There are definitely lots of things in life that I personally fail to see any value for myself in; but that I respect specifically because I know it brings lots of other people happiness.

This is sort of how I felt about Pikuniku. The controls pissed me off into not gaming for an entire year.

I’m your reverse. Friends with some big Dragon Age fans, they wanted me to join, it worked for me too! The Dragon Age train crashed when I had to free up space on my PC for more important real life things sadly, but when I finish that I’d like to finish my playthrough and maybe replay with fight-skipping cheats, or hit up the rest of the series.

The not was absolutely intended as optional! I’m wondering if other people are seeing it as required judging by the count of responses talking about negative experiences I got…

While I did outgrow teenage edge, the fun of playing an evil character and Rooting for the Empire can be timeless, especially since it turns the typical formula of the protagonist being the good guy on its head. Have been meaning to play this, appreciate the rec.

time to shill !automationgames@lemmy.zip which I mod

I would usually not be so promotional except Lemmy needs to grow and blah blah

I knew about the Bongcloud but not that origin of the name!

remeember dueds, ghet KING LENNY, the mastir of chess to the othier side, dueds!

More reading on the Thought Cabinet. Game sounds so appealing in theory especially because of this type of mechanic but it seems way too dark and real, and makes me think “I already know/am constantly being shown this realm of suffering in real life, I have zero interest in exploring it in fiction, I just want distance.” So instead I’ll read articles about it!

I also found a thread asking the same question about games with ludonarrative harmony on GOG.com.