Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zaghadka Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Can Games Get Any Better (2024 Ed) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:56:00 -0500 Organization: E. Nygma & Sons, LLC Lines: 58 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: zaghadka@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:56:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="86f3dd1da1bbfe93367ab1dd2f6bc4c5"; logging-data="1980567"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18H9Dw3V03Y/YvdPXC0ofWfxhC0ZFJNjDI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:TmAghqTJsQ2yDdGvTb2IpwxkLAE= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 3793 On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:09:16 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Justisaur wrote: >On 3/26/2024 4:47 AM, Werner P. wrote: >> Am 26.03.24 um 12:47 schrieb Werner P.: >>> Am 22.03.24 um 17:54 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson: >>>> In other words, are modern games better? More advanced? More fun? Do >>>> you think games will be better or different in the future? Or are we >>>> perpetually stuck in the doldrums? >>>> >>>> (And finally, do you think we'll all be around to revive this topic in >>>> 2035? ? >>> >>> well many games like movies have become formulaic spreadsheet todo >>> lists in game design, the bigger a game the more likely this is to be >>> the case. >>> Add on top that we are in phase agewise where we literally have seen >>> everything in this area just with less sophisticated graphics. >>> >>> So yes the games industry has gone the way of the movie industry, >>> formulaic games, indie games which try to do something new or are just >>> junk and from time to time a really good title which tries to break >>> new ground or at least does not feel formulaic, like BG3 for instance. >>> >> PS I am slowly phasing out gaming as my hobby, i frankly do not have >> time for it anymore, and the have seen everything effect is big on me. >> So expect to hear and read from me less and less unless I got rid of my >> gaming fatique! > >I feel like that to some extent, but physical limitations keep me from >doing too much else so I go back to it. However I'm also at the point I >get fatigued much quicker than I used to and can't play as much, and >faster twitch games while I can keep up with them a little typically >leave me in a state that feels like it's getting close to death's door. > >My other hobby has mostly moved past me. D&D I don't like the new >rules, I can't find a group that's like the old ones, kids make it >difficult to schedule, and our last move left me with nowhere to play it >at my place. > >Unfortunately that leaves me with two habits I'd really like to stop, or >at least curb considerably watching youtube and reading reddit which >just feels like waiting to die. You interested in a paid game? $25 a session, Pathfinder 1e with 3.5e supplementation. Basically OP 3.5 with PF skills. Played over Roll20 and Discord. Sessions meet every other Wednesday at UTC 18:00. Next session is April 3rd. Traditional dungeon crawl. A good friend of mine went pro-GM a couple of years ago. He's put a lot of work into it. Email me at my header address if you'd like to try it out or join. -- Zag No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten