Hmm, I have nine games I haven’t finished yet where I’m sitting just outside the final mission, but that I keep putting off in favor of new games because I don’t feel like getting used to them again just to finish them.
I think this applies to me.
From my observations, this is mostly due to that cost-benefit calculation that says playing a new game is more fun and has more payoff than getting back into a previous game just to finish it. Some of the games I play (and the way I play them) are pretty costly in terms of “head-space”, and can take up to an hour at times just to re-orient myself and become once again fully aware of everything that I need (with my ways to play them) to be aware of in order to play them “properly”. Contrast with playing a new game where the awareness gets built up when it’s supposed to be, i.e. at the beginning of the game / tutorial / etc.
Building mental awareness and models of the game is also half the fun, for me and at least 25% of my gaming friends.
*quick look at a notepad list*
Hmm, I have nine games I haven’t finished yet where I’m sitting just outside the final mission, but that I keep putting off in favor of new games because I don’t feel like getting used to them again just to finish them.
I think this applies to me.
From my observations, this is mostly due to that cost-benefit calculation that says playing a new game is more fun and has more payoff than getting back into a previous game just to finish it. Some of the games I play (and the way I play them) are pretty costly in terms of “head-space”, and can take up to an hour at times just to re-orient myself and become once again fully aware of everything that I need (with my ways to play them) to be aware of in order to play them “properly”. Contrast with playing a new game where the awareness gets built up when it’s supposed to be, i.e. at the beginning of the game / tutorial / etc.
Building mental awareness and models of the game is also half the fun, for me and at least 25% of my gaming friends.