Gaming

I just try to trust the game, though in the case of TotK I did have an "ugh not again" moment when I first landed at the surface level. Glad I stayed with it, though. We usually chip away on it for an hour or two each day, but when I'm not in the mood I just do something else. As long as you're enjoying yourself, there's no wrong way to game. ✌️

Absolutely.

I'm playing Street Fighter Five until I started Diablo 4. Now Final Fantasy 16 is out. Uffda.

Yes, I never finished BOTW because of the size, same for Skyrim and although I'm excited for Cities: Skylines 2 I'm also a bit intimidated by the scale of it and learning all the new tools again!

Concentrate on only one aspect of the game that you think you'll enjoy and the rest becomes side-play you can enjoy leisurely. For instance I was on a huge korok seed hunt with BOTW because I love collecting things like that. As I cleared an area I would move further out and slowly got into the open world like that.

For another style of game I concentrated on just mining with Eve online because it's so information dense you will overwhelm yourself trying to learn the basics of everything. Few days of mining and I was excited about trying out some combat missions etc.

Just don't look at the overall picture, focus on a mini aspect of the game and expand from there.

im not sure why but i only played botw for like 10 minutes and never touched it again. somehow it just seemed confusing and kinda boring to me (yes i should have given it another chance but my joycons drift anyways so i dont even use my switch anymore). i do love games like fallout and skyrim though.

This is why I have so much trouble with the Fallout series. I love the games and their universes but I just can't deal with how overwhelming it is to actually play and realize how much there is to do. I never had this issue with other games like Subnautica for some reason.

I have suffered from this at times. Mostly from friends worrying about 'value propositions' or whatever. Now I just play for enjoyment. If I ain't digging it, I move onto another game for a while. I can always go back if I want, but it is ok if I don't want to go back.

I think this tends to happen when a game throws too many mechanics at me that I don't care enough to learn because the game isn't grabbing me.

I find keeping a couple games in rotation also helps. Keeps things fresher.

Currently playing Last of Us part 1, as I've never played Last of Us. Enjoying the more on-rails experience, compared to open world.

Yeah I get, sometimes I just want to experience a story not forge my own adventure.

same for me with the witcher 3 and horizon zero dawn

Oh yeah definitely. I have to be careful not to get too attached to completionism since a lot of open world games are packed with tons of little collectables or tasks that become tedious. If I get that urge to 100%, I often get frustrated and overwhelmed, and have to remind myself that it's just a game and I don't have to do anything.

Open world games of today are especially huge, way more than they used to be when I was younger. I can remember fully completing a few games but they weren't nearly as packed as some are now. So I gotta remember that games nowadays can get pretty complicated, and not to get caught up in it. Just have fun with whatever's interesting.

I personally find that because of the sheer amount of content, these games have great replayability. Every time I start Skyrim, even vanilla Skyrim, from the beginning, I will eventually find something I haven't seen before either because I chose a different style of play or by sheer chance.

I'm playing Elden Ring with my bf using the seamless co-op mod and though he's a veteran who's put countless hours into the game, we keep stumbling upon places and content he hasn't seen previously.

Totk is so much bigger and harder than botw