Gaming

Escape From Tarkov

Chivalry 2.

I always love playing. But the more I play the more salty I become...

Stardew Valley is getting there for me. I usually burn out on a game at 80 hours, or whenever the credits roll and there's no more fun content to pursue. I'm creeping up on 200 hours in SDV, and I often feel like I'm playing it because I have to harvest those blueberries to make mad cash to get that 10M clock that prevents decay on my farm. It's starting to feel like a job, but then, I still fire it up when I'm looking for something to play because it's just comfortable and easy to get into the groove. I think I really need to give it a break, but I just keep coming back.

Currently, Helldivers 2. It's tough, but chaotic fun at its best. Frustratingly unfair at its worst.

Black Desert Online. I still think about it from time to time and love it as a game but it is also a dangerous addiction that destroyed my life for a time. So I just stay away cause I don't want to be sucked in again.

I usually have a little bit of both for every game I try, but if I had to pick, it would be Elite: Dangerous. I really love the visuals and how immersive it all is, but the gameplay gets repetitive and boring really fast. I guess I'm part of the problem, since I only did exploration and exobiology (if a game gives me a pacifist route, then I'll pick it in a heartbeat); maybe I should try something like mining or hauling, eventually.

I also have some nitpicks concerning the gameplay, like, if I'm in a planetary rover, I have to use the laser turret intended for combat instead of a dedicated mining drill/laser. Or, when I'm collecting genome samples for exobiology, I can only gather from one species at a time. Considering that you only gather data for a single population, which usually spread out far and wide, gathering genome data on a single planet takes a long ass time.

EDIT: Also, traditional roguelikes (Brogue, Cogmind, Dwarf Fortress). They look awesome, but holy shit do they make me stupid

EDIT 2: Also, Etrian Odyssey games. For the same reasons -- top notch visuals and presentation, but frustratingly difficult and obtuse gameplay

Fortnite. Love the game, appreciate the mechanics and skills of good players. Hate the game, because I suck at it

Overwatch

Animal Crossing New Horizons

Monster Hunter World right now. IMO the game has fantastic worldbuilding, monster design, weapon design, armor design, even the combat is pretty good.

But the UI is an attack on humanity and it has a lot of feel bad mechanics. For example some monsters have attacks that even if you dodge or are otherwise not in the hit area, you still get stunned/wobble/etc. If you run out of stamina, your character takes a 10 second nap during which the monster can delete you. If a monster hits you too frequently, you also take a nap. Some monsters don't have cooldowns on their attacks and just spam them. Some monsters ignore or otherwise punish you for using gear (Behemoth slaps you through evasion mantle and Lunastra explodes sometimes if you flashbang it).

I still love it, but it can definitely be frustrating.

Has to be Apex Legends for me. That game can be extremely infuriating or a blast.

Planetside

I find it so fun but also easy rage quit

League of Legends... If that game was open source... All of its problems would have disappeared a long time ago.

My laptop is currently eating shit, so right now it’s this mobile game called Solitairica. It’s just a solitaire roguelike, but the shuffling is truely random. Sometimes you go into a fight and the enemy just does their highest damage attack 4 times in a row and you literally can’t win without incredible luck.

State of decay, absolutely love this game bc for me it's "almost" realistic zombie survival game out there (same like project zomboid). What i hate from that game basically just game bugs....so....many bugs....that i can't stand, from inconsistent zombie spawn, buggy driving control, inconsistent zombie alert range, inconsistent horde/hive, etc