@Mauzuri Looking at the bright side - if there's a hardware issue, it's better that it manifests itself while you still have warranty. I hope it's nothing though
According to Naoki Yoshida, new Final Fantasy XVI trailer is ready to be shown but was delayed "due to certain circumstances" (guess that could mean it appearing in a PS showcase).
The game itself is basically finished with the team now focused on "polishing and optimizing".
Sounds like it could still release this year, maybe.
This was shared in a recent NieR-related stream, apparently .
edit: also this š
It says: "On a scale from 1 to 10, how hyped are you for GoW Ragnarok?"
I have added and downloaded Fifa 22. I have yet to boot it up. I am slightly worried it may consume me if I start. Haven't played a FIFA since 16 I think. Got way too addicted to the FUT mode and pretty much traded my way to owning almost of all the cards and was in the top 10 of club values etc. Managed to do that without spending any actual cash though so it was more a drain on my time and attention than anything else. Used to use the app frequently to trade more when I was away from the console. Played it so much EA sent me the trial beta version of 17 to help playtest it.
Would kind of like to have a few matches on 22 but not sure I could do so without falling back into such addictive tendencies.
Anyone else ever avoided playing a game because they thought they might get too addicted to it? Is it even a valid concern?
āWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.ā
@sorteddan I was way too into Counter Strike years ago. And Overwatch a couple years back. And FIFA. And PES. And NBA 2K. And MLB The Show. And Final Fantasy XIV. And Destiny 2. Basically I have a horrible tendency for addictive behaviour and these games feed on that. Glad Iām away from the muck and can have a much more healthy relationship with games. The scary thing is when they donāt even hit you in the wallet, they suck up your time.
@nomither6 I still play multiplayer games occasionally, I just stay away from games which try to take up every waking hour of your day. Thereās not really any need to act like a rancid bowel movement, some peopleās personalities mean they can be easily taken advantage of by these systems. You donāt know a thing about my circumstances or what else I have going on in my life, you just decided to act superior on a forum about a largely frivolous pastime. Please do better.
@sorteddan I used to be terrible with mobile games for getting sucked into losing hours to the grind.
Like Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes where you could get a small amount of premium currency by playing every day and achieving a set amount of stuff. I end up getting to a point where I have to delete the game for my own sanity.
There are console games that suck me in and I think about them when not playing but never to an utter obsessive level.
@sorteddan Yeah that is one of the reasons I stopped playing was that I was finding FIFA and PES were coming too much of a time sink. And I wasn't keen on the direction the gameplay was heading, as it felt a game of finger gymnastics at times, especially online when it was mainly just people using whatever exploits are in the game.
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@JudgeDredd@nessisonett@JohnnyShoulder@nomither6
Thank you for the responses. It's good to know it's not just me. I am aware it is probably my own personality traits but it is also that the games have systems partly designed by psychologists to be more addictive. Grind for coins to buy more packs to get better players to earn more coins ad infinitum...
Interesting to read @JudgeDredd comparison. I think I am a bit all or nothing with most things -including the booze - I'm fine if I avoid it altogether but not too good at moderation so can easily get in too deep.
Very much agree with @nessisonett about having a 'tendency for addictive behaviour' - so should probably avoid games that try to get me that way.
@nomither6 it's good you have something you enjoy. I think the point I was trying to convey is that I will get to a place where I don't even know if I am enjoying it, it's more of a compulsion to continue that I don't really want to reccur.
@Thrillho I don't think you're alone there. Mobile games have entranced a whole new audience, quite often people who are not otherwise gamers! When I enquire as to the objectives I do often find myself questioning people whether they are playing because of enjoyment of because they feel the need to get the next unlock or whatever.
@JohnnyShoulder and yeah obviously the time commitment is a thing as well. The games with all the flashy animations seemed to take up more time so I'd only be getting 4-5 games completed an hour. Even on modes that weren't FUT it would take way too long to complete seasons etc.
āWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.ā
@sorteddan The main trick I use with live service games that I am interested in is I purposely join late. Knowing that I can't unlock everything results in me just playing when I feel like it for fun and avoiding the FOMO trap. A notable example is Gears 5, I was excited enough about the game that I would've bought it day 1 but instead I focused on Switch single player games I was buying around its launch (e.g. Astral Chain, Link's Awakening) and bought Gears 5 in a sale a few months after launch. Having missed out on a load of limited time unlockables given Season 1 was over, I just played the game casually.
As a result there's only been 1 live service game I've become addicted to but I didn't have that strategy in place at the time.
@Grumblevolcano
That is probably good advice. Thank you. The FIFA sitting on my PS5 will already be within the last couple of months of its prime, given that focus moves to the next game when the new season comes around (August/September time) so might not be too bad a time to dip my toes in.
@RogerRoger
Addictive personality club membership accepted. You are right though, I recall reading some governments debating whether it should be age restricted or actually legally classed as gambling so it's not as if it's an unknown phenomena.
-regarding gaming addiction: I decided to check out games sorted by most time played on my profile. FIFA16 came in only 3rd at around 460 hours - so about 19 days total but if you assume most days I would play maybe 3-6 hours then it's probably 100 days or so - but that wouldn't include time logging in to the app to trade stuff I guess.
I would genuinely be ashamed to admit the number of hours I put into #1 on the list which was Warframe, suffice to say it's more than a couple of thousand!!! ...so yeah I think I should avoid live service games.
@sorteddan ā I will get to a place where I don't even know if I am enjoying it, it's more of a compulsion to continue ā
i get that feeling with games in general . i hated my time with crash n sane trilogy but felt i had to beat all 3 games at least ; which made realize , do you know whatās worse than making a psychologically addictive game ? a game for masochists .
@Jimmer-jammer well first off, congrats on conquering Elden Ring. Sadly I donāt know any fixes that would solve your issueā¦ Iād imagine that any suggestion Iād have would have already been tried by yourself. In regards to the āotherā section, are you able to interact with that at all? Maybe you could disable it or delete data from it? Like I said though mate, youāve probably tried those things already.
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