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Making peace with liking very few games? (piefed.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago by mohab@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world

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I love my favorite games and have been playing them for years, but I disliked about 99% of the games I played.

I don't think I have FoMO or anything; I just find it weird because my taste in music, film, or art/media in general is usually fairly broad. I guess I just wonder why my taste in games is aggressively limited.

It's not for the lack of trying new games; I've tried more or less anything I could find, sometimes because it's popular, other times because it looked interesting, but nothing really hits the mark like my favorite games.

I just don't like what most developers create, I guess?

I'm hoping, by posting this, maybe I can find others who are having a similar experience, and we can share thoughts.

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

We don't really teach appreciation of art enough. People unabashedly "hate watch" shows or go out to see blatant cash grabs in theatre, and buy games they don't enjoy...

I've had arguments with friends who defend shows they admit have no redeeming value, and are only watching it because there's a lot of it. Like there's a hole in them that can only be filled with sufficient volumes of content. I can't even talk to them anymore.

Art is in a way the study of choice. To simply make things without meaning anything by them, without doing anything on purpose except to make money, to me is little more than cheap nihilism - without adding to the conversation in the way that considered nihilism can.

A few game makers actually do contribute to the conversation of games as art, following on what came before and enriching us with new ideas. Those few should be followed closely and supported, when you find them.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

And then there's...

82% Positive? Are you shitting me?

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

82% positive just means that out of everyone who decided to buy it in the first place, 82% feel like they got what they expected. If you don't expect greatness, then perhaps this game is exactly what you thought it'd be.