I used a similar strategy as the 2- minute rule on Vamprie Survivors.. I played this game at launch and had a blast, but the montonomy got me after about 40 hours. It took me well a good year before I even started thinking about it again, and I remembered all the combinations of weapons and secrets, and the thought of all that just really put me off of getting back into it. However, I thought, allright, let me just go one round.. And sudden, two weeks later, I clocked in another 40 hours, now im very close to have all 200+ achievements in the game, and don't regret it at all.

100% true about community. Had this experience with Dead Stranding

Not including outer wilds in the exploration recommendations is a crime

my notes app single-handedly carried me through Baldur's Gate, i love that you talked about the journaling tip!!

For the first one, I play games based on mood, but I agree that each mood kinda needs one game, not several.

Video starts at 7:54

Journal strat works well for anything with story/narrative, but not as well for games that are more pure skill and performance based, like rhythm games, FPS, fighting games, etc. Another strat that honestly works really well and takes the most discipline is to just not try to juggle too many games at once :) That's helped me a lot, literally keeping just a game or two in my rotation and I commit to NOT taking on more games until I finish at least one of them. Also yes 2min rule works wonders as an adult gamer, that definitely has gotten me over the inertia many many times and you're having so much fun. I'm pretty sure I've used that rule to finish ToTK and Sekiro. Unfortunately didn't work for DS3, I still seem to have more or less zero desire to continue playing that game. Thanks for sharing this video!

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Ty! When bored of gaming: Get enough sleep. Watch old/new TV series. Read a good book/comic book. Listen some good music. Watch animals or country guides. Wait for the inspiration/good build idea for the new game. Don't play just because you are bored! Just wait for the good mood. Peace!

competitor = online shooters kinesthete = rythm games collector = mmorpgs/achievement hunting competitor+kinesthete=speedrunning competitor+collector=100%ing rogue likes kinesthete+collector=not sure, worth looking into tbh

I think the game I'd like to get back into most is Persona 4. I've played it off and on for literally years-- but I accidentally made it to a higher leveled dungeon (or whatever they're called, it's been a while) while being severely underleveled. I get one-shot by even the weakest enemies, and I think I need to just start over because my characters aren't strong enough to even trudge through easier battles.

I dropped games a lot before when I was a kid. Games are supposed to be fun and there shouldn't be any guilt in not committing to the game if it becomes a chore. Why is there suddenly a requirement to finish the game? Sounds like sunk cost fallacy to me.

I really enjoyed the video. For #10, at 17:01 ... what's that music in the BG? It sounds so familiar but I can't place it...

Aw man I picked this video up and watched about halfway through, set it down and told myself I'd come back later...

I also find not putting too much pressure on myself to finish a game. If it just isn’t clicking with me at that time, either I’ll return to it or I won’t, oftentimes I do though if I really liked the game. It took 3 separate chunks of playtime over 2 years to finish Elden Ring despite my overwhelming love of Fromsoft games. Nier Automata took about 5 times of booting it up over several months before it sunk its hooks into me so hard i couldn’t put it down. And when I’m just not feeling games at all, I’ll switch it up with reading, or watching some shows or movies on my watchlist.

Legit one of my top 10 games of all time.

I already figured some of this stuff myself but still its a great and very helpful video. Thank you

Thanks so much for this video! I do know about Kahneman, but somehow I have never thought of applying it to buying games. I am especially guilty about not taking into account how much time I have. I have been wanting to play metaphor refantazio but I definitely cannot put in that time / energy right now. Definitely read my mind there. 😅 At least I choose from my backlog in a similar way.. like how long is the game, what mood am I in.. and so on. 🙂

Next, I'll biohack my brain so I play more videogames

How would you go about implementing this game plan for someone who mostly only makes purchases when they're on sale? I don't have that spare of a budget, so oftentimes I'll settle on a game I know want but is at full price, and then routinely check it every few weeks waiting for it go down in price. By the time it does go on sale, it's hard to gauge how much I want the game now vs just suffering from sunk cost waiting for it to drop in price, and this is especially difficult when other games I want aren't on sale, so my options are to make this purchase now or hold onto my $20 and hope a better pick goes on sale next week. It ends up driving a lot of FOMO, and a lot of regrettable purchases, because the games are never eligble on my time.

In which category would Drg go?

"1. juggling too many games at once" ha, I guess I don't have any gaming bad habit because once I start playing a game, I cant do anything in my life beside to continue to play until the end. Full commitment. "2. not knowing when to put a game down" damn

I like to try out many genre of game if the game is not too hard core and visually appealing to me so i guess I can identify my play personality as casual 🤣

Funny enough I played ToTK a lot at launch too, about 50-60hours and that’s one game I’ve been meaning to get back to as well. For me the game that took my attention away from it was Final Fantasy 16 which hooked me and I finished it straight through. Right now I’m playing Horizon Zero Dawn remaster but plan to apply the strategies to ZoTK and other games in my backlog such as Black Myth Wukong and Persona 5. I really like the tips at the end, I’m gonna try journaling and the 2 min rule. I pretty much already seek KZbin content about the games I play.

I have a huge backlog of games that I just seem to expand yet never touch. Played BOTW for hours on end for about 2 weeks. Never touched it again. I have sealed games, digital games that I bought on discount. 90% of the time I “play” video games, it’s spent on the menu, then I just hop over to KZbin. Feels like I just do it for the kid within me because now I have the money, but I just feel empty at the end. I’m only 21, I don’t what is happening 😭😭

I realized the other day that I basically have bulimia with video games. I play a game and get obsessed. I start playing too much and staying up way too late. Then I’m exhausted when I go to work the next day or start getting sick because I’m not getting enough sleep. Then I abruptly stop playing to try and get back on track. But then I struggle to get myself to go back to the game. I’m sitting there bored, trying to find something to watch on KZbin (and still staying up too late sometimes) while the video game is right there for me to enjoy. I get this feeling like I don’t “deserve” to play the game because I haven’t gotten something done. (But continuing watching tv anyway…) I partly blame my grandma. We’d spend summers and sometimes winters with her. And she’d always make you feel guilty for spending several hours on a video game. Even when we had earned the time. Chores are done, we spent some time outside, already finished the book I was reading. But of course they see no problem with watching tv for hours though….

I do a lot of these things. I used to only want to 100% games and I never finished any story. Now I’m trying to not think that because it’s not 100% doesn’t mean I didn’t beat it. I think I would feel better if I just play the game and get to the end. And go back if I want to! Just enjoy the story

Without thinking about it too hard, I feel like I mostly identify with the Competitive nature as well. I've always enjoyed challenging myself, learning new things and improving my skills. I played tennis growing up, and enjoyed games like chess and Magic the Gathering. That said I also enjoy games that encourage creativity. Sometimes exploration, humor, movement and good storytelling are also compelling. Thinking about these things reminded me of some of my favorite games: Competitive: Rocket League Hearthstone / MTG online Team Fortress 2 Star Wars Battlefront 2 Dark Souls 1 Story / puzzle and humor: Portal / Portal 2 Half Life 2 Limbo Braid Undertale Creativity: Minecraft Platform Racing 2 Line Rider Movement: Wii Sports Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Beat Saber Competitive games are my go to for sure, but I don't play a lot of different ones. I play a select few over the years and hone my skills in the ones I really enjoy the most. Can get burnt out easily if played too much or taken too seriously. For story games -- I think I prefer short and sweet over a long drawn out saga. I also like story games with humorous elements as that keeps me engaged. Also some kind of interesting puzzle or combat system to make the game worth playing (not just watching a movie or reading a book here. Has to be interactive enough.) Atmosphere, art, music etc play a bigger role here as well. Creative games -- where you can make your own maps, mold the environment in some way, and make it your own creation. Minecraft is probably the best example. Social components can really enhance these -- a lot of times just hanging out with friends, like in Minecraft server and sharing the experience. Movement -- games that require you to physically move around. These are a nice change of pace. Honestly haven't played many games like this since the Wii. Beat Saber is good though.

Unless you are a collector play personality :)

For me, multiplayer games and trophy hunting ruined my gaming drive. It gets to a point where if I'm not grinding a level up or I'm about to play a game where there's no Platinum to work towards. I subconsciously feel like I would be wasting time, like I'm not making progress, which I know is not what gaming is all about and doesn't always have to be about. But this is how modern gaming has messed with my head

For me (tip 2) that came from blox fruits. I just got addicted to doing the same thing over and over agaon not realising how much time id wasted. It was really annoying to find out how long i was plsying it. I stopeed ever since

Best way to make sure you beat the game is to aim to beat the game. When ToTK came out I beat it the same week it released. I work a normal 9-5 job and still managed it because I didn’t lose myself to side quests and endless goals. My girlfriend on the other hands hasn’t beat the game to this day because she wanted to do everything before finishing the game and prepare but kept running into roadblocks (which would have been resolved if she had a certain power or equipment). If you focus on beating the game first you’ll enjoy the side stuff way more later.

A great point was just watching the story/cutscenes on KZbin when you find the gameplay getting boring and repetitive to save yourself 20+ hours. I only get maybe 10 hours to game a week and I know there are great games I’m just never going to get around to, sometimes I’ll even start watching a let’s play in the background at work to see if it’s a game I will enjoy. If the game play looks repetitive but the story is intriguing i can enjoy some great storylines and save free time for gameplay I enjoy. Also save some money instead of buying 50 games on sale you want to ‘get around to’.

I think the main problem that is practically all 10 of these problems in one is: "people think less than before" People recently just don't want to put the effort to think and try having fun, they do what's easier and not what's better.

Will try this to pick a game from my backlog. When buying a game I usually ask myself "If this game was free, would I play it right away?" And the answer is usually "No". If I end up buying a game and I haven't touched it in weeks it's getting refunded on Steam. I got the satisfaction of purchasing a game, but I didn't lose the money in the end.

Oddly enough, instead of videogames, im gonna use the 2 minute rule on an art commission i got stuck with Will report findings!

My mostly dominant characteristic is "Creator" and the secondary is "Director" as I can take out from what you explained and reflecting my past. I can recommend a list of games for people who parallels themselves with me. Except those you recommended the list is here. -Grounded -Northgard -My Time at Sandrock -V Rising -Dinkum -Subnautica -Cult of the Lamb -Oddsparks -Timberborn -Factorio -"Age of ..." Series I may have guessed wrong about myself but these are the games when I sorted my games by "Playtime" and honestly my most played games were Valheim(243.1h), Satisfactory(225h) Grounded(204.6h), Northgard(179.1h), My Time at Sandrock(173.1h). For short, thanks for the insight. I may be recommending some games to my girlfriend according to her type. Great video!

I’m surprised i’m able to finished Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It’s an open world game and was overwhelmed playing it but i’ve learned to enjoy it the more i play.

A strategy that I'm currently usig is just keep a fixed amount of games in my wishlist, the ines that I really fell in love with them (I'm into old and/or indie games so I keep it 50, if you're interested into AAA title I would recommend to lower that amount) and move the other titles into a document (i use an excel file) that way I won't lose the name for the games that I remove, but also I won't see any notification and discount label I will acrively check Its current price If I'll feel like, displaying to myself an actual interest to get that game.

Unfortunately i tend to sail the seas more than buying anything because of the overpriced and underdeveloped games.

great video. I have one question. What is the game called at min 07:26?

Thx this helped a lot i decided on nier automata in the end

Nice Video! Keep it up!

I hope this translate well to book series, manga, and tv shows that I struggle to get back into after a break.

Someone tell him he’s just getting old

I really want to finish persona 5 royal but I struggle to pick it up again

A motivational video to play video games is wild

Tried BOTW right after finishing DS1, got half way through it and never opened it again because I found it too boring compared to Dark Souls 😂

✨depression✨

trying to go back to Persona 5 Royal and Animal Crossing is a nightmare ;-;