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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by MagentaFire@lemmygrad.ml to c/games@lemmygrad.ml

Recently for my mental health I decided to stop playing competitive games. You know, your Battlefields, your Call of Duty's, your War Thunders, etc. I found myself angry more than I was having fun. For the past ten years... I don't think I ever ended a session of a player vs player match - "happy." Now I'm playing mostly singleplayer games with some MMORPGs. I am much happier. I actually look forward to gaming when I can. There is enough to get mad at in the world, I don't want my entertainment medium of choice to be anger inducing as well. I feel like the worst part about the vast majority of player vs player games is that someone basically has to not be having fun for the other person to have fun. Not universal, and probably more a matter of personal mindset but it's how I feel. I was just wondering how many if any comrades here have done the same and how it has effected you? I can confidentally say my life is better for it.

I've been playing House Flipper 2 a lot, which is a good detox from high stress games. Getting back into EU4 as well, beating up Europe at every chance I can get. Trying to learn Kremlingames games, mostly China: Mao's Legacy. Flying the MiG-19 in DCS, my favorite plane. It's been fun, and better. I do not miss War Thunder too much.

I'm not knocking people who like high action player vs player enviroments, it's just something I have grown to not enjoy anymore personally.

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[-] ped_xing@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

By the time video games got to where being destroyed over the internet was possible, I couldn't afford the time investment required to git gud.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

This was my experience. Don't have time to play for more than a few hours a week so if it's between getting my ass kicked online the whole time or a few single player games the single players way more enjoyable.

Especially now that im a console behind and really can't justify spending hundreds of dollars to play marginally different versions of games I already own for 4 hours a week.

this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2024
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