Re: There is usually something to make me quit playing a game after a while

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:18:39 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

System Shock:  The non-stop spiders and monkies
Doom Eternal : The jumping, and jumpling puzzles - that will make me
stop playing a game immediately (although the new one hasn't ticked me
off yet - I am not taking it seriously just playing it on easy and
shooting stuff which is enough fun for now)
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The lack of save game slots and quick saves, and only checkpoints.
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Having to "cheat" by having to farm stuff in order to proceed and
level up. I have no idea how I lasted so long with Elden Ring but I am
sure I almost finished it but am not going back to try and finish it.
Which leads me to:
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Hard and almost impossible boss fights, or boss fights to begin with!
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And now, I have just about had it with Oblivian Remastered.  Do you
know what is going to make me quit playing it (I love it!)?
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The seemingly non-stop lockpicking puzzles! I have just about had it
with that!
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Oh - any stupid and hard puzzles in a game which forces me to
constantly look up cheats on the internet will make me stop playing a
game real quick now at my age!

A lot of these seem to break down to "I hate repetition", as in,
"don't make me keep replaying the same stuff over and over again."
Whether it's a reuse of a mechanic or monster (lock-picking, killer
space monkeys) or instant-death pits that make platforming a chore.

Which I can totally get behind. It's one of the more frustrating parts
of gaming for me, largely because I'm playing for the experience more
than the challenge. I want to explore strange new worlds, see new
vistas, meet (and kill!) new critters, and do new things. Being forced
to do the same thing -especially if it's the same exact challenge-
over and over again bores me.

I don't tend to quit a game because of it (just because I make effort
to finish every game I start) but that sort of thing will definitely
result in a more snarky take in my end-of-month round-ups ;-)