• Klanky@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    “People in their 40s… even if you have kids, you have more disposable income than you did in your 20s, but you have less time. So you might still want to play games, but I feel repressed by games that want me to play every week.”

    Oof I feel that.

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      2 days ago

      This shit is why I stopped playing Rust, Eve Online, and a bunch of other games. I can’t do the time sink anymore and to be honest, I’m not sure why I ever tolerated it.

      I’ve been playing Abiotic Factor and Journey to the Savage Planet with my wife and enjoying them a lot, and a big part of why is that I don’t need to log in every day. With my guys I also occasionally hop into Dinkum, Volcanoids, Darktide (post-progression update), Helldivers 2… Even Darktide and Helldivers 2 are borderline too grindy for me.

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        2 days ago

        Yeah I keep falling off Elite Dangerous, despite loving it. I’m been playing Caves of Qud and ToTK and loving them.

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      2 days ago

      CALLING OUT ANIMAL CROSSING

      That shit keeps track of how long you are away and then GUILTS you about it. “We thought you’d never come back we were sad” “we missed you”.

      My wife never goes back to that game because they guilt her haha.

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          2 days ago

          Okay so I don’t have an example that matches IRL time like Animal Crossing but a game with similar style I can do. If you’re down with time progression like Stardew Valley, check out Dinkum, best summarized as “Outback Animal Crossing”

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      3 days ago

      I’m in my early 40s and my one weird trick… was to not have kids. Sorry dad but this is the end of the line.