Patient Gamer Rule

CharlesReed@kbin.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 801 points –
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I’m not interested unless I see “First transmitted via telegraph by the US Government, 1883.” in the about section of the game store.

Does dwarf fortress count as a modern game or a 20 year old game?

Both and a game 20 years from the future when Toady finally finishes it.

Nah we're going to transfer his consciousness into a robit so he can keep working forever

Similarly, I play a game called Clan Lord that came out in the 90s, but still gets updated regularly.

Growing horns by farting on citizens in Fable

Don't forget to find one of those citizens that are temporarily immortal to punch and kick their shit for maximum physical experience. I loved doing that on that first city, after finishing the quest where the dude convinces you to change your hair and beard "for his daughter".

Haha how weird and quirky! A game from 2013? No one's ever played those before! You must be so special and unique! But not as special and unique as me, playing games from the 80s! Oh wait. There's nothing special and unique about any of this.

Oof. You made a conscious decision to be like this.

I am totally going to borrow this reply, though usually it's not true; the choice to be cruel and bitter typically a subconscious need to lash out.

Encouraging people to be themselves and not determine their worth based on the age of the games they play? Yes. People are more than this. It's sad as hell to put yourself down just because the game is old.

It's a joke. I chuckled. I don't think anyone is putting themselves down due to seeing it. The joke works even if you take out the age of the game.

You've come across aggressive and with the intent to put the poster down. So... That's not very nice of you?

But I'm here saying that the age of the game doesn't matter and that it doesn't make them a loser like they imply

Where does it imply loser? It's a light self deprecating joke. I recall making the same digs at myself because my Sims 3 character was doing really well and I felt like I was living vicariously through them. The age of the game is a fraction of the joke. Do you get this agitated when people joke in real life around you?

Not agitated, just think it's sad for people to feel guilty about gaming

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Let people enjoy things smh

But I AM! Enjoy things! Just don't expect to be called special because you do.

???? Who is expecting that here exactly?

They're presenting themselves as something "different" from other gamers... How is that not presenting yourself as unique and special? It gives "I'm not like other girls" energy.

Last I checked the meme is saying the accomplishments are less impressive than they may seem at first, and I'm not seeing "Im not as impressive as I first look" as being "special".

How does the game being old make the accomplisments less impressive though?

I'll admit the age part isn't really necessary on it, I was just explaining how I was seeing it, if I had made the meme it wouldn't have been there.

“Im not as impressive as I first look”

It's not impressive either way, so why are they bringing status into it whatsoever? Older games are not "less impressive" to play, and that mindset should not exist in the first place.

You’re the only one here interpreting this that way. Like I can’t tell if you’re an actual human or if you’re a bot powered by ChatGPT that didn’t correctly process the content of the image.

I find it curious to see people having this sort of insecurity (in some cases, some sort of aversion) with playing older games, while they don't have it with other media, like books or music.

Exactly! You never see someone saying "haha, watching a 50 year old film, oh crazy me!" when watching Star Wars.

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I would say this is all about Skyrim, but I do think that game still is very popular today

My top two games played this year are over 10 years old each.

My 3rd most played is Baldur's Gate 3, weighing in at 250 hours, so I've got that going for me.

Mine were 7 and 14, respectively, and then I had Diablo 4, so I understand.

I'm still not sure how much I like BG3, but I have sunk 90h into it at this point, so it can't be that bad.

My game of the year for 2023 was probably the Q2 remaster, overall.

*while ignoring any real-life counterpart of any of those. (except goals, kinda, since your goal at the moment is doing those things in that game).

The real-life mission system is totally broken. I've accomplished tons of goals and the rewards usually don't even trigger, at all.

Plus the classes are ridiculously unbalanced! "Billionaire" and "loud religious idiot" need to be nerfed yesterday! Don't even get me started on how game breaking playing a hybrid of those is!

Billionaire ain't a class, it's just an unpatched exploit. It's really easy to pull if you already have at least some millions lying around.

I started playing Project Zomboid this year. Its about a decade old but they're still adding features.

Gran Turismo 4 is 20 years old..

And DOOM hit 25 this year.

Edit: I'm stupid at math, it's actually 30 lol

Half Life is 25; I've been slowly working my way through the anniversary edition

There's only a few games I played before release, RimWorld and Stone Shard.

Currently I'm playing Beneath a Steel Sky from 1994, and Fallout 4 is next.

And I will celebrate with you each time you recover the Amulet of Yendor

This is me saving other civilians in This War of Mine since I can't save anyone in a real war zone.

idk loads of war zones going on, you could probably give it a shot.

Last person I saw try ended up going into a suspicious looking hole in the earth in his skivvies.

Ahh that sweet sweet dopamine. If you don’t have any handy, gamebought is fine.

Oblivion is my fave Elder Scrolls game

i tried getting into it but as a skybaby it is tough. either takes forever to kill an enemy or i breeze through everything

I just like how goofy it is lmao

i like that too. its funny killing someone and having a million guards ponder what happened then immideately walking away

Imagine how much cooler you'd be if the game were newer.

Nah. Older games are often less fancy, so gameplay and execution need to carry. Time culls the mediocre, leaving only the memorable behind.

idk I still think 100%ing donkey kong 64 is still one of the greatest accomplishments humanity has won

I'm just catching up on here before I go back to my Sims 3 game.. 😂

I started Conan exiles with a buddy recently, it's pretty dope, actually, it's like an ark survival evolved but an order of magnitude less shitty (with a few caveats).

Edit: nvm I looked it up and it's from 2018, feels a lot older, it's really fun tho

My gta online bank account and financial portfolio

To my actual bank account and safemoon