/v/ - Video Games

I don't play video games.

>>15069543

Well anon, first you must figure out, why do you want to finish the game, if you don't have any reasons, then you are better off dropping it and playing something else. is there any game you have in mind, or is it a general question?

>>15069584

No one cares about you anyways so you're only pretending to lie to yourself. Just get a new hobby faggot.

>>15069584

If you don;t like RPGs, just play other games like racing, puzzles, fps, mmos or whatever. Or pick some other hobby, like playing an instrument, or drawing, or miniature kits, like this https://www.artesanialatina.net/en/advanced/430-naval-modeling-san-juan-galleon-wooden-model.html there are cheaper ones as well, if you are new, try plastic ones, since they are not a huge money investment

>>15069543

>implying anyone here in /v/ actually plays videogames

>>15069611

i played your mom last night

>>15069543

>How do you force yourself to focus on completing one single game without getting bored?

Sorry anon. I have ADD but it is nowhere near that bad. If a game grabs me it grabs me. I enjoy completing it. If it doesn't grab me enough to complete it then it doesn't. Maybe you just don't like games that much.

>>15069543

Just kill yourself, that will fix the issue faggot.

I like to start with games I enjoy enough to continue playing in the first place. Shitposting aside, even good games have some dips in quality or slogs. Best way to power through is trying to understand the game's level progression and pushing yourself to make it through that one bad part. Don't focus on the finish, just making it past that bad spot alone.

>>15069543

>How do you force yourself to focus on completing one single game without getting bored?

>How to force yourself to get good at it too, without dropping it?

>force

If you are "forcing" yourself to complete a game it means that the game you are playing isn't that good to begin with, same with "getting good at it" if there's no enjoyment on your part you shouldn't even try, it's escapism, entertainment, not a fucking job.

>having a life so empty you have to force yourself to consume useless throw-away entertainment

How does one get to this point?

>>15069543

I don't. Video games are a hobby, so if I'm having fun, I keep coming back. If it tickles my autism enough, I'll get gud naturally or by doing some extra-gaming research or think things through in notes or a spreadsheet.

In fact, my gaming spreadsheet has a whole column dedicated to "BEAT" games, and if I've made it through your game that's a good sign of quality.

meditation is also kick ass

I don't need to "force" myself to conquer a game I like, it comes naturally. Perhaps you need to play better games?

>>15069543

I use achievements. It gives me a clear goal to work towards.

By not being a millennial with an attention span smaller than his penis

I don't. Video games are a waste of time and are for people with nothing else in their lives. I used to care about those things but I'm learning to apply that mindset to real hobbies.

Depression kills your motivation to start anything, or finish it if you overcome the hurdle of starting it in the first place. To combat depression, do as much as you can that isn't related to the source of your misery. Work out, study, go hiking, bake cookies, anything that will give you a positive memory for that day. You should do this as often as you can. When depression gets serious, you'll be down to just sleeping and drinking water in your free time. It takes exponentially more willpower to unfuck yourself from that state.

I finish games if they don't irritate me by making a wasteland of COLLECT THE WIDGETS TO ADVANCE THE PLOT NOW session right before the endgame.

>>15069543

>forcing yourself to go through a game you don't enjoy enough to remain engaged

maybe you shouldn't be playing videogames at all

The last game I played was Subnautica. About 30 hours back in Jaunary/February. I still read /v/ sometimes to see what's going on in a hobby I used to be excited about but the truth is I don't think anything will rekindle the childhood passion I had for games. I can't identify any games on the horizon that interest me, but I keep hoping. I'm thinking about getting into flight sims with a HMD, but even then, doing FPV on a RC plane seems way more interesting to me.

>>15069584

You ever consider watching lets plays of rpgs instead of playing them if youre interested but not enough to complete them? You could put that shit on in the background while doing your exercising.

sometimes you have to drop a game to get good at it

I am beyond pleb tier at fighting games, & xenoverse 2 had too many controls and input options for my brain to handle when I started. I button mashed for a few days, left for months, came back and things started to click.

>>15069543

Play gaems that aren't a pile of shit?

Oh, sorry, forgot it was [current year]

>>15069543

By not being born a failed living being such as leftists, faggot abominations, journalists, etc.

>>15069584

PLAY TABLETOP STUFF INSTEAD OF PUNY VIDEO GAMES

>>15069584

>i want to pretend i actually have hobby that i enjoy

You can fool others, but you can't pretend in front of yourself.

>>15072046

If you pretend hard enough and long enough you can convince yourself of anything.

>>15072074

Lies that you believe in will still not get you what a person who really likes something will get - natural drive towards, ability to insert limitless time into it and high achievements at it. All of this while actually happy, not just pretending to be happy.

Shallow people can be felt. If I was religious I'd call them drained, soulless and you can tell. They just lack something, that spark that drives those really genuine ones.

>He has to focus and force himself to complete a game

Pathetic

>>15069543

You don't, you quit and do something else.

> How do you force yourself to focus on completing one single game without getting bored?

Choose a game that doesn't suck and it'll draw you in and you won't want to play anything else until you've played it through. If you get bored with a game, it's not entertaining you, it's not doing the one thing that a game is supposed to do.

>>15073885

> If you get bored with a game, it's not entertaining you, it's not doing the one thing that a game is supposed to do.

Exactly

I don't I just play on a whim. usually beat 25% of a game and don't come back to it for a few years.

it's a special kind of autism since i don't want to finish a game unless something or something

>Force

I once sat down to write a song, and when I finally finished, I noticed three days had passed.

Why the fuck would an autist like me need to force myself to do something? I just do stuff until it's done.

>>15069543

just have fun, man

>>15069543

Is this bait or do you genuinely have autism? If you are getting bored by a game, then it means it's boring, so why force yourself to keep playing it? You are not getting paid to play games, it won't improve your health and it won't get you laid. Do you just want to fit in with all the other people who agree that the game is the best game ever? Fuck that. I think Ocarina of Time is boring and I haven't beaten it to this day and probably never will.

Life is too short to waste it on entertainment that doesn't entertain you. Maybe some genre like RPG just isn't your cup of tea, nothing wrong with that. If you only care about the story just go watch the cutscenes on YouTube or something and save yourself the time. The same goes for completionism like trying to get 100% of all items, quests, unlocks, whatever, it's just pointless padding.

>>15069912

> Literally needs shiny stickers as motivation to play a game

The state of modern gaming.

Play old games, I was like you until I started playing old games. There's too many games that'll last you a life time don't let modern james ruin your enjoyment.

>>15069543

By not being an ADHD nigger.

>>15069543

Stop being a casual.

>>15069543

Have you considered playing good games? Maybe the games you play are shit or you just have shit taste. Either way if it doesn't catch your attention it's probably not worth it.

>>15069543

don't play games at all, you obviously don't like em

>>15069543

Well anon, for me I like to find some sort of glitch or dev mistake to make me have some sort of advantage on the game. For example I am replaying FE Awakening, only played at launch but didn't have anything better to do and thought What the hell and hitted again with all the dlcs this time using a cia file. Then i discovered that Galeforce + armstrift + Lifetaker are completely broken, any character that can have at least 2 of these skills should not be used by someone looking for a challenge but I want is to bend the rules of the game, I just want to break stuff, then I learned that on one of the dlcs all the enemies are all op and they swarm you, you don't even need to move from the place, the major problem are the sages, then i thought: What if i get luck till 50 points at least with crom pairing +armsthrift +a forged superior jolt+ lifetaker+limit breaker+ allstats+2, put the game to skip everything, wouldn't I be able to cap everything on a char in a matter of minutes? Yes i could… And so i start to research chars who could give or reclass to get said skills and mate them and all to make even more broken kids…Been doing shit for +30 hours now without ending because the ending is completely pointless since i Can 1hk the last boss with at least 6 different chars by now… But I had my fun…

>>15069543

>force yourself

If you ain't havin' fun then what's the point of the Game?

If I can get into a game and realize hours have passed, I know I like it. Otherwise I drop it or play in short bursts.

I literally only play Melee anymore.

>>15069543

That's your brain telling you it's time to move on to something else.

Take up another hobby, like papercraft or ID'ing as many plants in your yard as you can, then figuring out which ones are edible.

i don't. if i get bored of something then i stop

I don't force myself because I actually enjoy videogames you weird nigger

>>15069543

You're asking the wrong question OP, what you should be asking is "Why am I so bored by this game?" Swiftly followed by "Why am I still playing it?".

If you're bored then stop playing the game, delete the fucker and move on to something that can hold your attention and if nothing can then gaming isn't for you, something more practical with appreciable results that pays might be more your thing.

by playing good games that aren't boring

i can understand trying to get past a learning curve, or going back to a game you felt you hadn't given a fair go, but i've probably dropped more games halfway than finished and never looked back.