• Signtist@bookwyr.me
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    6 days ago

    I’ve had to specifically put a hard stop on my usual thought process while playing games, in an effort to get back to how I played as a kid. If I catch myself strategizing too much to the point where I’m not even playing anymore, and am just going through the motions I already planned out, I purposefully make myself do something completely against the plan just to put myself in the kinds of situations I’d be in as a dumb kid who did the wrong thing, since that was the last time I had real fun playing games. It doesn’t always work, but I do have more fun than I did earlier in my adult life.

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      5 days ago

      This has really worked pretty well for me. I have to stop myself from researching optimal builds and strategies when I’m learning a game because it always accelerates the path to no longer enjoying the game.

      The most fun I have is when I approach it the way I would’ve as a kid: what looks cool?

      Turns out games are a lot more fun when you’re discovering everything yourself and learning as you go!

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        5 days ago

        Yup, and it’s more fun when you let yourself have challenges. Sure, it’s easier and more efficient to stealth behind an enemy and stab them in the back, but it’s more exciting to go in swinging, even if you’re only wearing leather armor and haven’t trained your sword skill very much!