Games That Waste Your Time.

To clarify: On my BDO points, I'm not saying the only endgame activity is grinding. It's a sandbox game, so there are plenty of things you can do. I did participate in a ton of PVP, lifeskills, etc. The point I'm making in the video is about arbitrary extensions of the amount of time required to make "progress" in certain games. In the case of Black Desert, there is an expectation that you will "grind" to earn money that will either buy you end game gear or help you with the chance to upgrade your gear. That may not mean just doing combat, but for many people (me included), the game can feel like a secondary "job" that you have to constantly be "working" due to the pressure of wanting to keep up with other players. That may not be the case for you, which is good! If you're able to set your own goals and stay completely away from endgame PVP content where you need to constantly improve your gear in order to stay competitive, that's great! If however you've played other "theme park" style Mmos like Final Fantasy XIV Online, you'll know that there are level caps per expansion, and there are "best in slot" gear items for every new expansion. Once you hit those, you're done in terms of any kind of "grinding". Additionally, these games are filled to the brim with content like new dungeons, raids, etc. that will generally get you to a pretty decent spot level wise/gear wise just by doing them through the main story content. These aren't perfect by any means: rng drops on gear can be frustrating at times. But I find that for me they're generally more "worth" my time because these games continuously give you new content throughout your whole progression journey. On open worlds: I don't hate open world games. Please see the very first video on this channel to get my thoughts on the genre. I clearly have criticisms of certain games and the Ubisoft style of game design that so many games follow these days, but in no way am I saying that you need to dislike those games just because I have problems with them. My opinion isn't law; I'm just some random person on the internet sharing my perspective. If you absolutely love that style of open world game, then I say more power to you and I hope you have a wonderful time playing them! Hopefully that clears up any misunderstandings, and have fun gaming everyone!

One of the first open world games that comes to mind when talking about one that doesn’t waste your time is Shadow of the Colossus. The world isn’t filled with relatively meaningless side quests, or half baked content. It’s just you and the Colossi.

GW2 is only MMO that actually respects players time, i been playing casually since launch with massive 10+yrs hiatus in between and still perfectly good to go.

Elden Ring came to mind first when I thought of which games did this right. I thought the world was going to be a bloated mess of nothing until I actually started exploring. Half the fun is not knowing what you'll find but at the same time, knowing the developers aren't tricking you into thinking there is something. That way when you fail to find anything interesting, it's not a bad thing considering all the others places with goodies to find. Can't say Assassin's Creed without saying ass twice.

The right mindset playing into new games is also needed to enjoy something. Like burnout from playing the same thing is also possible when transitioning from one game to another, especially when you're trying to rush the content.

How to avoid getting scammed out of your time by video games: don't play games that sell exp boosts. They are admitting that they are waiting your time.

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I remember Lego Universe being the first mmo I ever played and at a point mmos became my favourite genre of game only for my love for them to fade completley.

I would love a list of these games(also just short games too)

I’ve played only the story of The Old Republic and it was one of the greatest stories I’ve experienced. Fun fact: It was the failure of The Last Jedi that pushed me to finally play SWTOR.

When is a game not worth your time? For me, it's when you treat it like a side-job that you are indifferent to. When I play the same game for 300+hrs, it gets to a slow stage, where I'm just there, from habit and tomorrow I won't remember what I did. I think that's when the game is truly wasting your time. I'm guilty of this in New World, though to a lesser extent, because I refuse to do tasks. I start the game and there are around 2-3hrs worth of "chores", which just means the most efficient way to earn money and materials. I almost quit the game completely when I did the chores, it was boring and I logged off almost immediately after doing "chores". I found a guild, only log on when I want to, I only do what my mind wants to do at any point, and instead of farming I chat, help guildmates etc... Though the game is arguably the worst game of all the hour-sinking games I've played, by prioritizing "fun" and keeping breaks, it's the game I can have fun with even know.

Any Nintendo game. They are ALL just filled with unskippable cutscenes that take up over half of the early game.

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I play BDO and I am 100% sure you dont even try to pvp once, or go to node wars, GvGs, or any content related to pvp, you just probably farm mobs and sell stuff for silver and continue to kill mobs with out a goal for what to do with that silver earned, for me my goael is to push my gear to duel in the open world grind spots. interrupt people farm xD as red player sometimes

This is what's been so refreshing about Final Fantasy 16 for me. It pairs well with Zelda as it's super linear with areas to explore a bit, but generally you can go from quest to quest in a straight line & are intended to. Diablo 4 had been a mixed bag for me though, the story mode was great & I've been skipping side quest dialog to expedite rewards (my new way of getting through the memorable parts of a game & not wasting my time of stuff I'll forget anyways). However it's "End Game" activities have caused me to not play with friends frequently as we all need different things at different times in terms of rewards. Basically what you're describing with MMO grind burnout is the same thing that's been put into Diablo at this point, & while it can still be a fun co-op game with friends occasionally I know I'm not getting max level any time soon. Maybe the new seasonal characters which are intended to be played over a 3 month period like Diablo 3 did will pull me back in, but it should've launched with a season & not waited a month.

I was under the impression that games are meant to waste my time.

Every single player that return to BDO, should go through a mandatory enhance moments, only then would you trully be able to decide is this what you really wana go back to ?

Bdo does not have a grinding problem the players have a grinding problem if you play the game at a balanced pace you will find it actually rewards you for you're time

Back then, games had long development times because they had big things in mind. Nowadays they have long development times because the assets take so long to create. "Developers" (often rather the studios) don't focus on the content anymore. "The better the game looks, the better it plays". I miss the old days.

The rewards use to be the story. Now games just a reward the grinders and companies.