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What video game genres induce hyperfocus in you? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Maybe this doesn't need to be said but this is a different question to which video game genres do you enjoy. For example, I enjoy playing Dota 2. Every few months or so, I'll play it for a couple of weeks and put it back down. I'll never play more than two or three matches and I feel 'present' for the duration.

Paradox grand strategy games (especially EUIV), however, I can start playing at 7am and in a blink of an eye it can be 11pm and I won't have eaten or used the toilet or anything. I can do this for multiple days in a row. Furthermore, I don't often feel like I'm 'enjoying' it. I'm just consumed by it.

I'm intrigued to hear whether or not anyone recognises this difference in themselves. If you have any insight as to why you're consumed by some games and not others, I'd be very interested.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I can barely put down Ace Attorney style games. I love experiences where I get to unravel a mystery.

It's also really easy to spend a long time grinding in old school Maple. Just monotonous enough to be soothing, just active enough to keep my attention on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Basebuilders, 4Xs, Incrementals, and Survival Crafters

Once I burn out I try to stay away as long as possible for the sake of getting other things done and having a sane sleep schedule.

Compare with RPGs, farm sims, platformers, action adventure games, and roguelikes, which I can pick up and put down much more easily without disrupting other aspects of my life.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Minecraft, if I've got a project to do.

I run a local server so that I can play with my kid, but I'm the one who has to actually get things done. Simple things like looking for diamonds is enough to keep me playing for hours. I'll find a vein, and I think that's not enough, I need to find more, so I'll find half a dozen more veins, but then my brain switches to the 'I may as well carry on' mindset.

I mined a mountain down to ground level recently because the top was spoiling the view from our village, and once I started, it was quite soothing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Rhythm games. Diablo clones. ATS, ETS, and BeamNG.drive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Personal fave Diablo clone?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Last Epoch. It's new and very fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Rimworld, Against the Storm, Dwarf Fortress, and other similar games.

Any game where there is no clear end and continuous engagement and problems to solve is dangerous for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Samurai Gunn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

4X games, specifically any of the Civilization games I’ve played (everything but SMAC & Civ: Beyond Earth).

MMORPG, specifically Elder Scrolls Online.

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[–] bionicjoey 1 points 5 months ago

Really big and complex games like Rimworld and the Paradox or Hooded Horse games can really suck me in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Rogue-likes, especially if each run is long. Man, the number of times I booted up One Way Heroics for "just a quick run" and realize hours later that I should've gone to bed long ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Splatoon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Menu Simulators like Warframe and Path of Exile

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