/games/ - Video Games

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.

Let's be honest, if you were dumb (brown) enough to fall for this then you deserve to lose it all. I'm loving the shitstorm and the amount of turdworlders who offed themselves today.

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.

>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?

especially japanese games. i dunno what you call it, but that specific artstyle with CG characters posing.

Your opinion on recent anime-themed Chinese videogames?


pic somewhat rel

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.

Thread for discussing games you're currently playing.

>What games are you playing?
>What games have you recently purchased?

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do you like these games wizards?

I recently played both games, very good brothers

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.