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Gamers who have gamed for a long time (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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do you find it difficult to get into games? I’ve got Epic Games and Steam Games libraries chock-full of classic top-tier games along with many other newer games like Stray or 2077, and a bunch of indie titles. I just can’t be bothered to download and install them, much less try to get into the characters and storylines. Used to be I couldn’t wait to see what happened in the story, what new items you could collect, what new worlds the developers had created. Not anymore. I return to playing the same franchise for a quick FPS match or three and then I’m done.

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

I did video games professionally for ten years (grew up on the ZX81, C64, Amiga) and since then I have a hard(er) time because the only things that changes in new games is :

A) better graphics (potentially)

B) The back-story

I don't really care for A, and for B it's kind of scarce... I only need to save the world of kill the dragon so many times.

I did a 180 and learned chess which I feel wildly rewarding!

I'm also making a "slow game" (12 "action points" every like 12h, fantasy settings) that you can play for 5 minutes a day, but can be really immersive (it's text only).

I don't really know what I wanted to say here, but I too hope I'll find some new breathtaking game :-)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There as a brief period in the early 00's where this kind of browser game was prevalent. I can't remember the names, but same concept. They were perfect for lunch period, issue commands, and hope you made the right choices when you logged in the next day.

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

Ah the time before the enshittifycation. Maybe I should really finish the game ... I'll try :-)

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

Found it, and apparently it still exists: https://www.planetarion.com/ The universe ticks every real world hour.

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

Hah excellent, I did never play that specific game but some that were quite similar :-)

There were loads of people trying to make those too, with wildly varying degrees of success :-)