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DArtagnan
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Back in the day, when I was a kid - I used to wait for what seemed like an eternity between games. Forget about good games, just new games.
I pirated everything - but it was always a bit of a job getting new connections, and you always had to work at getting your hands on new games.
So, when you finally got your hands on something and it was actually good (and it worked as it should, being a pirated copy and all) - I was in heaven. No second thoughts about playing it instead of something else, because there was nothing else.
More so, I had all the time in the world - and I could spend my every waking moment playing games. Well, when I wasn't at school, obviously.
I used to dream about having access to all those wonderful games I read about in magazines. I imagined it had to be absolute divinity being able to play a great game whenever you wanted to. But I always had to wait months or even years to get my hands on something I saw in a preview.
Now, that has all changed. My dream came true - and then some.
Literally every single day, I either hear about a game I would have killed to play as a kid - or there's one coming out that I already knew about. In the past, I would know about every single interesting game that had been announced. I literally knew them all and I knew everything there was to know about them before release.
Now, I struggle to keep up with just the titles of games - and I don't even know about half of the potentially interesting ones coming out.
Obviously, I'm a lot more jaded today, so what I would have killed for as a kid, is something I might spend 20 minutes testing today - and then forget about.
Still, I think it's fair to say that every single month has at least a couple of games that I would actually REALLY want to play - ALL the way through.
But, as we all know - we don't have the time we used to have, as adults. I'm lucky if I have a few full days available to gaming each month, and that would be fine - if not for this overload problem.
You see, that's the key of my issue here. I simply… can't…. choose… what to play. When I do manage to pick something, I struggle like a madman to stay focused and avoid distraction. It's hard as hell.
Even worse, most of the games I prefer are LONG games - and I can't finish them even with a full weekend available. That's when my mind tends to lose focus, and I can't get back to them with the same fervor.
Right now, there are games like D:OS, WL2, Dragonfall DC, Endless Legends, Age of Wonders 3 DLC, ESO, and COUNTLESS more.
How the hell does one manage to focus on a single title and not lose track when your free time runs out?
How do YOU do it? Are you just really good at staying focused - and are you finding it easy to get back to a game once you leave it for a week or so? How do you ignore all the greatness coming out as you're playing that one game?
I pirated everything - but it was always a bit of a job getting new connections, and you always had to work at getting your hands on new games.
So, when you finally got your hands on something and it was actually good (and it worked as it should, being a pirated copy and all) - I was in heaven. No second thoughts about playing it instead of something else, because there was nothing else.
More so, I had all the time in the world - and I could spend my every waking moment playing games. Well, when I wasn't at school, obviously.
I used to dream about having access to all those wonderful games I read about in magazines. I imagined it had to be absolute divinity being able to play a great game whenever you wanted to. But I always had to wait months or even years to get my hands on something I saw in a preview.
Now, that has all changed. My dream came true - and then some.
Literally every single day, I either hear about a game I would have killed to play as a kid - or there's one coming out that I already knew about. In the past, I would know about every single interesting game that had been announced. I literally knew them all and I knew everything there was to know about them before release.
Now, I struggle to keep up with just the titles of games - and I don't even know about half of the potentially interesting ones coming out.
Obviously, I'm a lot more jaded today, so what I would have killed for as a kid, is something I might spend 20 minutes testing today - and then forget about.
Still, I think it's fair to say that every single month has at least a couple of games that I would actually REALLY want to play - ALL the way through.
But, as we all know - we don't have the time we used to have, as adults. I'm lucky if I have a few full days available to gaming each month, and that would be fine - if not for this overload problem.
You see, that's the key of my issue here. I simply… can't…. choose… what to play. When I do manage to pick something, I struggle like a madman to stay focused and avoid distraction. It's hard as hell.
Even worse, most of the games I prefer are LONG games - and I can't finish them even with a full weekend available. That's when my mind tends to lose focus, and I can't get back to them with the same fervor.
Right now, there are games like D:OS, WL2, Dragonfall DC, Endless Legends, Age of Wonders 3 DLC, ESO, and COUNTLESS more.
How the hell does one manage to focus on a single title and not lose track when your free time runs out?
How do YOU do it? Are you just really good at staying focused - and are you finding it easy to get back to a game once you leave it for a week or so? How do you ignore all the greatness coming out as you're playing that one game?
Apart from the kids thing.
