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Post by dsparil on Aug 4, 2024 18:19:24 GMT -5
For fatigue in general, I always think it's nice to take some time and see if the conventional wisdom on some "bad" games is actually true. You're already going into it expecting the worst so you can't really get disappointed. Sometimes I just buy random cheap stuff on the eShop. A lot of it is shovelware garbage, but occasionally there is genuinely good stuff that's easy to overlook because they get zero press.
For metroidvanias specifically, that is also a genre that has fatigued me the last few years. I think too many of the developers have lost sight of the benefits of brevity. All of the RPG-ish Castlevanias take a single digit hour to beat. If you do all the sidequests in Order of Eccelsia, it barely goes past 10 and that's pushing it. I don't think I've ever played a metroidvania that has justified a time much longer than that.
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Post by nightdreamer on Aug 4, 2024 21:10:04 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I would say that my burn out with videogame has turned out to be a permanent one. I was on a Castlevania binge during a lockdown period back in 2022. Then lots of stuff happened that had led me to pause my playthrough of Harmony of Dissonance (which would have been the 5th CV game I would have played and beaten in this short period) and by the time I finally got around to having adequate time to game for long sessions again (which was late 2023) I just don't have the appetite for gaming anymore. I haven't played 2 hours of videogames the entirety of 2024. Right now I'm just content to watch content creators talk about games without participating in them myself.
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Post by JDarkside on Aug 5, 2024 4:34:10 GMT -5
Casual games have usually helped me out with burnout like that in the past. Stuff like Bejeweled 3, LYNE, Cookie Clicker, the Jewel Match Solitaire series, ect, all help me get engrossed in something for a bit and refresh my batteries, so to say. It might just be as simple as trying something outside your wheelhouse, like a good VN.
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Post by personman on Aug 5, 2024 15:16:18 GMT -5
I may have found a lot of Game Informer's takes pretty bad but despite the over all magazine I'd say was head and shoulders above the others I can remember. Nintendo Power could be charming but didn't have much substance, Gamepro was just juvenile nonsense and NextGen blindly hated Nintendo and had miserable assholes for editors. I'm more concerned with the staff losing thier jobs out of the blue than lamenting the 'zine itself but still that's an end of an era to me.
Also yes as one who just played almost every mainline Megaman this year that sort of fatigue happens to everyone I'd say Lol. What usually works for me is to just take a hard turn in genres, like if I'm tired of platformers I'll try out what I consider the opposite like rpgs and such. Either that or I'll just focus on shorter games like some quick NES titles if something with a long run time wore me down.
Failing that sometimes we all need a little time away from games in general. Usually happens around fall for me when the weather is good to go hiking and stuff.
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Post by excelsior on Aug 6, 2024 7:57:08 GMT -5
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Post by Snake on Aug 6, 2024 17:36:42 GMT -5
Gorgeous book! Looks meaty thick, didn't realize that there are that many run 'n gun games out there. Seeing those enemies on page has made me realize I never did get that far with Rolling Thunder. I usually quit after 2 or 3 quarters worth of gaming.
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Post by JDarkside on Aug 6, 2024 19:02:55 GMT -5
Oh hey, I wrote the Kero Blaster one. Neat.
I like how they did the quotes for this one, really slick.
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Post by Kokoro on Aug 9, 2024 0:55:54 GMT -5
I'm currently playing GTA San Andreas. I can't believe it turns 20 this year. It's still my favorite GTA game, with Vice City being a close second. The game really was ahead of its time.
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Post by chronotigger65 on Aug 9, 2024 2:57:04 GMT -5
Wouldn't this mark the 20th or close to aniversary of the Hot Coffee Mod? I'm pretty sure it started a rash of law makers trying to pass laws to regulate M-rated games. I mean, there was in the years before this but the mod really put the move to do so more.
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Post by dsparil on Aug 9, 2024 5:27:59 GMT -5
Close to it yeah. It was found in the PS2 version, but there wasn't a patch for it until the PC version came out in June 2005 so 19 years. I do remember some laws being introduced, but I think the ESRB deciding to take their own actions made those fizzle out. I'm a little shocked that Rockstar even thought they could include it as an "official" part of the game and then left it in disabled. BMX XXX from a few years earlier had just a smidge of nudity and that generated a lot of controversy e.g stores refusing to sell it.
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Post by spanky on Aug 9, 2024 6:51:00 GMT -5
Wasn't BMX XXX censored on the PS2 and uncensored on the Gamecube? I always thought that was interesting.
There's some things that really bug me about San Andreas - like I hate how the game limits what car you can use for many of the missions. The story attempts to make your player character into a sympathetic 3-dimensional person, but then has you running around and murdering a bunch of people for often petty reasons. But the game NAILS it in terms of scope and atmopshere. I loved driving around in the middle of nowhere in an old pickup truck listening to K-Rose in the rain. I'm not exaggerating when I say this game got me into country music. Being able to swim, hop over fences and climb small walls goes a long way as far as making the game playable and feel "real." It also can be very funny in that crude mid-2000s way.
It's a shame the recent remasters really dropped the ball and then they removed the original versions from the online storefronts to boot. Great job guys!
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Post by JDarkside on Aug 9, 2024 18:02:47 GMT -5
The story attempts to make your player character into a sympathetic 3-dimensional person, but then has you running around and murdering a bunch of people for often petty reasons. You have described literally every GTA game Vice City and on.
I honestly got really tired of the weird dissonance, partly because the "comedy" and the open world stuff is pretty weak. Rockstar also doesn't seem like it has any desire to learn any new tricks in either regard since they basically print money with every new release. That always bugged me because GTA was a shock to the system when it came out, and I've seen the formula applied in more interesting ways with the likes of Bully.
Then again, after they tried to get really serious with IV and that not going over super hot, I imagine that scared them into the current bubble. I hear some of the stand-alone spinoff things are good but haven't tried them.
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Post by excelsior on Aug 9, 2024 23:43:52 GMT -5
There's some things that really bug me about San Andreas - like I hate how the game limits what car you can use for many of the missions. The irony of Rockstar pushing complete freedom in their open worlds until you hit any mission and then you're completely railroaded is just a feature at this point. They play to their strengths, as they should, but mission design is not one of them.
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Post by Kokoro on Aug 11, 2024 1:26:28 GMT -5
Close to it yeah. It was found in the PS2 version, but there wasn't a patch for it until the PC version came out in June 2005 so 19 years. I do remember some laws being introduced, but I think the ESRB deciding to take their own actions made those fizzle out. I'm a little shocked that Rockstar even thought they could include it as an "official" part of the game and then left it in disabled. BMX XXX from a few years earlier had just a smidge of nudity and that generated a lot of controversy e.g stores refusing to sell it. I remember the game was even rated AO for a brief period for that reason. I thought it was pretty silly to rate it that for something that can't even be accessed in the game through normal means.
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Post by excelsior on Aug 12, 2024 11:34:38 GMT -5
I've finally finished with Slay the Spire. After feeling like I'd mastered three of the characters quite some time ago the last few ascension levels proved to be quite a challenge.
Anyway, I'm looking for something to fill the time that is similarly suitable for a coffee break. I don't normally do well with roguelikes, but if there is one where the demand on skill is pretty low, with interesting.echanics to experiment with, something like that would suit I think. Any suggestions?
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