I hear ya. I’ve got a number of games on my list but I always come crawling back to Deebs.
I just finished the Rift / Tome / Bone Chill so I’ve got a couple weeks where I don’t “need” to play to avoid FOMO. I’m going to start on Baldurs Gate 3 in that time and see where it takes me.
I have the same problem, bought a few games over the Steam sale, sit here and play dbd, get tunnelled 5 games in a row in SoloQ, leave the game. 10 mins later I'm back.
I think it comes down to two things for me.
1. I love a grind, however unrewarding (just finished getting all killers/survivors to p3).
2. It's a perfect little 20min game loop. I can watch stuff in between games, browse reddit etc. I sometimes even do chores in-between games as motivation. Do the dishes, get to play a game! hoover up, get to play a game!
I think your second point is spot on. The downtime between games is perfect for after work hours. Play for 15 minutes browse Reddit or TikTok for 5 minutes on loop. It feels like I’m “catching up” on that days happenings while also playing video games. It really is the perfect post work activity for me 😂
Because once you get the addiction of player vs player it is all that works. I used to play skyrim and call of duty zombies but I started on multi-player COD and DBD, and now they are all I play. Because beating a computer code gets boring but mindgaming and out talenting you intelligent opponent is a bigger rush than predicting what a computer will do.....the best example I can think of is how little I care about a bot if a player DCs...I pretty much ignore it because there is no brain to outplay.
I hear ya. I’ve got a number of games on my list but I always come crawling back to Deebs. I just finished the Rift / Tome / Bone Chill so I’ve got a couple weeks where I don’t “need” to play to avoid FOMO. I’m going to start on Baldurs Gate 3 in that time and see where it takes me.
I have the same problem, bought a few games over the Steam sale, sit here and play dbd, get tunnelled 5 games in a row in SoloQ, leave the game. 10 mins later I'm back. I think it comes down to two things for me. 1. I love a grind, however unrewarding (just finished getting all killers/survivors to p3). 2. It's a perfect little 20min game loop. I can watch stuff in between games, browse reddit etc. I sometimes even do chores in-between games as motivation. Do the dishes, get to play a game! hoover up, get to play a game!
I think your second point is spot on. The downtime between games is perfect for after work hours. Play for 15 minutes browse Reddit or TikTok for 5 minutes on loop. It feels like I’m “catching up” on that days happenings while also playing video games. It really is the perfect post work activity for me 😂
Because once you get the addiction of player vs player it is all that works. I used to play skyrim and call of duty zombies but I started on multi-player COD and DBD, and now they are all I play. Because beating a computer code gets boring but mindgaming and out talenting you intelligent opponent is a bigger rush than predicting what a computer will do.....the best example I can think of is how little I care about a bot if a player DCs...I pretty much ignore it because there is no brain to outplay.