Let’s talk more about games I don’t/can’t play. Games I don’t play is easy* enough. I don’t play turn-based. Except. Ah, I just did. Kind of. And not just dipped into, but platted it. The Spirit Lift (prettysmart games), a roguelike deck-builder that was turn-based. The few times I have played turn-based games, I was used to each member of your party taking their turn. In this game, you had an aggregate amount of turns. Each member contributed cards, but you could use any of them you wanted in each turn as long as they were in play (meaning that you had drawn them).
In general, I don’t like to think too hard while playing a game. I mean, I don’t mind puzzling when I’m playing a puzzle game, but I don’t want t o exert myself too much in other games. I mean, I’ll look something when need be, but I don’t want to be constantly chewing over what to do in a non-puzzle game.
I also have given up on point-and-clicks. I ave tried so hard to like them. I have played several games, old and new, in this genre. Each time, I think, maybe this will be the time I actually like the game. And each time, I do not. The only game I liked was Kathy Rain, and even that was marred with so much frustration. By the way, after years of me wanting a sequel and resigning myself to not getting one (because the first one did not do well at all), I was astonished to find out there was a sequel.
I haven’t bought it yet because I’m scared. Of what? That it’ll just be more deep frustration and/or won’t live up to my expectations. I will try it one day, I’m sure, but–oh dear. It’s 15% off. No, wait. That’s the bundle for both the games. And it makes it cheaper than the second game itself. I don’t know why this is so, but Steam does this a lot. Seventeen dollars for the bundle. I am between games at the moment, so I’m seriously tempted.
I don’t play FPS, multiplayers, or shooters in general. None of that interests me. I also don’t care for most Triple A games. I know how it sounds, and I swear I’m not a hipster. I just am not made that way. It’s the same with any pop media for me. I am just left cold by most popular media. Now that I’ve realized I’m probably neuroatypical, I am saying that is probably part of the reason I have no interest in mainstream pop culture.
Back to accessibility issues in games I don’t play. Here is my post from yesterday. In it, I was talking about how I would rather indie games fly towards the sun and fail than stay safe and make a bland and boring game. I mean, I would like Triple A games to do the same, but they have way more to lose. It’s the same with Hollywood movies vs. indie ones. When you spend millions on a piece of pop culture, you expect to get that money back.