The problem is the kind of stuff the industry tries to take shortcuts on.
I decided to apply some filters in my choices and quality of entertainment went up by a lot:
- No Open World
- No Multiplayer-focused
- Has to be a valuable experience on Easy
- (Of course) no prepaid and no Early Access
- No VR-compatible
Other than that, I am a patient gamer, I play all kinds of genres, just a bit less on the RPG and strategy side, and I like to support Indie developers by paying their games full price and kickstarting them.
I am ok with playing short games if the experience and polish is there and I never do completions. I also buy very few DLCs and only if they add single player campaigns.
Do this and I am quite sure you will fall in love with gaming again.
Heavybell@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Allow me to slide a plug for Frostpunk and Outer Wilds (and its excellent almost-a-sequel DLC Echoes of the Eye) in here, just in case you haven’t touched them. Oh, and Subnautica too. And Disco Elysium…
themusicman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Factorio