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Lokarin posted...

because that's what normal people do... play games for fun

DocDelicious posted...

If you're playing just for fun...why? There are tons of similar games that you could play for fun, make progress in, and aren't designed to fuck you.

In a world where there are more games out there than any one person could ever hope to play in their entire lifetime, there's literally no reason to ever spend time playing a game that is only somewhat fun, and which is also designed to frustrate you into paying money.

And that's before you even get into questions like whether or not the game is even really fun in the first place, or has just been designed in a way that maximizes addiction to keep you coming back even if you're not really having fun at all. A lot of people trapped in the latter sort of game will rationalize to themselves that it's the former, but after they finally managed to quit they'll openly admit it was always a problem.

I've said this for movies and TV shows for years now - in a world of near-infinite media choices, there's no real reason to ever settle for any show or film that is merely mediocre. Every second you waste watching shows that are "just okay" (or are outright bad) is a second you're not spending watching something far superior that's out there waiting for you if you'd only look. At this point, the same kind of applies to games as well. Especially if you've got access to multiple previous generations worth of titles at your disposal.

If Diablo Immortal is a deceptive and malicious experience designed solely to exploit you that doesn't actually respect you in any way as a player or a human being, why waste time playing the early levels over and over when you can almost certainly find a much better game that you'll enjoy much more and be able to play from start to finish?

If you can't respect yourself and the value of your own time, why would anyone else?