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Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by throwaway17_17 » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:19 AM UTC

vagab0nd wrote: post #31

karpierz wrote: post #22

This reads like someone who only watches Marvel movies complaining about how they've lost interest in movies because they all feel the same. If you don't branch out and expand beyond the bog-standard, yeah, eventually it'll all feel the same. Edit: Some recommendations below. These aren't even wild experimental/arthouse games, just slightly more creative. - Outer Wilds - Disco Elysium - Rhythm Doctor - Return of the…

Actually, this reads like someone who watches Marvel movies over and over for thousands of hours. Games to me are like books. I play them once, and move on. Occasionally I find a great game, and after a few years I might pick it back up and re-play it.

I in no way mean this as a negative, but I find it amazing that people like you exist. Despite owning over 10,000 games (due to a digital hoarding compulsion) I think I have played no more than 30, 45 at the absolute most, games in the last 15 years.

I seem to be the exact opposite of you, in that I play a game for huge amounts of hours and just never try another unless I truly feel compelled to play it. I have multiple thousands of hours in 5-6 games over the last 4 years. Before Elden Ring in February the last game I bought was God of War in 2018.

I am truly amazed that people can exist on so wide a playing spectrum.

Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by clircle » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:19 AM UTC

Just like any other entertainment type: the surface level popular stuff is quite bad, but there are some gems. The problem is that you have to work to find the gems that resonate with you, and that's actually the job part of it!

Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by slackfan » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:20 AM UTC

>I am no stranger to video games, consoles, gacha, and playing for the majority of waking hours in a day

Person who burned out their dopamine receptors is surprised to suddenly become aware of the fact.

Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by blangk » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:20 AM UTC

BookPage wrote: post #37

kbenson wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Play Tarkov, it will destroy your faith in the concept of faith.

As someone who played Rust and had to remove it from my steam account because of how much I loved it - can you elaborate?

How do you feel about being repeatedly punched in the dick?

Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by umvi » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:22 AM UTC

smitty1e wrote: post #34

Thank you! I'm just not interested in pouring vast amounts of time into building game skills that have zero applicability elsewhere. Life is too short. In this sense, video games in general are a unitasker[1]. Now, if there are games with some pedagogical value, e.g. puzzle games where we need to apply/develop knowledge of chemistry to solve problems, I could warm to the idea. [1] https://lifehacker.com/watch-alton-b…

Why not play educational games then?

Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by excalibur » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:23 AM UTC

> All I seek is a full sensory experience of what I see and feel within a virtual environment.

That's it, huh? Want me to pick up any other scientific advances for you while I'm out? A warp drive or time machine perhaps?

Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by esyir » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:23 AM UTC

caslon wrote: post #14

tomatowurst wrote: post #10

I really do not like these type of articles. I did X, Y, Z and therefore it is justified enough for me to make overreaching claims. Video games are still very fun and very profitable for the rest of us. Wish I could mute HN accounts like I mute ppl on twitter, not enough to signal an explicit exclusion but enough for me to ignore whatever they have to say in the future because of misalignment of values in the present…

It didn't claim that video games weren't fun or profitable, and the author even admitted they'd had fun with them. It just claimed that the current status quo of them has gotten kinda stale for them. Video games being stagnant isn't exactly a new idea; we've more or less been stuck with the same interfaces with slight improvements for twenty years now. The author just seems burnt out.

We've literally just started seeing the birth of vr gaming

Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by slackfan » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:23 AM UTC

karpierz wrote: post #22

This reads like someone who only watches Marvel movies complaining about how they've lost interest in movies because they all feel the same. If you don't branch out and expand beyond the bog-standard, yeah, eventually it'll all feel the same. Edit: Some recommendations below. These aren't even wild experimental/arthouse games, just slightly more creative. - Outer Wilds - Disco Elysium - Rhythm Doctor - Return of the…

I still rather enjoy videogames in my advanced age, and yet here I find that your list is the equivalent of white toast.

Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by throwaway17_17 » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:23 AM UTC

grantsch wrote: post #12

strken wrote: post #7

I used to think I wanted a higher purpose in games, but what I really wanted was a community with some kind of large-scale competition. The MMOFPS Planetside 2 gives me that, but I get the impression you can also get it from Eve, from competitive gaming scenes, from traditional MMOs, or even from older things like MUDs. Friendly competition with and against thousands of other people is like a higher purpose, but it's…

You would love this game called Foxhole https://store.steampowered.com/app/505460/Foxhole/

This concept looks great, and while I do not play any games with online components or games on Steam, I might just buy this. I’m definitely going to grab a bookmark for the page and watch the progress.

Re: Video games are kinda boring

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Post by esyir » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 2:24 AM UTC

caslon wrote: post #14

tomatowurst wrote: post #10

I really do not like these type of articles. I did X, Y, Z and therefore it is justified enough for me to make overreaching claims. Video games are still very fun and very profitable for the rest of us. Wish I could mute HN accounts like I mute ppl on twitter, not enough to signal an explicit exclusion but enough for me to ignore whatever they have to say in the future because of misalignment of values in the present…

It didn't claim that video games weren't fun or profitable, and the author even admitted they'd had fun with them. It just claimed that the current status quo of them has gotten kinda stale for them. Video games being stagnant isn't exactly a new idea; we've more or less been stuck with the same interfaces with slight improvements for twenty years now. The author just seems burnt out.

We've literally seen the recent birth of a whole new mode of gaming in the form of vr, with its rapidly evolving ui coming with it.