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No, I don't get any satisfaction crafting things in games (and that goes back to Ultima III which I was playing around the same time I started making armor). F
by dekhn 3y ago
No, I don't get any satisfaction crafting things in games (and that goes back to Ultima III which I was playing around the same time I started making armor).
For example right now I'm playing Diablo IV wandering around finding stuff to make more powerful weapons, and it does nothing for me. It's entirely about the physical details of making a thing with my hands.
Which is funny because I hated to play D&D with people "by hand" while I loved when the computer was the DM.
- hammyhavoc 3y agoChiming in to say that "crafting" in games is really just a game mechanic for me, and gives me zero satisfaction. I also dabble in game dev on the side, and whilst some of my favourite games do include crafting aspects, I see it for what it is, which is a way to artificially extend the length of the gameplay experience as necessary. The older I get, the more substance I want from my games. If it's short and sweet, just a few hours long? Great. Better than padding it for sixty hours rinse-and-repeating busywork. I can take the hours I would have spent on the busywork and instead put it into something productive, or other games. I love making things, always have done, and it's not something that you can really capture in a game.