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Games that respect your time. (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/games

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When I was kid, I could sit in front of TV for hours and sink a day or two away into a game and have no problem having to start the game over from the beginning. Time meant nothing to me and I wasted it like it was a near infinite resource.

Now I am a parent and ain't got time for some of the nonsense that's in games nowadays. I'm lucky if I have even an hour to play each night.

A good example: Forza Horizon 5 allows you to switch cars mid game without traveling back to a house. That to me is a huge time saver compared to the recent NFS games.

Contrarily, Forza Motorsport (2023) makes you do qualifications every round. While realistic, a big time sink.

That said, what are some of your favorite games that have respect for your limited time?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thats my favorite thing about roguelites and why Rogue Legacy is literally my least favorite one.

In roguelites with stat progression, there's often little need to actually improve at the game. It's just mindless grinding until your stats are high enough.

Enter the Gungeon does it best IMO. New weapons and items get added to the loot table, but you never unlock anything that just straight up makes you stronger.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

One complaint I've heard about Rogue Legacy is how the cost of stat progression increases. To the point that, for some, they find it difficult to make enough during a run to get upgrades.

The problem is that they tried to rely on increasing their stats to get better. Instead they should have tried the more difficult challenges and just gotten better.

I realized after starting a new game just how much better I was than the first time I played.