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Cake day: June 9th, 2023
  • Jarmo@lemm.eetoGaming@lemmy.ml•It only takes half the double hits it used to take!English
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    2 years ago

    I had this problem with Cyberpunk and eventually just stopped playing. Every time I’d get a cool new weapon and want to go beat up on some street fighting scrubs only to get my ass kicked.

    I prefer difficulty scaling where it’s somewhat linked to areas. Kind of like Diablo 2. So if I’m leveled up and beat Act V I can go back and tear through Andariel runs if I want, but Act V still has some challenging areas. I don’t think the entire world needs to scale as you progress.

  • Jarmo@lemm.eetoGaming@beehaw.org•I’ve fallen into a deep gaming rut lately. What helped “get you back into” gaming and rediscover the magic of video games?
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    2 years ago

    I have a very similar relationship with gaming. A similar break for college and a similar resurgence with BotW followed by a similar falling out because of kids haha.

    I’ll be honest, it doesn’t feel the same anymore. I don’t think it ever wil again. But I’ll share the things that have come close to getting that feeling back.

    1. Online game night with friends - this puts me mentally back in the 90’s staying up late and gaming with friends. It’s more about the company and conversations than the game itself. I try to do this at least once a week.

    2. Gaming with my son - he’s 6 and we’ve been able to find a ton of games we love playing together, most notably Nintendo games. He loves all things Mario. We also run through games like Hot Wheels Unleashed, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Lego 2K Drive. Anything with a kid friendly co-op campaign has been fun.

    3. Allowing yourself to mentally move on from games once you’re not having fun - I used to have this issue with a mental backlog or feel badly for buying a game and then not beating it. Not sure if you have the same issue. But lately I’ve tried not to put too much pressure on myself to beat a game. If I’m not having fun I move on. Life is too short and game time is too precious to waste it on a game I’m not loving.

    Hope this helps. Like I said, I don’t think it’ll ever feel the same, but this has helped it come close for me.

  • Jarmo@lemm.eetoLemmy@lemmy.ml•Now is the time to post original contentEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I like this idea. It always bothered me that there were so many creative people on Reddit and they could not use Reddit to share their content because most subs had a “no self promotion” policy.

    I get that you don’t want people spamming, but if someone works hard to create content they think a community would like then I see no reason that shouldn’t be celebrated.