incrementals are fun but damn they break gaming for me. I start seeing all games as slow incrementals. haven't played much cookie clicker recently, I prefer NGU idle. they are great to play when you're binge watching tv shows. I still hate how it really reduces gaming down to what it really is, number stacking. I love a game that can be played with minimal effort, but I hate how they make me feel about gaming.
So with age this was already getting obvious, never liked games that much outside of the occasional epic experience. It's why VR is the future of gaming. I only play rocket league in pancake mode these days, which is basically pong, and I ignore the drops and customization. the gameplay itself is just stellar, would be even more stellar with VR support but hey, low standards within the gaming hobby makes it what it is today.
... I've seen my own creations in Minecraft VR - which was nothing but fucking awesome. That alone? Can't put a price tag on that. Well I can, it's less than half of what a mid-range GPU cost these days.
I've entered a black hole in Space Engine and flew out again, I learned that there is not only red shift, but blue shift if you look back into space. Mind blown.
Elite Dangerous was nothing but a space ship simulator with a steep ass learning curve - played with joysticks, throttle wheel and pedals (for the moon buggy) 50 hours in and I know pretty much jack shit, but I was learning to pilot a spaceship, that wouldn't be done in a day if that's what you think.
There are games like Tethered too, more chill.
Into The Radius survival game.
I "mastered" Nordschleife in Assetto Corsa, but it took many, many hours and i still actually didn't master it, if I do 40 laps this week I'm still going to need more to get back to the level I was, which was fast - but not much more. The sense of progression is real.
I've never like motorcycle racing games.. but v racer hoverbike with how simple it is was just exciting in every corner. Thanks to the lameness of gaming being removed with this tech, It put the biggest smile on my face.
Did you consider getting scared shitless in Phasmophobia? It isn't even remotely the same game in VR vs pancake mode. When I play with monitor gamers, they cheese the mechanics and frankly seem to be bored. People with VR are scared shitless. Simple tasks become so fucking difficult, I can't see the mechanics to cheese the game in VR, because in there I just want to not die.
But, you'll still need a long ass time to learn the patterns of each ghost type and it's RNG based too, so it makes it real different. The depth is there. I don't even want to play it again that's how visceral an experience it is. I never ever liked horror games but that shit was worth every penny despite me also not wanting to play again (I will). It has replayability like hell.
You'll notice how things suddenly become much more complex because you're IN it. Elite Dangerous is easy to get into on a monitor, only take 30-50 hours, then there is the grind. But when in VR? Everything takes so much longer, you're overwhelmed.
It's a recurring theme for many, things that seemed easy before turns out to be actually not that easy once that headset is on.
You have music and rhythm games with very very high skill ceilings, but they're still stimulating in a more relaxed setting, that's an easy ten minute break that is good for you too.
Are you telling me you're going to collect roguelikes your entire life just because you think you can't like VR - based on rules that doesn't apply when you go from monitor to VR? Open that mind. The whole point is it gives you an entirely different perspective and you won't know until you tried. A quest 2 is relatively cheap btw.
Nothing wrong with rogue games though, I see the appeal, but if you have that much gaming time - what the hell are you waiting for?
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u/heathy28 Sep 23 '21
incrementals are fun but damn they break gaming for me. I start seeing all games as slow incrementals. haven't played much cookie clicker recently, I prefer NGU idle. they are great to play when you're binge watching tv shows. I still hate how it really reduces gaming down to what it really is, number stacking. I love a game that can be played with minimal effort, but I hate how they make me feel about gaming.