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I used to be concerned about a game being too short. Now I worry that it will be too long. (lemmy.zip)
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Title mostly describes how I'm feeling now.

When I was younger, my main worry when deciding what game to buy and play next was that the game wouldn't be able to keep me entertained until I can buy another game.

Now I have a backlog of almost 100 games that I own and haven't played yet (although some come from bundles, not all are worth playing). My new concern when I'm playing a game is whether or not the time I put into the game is well spent.

I used to really like the idea of games where it would take me 100s of hours to get to 100% completion, but now I tend to almost avoid playing them entirely even if I know I don't care about completion anymore.

I don't think I'm alone in this, but what I'm really wondering is if this is a result of getting older? Or is it because the gaming space itself has changed?

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[โ€“] Lowbird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it just depends on whether you feel like the game is respecting your time or not.

A long game that's eating up time with boring random encounters, fetch quests, grinding that you don't enjoy, and so on? Ain't got time for that, I'll play something else.

But a long game where I'm enjoying near every minute and every aspect, like an RPG that's been crafted absurdly well and isn't filled with bloat and has fun combat in every encounter? I'm all in for that.

I think the issue is mainly that for obvious reasons there are FAR more of the former than the latter, even before accounting for personal taste.

[โ€“] Kikkertje@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

For me it's more that I forget where I was and what I was up to, as well as having to reacquaint myself with the controls. Shorter games don't have that problem.