Why does gaming feel like a second job nowadays? It's been so long since I had fun.
Everything is battle passes, ranked climb, FOMO, manipulative algorithms, skin economy, anticonsumer practices, deceptive marketing, prolonging gametime, bad mechanics, etc.
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because you're playing the wrong games
This has to be it but I feel OP
I have like 6 games I play regularly that all have some sort of daily shit that they want me to log into the game for gibs.
Even fricking street fighter and mortal kombat has daily bullshit
what games do you play?
Singleplayer games, mostly. Baldur's Gate 3 is actually insanely good.
Pizza Tower was a real breath of fresh air. Helldivers claims to have a battle pass, but it's technically free and also lasts forever once it's added so it's like a fake battlepass.
Disco Elysium is really good.
I've played 40 hours of Smash Ultimate this week, finally played Dusk, and am still working through Ultrakill. I am starting the Devil May Cry series next week.
Deep Rock Galactic
Squad
Vermintide 2
Mount and Blade Warband and Bannerlord
Fromslop (it's not slop tho)
Helldivers 2
Songs of Conquest
Streets of Rage 4
N64 games like Starfox 64, Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time
Just avoid the obvious FOMO scams like Apex, Fortnite, PUBG, Dead By Daylight, Destiny 2 etc.
Half your list is fotm fomo shill slop you dumarse.
Point them out and I'll explain why you are wrong.
Freespace 2 fan campaigns.
>Free
>sometimes drastically rework the game
Modern, Souls, Elden Ring was fun. Pizza Tower was bretty gud, Western indies can usually produce some fun, Nintendo still focuses on fun.
A shit ton of retro, anything from SNES/Genesis to PS2/GCN is generally good and there's a frick ton games to go back on. DOOM (classic), Rayman Trilogy, most of Nintendo and SEGA's first party offerings from back then, a metric ton of JRPGs Chrono/Breath of Fire/Final Fantasy, Castlevania, Megaman. Bomberman, 64 is fricking great.
Not discounting NES and back, but it's a lot easier imo to find a fun game from SNES/Gen-GCN/PS2.
There's too much bullshit in modern gaming, especially online multiplayer that I seldom trust anything Western-made that isn't indie. Japan's slowly getting there too now.
This.
Before gacha/gambling simulators, there were pay to win/mmo slop.
Garbage time/money sink games were always there, just not perfected.
Fpbp
If the game makes you feel bad it's a bad game.
Why are you playing bad games? I almost exclusively play single player games that are 10+ years old, you never have any forced daily grind, no microtransactions, and as a bonus don't need a 4080 to get a playable framerate at medium settings
fpbp as always
>I almost exclusively play single player games that are 10+ years old
I can't imagine anything more boring, you're boring.
you sound like homosexual
stop partaking in the gaming israelite that is multiplayer
Stop playing AAA multiplayer slop and aim for indie and/or single player experiences instead.
Because you're playing slop.
Yesterday I played LA Machineguns, now that's a fun game. The camera whirling around through an endless millennium summer as you blow up robots.
Stop playing gachaslop
Wtf are you even playing? If you want pure gameplay, try Balatro. Most big publishers have been chasing the live service dragon for the past few years. There are a lot of good games in the last 2 years, but it depends on what you're looking for and what you event want out of games in general.
Stop playing AAA garbage and FOMO bullshit.
Play old games and indie games, change the genre sometimes something new helps.
And surprise games are fun again.
No one is forcing you to interact with that media, if you wanted actual videogames and not glorified virtual slot machines or walking simulators you can just play old games.
Just don't play those games, dumb frogposter.
There are tons of good singleplayer games that still come out and there are tons you have never played. All I do when I want to play something new is pick a console and ask Ganker if they have any reccomendations or hidden gems.
>if it makes straight white male happy then make it hell for them
very simple
Get off Ganker.
stop playing esports second job 'games'
it's that easy
>read frogfurry's post for once
>absolute fricking retared, moutherbreathing nromalgay whining
Everytime.
Anything with:
>time locked seasonal content that you want
>competing for gear against other players
>unlocking things by playing to remain competitive
>farming for rare drops (especially among other players)
>an excessive time investment required to even learn how the game works
Risks becoming more about the grind than about the gameplay. Play things without these arbitrary restrictions, or make sure that you actually enjoy the game while you're playing it, without waiting for the endorphins of these meaningless victories against nothing.
Seems like you just can't handle competition and want pillows sown under your arms.
I seriously miss old Ganker which was a breeding ground to find so many different types of new indie games and forgotten gems. I think people liek OP would have a better life too if Ganker wasn't AAA coksucking 24/7.
The Normalgay recoils at the sight of pixel graphics or obscure genres.
His toenails bend backwards when he sees the name of a small indie studio or the icon of a emulater.
The normalgay refuses to explore outside of his self made prison and still moans about his confinement.
Do not pity the Normalgay because he deserves his self imposed punishment for his sins just point to the illustration of this post when the Normalgay appears before you.
It's less pity and more annoyance because they keep spamming this board and refuse to click a tag on steam or something to explore.
>playing multiplayer games
Your own fault.
bro only plays csgo and league of legends
>stop playing AAA
But that's why I bought the most expensive PC. I always loved the tech advancement in games and I miss enjoying new games.
If I have to limit myself to indies then I'll just go back to the retro classics they were inspired by.
>I bought the most expensive PC
and now you can use it to emulate old games at 8K
>emulation
>indies
>pre 2015 games
somewhat agree with this. why are older games just much better?
stop playing israeli MMRslop, retvrn to community run servers and mods
you can thank capitalism for that.
People keep saying to reject AAA and modern multiplayer games
But nobody says which games to play
Make an actual list or something gayets
There are literally hundreds of options to choose from, just dive in. It's like there are several lakes to choose from and you just need to check if there is trash or shit on the shoreline before you jump in.
I don't know if Steam still has the recommendation queue it once had, I could spend a whole bunch of time just being fed recommendations based on what I already had in my library. It was the easiest way to find new stuff to look into.
I would advise against expecting people to spoonfeed you everything, find that inner curiosity within you and start exploring.
>Make an actual list or something gayets
Game Boy games. There is no reason for most games to be longer than 8 hours.
>prolonging gametime
this is actually the single root reason why
do anything, even something you love, rigidly for 40+ hours per week and you'll grow to hate it or become apathetic to it fast
Video games has fallen.