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I just want to enjoy a game again! Help!
blacklist85
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Hey all,
Long time gamer here I am 34 , was in beta for WoW and have been playing everything under the sun since. I’ve recently given up WoW , just far to demanding raid wise being a father family man now.
My main interests right now in gaming that seem to keep my attention pretty long is games that you progress , get sweet gear and more powerful. I love gather games, cutting down trees gathering resources and building and advancing with them. I like rpg combat, I like shooting combat. I like a friendly atmosphere so if I am ready for team play it’s not toxic. I enjoy a challenge if it’s multiplayer , end game WoW was amazing as a guild.
Long time gamer here I am 34 , was in beta for WoW and have been playing everything under the sun since. I’ve recently given up WoW , just far to demanding raid wise being a father family man now.
Since quitting I have jumped from game to game and not really falling in love with anything , it’s left me in some what of a depressed gaming state. I’ve turned to now devoting extra time to rowing (exercise) and show watching but that’s just filler.
Here are games I’ve recently played and enjoyed but didn’t suck me in to continue playing them.
WoW - loved it cant keep up with the demand of end game raiding schedules
Call of Duty great shooter was fun, but repetitive and lost its excitement with me quickly.
Call of Duty great shooter was fun, but repetitive and lost its excitement with me quickly.
Astellia , I didn’t think it was terrible, I did enjoy leveling myself up and was mostly solo except for tanking dungeons.
Destiny - love playing it felt like missing last two expansions maybe I am just to far behind to really catch up and enjoy it now?
Albion Online - loved the idea and concept just way too much of a grind for someone who is semi-casual/hardcore depending on scheduling.
Albion Online - loved the idea and concept just way too much of a grind for someone who is semi-casual/hardcore depending on scheduling.
My main interests right now in gaming that seem to keep my attention pretty long is games that you progress , get sweet gear and more powerful. I love gather games, cutting down trees gathering resources and building and advancing with them. I like rpg combat, I like shooting combat. I like a friendly atmosphere so if I am ready for team play it’s not toxic. I enjoy a challenge if it’s multiplayer , end game WoW was amazing as a guild.
I am down to check out anything people have to offer, right now lots of good sales going on so figured it may be a good idea to reach out and see if this community can help get me out of this gaming depression rut.
Thanks all happy holidays!
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they might not look like it but they are both incredible games (though if you've played albion, it probably won't be an issue).
careful though, they are also both time altering games. you sit with the intent to play for an hour and suddenly your growling stomach reminds you that it's 2am and you might want to head to bed
other suggestions for online and multiplayerish games :
path of exile for that arpg itch (new league starting in 2 weeks)
or
warframe for that fast paced shooter itch with progression and gear.
both great and both free to play.
or maybe give magic the gathering arena a try, if you want something competitive and that you don't seem to have tried. it's also free to play (same business model as hearthstone).
So I did try Rimworld I played through the basic intro , then continued forward more, I think the 3 people only and one constantly doing something stupid and dying and then being left with 2 people with not much accomplished made me scratch my head!
Path of Exile I have not played in a good while, I may peak back into that , I think my first take on that was very hard to get into as well with how end game seemed so veteran player based , maybe it was the streams I watched.
Funny when I write about the games and what I dislike I feel like I am a grumpy old man now that’s never satisfied haha I wonder if I am alone in feeling that way lol.
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Yeah that’s kind of what my wife keeps saying, I went so hard and for so long on WoW and cutting the cord is breaking my addiction and I refuse to go back.
Heck, I only play FO76 these days and prit near everyone hates it...yet for some reason, not me.
If ArcheAge Unchained sounds interesting just go for it, what's it cost, like $15 or something?
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This is very true, its $25, but I dont really consider that steep compared to 59.99 for titles that completely suck right out of the box LOL.
Going to give it a go as well, see what it's all about. I don't think I've played it since its early stages trying to compete.
Sometimes I find it more illuminating to hear from the people who like a game explain why they like it. People who like a game are likely to have played it for a long time and understand it better than the people who hate the game.
There's nothing wrong with liking a game that most other people hate. I'm likely the only regular on this forum who liked Kritika Online (now on Steam as Kritika Reboot), but that's fine. I had fun playing the game even if no one else on the site liked it. Given your preferences, I don't think that game is a good fit for you, though.
If you want to cut down trees, build stuff, and advance, you could try A Tale in the Desert. It's an old game, and a very weird one. Among other things, it doesn't have combat. But if you didn't realize that a crafting game without combat could be hardcore, full loot PVP with permadeath, ATitD will clear that up for you. (Actually, for the most part, you can just do what you want in the game and other people can't really do that much to you beyond yelling at you.)
I think that your preferences on PVE and combat are too different from mine for me to offer you good recommendations there, though.
My name on Kaylin is Blacklist so feel free to add me if any of you play and or have a guild friendly to new comers.
Pretty much once you get outside the WoW mindset it opens up alot of other options.
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I am not going to raid and I log on and play everyday. I have ten characters both Horde and Alliance which I just quest and group with. I make it a point to take them through different areas and because they are all different classes and factions there is a surprisingly crazy amount of things one can do. Next month when the battlegrounds come out I can even PvP.
You don't have to raid to have fun in WoW.
So far still enjoying it, just playing through the story and its been pretty fun so far.
Hey! Yes, unfortunately, that's all WoW was for me since Vanilla Molten Core - That's the aspect of the game I fell in love with was the massive challenge of dungeons/raiding. I enjoyed open-world PVP as well but that died long ago, fighting at the barrens and hills I will forever miss.
A gaming example of the later for me would be an RPG that is getting say 60 to 65 on Metacritic. I will look for detractors saying things like "it is too slow", "not enough combat" "not enough like PoE". Usually if it scores that low its unlikely I will get it, but a thoughtful, deep game might swing me to buying.
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