I know I can easily get hooked on those so I just avoid them. Games should work around my life, not the other way around. That’s why I’m heavily into single player games now. I can hit pause whenever I like.
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lka1988@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Games that require daily participation to make any sort of progress are a non-starter for me. I have other shit that’s far more interesting than fake anime tiddies.
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It is simultaneously an obnoxious speed bump that slows down my ability to binge when I’ve got free time and a needy attention drain when I’m absorbed in something else.
Truly the worst of both worlds.
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I’ve been playing Total Annihilation the last couple days. The 1997 game that you can get for $5 on GOG. I had it as a kid and played all the time.
My son has been wanting to play it with me, so I gave him a quick rundown on “skirmish” mode earlier tonight. He caught on pretty quick. It can get brutal though. Hopefully I can get the network muliplayer working so we can play together.
Worth every penny.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I would say the biggest problem TA had was simply lag. Once you really get going with the volume of units - especially over a network - the loads on the system can get heavy.
There’s a new iteration of the franchise - Planetary Annihilation - that I’ve been meaning to check out as soon as I have some free time. Good reviews on Steam. Stick it on your list and wait for a sale, if the $30 price point bothers you. But I think it’ll probably look a little nicer and run a little smoother.
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I haven’t really run into that on my 5800X3D w/32GB RAM, though I imagine pretty much any x86 system made after 2000 or so should handle it fine.