• SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Play the ones you want, be ok with not finishing the ones you just aren’t feeling after giving them a decent try

    Same advice for books.

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      I can’t bring myself to finish dragon age inquisition.

      Which sucks, it was a fantastic game I enjoyed nearly every minute of, and I wish I had gotten into the series when I had more free time than a hibernating bear.

      No idea what it is, I just stopped playing one day and never started it back up, and now I just don’t have any interest in it.

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      11 months ago

      How I do it. Huge game library tons of games I bought played and just felt meh after awhile with them. Now they are just part of my collection.

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    11 months ago

    The era of mass buying games on sale has come and gone imo.

    I haven’t seen any really interesting deals in relation to games I remotely care about in years.

    I’m starting to go down the dark path of Indies only.

    • at_an_angle@lemmy.one
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      Dark path? My experience is that it’s a more narrow but brighter path.

      What I mean is that if you take your time, vet the cash grabs and ones that are perpetually in version 0.02a, then there are some real gems out there.

      I don’t play all the games I can anymore instead just focusing on ones I really like. Indie games are my goto anymore.

      I have 200 or so hours in modded Fallout 4 GOTY that was bought on sale for like $40.

      Factorio, just passed the 1200hr mark and just got into modding. $20 a few years ago.

      I planned to write more but re-read your comment and realized you’re joking…I need more coffee.

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        11 months ago

        Indie titles are nice, but There’s really only so many pixel-art or cel-art style games I’m willing to play. And while, sure, there are noteable exceptions here and there, they’re just that. Exceptions.

        I know why they do it, but my point is that I feel there is a missing middle in gaming.

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      11 months ago

      Indies are the bright path. Been absolutely fucking enthralled with Signalis lately, and it was made by less than a handful of people.

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      11 months ago

      They may be gone but left a lot in their wake.

      On a serious note, indies also sell at a discount sometimes and I already have too many games in the backlog to finish them ever, I think 😰

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        11 months ago

        I just opened my Steam wishlist and there’s a lot of titles on there with 75% - 90% off. Including a one piece game normally $80 for $12.

        Now to go through them and see which ones I still want now that they are cheap and time has passed for more reviews/development. Seems like games I add to my wishlist are about 50/50 for if I actually want them when they are really cheap.

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        Its underwhelming because the sales aren’t as great, and all the games that I’ve wanted I’ve bought.

        Nothing new is all that enticing, and if it is it’s an indie title and doesn’t need to go on sale and therefore probably won’t.

        Most indie titles are like 2.99 ~ 30 bucks tops. And all of the damn decent ones are around that 10~25 dollar range.

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    Why would I continue a game I have no interest in?

    I play games for fun, not because I want to finish them.

    If a game stops being fun, I go on to the next.

    And you can’t stop me.

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    Hey, here’s a radical thought… don’t force yourself to finish something just because you paid for it. A lot of games accumulated were prior to generous refund policy and back in the days of Bundles and stuff. Why would you force yourself to play something you don’t like.

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      Back in the days of bundles.

      Looks at the 5 TRPG I just got yesterday for $15. So I could get 1 game I wanted that is always $20.

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    Jokes on you, most of my games are from bundles so I don’t even remember what I bought vs what I got for free

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    I refuse. If I lose interest in a game, I ain’t touching it until I’m ready. It’s one of the big reasons I quit FNV months ago in the middle of what will be my first ever completion of the game.

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      11 months ago

      “I’ll give more money to EA, Epic Games, Ubisoft, Riot Games or anything the community hypes up, then whine about how I’m mistreated, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”