I'm so honored to have been mentioned in the video!! Great work man, this was a fantastic watch. Loved the portion about community. I can only imagine how many friendships have been born from gaming, some of mine included. I've met a number of people in real life through gaming, I even dated one of them for a couple of years! It's crazy how much chance meeting like that can impact your entire life...
Honestly I have a bad problem with wanting to just play or read or watch everything that relates to something else and I end up stressing myself out over it. I got so tired of it and I ended up here and its refreshing to see a lot of people and there experience with entertainment. Honestly, we shouldn't stress out over something that is supposed to be fun and enjoyable.
I have this problem too. When ff7 remake was first coming out i decided to play the original and now i've played all but a couple of the main ff games, i've gone through and played all the resident evils, silent hills, metal gear solids, im currently going through gears of war, and splinter cell and there's a ton more i want to play and i kinda hate it because i want to finish these games so i can go back to replaying my favorite games without feeling like i wasted money on the other games 😂
@@jamesbarnett5157at least you can finish your games. Currently I plan on playing all the 3d Zelda games starting with ocarina of time and I’m about 1/3 through it and I almost pulled the trigger on buying another game to of course eventually drop and cycle repeats. Luckily I did the do it and I’m a bit more motivated to finish ocarina. I will finish a game for once in a long time!
Playing on easier diff isnt even that faster in many games tbh, normal or above normal but not the hardest diff is optimal to fun/challenge/time imo, but no hate to you
I’ve been playing since 1989 when I 3 years old. And the biggest advice I could share is: Avoid the addiction of online only games (games as a service). Wasted 19 years playing dota/dota2/HoN/ Hots. So many great games I had to catch on now… the only true upside was meeting a friend from another city, which now we meet at least once a year. Still, not worth the dedication of almost 2 decades to so few games.
I think they can still be fun in moderation, just as long as you do just that: moderate. MMOs are obviously designed to keep you playing, though some say FF14 is the exception. The developers WANT you to take breaks from it and come back, which is. Nice sentiment.
@@Kranitokoproblem with moderation is these games are designed to create addictive patterns. So it's like trying to do a hard-core highly addictive drug.... In moderation lol. These companies are predatory. Many of them lol.
Recently quit Counterstrike for good. Best decision I made with video games. Now I’m coming back to more single player games. Currently enjoying Kingdom Come Deliverance. And I plan on getting Ghost of Tsushima when it comes out on PC.
@@InfinityReptar My new love in video game are FS souls like, perfect for single player, and amazing for pve and co-op, the balance of single and multiplayer to me.
Eh, the last time I still played video games regularly, there were so many games I wanted to play, but couldn't afford. Because of that, I'd much rather have the abundance of an endless stack of games that never runs out. Even thought it's giving me choice paralysis.
My husband and I are both gamers and have an online friend from Russia who we became such good friends with we even streamed our wedding to him and it felt like he was there. We play D&D sessions over webcam etc too. Definitely can say these kinds of friendships are very real and do matter.
Depends on your definition of friends. How many of them would give you their sofa if you lost your home? How many would lend you a thousand quid to pay your rent? How many would help you in a fight? The answers to those questions could see your perceived number of friends drop significantly. Most people don't even have two or three real friends. People who play games online as their only connection, are not real friends. They are gaming associates.
@@Mal_Freeman0451 I totally agree with this take, however I noticed that for example americans tend to call a lot of people their friends, while for example in my country, we usually reserve it for truly close relationships with whom we'd whether the apocalypse. This is a cultural and individual thing, where someone perceives gaming buddies as friends, who they might've never even met in real life.
@@Mal_Freeman0451 never said my online friends were gaming friends! And yes we’ve visited each others houses, helped out when people needed it. We’re a community, and we’ve been through loss, plus celebrated the good things over the twenty years since I joined. I “talk” to them every day. I’ve been made welcome in foreign countries by online people arranging to meet up for a coffee when I was visiting. Online friends can run the spectrum from associate to close friend just as real life people do.
same for me! It takes TOOOO much practice to become good and to become great you have to put in more time than the rest (that is not worth my time) Plus I am not going to spend that much money for Sony to allow me to play online with PS plus and like you i am now happier No insults or getting trolled or disrespected by strangers online
I’m currently injured from my sport which has left me a lot of free time and I find myself just staring at a library screen for hours organising folders just to re organise them 10 minutes later whereas when I didn’t have so much time I would just hop on a game without other thinking and just straight up enjoy it.
It's true when you grow up and you get a job, your time get's shorter, more responsibilities come, that may lead to you stop gaming at all. In my experience, and the thing I'm currently facing is that I want to play a lot of games, games that are very good, but the problem is - I don't have time - our even if have time, I just can't stay 5 hours playing a game. Mainly because the only time I have is in the end of the day, at night. The thing is, I'm tired of work and I can't stay until very late in the night, because I like to wake up very early to go to the gym, and then work. So, I'm now playing Skyrim for the first time ever, and it's been amazing, the game is indeed solid and until now, one of the best games I ever played. But, again I can't play it for long hours, so you can imagine how much time will take me, just to beat the game completely. Plus, I already have other games that I want to play, but I hate to play different games at the same time, so I have to wait and finish what I started. Also, I do not want to play games like "Elden Ring", because of the reason you said in the video, I just can't get frustrated after a day of work. It would make me feel more tired and probably angry for dying too many times. At the end of the day, time may be the issue of all things.
I just can't express how much I can relate to your comment. I totally got what you say and if I can share what works for me is .... just play without never letting you feel bad about it, because life changes and the big difference since I was a child is that back then I could play hours and get frustrated and challenged, but now days I just want to chill and enjoy some feeling of being powerful or any other good sensation while playing games. Anyways, keep playing games, but mostly just whenever you can.
yeah i tend to turn on my xbox cant decide what to play and end up jus sitting in my chair for hours watchin youtube and not play anything with my xbox just on then it says its gonna turn off in 5 mins and i move the joystick real quick to still play nothing 😂
I've been a bit of a hermit gamer lately. I haven't had any online friends in a few years now and it's been getting pretty lonely. Cheers for another eye opening video mate 😁
i'm currently enrolled in college, have a job, and have a girlfriend. and while i'm grateful for all this i'm lucky if i get an hour or two maybe twice a week to play games, and it's even worse that i'm a completionist that has to go for the platinum on every game i play which makes this video so much more relatable
While most of the internet is filled with things that incite to anger and negativity nowadays, I feel like there's a trend that started, and that this video follows - which is positivity and acceptance. Saying "it's ok" in situations in which you don't have any control is the correct and healthy thing to do. It was never as easy as it is today for people to connect, and closed doors somewhere can open different ones elsewhere. Great content, and very healthy thinking, dude! There's a Romanian saying "We have only one life and only one hole in our ass". It is a vulgar way of saying "enjoy the moment, you'll die anyway".
This is why some games, I watch no-commentary gameplay of the whole game. The videos skip failed attempts and you get a solid walkthrough of the whole game.
I have the same problem, I end up just buying games I've always wanted to play. Only just to keep them in my library for "just in case" times I wanted to play but never play them. I think it's just exciting for me to grow my catalog for when I get older I can enjoy it like it was the first time playing.
i find a balance between playing the games i want to really really play and watching play throughs of games im slightly interested in but dont want to get
I want to share my story with gaming. I was a gamer since a childhood. 90% of my gaming were either co-op or playing online competitive games. After that I've felt that there's a ton of awesome and deep games, and this playstyle leaves me focused only on several ones. I've decided to list and play all the games that intrigued me, the games that had a crittical acclaim. Mostly my focus switched to single player experience, because you can finish the games, or drop it without arguing with teammates. Now I have over 350 games finished and more than a thousand waiting for their time. I've made a table in notion, review and score games for myself. I've enjoyed this life style. At one hand it made me appreciate different genres, it gave me feel of Meta Progress - I'm not just playing around but collect and complete important games. On other hand it is kinda fake, and sometimes it takes silliness and fun from the process, sometimes gives me feeling of needing to complete the list. Sometimes I feel that the table of games is more fun for me than gaming itself. I'm trying to have balance here. From my experience it is better to drop games that doesn't awe you, that aren't impressive. It is far better to replay the games that feels right, than try to complete underwhelming ones. My reviews help me remember games I've played, so it was a positive experience. P.S. Guys you can write me and we can complete some games together! Europe\Asia is a preferred region.
I love this video because it resonates with a lot of what I've been contemplating lately. Very long story short, I used to play a lot of competitive multiplayer games in my 20s and was OBSESSED with getting the top rank and I was able to in the games I hyperfocused on. But now I'm in my thirties and just don't have as much patience to git gud at many games anymore. It really has become a question of whether it was worth the trouble anymore and for a lot of games it's like yeah...I'm glad it exists and people enjoy it, but I just can't sink the kind of time into them like I used to. And that I should only stick to games that don't have too much of a punishing learning curve and actually pique my interest more profoundly.
The part about communities is beautiful. I'm so thankful that I had friends and a brother that shared gaming as a hobby growing up. To me, gaming has always been a social hobby. Even single player games count since I discuss them with friends, recommend them and so on. On the one hand I realize I am lucky. On the other, it also takes a bit of active initiative to look for like minded people. I was always among the most hardcore player among my friend groups and most of them took it more casually or simply outgrew the hobby over time. Still talk to them to this day because we find other commons grounds. However, I've also had friends completely ghost me after 2 something decades worth of friendship and I still didn't drop hobbies for the sake of meeting new people; instead I found new friends even if it was lonely at times. I like to think the "online friends don't count" thing is not literal but a call that you do need in person interactions and that you need a social circle irl as well. You can have meaningful online friendships (I mean, I've attended weddings of people I first met online) and that isn't mutually exclusive with socializing irl in the means you have available at least. Although if I had lived in a remote area I would probably be saying otherwise. I am projecting from my own life experiences after all. Great essay.
I'm hooked from "you can't play everything" that just randomly popped today on my main YT. Gotta say man, real quality material you puttin out lately, keep it up, u got my sub brov ;)
Being a gamer is tough, especially since I’m already a dad. It’s very hard to play a game when you have a family with kids. I always find myself unable to finish a game, and there are times when I’ve just opened the computer, only to have my wife or kid need me to do something much more important. I get frustrated at times, but at the end of the day, it’s just a game. I always think that the only people who can really play most games and spend thousands of hours on them are those who play games for a living, like streamers or RUclips content creators. Not everyone can become a RUclipsr or Twitch streamer. And when there is a chance to play a game I’ve been wanting to play, I sometimes realize that the game just isn’t for me. If the game is too time-consuming, I end up not playing it. There are also games that aren’t worth playing, and I’d rather watch gameplay from others on RUclips. I’m not sad that I can’t play whenever I want to most of the time; I’ve just accepted that I cannot play everything.
i was fascinated by Initial D its the First Game where i get out of my comfort zone, Where i have to learn how to drive and drift in sim Games Like asseto Corsa and its satisfying after a few months
For some reason this video is much more calming. I feel like You've wanted to show bright side of your previous video. It's not like it will magically fix anything for those who shared sad stories, but it's good to let know some people that even if they're alone in that particular moment it doesn't mean they will be forever that way and it's alright to have a different hobby like video games, which can teach You a lot. This video probably can sooth FOMO.
Yup! Community is where it's all at and what gaming is all about.If there is anything anyone should learn from this video is to go out there, find and join a gaming community. Community has made a big difference in my life, and it is where I spend most of my time gaming now adays.
I learned from someone at work that you shouldn't be afraid to ask if someone, maybe at work or school etc, plays video games. The people you think don't, probably do.
Finally someone noticed 😭 In the edit as well, I didn't realise until after that when I said "this was a lie", the English lyrics in the song is "was a lie" 😂
Im in high school now and i just realized i have more time now than i will have in the next 50 years so im trying to overcome my addiction to league of legends and trying to play other games as i did earlier, i stumbled upon 2000s games and i really liked the aesthetics of them im currently playing nfs most wanted 2005 and im loving it, the one problem i see is lack of games i can play with my friends that arent just set for grinding and spending long hours doing repetitive things i can see it clearly that now when i sit on discord with my friends we dont really have a plan on what to play so we all just sit together and play singleplayer games even if a game is released it quickly loses player base or gets sinked in micropayments and other curses of modern gaming, i just wish i could experience what was it like 10 years ago or so.
That's big of you for trying to overcome the multiplayer gaming addiction early in life, good job homie. I'm almost 22 and wrapping up a college degree, and ive wasted thousands of hours being unhappy on apex and fortnite. Try to find single player games that compliment your life. For example, i got heavily into bloodborne for awhile cuz the challenging combat forced me to strategize and actively improve rather than just mindlessly plugging hours into random open world fetch quests. As far as good games to play with ur friends, ive found PvE to be much healthier than PvP. Look for old cod games to go on sale and buy those together. Cod Ghosts recently went on sale for playstation w full dlc included, and it's got a great alien horde mode that's fun to strategize with friends on. Lego Fortnite is also a great free one to play with friends, they have a cool star wars event
@@jckfrost36 Thanks for your reply and i have to say that i was a Fortnite player too but happily back in the day when i was really enjoying it with my friends as we were 12-13 at the time when fortnite had something that it is lacking now i guess it lost its personality and tried to become something it was never meant to be. Apex took about 200hours of my life just trying to sweat and learn some stupid mechanics that would just frustrate me more. As of now im enjoying Assasin's Creed franchise because i never really played the older games of the series and its amazing. In my short experience of gaming i have played so many different games and some of them i completed multiple times like GTA 5, RDR2 or Uncharted. Some of the games built my personality and taught me a lot about life thats why i will continue to play as long as i can because in my opinion playing a game is a life changing experience that everyone creates by himself which makes it so special. But there was also a time that i would sink into Valorant or LoL and just waste my energy on these games mindlessly looking for entertainment in something that drains me. Only pvp game that i dont regret playing for a 1000hours as of now is Rust. It created some of my best memories with my friends despite of it being one of the hardest and ungrateful games out there I will try out the CoD Ghosts as you say i tried CoD games in the past i played the original modern warfare 1,2,3 which were amazing and i was planning on playing black ops games. I spent 20 minutes writing this comment and i am not a very good english language user so i am sorry for any mistakes.
Another fantastic video! I don't have much to say here (except all the things regarding difficulty settings, but a diatribe of such girth would surely crash RUclips's servers). I play with friends almost nightly. Most I know IRL, but some I've never met and have known for years and years. Thanks for reminding me how fortunate I am to have the people, games and (somehow) time to enjoy this so frequently.
I had a period of time where I bought lots of games because they were on sale and I figured I'd be interested in trying them, now I realize that I don't have the time to finish even half of them. Plus, when I've enjoyed a game, sometimes I wanna play NG+ which takes more time from the backlog. So now I really have to embrace the sunk cost idea and be discretionary on what I devote my time to and what I buy in the future
When I think about my gaming backlog I feel like quitting. Concentrate my time on something a little more worthwhile. After all, virginities don’t lose themselves now do they.
MY humble sugestion for the next video. HOW to maximize your time playing video games, HOW to select what you should/want/can play, how to organize yourself and how to avoid FOMO from new releases. the companys will hate you
I’ve met my current girlfriend through discord and we connected over pokemon games, and what I severely lacked in irl friends in my childhood, online friends made up for so I could keep going, so I wouldn’t drown in my own loneliness at some point. So yeah, online friends are definitely as valuable as the ‘real deal’. Wouldn’t be here without them.
A very thoughtful video. I'm lucky enough that through work i found some close friends into gaming :) i also want to point out when if you are a total gamer maybe the love of your life isn't. That's okay. She sometimes plays with me and i know it's because she loves me not because she loves video games. I just wish i was better at supporting her hobbies too. But life often is also a game where it is all about managing your limited time (especially with jobs and kids) and interests, and even your needs
Having my first serious girlfriend at the age of 32 I find myself at a weird crossroads. On the one hand I enjoyed 5-6 hour gaming sessions, getting lost in different worlds, being someone else, but it was only because my own life was admittedly mundane. Now I have someone to care about and do things with, yet I still yearn for those long play sessions. (she's not a gamer either, can't win 'em all)
During the Pandemic i loaded up on a ridiculous amount of games. I couldnt resist the epic store discounts lol. Im finally being proactive about playing them. Wish me luck 🤞
Honestly I wish companies showed interest in preserving older games they made back then, since that will allow us to preserve aspect of gaming history well also allowing the next generation to play them if they’re ever curious or if you don’t have the console to play them.🐱
Ive also made friends purely through online gaming but they never ended peacefully, I think if you make an online friend and have a fear that if you stop playing that game, they will leave you. Don't Worry, people playing physical sports have that fear too. They have a fear if they stop playing basketball that their friends wont talk to them anymore. If you have this worry just knows its okay to lose a few gaming friends, if even one of them sticks by you then at the end of the day you made a real connection playing a game you both liked, and I think that's something to be treasured
Daunting is having installed The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the sky 1 and knowning that there are 11 games after it, all conected between them and all at least 60 hours to beat each.
My problem with Yakuza is they’re just too damn long. Yakuza 0 was perfect because it was a prequel, was the best in the franchise and it just felt like this awesome crime syndicate soap opera - and it was incredible. I rushed through Kiwami 1 and 2, got burned out on LaD and didn’t play any more games because I was so overwhelmed by how many of them they were, and they were full fledged RPGs too. But Yakuza 0 - I could honestly go back and replay that due to how self contained it feels. SO good.
While I enjoyed WoW last year (because I'm a sweaty little grind junkie) in terms of 'get good or get out' it's definitely worse than you remember. I got the impression from classic players that it carried over to classic too. Thanks for the video
Found myself relating a lot to this video. Especially the parts about needing to start a series from the beginning and trying to find communities for specific types of games. I’ve never met anyone who played, let alone even knew much about games like the trails series or rune factory but those are some of my favorites. Online communities are cool but there’s something about a face to face interaction. Also glad to see the clock again. We are close in age so seeing a rough timeline of how much life is left messed with me for a day lol.
I think trilogies is a fine place to stop for most games, or else I couldn’t do anything then play the same games over & over again. Cause I like to have the back story of past games in the series and with game development being longer and longer in some cases there is a lot of games to replay.
I think I've just naturally started filtering out games that aren't worth the time. Over the years I've stopped playing MMOs, JRPGs, and long-term strategy and building games. There are too many games that are such time sinks with very little payoff. Another aspect of that is when the games I want to play have such a high skill ceiling, that it takes me weeks of retraining my muscle memory of the game in order to catch up to where I left off. That's when the dread sets in of, "Oh, if I'm going to play this game, I have to really play it and give it my all." And most of the time, I just don't have the energy for that anymore.
Saw this video on my recommended, glad I watched it! Great job! For me personally, I like to try and explore and get the most out of a game, and at my own pace. When it comes to the GAAS games, when I briefly played some of them I felt overwhelmed and stressed, I want to keep up with it all and it's just not possible. I'm the kind of person that hates seeing unread emails for instance lol. When something is time-limited like an event, I'm not gonna do anything like that unless a group of friends want to give it a go and I have the time.
I don't really write comments under videos but for this one I feel like I have to. Man, honestly with those 2 videos you have touched my heart, you have given me, if you'll excuse me "us", a different prespective of video games. My friend had gotten me for my birthday elden ring but I never really found the mood to play it. But you made me realise maybe that's just not for me. Anyway, keep it up your videos are great with sensible humor and cover a different point of view that many of us have never really thought of. Thank you for providing us with such content and I hope you will live up to be 100 years old my guy! And also you have earned yourself another subscriber.
struggled with this problem for soooo long especially as a completionist had to really sit down & decide which games mean the most to me - soulsborne baby
My main 3 rules to maximize the amount of games I complete are: 1- Don't worry about trophies or achievements 2- Avoid playing online games or games as a service 3- Stop playing a game if I don't like it and move on These 3 rules have helped beat a *ton* of games, and since I have a Modded Switch and a PS5 with PS Plus Premium I can't afford to waste time
It’s soooo hard for me to do #1. I used to try and get as many as I could and stress if I couldn’t get more. Now I just naturally get them as I play and then I move on. I don’t dwell on them much anymore but it’s been hard since it was sorta part of the fun
I've met multiple of my online only friends and they definitely are real friends. The argument that just because they come from online doesn't hold any weight at all.
*Partial Solution*: WATCH walkthroughs of games on 2x playback speed. Still can’t watch (or play) every game, but will definitely save time, money, and energy.
my whole life i've never owned a console or a pc, no matter how much money i save everything goes wrong, i just have an old laptop that i can only play minecraft and gta san andreas on it i've been playing these games for my whole life that im hopeless of getting a new pc i dont know the enjoyment of playing other games and acheiving something in those games i dont know the enjoyment and the beauty of the realistic games like rdr or god of war etc.. man it sucks to live like that
I have a problem of wanting to play SEVERAL games just sitting in my steam library, but then I don't play any of them or start them, stop halfway through and then just replay a souls game for the 5th time instead.
Great insight video... (also Elden Ring deserved GOTY as you said it's beginners friendly) Also I wished I had more friends to play different games (open minded to try) and my cousins/friends had interest in other genre games too.
19:27 omg?! i watched Gronkh from where i was 8-9 and im 22 now. I porobaly wathed him everyday til 17. Seeing him in an english video is insane to me. Hes such a wholehearted persoon with a massive wholesome community
My strategy is, I buy cheap games at 90% sales on steam. On seasonal sales. I mostly buy open world games/ multiplayer games/ survival games. 💀 Instead of buying story games i would rather watch gameplays. Like,god of war 2018 and Ragnarok, horizon series. My wish list right now. ............................. Stalker 2 (I'm a huge fan of the series) Black myth wukong Light no fire Witcher 4 Gta 6 Pioner Blight survival. It's like 2 to 3 years worth of content. Genshin impact in consideration would give me around 2 more years. 💀 And i have around 50 game that I've bought on sale is still in my steam inventory/library. And I've claimed so much epic free games. (Haven't played any of those.) 😅 I do not really have time to play all that. ......... Next video suggestions:- Ur inventory is full of games but has no time to play all that.
idk if anyone will ever see this but ive played fps/online games forever since i was a kid (cod, halo, r6) and ive dumped hours into them and while i actually did make money off the games from being a "semi-pro" it was really exhausting and wasnt very fun a lot of the time. as of now i barely play any online games if any and have switched to mainly story mode type games and have enjoyed most of what i played, ive recently found it hard to actually play the games i want to and even harder to follow through and complete them, recently ive started to "force" myself to play for 30+ minutes everyday to help myself, and i actually have stuck with it most days and while it doesnt sound good to "force" myself, 99% of the time i actually end up enjoying the time ive played and play for like 2 hours jus getting lost in the game and everything, while maybe i should take a break and come back when i want to, its hard for me bc gaming is my biggest hobby and i kinda jus wanna finish the few games i do have left and then take a break for awhile perhaps, i jus have a weird urge to beat the games in my library sm.
I met my best friends online and i went to one of their weddings and was one of the groomsmen along side him. I also met my girlfriend now of 3 years gaming and we live together happy with 2 cats 🙂 I plan on proposing soon when shes done with college
It Takes Two wholly deserved the GOTY award and I really hope you find someone to complete it with some day, it's worth every second, and the time taken to play it. I couldn't agree more with your sentiments around the FromSoftware games, there's something to be said about accessibility in gaming, but the Soulsborne franchise is just for a certain crowd. Though I believe all those that want to experience the games but don't have the skill set, ability, or patience to get through them could get something from being an audience member to someone else playing. Online or otherwise, they on't get the same sense of achievement, but they'll have someone to root for and cheer on. So they'll get that same dopamine hit whenever the player they're watching overcomes their adversities. Also I'm currently playing through DS3 for the first time, Demon's Souls will be next and will... however sadly, be my last FromSoftware game after proving to myself I could manage them with Elden Ring back when it came out. I still can't believe I conquered Sekiro, man... what a game! Also the "It's Okay" video is great, I watched that myself a few weeks ago. I'm always being recommended Videogame Essays... I follow so many essayists. Daryl Talkes Games, Razbuten, Adam Millard, Writing on Games, barelyfanatical, filmotter, mhswoocer, Perfect Game Quest, and most recently... yourself 😁 Everyone has something to say, I find it so fascinating hearing so many thoughts and views, all of which I can resonate with or that change my own point of view for the better. The only downside being, my backlog grows, so... thank you for making me want to play a number of 30-40+ hour games just that bit more with just this one video 😂
I hope so too to your first point ☺️ When you say Demon's Souls is your last, I assume it's because you've now beaten them all? And yes, Sekiro is such a wild challenge; genuinely tempted to go back to that game some day! I follow Daryl but none of the others so I'll have to check them out ☺️ thank you for being a new follower!
@@Kranitoko yes Demon's Souls will be my last to beat, my order has been; Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Sekiro, DS1, DS2, and now I'm nearing the end of DS3. Absolutely incredible games!
I personally would never differ to RUclips to get through a game or even portion of it. Am a passionate gamer myself but I let everyone have their own experiences.
My single greatest advice to enjoy video games is to not play online only games. Online only games have grown stale and after a while you’ll grow tired because you’ll just be stuck in the same loop over and over with no end. Single player games have a set end. Even if you 100% a game, there’s a clear cut end. You ride the high, you reach a conclusion, you can move onto something new that suits your style (or even something new). I play almost exclusively single player games and I’ve never gotten bored of gaming. It’s all about the kind of stuff you play.
I love your video and I feel it. I just wanted to say that, currently in wow the community is HYPER TOXIC about numbers, like... hell. Everyone looks at damage meters and a whole other things... Like yeah, might even be at the same toxicity level as League of Legends, believe me... I've stopped playing wow for that exact reason..
Ah, finally, the sequel, love me some video essays. Can relate to wanting to know all references when it comes to getting into new franchises, sometimes i look up chronological order of games and play them that way instead of playing in release order too(though that can bite in the backside with series like kiseki(trails) and the like). As for people caring about how much dps and healing people do in raids? Yes, it's very much around, it always will be as long as tryhards and people that care about metas are around, MMOS are just like that. 19:16 Eh, i see nothing wrong with playing online games mindlessly, unless it's competitive coop game, anyway, sometimes it's good to just let the brain relax and have dopamine flow.
Its basically me. I want to play much more I can handle. And its not only games. I have same issue with books. I have much more books that I can read, and still buying new one, because they looks promising. Even if my life would be only gaming and reading, probably it wont be enough, but of course its much less time than that we have.
i had a online buddy i talked to like a best real life friend. we parted ways for some time and i reached out again, we continued where we left off. at one point he invited me over for a business opportunity, long story short, i moved 12 years ago and we still going and back then i really had to get out of where i was. very rare, but dismissing online is always fake is certainly not true all the time. got to be careful though as its a lottery
i personally think anyone can beat a fromsoft game. it took me 3 years of trying the various games before the combat clicked with me, and to understand that death is more of a mechanic than a failure. "get good" shouldn't be seen as "you suck at the game, just get better at it" but more as... "you can be better than the challenge you face." obviously the losers who say get good don't mean that, but it's how i changed my perspective and overcame the games. a lot of games take away your agency to make the game as fluid and non-frustrating as possible and that mainly means means you don't die as much. when trying a souls game for the first time, that comfort is taken away from you and you get frustrated. the more you play, the more you change yourself. you become more resilient and you get less stressed when a giant monster is swinging wildly at you. the way to get to that point is simply patience. we are all extremely stubborn and we can persevere, it requires practice. but since this is a video about time, i totally understand how taking the time to do what i just said is unrealistic. it can be done though! i think the easy mode mods are great for those who need a boost to get into the games, it helps build the muscle memory especially. the intended challenge is always there for them when they're ready for it. these two videos are fantastic. really makes you think and reflect.
Fellow mancunian! Couch co-op it takes two def deserved GOTY. Trying to empty out my backlog ended up with me removing over half of it as it was just too many games and honestly it's a great feeling to have all that weight lifted
I haven't been able to do it but the best idea I have is, choose ONE system to play on and play only that. Biggest difference gaming as an adult, I have every system and multiple consoles I can play anything and everything in, it's too OVERWHELMING
I relate to that commitment thing really hard. Couple months ago I sat down to understand the entire final fantasy franchise and all the main and spin off games. I started from the very first game, it was PR version. Didn't use magic the entire game now I'm stuck in the last final boss, and have given up on the entire franchise, even though the later games which are 3d open worlds are something I dig a lot, I just want to understand every small references made in the those games lol
When I was a kid, I was fine playing Sunshine and Wind Waker repeatedly, doing the same things on multiple playthroughs. Now I dread NG+ on games, I haven't even touched Dark Souls once I finished it and don't feel ready to go back.
970 games to discover, 1900 mangas to read, 100 comics to read, and I'm not counting novels, visual novels, anime or films. I'm so screwed. All I have to do now is become a rich developer so I can retire early and discover everything I want to. Being eclectic and curious, but poor, what a curse !
Nowadays I buy games I want even though I know I haven't finished the ones I bought before. I buy them, set them aside, think about them but I always try to finish the game I began first because I know I will never play the games afterward. It's sometimes quite hard but I tend to avoid the hype train now and just say "oh this game WILL be interesting after I finish this one or at least try to".
I'm so honored to have been mentioned in the video!!
Great work man, this was a fantastic watch. Loved the portion about community. I can only imagine how many friendships have been born from gaming, some of mine included. I've met a number of people in real life through gaming, I even dated one of them for a couple of years! It's crazy how much chance meeting like that can impact your entire life...
Where we you mentioned? I don't know who you are.
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I get overwhelmed because I want to play 5 different games I end up playing none of them.
I’m not the only one then
Same, but in my case I end up replaying Sekiro lol.
same here.
You can play almost every single game that you want. You just can't finish most of them.
@@juanramirez7522bloodborne in my case
Me: I just have no free time.
Also Me: *watches an entire video like this every time I go to the toilet at home*
Thank you for watching all the way through 😂☺️
Me at this very moment
And this is why the Switch sold so well
20 minutes in the toilet?!
@@RED_XLRtime on toilet is the best
Honestly I have a bad problem with wanting to just play or read or watch everything that relates to something else and I end up stressing myself out over it. I got so tired of it and I ended up here and its refreshing to see a lot of people and there experience with entertainment. Honestly, we shouldn't stress out over something that is supposed to be fun and enjoyable.
I have this problem too. When ff7 remake was first coming out i decided to play the original and now i've played all but a couple of the main ff games, i've gone through and played all the resident evils, silent hills, metal gear solids, im currently going through gears of war, and splinter cell and there's a ton more i want to play and i kinda hate it because i want to finish these games so i can go back to replaying my favorite games without feeling like i wasted money on the other games 😂
@@jamesbarnett5157at least you can finish your games. Currently I plan on playing all the 3d Zelda games starting with ocarina of time and I’m about 1/3 through it and I almost pulled the trigger on buying another game to of course eventually drop and cycle repeats. Luckily I did the do it and I’m a bit more motivated to finish ocarina. I will finish a game for once in a long time!
Me 2 bud
This is why I play some games on easier difficulties. Just so I can finish them faster and move onto something else on my ever growing backlog.
Same
Playing on easier diff isnt even that faster in many games tbh, normal or above normal but not the hardest diff is optimal to fun/challenge/time imo, but no hate to you
I’ve been playing since 1989 when I 3 years old. And the biggest advice I could share is:
Avoid the addiction of online only games (games as a service). Wasted 19 years playing dota/dota2/HoN/ Hots. So many great games I had to catch on now… the only true upside was meeting a friend from another city, which now we meet at least once a year. Still, not worth the dedication of almost 2 decades to so few games.
I think they can still be fun in moderation, just as long as you do just that: moderate.
MMOs are obviously designed to keep you playing, though some say FF14 is the exception. The developers WANT you to take breaks from it and come back, which is. Nice sentiment.
@@Kranitokoproblem with moderation is these games are designed to create addictive patterns. So it's like trying to do a hard-core highly addictive drug.... In moderation lol. These companies are predatory. Many of them lol.
Recently quit Counterstrike for good. Best decision I made with video games. Now I’m coming back to more single player games. Currently enjoying Kingdom Come Deliverance. And I plan on getting Ghost of Tsushima when it comes out on PC.
@@InfinityReptar My new love in video game are FS souls like, perfect for single player, and amazing for pve and co-op, the balance of single and multiplayer to me.
Eh, the last time I still played video games regularly, there were so many games I wanted to play, but couldn't afford. Because of that, I'd much rather have the abundance of an endless stack of games that never runs out. Even thought it's giving me choice paralysis.
My husband and I are both gamers and have an online friend from Russia who we became such good friends with we even streamed our wedding to him and it felt like he was there. We play D&D sessions over webcam etc too. Definitely can say these kinds of friendships are very real and do matter.
100%!
I’ve been friends with some of my online friends for 20 years. They are friends. Just ones I rarely see face to face.
Depends on your definition of friends. How many of them would give you their sofa if you lost your home? How many would lend you a thousand quid to pay your rent? How many would help you in a fight? The answers to those questions could see your perceived number of friends drop significantly. Most people don't even have two or three real friends. People who play games online as their only connection, are not real friends. They are gaming associates.
@@Mal_Freeman0451 I totally agree with this take, however I noticed that for example americans tend to call a lot of people their friends, while for example in my country, we usually reserve it for truly close relationships with whom we'd whether the apocalypse. This is a cultural and individual thing, where someone perceives gaming buddies as friends, who they might've never even met in real life.
@@Mal_Freeman0451 never said my online friends were gaming friends! And yes we’ve visited each others houses, helped out when people needed it. We’re a community, and we’ve been through loss, plus celebrated the good things over the twenty years since I joined. I “talk” to them every day. I’ve been made welcome in foreign countries by online people arranging to meet up for a coffee when I was visiting. Online friends can run the spectrum from associate to close friend just as real life people do.
Have you ever met them in real life?
@@Daveighna yes, many of them! Some of them more than once. But I didn’t know any of them before meeting online.
Half my free time for games is looking at my library and deciding what I'm in the mood for.
And sometimes not playing anything after staring at the library :(
This videos essays about time and gaming are now one of my favorite RUclips series
same here ;) original and well thought
I stopped playing multiplayer games because I would not finish any single player. I have been much happier and I play so much now.
same for me! It takes TOOOO much practice to become good and to become great you have to put in more time than the rest (that is not worth my time)
Plus I am not going to spend that much money for Sony to allow me to play online with PS plus and like you i am now happier
No insults or getting trolled or disrespected by strangers online
same
@@chrisossa2022just some bosses shitting on our faces now 😂
I’m currently injured from my sport which has left me a lot of free time and I find myself just staring at a library screen for hours organising folders just to re organise them 10 minutes later whereas when I didn’t have so much time I would just hop on a game without other thinking and just straight up enjoy it.
Weirdly relatable. I have so much time and never enjoy it
It's true when you grow up and you get a job, your time get's shorter, more responsibilities come, that may lead to you stop gaming at all. In my experience, and the thing I'm currently facing is that I want to play a lot of games, games that are very good, but the problem is - I don't have time - our even if have time, I just can't stay 5 hours playing a game. Mainly because the only time I have is in the end of the day, at night. The thing is, I'm tired of work and I can't stay until very late in the night, because I like to wake up very early to go to the gym, and then work. So, I'm now playing Skyrim for the first time ever, and it's been amazing, the game is indeed solid and until now, one of the best games I ever played. But, again I can't play it for long hours, so you can imagine how much time will take me, just to beat the game completely. Plus, I already have other games that I want to play, but I hate to play different games at the same time, so I have to wait and finish what I started. Also, I do not want to play games like "Elden Ring", because of the reason you said in the video, I just can't get frustrated after a day of work. It would make me feel more tired and probably angry for dying too many times. At the end of the day, time may be the issue of all things.
I just can't express how much I can relate to your comment. I totally got what you say and if I can share what works for me is .... just play without never letting you feel bad about it, because life changes and the big difference since I was a child is that back then I could play hours and get frustrated and challenged, but now days I just want to chill and enjoy some feeling of being powerful or any other good sensation while playing games. Anyways, keep playing games, but mostly just whenever you can.
yeah i tend to turn on my xbox cant decide what to play and end up jus sitting in my chair for hours watchin youtube and not play anything with my xbox just on then it says its gonna turn off in 5 mins and i move the joystick real quick to still play nothing 😂
We all lead the same lives haha
I've been a bit of a hermit gamer lately. I haven't had any online friends in a few years now and it's been getting pretty lonely. Cheers for another eye opening video mate 😁
i'm currently enrolled in college, have a job, and have a girlfriend. and while i'm grateful for all this i'm lucky if i get an hour or two maybe twice a week to play games, and it's even worse that i'm a completionist that has to go for the platinum on every game i play which makes this video so much more relatable
While most of the internet is filled with things that incite to anger and negativity nowadays, I feel like there's a trend that started, and that this video follows - which is positivity and acceptance. Saying "it's ok" in situations in which you don't have any control is the correct and healthy thing to do. It was never as easy as it is today for people to connect, and closed doors somewhere can open different ones elsewhere.
Great content, and very healthy thinking, dude! There's a Romanian saying "We have only one life and only one hole in our ass". It is a vulgar way of saying "enjoy the moment, you'll die anyway".
Of course a nice saying from the Balkans has a vulgar part :D I'll remember this one
This is why some games, I watch no-commentary gameplay of the whole game. The videos skip failed attempts and you get a solid walkthrough of the whole game.
See I personally prefer a commentary as I simply hate dead air 😅
I have the same problem, I end up just buying games I've always wanted to play. Only just to keep them in my library for "just in case" times I wanted to play but never play them. I think it's just exciting for me to grow my catalog for when I get older I can enjoy it like it was the first time playing.
i find a balance between playing the games i want to really really play and watching play throughs of games im slightly interested in but dont want to get
I want to share my story with gaming. I was a gamer since a childhood. 90% of my gaming were either co-op or playing online competitive games. After that I've felt that there's a ton of awesome and deep games, and this playstyle leaves me focused only on several ones. I've decided to list and play all the games that intrigued me, the games that had a crittical acclaim. Mostly my focus switched to single player experience, because you can finish the games, or drop it without arguing with teammates.
Now I have over 350 games finished and more than a thousand waiting for their time. I've made a table in notion, review and score games for myself. I've enjoyed this life style. At one hand it made me appreciate different genres, it gave me feel of Meta Progress - I'm not just playing around but collect and complete important games. On other hand it is kinda fake, and sometimes it takes silliness and fun from the process, sometimes gives me feeling of needing to complete the list. Sometimes I feel that the table of games is more fun for me than gaming itself. I'm trying to have balance here.
From my experience it is better to drop games that doesn't awe you, that aren't impressive. It is far better to replay the games that feels right, than try to complete underwhelming ones. My reviews help me remember games I've played, so it was a positive experience.
P.S. Guys you can write me and we can complete some games together! Europe\Asia is a preferred region.
The same applies for movies, books, events, etc.
I love this video because it resonates with a lot of what I've been contemplating lately. Very long story short, I used to play a lot of competitive multiplayer games in my 20s and was OBSESSED with getting the top rank and I was able to in the games I hyperfocused on. But now I'm in my thirties and just don't have as much patience to git gud at many games anymore. It really has become a question of whether it was worth the trouble anymore and for a lot of games it's like yeah...I'm glad it exists and people enjoy it, but I just can't sink the kind of time into them like I used to. And that I should only stick to games that don't have too much of a punishing learning curve and actually pique my interest more profoundly.
The part about communities is beautiful. I'm so thankful that I had friends and a brother that shared gaming as a hobby growing up. To me, gaming has always been a social hobby. Even single player games count since I discuss them with friends, recommend them and so on.
On the one hand I realize I am lucky. On the other, it also takes a bit of active initiative to look for like minded people. I was always among the most hardcore player among my friend groups and most of them took it more casually or simply outgrew the hobby over time. Still talk to them to this day because we find other commons grounds. However, I've also had friends completely ghost me after 2 something decades worth of friendship and I still didn't drop hobbies for the sake of meeting new people; instead I found new friends even if it was lonely at times.
I like to think the "online friends don't count" thing is not literal but a call that you do need in person interactions and that you need a social circle irl as well. You can have meaningful online friendships (I mean, I've attended weddings of people I first met online) and that isn't mutually exclusive with socializing irl in the means you have available at least. Although if I had lived in a remote area I would probably be saying otherwise. I am projecting from my own life experiences after all.
Great essay.
I'm hooked from "you can't play everything" that just randomly popped today on my main YT. Gotta say man, real quality material you puttin out lately, keep it up, u got my sub brov ;)
Appreciate it, thank you 😊 new video is out Saturday too so keep an eye for that!
Being a gamer is tough, especially since I’m already a dad. It’s very hard to play a game when you have a family with kids. I always find myself unable to finish a game, and there are times when I’ve just opened the computer, only to have my wife or kid need me to do something much more important. I get frustrated at times, but at the end of the day, it’s just a game. I always think that the only people who can really play most games and spend thousands of hours on them are those who play games for a living, like streamers or RUclips content creators. Not everyone can become a RUclipsr or Twitch streamer.
And when there is a chance to play a game I’ve been wanting to play, I sometimes realize that the game just isn’t for me. If the game is too time-consuming, I end up not playing it. There are also games that aren’t worth playing, and I’d rather watch gameplay from others on RUclips. I’m not sad that I can’t play whenever I want to most of the time; I’ve just accepted that I cannot play everything.
i was fascinated by Initial D its the First Game where i get out of my comfort zone, Where i have to learn how to drive and drift in sim Games Like asseto Corsa and its satisfying after a few months
This video resonated with me especially at the end, you're super underrated man
For some reason this video is much more calming. I feel like You've wanted to show bright side of your previous video. It's not like it will magically fix anything for those who shared sad stories, but it's good to let know some people that even if they're alone in that particular moment it doesn't mean they will be forever that way and it's alright to have a different hobby like video games, which can teach You a lot. This video probably can sooth FOMO.
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be 😅
Yup! Community is where it's all at and what gaming is all about.If there is anything anyone should learn from this video is to go out there, find and join a gaming community. Community has made a big difference in my life, and it is where I spend most of my time gaming now adays.
100%. So many potential friends out there to meet ☺️
I learned from someone at work that you shouldn't be afraid to ask if someone, maybe at work or school etc, plays video games. The people you think don't, probably do.
love how you synced up bakamitai karaoke to the background music, amazing
Finally someone noticed 😭
In the edit as well, I didn't realise until after that when I said "this was a lie", the English lyrics in the song is "was a lie" 😂
That ending piece hit different, thanks kranitoko😭❤️
Pov: you're watching this instead of playing that game you wanna play
Literally me right now
Im in high school now and i just realized i have more time now than i will have in the next 50 years so im trying to overcome my addiction to league of legends and trying to play other games as i did earlier, i stumbled upon 2000s games and i really liked the aesthetics of them im currently playing nfs most wanted 2005 and im loving it, the one problem i see is lack of games i can play with my friends that arent just set for grinding and spending long hours doing repetitive things i can see it clearly that now when i sit on discord with my friends we dont really have a plan on what to play so we all just sit together and play singleplayer games even if a game is released it quickly loses player base or gets sinked in micropayments and other curses of modern gaming, i just wish i could experience what was it like 10 years ago or so.
That's big of you for trying to overcome the multiplayer gaming addiction early in life, good job homie. I'm almost 22 and wrapping up a college degree, and ive wasted thousands of hours being unhappy on apex and fortnite.
Try to find single player games that compliment your life. For example, i got heavily into bloodborne for awhile cuz the challenging combat forced me to strategize and actively improve rather than just mindlessly plugging hours into random open world fetch quests.
As far as good games to play with ur friends, ive found PvE to be much healthier than PvP. Look for old cod games to go on sale and buy those together. Cod Ghosts recently went on sale for playstation w full dlc included, and it's got a great alien horde mode that's fun to strategize with friends on. Lego Fortnite is also a great free one to play with friends, they have a cool star wars event
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Thanks for your reply and i have to say that i was a Fortnite player too but happily back in the day when i was really enjoying it with my friends as we were 12-13 at the time when fortnite had something that it is lacking now i guess it lost its personality and tried to become something it was never meant to be.
Apex took about 200hours of my life just trying to sweat and learn some stupid mechanics that would just frustrate me more.
As of now im enjoying Assasin's Creed franchise because i never really played the older games of the series and its amazing.
In my short experience of gaming i have played so many different games and some of them i completed multiple times like GTA 5, RDR2 or Uncharted. Some of the games built my personality and taught me a lot about life thats why i will continue to play as long as i can because in my opinion playing a game is a life changing experience that everyone creates by himself which makes it so special.
But there was also a time that i would sink into Valorant or LoL and just waste my energy on these games mindlessly looking for entertainment in something that drains me. Only pvp game that i dont regret playing for a 1000hours as of now is Rust. It created some of my best memories with my friends despite of it being one of the hardest and ungrateful games out there
I will try out the CoD Ghosts as you say i tried CoD games in the past i played the original modern warfare 1,2,3 which were amazing and i was planning on playing black ops games.
I spent 20 minutes writing this comment and i am not a very good english language user so i am sorry for any mistakes.
Another fantastic video! I don't have much to say here (except all the things regarding difficulty settings, but a diatribe of such girth would surely crash RUclips's servers).
I play with friends almost nightly. Most I know IRL, but some I've never met and have known for years and years. Thanks for reminding me how fortunate I am to have the people, games and (somehow) time to enjoy this so frequently.
I had a period of time where I bought lots of games because they were on sale and I figured I'd be interested in trying them, now I realize that I don't have the time to finish even half of them. Plus, when I've enjoyed a game, sometimes I wanna play NG+ which takes more time from the backlog.
So now I really have to embrace the sunk cost idea and be discretionary on what I devote my time to and what I buy in the future
In the end, sometimes less is more.
I played It Takes Two with a friend. We both wanted to play it and weren't forcing each other.
When I think about my gaming backlog I feel like quitting. Concentrate my time on something a little more worthwhile. After all, virginities don’t lose themselves now do they.
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"After all, virginities don't lose themselves now do they." 🤓 ☝️
This actually made me laugh Thanks dawg@@hahaReaper
MY humble sugestion for the next video. HOW to maximize your time playing video games, HOW to select what you should/want/can play, how to organize yourself and how to avoid FOMO from new releases. the companys will hate you
I’ve met my current girlfriend through discord and we connected over pokemon games, and what I severely lacked in irl friends in my childhood, online friends made up for so I could keep going, so I wouldn’t drown in my own loneliness at some point.
So yeah, online friends are definitely as valuable as the ‘real deal’. Wouldn’t be here without them.
A very thoughtful video. I'm lucky enough that through work i found some close friends into gaming :) i also want to point out when if you are a total gamer maybe the love of your life isn't. That's okay. She sometimes plays with me and i know it's because she loves me not because she loves video games. I just wish i was better at supporting her hobbies too. But life often is also a game where it is all about managing your limited time (especially with jobs and kids) and interests, and even your needs
Having my first serious girlfriend at the age of 32 I find myself at a weird crossroads.
On the one hand I enjoyed 5-6 hour gaming sessions, getting lost in different worlds, being someone else, but it was only because my own life was admittedly mundane. Now I have someone to care about and do things with, yet I still yearn for those long play sessions.
(she's not a gamer either, can't win 'em all)
During the Pandemic i loaded up on a ridiculous amount of games. I couldnt resist the epic store discounts lol.
Im finally being proactive about playing them. Wish me luck 🤞
Honestly I wish companies showed interest in preserving older games they made back then, since that will allow us to preserve aspect of gaming history well also allowing the next generation to play them if they’re ever curious or if you don’t have the console to play them.🐱
Ive also made friends purely through online gaming but they never ended peacefully, I think if you make an online friend and have a fear that if you stop playing that game, they will leave you.
Don't Worry, people playing physical sports have that fear too. They have a fear if they stop playing basketball that their friends wont talk to them anymore.
If you have this worry just knows its okay to lose a few gaming friends, if even one of them sticks by you then at the end of the day you made a real connection playing a game you both liked, and I think that's something to be treasured
Daunting is having installed The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the sky 1 and knowning that there are 11 games after it, all conected between them and all at least 60 hours to beat each.
That's 60+ hours including side content ...... Right?
@@Kranitoko Yes, with side content. Which is worth it if you ask me, Legend of heroes games are very detailed.
My problem with Yakuza is they’re just too damn long. Yakuza 0 was perfect because it was a prequel, was the best in the franchise and it just felt like this awesome crime syndicate soap opera - and it was incredible. I rushed through Kiwami 1 and 2, got burned out on LaD and didn’t play any more games because I was so overwhelmed by how many of them they were, and they were full fledged RPGs too.
But Yakuza 0 - I could honestly go back and replay that due to how self contained it feels. SO good.
I hope you did at least play Majimas Saga in Kiwami 2 since it carries on the Yakuza 0 story 😅
While I enjoyed WoW last year (because I'm a sweaty little grind junkie) in terms of 'get good or get out' it's definitely worse than you remember. I got the impression from classic players that it carried over to classic too.
Thanks for the video
Another one! Lets goooo! Cant wait to hear what more you have to say on this topic 😁
Found myself relating a lot to this video. Especially the parts about needing to start a series from the beginning and trying to find communities for specific types of games. I’ve never met anyone who played, let alone even knew much about games like the trails series or rune factory but those are some of my favorites. Online communities are cool but there’s something about a face to face interaction. Also glad to see the clock again. We are close in age so seeing a rough timeline of how much life is left messed with me for a day lol.
Great video, unforgettable. Many people in real life are not real friends. It's hard to find them anyway.
I think trilogies is a fine place to stop for most games, or else I couldn’t do anything then play the same games over & over again. Cause I like to have the back story of past games in the series and with game development being longer and longer in some cases there is a lot of games to replay.
I think I've just naturally started filtering out games that aren't worth the time. Over the years I've stopped playing MMOs, JRPGs, and long-term strategy and building games. There are too many games that are such time sinks with very little payoff.
Another aspect of that is when the games I want to play have such a high skill ceiling, that it takes me weeks of retraining my muscle memory of the game in order to catch up to where I left off. That's when the dread sets in of, "Oh, if I'm going to play this game, I have to really play it and give it my all." And most of the time, I just don't have the energy for that anymore.
Saw this video on my recommended, glad I watched it! Great job!
For me personally, I like to try and explore and get the most out of a game, and at my own pace. When it comes to the GAAS games, when I briefly played some of them I felt overwhelmed and stressed, I want to keep up with it all and it's just not possible. I'm the kind of person that hates seeing unread emails for instance lol. When something is time-limited like an event, I'm not gonna do anything like that unless a group of friends want to give it a go and I have the time.
I don't really write comments under videos but for this one I feel like I have to. Man, honestly with those 2 videos you have touched my heart, you have given me, if you'll excuse me "us", a different prespective of video games. My friend had gotten me for my birthday elden ring but I never really found the mood to play it. But you made me realise maybe that's just not for me. Anyway, keep it up your videos are great with sensible humor and cover a different point of view that many of us have never really thought of. Thank you for providing us with such content and I hope you will live up to be 100 years old my guy! And also you have earned yourself another subscriber.
struggled with this problem for soooo long especially as a completionist had to really sit down & decide which games mean the most to me - soulsborne baby
Very good, very inspiring Video! Love the style of you, talking games! 👍🏻
My main 3 rules to maximize the amount of games I complete are:
1- Don't worry about trophies or achievements
2- Avoid playing online games or games as a service
3- Stop playing a game if I don't like it and move on
These 3 rules have helped beat a *ton* of games, and since I have a Modded Switch and a PS5 with PS Plus Premium I can't afford to waste time
It’s soooo hard for me to do #1. I used to try and get as many as I could and stress if I couldn’t get more. Now I just naturally get them as I play and then I move on. I don’t dwell on them much anymore but it’s been hard since it was sorta part of the fun
As someone who's finishes it takes two twice it absolutely deserved to win game of the year the game is an absolute masterpiece.
I've met multiple of my online only friends and they definitely are real friends. The argument that just because they come from online doesn't hold any weight at all.
Man thank you for helping me realize all I need is a good gaming buddy
Ayyy I made a death clock in google sheets too, glad I'm not the only one who needs the momento mori motivation
Damn the ending hit hard, amazing video!
*Partial Solution*: WATCH walkthroughs of games on 2x playback speed.
Still can’t watch (or play) every game, but will definitely save time, money, and energy.
my whole life i've never owned a console or a pc, no matter how much money i save everything goes wrong, i just have an old laptop that i can only play minecraft and gta san andreas on it i've been playing these games for my whole life that im hopeless of getting a new pc
i dont know the enjoyment of playing other games and acheiving something in those games i dont know the enjoyment and the beauty of the realistic games like rdr or god of war etc..
man it sucks to live like that
I have a problem of wanting to play SEVERAL games just sitting in my steam library, but then I don't play any of them or start them, stop halfway through and then just replay a souls game for the 5th time instead.
Great insight video... (also Elden Ring deserved GOTY as you said it's beginners friendly)
Also I wished I had more friends to play different games (open minded to try) and my cousins/friends had interest in other genre games too.
19:27 omg?! i watched Gronkh from where i was 8-9 and im 22 now. I porobaly wathed him everyday til 17. Seeing him in an english video is insane to me. Hes such a wholehearted persoon with a massive wholesome community
I snuck him in there cause he reacted to my "You Can't Play Everything" video 😊
The main character of the yakuza series is kamurocho. Therefore you need to play every single one.
I needed this. I'm currently there. It's not fun.. it's like I'm locked up
My strategy is,
I buy cheap games at 90% sales on steam. On seasonal sales.
I mostly buy open world games/ multiplayer games/ survival games.
💀 Instead of buying story games i would rather watch gameplays.
Like,god of war 2018 and Ragnarok, horizon series.
My wish list right now.
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Stalker 2 (I'm a huge fan of the series)
Black myth wukong
Light no fire
Witcher 4
Gta 6
Pioner
Blight survival.
It's like 2 to 3 years worth of content.
Genshin impact in consideration would give me around 2 more years.
💀 And i have around 50 game that I've bought on sale is still in my steam inventory/library.
And I've claimed so much epic free games. (Haven't played any of those.)
😅 I do not really have time to play all that.
.........
Next video suggestions:-
Ur inventory is full of games but has no time to play all that.
idk if anyone will ever see this but ive played fps/online games forever since i was a kid (cod, halo, r6) and ive dumped hours into them and while i actually did make money off the games from being a "semi-pro" it was really exhausting and wasnt very fun a lot of the time. as of now i barely play any online games if any and have switched to mainly story mode type games and have enjoyed most of what i played, ive recently found it hard to actually play the games i want to and even harder to follow through and complete them, recently ive started to "force" myself to play for 30+ minutes everyday to help myself, and i actually have stuck with it most days and while it doesnt sound good to "force" myself, 99% of the time i actually end up enjoying the time ive played and play for like 2 hours jus getting lost in the game and everything, while maybe i should take a break and come back when i want to, its hard for me bc gaming is my biggest hobby and i kinda jus wanna finish the few games i do have left and then take a break for awhile perhaps, i jus have a weird urge to beat the games in my library sm.
I met my best friends online and i went to one of their weddings and was one of the groomsmen along side him.
I also met my girlfriend now of 3 years gaming and we live together happy with 2 cats 🙂 I plan on proposing soon when shes done with college
Good luck!! I hope she says yes 🥰
I think at the moment I watch more videos about videogames than I actually play... energy and mental health are important. :
It Takes Two wholly deserved the GOTY award and I really hope you find someone to complete it with some day, it's worth every second, and the time taken to play it.
I couldn't agree more with your sentiments around the FromSoftware games, there's something to be said about accessibility in gaming, but the Soulsborne franchise is just for a certain crowd. Though I believe all those that want to experience the games but don't have the skill set, ability, or patience to get through them could get something from being an audience member to someone else playing. Online or otherwise, they on't get the same sense of achievement, but they'll have someone to root for and cheer on. So they'll get that same dopamine hit whenever the player they're watching overcomes their adversities. Also I'm currently playing through DS3 for the first time, Demon's Souls will be next and will... however sadly, be my last FromSoftware game after proving to myself I could manage them with Elden Ring back when it came out. I still can't believe I conquered Sekiro, man... what a game!
Also the "It's Okay" video is great, I watched that myself a few weeks ago. I'm always being recommended Videogame Essays... I follow so many essayists. Daryl Talkes Games, Razbuten, Adam Millard, Writing on Games, barelyfanatical, filmotter, mhswoocer, Perfect Game Quest, and most recently... yourself 😁
Everyone has something to say, I find it so fascinating hearing so many thoughts and views, all of which I can resonate with or that change my own point of view for the better. The only downside being, my backlog grows, so... thank you for making me want to play a number of 30-40+ hour games just that bit more with just this one video 😂
I hope so too to your first point ☺️
When you say Demon's Souls is your last, I assume it's because you've now beaten them all? And yes, Sekiro is such a wild challenge; genuinely tempted to go back to that game some day! I follow Daryl but none of the others so I'll have to check them out ☺️ thank you for being a new follower!
@@Kranitoko yes Demon's Souls will be my last to beat, my order has been; Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Sekiro, DS1, DS2, and now I'm nearing the end of DS3. Absolutely incredible games!
@@PinchedSlinky I thought you were gonna stop playing FromSoft games. AC 6 is awesome too.
I personally would never differ to RUclips to get through a game or even portion of it. Am a passionate gamer myself but I let everyone have their own experiences.
“It Takes Two” is truly an amazing game 😄
Oh yes the Paladin to Gladiator ascension.
My single greatest advice to enjoy video games is to not play online only games. Online only games have grown stale and after a while you’ll grow tired because you’ll just be stuck in the same loop over and over with no end.
Single player games have a set end. Even if you 100% a game, there’s a clear cut end. You ride the high, you reach a conclusion, you can move onto something new that suits your style (or even something new).
I play almost exclusively single player games and I’ve never gotten bored of gaming. It’s all about the kind of stuff you play.
I have like 30 games on wishlist and end up adding more idk what to do
I love your video and I feel it. I just wanted to say that, currently in wow the community is HYPER TOXIC about numbers, like... hell. Everyone looks at damage meters and a whole other things... Like yeah, might even be at the same toxicity level as League of Legends, believe me... I've stopped playing wow for that exact reason..
Ah, finally, the sequel, love me some video essays. Can relate to wanting to know all references when it comes to getting into new franchises, sometimes i look up chronological order of games and play them that way instead of playing in release order too(though that can bite in the backside with series like kiseki(trails) and the like). As for people caring about how much dps and healing people do in raids? Yes, it's very much around, it always will be as long as tryhards and people that care about metas are around, MMOS are just like that.
19:16 Eh, i see nothing wrong with playing online games mindlessly, unless it's competitive coop game, anyway, sometimes it's good to just let the brain relax and have dopamine flow.
Me when i tell this to my brain
My brain : BULLSHIT!
Its basically me. I want to play much more I can handle. And its not only games. I have same issue with books. I have much more books that I can read, and still buying new one, because they looks promising. Even if my life would be only gaming and reading, probably it wont be enough, but of course its much less time than that we have.
I tend to speed through every game so I can get to the next thing and end up not enjoying my time
i had a online buddy i talked to like a best real life friend. we parted ways for some time and i reached out again, we continued where we left off. at one point he invited me over for a business opportunity, long story short, i moved 12 years ago and we still going and back then i really had to get out of where i was. very rare, but dismissing online is always fake is certainly not true all the time. got to be careful though as its a lottery
i personally think anyone can beat a fromsoft game. it took me 3 years of trying the various games before the combat clicked with me, and to understand that death is more of a mechanic than a failure. "get good" shouldn't be seen as "you suck at the game, just get better at it" but more as... "you can be better than the challenge you face." obviously the losers who say get good don't mean that, but it's how i changed my perspective and overcame the games.
a lot of games take away your agency to make the game as fluid and non-frustrating as possible and that mainly means means you don't die as much. when trying a souls game for the first time, that comfort is taken away from you and you get frustrated. the more you play, the more you change yourself. you become more resilient and you get less stressed when a giant monster is swinging wildly at you. the way to get to that point is simply patience. we are all extremely stubborn and we can persevere, it requires practice.
but since this is a video about time, i totally understand how taking the time to do what i just said is unrealistic. it can be done though! i think the easy mode mods are great for those who need a boost to get into the games, it helps build the muscle memory especially. the intended challenge is always there for them when they're ready for it.
these two videos are fantastic. really makes you think and reflect.
People hate themselves and are self defeatist
Fellow mancunian! Couch co-op it takes two def deserved GOTY.
Trying to empty out my backlog ended up with me removing over half of it as it was just too many games and honestly it's a great feeling to have all that weight lifted
I met my best friend on Red Dead Online. Met in like 2019 and still talk almost every day.
So far I've got at least 10 games I bought and haven't touched, so I'll just gonna take it one at a time
1:25 nice one mate
Why doesn't this have any like?
I haven't been able to do it but the best idea I have is, choose ONE system to play on and play only that. Biggest difference gaming as an adult, I have every system and multiple consoles I can play anything and everything in, it's too OVERWHELMING
I played it takes two with my cousin and it absolutely deserved GOTY. We had so much fun and definitely enjoyed our time
I relate to that commitment thing really hard. Couple months ago I sat down to understand the entire final fantasy franchise and all the main and spin off games. I started from the very first game, it was PR version. Didn't use magic the entire game now I'm stuck in the last final boss, and have given up on the entire franchise, even though the later games which are 3d open worlds are something I dig a lot, I just want to understand every small references made in the those games lol
When I was a kid, I was fine playing Sunshine and Wind Waker repeatedly, doing the same things on multiple playthroughs. Now I dread NG+ on games, I haven't even touched Dark Souls once I finished it and don't feel ready to go back.
970 games to discover, 1900 mangas to read, 100 comics to read, and I'm not counting novels, visual novels, anime or films. I'm so screwed. All I have to do now is become a rich developer so I can retire early and discover everything I want to. Being eclectic and curious, but poor, what a curse !
Lol thanks for the "i have friends" song, added it on spotify
19:27 Holy shit, Gronkh in an english video! That's awesome!
@@GliYch he reacted to my video, so 😊
Nowadays I buy games I want even though I know I haven't finished the ones I bought before. I buy them, set them aside, think about them but I always try to finish the game I began first because I know I will never play the games afterward. It's sometimes quite hard but I tend to avoid the hype train now and just say "oh this game WILL be interesting after I finish this one or at least try to".