I’m embarrassed by the number of award-winning games I have unfinished on my hard drive, but every time I fire them up I think “i’m not enjoying this”.
Am I doing it wrong? Should I be mainlining my ADHD meds before trying to play?
I’m embarrassed by the number of award-winning games I have unfinished on my hard drive, but every time I fire them up I think “i’m not enjoying this”.
Am I doing it wrong? Should I be mainlining my ADHD meds before trying to play?
I think this is largely a trap to think of this way. Just because a game is award winning doesn’t mean you will or have to like it.
For example I think breath of the wild is on its best days a 6/10; but rating things on a scale is also, IMO, meaninglessness without context as to why someone feels that way.
Example aside, the thing to realize is you don’t have to play any game you aren’t into. I recently played Disco Elysium and loved it. I think one of the reasons was I happened to be in the right headspace for that game. Its a very unique experience and I hesitate to recommend it to anyone in spite of my enjoyment.
Games are meant to be fun. If youre not enjoying one, move on. You can always come back to one some other time. It took me a long time fighting the sunk cost fallacy, convincing myself, “I’ve come this far, I should see how it ends”.
TLDR life is short, time spent gaming should be gaming on things you enjoy. Don’t let any reviews or hot takes force you into playing something that doesn’t jive with you.