Anon wants to talk about the games they like, not the games other people like.

"Hey do you like games?"

Yeah. I've got all the FIFA's

"Oh yeah, I'm a big gamer. I play FIFA and COD. And next year I'll play next year's FIFA and COD."

I used to play everything. Then I developed a sense of taste and learned to recognize what I know I wouldn't much care for, and don't bother with those games. I like shit with complexity, depth of mechanics, and loads of weirdness. Like Dwarf Fortress, Kenshi, Earth Defense Force, and soulslikes. Popular AAA games tend to be anything but that. The newest game of high caliber complexity that is also popular and AAA I do like is Baldur's Gate 3.

Have you heard of this one game? It's called SUPER MARIO BROS!!!!

Indy classic. Came out a few years ago. You probably never heard of it.

Sounds like Anon doesn't wanna talk about video games after all

I should start a new Factorio run

Is KSP a autistic game? If so I got at least 10,000 hours in.

“…15,000 hours in this autistic PC game…”

Found another Star Citizen fan! 😆

I play Factorio too.

Well, as a Factorio and Rimworld player I know which one I am...

Okay, what games do you want to talk about?

I mean, that's the same shit you see happening in music, books, movies...

Most of us stick with one genre, and then sometimes you get to appreciate the entire medium. But it's not easy for everybody.

I always think it's like colours. I can't fathom people who actually genuinely have a favourite color they always wanna have.
But at the same time, if you ask me to read anything that's not outside of a few favourite genres, it is a struggle.

So yeah, at least try to appreciate that others may not like exactly what you like. And it's okay if they only like the one thing. They are missing out sure. But you're probably missing out on plenty of stuff too.

The death of monoculture comes for gaming too. The sheer number of games out there means you can always find some niche gem that really appeals to you and you specifically, but then you might not find anyone else who knows it and wants to talk about it.

"Hey do you like games?" "no"

I'm not ashamed to admit I have nearly 6700 hours in Fallout 4. I like what I like. I play it like Sims with shooting.

Well, I might be a little ashamed.

Yeah I'm a sim racer, and I suck.

Today I'm playing GT7, tomorrow I'm probably play some GT7 and if I'm getting really frisky next week I might play some GT7.

Gotta git gud.

I feel like the rise of live service games and rogue-likes that are based around incremental progression definitely shifted the status quo to everyone having like 1 game, maybe 2, where they spend most of their time. Every game seems to demand you commit more and more time.

The only exception I can think of is Paradox Grand Strategy type games (which is my secondary "main" game)

Be me. Spend 2 grand on new PC. Play sim city 3000 night after night after night.