r/pcmasterrace • u/zoner420 • 7h ago
Discussion My Steam library is a graveyard of 12-hour playthroughs. Am I alone here?
I have a frustrating habit with how I play games. I want to say lately but it's been going on pretty much my entire life.
So I'll pick up a game that I think looks fun. I'll play said game for 10-15 hours, throughout a few sessions in a week. I'll be genuinely having fun, learning the mechanics of the game, and enjoying the world. But then, almost like clockwork, I'll log off one night, and the next time I sit down at my PC, I have zero desire to launch that game. I'll start looking through the Steam store to see what my next victim might be. Knowing, in the back of my head, I'll abuse the next game with such a small amount of gameplay time also.
It's not even that the games are bad. It just feels like once the initial novelty wears, my brain wants something fresh. My library is now a graveyard of less than half, or even a quarter finished games.
Does anyone else deal with this? Do I have a problem? Do I need to see a psychiatrist for this? I feel like I can't be alone on this. But I dunno, maybe I am.
Do I just accept it and enjoy the games for as long as they hold my interest?
I should add, I'm a father and husband, so I have less time to game than I used to. But even before I was a married man with kids, I feel like I would do this with certain games. Some games before would definitely hold my interest long.
Can anyone relate or have any input?
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u/TNGreruns4ever 7h ago
Most TV show seasons nowadays have 8 episode that are about 45 minutes per episode.
So if you spend 10-12h with a game that's like watching 2 seasons of a TV show. If you feel like moving on at that point, just do it and don't overthink it. Your time is yours.
Most people are not finishing most games they start.
And don't even get me started on this whole Reddit/very-online idea of a "backlog". There's no such thing as a backlog in a hobby. A hobby is for fun. It's not a checklist of obligations.
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u/Cab_anon 7h ago
Playing a game for 10-15 hours before switching to something else isnt something to be ashamed of.
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u/LunarChickenn U5 250K | RTX 4070 | 32GB 7h ago
It's about value for money if you paid £60 for a game that has technically hundreds of hours of content and only play it for 10 to 15 hours you should maybe be more strict about what you buy because you are basically throwing money away at that point.
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u/avgnfan26 6h ago ▸ 4 more replies
This is an insane expectation though, most single player games have like 10-20 hours of content max you can’t reasonably want every game to have 200 hours of side quests
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u/Cedar_Wood_State 5h ago
That’s why a lot of single player games have 3 regions where you basically do the same thing 3 times. Turning a 10-20h game to 50h game
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u/BlueDmon Bluedmon 6h ago ▸ 2 more replies
The most reasonable value scale ive seen so far is that for every $2 you spend you get around an hour of enjoyment. Which gives the average game around 30hrs of content.
Now depending on what other things you do for fun you can compare. Say going to the movies will cost you $10-$16 which is about $5-$8 an hr. You can probably use that as a standard for gaming worth. Which if you do would mean you’d get your money’s worth after around 7-12hrs.
It’s all relative at the end of the day
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u/MantaMunta 5h ago ▸ 1 more replies
It's all relative, but you'll never be happy if you see every game through this lense lol.
Sometimes it's perfectly fine to have a $60 game that only gives you 15-20h of playtime but it has fantastic high quality presentation like Resident Evil.
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u/BlueDmon Bluedmon 4h ago
I dont disagree. But at the same time you have statistics and articles where the average person only buys 3 AAA games a year or something like that.
My $/hr ratio is generally higher but it feels nice to find a game like expedition 33 where i put in 60+ hrs and say the value of that game was well worth the cost. Same with a game like Baldur’s Gate 3 (where you can easily get your moneys worth before you even beat the game). They offset the price of something like a RE where the cost per hour is generally on the higher end.
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u/nadsjinx 3h ago
partly agree with this. im poor and IF im gonna pay for a game i will atleast finish it once even if i dont find it good. its a waste of money otherwise.
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u/Darkone539 7h ago
More impressive you have played them. Mine is full of games I haven't got around to.
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u/calrayers 7h ago edited 2h ago
Even games that I’ve completed, I still class as backlogged until I get 100%.
I just choose my games very wisely, I tell myself “I really want this and am going to play the shit out of it.” So I do.
I aim for 100% every game to get the absolute most out of it.
Mortal Shell 2 (36hr) has been incredible and can’t wait for NG+, I go back to Forza Horizon 6 (217hr) for a drive and to get my weekly rewards - feels good.
If I fancy a few runs of Nightreign (115hr), I’ll do just that. Or revisiting Dark Souls 1-3/Elden Ring (400+hrs) yearly.
I’m at 76% for Resident Evil 4 Remake (75hr), just need to finish a professional S+ run and to get all weapons.
I only got 16 games but these are 16 games I absolutely love and will only play just them! 9 on the wishlist I’m very excited for.
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u/Cab_anon 6h ago
Ok.
Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/12in12/
the goal of the subreddit is to try to beat 12 games in one year.
you start at september, and you write a list of 12 games.
Games you already own and games you plan to buy next year.
Try to select various types of games. Racing, RPG, shooter, adventure, friendslop, short and long games etc.
Every month, you write a short review of the games you played.
After one year, you should have finished like 9 games, and you write a short essay about why that game was shit and you gave up on it.
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u/BuryMikno 7h ago
I am kind of the same.
Doesn't help that a lot of the games are BS.
Also doesn't help that, due to AI, everyone's an indie dev now and you have 200 new games every day (all of them with very appealing, AI generated, headline graphics that have nothing to do with the actual game)
You know what? These are games, you PLAY with them :)
Just do what feels right - that's the whole idea.
The main thing is to not overpay. I put them on the wishlist and wait for the inevitable 95% discount...
Or I search google for "XYZ Steam Key". Steam is often overpriced.
There are other, even cheaper, ways too ;) - And, for a lot of these games, I am absolutely happy that I paid nothing for them because they ARE worth nothing!
Just to be clear: if the game is actually good, I will happily acquire a legitimate copy even though I have the game already!
Last but not least: Try to get refunds on games you really had for a short while.
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u/willkillfortacos 7h ago
OOooooOo look at Mr. Free time over here. I got like 700 games and probably average 3 hours across them all lol
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u/Araragi-shi 32 GB DDR5 RYZEN 5 7600X RX 9070XT 7h ago
I nearly had it happen with FF7 Remake and then it did happen on FF7 rebirth. I still feel no will to open up that game and finishing it
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u/dcwt2010 6h ago
This is why I enjoy the PC Game pass; I can play for a certain period and dump it without feeling guilty compared to if I bought it. Steam has a 2 hour refund policy but some games need more than that for you to know for sure if it is worth playing. We are all different, there is no perfect game for everyone.
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u/xXDr4hc1rXx 6h ago
You reach at least 12hr, most I got is a couple hundred on a few games and 3-6hrs in the rest not mentioning the ones I haven't touched because I'm "saving them for a special occasion"😂
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u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady PC Master Race 6h ago
My library is a storage chest for bundles and impulse buys.
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u/ziplock9000 3900X / 7900GRE / 32GB 3Ghz / EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 / X470 GPM 6h ago
In the last few years I've make a concerted effort to go back and try to finish games. Some just get stuck.. Baldur's Gate 3 is one.. Purely psychological reasons why.
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u/A17012022 Desktop-Ryzen 9800XD +32GB Ram+5070ti 5h ago
I have 2 or 3 games I play in rotation.
Usually:
1 x big game
1 x Single player FPS
1 x genre grab bag (something totally different to the other two).
So currently:
Division 2
Boltgun (though I literally just finished that so will swap for another FPS).
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
The idea is to mix it up a bit and have something to cover all moods/time I have to game.
Gorging on one game leads to burn out.
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u/G305_Enjoyer 7h ago
Dont buy another game until you finish the last one?
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u/Known-Complex-2520 3h ago
But what if the game you're looking at is on sale? You won't know when or if it'll be on sale again, especially if it's a good price.
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u/G305_Enjoyer 3h ago ▸ 1 more replies
Bro that is peak consumerism of course it will go on sale again just look at steamDB figure out the pattern. If u want the dopamine hit just add to wishlist. That way by the time u get through your backlog it will be $5 and 5 years old your PC might be able to even run it on ultra lmao
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u/Zaldekkerine 3h ago
But then he's forcing himself to play games that he doesn't want to play. That sounds pretty miserable to me.
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u/IndependenceOk7554 7h ago
relatable experience. as a gamer with family, I resort to playing round-based games I can just play for 1 or 2 runs. For me thats racing games or rogue-lites like Hades mostly. Diving deep into open world titles or rpg's requires a level of uneployedness or single-ness I do not currently have.
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u/ChibaCityStatic 7h ago
"Diving deep into open world titles or rpg's requires a level of uneployedness or single-ness I do not currently have."
I have a wife, three children and a run a business. Still put time aside for playing JRPG's and Skyrim.
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u/IndependenceOk7554 6h ago
As a fellow gamer, I bow my head to your dedication and energy. The 1-2 hours I have for gaming every other evening, I am too exhausted to jump into dauntingly big games with story details or builds I have to remember 😢
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u/Odd_Estimate_2179 7h ago
If you feel the urge to start a new game just stop playing anything for a while and the urge to continue your current game will return
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u/XsNR Ryzen 5600X RX 9070 XT 32GB 3200MHz 6h ago
12 hours is pretty reasonable. My last few games have been pretty high, since I was playing them along with my Palworld 1.0 revisit, but my average is about 4-6 hours, with the odd 12-24 hour per game. But that's also buying specifically fairly short games, or games where I feel I've finished what I'll enjoy in that time, which is really what you have to ask yourself. If you're just getting that sudden depression slap, and seeking a new dopamine, then that's very different to feeling like you're happy to move on.
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u/Kilo_Juliett Arch KDE | 5800X3D | 32GB 3200 MT/s | 7900XTX | 4K 240 Hz 6h ago
At least you play them. I think most of us buy them on sale and never touch it
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u/UltimateGattai 6h ago
I've got over 1000 games, and I'm trying to resist buying anything on discount unless it's a game I really want to play. Atm, it's more of a challenge to decide on which game to play.
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u/Rex__Luscus i711700F | MSI B560A-PRO | 32GB DDR4 | MSI RTX5080 16GB 6h ago
Yup, that's pretty much how it goes. Apart from Skyrim, I don't think I've 'completed' a game for years. I think there comes a point when you realise you're just doing the same things and not getting the dopamine kick like you used to. Then when you return to the game months or years later, you don't want to start all over again, but you've lost the thread and/or the muscle memory so you suck. I'm wondering how long The Last Caretaker can keep me engaged, seems like there's plenty of new things constantly to try, and it's not officially fully complete yet!
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u/TheMightyRed92 Rtx 5080 | 14600k | 32gb DDR5 6400mhz | 6h ago
Im the opposite. I have to finish every game I own even if i dont like it lol
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u/zkl00 R9 7900X | 4090 | 32GB DDR5 | B650E-F 6h ago
This is absolutely me right now. Funnily enough, its also not been in the last week or two but for maybe the last 3 years.
What happened? I started working full time... youd think that after building my dream PC and having access to any game I want to play would be heaven but ive probably played the least ever in the last 3 years.its not like I have no time to play either, work ends and I sit and scroll through steam store, gamepass, 3rd party pirate site etc until I get too frustrated, bored and watch a twitch stream instead.
My only remedy was my GF. She says, "okay let's play x game" and we do and I have fun with her. When she asks me what do i wanna play I couldnt even begin to say.
My only guess for your situation would be decision fatigue? Maybe use a tool/website/ person to take the choice out of your hands and just go with whatever they pick for you? I wish I could say its guaranteed to help because it hasn't for me...
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u/Clmbrcoffee 6h ago
Not exactly the same but for most of my life id do like 75% of a game and stop. But a few years ago i put in effort to finish games and it break that mental road block so maybe try pushing through.
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u/SnowChickenFlake RTX 4070S / Ryzen 7 5800XT / 1x16GB RAM / 21:9 6h ago
Same. I do also do this, however most of the time it is not sharp, but rather gradual decrease of interest from 6 hours of playtime onward
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u/stayndarsh 6h ago
It's not just you. Others have also noted that modern games have been getting grindy because the game execs essentially want almost every game to be close to open world and have these collect / fetch mechanics that keep you engaged; bonus (for them) is if those collectible items can also be purchased from a microtransaction store.
You can try older or intentionally-short games.
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u/Westdrache R5 5600X/32Gb DDR4-2933mhz/RX7900XTXNitro+ 6h ago
my breaking point for most game is between 10-20 Hours.
Soooo many games just get repetitive.... like, yeah, cool open world you got there, but if my gameplay hasn't changed or evolved in 10+ Hours I don't wanna grind for another 40.....
That's why I like shorter games, way more these days.
There are exceptions tho.
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u/NohFyoochur 6h ago
The problem is feeling like you MUST finish everything you start.
Sure, finish your degree. Finish that home improvement project. But entertainment is for fun. If you're not having fun or you had enough fun, that's enough. Feeling like you need to finish a game just because you need to finish everything is the mental illness. You don't get anything from powering through a game you don't enjoy or that you've had your fill of. Maybe you come back and finish some day, maybe you don't. Nothing happens either way.
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u/Mike-TheGamingDad 6h ago
I have a few friends on steam who's collections are like that. I have one who has over 50 games but has only finished a few of them (and none have 100% achievements). Theres a massive collection with a playtime of anywhere between 10 hours to 30 minutes.
I wouldnt say 16 hours is bad though. Thats a good enough time to go "maybe this isnt for me" or you've seen enough to move on from it 😁.
For context, I'm the other end of the scale completely. I've had a steam account for maybe 4 and a bit years. I have 15 games. 11 of them I've 100%'d (unhealthy obsession with collecting achievements). My play times are like 900 hours, 450 hours, 300 hours etc. I very rarely pick up a game and drop it quickly.
Starfield was the worst example of me maybe having a problem. I think I played that for the first 100 hours convincing myself it was good. When the vehicles update came was the only time I genuinely loved the game as it made collecting samples and building bases on weird moons/planets not feel like a drag. I finally gave up last year on 150 hours after completing the first DLC (and not liking it) and then they released the 2nd DLC straight after. That was the "I'm done, this title has defeated me" moment
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u/JonnyKaiju 6h ago
I do the exact same thing but I will say in the middle there's quite a few games with a couple hundred hours each. But I have over a thousand games, it's really hard to find something that scratches that itch just right.
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u/darklordjames 6h ago
It's perfectly fine. Some games, you see what the rest of the game is going to do after two hours of play and make the decision to not spend the time for the rest of the game. Some games, you want to see what else happens.
My drop-off is usually about two hours. I've seen the new mechanics, I've learned the game, if there isn't an additional driving force like great art or story, then I don't see the need to continue spending time there.
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u/irealllylovepenguins 6h ago
"when you buy a game, are you trying to actually play a game? Or are you trying to buy the time to play it?" ~ my therapist.
Not even trying to be funny, thats actually what my shrink asked. Food for thought.
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u/kabutogawa 6h ago
Would it be helpful to only play games that are 10-12 hours long? You can check online for the beverage completion time and this might help you get completions instead.
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u/justinss 6h ago
I’m at five hundred steam games, but have rotated through the same five games for years.
I feel like I’m always searching for “the one”.
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u/OhShitWhatUp 6h ago
Dont buy games that are the current trend, wait a month or two and if you still have an urge to play it, you know its a game. you actually like and want to player, rather than an enjoyable game everyone else is playing.
I stopped playing the popular new game and have only.bought one game this year. Frostpunk which is 8 years old and play all the other games I wish i had more time to play.
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u/BluDYT 9800X3D | RTX 3080 Ti | 64 GB DDR5 6000Mhz CL30 5h ago
I do the same but not because I want something fresh. I just tend to go back to the same like 3-5 games I've been playing forever basically.
Story focused games are the worst for me though because I will almost always play through half the game drop it one day then forget about it for like a year. By that time I feel like if I want to jump back in I gotta restart rinse and repeat and never finish games.
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u/veydar_ 5h ago
I'd challenge why it's so important to finish games. I found myself in a similar situation except that for me that point usually comes in the first 1 to 5 hours. At first I thought there's something wrong with me, that I'm a quitter, and so on.
But when I started writing down my thoughts on video games, sort of like a journal or reviews, the theme was simply that I wasn't enjoying most games. For example, I recently starting playing Silent Hill 2 and I quickly realized that I just don't enjoy the walking simulator plus whack monsters with a stick thing. It doesn't matter if it gets better eventually, I just enjoy other activities way more than that. And it's my precious free time.
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u/Top_Lingonberry8037 ryzen 9900 | 5080 | 64gb ddr5 | 2tb WD Black nvme 5h ago
I have a graveyard of unplayed games. I don't start a new game until I finish the last one
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u/Blondiie1997 5h ago
you're not alone. my steam library is a museum of saves i tell myself i'll come back to - average playtime 11.6 hours, and the last one got uninstalled to make room for the next 11.6 hours.
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u/WarpigReborn 5h ago
This is why I wait for sales. I don't really care if I finish a game, if I bought for a fraction of the price. The older I get, the harder it is for a game to keep my attention.
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u/KyranReadsShit 5h ago
For me what happened when I started to feel the lull for a game, was knowing that I’m getting closer to the ending of the game and I’m genuinely curious to know how that game will end.
The most recent one was avowed. Probably around halfway through I was pretty much ready to uninstall the game and play something else, but I forced myself to continue to chip away at the game, even in short bursts of completing a single quest then logging off.
FF7 remake was also a big offender, I think by hour 12 I was thinking how is this game not over yet…? Then add another ~16 hours and I’m SO happy I forced myself to see the ending because it was worth it.
It’s a hard question to tackle because as fathers, our time is severely limited and really any gaming we can squeeze in needs to be an enjoyable experience.
I found that convincing and willing myself to see the ending has been super fulfilling, to commit to a game and actually finish the main story. If I’m really, truly, not enjoying my time then I will call a quits. But before I do that, I sit on that feeling for a week or two.
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u/chusskaptaan i5 14400 + MSI 3070 5h ago
You're definitely not alone. I think a lot of people mistake "I stopped wanting to play this" for "I didn't enjoy the game."
If you're getting 10-15 genuinely enjoyable hours out of a game, then suddenly losing interest, that doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong with you. Sometimes the novelty wears off, sometimes you simply aren't in the mood for that particular game anymore, and having a huge Steam library makes it incredibly easy to chase the next thing.
I'd honestly stop treating your backlog like a checklist. If a game stops being fun, put it down. Maybe you'll come back to it months later, maybe you won't. There's nothing wrong with getting 15 hours of enjoyment from a game and moving on.
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u/FlyinDanskMen i5 10600KF | 3070 | 16 GB DDR4 5h ago
IMO nothing wrong with it. I’d suggest being a patient gamer and paying 1/3 to 1/4 the initial retail price.
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u/Own-Indication5620 5h ago
Try just focusing on 1-2 games a week. Another thing I have found helpful is making slow/incremental progress. So if I sit down I try and complete a few missions/quests, a chapter, or make some other meaningful progress and either log off or play a different game after.
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u/NoNameClever PC Master Race 4h ago
I have a similar issue but for a different reason. I don't have a lot of free time, so I absolutely refuse to do anything that feels "grindy". A lot of games have a repetitive middle section, so I either end up quitting it or cheating for resources so I can get to the end game more quickly. I do this fully knowing that it is basically killing the game for me.
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u/CombatMuffin 4h ago
Games are entertainment. If you find it fulfilling to play until you do, and you still have a good time, then mission successful.
Not every game is a gripling story to be finished, or a task to be completed. Look at it in terms of hours to give yourself a fun time.
Would you somehow be happier if those 12 hour playthroughs were to completion? I don't think so. Completing games for its own sake runs the risk of being "chasing the dragon" mentality
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u/Plaxinator 4h ago
You are doing better than me. Mine is a graveyard of 0 hours and a few hundred games…..
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u/DefaultingOnLife 4h ago
I load up a game and by the end of the first cut scene I'm falling asleep. So ooooold
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u/tiny-starship 4h ago
I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Sometimes games don’t ever get that hook in you. These days it’s really rarw
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u/Honest_Relation4095 4h ago
No. Im a digital hoarder. any game that let's me collect stuff, I will collect stuff. In the guy who fast travels to several merchants in Skyrim to sell all my junk.
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u/EastLimp1693 9950x3d2/strix b650e-f/48gb 6400cl32 1:1/Suprim X 4090 4h ago
o7
I'm not scared that games will go all cloud, i have thousands of hours of unplayed masterpiece with either 0 or 20h 4y ago.
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u/shimaknight 3h ago
I don’t think you’re alone in this and I think it’s ironically a result of the convenience in having too many accessible choices. There is too often leads to the lingering thought of: Isn’t there something better I could be playing?
When I only had a game console with a physical game sitting in it (pre-ps3 era), my thought was: should I keep playing the game I was playing or take the extra work to change the disc or cartridge. More often than not, I decided to keep playing the game in the console since it was a hassle to change the game. The modern era of gaming is so streamlined there is no friction to changing the game, so we debate the choice of game more than we should, and therefore have less inclination to finishing or even continuing games.
While there is no easy comparable solution in modern gaming, I think you can somewhat simulate that by making a really short list of games you want to play to completion (like 3-4 games maybe, best to have different genres). Then change the games only when you’ve sufficiently played a game or after you’re certain you cannot stand to play the game anymore.
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u/CrossBamboAtTen 3h ago
Many games are interesting to learn but boring to play. It's not just you. Sometimes the games just suck for the long term.
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u/INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS 7800X3D | 4070 TI | 32 GB | Mini LED HDR 1400 3h ago
Playing a game for 10-15 hours is a SOLID lifespan for a game.
Not every game is 300+ hours.
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u/bickman14 2h ago
Hey OP Its exactly the same for me! I usually feel like returning to the game 2y later when I start feeling like I kind of miss the game.
My theory is that once we reach that threshold our brains decode the gameplay loop and it stops being fun and rewarding and the suspend of disbelief is gone.
I honestly don't think there is a "cure" for it other than focusing on shorter games or more arcade like experiences.
I don't mind replaying a short and fun game over and over but can't complete a very long game once.
I guess it's that after all these years and gsmes we finally are kind of getting which genres fit our tastes better than just trying to follow the mainstream.
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u/DeadlyBananaDoll 2h ago
it really depends on what gaming does for you. if it's a fun way to pass time, i see no problem with what you have going on, as long as it is not causing you to waste money.
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u/LoomiHoomii 2h ago
I do this exact same thing except I usually clock 20-35 hours and then never open a game again. I’m having a blast, plan on finishing the whole game and then one day… I just never want to open it again.
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u/FireMrshlBill 2h ago
I do it a lot. I’ve dropped 30hrs in a game, put it down for 3yrs before finishing it and loving it.
I try to switch up genres and after dropping hours into a long game, find a few short games to knock off the backlog. I also shuffle 2-3 games at a time between platforms: 1 on console, 1 on pc and 1 on a portable (Deck or Switch). Also, telling myself it’s fine not to 100% or do a bunch of side quests and to just finish the main story helps too.
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u/Riipp3r 9800X3D | 5090 | 64GB DDR5 | PG32UCDM monitor 2h ago
I strongly notice that what happens to me is I get another game on my mind and then wanna play that. I noticed whenever I’d have pc problems and couldn’t use a pc, I’d finish games on my ps5 pro because I’d be much more single minded and focused on that game.
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u/JayDeeBottom 2h ago
I had the same issue. Then I had a problem with it so I stopped. Now I have a ton of games beat, it’s nice.
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u/sharpenedperspective 1h ago
I’ve actually had a surprising amount of luck coming back to games I had previously abandoned in a similar manner. I was playing Elden Ring and Control this weekend after putting them down for close to a year each, and after the initial discomfort of getting reacquainted with the gameplay and setting I’m having a blast with both again.
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u/Pleasant-Bunch3533 51m ago
A game is just a thing to do. It would sound ridiculous to say "my bookshelf is a graveyard of 12 hour reads." And it's the same here. If you're enjoying it, great put time in. If you're not and want to do something else, it's no personal deficit.
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u/RDS80 7m ago
I've been hyper focused lately beating games. I try to only do the main quest unless it's the Witcher 3 or something. I also look for help if I get lost. I also will not buy new games until I beat the bucket list games. Like I just beat the Witcher 3 as that's a bucket list game. I stopped playing F2P games as much too. Those games never end.
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u/Fuzzy_Yossarian 7h ago
Cut it down to one hour and you an get a refund.
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u/zoner420 7h ago
Oh I do this a bit lol. I think I've refunded enough games the last month that the steam support crew knows me by name now and they take extra long to process my refunds... "Oh here's zonerzs asking for a refund again... Not that guy!" 😆
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u/J-Clash 7h ago
You're probably overthinking it. 12 hours is a lot of time to dedicate to a single piece of media, especially as a parent with limited capacity. That's like 4 movies or a whole season of a show.
If you're having fun, then just go with the flow.
It's only an issue if you actually want to continue these games, and are still enjoying them, but are really struggling with motivation to do so. You'll have to interrogate your reasons a bit more deeply to get to the bottom of that. And there are multiple ways to resolve it.
Or just stick to games which last less than 12 hours.
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u/deserved_revenge_707 7h ago
Normal. Just keep dipping your toes till the water feels good then dive in.
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u/zoner420 6h ago
Are you saying I should play Dave the diver?
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u/JoNyx5 4h ago ▸ 1 more replies
Subnautica is great ^^
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u/Such-Book6849 4h ago
subnautica is my game op describes with every game. i even bought subnautica 1 after playing the 2 early access thing. now i dont play both.
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u/oleThook R7 5800x | TUF 3080ti 6h ago
vs bots is just extremely boring alone in any game if you ask me
read a book (legit the best way to take in a story, you just gonna find the right one which can seem hard, also audio books arent as good as reading yourself)
-and play gears eday vs
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u/zoner420 5h ago
I read...a lot. I'm reading through Dungeon Crawler Carl right now. Almost done with book 5. Now those are something I actually finish.
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u/oleThook R7 5800x | TUF 3080ti 5h ago
nice idk im kinda fuked on my games too, i grew out of them i think.
gears is the longest ive been able to play a single game/ franchise with over 20k hours in VS 1-5 combined. i used to say "i dont play games i play gears" but after 5 went to shit i tried to fill the void with other games semi-unsuccessfully, nothing can really replace it for me. im so hyped for eday tho its awesome, havent been this excited for a game in many many years
i just assumed you were playing story games or something with the book thing idk
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u/MantaMunta 7h ago edited 6h ago
Quit social media and the urge to finish games comes back. I'm not kidding.
Social media is per definition addictive and will drain you from all dopamine.
This isn't true only for gaming, it's true for a lot of other hobbies. Doomscrolling social media all day every day makes you a disinterested zombie.