tag game modes that irks me. Take a look at these examples:
- Classic: Runners run, Taggers chase. Groundbreaking. But not really.
- Competitive: Taggers swap roles with those they tag. Yawn. Same old, same old.
- Infected: A glorified game of tag with a zombie twist. How innovative. Not.
- Slasher: Survivors hide from slashers. Sounds like a typical horror movie plot. So original.
- Bomb: Passing bombs around until someone explodes. Riveting. Or not.
- Crown: A tag game with monarchy. Really stretching for ideas here. Seriously?
- Free for All: If someone is hit twice, they die. Last person standing wins. Meh.
- Team Swap: Two teams. If someone is tagged by an opponent, then they join the team of their opponent. Last team standing wins. Sounds like fun. Not.
- Team Deathmatch: If someone is hit twice, they die. Last team standing wins. Exciting. Not.
- Freeze: Freezers can freeze any runners that they tag. Runners can tag frozen players to thaw them; if they spend too long being frozen, they convert into a Chiller and join the Freezer's team. Sounds thrilling. Not.
- Juggernaut: 10% of players are chosen to become the Juggernauts. All other players, who are Hunters, must hunt them. A Juggernaut dies in ~18 hits. Sounds intense. Not.
- Chaos: An amalgamation of most of the other gamemodes. Taggers always lose the game and have to swap roles with a Runner to win. Runners will win if they survive until the end of the round. Crowns have immunity from all roles, but Runners are able to steal their crown in order to gain immunity. The Patient Zero and the Infected can tag Runners to convert them into Infected, as well as the Juggernaut into a Patient Zero. Slashers can kill Runners in 2 hits. Juggernauts can kill Runners in ~4 hits. Freezers freeze Runners that they tag, who have to be thawed by a Runner who tags them. Frozen players can also be tagged by any other role. The Bomb can swap roles with any player that they tag. Neutral players can become the role of anyone that tags them. Sounds like a mess. Not.
- Team Paintball: Everyone has a paintball gun that they can use to tag other people (similar to cannons). Two teams, Red Team and Blue Team. When a Blue Team hits a Red Team with a paintball (or vice versa), the Blue Team will be respawned and converted to Red Team. Round ends when either time runs out or everyone is on the same team. (You can also unequip your gun, if you do this, you can tag enemies instead of shooting them). Sounds like a blast. Not.
Do you see what I mean? It's like the creators couldn't be bothered to think outside the box. Where's the imagination? Where's the excitement? It's all just variations of the same tired tag game mechanics. No wonder I can't stand them.
Anyway, enough ranting. On a completely unrelated note, have you heard the song A.D. by Everything Everything? It's quite the banger!