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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. Don't you have a depressed teenager to harass?

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Play the ones you want, be ok with not finishing the ones you just aren’t feeling after giving them a decent try

Same advice for books.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Average enjoyment across multiple games and books ftw!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I can't bring myself to finish dragon age inquisition.

Which sucks, it was a fantastic game I enjoyed nearly every minute of, and I wish I had gotten into the series when I had more free time than a hibernating bear.

No idea what it is, I just stopped playing one day and never started it back up, and now I just don't have any interest in it.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Lucidlethargy 6 points 1 year ago

This person makes a very compelling argument.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why would I continue a game I have no interest in?

I play games for fun, not because I want to finish them.

If a game stops being fun, I go on to the next.

And you can't stop me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok but what about all the games you bought but haven't even installed yet?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Hey listen here you little shit!

[–] darkstar 4 points 1 year ago

This is the correct mentality. Game fun? Play. Game not fun? Don't play.

[–] DudeImMacGyver 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'd never buy a new game again lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But... But... I have Factorio and Rimworld...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

😭😭😭😭😭

Lol.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The era of mass buying games on sale has come and gone imo.

I haven't seen any really interesting deals in relation to games I remotely care about in years.

I'm starting to go down the dark path of Indies only.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dark path? My experience is that it's a more narrow but brighter path.

What I mean is that if you take your time, vet the cash grabs and ones that are perpetually in version 0.02a, then there are some real gems out there.

I don't play all the games I can anymore instead just focusing on ones I really like. Indie games are my goto anymore.

I have 200 or so hours in modded Fallout 4 GOTY that was bought on sale for like $40.

Factorio, just passed the 1200hr mark and just got into modding. $20 a few years ago.

I planned to write more but re-read your comment and realized you're joking....I need more coffee.

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

Indies are the bright path. Been absolutely fucking enthralled with Signalis lately, and it was made by less than a handful of people.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Brb, just finishing Dead Souls

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Socsa 6 points 1 year ago

Get in the robot shinji

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Surely the new ones will give good chemicals! Old ones don't give good chemicals!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Jokes on you, most of my games are from bundles so I don’t even remember what I bought vs what I got for free

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, here's a radical thought... don't force yourself to finish something just because you paid for it. A lot of games accumulated were prior to generous refund policy and back in the days of Bundles and stuff. Why would you force yourself to play something you don't like.

[–] Patches 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Back in the days of bundles.

Looks at the 5 TRPG I just got yesterday for $15. So I could get 1 game I wanted that is always $20.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Exactly. People wonder why so many are praising Gaben, but decision to refund any game for any reason within 2h of play or 2 weeks of ownership is an awesome one. So many times game looks entertaining only to realize it's bad.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Hahahaha. No. You can't make me!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

You’re not my supervisor!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

YMMV but I think a healthier approach to backlogs in general is understanding it's okay to leaving something unfinished, not be immediately hooked, or revisit it when you're in the mood.

As long as you tried the game and realise it's not for you (in the moment or later) then you don't need to finish. Playing games should be like travelling and visiting places - you'll likely never see all of it and that's okay.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I refuse. If I lose interest in a game, I ain't touching it until I'm ready. It's one of the big reasons I quit FNV months ago in the middle of what will be my first ever completion of the game.

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

Fuck you I won't do what you tell me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Damn you Humble Bundle!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

But it's on sale.

I buy it now, save 50%, and my download queue can tell me which game I play next out of... 637...

Oh.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I have a moratorium on buying games until more than 50% of the games in my library have been played at least once.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You're not the boss of me now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am still not finished with Anno 1602 endless mode. It is getting kind of boring…

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I finished Axiom Verge, what more do you want from me?!?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No, I have to chase the thrill of having a New Game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

But the new ones are on sale. I basically have to buy them now!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well shit, if Asuka says so...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'M TELLING YOU I CAN'T

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Letme go finish all of Eu4 real quick

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