Totally. Being depressed makes you lose your "passion" for everything, even what you like the most. Gaming is the last to be hit from my experience, because it's usually a pretty easy activity with not much involvement and minimum frustration or disappointment. But eventually, even gaming becomes tiring...
they worry about their backlog because they treat it like an assignment and entitled to play it all. I worry about my backlog because more than half of my libraries are from impulse buying and i have no idea what to do or how to stop. (And im not going to) we are not the same.
the real trick is to get rid of the consept of "the backlog" once i stopped careing about it and just go with the flow and see somethig going "oh i wanted to play that" then i just doo it,, itis great
I don't exactly love how unempathetic and dismissive some of this video is, but really, I'm super glad YT surfaced this in my feed (although I guess that means google knows me better than I know myself). The defense I'll give of the DTG example with the spreadsheets and stuff is that there is a feeling that's more than fun, basically of accomplishment, when you finish a game that you wanted to, for lack of a better phrase, check off your list. I just got absorbed in Citizen Sleeper for a week and loved that game, but it also felt really good to roll credits on it. Now, that's specific to me because I like trying out lots and lots of games but very rarely see them through, so it feels very rewarding and honestly relieving to see the credits on a game - I think Razbuten has a video about when games end that talks a lot about when you feel like you've gotten what you wanted out of a game. That feeling of accomplishment is its own valuable feeling that I think is worth pursuing - if you're thinking "why play a game to finish it, shouldn't just playing the game be fun?" then think about Dark Souls/FromSoft games. Those games aren't necessarily "fun" while you're playing them early on and banging your head against a wall against a new enemy, but it's *so rewarding* to finally beat a boss you've been struggling against. You feel like you accomplished something, even if you weren't happy in the lead up to it and were in fact frustrated or angry. I think finishing a game, (a game you actually enjoy, at least, but still want to have under a Completed column) is a very rewarding experience and a thing worth chasing. However, the trouble is when you think you need to get that out of every game in your library or that other people recommend. I struggle with this a lot, but I'm trying to internalize that it's also *totally okay* to try a game out for an hour or two, decide that it is in fact a fun game and is a good game, and that it's also okay to not play the whole thing. If you eat a meal and it tastes good but you're full before it's done, it is okay to not finish that meal. That is, at least for me, but I think it relates to a lot of the people Deadprez is talking about, the bigger internal struggle. And in DTG's defense, he started some games and at least knew when to drop them - pointing out he didn't finish every game on his list doesn't really invalidate his project. Anyways, it's at least a nice little wake up call, even if it's not a super insightful take to be like, "get off reddit and pick up a controller." I would just avoid being all "these people" like the people who are most likely to watch your video are all losers or something. Could be a deeper conversation to have here.
Something that has helped me a great deal is making a list of all the games I want to play and categorizing it based on platforms, that way I know which games I actually want to play and which once I think I could play, there is a big difference between games you believe you would enjoy playing from start to end, games that has features which you enjoy vs a game you bought because you thought you would like it, it's alright to purchase a video game and realize a few hours later that it isn't for you, but it's equally important to properly play games which your enjoy or else all of it would have been a waste of money. There is also the question of how you wish to 'complete' the game, you could finish the story mode and call it a day but many games do not have a consistent start and end or has many more hours of content beyond the story's end, there is also expansions and achievements to consider, how far do you want to delve into each game in order to check it off the list and claim to have completed it, so as you make a list remember to add in which ways you wish to complete each game. Playing games should also be fun of course and as the video already states, it's important to play games in combination with other activities, if all you do is play games hours per day you won't get through a check-list of games regardless of how fun the games are, burnout is real but is often self-inflicted when it's about video games, so stay healthy both in mind and body and you will quickly find that you’re getting through your games at a faster pace and with a happier mindset.
there is no pressure whatsoever and it is all in your power, how can you look in the face of death and pain if you cant look in the face of recreational stuff like games. Cannot imagine business more trivial than this, also no need to feel bad for 'wasted' money or time. It is all your strategic decisions and your willing donation to the beloved gaming industry. I play competitive 1v1's and i get burnt out sometimes so i just take a couple of months breaks and then come back to it with new energy and new passion. Gaming must meet your emotional state at the time
I own 548 games on steam and have only played like 35% of them... I' used to bulk buy games just because they were on sales. I have a year now where I buy games the moment I want to hit the "start" button no matter if it's on sale or not. Completing backlogs is impossible, you need to prioritize. I'm already in a good spot in life economically, own my own place and savings. I like watching anime, manga, light novels, VN's, JRPG's, SRPG's... but it's not possible to play it all. Just got to deal with it. Ying yang, find a balance in life.
IMO the real solution = only buy games you know you'll play soon-ish. I only have 151 games on Steam and any through a random giveaway bundle I know for sure I wont play and all others Ive at least played a little. You just need to cope on which games you dont consider mid to high priority and put in the back of your mind, or more or less fully drop things you dont care about. And like you said. Just play games you feel like dont stress. That said... I am a weirdo who creates fun backlog queues based on my mood + original release date.
I have a bunch of games on my backlog but I'm never worried about it I sometimes wonder for a long time like what do I want to play because I have so many but I've never been anxious about needing to make a plan or finish all my games by a certain time. At this point I don't get enough new games to worry about never being able to finish everything, so I'll just, get it done, I'm all good.
The only reason i have a backlog sheet is because of my awful memory😅, usually i play games for around a couple months then take a break for several months and by the time i want to play a game again, i kinda forget which games i even own/wanted to buy. Its similar to someone making an account for letterboxd for movies but just a different media, making a backlog sheet to stress yourself out about which game i need to play is definitely a NO
Damn, I never realized but I basically have the same problem, but with beautiful women, there's just so many falling over themselves to get my attention that I hide in my bed all day crying because of the overwhelming anxiety of it all.
Having seen the Daryl Talks Games video in question, I think it's funny that you quit the video for a reason where you ultimately agree with the conclusion the video. This isn't to say that you should have finished the video, as it would just be "preaching to the choir," but it's still funny to me.
The concept is so foreign to me. I don't play rpgs I play shooters and some other competitive games that are quite hard. They are fun but also exhausting and you can't play them when you lose focus. When frustration hits I "touch grass".
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"If it's not fun, why bother?"
The full quote is "The game is fun. The game is a battle. If it's not fun, why bother? If it's not a battle, where's the fun?"
They are mostly just depressed without having realized it. It's not something to be made fun of, since it's indicative of a larger problem.
real (W)
Totally.
Being depressed makes you lose your "passion" for everything, even what you like the most.
Gaming is the last to be hit from my experience, because it's usually a pretty easy activity with not much involvement and minimum frustration or disappointment.
But eventually, even gaming becomes tiring...
they worry about their backlog because they treat it like an assignment and entitled to play it all.
I worry about my backlog because more than half of my libraries are from impulse buying and i have no idea what to do or how to stop. (And im not going to)
we are not the same.
the real trick is to get rid of the consept of "the backlog" once i stopped careing about it and just go with the flow and see somethig going "oh i wanted to play that" then i just doo it,, itis great
I don't exactly love how unempathetic and dismissive some of this video is, but really, I'm super glad YT surfaced this in my feed (although I guess that means google knows me better than I know myself). The defense I'll give of the DTG example with the spreadsheets and stuff is that there is a feeling that's more than fun, basically of accomplishment, when you finish a game that you wanted to, for lack of a better phrase, check off your list. I just got absorbed in Citizen Sleeper for a week and loved that game, but it also felt really good to roll credits on it. Now, that's specific to me because I like trying out lots and lots of games but very rarely see them through, so it feels very rewarding and honestly relieving to see the credits on a game - I think Razbuten has a video about when games end that talks a lot about when you feel like you've gotten what you wanted out of a game. That feeling of accomplishment is its own valuable feeling that I think is worth pursuing - if you're thinking "why play a game to finish it, shouldn't just playing the game be fun?" then think about Dark Souls/FromSoft games. Those games aren't necessarily "fun" while you're playing them early on and banging your head against a wall against a new enemy, but it's *so rewarding* to finally beat a boss you've been struggling against. You feel like you accomplished something, even if you weren't happy in the lead up to it and were in fact frustrated or angry. I think finishing a game, (a game you actually enjoy, at least, but still want to have under a Completed column) is a very rewarding experience and a thing worth chasing.
However, the trouble is when you think you need to get that out of every game in your library or that other people recommend. I struggle with this a lot, but I'm trying to internalize that it's also *totally okay* to try a game out for an hour or two, decide that it is in fact a fun game and is a good game, and that it's also okay to not play the whole thing. If you eat a meal and it tastes good but you're full before it's done, it is okay to not finish that meal. That is, at least for me, but I think it relates to a lot of the people Deadprez is talking about, the bigger internal struggle. And in DTG's defense, he started some games and at least knew when to drop them - pointing out he didn't finish every game on his list doesn't really invalidate his project.
Anyways, it's at least a nice little wake up call, even if it's not a super insightful take to be like, "get off reddit and pick up a controller." I would just avoid being all "these people" like the people who are most likely to watch your video are all losers or something. Could be a deeper conversation to have here.
This is the worst part of disposable income. Having adult money, and child’s passions is a nasty endeavor.
Something that has helped me a great deal is making a list of all the games I want to play and categorizing it based on platforms, that way I know which games I actually want to play and which once I think I could play, there is a big difference between games you believe you would enjoy playing from start to end, games that has features which you enjoy vs a game you bought because you thought you would like it, it's alright to purchase a video game and realize a few hours later that it isn't for you, but it's equally important to properly play games which your enjoy or else all of it would have been a waste of money.
There is also the question of how you wish to 'complete' the game, you could finish the story mode and call it a day but many games do not have a consistent start and end or has many more hours of content beyond the story's end, there is also expansions and achievements to consider, how far do you want to delve into each game in order to check it off the list and claim to have completed it, so as you make a list remember to add in which ways you wish to complete each game.
Playing games should also be fun of course and as the video already states, it's important to play games in combination with other activities, if all you do is play games hours per day you won't get through a check-list of games regardless of how fun the games are, burnout is real but is often self-inflicted when it's about video games, so stay healthy both in mind and body and you will quickly find that you’re getting through your games at a faster pace and with a happier mindset.
there is no pressure whatsoever and it is all in your power, how can you look in the face of death and pain if you cant look in the face of recreational stuff like games. Cannot imagine business more trivial than this, also no need to feel bad for 'wasted' money or time. It is all your strategic decisions and your willing donation to the beloved gaming industry. I play competitive 1v1's and i get burnt out sometimes so i just take a couple of months breaks and then come back to it with new energy and new passion. Gaming must meet your emotional state at the time
I own 548 games on steam and have only played like 35% of them... I' used to bulk buy games just because they were on sales. I have a year now where I buy games the moment I want to hit the "start" button no matter if it's on sale or not.
Completing backlogs is impossible, you need to prioritize. I'm already in a good spot in life economically, own my own place and savings. I like watching anime, manga, light novels, VN's, JRPG's, SRPG's... but it's not possible to play it all. Just got to deal with it. Ying yang, find a balance in life.
IMO the real solution = only buy games you know you'll play soon-ish. I only have 151 games on Steam and any through a random giveaway bundle I know for sure I wont play and all others Ive at least played a little.
You just need to cope on which games you dont consider mid to high priority and put in the back of your mind, or more or less fully drop things you dont care about.
And like you said. Just play games you feel like dont stress.
That said... I am a weirdo who creates fun backlog queues based on my mood + original release date.
I have a bunch of games on my backlog but I'm never worried about it
I sometimes wonder for a long time like what do I want to play because I have so many but I've never been anxious about needing to make a plan or finish all my games by a certain time. At this point I don't get enough new games to worry about never being able to finish everything, so I'll just, get it done, I'm all good.
U are right mate after studying or doing work relaxing and gaming feels more fun too
The only reason i have a backlog sheet is because of my awful memory😅, usually i play games for around a couple months then take a break for several months and by the time i want to play a game again, i kinda forget which games i even own/wanted to buy. Its similar to someone making an account for letterboxd for movies but just a different media, making a backlog sheet to stress yourself out about which game i need to play is definitely a NO
W vid, deserves much more attention, this shit should be in the millions
cool video, it got me thinkin
Damn, I never realized but I basically have the same problem, but with beautiful women, there's just so many falling over themselves to get my attention that I hide in my bed all day crying because of the overwhelming anxiety of it all.
Finish that video Daryl made, you'll be surprised.
Having seen the Daryl Talks Games video in question, I think it's funny that you quit the video for a reason where you ultimately agree with the conclusion the video. This isn't to say that you should have finished the video, as it would just be "preaching to the choir," but it's still funny to me.
I'm sorry, but what does young Matt Murdock here knows about gaming?
I'm not trying to be insensitive toward the differently abled, just asking...
The concept is so foreign to me. I don't play rpgs I play shooters and some other competitive games that are quite hard. They are fun but also exhausting and you can't play them when you lose focus. When frustration hits I "touch grass".
I have tens of thousands of hours on like 5 games and idc. Most games aren't even worth playing.
Your missing out.
It's nice hearing someone talking about this subject and not moping about it