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I wish I could finish video games (lemmy.zip)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone!

I really passionate about games but I struggle a lot to finish the storyline for a lot of them. There are some games I would love to finish like Eastward or Sea of Stars, but I feel unable to reasume them. I feel like if the game is not a dopamine trap(League or Civ VI) I can't continue playing it.

Does anyone here has face this issue and have found a way to work on it?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I deal with this too. I've accepted that there's a sweet spot for the types of games I enjoy, and I generally stay in that zone.

First, the short-term gameplay loop has to be rewarding enough, which cuts out a lot of tedious "shopping list of waypoints" type of games and ones that are heavily story-driven with boring/tedious gameplay in between story beats.

Second, the upper limit needs to be right below the Skinner-boxes of dopamine traps. No gachas, no games with daily grinding, and I try to mostly stay away from MMOs these days. I know that I'll get trapped in the dopamine loop and play them, even if I'm not actually having fun.