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Topic	Valley of The Geeks
WhiskeyDisk 11/06/19 2:25:37 AM #424:	ParanoidObsessive posted... WhiskeyDisk posted... Ever have a game where...you just don't get it on the first, second, third...try? Not really, because any game I really dislike or have trouble with first time through isn't a game that's likely to get a second playthrough from me. We live in a world with too many books, movies, shows, online videos, games, and other distractions that are constantly demanding my time. I don't have the time or the patience to devote to something that is actively annoying me on the off-chance that it might somehow miraculously turn into something I like eventually. It's the same reason why I get absolutely no enjoyment out of "frustration gaming" any more. ie, games like Dark Souls where the entire design philosophy is to fail 99 times so the 1 time you succeed feels so good based on the sudden release of all the frustration you've built up. At this point in my life I'd rather play a game that gives me 99/100 minor moments of satisfaction than one that gives me 1 moment of intense satisfaction at the expense of having to torture me 99/100 times. I've got stacks of books, DVDs, and games I bought at some point and never got around to reading/watching/playing. I have almost zero motivation to ever go back to games that I only remember hating (for whatever reason). On the one hand, I get where you're coming from PO, but on the other... we're literally from the Nintendo Hard era before that was a trope. SMB 8-2. LoZ flute. TMNT's dam. Battletoads. Mike Tyson. Contra. Sure, we've been softened by progressively softer generations of game design over the years, and I'm not including the IWTBTG's or Super Meat Boys out there, but even ignoring something like Master Blaster or Faxanadu...go put a Babelfish in your ear, or get past the Goat. We grew up on fridge logic and woeful localizations that outright lied to us... "Ain't nobody got time for that" just because there's a new season of Bojack Horseman or F is for Family seems like a copout from a Justin Bailey era gamer... --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:929736932] in Valley of ... [t:77923465]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>Ever have a game where...you just don't get it on the first, second, third...try?</quote> Not really, because any game I really dislike or have trouble with first time through isn't a game that's likely to get a second playthrough from me. We live in a world with too many books, movies, shows, online videos, games, and other distractions that are constantly demanding my time. I don't have the time or the patience to devote to something that is actively annoying me on the off-chance that it might somehow miraculously turn into something I like eventually. It's the same reason why I get absolutely no enjoyment out of "frustration gaming" any more. ie, games like Dark Souls where the entire design philosophy is to fail 99 times so the 1 time you succeed feels so good based on the sudden release of all the frustration you've built up. At this point in my life I'd rather play a game that gives me 99/100 minor moments of satisfaction than one that gives me 1 moment of intense satisfaction at the expense of having to torture me 99/100 times. I've got stacks of books, DVDs, and games I bought at some point and never got around to reading/watching/playing. I have almost zero motivation to ever go back to games that I only remember hating (for whatever reason).</quote> On the one hand, I get where you're coming from PO, but on the other... we're literally from the Nintendo Hard era before that was a trope. SMB 8-2. LoZ flute. TMNT's dam. Battletoads. Mike Tyson. Contra. Sure, we've been softened by progressively softer generations of game design over the years, and I'm not including the IWTBTG's or Super Meat Boys out there, but even ignoring something like Master Blaster or Faxanadu...go put a Babelfish in your ear, or get past the Goat. We grew up on fridge logic and woeful localizations that outright lied to us... "Ain't nobody got time for that" just because there's a new season of Bojack Horseman or F is for Family seems like a copout from a Justin Bailey era gamer... --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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