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Gaming was like breathing. It was the biggest part of my life as a teenager, one of my priorities as a college student, and eventually one of my most expensive “hobbies” as a young professional.
Then all of a sudden, after thousands of hours spent playing across genres and platforms, boredom hit me hard for the very first time in my early thirties. Some of my favorite games soon gave me the impression of being terribly long. I couldn’t help but notice all the repeating tropes and similarities in game design between franchises.
I figured it was just a matter of time before I found the right game to stimulate my interest again, but time continued to go by and nothing changed.
Is it that games have failed to innovate, or that real life is ultimately more engaging?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by pipedwho on Tuesday January 08 2019, @03:33AM (1 child)
Excellent list.
Here are some of the games that captured me over the years amongst many that I played a bit and were bored before I got anywhere near to completing them:
On my C-64 back in the day:
Old school arcade style that have an actual ending: Impossible Mission, Fort Apocalypse, Lode Runner, Jump Man, and many others I've long forgotten
Old school RPG: Ultima IV, loved the music and play in that game, it was the first of those games I played.
Text: Zork, and heaps of others that I remember the plot line but not the names of. Zork wasn't even my favourite, but it's the only one I remember the name of
On my PC:
Old school with graphic adventure: King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Zork Grand Inquisitor
FPS: Wolfenstein, Doom, Duke Nukem, played others, but they were more of the same and I got bored before I finished them. I might have finished Half Life
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Modern: ----> Portal <---- this one is awesome, a 'FPS' without shooting, look it up if you haven't heard of it. (Portal 2 lost the magic of the first one)
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IPAD/phone:
Oceanhorn (love this game - very much like a really well done version of Legend of Zelda (which I never played as I never had Nintendo)
Robot Wants Kitty - platform shooter/jumper (I know it sounds lame, but some of the levels made by players are awesomely clever - most are crap though)
A Dark Room - text adventure with some clever game dynamics
Swordigo - another platform game with puzzles and an ending.
You might notice the complete absence of online games. I never liked the idea of being tied to the computer in world that I could 'pause' for a break. And I much prefer adventure/quest type games in this genre. I love actual real life role playing (D&D, etc), but that is harder to get going as you need to plan ahead and coordinate a decent block of time with other players.
My best gaming memories have been this non computer based RPGs (AD&D, Gamma World, Traveler, and MANY non-rules based DIY adventures).
And if you missed Portal above, go look it up on Steam and give it a go. The concept of the portal gun allows a whole new class of game based problem solving that is totally different from any other FPS out there.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday January 08 2019, @04:01PM
Ah, yeah, Portal and Portal 2 are stupendously awesome. Though, possibly the most fun I've had on VR is the Portal Stories mod for Portal 2. It's literally more Portal 2 in VR. Slightly different mechanics, but stupid fun. Really short, but it gives me hope that Valve might possibly do something really fun with VR.
King's Quest was the one series I really played much of in that style. It was quite fun. Text wise, there was Humbug, Hugo's House of Horrors, and Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (If I remember correctly, though I think I played a shareware version.).
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