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Does anyone else sometimes feel overwhelmed by (big) games? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've recently found that big (mostly open world) games tend to overwhelm or even intimidate me. I'm a big fan of the Rockstar games and absolutely adored Breath of the Wild, but my playthrough of Tears of the Kingdom has been a bit rocky from the get-go.

As soon as the game let me explore all of its content and released me from the tutorial island, I was able to roam the lands of Hyrule freely as I once did in Breath of the Wild, but I've come to a sort of paralysis. I feel like there's such an enormous amount of content to see that I'm constantly anxious to unintentionally skip content or to not make the most of my experience. I did not feel like this back in Breath of the Wild, and I'm not really sure why. I did, however, have this same sense of FOMO when I first played Skyrim. That game also made me feel like I was constantly missing stuff which left me kind of unsatisfied.

This is not a big problem and all of the games I listed are great games. I'm posting this because I unconciously took a two week break from ToTK in order to alleviate that feeling but when I came back to the game today and still felt the same, I thought of posting here and maybe hearing your opinions on this thing.

Have you ever felt the same in big open world games? Do you feel like this in more linear games with multiple endings? (I do) Do you think I'm an overthinker and should just rock on? Looking forward to your comments!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I get, sometimes I just want to experience a story not forge my own adventure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

im not sure why but i only played botw for like 10 minutes and never touched it again. somehow it just seemed confusing and kinda boring to me (yes i should have given it another chance but my joycons drift anyways so i dont even use my switch anymore). i do love games like fallout and skyrim though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

same for me with the witcher 3 and horizon zero dawn

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have suffered from this at times. Mostly from friends worrying about 'value propositions' or whatever. Now I just play for enjoyment. If I ain't digging it, I move onto another game for a while. I can always go back if I want, but it is ok if I don't want to go back.

I think this tends to happen when a game throws too many mechanics at me that I don't care enough to learn because the game isn't grabbing me.

I find keeping a couple games in rotation also helps. Keeps things fresher.

Currently playing Last of Us part 1, as I've never played Last of Us. Enjoying the more on-rails experience, compared to open world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, these big open world games always feel overwhelming when I start to play them. I then remind myself to take a step back and treat each side mission as a separate game. Embrace when an NPC all of a sudden gives me a new quest, and just keep it on the back burner until I'm done with the current quest. Engage yourself in the story for each quest.

Modern games do a great job of organizing your quests.

Edit I would also like to add that owning a Steam Deck also helps a lot with playing big open world games. It's great to quickly pick it up and get a side quest completed or level up my characters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Concentrate on only one aspect of the game that you think you'll enjoy and the rest becomes side-play you can enjoy leisurely. For instance I was on a huge korok seed hunt with BOTW because I love collecting things like that. As I cleared an area I would move further out and slowly got into the open world like that.

For another style of game I concentrated on just mining with Eve online because it's so information dense you will overwhelm yourself trying to learn the basics of everything. Few days of mining and I was excited about trying out some combat missions etc.

Just don't look at the overall picture, focus on a mini aspect of the game and expand from there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Totk is so much bigger and harder than botw

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@Cartendole For me is kinda hard to follow long time span games.
I can only remember the first 10 hours. So to me is easier just to find short time games than long ones.

Also indie games trend to innovate even more so I prefer a 3 hours game that's enjoyable than a 40 hours game that's repetitive and probably at the end I don't even remember the entire story of it.

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