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[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago

I do this with games too. It takes literal years for me to beat games because I always reach a point where I get distracted by something else and then drop my current game for over a year and feel no motivation to continue once I've pivoted. These days if I want to beat a game I'll lock in and do nothing but play that game for days on end. New game came out? Nah, I gotta stay locked. Friends hanging out online playing games together? Nope. Locked in. I'll even turn off my phone and other monitors just to make sure I don't get distracted.

With TV shows it's almost impossible to lock in sometimes because they just take too long. I can keep my attention on one thing for a few weeks at a time but I can't do it for the amount of time a show requires unless I somehow habitualize it into my day like watching it when I eat dinner. And even then I'll often times switch shows about halfway through.

[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

This has been me with Morrowind. I’ve been trying to play it for literal years, but I can’t ever finish a playthrough. Which sucks because I actually really like the game, I just can’t get hooked on it for some reason.

[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I didn't beat the main quest Skyrim, Oblivion, or Morrowind until at least a decade after I bought them. Didn't even beat Morrowind until just a couple years ago. :P

[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe I should just mess around the next time I play Morrowind. I’m currently playing Skyrim again, then I’ll probably play Oblivion for a while, and then I’ll try Morrowind again. Hopefully it’ll click this time. I really want to get hooked on it.

[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I definitely recommend heavily modding it. One I cannot live without when playing is the one that let's you increase the view distance further than two feet in front of your face. Its such a beautiful game and it's kind of a shame that the hardware limited the view distance in the first place.

[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Any other suggestions? I know of OpenMW but that’s it.

[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I mostly go for quality of life and stability ones. There are some decent guides on the Steam forums which I usually go through when I'm modding it. I usually just go for the unofficial patch, the view distance one, and a few more small ones. I'm kind of a purist so I don't like all the graphics update ones but there are some that are just essential. You'll have to get the MWSE (Morrowind Script Extender) in order to get some of them to work. I'll link one of the guides that I usually skim through to pick and choose which ones I want. The one for view distance is called Distant Land and requires the enhanced graphics mod.

It'll be a bit of work, but once your done you'll have a much better time.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2208675449

[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I appreciate it, I’m saving your comment for when I try out Morrowind again. Thanks for the help.

[-] markko@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I sank a few hundred hours over many different characters into Skyrim. Still never finished the main quest line.

[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

I’ve got over 5k hours and in the realm of 50-100 playthroughs and I’ve probably only beat the main quest 2 or 3 times.

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