I’ve been revisiting anno 2205, infamously the ugly duckling of the Anno series of RTS games. I don’t mind so much the fact that it’s different, lacks customisation and random map generation - I’m bothered because the game is so slow to progress through on challenge settings, and it feels like a game designed just to artificially waste your time; in other anno games, you can always pull tricks to dig yourself out of economic crisis - selling off assets and surplus goods, completing quests for other parties, or taking loans. 2205 is very very confined in terms of what you can do to financially recover in the early game and forces you into a lot of military events.

    • Swaus01@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      You

      1. go into it thinking it will be fun or otherwise “good,”
      2. it isn’t fun but you keep on playing, holding out hope that you’ll get past the “slog” section,
      3. only after sinking several hours (as many as 1000 - or more!) into it, you decide you’ve wasted your time.

      It happens all the time. Usually when a friend recommends a game to me, i hate it.

      • ThunderComplex@lemmy.todayEnglish
        10·
        1 day ago
        1. the game is actually good and you enjoy it but some time down the line the devs completely fuck the game up
        2. the game is actually good and you enjoy it but underlying problems don’t get addressed and new issues keep piling up, eventually you realize that your vision for the game and the devs’ vision don’t align
    • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Sometimes you are high on hopium and copium, you’re hoping that it gets better later on, or you just overlook some problems.

      Sometimes you’re already too used to the game, so it doesn’t fully entertain, but it isn’t “feeling” like a waste of time yet. This happens a lot with “endless” games like most MMOs and “game as a service”

    • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I wouldn’t go as far as “hate” but I’ve put a lot of time into games I ultimately decided I didn’t like. Once I’ve decided that, I stop, but I’m an optimist and hope the game will improve.

      Recently I’ve been playing Batman: Arkham Origins whilst waiting for my daughter to fall asleep. I was far too tired to pick another game so I played what was in front of me. Once I reached the end I uninstalled rather than do more open world stuff. Blech.