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My relationship with long videogames

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In the past I couldn't, for the life of me, commit myself to playing long games (i.e. 30+ hours) because I fell out of interest and dropped the game.

Lately I started playing two "long" (always keep in mind that this adjective is used by my perspective) games: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Mass Effect 1 (the legendary edition) and weirdly enough, seems like they're sticking with me because I'm alternating one or another throughout the gaming sessions.

I don't know if this pattern will be able to help me with other games as well or if it's just peculiar to those two specific games but I'm crossing my fingers ๐Ÿคž

Have any of you had a similar experience?

#Gaming #Videogames #RedDeadRedemption2 #RDR2 #MassEffect #ME

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[โ€“] therivercrow@gamerstavern.online 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

@innkeeper @the_gamer_tavern

Same for the longest time - I just didn't have patience for long games until Baldurs Gate 3 which grabbed me because of the story and characters. Dragon Age Veilguard (not as long as BG3 but still 80+ hours if you do the side quests) is the same.

If a game is long and repetitive, filled with fetch quests and not much plot I lose interest quickly, but a well-crafted story will keep me hooked.

I still like to play in short sessions, a couple hours at a time, which helps break the long games up into "chapters" and make them feel less like a slog.

[โ€“] harrybo@gamerstavern.online 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@therivercrow @innkeeper @the_gamer_tavern Fetch quests- this is exactly it! I loved Dying Light for a long time but the game quickly became fetch this, fetch that, make me a cuppa tea, give this guy a foot rub etc etc and it just turned me right off the game faster than I picked it up, which is a real shame.

[โ€“] therivercrow@gamerstavern.online 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@harrybo @innkeeper @the_gamer_tavern

yeah, there was a real trend a few years ago of padding rpgs out with pointless busy-quests to make the game seem bigger than it needed to be. I think that's starting to be less of a thing which is nice. I'd rather play a 40 hour well told narrative than 100 hours of "go and find me 10 doohickeys".

@therivercrow @innkeeper @the_gamer_tavern ๐Ÿ˜‚

I think this is why The Last of Us really hits me in the feels and will live eternally in my heart. That game is pure narrative and story to get invested in.

[โ€“] innkeeper@gamerstavern.online 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@therivercrow @the_gamer_tavern I should try playing again (but not exclusively ) Baldur's Gate 3 and see if that's the case, it's a game I started playing several times and every time managed to drop off from ๐Ÿ˜…

@innkeeper @the_gamer_tavern

It's a big game and can get overwhelming, so I definitely recommend breaking it up into small achievable things. When your characters need a long rest, take one yourself!

But it is soooooo good though!