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> The sense of achievement finally started feeling fake for me, and I can't justify this "junk food" for my mind. This is what happened to me as well. Every n
by bheadmaster 4y ago
> The sense of achievement finally started feeling fake for me, and I can't justify this "junk food" for my mind.
This is what happened to me as well.
Every now and then, I encounter some new slot-machine game that keeps me hooked for a few days (this time it was Torchlight 2), but the convenient thing is that it's the story that keeps me hooked most of all, so as soon as the story runs out (and thankfully nobody has created an infinite storyline with generative AI yet), the game boils down to numbers, which are predictable. Once I figure out the progression and realize how much time I'll waste just to get from X to Y, it stops being meaningful to me.
- TheCapeGreek 4y agoYep. For me recently it was Assassin's Creed Valhalla. I've played the previous two games and The Witcher 3 - all fairly similar games. I got maybe 1/3 through the entire map and realised how much more time the rest of it would take plus the DLC. Maybe another day, but right now it just makes me feel bad afterwards like I ate too much pizza, so I uninstalled. With AAA games if you're not using a subscription service then it's also a bit of a sunk cost situation - feeling guilty to play my backlog of purchased games because I've spent thousands on it over the years.