/v/ - Video Games

>>15554014

This. Don't force yourself to play a game you aren't interested in. Just enjoy what you're doing until the appeal wears off. Vidya should never be compulsory.

>>15554014

There's so many games to go through, and so much to say about a lot of them. Buying them but not playing them feels like hallucinating I went to the moon and saw the earth.

>>15554029

This is usually what happens, but sometimes I get so into a game that I neglect things I am interested in.

Right now I'm playing a lot of UNIST and I can't stop picking at everything going on in there. Even if I'm just pushing at the skill ceiling, I find myself pushing hard at it. I know I'd enjoy it more if I took an hour break, played something like VC4 or MM11, and then played some more UNIST, but when I think about putting down the stick I feel guilty that I'd not be playing UNIST right then.

Highly replayable games just give you an easy way to pass the time. I spend most of my free time watching videos on one monitor while playing/replaying a repetitive game on my main monitor. This is only because I find it easier than investing time, patience and effort in a new game.

Recently I’ve been forcing myself to finish one game before jumping to the next and have been having a lot of fun knocking off games on the backlog while writing down the ones I’ll return to so I don’t forget. It’s been the most enjoyable experience I’ve had with vidya in years. Went through the Mega Man series, Mario RPG series, and am working on Castlevania now with Silent Hill around the corner for October.

also, I find having a show on in the background really helps for some reason. I alternate between MST3K and Smallville.

>>15554380

I'm torn between UNIST and BB:Tag right now. Fighting game fag. Gitting gud is a right journey and it's always rewarding. When you keep finding people better than you, though, you recognise it's not enough, and you got to level up your game until you can lose a little less, and then until you can beat them

Playing is just never enough. Nor is winning. You have to win against really tough opponents, consistently, against everyone you go up against. And then do it again tomorrow to prove to yourself that it wasn't a fluke. Then all of a sudden you realise you still haven't gotten past the prologue of Sleeping Dogs yet

>>15553964

>just two weeks

>he hasn't been playing the same games over and over for years

say what you will but I'm fairly sure I played and completed mgs 1, 2 and 3 well over 50 times each now. I've gotten to the point I know the games so well that I'm trying all sorts of self imposed challenges. what's weird is I still have fun, well maybe not like the very first time but I still get enjoyment from those games, which makes me wonder: what's gonna happen when I finally stop and say "ok I think I've had enough of this". thinking one day I won't get a kick from it kinda depresses me.

Sometimes I force it. Sometimes I don't. Do it at your own pace anon, as long as you're having fun then everything is fine.

Speaking of forcing yourself to play video games

0: Runescape / vscape

1: Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando

2: Skyrim: The modded to hell pornographic comedy adventure

3: Phantasy Star Online: Episode 3

4: Vanquish

5: Freedom Fighters

6: Shadow Tower: Abyss

7: Custom Robo: Arena

8: Magical Vacation

9: Echo Night

>>15553964

>How do you break out of it?

I don't, hey, I'm enjoying something and know I have something else decent to look forward to when I burn out on whatever.

>>15560234

>liked cooking

>got job as a cook

>no longer like cooking

Maybe I should go into gamedev. Then I won't even be upset that I have no time for vidya.