LogFAQs > #973633775

I've been playing games since the NES like a lot of the people here. There's been something I've noticed though as games evolve more and I get older and it's that I can't really play an open world game anymore without a map showing me stuff. I never used to have this problem but I noticed it first with Elden Ring and now Tears of the Kingdom. I can't just play the game. I'm so afraid of missing a cool weapon or armor that I have to find all the caves and hidden treasure areas.

Or on more open games, but maybe not an open world type thing like FF14 I will make these super unrealistic goals for myself that I never have any hope of achieving like having to collect all the triple triad cards or forcing myself to have classes at max level while working on an expansion (example: I wanted one class at 50 by the end of 2.0, 2 at 60 by the end of 3.0, 4 at 70 by the end of 4.0, etc. No idea why I made that goal but it just randomly became a goal that I was doing. It takes away from the fun of the actual game.

I know some people will just call it getting 100 percent or being a perfectionist but that has NEVER been me and I am finding it a lot harder to enjoy games nowadays.

why can't I just play a game and not care if I miss shit like I did back in the day?