Adulthood brah. not enough hours in the day.
This. I have so little time during the week that the only time I really get to play games is during the weekend and I'd rather play something fun than something I feel I have to slog through a bit.
Adulthood brah. not enough hours in the day.
This, if you're spending more time discussingreading about games than playing them, you should just find a new hobby.
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FFX HD - Boss after Kimahri's village is seemingly super cheap, no desire to continue
I feel a general sense of anxiety while playing most games, just because I know I could be doing more work. These days, only fighting games feel good.
Same here OP-and a lot of the bullet points for games for me these days are turn off because of that.
"HUGE OPEN WORLD!"
"100 HOURS OF CONTENT"
"...shit I'll never get around to finishing that..."
In games I reach the "I have seen the same mechanics for hours on this game... this is not going to change dramatically" plateau... and give up.
Age bro. The older you get - priorities change. You realize time is extremely important and attention spans shorten so doing the repetitive actions some difficult games demand - you just don't want to finish. Not worth the time.
Buy less games.
Get PS+
Buy used
Buy only if you know you will be playing it immediately.
Stop playing when you are no longer having a great time.
I only make this topic because I know that while it's a common issue, it's not a problem for everyone. I have friends who are achievement obsessed and go through every nook and cranny like it's nothing. I have friends who play every game on the hardest difficulty and do so multiple times. I have friends who play through games in their limited free time and still manage to 100% them, sometimes more than once.
If you're one of those people, where does your "spark" come from? What is motivating you to finish the games you play? It's really unsatisfying to have a pile of started-yet-unfinished games in my backlog.
Quality of the "freebies" for couple last months haven't been that great and I'm not sure that it will ever be what it was because PS+ is now mandatory for PS4 online gaming and people are going to pay for it regardless.
I made a rule last gen and sticking with it this gen. No more than 2 games in rotation. And no further purchases until said games are done.
I have a bad habit of doing the same OP. I start a game, then about halfway through I move on to something else. Now when I feel that creep in, I go to the other game. It's worked out great so far.
Persona 4 Golden and its occasional need to grind did this.