Buying games on release is for suckers and rubes. Stop being suckers and rubes.
I’ve been playing mostly retro and haven’t been happier. Sounds like a sucker problem.
This is seriously not a bad approach.
Yep, I was getting a bit down on gaming. So I went back to one I love (Horizon Zero Dawn) and started one that’s not usually my type (Hollow Knight). It’s like I’m 12 years old all over again, and now I want to play every indie platformer out there lol
Switch it up when it comes to Metroidvania. I played a bunch and got burned out. All amazing games, of course. But playing that much of the same genre kinda made skip out on some of the recent ones. Ended up going from Shovel Knight to Mummy Demastered to Hollow Knight to Bloodstained to Dread to Sundered. I want to play Dead Cells, Blasphemous, Pizza Tower, and some others, but I haven’t gotten that urge. I’ll play a few minutes then quit and play something else.
Well that’s me anyway. I’m sure I’ll get that want back eventually, but it’s been awhile. I’m just hoping the same doesn’t happen to other games cause I’m still enjoying Deep Rock and Baldur’s.
It’s what happened to me with simultaneously playing 2 or 3 of these huge open worlds that demand 100 hours (I have a job, that takes me forever), I was getting tired of it. So now I’m playing smaller indie games too. And also playing what I actually want to play, not what I feel like I should because it is popular, a classic, or just because it is in my backlog.
Oh and also, it’s ok if I don’t finish a game, I can put 7-8 hours into it and then quit without guilt
I’m turning 40 this year and what’s been refreshing after not gaming for the last 5 years or so has been playing older games from the 2000s that I’ve missed. Great prices on these older titles and I’ve been having a blast playing them.
Similar situation here and I recommend playing roguelites (Hades, Vampire Survivors, FTL, Slay the Spire, etc). There’s an appreciable power curve in each play through sitting. Each experience and play through is self contained and satisfying. There’s good use of time rather than lots of “dead” time or loading/matchmaking time.
Games aren’t objectively better or worse than they used to be. AAA devs can release unfinished trash and patch it later, which I think is super annoying, but we enable this behavior when we pre-order games simply because it’s the next iteration of our favorite series instead of just waiting to hear the impressions of other gamers.
Also, as an adult I lack the time and patience to play the same kinds of games I used to play, so I’ve had to adjust my play style to suit my schedule better. That means I enjoy casual singleplayer games more than what I used to play growing up. It also means you have to avoid the temptation to buy games you like, but you know damn well you won’t ever actually play.
I’m glad due to lack of money and just change in my tastes in games/content in general has lead me to enjoy some pretty great indie titles that are at least not getting constant updates that try to fix millions of bugs.
Lots of stuff is just… tedious, if not also unforgiving.
That is on top of anhedonia and lack of money (though I pretty much exclusively play free games now, as I regret most purchases anyway).
It would’ve been funnier if he screamed AAAAAAAAA
Or y’know… Play old games…
Rumour has it they’re quite cheap too ;)
I enjoyed Far Cry 3 recently on my PS3.
Then I got Far Cry 4 on my PC and it’s kinda fucking awful.
People thought the same going from 2 to 3
FC4 was a stinker. FC5 is the best in the franchise, though
What? Is FC5 good?
IMHO yes. It is among my favorite games of all time.
The plot is of course nonsense (all far cry plots are garbage), but the core gameplay loop is tight, the shooting feels good and there’s a diverse arsenal, you get a large selection of colorful sidekicks and animal companions, the most annoying mechanics of earlier titles in the franchise were fixed or removed in 5, and the entire campaign can be played coop after you escape from tutorial Island.
It doesn’t take itself too seriously but it’s also a internally consistent rural Montana simulator. Stealth mechanics feel great (subjective ofc) but more aggressive strategies work well too. The base game has plenty of content and goes on sale frequently.
It was everything I loved about FC3 but more of it and bigger and polished to a radiant shine, with a kitschy rural US setting.
I got a few of the older FC games when they were like 5 bucks each, launched FC5 yesterday and the first part felt sort of like a return to form.
I hope I didn’t over hype it lol glhf
coding ia the new gaming.
I’m loving the final fantasy combat/ gameplay. What I don’t like is, lack of playable character, lack of a “real” party, and equipment progress. The story on the other hand… I found it to be too dark and taking itself too seriously at times. Some part of the story is similar with FFXIV, and I think the 14 did it better. The game as a whole, has pacing issue. The last third of the game, is moving the plot very slowly. The ending on the other hand, was done well. It was bittersweet, but on the same time, it gave the same ending vibes as the movie Inception. :D. The ending didn’t destroy me like the 15 did tho. The 15’s ending made me cry like a baby…
BG3 is good! I enjoy it very much. I’m still very early as I was remaking my character again and again (I think I made about 8-10 characters until I was satisfied).
Or you guys can just admit you’re growing up.
