Collectors Anxiety: the gamer's OCD

stone dives into the topic of Collector's Anxiety or Gamer's OCD. fixer contracts will kill us all.
Music Credits:
"June 2011" from 3DS eShop
"New Donk City" from Super Mario Odyssey
"9 A.M." from Animal Crossing
"Helicopter Chase" from Watch_Dogs
"Fixer Contract" from Watch_Dogs
"Laidback Thrills" from BattleBlock Theatre
"Jigsaw Plains" from Kirby's Dream Course
"Ripple Field 3" from Kirby's Dream Land 3
"Fight Against an Armed Boss" from Super Mario RPG
"Volcano Mines (Forgotten World)" from Stardew Valley
"3 A.M." from Animal Crossing
"Star Card" from Kirby's Dream Course
"Victory!" from Chibi-Robo! Plug into Adventure!
backdrop: ‪@andrewbowers2782‬

[@monmagog]

Hey guys, Point Crow here. Do you ever get Collector’s Anxiety in huge open world RPG’s? When there is so much to see and so much to do?

[@PaleoPalico]

Hey guys, Point crow here. Do you ever get Collector's Anxiety in huge open world RPG's? When there is so much to see and so much to do?

[@spaceturtle8889]

Hey guys, Point Crow here. Do you ever get Collector's Anxiety in huge open world RPG's? When there is so much to see and so much to do?

[@rold-hx8bu]

Hey guys, Point Crow here. Do you ever get Collector's Anxiety in huge open world RPG's? When there is so much to see and do much to do?

[@Definitleef]

Hey guys, Point Crow here. Do you ever get Collector's Anxiety in huge open world RPG's? When there is so much to see and so much to do?

[@squidytbh3675]

Hey guys, Point Crow here. Do you ever get Collector’s Anxiety in huge open world RPG’s? When there is so much to see and so much to do?

[@endergames]

This is giving Scott the Woz and I'm not mad about it 😌

[@amixam]

true

[@Smeali]

This is pretty much what happens to me, it causes me to not want to go back and play games because I want to collect everything I can.

[@flammable7961]

Dude this issue is so bad for that I just avoid any game with multiple routes or permanently missable collectibles or open world games in general because I manage to make them so unbelievably boring and tedious lmao

[@ehx3419]

One way to get collector's anxiety under control is finding out ahead of time what stuff is perma-missable in what ways. For example, in BotW, all you really need to pay attention to are the lower-tier Lynel weapons, and the rest you can come back for at any time, if you take photos of things as soon as you get your hands on them. That said, I do beat Ganon before doing pretty much anything else, to get those useful completion trackers. Edit: Yeah, if you don't want to backtrack, that's more of an issue. For openworld games, a "there's absolutely nothing wrong with backtracking" mentality is absolutely crucial.

[@MCisAwesome95]

I feel you on that Minecraft Dungeons part, I play as a tank so exploring every section of the map sucks quite a lot because I move so slowly lmao

[@rammus5113]

i hate it the most in games like hollow knight where you constantly have 2 or 3 exists per screen and you cant explore all of them individually :(

[@stonedscone]

what about Cooking Mama? every dish you can change the recipe and you gotta keep playing the same damn 4 mini games before u can change the recipe and sometimes you can change a recipe within a change ugh, multiple exits suck!

[@rammus5113]

@@stonedscone yeah. i actually love that you made this video, because i have this phenomenon but didnt know other feel that too. i actually planned to walk everywhere in totk and climb every mountain and stuff. i have liuke 110 hours already and not even startin the devine beasts.

[@0rnery0verwatch]

As a (former) collector and player who liked to 100% every game I played... it is this anxiety that makes me not want to play the new Zelda/Mario games, despite having grown up with those titles and loving them. With *so* many collectibles, you can beat the main campaign and still feel as though you didn't fully "play" the game or experience it in it's entirety, while at the same time understanding that actually collecting those items would be tedious. The only dopamine hit you get is at the very end when you've gotten everything, and even then, it's more so a feeling of relief than triumph. I don't mind collectibles if collecting all of them means you actually unlock something tangible like new levels, an OP item/armor... etc, but far too many games seem to be leaning towards collecting for the sake of collecting, which is just glorified busy work lol

[@MikeTheFerret]

Randomly got recommended this video, and I gotta say it’s fantastic! Definitely giving me inspiration for future content. From one small gaming creator to another, keep up the good work!

[@eggoman8661]

damn from how well made the video was i assumed you had like 300k+ subs, im surprised you dont even have 1k yet. hope your channel grows more

[@morganic211]

PLEASE KEEP DOING THIS TYPE OF CONTENT OH MY GOD I LOVE IT

[@stonedscone]

thanks 🙏 havin a bit of a viewer drought lately so this is very inspiring

[@squares1234]

very articulate and well made just subbed

[@luciferswatchingstuff]

This is an amazing video, loved it! Can't believe it's getting this little recognition. Great work :)

[@milotiklyt]

Got this vid on my recommended. Your effort is crazy high, dude. Super enjoyed the vid. Looking forward to more content :))

[@pixelfire55]

Hollow Knight achievements

[@gekkoo6236]

Your video got randomly recommended to me on my feed but oh boy did you strike so close to home. I watched it honestly thinking its just gonna be a shitty explanatory video but you taking it and making it so personal with each game and explaining the inner feeling of this "disease" is incredible. You forgot an extremely good example that is Genshin Impact, leveling all things to maximum, talking to all NPCs for the quests and also FUCKING COLLECTING ALL -OCULUSES. The time i spent with the interactive map in my face checking all of them one by one, my god. Anyway extremely good video dude, you deserve way more attention and youre very engaging, hope you have a fine day sir and continue making awesome content 🧡

[@stonedscone]

@gekkoo6236 thank you for your words, im glad my content is able to have a personal reach really is what I need to know I’m doing it right. I need to take a look i’ve never branched into Genshin Impact but games where random npcs can house a bunch of side content is so annoying, but it makes the game stick y’know!

[@gekkoo6236]

@@stonedscone If you enjoyed BOTW or TOTK you will most definitely have a good time with Genshin since they are extremely similar.

[@JC-hi8fk]

I suffered with this for years, missing stuff in games could literally make me emotional. Thankfully I’ve overcome and just play games for fun now.

[@Mosoman1011]

Holy hell this is so well made, you deserve way more attention!

[@XXsecondstory]

Great video I’m proud to be your 106th subscriber!

[@kavenoff777]

Is *that* what I'm feeling when I'm struggling to get new displays for the Skyrim mod Legacy of the Dragonborn?

[@sandwichcinema223]

Great video, keep up the hard work and I'm certain you'll collect all 8 billion subscribers : )

[@stonedscone]

comment of the year :)

[@Usith]

Point crow moment

[@hroland]

omg im not alone

[@darthsoxx4839]

i spend money and i want to get everything i pay for

[@ArtAngelMouse]

Can't say I have collectors anxiety but its an interesting topic.

[@ChipFanXO]

I expirance this with every game I play

[@generallyunimportant]

wozniak but less branding be like:

[@Kirbyfan7209]

I got collectors anxiety I guess

[@mcsteezy.]

never even heard of this til now but i literally felt like it was just me being like autistic af or something and i should do better at just enjoying so its nice to know im not the only hysterically checking the same stage looking for some like **LIMITED EDITION!!!!** blue rock

[@biwo]

Really cool video! Sometimes music is a bit too loud in my opinion, otherwise I loved it!

[@Elrealsodapop200]

bro the purple coins aren't hard at all there are only 100 and they were never on awkward spots

[@flammable7961]

Honestly I’ve seen way worse examples, at least they were recorded, had a set number per area and weren’t permanently missable

[@owenrivers16]

here before a million subs

[@stonedscone]

duly noted.

[@zeiooneioo]

Video games are entertainment, some entertain yourself collecting items, some are comptitive, some force you to think... You chose the game or chose not to play: you are free

[@Pudu2909]

algorithm comment

[@stonedscone]

thank you, true chad

[@sanstheanime8252]

Hey guys, Point Crow here. Do you ever get Collector’s Anxiety in huge open world RPG’s? When there is so much to see and so much to do?