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A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.

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Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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It has been a while since the last one. So...

Tell us what game you are currently, or recently played, greater than 6+ months old.

If the game happens to be on sale, a link would be a plus.

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Witness.

It feels especially relevant to this community because I'm picking it up again after a hiatus of over five years. I tried back then but got hard stuck on a puzzle that I just didn't get, and I refused to look up the answer and spoil the joy of discovery for myself.

Anyway, playing it is 2024, after walking around for 30 minutes to refresh myself, I was able to solve almost instantly 😅 so now I'm back into the game and loving it!

It's a quintessential patient game, with its slow pace (including the walking pace - glacial when compared to action games), and puzzles that you can puzz over in between sessions (even for years like in my case).

I told this story to a friend, and they asked "so did this puzzle take you 30 minutes to solve, or 6 years?" Which is a thought!

[–] caut_R@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes coming back to things with a fresh mind can give quite the new perspective

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The game remained the same – it was I who had changed.