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 No.63406[Reply]

I’ve come to believe that getting too emotionally invested in a video game can actually be risky. The more seriously you treat it, the more room there is for anger, frustration, and stress to creep in, especially when things do not go your way. What starts as entertainment can quietly turn into something that feels like an obligation or a test you are constantly failing. Playing casually, on the other hand, strips away most of that negativity. You still get the fun, the immersion, and the enjoyment, but without tying your mood or mental state to outcomes you cannot fully control. When the goal is simply to relax or have a good time, losses sting less, mistakes feel lighter, and the experience stays healthy instead of becoming emotionally draining.

This is why I now think it is better to avoid ranked modes or using video games as a way to prove skill for the sake of self worth. I used to play League of Legends extremely seriously, and at the time I genuinely believed that my rank said something meaningful about me as a person. The higher my rank climbed, the more validated I felt, and the lower it dropped, the worse I felt about myself. That mindset turned the game into a measuring stick for my value, rather than something I played because I enjoyed it. Looking back, it is clear how unhealthy that was, because no number on a ladder should have the power to define confidence or self respect. Keeping games casual helps maintain a clear boundary between who you are and how you perform in a virtual space, and that separation makes the experience far more positive and sustainable.


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 No.61198[Reply]

I might genuinely be autistic and I'm not even joking… though the thing is, a part of me feels perfectly fine with it. I mean, does anyone else here do this? I've never finished a single Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pokémon… and that's just for the major Nintendo IPs, if I go for other major ones, I've never finished a single Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear, Elder Scrolls, Mega Man, Castlevania… and then there are also so many licensed IPs that are successful in video games aswell, I haven't played many in the last few years either… and whenever I try, I just drop it after a while, they're not much fun to me. I essentially have these dozen franchises I grew up playing and loving so much, and nowadays I either replay the ones I grew up with, or go after new installments from those very franchises that I hadn't really played before, over and over again…

>Is this a sign of undiagnosed autism or ADHD?

>Have you ever gone though something similar?
I've attempted to get started on some of these major franchises before, those lists with the so called top video games of all time, the ones you have to play, the ones no one in this hobby should miss out on at all… and yet I never get truly immersed in it and often drop it in favor of playing yet another installment from a favorite franchise of mine… is it because I didn't grow up with them? I suppose so, perhaps if I did then they'd be among these franchises I always go back to, though there's no way to be sure… still, it's cozy in a way, the familiarity, and discovering a new favorite among an old franchise you know and love, though at times it feels like I'm genuinely missing out, at least from what is written everywhere online, but whenever I try to break away and try these interesting IPs people acclaim, it just doesn't do it for me, a part of me wishes it did… but that's fine.
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 No.63400

>>63396
Don't get hooked on MMORPGs with that mindset. I tried to farm PERFECT gear, which even if the stats are rolled fairly and based purely on mathematic RNG, it would be like winning thousands of mega jackpots in your lifetime. I managed to obtain numerous easier items:

5 stats: STR, DEX, END, INT, SPR

Items can have 0~5 of these stats

Each stat rolls from 1 (if you roll it initially) all the way up to 10, and the cap number goes up when levels of the gear goes up. My goal was to get ALL gears capped and perfect for all classes and all levels.

I'm fairly certain the evil company would brick certain rolls, as you can spend real money to reroll the items which tended to provide better results.

I would get tons of gear that was 2 points away from perfect, far more often than perfect items, even though from a statistical standpoint those variations have the same chance. Let's say I had 10 perfects, I had 1000 near perfects. Totally rigged. I would farm 12+ hours a day, and keep an eye on the auctionhouse.

So glad I gave that game up, looks like it was going to die and I didn't want to go through that whilst half way through a gamer binge.

 No.63402

I have a solution to propose for the vidya completionists in this thread that I developed from when I first started playing jrpgs. The idea is to base your actions around a certain goal so that you won't have to experience that perfectionist itch for every possible feature available in the game. Now the goal I chose is that I would only commit towards another playthrough/dungeon/event/item etc. if the process or result contained material relevant to the story/characters of the game. Of course this is more applicable to certain genres of games than others but I personally find it to be the most fulfilling way to experience a game.

 No.63403

I have a similar issue. I can't focus on one thread at a time. It feels like I have to reply in multiple threads at once. I can never finish watching an episode in one sitting. Nor can I read a book for more than 20 pages before I want to learn about something else.

 No.63404

>>63403

That's perfectly fine and normal anon, nothing wrong with it. Do what gives you the most satisfaction, I find that focusing on multiple unfinished tasks back to back helps me best. Trust yourself.

 No.63405

>>61198
i have had a similar thing, I never managed to finish a lot of RPGs, I just play them and move on. I finished a lot as a kid though. I still can't finish any TV show or anime. I don't know why.



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 No.63100[Reply]

Your opinion on recent anime-themed Chinese videogames?


pic somewhat rel
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 No.63234

I'd play them if they didn't have such bland storylines, I tried playing Genshin and ZZZ for a few minutes but I got annoyed by the slow pacing and snoozer storytelling, the only thing I want to do is to look at the beautiful succubi and nothing else since it's the only thing these games excel at. I just look at fanarts people make of the games online since it's all about aesthetics anyway, it's still a pity that some of the best artists and animators out there are getting hired by the gacha companies since that's where the good money is at, imagine all that talent being used in quality games the likes of Nier Automata.

 No.63235

Shitty gameplay most of the time, way too many cutscenes, basically pay2win. There's no reason to play most of them.

 No.63237

>>63236
baesd

 No.63373

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>>63164
This.

I love the objectification of succubi so much.

 No.63401

Just downloaded Arknights (the original 2019 one, not endfield). Entire day flew by playing it. I forgot how easily addicted I can get to video games. Good gameplay. Unique worldbuilding. Good visual direction and atmosphere. Characters are very pretty without any sexualization. How did it get overshadowed by other gacha games? This hits all the right spot for me.



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 No.60983[Reply]

>build cheap PC to play the same old games i've been playing since i was 13
>PC died
>score a free new one from dad's friend who for some reason wanted to give me his high end PC for free
>rated as UFO on PC benchmark
>download tf2, l4d2, gmod, and a few other unnoteworthy, 10+ year old games
>Realize i can play any modern game at high settings
>wow, MK1.
>but its shit.
>doesn't look fun at all, looks even worse than the last
>in fact. all games look like shit
>load up gmod.
>yep. thats gmod.
>play for 12 mins.
>bored.

I've even thought of stooping to trying out anime games. Why is gaming so dead, bros? Everything is just chasing the shadow of the original IPs of the 2000s (halo, cod, gears, far cry) minus the soul, community and meta that made them good. Modern gaming is a sterile, soulless, monetized no-funfest.

How much longer can i play the same games? Where is the hope?
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 No.63175

>>60986
>zoomsquad
>nucod 2069
>fagtorio
opinion discarded

 No.63395

>War thunder
Not recommended, it's a horrible game which is handled very poorly but I do find myself obsessing over it for a few months at a time. Played since 2015, 6.5k hours

>Path of Exile 1/2

Considered to be the best of the ARPG genre, personally I do like it but I hate how every other month there are massive revamps and all of my builds need to be redone. Otherwise great game to either freakishly take serious or just turn your brain off and farm.

It's worth going through a lot of other older games, Dawn of war series is fun, stronghold crusaders are all mostly fun. Old racing games, need for speed/burnout series. I replayed them over the last few years and each time I enjoyed myself. I still haven't played any dark souls game. I guess I will one day, I'm kind of stuck in the jaws of live service games like War Thunder right now sadly. Such a greedy game, when they have a battle pass that's worth getting you essentially need to play ALL day every day for 3 months

 No.63397

>>60983
IDK m8 ive been playing single player games problems werent

 No.63398

>>60983
It is truly an amazing time. We have top of the line graphics and we manage to create the ugliest characters and landscapes. There were programmers in the 90s that would give their right nut for this power, but all evidences suggests those talented artists are gone. You are either a big game studio with an HR department or an Indie scammer getting people to download your malware for a buck and access to their crypto wallet.

 No.63399

>>63398
You may get perhaps 5 good games every decade that are made by high budget studios. Before you would have hundreds, thousands even.



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 No.60906[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Thread for discussing games you're currently playing.

>What games are you playing?

>What games have you recently purchased?

Previous thread:
>>57966
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 No.63374

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>>60906
I'm replaying Batman: Return of the Joker on Game Boy. It's a fantastic title that feels way more like a sequel to Sunsoft's NES Batman than the NES version of Batman: Return of the Joker, also it's almost like Sunsoft knew they'd lose the license over to the folks at Konami and made their own sequel to Tim Burton's canon, I don't mind though since it's a fun time really.

I'd say my main issue is the difficulty, a few specific parts are just BS, only ever beat it on "Easy".

 No.63382

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>>63374
I played this for the 1st time in 2024 where it took a lot of effort to beat if on "Easy" without save states, and on "Normal" even with save states… now I went back to it and I'm happy to update that I got a 1CC on "Hard" without save states or any form of cheating, I beat it legit, and it's fun how when you're good at it the whole thing takes like 10min to complete actually.

It's grown on me a lot, perfect Batman title for short bursts.

 No.63383

Replaying Wrath of the Righteous. Did Angel, Trickster, Demon, Aeon paths throughout the years. Want to try Azata path but it is so cringey it will be hard to do. It's strong gameplay wise though.

 No.63387

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So I am currently (and once again) playing modded Skyrim. I find the TES games are very comfortable for me to return to, so every so often if I'm not sure what I want to play I'll just pick one of those and sink another hundred or so hours into more adventures in the land of Tamriel. Aside from that I bought the new Sonic Racing game a couple months ago (on sale) and I really enjoy it. It's a lot like Mario Kart 8 but with some new and unique features, as well as a mostly-Sonic cast, of course.

Also I have a few new games in my backlog, but as is often the case, I may or may not get around to actually playing them.

 No.63389

Играю в FH, сэймы есть?


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 No.61657[Reply]

do you like these games wizards?

I recently played both games, very good brothers
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 No.61786

>>61784
>>61785
Rabbits are cute. Succubi (2d) can be cute. Babies are cute. Unless he's a still on all fours, a boy isn't to be seen as "cute" no matter how much like a baby rabbit succubi he is drawn as. Not calling boys cute in spite of their appearance is a matter of respect for the male sex. Boys and men can be many things, from cool to creepy to scary to just plain stupid. To call them cute is to degrade not only the male himself but also that word, which is reserved for those deserving of and [/b]reliant on[/b] endearment from larger beings.

Legend Of Zelda (pre-Wii). Final Fantasy. Mother series. Megaman. Many young males characters are in these games, main and supporting. They are diverse in appearance and behavior, but none are designed to be 'cute'. These games predate the mentally challenged design philosophy of androgynizing everyone by turning cute witchies in to buff succubi and cool guys in to "cute" boys. Shame on Toby "Fucks Dogs" Fox. for pandering to such mentally maladjusted men - and succubi who degrade men and boys - with such labels and pet names by drawing "cute boiz UwU". It's infantilism. And yes, this cretin frequently elates at the fact that people recognize his character design's purposeful queerness and age-play.

Homosexual freak! This is a board for men! not for fags with a feminization fetish! Fuck you!

 No.61787

>>61786
Damn. Alright, anon, you're right, I was wrong in using 'cute' as a descriptor for him. Sorry.
>feminization fetish
>queerness
>age-play
I never got that impression at all, but I guess I see your point.

 No.61788

>>61786
>Not calling boys cute in spite of their appearance is a matter of respect for the male sex.
That makes a lot of sense. I'm still a fairly young apprentice, the thought would have never crossed my mind unless you informed me. I'll stop demeaning boys by refering to them as if they were pets or toddlers. Thank you.

 No.61809

I quite liked Undertale. Gameplay was engaging. Setting was interesting. Soundtrack was quite good. I liked the off-beat humor. But, when I tried Deltarune pt 1, I got nothing out of it. It seemed uninspired. Should I try part 2?

 No.63385

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>>61809
Yeah chapter one is kinda mid, the 2 is much better in almosr everithing (chapter 3 and 4 is already released btw)



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 No.63216[Reply]

Games you played that were not as good as the mainstream masses/reviewers would had you believe.
Also games that were recommended by "patricians", that turned out to just be games that cater to their autistic taste.

While I didn't find the gameplay or aesthetic of borderlands bad. The writing is so god damn cringy, it's like a boomer trying to write something he thinks modern teens like. After 2 hour I just couldn't stand it anymore. Gearbox were veterans and they had the backing of 2K a major publisher, this was the best writer they could get?
The deigns of banished isn't bad. It just that it felt like doing homework instead of playing a fun game. Many hours of planning, trail and error. Only an autist could think about spending the weekend for this.
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 No.63366

got Borderlands 2 GOTY edition when i was a kid. the humor was fine but it bored me to death.

 No.63368

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>>63278
>doge rolling

 No.63369

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
If other wiz tried this, i hope you were able to enjoy it.
I did not. It caused a rage response before I even got to the "gameplay" so I dropped it and looked up the story and spoilers.
Very glad i didn't force myself to keep going based on what i read. And everything else surrounding this "videogame" is slimy and weird.

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>>63216
The Borderlands series is definitely over-rated. I could not get into it.

I hated every Bethesda game I've played. I hated Fallout 3, 4 and 76
Can we talk about over-rated movies too? If so, I really thought the story of Interstellar was a little convoluted.

 No.63384

>>63370
>Can we talk about over-rated movies too?
Why not? like games, many popular movies are over glazed due to nostalgia or pretty visuals. Even if I liked the Thing movie. People talk as if it's the most mind blowing idea ever.
The Idea of the Thing is very similar to skin walkers and wendigos. But people act like the ideas in the movie was super revolutionary. Must had been all the special effect and monster transformation that captivated people back then.



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 No.63375[Reply]

anyone wants to play a new diep.io clone (multiplayer online browser game with no registration)
https://havre.io
sadly it lacks activity making it more like single-player, but that allows you to level up and score in peace for practice, then spin in a corner waiting for more to show up.

Controls:
WASD - move
Mouse - aim
E - auto-fire
C - spin

a concentration of large geometrical shapes and power-ups can be found in the center, in diep.io there would be competition for it.

 No.63376

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my dick is big is what i will answer



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 No.63210[Reply]

Apparently, NFS Underground 2 is abadonware now…


…all while SimCity 3000 isn't. Weird, huh?

https://www.myabandonware.com/game/need-for-speed-underground-2-ega

>Need for Speed: Underground 2 still has very active fan community, it has a lot of modifications, you can find mods for the game on fansites like NFSAddons, NFSCars, NFSMods and many other fan websites and communities. And if you want to play with enhanced graphics - check this Graphic Modpack by JabFission


>If you want to play NFS: Underground 2 and other NFS games in multiplayer - join Retro Racing Point on Discord

 No.63266

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NFS Underground 1 and 2 are abandonware because of the licensed music.

 No.63267

>>63266
You call that music?

 No.63271

>>63267
All the music of that game fit it perfectly and is a product of it's time.

 No.63367

>>63267
>You call that music?
i call it bangers but i can settle for "music"



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 No.63317[Reply]

>Be me
>Alone in bed deppresed (some minutes back in time actually)
>Dream about a flash game or something about manage a cooking shop and being a waitress
>A loading bar with orange color… some nostalgic music
>Wake up suddenly
>Wtf was that…
>*Realization*
>*Illumination*
>Clyppy appear out of nowhere
>Clippy: hey kid! Do you remember your happy times now? (I schizo now?)
>Popcap, Gamehouse, Sandlot games, A lot of Flash games…
>Start to watch videos on youtube and listen to OST
>Pure gameplay focus, no paywall or paytowin, good ost, good aesthetic, good controls, skill-challenge, good rewards, good history, memorable games.
>Deppresion just become quiet
What is this feeling? Its feel like heaven on earth.
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 No.63350

>>63340
>>63339
>Sherwood Dungeon
A Spanish or Latin-american dude shared old Sherwood ver (check video description links)
It seems that the guy used reverse engineering or something like that with Adobe Acrobat to the original game code (its in Github or something?)
These are full playable alone, just have one launcher to run and play.
yes, I tested it and its works.

 No.63351

>>63317
>Start to watch videos on youtube and listen to OST
Pure Kino

 No.63356

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>>63317
It's not depression, nor us being delusional, things really were better before and we had less depression because of it.

 No.63364

it all happens to the best of us. usually its your brain trying to take you back to a happier life than the one you're experiencing now. Especially after a traumatic/life-changing experience. I should know because its exactly what I experienced. Something really bad happened to me and I couldn't tell my parents back then because I did fucked up stuff and I went back to playing old flash games, revisited my 10 year old minecraft worlds on my 360, rewatching old movies I saw as a kid like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. all of that so I could feel some comfort be taken back to a merrier time.

 No.63365

>>63333
>the og multiplayer stick empires
>og plasma burst 2 with multiplayer and custom map making in the official site
>armorgames new games every week
>stickpage.com with banker animations
>still remember the kongregate ants logo
>notdoppler hosting all of the above

we were truly spoiled back then.

>>63329
also played these all.

also honorable mention to Alice is Dead i love that game its soundtrack is phenomenal.



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