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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by eragontalley@lemmy.zip to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Title mostly describes how I'm feeling now.

When I was younger, my main worry when deciding what game to buy and play next was that the game wouldn't be able to keep me entertained until I can buy another game.

Now I have a backlog of almost 100 games that I own and haven't played yet (although some come from bundles, not all are worth playing). My new concern when I'm playing a game is whether or not the time I put into the game is well spent.

I used to really like the idea of games where it would take me 100s of hours to get to 100% completion, but now I tend to almost avoid playing them entirely even if I know I don't care about completion anymore.

I don't think I'm alone in this, but what I'm really wondering is if this is a result of getting older? Or is it because the gaming space itself has changed?

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[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

The big thing for me is that if I play narrative-focused games like immersive sims, I want to dive deep into those worlds, and that takes a certain amount of brain energy.

[-] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly don't take that away

this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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