I normally play FromSoft games and a few indies here and there. I feel like I might play a huge chunk of ten games a year at best? And any year in which a FromSoft game is released (that I actually play, that’s a hint for later), that’s basically all I play other than casual games to change it up. In 2022, I played Elden Ring all year long. My guess is that I might have played one or two other complete games that year. I’m not sure, though, because my memory is completely shot now.
Ha. Yesterday’s post was supposed to be about the games I’ve played this year, but it really was not. I’m (probably) going to tackled that topic today and why I don’t usually play that many games a year. Why? Because I tend to get obsessed with one game at a time, plus a casual game on the side.
I’m fascinated by people who hop f rom one game to another because I can’t do that. At one point, I was playing Dark Souls III when Geralt showed up Monster Hunter World. Trying to switch between the two games was very hard. That’s on me, though. It’s hard for me to go back to some games once I’m done with them.
Side note: I have wondered if I have ADHD, but I don’t think I do. I have some of the traits, but not the main ones. Also, once I learned that ADHD and autism have several symptoms in common, I leaned more towards being on the spectrum than having ADHD.
Here are some games that I tried this year, but did not finish for a variety of reasons.. I will explain why I didn’t finish each one.
The big one is Tiny Bookshop (neoludic games). It sounded right up my alley. Quitting your job and going to a bucolic beach town in order to set up a mobile bookshop. I tried the demo and did not love it, but I decided to give it a go when the game came out.
I got into it more than I did in the demo, but it was so stressful. Why? For several reasons. One, there are very few save slots. This matters because of the next point. There are several side missions/character side quests that are very elaborate/involved/labor intensive. Also, the game does not adequately explain what you need to do for these quests or even the main mission sometimes.
This all matters because I was trying to do everything as I went along because, yes, I was trying to 100% it. That’s on me, obviously. There are so many side quests and different events, it’s hard to keep track of them. Plus, you can only go to one location a a day, which makes the quests rather tedious.