Anon wants to talk about the games they like, not the games other people like.
wait. now conversation is about listening and not just telling people stuff?
The fact that no one has said anything about RimWorld shows how far you all have to go
If it ain't a warcrime then I'll make it one - average rimworld enjoyer
i really need to give rimworld a shot
RimWorld is great, but it's a shadow of what Dwarf Fortress offers. DF is the gold standard for depth and mechanics.
If you haven't used the Geneva convention as a checklist, have you really played Rimworld?
what about paradox games? avg user playtime of eu4 on steam is double that of factorio
That's fair, I never really got into the strategy genre so those didn't come to mind. But I have people on my friends list who have an absolute insane played time in Civilization so I can see where you're coming from
Oh, I should pick up Dyson Sphere again. They have enemies to shoot at now!
"Oh yeah, I'm a big gamer. I play FIFA and COD. And next year I'll play next year's FIFA and COD."
That's literally my barber. Every time i sit there he asks: you play video games, right. And i'm like :yeah. Then he asks what i'm playing, and i just name the games i play right now. Just four or five games. Over the span of almost 10 years now, he hasn't heard of any game I've played. When i ask him back, the answer is always either fifa or cod or both.
I used to play everything. Then I developed a sense of taste and learned to recognize what I know I wouldn't much care for, and don't bother with those games. I like shit with complexity, depth of mechanics, and loads of weirdness. Like Dwarf Fortress, Kenshi, Earth Defense Force, and soulslikes. Popular AAA games tend to be anything but that. The newest game of high caliber complexity that is also popular and AAA I do like is Baldur's Gate 3.
That's me, but in a wildly different direction. Lol. I wanted to a be "gamer" so badly, because I enjoy story telling, puzzles, exciting worlds, all that jazz. But I figured out years ago, I'm just not that into most games. "Go kill these dudes/monsters/whatevers that want you dead" just isn't a thing I can get into easily, so I found the games I like, which are generally not gamer-y games, and I play them to my heart's content. And I'll try other things, because you should always strive to try things you think you won't like... But I've found what I like, and I mainly stick to it.
That is, when I actually have the time to play games and don't choose TV or an audiobook+embroidery as my wind down routine
Have you heard of this one game? It's called SUPER MARIO BROS!!!!
Indy classic. Came out a few years ago. You probably never heard of it.
Sounds like Anon doesn't wanna talk about video games after all
I should start a new Factorio run
“…15,000 hours in this autistic PC game…”
Found another Star Citizen fan! 😆
Factorio
That's mostly because of programmers not autism, not all of us coders have autism. I mean I do, and I play Factorio, but these are all unrelated. I'm also trans and use Arch btw but those are irrelevant
Found a new game to play.
Also GregTech6 (Minecraft mod) is my autistic PC game
Is KSP a autistic game? If so I got at least 10,000 hours in.
KSP definitely counts, but I think it's the 10k hours that makes your experience with it autistic.
Pretty sure any amount of hours over 2,000 automatically means it qualifies
Okay, what games do you want to talk about?
Real games like Roblox and Subway Surfers
I mean, that's the same shit you see happening in music, books, movies...
Most of us stick with one genre, and then sometimes you get to appreciate the entire medium. But it's not easy for everybody.
I always think it's like colours. I can't fathom people who actually genuinely have a favourite color they always wanna have.
But at the same time, if you ask me to read anything that's not outside of a few favourite genres, it is a struggle.
So yeah, at least try to appreciate that others may not like exactly what you like. And it's okay if they only like the one thing. They are missing out sure. But you're probably missing out on plenty of stuff too.
The death of monoculture comes for gaming too. The sheer number of games out there means you can always find some niche gem that really appeals to you and you specifically, but then you might not find anyone else who knows it and wants to talk about it.
Yeah I'm a sim racer, and I suck.
Today I'm playing GT7, tomorrow I'm probably play some GT7 and if I'm getting really frisky next week I might play some GT7.
Gotta git gud.
I'm not ashamed to admit I have nearly 6700 hours in Fallout 4. I like what I like. I play it like Sims with shooting.
Well, I might be a little ashamed.
I feel like the rise of live service games and rogue-likes that are based around incremental progression definitely shifted the status quo to everyone having like 1 game, maybe 2, where they spend most of their time. Every game seems to demand you commit more and more time.
The only exception I can think of is Paradox Grand Strategy type games (which is my secondary "main" game)
Be me. Spend 2 grand on new PC. Play sim city 3000 night after night after night.
Disclaimer "autistic PC game" triggered this post.
Am i the only one sinking... ungodly... hours into Nethack?
I'm the worst type of gamer.
I think gaming is bad and think gamers have bad opinions.
My perfect game is Civilizaris Skypico 4X for the PS1.
Mostly.
If it's not a magnificent 4x experience that makes me forget to blink for hours at a time, I want punishingly difficult quarter muncher style arcadey titles.
I have too much time in the Vlambeer games, and have way too much time in splatformers.
Jrpgs are OK too, but I only like them on handheld. I'm working through the PSX release of FF7 on my RGxx35sp right now and having a blast with it.
My tiny claim to fame is that I once beat After Burner Climax at Gameworks in Newport, Kentucky circa 2011
I feel like players like me, who likes games that don't last more than 20-30 hours are a really small percentage of the players. There's so many games that comes out every years that I want to play, I dont see how I could put all my gaming time in a single one. I don't understand where people find the time to play hundreds and hundreds of hours of game time.... I'm still working on playing games I bought years ago lol, and since I started to get the free epic games 2 years ago, I got like 100+ more games that I'd like to try.
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