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Ok, this is something I've felt some years ago, but recently, as I started spending more hours playing games I started feeling it again.
Basically I've spent about 20h in Rise of the Tomb Raider, which is a very solid game with fantastic visuals and gameplay, hoping to finish it and start on Shadow. After having entered met up with Jacob again and entered the soviet mine with him, I started to feel very tired of playing the game.
It was a feeling of tiredness and of going through the motions. And objectively speaking, the motions are very good. But I really started to feel like I was playing in order to complete checklists of busy-work the developers have placed in the game. I'm kind of OCD about finishing as much as possible, so of course I'm going through everything.
So, with this feeling, I again started to have thoughts about what the hell I was doing. What am I spending my time on? Is this the most valuable usage of my time? And of course it isn't. But it's very easy to get into a game, compared to doing something worthwhile that actually takes effort and willpower.
So, that's where I'm at right now. Pondering again, what to do. I don't think I want to quit gaming completely, but I would loved to find a way to really be able to filter the games that are must-play from the 90% of games which are good, but forgettable none-the-less. And as I know myself, I'm very difficult at putting up filters. I'm much better at taking absolute stances. As in, I either play anything, or play nothing.
I'm not really sure why I'm sharing this. Maybe I just want to hear that I'm not the only one feeling this. I'll have to do some serious thinking again.
Basically I've spent about 20h in Rise of the Tomb Raider, which is a very solid game with fantastic visuals and gameplay, hoping to finish it and start on Shadow. After having entered met up with Jacob again and entered the soviet mine with him, I started to feel very tired of playing the game.
It was a feeling of tiredness and of going through the motions. And objectively speaking, the motions are very good. But I really started to feel like I was playing in order to complete checklists of busy-work the developers have placed in the game. I'm kind of OCD about finishing as much as possible, so of course I'm going through everything.
So, with this feeling, I again started to have thoughts about what the hell I was doing. What am I spending my time on? Is this the most valuable usage of my time? And of course it isn't. But it's very easy to get into a game, compared to doing something worthwhile that actually takes effort and willpower.
So, that's where I'm at right now. Pondering again, what to do. I don't think I want to quit gaming completely, but I would loved to find a way to really be able to filter the games that are must-play from the 90% of games which are good, but forgettable none-the-less. And as I know myself, I'm very difficult at putting up filters. I'm much better at taking absolute stances. As in, I either play anything, or play nothing.
I'm not really sure why I'm sharing this. Maybe I just want to hear that I'm not the only one feeling this. I'll have to do some serious thinking again.
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