I increasingly find myself hesitant to start a new major game because I know I’m facing 100+ hours of map clearing, collecting items, and a ton of repetitive side quests. This isn’t real “gaming burnout,” but rather burnout from endless content. I feel less like a gamer and more like an employee who needs to complete a checklist.

I miss the days when 10-15 hours in a game like Soma or Hellblade felt dense, intense, and left an incredible lasting impression. Modern giants, on the contrary, often leave me feeling “incomplete,” even after I’ve spent 80 hours in them. Well, I hope the era of short, interesting games isn’t fading away.

Battlefield has always been Battlefield to me when they had a commander, like in Battlefield 2. I miss being part of the chain of command, requesting an airstrike as a soldier required higher rank confirmations so it was magical when they were happening. As well being commended as the best squad of the server by the commander was gratifying. Let alone feeling being part of bigger plan and organized army. Battlefield 6 in that sense is not giving that vibe, it’s pure action and chaos.

However maybe it’s just me being nostalgic and the new generation of players might not be interested in this part of the gameplay anymore.

What are your thoughts?

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Happy holidays!

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. I have been playing this game since I was 5. Everything about this game makes me so nostalgic and i can’t get over it. How about you guys do you feel the same. If not comment down your fav game.

Was playing yesterday on Dam (EM storm) at the apartments. Was looting all the drawers in hopes of pulling an Anvil BP. Some guys asks “friendly? I really don’t want to PvP right now” outside and I say “yeah, as long as you don’t come in I’m looting this house”. Guy proceeds to come in and start opening drawers so I blast him and he starts crying that I’m toxic/a rat/etc.

Just because you are a PvE player doesn’t mean you get to just waltz around and loot for free.

You can not tell me that they aren’t learning. They literally worked together. We’re cooked!

I don’t know if this skin will be available next expedition and I’m not taking that chance.

Please.

Let this game evolve. Let the devs build it out and trust this process. Allow this slow burn of a game turn into the potential it has and just play and have fun.

Allow this Reddit to flourish with memes and fun clips over constant complaining and crying.

I beg you.

Noticed an uptick in connectivity icon popups recently and thought I’d share what these icons mean. Hope this helps!

Source: https://id.embark.games/the-finals/support/faq/46-in-game-warning-icons