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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: There is usually something to make me quit playing a game after a
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:00:27 -0700
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On 6/24/2025 10:28 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:18:39 -0600, PW
> <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
> 
>> System Shock:  The non-stop spiders and monkies
>> Doom Eternal : The jumping, and jumpling puzzles - that will make me
>> stop playing a game immediately (although the new one hasn't ticked me
>> off yet - I am not taking it seriously just playing it on easy and
>> shooting stuff which is enough fun for now)
>>
>> The lack of save game slots and quick saves, and only checkpoints.
>>
>> Having to "cheat" by having to farm stuff in order to proceed and
>> level up. I have no idea how I lasted so long with Elden Ring but I am
>> sure I almost finished it but am not going back to try and finish it.
>> Which leads me to:
>>
>> Hard and almost impossible boss fights, or boss fights to begin with!
>>
>> And now, I have just about had it with Oblivian Remastered.  Do you
>> know what is going to make me quit playing it (I love it!)?
>>
>> The seemingly non-stop lockpicking puzzles! I have just about had it
>> with that!
>>
>> Oh - any stupid and hard puzzles in a game which forces me to
>> constantly look up cheats on the internet will make me stop playing a
>> game real quick now at my age!
> 
> A lot of these seem to break down to "I hate repetition", as in,
> "don't make me keep replaying the same stuff over and over again."
> Whether it's a reuse of a mechanic or monster (lock-picking, killer
> space monkeys) or instant-death pits that make platforming a chore.
> 
> Which I can totally get behind. It's one of the more frustrating parts
> of gaming for me, largely because I'm playing for the experience more
> than the challenge. I want to explore strange new worlds, see new
> vistas, meet (and kill!) new critters, and do new things. Being forced
> to do the same thing -especially if it's the same exact challenge-
> over and over again bores me.
> 
> I don't tend to quit a game because of it (just because I make effort
> to finish every game I start) but that sort of thing will definitely
> result in a more snarky take in my end-of-month round-ups ;-)

"Doesn't respect your time." is how the kids say it.

I'm getting old, and if I'm not enjoying it because it's repetitive or a 
chore, I might suffer through a bit, but my tolerance is way less than 
it was when I was younger.  Though that may be more there wasn't as many 
games and my budget for them was nearly non-existent when I was younger.

Some things I don't mind though. Really hard bosses, based on my 
original plays of DS3 and Bloodborne that's somewhere up in the 70 
tries, at least if I can vary loadouts, tacics, etc.  Over 100 (Midir) 
is too much.  I find my tolerance much lower in games where you don't 
really have any choice, like just having a gun and weapon.  That's one 
reason I don't like the first bosses especially of any of the souls 
games that you can't progress without defeating them.  You haven't built 
up any arsenal to try anything different, can't level up, etc.

Inventory management with lots of junk really grates on me now - BG3 is 
horrible with this getting worse and worse to the point it was too much 
in act 3.  I fully intend to go back and play again if there's a 
de-junkifier or inventory mod.

Nightreign somehow manages to be both boring and heartpounding at the 
same time.  The 45 minutes of leveling up and getting equipment every 
time you attempt a boss with time pressure, but really the areas and 
mobs are nearly the same every single time.  Maybe I just don't like 
roguelites like that any more, or maybe I never really did and just a 
few really good ones overcame that.

Then of course there's the random or super rare drops in games like 
Borderlands, Diablo, where you keep fighting the same mobs/bosses over 
and over trying to get that perfect drop, or even just a good one.  I've 
had an assfull of that, and don't have the patience anymore.



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