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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[–] jordanlund 6 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I find the same thing, but I'm really questioning the taste of others.

Never really did PC gaming, bought a SteamDeck to get into that ecosystem after seeing all the posts about "ZOMG! STEAM SALE!!!"

Are people just... not discerning? Do you just buy ANYTHING because it's on sale?

The signal to noise ratio on Steam is just nuts to me... Yeah, some game might be $1.99, 90% off, but if it's not worth the bandwidth to download, why are you bothering? Do you lack the ability to tell good games from bad games?

[–] AngryCommieKender 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

~~This you?~~

Wrong comment

[–] deus 6 points 13 hours ago

The thing is, there's just so much stuff on Steam that even if you only care about the crème de la crème (hell, even if you only care about a specific genre), you'll still find yourself with a wishlist longer than you'll possibly have the time to play. I often go "ZOMG! STEAM SALE!!!" so in my case it's slowly becoming a backlog but I do intend to play everything I buy.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

And then there's...

82% Positive? Are you shitting me?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours 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.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 2 points 10 hours ago

... Maybe it's in the tradition of Magritte? "This is not a game."