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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 because I'm growing up? or is it because the gaming space itself has changed?

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[-] Dankenstein@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Since getting married, I've been popping in and out of multiplayer games more often as well as more closely curating what single-player games I purchase.

I enjoy longer narrative-driven, single-player games; they're like a good book and I aim to be just as bummed out when the game ends as I would be at the end of a work from my favorite novelist.

But I cook, I clean, I do the shopping, and so I end up with a lot of short periods of free time throughout the day. The newest (but not franchised) multiplayer game is usually what I'll play if I can come and go at my leisure without provoking the ire of other players.

I've never really wanted to 100% a game, pretty sure that was just FOMO, but every now and again I will want to replay an old game.

this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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