Killing Floor games vs Darktide's Mortis Trails. Why one is seen as entertaining and the other is seen as boring?
As a Darktide player, I have been wondering about this for a very long time now. From my experience, Killing Floor is a game where you have a map, and you hold out, killing incoming hordes of enemies. Mortis Trials is also about that, but with smaller maps, shorter waves, and the addition of rogue-like elements.
But the thing is, I have only seen Mortis Trials be bashed as boring, and that this gamemode does not hold people's attention. I didn't see this about Killing Floor games. I myself have played Killing Floor 2, and it felt just like Mortis Trials but without the movement and combat mechanics of Darktide and the rogue-like stuff. I got bored with Killing Floor 2's gameplay as, once again, it just felt like Mortis Trials but worse, and yet this game has an entire devoted playerbase.
So what is it? What am I missing that Mortis Trials lacks and Killing Floor has? Could any Killing Floor fan who is familiar with the Mortis Trials inform me what makes one entertaining and the other not? I'm really curious.