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>How is your enjoyment of videogames at the moment, anon?
All-time low.
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
I used to play for 12h straight with no breaks. I haven't played for >1h in several months.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
<new titles
<in the year of our Lord 2026
Hahaa...
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Even replaying old games I used to love feels gray and stale now.
>I don't know why, but it has allowed me to enjoy videogames a lot more for some reason.
Probably because it fully immerses you in the happy days.

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Hey look, it's a demoralization thread.

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>>303448
I don't mean new titles as in newly released games, but games you've never played before.
>Probably because it fully immerses you in the happy days.
I thought that was the reason too, but most of the consoles I got are consoles I didn't have growing up.
I think I'm enjoying discovering something new in some things old.
>>303449
I mean the opposite, or maybe just a place to talk about it.

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I'm a /v/ poster and I haven't played half of the games that regularly appear in discussion on backwater videogame boards like these.
My backlog is massive and therefore I'm still enthralled by this world of interactive media I've never experienced. I am an intellectual.

>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
I spend as much time as my life allows. If I had nothing else to do, I would probably still play vidya all day long.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
I mostly play games I already like and go thru my backlog. My PC is getting on in the years and frankly, the new games aren't worth the upgrade. I might try some of them when it finally kicks the bucket and I am forced to get a new one, but that's about it.
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
I find myself enjoying games I played for years more and more as I get older, I get a new appreciation for them with every playthru. I guess that's what it must be for movie buffs, to watch the same movie over and over again and always get a different experience from it. That said, I definitely have a different outlook on new games I try out now, for example I pay more attention to how the story is structured and how the game balance works or take note what's going on with gameplay design, things like that, instead of just blindly playing the game like I did when I was younger.

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>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
No because obligations suck up all my time, I hate living and I regret not killing myself when I had the mindset for it.

>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Barely because all of my mental energy is spent on surviving and not killing myself.

>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Not as much as before, nor as much as I'd like. I hardly enjoy anything anymore, so it's not particular to video games.

>I finally finished buying all the old consoles I wanted, as well as their respective flashcarts.
I'm happy for you, anon.

>I now have a cozy little setup with a CRT TV and I love it. I don't know why, but it has allowed me to enjoy videogames a lot more for some reason. There's something comforting in playing them like this.
This sounds cozy, anon. I hope it's great for you for a long while.

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>>303474
YOU CAN DO IT, ANON!

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>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
No. I don't have the time because work n shit but even when I have down time, I feel too empty to play for long periods of time. I usually play for 2 hours ans then stop.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Not really, I might think that a game is cool but never experience that feeling of bewilderment. The last game that made me feel that way was Nier Automata.
Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
I wish. I get burned out 2 hours in and have to stop or else I get invaded by evil thoughts of anxiety. Vidya is not enough of an escape anymore.

>>303474
I recommend playing even if it's for a bit before work. Even 10 minutes before work can soothe the soul.
I play some NES games before work, and Idolmaster before bed and it helps me keep sane when I'm too busy.

>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
Sadly not
Too many obligations and wage slaving that drain time and energy
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
If there is actually some worth to exploration, then yeah
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Unless I get really hooked, not really

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>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
Clearly not, given work time, shopping groceries, doing some ocassional workout at home and other activities, but i still play vidya either at night or during the weekend (one of the few perks of still being a single, 30s years old virgin, i guess)
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Of course. In my particular case spic from a mid class family also struggling with studies i missed a lot of videogames since the PS2 and even many releases on PC, so there's a lot of old and new vidya i still haven't played and i plan to if i manage to have the time (for example, i missed on series like Yakuza, DMC, Larian games, etc)
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Damn right, even when they frustrate me (usually by being a dumb tryhard and picking Hard mode all the time for no reason)
I shouldn't forget movies or books so much, but vidya was a part of my life i probably won't abandon voluntarily, unless other life obligations step forward.

>>303474
I probably won't ever fully understand depression-to-suicide mindsert anon, and i hope you get better, but even then i think suicide is a boring and pointless option and not worth considering unless extreme circunstances. Most of the time is that pesky depression talking and there's always a way out, even if it involves changing your whole life up until this point with some radical changes. Then again, i admit i never got THAT bad in my life, so i reckon my knowledge can be limited

>>303484
You thought about chinkhelds? They're getting to the point where they easily clear PS2 + 2010's PC emulation.

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Not going to lie I'm enjoying anime more than games right now. I think a lot of it is tedious game mechanics making me not want to play them as much. Is there a game that has basically no tedium?

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>>303485
Of course, nowadays that's not an issue anymore. I have a decent PC of my own to allows to play many games both recent and old. i was just mentioning that before that, while i still lived with my parents and such, my brothers and i emulated what we could (never forget messing around with 3DAnalyze or considering emulating Kingdom Hearts and Smash Bros Melee like a major fucking breakthrough for my toaster) and discarded the rest.
At the same time, we never really experimented with other older consoles like Saturn, Gamecube, XBox, due to economical reasons. So yeah, there's a lot that went from "oh i heard about that game" to actually playing it these days and i love it

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>>303486
I played Snow Bros after getting my ass kicked in Castlevania to relax.

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>>303475
I genuinely can't, I'm too weak to live, but too weak to die too.

>>303481
I wake up at 5:30AM and leave to get stuck in traffic at around 6:15AM, I barely have time before work to do anything but get out of bed, take a shower, have breakfast and get ready, then when I'm home again around 7:45PM I'm so tired... and I still have to cook, take care of the house if it's too dirty, laundry, and in general I'm too tired to do anything, even hobbies.

>>303484
I appreciate not judging me and saying you don't fully understand, it's more than what most people do, even people who I consider important to me often look down on me whenever I try to vent, which just makes me feel more lonely and like I have even less reasons to live than I thought. I've had depression for years, medication and therapy never did anything for me, I think there's a point when the human brain seriously considers suicide for the 1st time, after that there's no going back, I say you don't think of different things, your way of thinking everything is what changes. It's saturday and I'm still sad, so tired.

It's the weekend and I'll probably not play anything, nor do anything productive, and when monday comes I'll be tired because I didn't properly rest either, I'd rather die, but I don't have it in me, hopefully I can find the motivation to at least play some video games, though I wouldn't count on it, and if I do it'll probaby be for just a few minutes... I'm not so sure why.

>>303447 (OP) 
I’m enjoying RE9 greatly.

>>303498
Quit your job, get all your money together, go drift into a nice small town and start over. But I don't know your situation so this isn't advice, just spitballing. All I know is work is the devil and if I didn't land a cushy state job for barely enough pay I woulda been a miserable S.O.B.

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>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
No, I spend less time due to work and other hobbies. When I was younger I could start a video game at any time even while in class and play for any duration no matter how long or short, nowadays I have to get "in the mood" to start a new game and commit to it for a few days.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Yes, if you're talking about games that I haven't played before, not new games in general. I missed out on a lot of vidya growing up since I was poor so there's a lot of catching up to do. I don't mind it though because now I have a fast connection and a somewhat beefy PC with the know-how to pirate/emulate anything, so it's easy to try any game within a few minutes.
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Yes, sometimes. Catching up with old(er) vidya led me to discover some amazing titles and a few of them even became top favorites of mine. When a game is good I get hooked and don't want to put it down.

>>303448
Maybe you need to take a break from vidya for a while, so when you come back you would have renewed interest. That or you end up realizing you finally outgrew video games then you move on to greener pastures.

>>303474
>>303498
Maybe you need to find the right therapist. I was in a similar boat as you some years ago and a shrink talked me out of killing myself... I'm glad I didn't do it because life eventually got better for me and I'm honestly happy to keep living, maybe this can happen to you too.
Also seconding what >>303503 said. The choice of job and lifestyle can be a major factor in your depression.

>>303484
>Damn right, even when they frustrate me (usually by being a dumb tryhard and picking Hard mode all the time for no reason)
I pick normal difficulty in most games and still find some of them to be frustrating, I guess that's just how some titles are. If a game is too frustrating though I just drop it. I no longer have the time and energy to waste on something that's not fun.

>>303486
>Is there a game that has basically no tedium?
Usually that would be a game that's mechanically simple, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Any game with any degree of complexity eventually introduces some form of tedium.

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I guess there are still some things worth playing through the night for.

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>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
1h every day, up to 12h  hours on the weekends. 

>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Yes.

>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
If the game is enjoyable, sure, if the game is bad it turns into a chore. 

I play game A, then move to play game B, then come back to finish game A, then move to game C, then I go back to finish game B, then I move to game D, I also make sure not to play similar games one after the other, if I play FF4 I'm not going to play chrono trigger or XCOM, I move to another genre, this way I don't get tired of games.

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>>303498
Wake up at 5AM instead just for those extra 30 minutes to watch anime while having breakfast or play a game.
Yeah, 30 min less of sleep, but enjoying yourself even if for a little bit really helps with your mood. At least that's my experience if you wanna give it a shot.

Getting a doll like pic rel improved my mood too, and my sleep, Feels nice cuddling in bed and coming home to her.

>>303524
>doll
Can't it simply be a dakimakura with an anime/vidya girl picture on it like a proper horny loner?

>>303527
If you can't spare the money for a doll, it's better than nothing, but the experience is completely different.
I have a lolibaba doll with big tits and a hoodie on. Sleeping on her boobs while she holds my head, wrapping my arm beneath her to grope her butt and caress her back, tangling our legs together, having her on top of me.
It's heaven.

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>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
No. Work has been taking up more and more of my life.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
There are two aspects of "exploring" one is the window-shopping exploring, and the other is the game-exploring.
Window Shopping
I like reading people's game reviews. Although now it's only on forums, as Gamergate destroyed any naïve mystique I gave other reviews. I wish more forums talked about unknown games/"Games that aren't franchised"/"diamonds in the rough". Huh, that might make a good thread for here.
Game Exploring
Sometimes I get that awe when playing a new game, but it's RARE dude. I find I have the best luck when I pick out a completely unknown name in a bargain bin somewhere with an cliché RPG title.
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
One aspect of this is that I find that nowadays I kind of have to FORCE myself to start playing a game. Once I do, though, I look back at it at the end of the day as a good decision.
Even given that, no, I usually don't, but I think I can clearly explain why. I have four issues when I play games, and when I DO avoid them, I find I enjoy games wonderfully. But if I don't it KILLS it for me.
1 - Inventory Management
This is the number one thing that kills enjoyment of many games for me. From Fallout to any RPG .Hack. I hate running around a town for a half hour to an hour going back and forth buying and selling the same sword and swapping inventory space/weight limits. I'm such a hoarder irl, and that creeps into my game. By far this kills the experience for me.
Case in point, many of the games I find I've been enjoying the most lately are inventoryless games. E.g., I usually have an O.K. time with a Metroidvania.
If I could find a way around this mental block, I'd enjoy games way, WAY more. This one really hurts me because I love RPGs, but I find I don't play them because of this, and I recognize that this is really a psychological fault of mine at the core.
2 - Clichés
If I can see something coming from a mile away, it absolutely kills it for me. In two ways: style and story.
Style
If I'm playing a game that has that "millennial writing" style in it, I already know it's going to be preachy, what it's going to be preachy about, how the characters affect is going to sound like, when I'm going to hear the STUPID PHRASE "Well, THAT just happened", and it fucking kills it.
Story
If I'm playing a game where for example one of the fairy characters says, "You know, your mom cared for you a lot." then I know it's going to be revealed that the fairy character is my dead mother and she's going to disappear before the end of the game and the mere fact I saw it a mile away kills everything for me (Musical Rhapsody). Stuff like that I really hate.
More lightly, even if the game starts off with an overly edgy character who "doesn't need friends" I immediately think, "Great, another game where THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP wins against the BBEG at the end." and it ruins the entire experience. The World Ends With You is an example of this.
3 - Too much investment
I think I've told this story before here, but when I finally wasn't homeless anymore, the first game I played was Skyward Sword. That was great. I loved it. I loved it because it was perfect for playing after work. The save point/checkpoints were meted out so that I knew if I had a half hour to an hour, I could play.
I can't play EUIV/HOI4/Civ/City Skylines/Harvest Moon/etc. anymore. Although in theory you can stop at any time, you can't, because you have to "pick up the momentum of what you were going for." Also, games like Civ/EUIV/etc. you want to finish in one sitting, and they (for me) take DAYS to finish, so I lose an entire weekend and the experience just feels awful. Awful as in physically awful: I haven't showered or eaten or done anything but maybe go to the bathroom.
4 - Completionism
If you have a fog of war map in a game, I IMMEDIATELY KNOW I'LL HATE IT. Because I HAVE to walk through every space in the map to make all the fog go away! If I have 26 quests that are highly repetitive, but only need to complete 4--I'M GRINDING THROUGH ALL 26. I hate this aspect of myself. I wish I could stop it!

Tl;dr, my psychological faults destroy games for me and I don't know how to stop it.

>>303550
>I like reading people's game reviews. Although now it's only on forums, as Gamergate destroyed any naïve mystique I gave other reviews. I wish more forums talked about unknown games/"Games that aren't franchised"/"diamonds in the rough". Huh, that might make a good thread for here.
Lurk the front page + DYO, there's usually 1-2 Anons reviewing their vidya. Off the top of my head there's the Souls thread guy and the recent Secret of Mana one.

>>303561
Yeah, it's one of the reasons I like this place. The SoM review was kino.

>>303530
Where to recommend buying, and how much did yours cost? Last I looked, anything decent was like $1k+ and I can't justify that to myself

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>>303591
I bought my 115cm mozudoll on OLdoll for $840 including shipping. Unfortunately since then, mozudoll has stopped manufacturing dolls smaller than 141cm, but they have made some of those taller dolls cheaper:
https://www.oldoll.com/product-p2131223.html (about $860 adding the 30k yen shipping option that covers custom charges)
Smaller dolls still exist though, and they're cheaper:
https://www.sweetmate.jp/product-p1496906.html (MW Girl 85cm - Would be about $640 adding the 20k yen shipping option for smaller dolls) (Sweetmate is another good site for dolls).
There's 3 main brands you want to look into for relatively cheap anime dolls:
>Mozudoll
>Irokebijin
>MW Girl
Elsababe is also good, but they tend to be more expensive and fall into the $1k+ range

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>>303550
>If I'm playing a game that has that "millennial writing" style in it, I already know it's going to be preachy, what it's going to be preachy about, how the characters affect is going to sound like, when I'm going to hear the STUPID PHRASE "Well, THAT just happened", and it fucking kills it.
I still have no idea why that shit gets called "millennial writing".
I am a millennial myself, and not even once I ever related to that crap, like "yeah, that is how my generation interacts/talks".
If anything, it always made me think: "Is this lame shit what kids find funny these days?"
But anyway, I agree with the sentiment, it's fucking retarded.
Characters find themselves in a dangerous or anyway tense situation, and instead and acting accordingly, they try to be funny making some lame unfunny jokes, or express themselves with meme after meme.
I hate that shit with a passion.

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>>303550
A big part of the problem with "millennial writing" is that it's in every form of media, everywhere, at all times. It makes it terribly suffocating, and any actual latent humor is stifled because you're stuck thinking "not this stupid fucking shit again." It's the Joss Whedonification of everything. From Forspoken's "I just MOVED SHIT with my FREAKING MIND" to Marvel's incessant constant joking and on and on everywhere always GODDAMMIT I FUCKING HATE THESE PEOPLE

It'd be like if we returned to the point where stupid, shitty, cheap Facebook/Reddit memes appeared in every ad, or in movies, or in video games. Cue the many examples of "doge" memes or pathetic redditor ragecomics.

>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
It has been more or less the same since I started working full time. Around at least 1 hour on the workdays. And up to the whole day on weekends. But it will never be as much as I used to be when I was a kid. And that's okay.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
No. I've given up on modern video games for good. But I like reexploring old titles with different ways of playing them. RPG's that let the player pick whatever class they want from the beginning of the game are my goto picks for replaying old games over and over again. Cheat codes for unlocking every class from the start also work. So do mods that change how classes work.
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
No. I will never be as happy as I used to be when I was a kid. But I am more content than happy nowadays. If that makes sense.

>>303474
>>303498
Since when did this place turn into wizchan?

>>303601
MCU and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race

>>303684
Since wizchan went overboard with broad network bans.

>>303685
How on earth do you even get banned from wizchan? I thought the only way was to admit your lost your V-card or wrote positive things about women?

>>303686
Haven't been banned there personally, so no idea. IIRC text posting there is fine, but image uploads are heavily restricted by wide subnets, I simply don't bother anymore.

>>303686
Are you kidding? It's been an unusable shithole for years i.e. ever since wizard went 404 and some discord cabal "revived" it.

>>303687
>>303688
Never had a problem there myself, altho I haven't been using it that much over the last few years. Place is absolutely dead. I guess I now know why.

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>>303447 (OP) 
I'm at the stage where I can watch someone play a game, get excited, get a copy from Audrey Tautou, install it and get bored after 10 mins because it feels like a chore.

>>303690
What helps me is keeping the game [or multiple] launched in the background, so whenever I get enough time - I can simply continue form where I left. Was going through Turbo Overkill for a few weeks and almost finished second episode on full completion. Also wasted first few levels of first episode to grind zhen for every upgrade as those appeared and now sitting on 200k. Only pity is that level design often prevents going back even with all mobility options, so if you miss some collectable - a restart may be necessary, since there are no proper saves, only single quicksave.

>>303691
Turbo Overkill looks great. But I just know I'll become irritated after a few minutes. Maybe its because I'm overworked or I've grown out of playing games. Either way I should find new hobbies.

>>303690
Me too. I haven't completed a video game in years. All my willpower (and health) goes into work.

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So what I've gathered from this thread is nobody here plays video games because they're working 16 hour shifts

I usually have periods where I don't play anything for months or longer and then hyperfocus binge game(s) of interest before doing something else again.

I'm not sure if it's enjoyment but sometimes the itch has to be scratched. What I can say with certainty is that I haven't really been meaningfully imprinted upon by anything new that came out for over a decade. Some decent games, but. I think I'm probably just too old to get influenced like that now, and the industry changed so that you're forced to play indie games as your only option if you're not doing the big budget releases. They don't hit the same as the games of yesteryear done in real studios by professionals.

>>303733
Mostly 10-12-hour, at least in my case, but if late deployments are not successful, it may warrant further attention until everything is up can deal with next day production load.

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>>303733
>everyone itt

>>303733
too busy playing video games to bother posting here m8.

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>>303758
>too busy >playing video games
Do you want the jews to win?

>>303684
I was permanently banned there, appealed it and it was rejected, all because of a "troll" post according to the moderation. It was kind of dead, so it wasn't a major loss, but I was still fond of the place. Sorry for venting and perhaps going off topic by the way, I was in a terrible mood, still am, but less, it cycles I guess, I've been playing more and it's been alright, just not as good as it was when I was younger, or as good as it could be if my life circumstances were a bit better, but it's over now.

>>303760
I have a morbid curiosity about what it would be like to live in a world where all of the "civilized" nations are exactly like nigger nations. And without having literal niggers in them. So yes.

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>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
Like pretty much the whole thread, having a full-time job as well as life in general restricts my gaming time. Not that I've ever had a whole lot of free-time going as far back as high school. The other thing is that when I do play games nowadays, I'm mostly on multiplayer games grinding out a ranked ladder. I'll start playing them with some of the few IRL friends I have, but eventually they fall off and I stick around trying to push that number of higher. 

I could be better at just sitting down and working through my back catalog, even if I only put in an hour or two before dropping something, I think it would be better than amassing a small library of games that just collect dust. I'm pretty bad with time management and this affects not just my gaming but also other hobbies like watching anime or reading books. It might be better for me to start scheduling things across the week and having dedicated days for each one. 
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
I don't really play newer titles, aside from whatever is the FoTM multiplayer title I might sink myself into a single player game once or twice a year (Last year was Death Stranding, Nier: Automata, and Signalis) but sadly I just don't have the same motivation to pound them out as I used too. A game has to really tickle my neurons to get me to stick around whether that means the story hooks me right away or there's some mechanic that I find really engaging. 

It's also easier for me to get into games that have some kind of time limit to them. And not just arcade timers, any kind of narrative timer whether it's a countdown or some kind of corruption index will pull me in. I've been meaning to do a write-up on why this is such a good mechanic for games and I should put one of those kinds of games on my list to play this year to help kindle some interest in single-player. 
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
I'd say yes. Once I account for being depressed I realize I still like gaming about the same.

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>>303733
>>303739
Why do anons work such long hours anyways?
Can't they live with their parents and work a part-time job?
Or are they hustling to retire early?

I'm playing Oblivion for the first time and it's engaging enough that I'm having to force myself to keep up with my other hobbies and go to bed at a reasonable time. Late last year I played Minecraft again for the first time in years and played obsessively for months.

>>303810
Either they have a family or they live in a city is my guess.

>>303818
the single greatest tip you will ever get: do not bulldoze through the main quest, do explore the map and do side quests at your own pace because the main quest doesn't require you to go through like half of it so you're missing out on a lot of the cool stuff and places.

>>303810
>Can't they live with their parents and work a part-time job?
I do live with my parents. But they're trash at managing their money. So much so that they have me pay some of their bills as my "rent." I also do not expect them to leave me anything behind for an inheritance. And so I work full time anyway to put away money against the time of their inevitable demise.

>>303810
I am only technically "working". I would've written code whether I was compensated or not just because it is too fun, and this way I not only get free access to lots of server hardware to play with, but also have some government monopoly numbers to exchange for my own stuff.

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>Can't they live with their parents and work a part-time job?
I moved out of the state my parent's live in and working part-time doesn't work in this economy like it did when my parents were my age. I also don't think I'll be able to retire early so all the hours I work is just to afford a decent place and fund my hobbies.

>>303447 (OP) 
I kinda enjoy playing vidya lately, but I feel like I don't have enough free time / energy to do everything I want, so I sometimes choose to spent my time with other things.

I go to the gym, started reading a book and there are anime I want to watch, so I only end up playing a game every 3-4 days maybe.

Well and sometimes I'm just so tired after work and doing chores that I rather doomscroll on insta.

>>303810
Both my parents are dead so yeah.

>>303792
>It's also easier for me to get into games that have some kind of time limit to them. And not just arcade timers, any kind of narrative timer whether it's a countdown or some kind of corruption index will pull me in. I've been meaning to do a write-up on why this is such a good mechanic for games and I should put one of those kinds of games on my list to play this year to help kindle some interest in single-player. 

I love what Dead Rising did with it's time limit and I am so mad more games didn't follow this formula. I would love a list of games with timed main quests/sidequests and the like since I've had a hampering for one of those lately.

>>304015
Did they leave you the house at least?

>>304044
> would love a list of games with timed main quests/sidequests and the like since I've had a hampering for one of those lately.
I couldn't find the current version of the document I had started keeping. Probably lost it with my last hard drive crash. But I had an older copy of the file with a decent start so I'll make a thread for it and get some discussion going.

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>>303810
Deep down, DEEP down. I think I work so that I will want to play games.
"When the wife goes away the mistress, also."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Cjd6H6RmY

>>303810
>Can't they live with their parents and work a part-time job?
Parents kicked me out.
>Or are they hustling to retire early?
>Why do anons work such long hours anyways?
By my estimates, life is going to get so, so much worse. Pension schemes around the world are blowing up, and it looks like in the U.S. that in just a few years SS is going to start to go "Bye Bye". It looks like that's already happening in other western nations (France, Greece, etc.). Moreover, healthcare costs have been and will likely continue to exceed increases in wages. This is regardless of where I live (as it essentially remains 'priced in' with taxes otherwise). Meanwhile, national debts and their corresponding interest balloons as well, which means I'm likely to face ever higher and higher taxation in the future. It's either that, or a hyperinflationary depression that makes the Great Depression look like the Swinging 20s. The other possibility is that Detroit Become Human economic collapse of the middle class happens.
Therefore, I need to work as much as I can for as long as I can just so I can continue to be able to play videogames in a little bit of free time in the foreseeable future anyways. It's either that, or I get a chronic disease like everyone else eventually does, and it will be then that my meager savings will dwindle away in that brief twilight of my life that I hope to play games with whatever voracity remains in my soul to make up for this dismal zombie life of the present.
I'm really surprised that people continue to have hope in such quantities that they entertain relationships and children. I just don't see it ever as an economic possibility in my generation without absolutely crushing poverty that causes new Eldritch horrors downstream.
tl;dr, the future is going to be so mind-numbingly soul-crushingly awful that I work hard now so that I'll be able to play games for the 17 seconds when I'll psychologically need it the most. The other possibility is suicide, but that's available for me at any time.

>>303810
I'm married, so in my case I work long hours to make as much money as possible to fulfill my wife's desires, or else she'll hate me and treat me even worse than she usually does, while my desires go on neglected forever.

Don't get married, I made a mistake.

>>304046
>implying everyone's parents has a home

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>>304179
I remember introducing myself to my neighbor.
>So, what do you do for fun?
>Vidya.
>Oh, haha, my wife won't let me do that.
I forget exactly what I said, but I remember thinking, "What the fuck?"

>>304179
>>304218
I don't get it, why get married in the first place to someone who doesn't appreciate you / your hobbies? Sounds like a miserable life.

>>304218
I bet you told him if he misses his balls.

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>>304218
fake graph with no source, this is the real one

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>>304218
That's a weird one. I really wonder who and where they're polling for these kinds of answers, as the answers likely vary a lot between demographics. The original tweet has this uncropped screenshot, but there's no info on where it's from.
That aside, I vaguely recall reading in one of either C.S. Lewis or G.K. Chesterton's books (I forget which) the following piece of advice: never marry someone who either hates your hobbies or doesn't want you to have any. Indifference is fine, but outright loathing is a recipe for hen-pecking and misery.

>>304179
topkek

>>304223
>cranking your hog
lmfao
>>304227
>2nd pic
How horrible. The only reason to ever do something like that is a genuine emergency funds situation to provide for your family, not just because she asked you to or some shit.
>>304221
People really don't want to be lonely, its understandable, and once you've fallen in love, you can do some tremendously stupid things.
Even simple infatuation can make you ignore warning signs you otherwise shouldn't.

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>>304228
>People really don't want to be lonely

>>304229
...are we all goddam wizchan refugees here???

>>304179
Well, at least you married a virgin.

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>>304227
Bitches operate on a "how much can I exploit out of him" mentality, of course they hate vidya.

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>>304236
Are women Montenegrin or are Montenegrins women?

>>304241
>1
Clearly not

>>304218
He's probably miserable, and the worst thing is he probably loves her anyway.

>>304221
Love makes us do stupid things, we fall in love, we grow attached, we compromise and make sacrifices hoping it'll be a two way street, but it never is.

>>304233
Not a virgin, had BFs before me and did all of the kinks I like with them, but refuses to do with me. I'm miserable.

>>304391
>had BFs before me and did all of the kinks I like with them, but refuses to do with me. 
Red flag no.1

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>Not a virgin, had BFs before me and did all of the kinks I like with them, but refuses to do with me. I'm miserable.

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>Not a virgin, had BFs before me and did all of the kinks I like with them, but refuses to do with me. I'm miserable.

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>>304391
>Not a virgin, had BFs before me and did all of the kinks I like with them, but refuses to do with me. I'm miserable.
>refuses to do with me
Kiss of death.

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>>304391
<Not a virgin, had BFs before me and did all of the kinks I like with them, but refuses to do with me. I'm miserable
>>303474
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
<No because obligations suck up all my time, I hate living and I regret not killing myself when I had the mindset for it.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
<Barely because all of my mental energy is spent on surviving and not killing myself.
>>303498
<I genuinely can't, I'm too weak to live, but too weak to die too.
<I wake up at 5:30AM and leave to get stuck in traffic at around 6:15AM, I barely have time before work to do anything but get out of bed, take a shower, have breakfast and get ready, then when I'm home again around 7:45PM I'm so tired... and I still have to cook, take care of the house if it's too dirty, laundry, and in general I'm too tired to do anything, even hobbies
<I've had depression for years
>did therapy
>>303766
>was a wizchan user 
>>303684
>beta that got settled for as a wallet 
>wizchan 2026
>>304231
No, you're a crab!

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>>304391
>>304179
This you?

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>>304391
>had BFs before me and did all of the kinks I like with them, but refuses to do with me
FUCKING RETARD

>>304408
>2026 halfcuck bait meant to enrage white knights and or females 
For one thing that's two different IDs.

>>304410
>bait
Same exact post style
>that's two different IDs
So what? I can do that too. Look!

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>>304411
<people are pretending to be one another in this thread!?!
>what if there are only two posters on all of imageboards

>>304408
NTA but I tried a threesome once, didn't really enjoy it and probably won't try it again. One-on-one is so much better and more intimate.
But of course if I was >>304391 I would leave my "wife" immediately. Bitch is most likely already cheating on him.

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>>304391
>had BFs before me and did all of the kinks I like with them, but refuses to do with me. I'm miserable.
You're miserable because your wife refuses to penetrate you?

>>304228
>People really don't want to be lonely
Not me. I used to think the same thing. Until I realized about 90% of the people around me are dangerously stupid. The other 10% seem to be alright. But we have nothing in common besides superficial niceties. And I am too much of a hopeless social cripple, which I am comfortable with being, to put forth the effort to learn more about those seemingly alright people.

>>304391
>we compromise and make sacrifices hoping it'll be a two way street, but it never is.
The only two way street in marriage is rape.

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>>303474
I love you anon, never give up!

>>303818
>>303823
I am now incredibly annoyed every time I see an oblivion gate and bored by the process of clearing them, and never want to see a Xivilai or Clannfear again.

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>>304482
>rape out of context again
You can't rape your wife that is silly also. Rape means steal. She can only divorce rape you.

>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
Since 2020 my gaming hours have been at only holidays. 
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
It really depends on the game.
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Yes.
Overall, I feel like this "2020s" gaming strategy for me works great. Quality over quantity. Gaming only on free time. Just watch someone else play any lesser games. Saved my money from the CP77 disaster.

At least in gaming, the 2020s were good for me.

>>303486
>I think a lot of it is tedious game mechanics making me not want to play them as much. Is there a game that has basically no tedium?
Go for Arcade games, they are ready to play, no fuss, and you can complete them is less than an hour.

>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
I certainly could, but I'm trying to balance things out with more productive activities. Also, I haven't had a proper gayman computer for a long time. The current craptop I have is barely adequate to surf the internet.

I also noticed I only really care about 2D games. Something about 3D games makes me go, "Eh."

>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Kind of, depends if I can really get into the game.

>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
I think so, if I'm in the mood for them. The desire comes and goes.

>>304562
I think it would be more accurate to say that rape means "to take selfishly and without regard for others" but I think you're far more right than wrong to use it the way you do.

90% of the time I don't play a game, it's because I have in my head "I need X hours to play" and that seems so daunting that it gates me from ever starting.
I know this is the case because I find myself playing REALLY SHITTY flash games that are designed to pick up and drop at a moment's notice like 99% of the time.

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I'm probably the only one on the board who plays 8+ hours of vidya a day

>>304608
the fuck am i looking at?

>>304609
Miracle from Rance 9 dimension hopping with her skeleton summons.

>>304610
Looks more like a game over screen.

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>>304608
Nice try nigger 
My own routine right now consist of at least 4 hours of MH rise every evening and another 4 hours of splatoon 3 because I'm addicted every day, 
So your lies fall on deaf ears, fuckerman.
Oooh but maybe I'm just another schizo personality in your mind since according to some retards, there's only one poster around here oooH

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>>304608
Nice try nigger 
My own routine right now consist of at least 4 hours of MH rise every evening and another 4 hours of crash bandicoot warped because I'm addicted every day, 
So your lies fall on deaf ears, fuckerman.
Oooh but maybe I'm just another schizo personality in your mind since according to some retards, there's only one poster around here oooH

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>>304608
I'm probably the only person on the board

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>>304618
That's impossible, because I am the only person on the board.

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>>304621
Impossible, everyone knows I'm the only poster here.

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I really gotta stop talking to myself.

>>304612
It does until you realize the skeletons are trying to help

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>>304623
People don't even need cars to die, this is not exactly new or meaningful information, Takana.

I get out of bed, play video games, then go back to bed when I'm too tired to continue.
I can barely manage more than a few hours this time of the year when the weather is shitty. Once the summer months roll around I'll probably start doing all nighters again.

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>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
no lol.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
no lol
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
yeah absolutely, what singular good new release comes out every year ends up being a new favorite a lot of the time. Like Pizza Tower for example. But i've mostly focused on my backlog of the 2nd to 7th gen of videogames though. Perfect time to do it given the state of the industry. I also went balls deep into the CRT and actual console collecting scene, i have every console i want and every crt i'd need to enjoy every era.

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>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
It depends. Do you count VNs as video games? Because I read them mostly for work. Not counting VNs, I finished two games last year.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Not really. Mostly replay old stuff.
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Had a great time with Unicorn Overlord last year, but haven't played anything since.

>>304686
>Because I read them mostly for work.
Where do you work? So that I can apply for a spot.

>>304687
Don't.

>>304688
Come on, I don't mind having extra cash.

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>>304391
>Not a virgin, had BFs before me and did all of the kinks I like with them, but refuses to do with me.
Damn...
Man, I feel for you.
>I am miserable 
Not going to lie, i would feel the same in that situation.
Wait a second, what kind of kinks? I hope it is not anything gay like pegging or some shit like that.
>>304228
>People really don't want to be lonely, its understandable, and once you've fallen in love, you can do some tremendously stupid things.
>Even simple infatuation can make you ignore warning signs you otherwise shouldn't.
True.
I was having thoughts about some roastie who seems to fancy me, but on second thought my better judgement told me that it wouldn't be worth it and I would have regretted it in the future.
Now I am glad I didn't fall for that.
>>304227
>That's a weird one. I really wonder who and where they're polling for these kinds of answers, as the answers likely vary a lot between demographics.
It could be completely made up, as far as we know.
>>304415
>I tried a threesome once, didn't really enjoy it and probably won't try it again.
ffm or mfm? I hope the former.
Were you at least attracted to the other two?
Sometimes our need to experience things (often due to social pressure too) lead us to do stuff we don't really feel like doing, for the sake of doing it.
That's why many people lose their virginity to somebody they will deeply regret or end up getting married to someone they don't really love.
>But of course if I was >>304391 I would leave my "wife" immediately. Bitch is most likely already cheating on him.
That's a possibility, if she refuses to do with the man she married the same stuff she did with some random people.
In his place I would feel like shit too, but I don't want to make fun of him and I actually hope he'll be alright.
>>304482
<People don't want to be lonely 
>Not me. I used to think the same thing. Until I realized about 90% of the people around me are dangerously stupid. The other 10% seem to be alright. But we have nothing in common besides superficial niceties. 
I feel the same about people, the vast majority are complete retards, but that doesn't mean you should give up on everyone.
There is still some decent people here and there.

I remember the anon with the used goods wife, he made a post on this board months ago mentioning that he recently got married to a used goods or something like that, and there was at least one anon celebrating it.
>>304723
>I hope it is not anything gay like pegging or some shit like that.
Anon, not just fucking, but marrying a used goods is infinitely more gay than something like pegging.

>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
More than I have in a while.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Quite honestly, yes, but it rarely lasts long - it's hard for me to keep focus because my brain's cooked so long it's half-charcoal, and I quickly find myself overwhelmed by most modern games' mechanics and presentation.
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
No, but not for lack of trying - I check out anywhere from one to four new - to me, not chronologically - games a month, but I almost always end up finding either total shit that makes me angry because of how bad it is or something so genuinely beautiful and deep that I can't properly wrap my addled brain around it. I'm trying to find a middle-of-the-road game, a 6/10, but I keep getting 3s that people insist are 7s and 8s that people don't even talk about.
I genuinely want to have fun and burn my time away with something that can keep me occupied without demanding focus I don't have to spare, and I'm tired of games so badly written or badly presented that I feel like I'm being punished for thinking about them.

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I can barely enjoy them anymore and regret the tens of hours of my life pissed away into staring into an unproductive glowing rectangle. But I'm addicted. I can at least be thankful that more and more of each time I try to load a game (maybe once every other week) I'm sitting there feeling ashamed and guilty.

>>304767
>regret the tens of hours of my life pissed away into staring into an unproductive glowing rectangle.
Still better than watching the Tel-Avision or frying your brain scrolling Tictok.
At least vidya keep your brain active as you interact with them.

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>love
A free reminder: sometimes, feelings can mask themselves as a completely different feelings. If you suffer in a bad relationship and your wife is awful, that's not love! It's masochism, desperation and the said fear of loneliness in disguise. It stems from lack of self respect. If thou dost not love and respect thyself, then thou shalt not receive love and respect from others, verily I say this to thee, vid related.
>>304745
>used goods
I'd marry a used goods woman but I'd have to defeat her husband in a duel to the death first. And more importantly: she shouldn't be too much used already

>>>/v/304767

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I have been neglecting my backlog, but its not because of video game has turned boring, but rather because of me. My terrible habit has turned me into a retard with a low attention span. I think this is not just me, but rather a large percentage of gamers. Because you fried your brain with stupid shit, now you have no routine, you have no discipline, and basically you have no interest in anything. Playing a good game is actually kinda like work, you need to use your brain. So I have been trying to set up a routine to strictly follow so that i could enjoy gaming/my life more.

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>>304772
>do not be this man
>"man"

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Outside very few exceptions like Doom and RE games, everytime I boot up another game I jist start wishing I was playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R instead.

I've been trying to finish AC6, Dino Crisis, Megaman 4 and Red Dead Redemption for like a 3 years and I just keep finding myself into yet another STALKER playtrough/mod.

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Lately I find that when I play a game, I run through my head all the similar/same game, notice the clichés, how it's likely going to end up for me, and it kills the enjoyment before I even start.
>Looking at Cities Skylines
SimCity OG/2k/3k/4, LinCity, etc.
It's probably going to devolve into a traffic simulator. I'm probably going to find a road network pattern that works. Then repeat that pattern until I fill up the map. Then I'll satisfied at a large population number for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
>Looking at Tropico
Caesar, Anno, etc.
I'm probably going to get stuck trying to solve an optimal packing problem. Then once I find the combination of overlapping radii of buildings that work, I'll copy paste that pattern to fill out the map. It'll be a little be interesting in the small pieces where topography doesn't allow that, but that'll be it. Then I'll be satisfied at a large population number for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
>Looking at Civ
Civ OG/2/.../7, FreeCiv, etc.
I'm going to bumrush to railroads and exhaustively micromanage every single tile on every single city every turn. It'll feel nice for the first hour, and then it'll feel like a chore. Sometime, on 3 am on Sunday I'll finally finish one game, see the cinematic for a rocket to Alpha Centaurii. I'll be satisfied for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
>Looking at EUIV
HOI4, Viccy, etc.
Paradox game spreadsheet minmaxing. It doesn't matter which game, because at some point when I'm invading Russia or playing Russia being invaded I'll be micromanaging every single troop across an endless, vast swath of territory and think, "Holy shit is this tedious." I'll stop and look at how large and vast my armies are. I'll be satisfied for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
>Looking at Lunar
Skies of Arcadia, Tales of Symphonia, Lufia, Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy, etc.
After about the 10th fight, I'll get the mechanics, and then it's grind town. I space out until eventually I finally hit a nice bit of story or cinematic. I'll be satisfied for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
>Looking at Fallout
Skyrim, Morrowind, and oddly enough Diablo, .Hack, and Baldur's Gate I'd throw into here.
After about the third dungeon, my pack will be full. I'll spend 99% of my time not playing the game, but instead managing my inventory space. I'll have a brief period inbetween selling/trading/storing gear where I'm actually able to play the game. I'll be satisfied for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
>Looking at Rime
Shadow of Colossus, Eco, the one about your dog, etc.
The puzzles feel interesting for the first hour of gameplay. Then I realize they repeat the same mechanic from the first three puzzles ad nauseum for the rest of the game. I'll be satisfied for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
>Looking at Subnautica
Astroneer, Terraria, Minecraft
I'll make the equivalent of a neat couch fort. Like legos. I'll be satisfied for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
>Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon OG/64/It's a Wonderful Life/etc., Stardew Valley
After an initial crop layout, I'll hit a daily chore routine. Eventually, I'll end up marrying someone out of sheer boredom even though I oddly feel like I'm constantly rushing (TOO CLOSE TO REAL LIFE, JFC). They'll give me a few snippets of dialog that seem interesting. I'll be satisfied for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
>Mario
If I list the games I thought similar, It'll really piss people off.
I'll memorize a sequence of button presses to get through the stage. Then, I'll memorize a pattern of a boss. Once I show that I'm able to spit out a rote set of actions, I'll win. I'll be satisfied for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.

In the end, it all feels the same. It all feels empty so quickly.

Like horseshoe theory, only two games have managed to consistently break this cycle for me in totally opposite ways:
1 - Zelda, by being so genre diverse. It'll be a puzzle game for a few minutes before it's a Mario game for a few minutes before it's an RPG for a few minutes. It switches enough that I'm not caught in the malaise of the tediousness of existence.
2 - Yume Nikki walking simulator, by absolutely soaking in the malaise. It'll be so wallowing in the malaise of existence that I'll forget the sameness and just sort of turn on, tune in, and drop out.

>>304829
For the city simulators, you're too focused on efficiency and how to pack things in. I like to treat virtual cities more like gardens, building something aesthetically beautiful rather than necessarily efficient. In Tropico, for example, I like playing on the larger islands, building multiple towns and villages, each part of their own "districts", basically roleplaying as if they were actual islands with their own histories and political structures.

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>>304829
While the doomfaggotry and pathetic / cardinal levels of self-pity are offputting, I'll try to add my take;

First of all you're way too focused on optimising the gameplay loop, rather than actually experiencing the game. Subnautica's base building is (at best) the final reward for the game once you're getting ready to blast off. Tropico is about managing a growing banana republic, not building 17 commieblocks on every map with optimal healthcare and congestion. Platformers like Mario are about completing the level, not optimising your pathing to complete the level on loop. You're playing pure-destination, no journey. If you want to do repetitive tasks on repeat with no flavor like a fuckin autist, then go get a factory job (at least you'll be paid). I'd say force yourself into a walking simulator, but if you can't beat Rime without trying to optimise, then it's pretty clear you're borderline incapable of appreciating an environment / atmosphere. Witness might try you a bit harder, I remember there was a chunk of bullshit abstract puzzles in that, that slow you the fuck down; Blue Prince might work too though I can't say I've had hands-on-experience with that one.
Another trend with all these is that none of them have any challenge to them, and have extremely low skill ceilings. You're trying to express skill in games with no skill expression, and solve games that are pre-solved. A third are basically walking simulators and another third are 4E's which you clearly have down to a fine point. You're making your own win conditions, rather than seeing the act of conquering them as the wincon. Do some nutbuster-levels of difficulty like IWBTHG / Meatboy-style platformer, 2D shooter (Contra, Not a Hero, Broforce etc), Insanity 2hu, a hard beatemup like NGBlack or God Hand, Kaizo romhacks (Mario) or some soulslop naked with a wooden club. Or alternatively take it online and do some shit like CSGO, DOTA2, Bombergirls or whatever the fuck the kids are playing these days (inb4 uuhuhuhuh m,uh team is to blame. then do something solo like a fighting game or RTS, until you inevitably blame THAT AHN LYNE LAAAG)
Also, get some sunshine. You've probably got a Vitamin D deficiency. 10 minutes a day, get to it. Some exercise might do you some good too, wear you out and put some real struggle into perspective.

<for a few minutes and the glory will quickly fade.
If you keep thinking like this, like a pathetic fuckin emo faggot, then no shit your mind is going to wander back to square one. Brainwashing isn't just an external influence, if all you ever think are depressive and negative thoughts (even as a joke / ironically), then eventually you're going to start internalizing them.

>I like indie walking simulator games inspired by earthbound that are allegories for depression
Boy do I have good news for you....


Finally, I feel like it's worth mentioning, but I vaguely remember a study which indicated that wallowing in misery is a sign of median IQ, and higher IQ's seek complexity and nonsensical media. If anyone has any followup on that, I'd appreciate it.

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>>304825
Have you played Oblivion Lost Remake 2.5? Highly recommended

>>304840
Not yet
Is 3.0 not good?

>>304831
SimCity doesn't really let you do that because the bar between profitability to keep the city going is so tight. But in Cities Skylines you'd be right. Which v of Tropico are you playing?

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I am not too sure if it's me being aged out, but I just don't have the patience for videogames I think.
After work I just don't want to touch anything else. Just lie down and rot.
And waste time on chinz.

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>>305069
Same, imageboard browsing is just more comfortable than actively playing video games... though I wish I did the latter more often. I'll try playing some more today, maybe some drawing too, I need to reconnect with my hobbies, if life's nothing but making money to pay bills to survive so I can work to make money to pay more bills... I'll probably lose it pretty soon.

I think I'll emulate Mega Drive or PC Engine today.

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>>305665
>imageboard browsing is just more comfortable than actively playing video games
Vidya lets me draw something out of it, whether a fun or shit time, and a decent challenge still feels rewarding to surmount. In contrast biding your time on imageboards is an actively miserable experience, hours on end lurking threads with words with no real use to them. And yet I can't leave, else I would feel funnily enough lonely and miserable, what's with how compartmentalized every single social circle is and the amount of clown E*rth insanity one has to put up with.
If I were to choose how I waste my time on this dream, imageboards would be one at the bottom of the list, moreso on a decaying imageboard where posting feels more like a duty to keep activity up than a will to commit.

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>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
I barely play games nowdays, i make my own which became a type of game in and of itself, but if you work all day in a brewery the last thing you want do is drink a cold beer at the end of your shift.

I still have many games i did not finish some i never even tried and i dont have the energy to do so.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Dont care for new titles, its all just crappy remakes and good franchises ruined with cheap crappy doovers that get worse with each itteration.
The graphics arent even all that much better than what we had some time around 2010.
Not to mention the unbearable fanboyism from the players.

That being said i love to glance over old games and titles that are forgotten by now, the old games have actual spirit in them and feel like they are meant to be enjoyed and not just suck your wallet dry to get another fix.
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Sometimes when im in the right mood i can enjoy them, maybe not as much as when i was younger, but i still can derive some pleasure from them.

>>305710
Post your games, I'd like to check them out. 
>pic
What is the "orange box"? I don't understand this comic.

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>>305686
While I wish I'd spend less time on imageboards and more times on my hobbies themselves, part of why I enjoy my hobbies is being able to share my experiences on them with imageboards, they should never be my top priority, but I don't see them that negatively, and I find smaller imageboards like zzzChan really comfortable since I don't feel forced to post out of rushing before a thread I'm interested in posting in gets archived, I can take it easy and slow, it's more chill.

Am I the only person that seems to hate how "remasters" have taken it upon themselves to change game balance and make it the default mode of play?

First it was Quake including "community" changes from copper quake for Nightmare. Now it's System Shock 2 Anniversary Edition completely changing balance for melee without fixing hitboxes, fucking with multiple item passives, and on and on.

All of this on top of a KEX engine that can barely approximate Dark Engine and riddled with its own set of unique bugs. Not to mention a multiplayer that STILL is not functioning without breaking down after 3 major patch releases AND a networking driver rewrite (whatever that's supposed to mean) by Shartdive. You can't even fucking BUY the original version on Steam or GoG if you wanted to now. All they had to do was just include the files in a separate folder.

>>306212
>a multiplayer that STILL is not functioning without breaking down
That was pretty much the only reason I was keeping a tab on Nightdive's. 27 years since the original release and yet Space STALKER's coop is still unplayable.

>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
Not really. I still play videogames nearly every day but nowhere as much as i used to.
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
Sometimes. Usually no tho
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Can't say i do

>>305716
Things were going slow, but better late than never.
Man you really made me feel old.

Here is my main game i work on right now, there is a really crappy release out, hopefully soon a actually playable version will be out.
https://torque3d.org/forums/topic/17640-tiberian-sunrise/
Im trying to work things out but its tough and i am worn out as hell in general.

>>306501
Those are some nice screenshots, I'm a fan of old school 3D so the visuals are right up my alley. Any progress is good progress and I do hope you release a demo someday (maybe post on /agdg/ too)

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>>303447 (OP) 
I've been struggling in the last few days... I'll pick something to play, play for a few minutes, and either I'll progress and find it boring, dropping it, or struggle and find it annoying, dropping it too. I'm not having fun with anything I play, and it's a rough thing to go through when this is your main hobby. What should I do? I mostly prefer retro... recommendations? Preferrably titles that are 10min to 15min long and not too hard just so I can play something from start to finish.

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>>306216
I was able to get through it with one other person, but it will most likely break more and more with additional players near the end of the game. If you're the host, quicksave every 5 or so minutes so you don't lose progress. 

Also, you can pirate the GoG release and direct IP connect via the LAN multiplayer function. No need for Radmin. There's also steamcracks too that function over matchmaking.

>>306634
Try playing some Flash games? They're usually very short but with fun gameplay loops. There was a list of worthwhile Flash games in SS#2 if I remember correctly.

>>306634
have you tried playing other genres ?

>>303447 (OP) 
>Do you spend as much time on videogames as before?
Kinda. I try to balance my different hobbies. I still play vidya consistently. It was during the late 2010s when I didn´t play vidya at all unless you count gacha (didn´t expend a dime in that shit though)
>Do you still have that awe exploring new titles?
If by new you mean "games I never played before", yes. Exploring retro catalogs it´s still fun to me. New games-wise. The newest game I ever  played were from the mid 2010s, so I am pretty much checked out of modern gaming.
>Do you still enjoy them as much as you did?
Yes. In a different way that when I was younger thought. I like to anaiize the game´s design. I don´t want to be a dev or some faggy jewtuber reviewer. But I like to investigate about the developement history of the games I play to understand how and why it was made that way.

>>306705
That's a great idea, anon!

>>306707
I've tried going for genres I rarely played... but all it did was remind me of why I don't sadly.

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>>306863
Low energy. Here, this grownup nigger really needs to play Tetris on the NES.