I have not yet finished Nioh, yet I love it. But this is not a Nioh thread in particular (we already have one and its what inspired this post). This is a thread about odd habits and rituals regarding video games.
I tend to have a weird hangup generally with not being able to complete stage based complex action games if given the option to replay levels. This is not an issue with all games but just those with an adequate skill ceiling to not feel satisfied with less than perfection combined the option to replay content. For example, I don't have this issue with Souls games on account that there is no option but to press onwards and that they are generally easy games. With Souls games, I often tend to find myself replaying early parts on consecutive playthrough and getting bored with the last third of the game. However, what I am talking about in particular is a certain category of game that doesn't include all challenging games and only is prevalent in a few titles that tick all the right boxes to trigger what I can only characterize as an obsessive-compulsive reaction.
I can't say with any clear certainly what causes it but broadly speaking if there is a component of perfection in the nuance systems and the option to replay earlier levels I will often find myself grinding early levels until I score a Pure Platinum/ SSStylish!!!/S rank etc. This tends to be more an issue with Hideki Kamiya style "spectacle fighter/Stylish action" games but is not limited to his games alone. Which brings me to the inspiration of this post, I fell into this same rut with Nio. What happens is that I spend hours on early levels replaying them until I feel like I perfected the combat mechanics but then feel burned out from planing that content. Being burned out it becomes more stressful to play new content so I take a break from the game. But after taking a break instead of jumping into the new content I replay early stages to acclimate myself to the systems after taking a break. Sometimes I make progress but often it just becomes me replaying the first half dozen or so mission over and over again ad nauseum and ad infinitum. I am tempted to make a thread about the topic but not sure if many anons can relate. While I may eventually finish a game, it often takes me 10 times the average playtime on account that it becomes an odd brand of procrastination.
Does anyone have a similar debatably obsessive compulsive hangup that prohibits them from finishing video games? I'm sure that I'm not alone with some sort of gaming related vice. Share your gaming vices. Does any of these behaviors cause an odd feeling of anxiety when you reflect on them? because this particular quark does cause me anxiety but its only satiated by replaying older levels that I'm more comfortable playing but that only fuels the compulsive cycle
>inb4 nice blog post
If I knew how to talk about this without a long-winded diatribe I would
>TL;DR
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