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sorry this is kind of nuts to me. You want something to play video games for you because the video game isn't fun? Just play a game that is fun. The point of th

by efficax 11mo ago

sorry this is kind of nuts to me. You want something to play video games for you because the video game isn't fun? Just play a game that is fun. The point of the game is to play it

qoez 11mo ago
It could be fun in a factorio sense. Maybe the whole game becomes to delegate a bunch of smart robots and handle organization etc.
CuriouslyC 11mo ago
I mean, that's literally a RTS?
- TheRoque 11mo ago
  Except an RTS is designed around it If the game needs to perform grind yourself, without delegating it (think Albion Online, Eve Online, Black Desert Online, Path of Exile etc. basically every MMO with economy), it means it's actively part of the game design, and delegating it to a robot is just cheating (and against the ToS in all of those cases) So the point of GP's post, which I agree with, is that if that kind of grind is not part of the fun for you, then the game wasn't designed for you (and please don't cheat because you ruin other's fun)
astrange 11mo ago
The point of video games is to argue with people online about which ones are the good video games. Just like movies.
gs17 11mo ago
>You want something to play video games for you Sorry if it was unclear, but I want something that can act like a dumb co-op partner for games obviously balanced around co-op play so I can have fun playing the game. I've run into a few games like that and I end up dropping them when solo play is too tedious.
hansjorg 11mo ago
"The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe."

by efficax 11mo ago

sorry this is kind of nuts to me. You want something to play video games for you because the video game isn't fun? Just play a game that is fun. The point of the game is to play it

qoez 11mo ago

It could be fun in a factorio sense. Maybe the whole game becomes to delegate a bunch of smart robots and handle organization etc.

CuriouslyC 11mo ago

I mean, that's literally a RTS?

TheRoque 11mo ago
Except an RTS is designed around it If the game needs to perform grind yourself, without delegating it (think Albion Online, Eve Online, Black Desert Online, Path of Exile etc. basically every MMO with economy), it means it's actively part of the game design, and delegating it to a robot is just cheating (and against the ToS in all of those cases) So the point of GP's post, which I agree with, is that if that kind of grind is not part of the fun for you, then the game wasn't designed for you (and please don't cheat because you ruin other's fun)

astrange 11mo ago

The point of video games is to argue with people online about which ones are the good video games. Just like movies.

gs17 11mo ago

>You want something to play video games for you Sorry if it was unclear, but I want something that can act like a dumb co-op partner for games obviously balanced around co-op play so I can have fun playing the game. I've run into a few games like that and I end up dropping them when solo play is too tedious.

hansjorg 11mo ago

"The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe."