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Games designed to be one thing, but are commonly played other than intended? (pawb.social)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Kolanaki@pawb.social to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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Not sure how to title this better 😅

Are there any games that you tend to play contrary to how they are intended?

What prompted this question was playing Project Zomboid; but I am all comfortable and snug in my home base that it doesn't feel like playing a zombie survival game anymore. I feel like I am just playing The Sims with a character that mimics my introverted ass. I never leave the house and just spend all day reading, watching videos, learning new crafts, and just staying alive. I have no need to scavenge since I am loaded up with tons of armor, guns, ammo, food, a source of water, a generator and acess to a near limitless supply of fuel from an underground fuel tank generated in the basement.

How 'bout y'all? Do you prefer Surf to actual Counter-Strike? Have an unconventional way of playing Pokemon? I wanna know! 😃

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The sims, Skyrim, cyberpunk and many others all eventually evolved into. “Modding, the game” the moment i get to tweak a game so the details are just what i want i feel so satisfied i rarely play much after.

I promise myself i keep em ready for when i do want to play, but in reality that means a update got me interested again because now i gotta start modding all over again.

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I spent months modding Skyrim to be as realistic as possible. Nutrition, calories, temperature, disease, frostbite, starvation, injuries, infection, no level scaling, dangerous combat, one life. Took a week to gather and prepare for a dungeon dive.

Frost Troll greeted me when I entered the dungeon. One swipe killed me.

That's when I learned that the modding was the part I had the most fun with.