I Don't Play Games for 500 Hours
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2023
- Some people play games for like a million hours. I'm not one of those people. In this video, I talk about why.
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Music:
Celeste - Mirror Temple B-Side
Battleblock Theater - Menu Theme
Tunic - Secret Legend
Stardew Valley - The Valley Comes Alive
Minecraft - Minecraft
Super Mario 64 - Dire Dire Docks
Bayonetta - Fly Me to the Moon
Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Great Fairy Fountain - Hry
This video was so relatable. I’ve never been able to find that game that I play for thousands of hours. I’ve always been jealous of people who have that game. It’s nice to hear you that this is normal and I’m not the only one.
Be glad you have a life.
Your attention span is just fked. Lol.
You would be surprised what poverty does to enjoying a game
@@Apate- This shit hits fuckin home, when I was younger I'd only be able to get games once in a blue moon and only things under like $10-15 and I'd play them for hours upon hours. I got the Witcher 3 for $13 as a kid and out in upwards of 800 hours into it. Then when I started making money I just bought whatever games I wanted and eventually filled my backlog across PC and PS, now I have around 200 games in my backlog, 30% of which I've put enough time into where I feel like I didn't waste money, 50% of which I have less than 20 hours in and may never finish them, and 20% of which I've never even opened.
I'm so glad i can enjoy so many good games out their, while still having a life outside of it, instead of making one single game my entire life.
When I watched this video, I expected your channel to be pretty big but was surprised, at how small it is. Your channel deserves way more attention and I can't wait to see more!
Thank you so much!!! I love getting comments like this :)
Gonna make more content in the future thank you for supporting me.
I thought the same thing
It's not small, it's above average, huge I'd say
I would totally agree pretty massive
this comment made me realize this channel only has 2600 subs
bro i fr thought he would have had atleast 100k from the video quality its so good
ive adopted this mentality recently and man does it make gaming so much of a healthier hobby for me, for one games with actual conclusions and stories and endings helps my brain not want to constantly play play play, also I dont ever hop off the game mad or upset, its always a good time and i can leave anytime and just pick it back up anytime as well, also my appreciation for games has grown so much seeing a bunch of diff games and what makes every one special and different
man i wish i could do that so bad
@@uniball1700 just stahp
I felt like mp games are at their best when its a passionate community who organize games in a discord group
Some great communities are usually centered around more niche games like ggxxacpr or the cpl community for broodwar
Online matchmaking truly is bad for your gaming health imo
And as long as you have positive communities i feel like playing mp games that way is a completely different experience
Subscribed! My mates think it's weird that I very rarely finish games but I think like you I just prefer to try different games and experience the medium as a whole rather than get obsessed with a particular game. Good to hear there are more of us out there.
The first minute or so was SCARY relatable, it honestly felt like you opened up my mind and stole my thoughts. It’s so weird that we get envious of people who have thousands of hours in games, but I’m also so happy that I’ve been able to experience so MANY games, even if a lot of them are only 10-15 hours
I feel like we get jealous of ppl with such intense passions u desire to have something that takes over ur life so much we all want some purpose like that. However it's not to say not having such passions is bad, it's fine to be a fleeting person who doesn't stick to one thing or place for long and will in fact give u lots of unique and awesome experiences that not everyone who is so committed will get to experience.
Quality over quantity is what I'd say; Sometimes there's games where people are just idling on just hanging out with other people for a good chunk of their playtime (like MMORPGs or VRChat), and others are the kinds of games that take a very long time to master (Dwarf Fortress, for example). Finally highly moddable games can keep a game fresh indefinitely, especially if it's a sandbox game.
In the end what you find fun is what's most important!
Play Realm of The Mad God, could be monetized differently and managed by a better company but maybe that game will get ya, I’ve gotten thousands of hours and a lot of people do, atleast a few hundred. It’s a permadeath mmo rpg, top down, bullet hell shootmup, pixel graphics, easy to learn, level up, get loot, max stats, after you max out your character fully exalt your class. get addicted ehhh hahaha but yeah I think you guys seriously could put it down on that game😂
I honestly find it good that u can simply change what game u wanna play without feeling the need to surpass yourself again and again - Ive been playing Hollow Knight for 600 hours now
@@unmeiidesu I don’t blame you man, Hollow Knight Is a hell of a game. Funnily enough, it’s one of two games in the last 5 years that I’ve put 100+ hours into
Im definitely a type B who enjoys a very wide spread of games, but i got a few games i tend to go into super focus mode with and push out 40-80 hours in a couple of weeks before i suddenly stop. Mainly survival crafting without or optional multiplayer, and then there is my 500 hours of Snowrunner. Whenever i dont focus mode though i tend to jump between games a lot so i rarely finish any.
Me 2
On top of that I'm "seasonal gamer". Tend to play couple games in the same genre then jump to other games from another genres. Usually I'm jumping between RPGs - farm sims - FPS - strategy. Ofc there're games that I replay semi reguralry like Rayman 3 or neighbors from HELL 1&2 or sandboxes: Terraria, Minecraft.
Same I just can’t play a game for too long I’d move on to another in a few weeks that why I have soo many unfinished games
def same!
but ngl snowrunner wasn't for me at all. I was super excited to play it, but when i actually got to playing it I almost fell asleep
me 3. I play so many games with different genres and titles but the one game I always go back to is the monster hunter series. I got like 500+ hours on Monster Hunter world alone, and probably a thousand hours on monster hunter 4 ultimate on the 3ds when I was a kid lol.
Me 4
A big part for me in being able to play a game for hundreds (or even thousands) of hours is wanting to get better at the game. When the goal in playing the game is not to experience the game once and finish it, but instead improve at it, playing it for a long time becomes much easier. You can find unlimited replay value in just trying to get better at a game.
As a person who has ~1.5k hours in Skyrim across a few playthroughs I just love walking in that and Morrowind. Like, just taking different paths and absorbing the surroundings is something I love to do. Part of it is how with the destruction of wilderness around where I live, the remaining land I can walk is in those games. But the atmosphere is just really calming, sitting outside a house I built and furnished in the creation kit.
Also based Do It Yourself! pfp and what's the game at 7:12?
The game is Hello Charlotte 3. Thanks for the support :)
1.5k??? I was surprised that I have just several hundred.
I do that with rdr2. Anytime I can’t go outside when I want to, I instead spend my in time in rdr2 walking in forests, climbing up mountains, wandering around plains and deserts. The game feels so alive that it can fulfil my need to go outside and see nature.
Second you started describing Minecraft I smiled cus I knew exactly what was coming. God knows how many hours I have in that game but it's definitely far beyond anything else. Think a big contributing factor to that is how I've been able to enjoy throughout my life. As I've grown up from a young child to an 'adult', the way I see and play it has evolved, allowing me to still be able to pick it up every couple of months and have a brilliant time.
Great video! This channel is definitely going places
Minecraft is like so close to being the perfect game. Thank you so much for the support :)
Minecraft is so beatuyfull i have ocer 4000h on it (half of it on skyblock) bc its a game you can always come back to
yeahh it's sad that we can't know how many hours we played, because for a lot of people that game will be Top 1 on hours
btw Prism Launcher (MultiMC fork) shows hours, but anyway I started using it only recently
I'm easily person A. I definitely have thousands of hours in Minecraft, a few thousand in geometry dash, about 700 in terraria, etc. I think personally I really like mastery. I don't get excited about the early game of Minecraft, I get excited at the thought of not only building an automated farm for just about everything I can, but having enough of an understanding about the mechanics of the game to design them myself. Games for me are very rarely about short term reward I feel like, but more for slowly working towards a goal and feeling good after achieving it, which is probably why I enjoy geometry dash so much. Idk, I don't feel like I'm in the majority with this way of enjoying games, but that's my perspective on it all
This. In games where there's a difference between having 20 hours on a playthrough and having 200 hours on one fuels the motivation to play that same game. Because you have that clear yet constantly evolving goal, really far from your current position
Maybe thats just me, but i feel like i should be learning from this guy. He seems more healthy then most people on the internet overall.
The first minute was very relatable to me, and its something I've been aware of for a while. I think from my perspective, I have a wide range of interests in video games, a variety of hobbies, as well as my work, so once I feel like I've seen what a game has to offer and got what I feel like all I could get out of it, it's time to move on. This is also the reason why I can't really get into pvp competitive games, they require a lot of time investment even though you're stuck in the same repetitive game loop.
I am kinda a middle man on this. While i do play so many different games (100 last year based on Steam replay). I still managed to play more than 6000 hours on Terraria since i started 6-7 years ago.
Also, cool video. Always nice to find new channels.
Yep I think I was like 99 last year? But wow 6000 is insane I can't even imagine playing for that long.
Thanks for the support :)
i hope that's vanilla hours alone. i'm currently closing in on 1.5k vanilla only and my goal is to reach the 10k mark in the future, without any mods ofc!
@@hexamine666 I would guess 1-1.2k of that is modded. I have 700 on Tmod and i also played mods back when Tmod wasn't on Steam.
So you must be good, right?
i tried that game i gave up 20 minutes in i was confused
As someone with 2000 hours on Geometry Dash and almost 300 hours on Celeste, I like to play games to get skilled at them. I set myself goals that I want to achieve and it keeps me playing them. Being skilled at a game is what makes it fun for me and getting into the communities of the games keeps the motivation up since I can share my achievements and experiences with others and I have made many friends through the game. I don't play that many games, but the games I play, I play a lot.
this means you have a strong discipline am i right ? (asking out of curious) because i have found out that the more disciplined you are the more you tend to finish what you started and that may take 500+ hours
@@heeyy3 that's what i thought because playing games just to have fun ( playing causally ) wont get you that far (500+ hours )
@@dartagnan1954 Yes, of course I also have fun but I mainly want to achieve something big to be proud of, and it takes a lot of time, practice and dedication
@@acrane3496 Yeah, I actually am a speedrunner
@@acrane3496 YUP
Being fair, the high hour count games for some people are the games which either are addictive enough or allow the person to escape the easiest. It's not about feeling more or experiencing novelty, but returning to a stable average or chasing the high which for instance highly competetive online games provide. I myself can sink into a game and play it all days to a point where it hinders other parts of my life.
I am person A, and I guess it is because in my childhood I wasnt allowed to buy games whenever I wanted. My parents would buy me games on my birthday or when my school report was good, so I spend a lot of time on one game, trying and figuring out everything, especially in games like Zelda. I would say that mastering one game, becoming really good at it and knowing almost everything about it is just an very appealing goal to me
Same here. I never had Zelda though. I grew up on very few games. Mostly 1 birthday game & 1 xmas game. It forced me to choose which games I loved the most and man did I have some great taste back then. Super Smash Bros melee, Animal Crossing, Pokemon Colosseum, SSX Tricky, SSX3, THPS3, Mario Party 4, & so many other hits on the gamecube. Any money I got from relative went straight to building my pokemon game collection or other gamecube, gameboy advance, & wii games.
I now play games like Simicty, Age of empires, Cyberpunk 2077, Terarria, Rust, Civilization, Sims 4, Pokemon, Fire Emblem, blizzard games, & square enix titles. I've recently picked up bayonetta & pikmin on the switch because I never played those games before.
Some games I played for a short time (below 30 hours, Disco Elysium, Night in the Woods, the Forgotten City) somehow end up being more memorable and stuck in my head even many years later than games I play regularly.
That's when I know a game was really worth my time.
I’m so glad to see other people have this experience! I sometimes wish I could play the same game for over 500 hours, but I always end up finding a stopping point 50 hours in. The longest I tend to go is 100 hours and that’s only with a few select games. It’s why I also enjoy shorter games with great pacing rather than another “Endless” game that doesn’t really have any substance to them
I will play a game if it's more then 50 hours. I mean I played witcher 3 for 190 hours but that's how long I needed to complete it with all side quests. I love completing a game. However long I'll finish it. Just knowing that there are games that you caaaaan't finish, that are infinitely grindy scares me. I have couple of friends that just love grindy, mmorpg games, I could never.
I relate to this. Good video, subscribed
Loved the vid man it was like i was speaking to myself, having an inner monologue, i think about this many times great to watch a vid about this topic
I play the same games for hundreds of hours because I can't afford to buy new games. Living paycheck to paycheck, free to play games and hugely discounted games are how I get my gaming fix.
Totally valid
less so but same
That user name lol
That problem doesn’t exist if you’re a PC gamer. Games go on sale all the time, every now and then a game becomes free on Steam for a short while, and the Epic Games Store constantly bombards you with freebees. I think it’s more common to have a backlog that “you’ll get to eventually”, but actually won’t, than it is to have nothing to play, at this point.
Luckily I just by my games on sale. I'd say my average game cost no more than 15 bucks and I own many games I bought for 5-7 bucks
I usually feel bad about buying and playing new games every month, while most of my friends keep playing the same game for months or years, i think that we all have different ways of loving this hobby and that's very positive. I love being able to stop playing for a few days, coming back, and seeing that nothing has changed, that's why i prefer singleplayer games, and most singleplayers doesn't last 500 hours.
An incredible video, really, keep working and i'm pretty sure you'll grow.
Thanks for the kind words and support :D
Agreed, everybody just has their own way of enjoying games and that's cool
For me it's mgs v, the fobs/mgo3 and modding is what is putting me on the half a decade run, there is honestly nothing like it on the market
It's the same for me - although i have almost 2k hours in csgo (i literally only play that with friends) and the obvious one, Minecraft, which i probably have a million hours in, i really enjoy just picking up a random game and playing it until i finish it or get all achievements and then move on. It's one of my favorite hobbies and it gives me joy reviewing them one by one and seeing my 100% list grow. Afterwards i try to find let's plays from bigger creators and watch how they experienced the game.
Same 100%ing games is so satisfying!
Fantastic video, I'll be here before you hit 100K. I can say for FPS games like Counter Strike / Valorant / Apex Legends that as you said in the video, a lot of people play for thousands of hours because they want to improve, and because, unlike single player games, the way to "beat" the game isn't clear, so naturally getting the highest rank seems to be the goal, which will take for most people hundreds if not thousands of hours (if ever) to get. The reason it tends not to feel like a waste of time for some people is because at least in the FPS realm, getting better will often carry over to other FPS games, and since the genre is so established in the industry, you know that if you get good at something like CS, you'll be at least above average at pretty much any other FPS you pick up, so playing your usual FPS is like practicing for the entire genre as a whole. Think of it as a blessing that you have the ability to spread your focus on so many different games, because unlike some of my friends, ALSO appreciating shorter and more unique experiences in single player games gives you a kind of enjoyment impossible to find in the ups and downs in multiplayer games.
Also, when asking my friends to try out certain unique games, even if the games are critically acclaimed, it seems an easier choice to go for the comfort option of playing a game they're used to (even if they sometimes seem to hate it) instead of investing hours into something they have no idea whether they'll enjoy or not.
Dude, when you where talking about loving a game so much/and/or replay value because of multiplayer it struck a chord with me. I have 4k hours in csgo and around 6k in rust with 1.2k in Valorant, and onto 2k in apex legends(current grind), I completely agree with what you said about multiplayer games. There is something very significant and special in growing your aiming skills with a set team or friends over a long period of time, the grind is unforgettable.
Bro half these games came out like 2 years ago how did you rack up so many hours on all of them 😂😂 do you not have to get up and go to the bathroom every once in a while
Very spot on video dude, keep it up it's criminal that this video doesn't get views
at least the youtube algorithm recommended me this
Thank you so much! Yep all I can really do is hope that the algorithm recommends it to people who like the videos.
this a really well made video! I think I find myself to be sort of in between of person A and B. I like to play games for long hours but I find myself also being drawn to singleplayer experiences or shorter games and I like to play a variety of different games too!! :O
I like it, I didn’t even look at the thumbnail the title was just interesting lol!
Thanks for the support :)
This is the first commentary video on CZcams I sat down and watched completely. Your editing is really nice and you have a good voice for listening to, kept my attention through it. I'd describe myself as somewhat of a mix between the two available people however I'd lean towards person A. Fantastic content and I would love to see more videos made like this with a calm, relaxed feeling.
Thanks so much! More content like this will be coming in the future!
Your video really made me think. In my teens, gaming was mostly a social thing - I used to trade Pokémons in the playground, play CoD with friends from school, hang around in Minecraft worlds. Most people naturally "grow away" from that, due to friend groups dissolving and people forming different interests, but that hasn't really happened to me - there was always some friend looking for a game of League, or a map of Civ, or looking for a buddy to try out a new MMORPG with. I definitely appreciate that and it's a lot of fun, but it can be hard to find some time for myself.
Only in the past few years have I started to make a conscious effort to dedicate some more time to single player games, since those usually end up being my favorites and the ones that leave a lasting impression on me. It's not easy - a lot of great roguelikes have been made in the past few years that just beg you to drop 100 hours into them, and replaying old favorites is always enticing. But you did a great job at selling how much fun it can be to play a wide variety of games - that's the kind of person I want to become, and seems like the best way to engage with the medium of videogames as a whole, and take from it as much as it can offer.
Thank you so much for this video! I've been having the exact same thoughts, and its nice to see that I'm not alone to feel like this (im definetly a Person B!)
I feel like my friends often think its annoying that i switch games so often while they like to stick with one game. And when people asks what games i play i usally just shrug haha. To find THE game is an endless struggle for me and an impossible task
Keep up the good work man!
Bro that is CLEAN. Good job
Great video man, i was shocked to see only 2.91k subs like what??? U put out amazing content out like this and ull skyrocket in no time.
Thanks for the support :)
Amazing video! i love the topic, i think i consider myself to be both person A and B, i just love to replay something that makes me feel nostalgic perhaps for a quick laugh or a quick reminder of something i liked before, i also love to try new indie games that keeps amazing me with new takes or ideas on an already existing genre.
nice pfp the anime was rly cute :) also i feel the same way u do about games, sometimes i wish i could play a game for thousands of hours, but theres just so many great short games out there that im never gonna commit to one. Hope you have a great day
This is so relatable! Great Video!
Thank you :)
Damn right you snuck Satisfactory in there. Much respect.
Loved that you slipped in an RPG Maker game (Hello Charlotte) at 6:32. I think my biggest issue with playing many games (especially modern) is that controls and format can be so vastly different it's an effort just getting into one. Being someone who plays mainly for story, it's problematic when it feels like the tutorial streches out till mid-game. This is why I tend to prefer things like japanese titles where gameplay innovation like this is less frequent. As for playing non-sandbox games for many hours, I guess some are just so jam-packed with artistic creations it's hard to let go off before grasping every bit, which is mainly due to all games being built with the free exploration aspect in mind.
I was so surprised with that lol
I love hello Charlotte 3 it's so underrated
Omfg im so glad im not alone in this, everything you said pretty much explains my mentality and general view of video games
bro im happy to know that i'm not the only one to feel like this like, why can't i spend a looot of time in on game, u know? i can barely mention one "favorite" game, i love a lot, but a favorite? it's hard. nowadays i'm not even playing a lot because of an strange feeling, something about wasting time or not really being happy while playing, it's really strange, here in brazil we call this feeling the "Sindrome do PC Gamer" (The Gamer PC Syndrome, it is when one buys or is gifted an actual powerful computer, but after the quick beginning happiness subsides, the person finds himself in a limbo of "no games give me pleasure" or "I can run every game, but I don't feel like playing anything anymore".), it's a good topic for a future video. i'm glad i found your channel, keep the good work bro.
This made me check my steam library and all my top played games, only one going over 1,000 hours, are super replayable games I've been playing on and off for 8-10 years
Yes! I felt this video heavily! I never understood the people who can put 100s and 1000s of hours in games. I like the battleblock theater bgm as well!
Very well done! I immense enjoyed this video.
Thank you!
this is sooo goood!!!!
also inspires me to tell about my experience playing games. I will try to make this kind of content, thank you! your channel gonna blown soon!
7:09 Literally sums up exactly how I feel. I’m tend to skip a lot of side content in many games because I think of all the games out there I’ve never played that have amazing main stories I might be missing out on.
I'm the exact opposite lol. I get FOMO if I don't 100% most games I play and try to get every achievement and secret usually.
Skipping rdr2 side missions was a decision I came to massively regret and ended doing a whole play through again to fix. Some of the side missions are better than the main story
『In my case, I often want to join a community, it doesn't matter if it's an game or an anime community. I really envy them, I think it's amazing how one person can like something so much for so long, it gives me that feeling of that place being like a home for them.』
Bro I simply loved the video and commentary, keep going! New sub here
Thank you for the support I appreciate it :)
Great content! I think this channel will blow up soon!
I appreciate that!
I'm mostly in the "Person B" category with one notable exception: Monster Hunter. Been playing that series since the very first entry and I spend 500+ hours with each new game that comes out without fail. My time spend with the franchise as a whole is probably well over 5000 hours at this point, and I can never get enough. Very very excited for the announcement of the next game that should be coming soon, since Sunbreak already got its last update.
same I haven't spent that many hours yet, but I'm so glad my friend gifted me Monster Hunter World, and everything started last year, now I've played mh rise and bought both games expansions and mh generations ultimate, since then I have tried Freedom unite/Portable 3rd/mh tri/mh 3 ultimate/4 ultimate.
I'm more like person B. I tend to play replayable games and I often replay them. And like your experience with satisfactory, I can't stop playing them for the longest time, like Hearts of Iron 4 in which I got 150 hours within one month of owning it. But sometimes I just boot up my PC and find myself playing other games because I just lost the motivation to play that game. It's not like I didn't enjoy playing that game yesterday or wouldn't enjoy it today. I just can't imagine myself playing the same game for so long that it's more routine than fun.
Great explanation! I've only had 3 games that I could come back to every single day, enjoy, and spill thousands of hours into. The main one is Geometry Dash, which I have about 10,000 hours on. The other 2 are Minecraft and Skate 3, which I have a few thousand in each of those. I think the main thing that keeps me coming back every single time is the unlimited amount of content you can have, and being able to do whatever you want in the game. I've enjoyed playing games that aren't like that in the past, such as games where you follow a campaign, or storyline, but I never see myself always wanting to come back to it, even if I haven't finished the game. Well made video, definitely helps me better understand the other side!
I think I'm actually a mix of both. I really like having a story to complete or a set of missions I can run through then put a game down, but also like to have a multiplayer game on the side (at the moment Halo Infinte at 532 hours 🙃) for when I just want to turn off my brain and not focus on a narrative. Good video!
same. I like shorter games to semi-long RPGs, anywhere from a length of 10h to 80h usually. Yet they take such focus from you that when you play it, it's hard to do anything else. Usually I play anywhere from 2-6 of these kinds of titles in an entire year, while on and off mainlining some form of co-op game.
For a long time it was cs:go, now it's a casual rpg that's mostly singleplayer but has some co-op. I just like the grind.
When one piece fans ask me why I'm starting my 185th seasonal anime:
Part of it is just how long a game has been out. I had seen a let's play of Terraria before it came out (I think the channel name was PaperBatVG?). Then I found a leaked alpha version and played that. Then I bought the game within 30 seconds of it releasing on steam. I still remember being in Grade 9 where I brought a laptop to school just so I could be one of the first people to play Terraria when it came out. I played maybe like 20-30 hours in the first month of it coming out. That was 12 years ago, and I've done about 1-3 playthroughs per year. A very reasonable amount for a game I really enjoy. Some was vanilla, some modded. After this long it only makes sense that I'd have 1000+ hours in it. Yeah, I don't have 5000+ like some people. But I played the game a fair amount over the last 12 years, so it only makes sense the play time would accumulate. I imagine the people with 5000+ hours are people who probably played it more often than me, but over a long period of time. For example, one of my friends made mods for the game, so he had way more hours just do to testing his mods in the game. Another thing with games like Terraria is that you can make afk farms. So you just leave the game running when doing other things, another one of my friends has 4000 hours just because of that.
Wow you're a Day 1 Terraria fan. Yep having it accumulate over 12 years would definitely add up to a lot
Paperbat???? Damn bro that's an ancient one. Yeah, man I started after seeing totalbiscuit's coop lets play.
See, I was never really into Terraria, at least, not until I got a PS Vita. A friend of mine had one and showed me the game and everything you could do. I originally played it on Steam, but was rather confused on what to do. But I eventually got it on the Vita and my friend was basically my guide for the game, telling me what I need to be looking for, what I should do next. Eventually I beat the Wall of Flesh, and did it all again on a second world. It was definitely fun, but I couldn't spend a thousand hours in that game.
thank you for sharing this is very fun to watch and see a glimpse into your mind as someone with 18,000 hours in a single game
I can relate SO much to this video. I am defenitly person B. And I get so frustrated with the fact that I get so easily bored even though I love to play the game or games. I also get jealous of people that can play thousands of hours, play for years, the same game, and I play sometimes 2 or 3 hours and I get bored.
Your video made me feel like I'm not the only one and that felt good, I'm not an ET or something xD And maybe your right: people B just crave for new experiences a lot of times and maybe that's who they (me) are. And maybe, one day, that game might appear to those B people.
Thank you for the video. Keep up the good work!
i think your video completely changed me.
In my case i have been playing a game over a over again to escape the reality (contradictorily i know that but, it's like -always- a bubble), and watching your video it turns out, i don't really want to play anymore i just want to achieve my dreams, my objectives.......... right now i am crying and laughing.... and might be still this feeling pushing me to keep playing, but in my deepest i just wish to be far of it and i am scared. lol my last wish is to seems that i might be trolling with this comment, I am really NOT!!
Thanks you, +1 sub to this community (sorry for any spelling mistake)
Personally, my most played games are ones with extensive mod support - once i get bored of the game, i could just change it up with mods to be almost as fun if not sometimes just as fun when first playing it - especially using mods that completely change the game's base mechanics. To me, a game with a really good modding community becomes several games in one.
I was thinking about this yesterday. I focus on one game for an extended period of time (like a few months to a year) and accumulate hundreds of hours on it. I felt sad that I won't be able to play all the games I want to play in my lifetime. My backlog is huge because I play games for so long, and I have the feeling I'll miss out on solid experiences due to my obsessive playing style; however, accepting how I enjoy games has helped me to get over this. It's just how I'm wired, like it or not.
Great video! Thought-provoking to be sure
as a rust player I can say im addicted and thank you for representing the underrated goat of battleblock theater
I consider myself a hybrid, the only multiplayer game that i still play is rocket league, ive got over 1000 hours on it and ofc the drive to climb up the ranks is what keeps me going, on the other hand i loveeee single player games and yea i wanna try them all out....all varieties and ive played quite a lot of single player games since lockdown (thats when i started gaming, ive probably played 20+ single player games i guess). Nice content btw!
Yes! That's just me! The only game that keeps me playing a lot of it is Rocket league. Aside from it, my biggest hours count in a game is 230 hours in Persona 4, and that was just a very long single player game.
This is 1000 percent how I am. Good video man!
Thank you so much!
Loved this video, totally feel the same way. Being person B is where it's at. I feel like the video game experience is more meaningful when I complete more high quality games that don't take a lifetime to complete. Video games become a chore when you don't feel excited, motivated, or surprised anymore when you play it - that's when you gotta listen to yourself and find something new or take a break. In the past, I was person A for minecraft and other games which I don't regret, but I much prefer that feeling of accomplishment when you complete a game that never got stale and found a healthy conclusion. I recommend the walking dead telltale series if you haven't already played it
What a great video. Haven't felt good quality youtube in a while with all the shit that is commonplace now on the platform. Best of luck to you!
I am person B. And I gotta say, I didn't know if my kind of love for gaming was shared by others. It is really reassuring to me knowing that I'm not alone. I'm interested in so many titles and franky, interested in so much of what's going on the gaming world. It's a medium I adore and hobby I love. Singleplayer experiences are simply ideal for me, and apparently ideal for others too :)
For me, I'm the exact opposite, I really struggle to find games that I don't pour hundreds and hundreds of hours into. I think a big part of it is that I play a lot of 4X games, particularly by Paradox, and you only really even figure out how to play it properly after like, 200 hours at minimum. I'm sitting on 2000 hours in EU4 and I still learn new things every single time I play through it. The flavour of all the different regions in all paradox's games makes them endlessly replayable to me, and despite its technical problems the multiplayer is some of the best out there. I also have like 3000 on Terraria, I could play that until I died. I've not touched them for years but I used to feel that way about the binding of isaac and geometry dash, I'm at about 1000 in each of them. I think the core of it is that no 2 runs through of any of these games are ever the same, and in fact they can vary very wildly. It's enough to feel like a brand new game to me every time
Wish I could enjoy like that
First of all, great video. Second, I'm person C, while I am capable to putting hundreds of hours in games, I still experience fomo and guilt when i put to many hours into a game in a short time. I have 1k+ hours in one game, 400 in terraria, and around 150 in 3 other games. But when it comes to most of my favorite games of all time, I almost always stop at around 30 hours. Again, great video, looking forward to looking through your others vids :)
I've played a ton of Minecraft and I keep coming back to it periodically. I also played Stardew Valley but it just lost all of it's magic after I had played 80h and went to make anpther character, as if all of the attachment and discovery went away when you had done most of the things there was.
Sometimes i wish i was more motivated to start new games, dont get me wrong, i also enjoy doing that, but its much easier for me to get back to the games i already love and keep playing them for hundreds of hours more. Maybe is because my brain is lazy and dont want to learn how to play something new, even if i know most of the games have super basic gameplay.
I am a strong “Person A” type of guy.
Thinking back on it now, I always had one of those “endless” or highly-replayable experiences at any stage of my life. When I was very little, back in elementary school, my old best friend and I would spend a ton of time playing Sonic Adventure 2 Battle on my GameCube, where the thing that we did most of the time was collecting items & animals in stages to take into the Chao Garden and raise Chao. (He went for all the Hero Garden Chao, while I did the Dark Garden. I even still have the memory card with that data from all those years ago, though unfortunately that memory became corrupted at some point and is now no longer useable.)
Then when I got to middle school, I discovered RuneScape, and that game _took over_ my life. It was essentially a game with infinite content, as far as I was concerned, because there was no way that I could’ve ever accomplished everything that game has to offer. In over 4,000 hours of playtime on my original account, I managed to get one, single skill to max level, out of the 20+ skills that were available in the game. Even today, that remains the only time that I have ever reached level 99 in a skill.
In high school, I got to be there to witness the birth of Minecraft back when it was in Beta and only available on PC. That game, along with Skyrim in my senior year, introduced me to the world of modding, which basically made games endlessly fun to play.
After high school, I got deep into competitive multiplayer for the next several years, which turned out to be the most addictive type of experience for me. I started with Chivalry: Medieval Warfare in 2013-2014, then got into Team Fortress 2 for close to two years before the release of Overwatch in 2016, which was the last game I played before I finally burned out on multiplayer. Between those three games, within the span of less than 5 years, I played a combined 3,600 hours. (And when I said they were addicting, I meant it. There were times when my hour counts in TF2 were hitting 50 hours _a week._ Quitting was probably more beneficial for my health than anything.)
And since then, I’ve dug around and found a bunch more to fill that niche. I have started shifting a little more toward variety and enjoying multiple types of experiences rather than dumping _everything_ into just one game, but I’ve still managed to get significant hour counts in a lot of the stuff that I’ve played. If you’re interested, allow me to “flex my playtimes” on you, so to speak: steamcommunity.com/id/Phirestar/games/?tab=all
So yeah, I really love investing a lot of time into a game. As much as other people may think it doesn’t mean anything, or even consider it to be “sad” that I’ve put so many hours into games, I am more than happy with it and consider it time well spent. I like being able to put a lot of hour into a game; I feel that it shows just how great games can be, that they’re able to hold your attention for such an insane length of time. It’s something that’s specifically unique t video games over other mediums. Even the greatest movie you’ve watched or book you’ve seen, you could experience ten times over and still not even come close to matching the amount of enjoyment that people have gotten from something like Minecraft or RuneScape. And I don’t mean that in a way to suggest that shorter, less “repeatable” experiences are bad. A 2-hour movie or an 8-hour game absolutely has its own merits and would not necessarily be better if it did last for longer than that. I just think that it’s an amazing feeling when something _can_ last for hundreds or even thousands of hours.
What I will say, however, is that I won’t downplay the other side of the discussion. You may feel envious of people being able to get a lot of playtime out of games, and I’m here to say that the grass can always be greener on both sides of the fence. Lately I’ve found myself growing envious of people that are able to play a game through once, set it down, and move onto the next one. Sometimes it can feel very cumbersome to want to experience everything a game has to offer when that content stretches for months or even years’ worth of time. I think it’s especially true now that I own so many more games that I love, and I’m no longer looking at just one or two games to invest all my time into. When you have a desire for long-term investment into games like this, you end up with the issue of never getting a proper sense of closure with games. You never really “finish” a roguelite like Dead Cells, or a game with a big modding scene like Stardew Valley. Yeah, maybe you can complete all of the content like unlocking all items or getting 100%, but they’re designed to be endless replayable. You don’t really stop playing when the game is over, you just stop once you’re bored of playing and want to move onto something else.
This is why I’ve grown a deeper appreciation for shorter, less replayable games in recent times - the “one-and-done” sort of experiences that I didn’t care as much about years ago. I replayed Spyro again in 2021, with the Reignited Trilogy, and I loved the fact that they were pretty short games (individually) that I could just beat to 100% and then be done, with noting to draw me back into it again. It meant that it was a game that I could check off my list and not have to think about later, like I do with a lot of other stuff. I wish that I could play more games that are like that; I wish I found more games in the vein appealing, instead of always being drawn into all of the ones that seem to go on forever. I’ve got so many games on my wishlist that are like 50-100+ hours for just a single playthrough, with most featuring a lot of replay ability in the form of different builds, mods, etc.
In the end, both types of games are great, and I think a good mixture of both is the best way to go.
Dude this comment is nearly as long as the script for this video was! And I saw some of your steam reviews are really long and in depth too. You should consider making some CZcams videos you clearly have a lot to say about games and the medium👍
Yeah I can see how the grass always seems greener on the other side. I wish I was playing during peak Runescape or WoW, I think it must've been so cool back then. And yep I actually just stopped playing my Stardew Valley save because I ended up getting bored. When there's technically no end it's really hard to choose a stopping point. I just love the sense of closure of finishing something and being completely done with it (unless I decide to replay later). Sounds like most of the games on your wishlist are RPGs? I could recommend some really great shorter games if you're looking.
Also I saw that you 100%ed Celeste that's very based, such a good game.
Heh, funny you mention that. I’ve always wanted to start a CZcams channel, ever since about... 2011-2012 or so. The theme has always been focused around games, but the idea has changed over time. It used to be wanting to do Let’s Plays, back when that was the “trendy” type of content on CZcams. After a while I started thinking about reviewing games, when I began watching more analytical type of content. Now it has shifted to this idea that I’ve come up with myself, which is a kind of hybrid style of video that combines game critique and storytelling. It might be difficult to convey it through words, but essentially it comes down to this “narrator” of sorts who talks about his experiences playing games in a dramatic, camp-fire story-esque manner. Basically I don’t want it to be just a standard type of “review” channel; instead I want to play it up and create this immersive type of experience between the creator (me) and the viewer. The image I had in my mind was that of two people sitting in a table in a cozy tavern, and the “narrator” is recounting his experience of playing games as though they were actual, real events that happened to him, rather than a character. (If it’s not obvious by now, I am a huge fantasy genre fan.)
Yeah, I keep a lookout for potential games to fill that “short and sweet” niche. I find that platformers tend to be a good pick for that kind of thing, since they don’t usually last super long. That’s where some of the stuff on my wishlist like Freedom Planet 2 and Cuphead come into play. There were several others that I had considered also like Sonic Mania and the Super Monkey Ball remakes. I watch a lot of upcoming game compilation type videos, so I find what’s out there.
And oh god, 100%-ing Celeste. God, what a pain it was to go to the extent for that final achievement by obtaining the Moonberry. That added 500 more deaths onto the 5K+ I already had in Chapter 9. When I finally finished that game and closed it, the first words out of my mouth were literally, “That was a fun game. I never want to play it again.”
@@Phirestar Holy crap that is such a good idea genuinely. You've managed to come up with a unique idea that's really cool. You should absolutely start making videos please and let me know when you do.That sounds like such a cool concept playing a character of sorts and then describing your experiences with a game through that lens. It'll have a specific vibe and charm to your channel that'll keep people coming back for your personality instead of coming for a review.
Because you're right, lets plays have been oversaturated for the better part of a decade now. And it can be hard for people to come watch a review from a "nobody" instead of their favourite youtubers who they trust. Everybody has their sources that they go to for reviews already so you need to make some other reason for them to watch. I wish I came up with your idea bro! Also you clearly have good writing skills and the ability to talk about games in-depth easily. So yeah don't let this idea of yours go to waste, make it happen!!!
Sonic Mania is insanely good one of the best sonic games ever. And after grinding Celeste and loving it I had the same thought lol. I never really want to go play it again, but that first playthrough was magical. I played before Farewell was released so I never did end up playing that...
I'm somewhere inbetween, I have a few "main" games with several hundred hours that I always come back to and I switch up from time to time which one I play most. Then I always have a few "side games" so to speak that I'll play for a while depending on how much I like them. Some of them have actually advanced to be a main game but that's pretty rare.
Then there's the type of game that I get obsessed with once every few years and won't play anything else for weeks but then get burned out of it. Typical examples are Minecraft, Crusader Kings and other Paradox titles.
goddamn it gave me an incredible amount of chills when bayonetta’s ost started playing in the background, what a masterpiece! I totally agree with you anyway, variety is the key
I feel this so much, Im so tired of just jumping from game to game to game, just playing a game to the point I get bored playing it and then moving on to another game.
but when you try to do one long one you realize its time to quit because you were having more fun before only to try again a few months latter and so on
i only have 3 games with over 500 hours, and only 1 of them i think is one of my favourite games, that being gta 5 with 570 hours, theres also fortnite with 2400 hours and minecraft with somewhere around 500 hours. almost all of my favourite games i have very low playtime in, titanfall 2 i have 33 hours, ultrakill i have 31 hours, botw i have 140 hours, and a lot of these i would reccomend to anyone
I relate a lot, for a lot of years I've sunk my time in multiplayer games like League of Legends, Rocket League and a bunch of mmos just to get bored eventually and seek something else. Nowadays though I end up spending a lot of hours in games like Risk of Rain 2, House Flipper, Minecraft, Satisfactory while catching up on youtube videos and podcasts, it's nice to be able to play something mindlessly while watching.
I feel the same. Thank you for your video!
Holy shit when fly me to the moon started playing I got shivers. Love that song.
Fuck yeah that's what I was going for!
bro u are the lord of fire
Yep, still waiting for the ashen one to finally come and face me
@@patrik5535 im coming with my gaels greatsword 😏
'Dark Souls 3' is that game for me, well, the Souls series as a whole, but DS3 connected the most. No other game has been able to scratch the itch quite like that one. With a collective 2000~ hours across a couple accounts, it captured exactly what I love in video games to the point where all others started to pale in comparison. I would say that half of it went to the PvP and the other went to NG+ on top of NG+ - characters upon characters.
No other game has gotten that level of investment though. Minecraft or WoW come close, but those are ever-updating and have multiple kinds of servers; they're a bit different. Hell, the difference between my #1 and #2 is 1,500~ hours. But that's not to say either way is better or worse. I would say I play the all more than the one, DS3 is just my favourite outlier. Variety is great, but when that one gem shines out of the rough, I can't help but drag my magnefying glass across every corner.
The only other non-online games that fall into a similar pocket but with much elss invesment would be 'Rain World' and 'Risk of Rain 2' (excluding the other Soulsborne games).
I know fromsoftware games are kind of meant to be replayed, but I don't think I've ever finished an NG+ cycle in any of the games (other than ds1 but that was for the 100%). I just don't feel like going through it again after finishing. They're the types of games I finish once and then put down because I know I can't recapture the magic that the NG run had. I completely agree that they spoiled me though, I've never looked at video games the same way after playing souls. It's like someone compiled together my favourite aspects of games into one package specifically for me. I just have to be in a very specific mindset to thoroughly enjoy playing them and that's why I don't have more than 350 hours on any of the games.
HOLY SHIT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO FELT THIS WAY, I always see people on steam in the reviews who have high hour scouts in games and get really jealous and I've even found myself looking up games to dump hundreds of hours into but as I dump hundreds of dollars into trying to find that one game i can never seem to find that right one but after hearing it in your video i realised i have played so many different story games infact i made a spreadsheet of all the ones i could remember (also using my different accounts to see) and doing this has helped me come to the realisation that i might not find that game i want and that you talk about but i am content with broadening my horizons and ingesting new gaming experiences
Omg yeah Ive looked up the same thing too "games that I can dump 500 hours into" lololol. If you want a place to track all of your games instead of a spreadsheet then check out my video about backloggd ;D
Thanks for the support
I’m actually both 😅 single player wise now a days, I just can’t get the hours into things like other people have - Animal Crossing New Horizons during lockdown aside and even that I was playing it along side friends if not actually together. I find I’m much more into variety with single player, I get to a stopping point and I really struggle to continue past that or do multiple playthroughs and stuff and would rather move to another experience in my backlog.
But multiplayer wise, usually with friends but also on my own in some games, I will rack up so many hours if it grabs my attention with multiple very high hour games including Halo series (3-Reach), Call of Duty MW2, FIFA (12-14), Overwatch, Minecraft, Rocket League etc. - I just find every game plays out so differently and it really hits my strive to improve nature 😝
Great video mate, subscribed 👍
I'd say it's a different story for each of the 3 games that I have 1000+ hours in.
Minecraft (1000+?)
- Exactly what you said
Teamfortress 2 (2200)
-One of the few multiplayer games where I can confidently say that I'm good at playing it. And it's as much of a platform as it is a game. It's a game with many games in it.
CS:GO (2300+)
- A competitive outlet where I can sink my teeth in it peacefully, because I don't have to worry about insane changes. Stood the test of time like a champ.
I too move on quickly, In recent years, death stranding is the only single player game that I've actually replayed. I usually move on to the next single player game and never go back.
So true multiplayer games just add up over the years of playing it.
I love death stranding I replayed it last year as well I've been meaning to play the directors cut.
Thanks for watching :)
@@mygameopinions I gotta get a 3rd playthrough done, I used to play on worse hardware so now I can try playing it on max everything at high frame rates
@@14_IQ.points Oh yeah it's one of the most beautiful games I've ever played. Can't wait for the sequel
@@mygameopinions Same, but I don't have a ps5 sadly haha
Oh shit I hope its not a ps exclusive I would kms
I really don't think its that simple as there being two camps, i like playing longer and shorter experiences. For me atleast, the reason i keep playing some games over and over again is that they provide a unique type of experience that nobody else can replicate.
The problem is also lack of knowledge, i know my games which i replay are great but with new games its a gamble. And if its a complex game i'd have to go through the tedious process of learning its mechanics.
I love EU4, Factorio, Minecraft, ONI, Terraria but learning the recipes and mechanics wasn't really my favorite part about them. And for lesser games that could have been where i stopped playing them. It isn't the games fault but learning stuff is annoying, knowledge is fun.
Well that isn't entirely true, im learning myself electricity and just found out how electricity gets turned into kinetic energy through electromagnetism and finding all these things out were really cool but the process to get there was kinda annoying. Its a lot of asking questions, not getting it, asking differently, getting it and then realizing you still don't get it. Then finally truly understanding it. Its an emotional rollercoaster. Learning games isnt as frustating as learning irl concepts but still.
Yep the two camps are definitely not like exact limitations. You can play both types of games. I play some longer games too and I play multiplayer games, but mainly shorter experiences are what I rock with.
I feel you with the learning. Sometimes you don't wanna have to absorb a lot of new knowledge and want to just play something you already know how to do well.
thanks, this is very interessting to watch from a gamedev perspective, I was person A for a long time, with minecraft, r6s, gtaV and a few more games, but over the years I shifted to person B.
Nowadays I rarely have time to play at all, otherwise I would for sure be stuck in minecraft modpacks with my friends again
I am glad to see another tetris effect enjoyer! I definitely enjoy playing a variety of games as well. I think the only genre that has turned me off is the RTS genre but that has also gone down in popularity in recent years. I do feel like I am Person B but as a means to finding that game that I can be Person A with. Insightful video!
Amazing video bro! As someone from the other side, a person who mainly enjoys one game for thousands of hours, in my case CS:GO; I can honestly say I can't see myself playing another game this much. The game has so much to learn and enjoy for me. Skills, friendships, every game is different, and I love seeing myself improve. I guess being good at games is what I enjoy, more than the actual story of a game itself. Although I've played a few other games and enjoyed them, usually I can never complete them because I get bored and go back to CS:GO. Saying all that, I can still fully understand why some of us enjoy a variety of games, and others just one or two main games!
I feel what you mean. I had a game, Dirty Bomb. 2k hours. When it died, nothing could replace it. I have one at 700h, 3 at 250h, and 2 more at 150h. But all of these have been a spread, over the four years since dirty bomb died. Dirty bomb was my only game for 2016-2019, and nothing will replace it in my heart. If it was still around, id be at 4500 without a SHADOW of a doubt.
Something about the game speaks to me on such a primal, lizard brain level that makes it just so good. I could try and list what made Dirty Bomb my game, but it sounds ridiculous. I liked the mapflow? The sounds of headshots? The diverse yet standardised characters? Everything about the game simple worked for me in its entirety. Not a single criticism i could muster could ever stop be from playing the game. I love the games i play now, i enjoy being able to just get that urge, hop in for 2 weeks, rack up another 20 hours, and then move on to something else. But going from a type A guy to a type B guy is rough. Im still a type 1 guy at heart, i wish my game was still alive. I can always play on the few remaining dirty bomb community servers, but without the steam friend list full of active DB players and the promise of future updates feels like im playing a corpse, with the soul removed.
One may hope to find your game, but it is better to hope you never lose it
You are a legend for being able to play factorio and not get addicted and play for 10000+ hours without breaks
I’m your opposite. I try a new and fresh solo game, i love it and play a few hours straight, i go to sleep aaaaaaand i never lunch it again.
Then i go back to csgo and add a 1000 more hours.
I just love the grind ( first getting the global then lvl 10 on faceit and now trying to reach 3000 elo pts )
The feelings of crushing my enemies, the sweet sweet elo points. I just can’t have enough. Also i think cs is the perfect game for me. The mix between strategy and skill is perfect !
Also great video ! Love the content !
battleblock theater goes absolutely crazy that game was my childhood
Dude I think we might be twins, I too have only 8 games of which I've played more than 100 hours and the top one is Minecraft. What you said about the two-week Minecraft Realms was also incredibly relatable... Overall great video, it really feels like something a much bigger channel would produce so good job👍
I tend to have a very difficult time getting into new things. It's not just games but TV shows, books, anything. I'll try something new and if it doesn't immediately engross me I'll think "well, why am I doing this when I could playing skyrim, a game I know I love."
The playthoughs don't even have to be different. I've played through all of the Batman: Arkham games probably 10+ time despite everytime being basically the same. I think it's the sense of familiarity that keeps me coming back.
Great video! Get this guy some subs!!! :)
yea nowadays i feel the same but im having trouble finding new good games. You got any recommendations? great video btw, keep it going and youll grow big!
I have lots of recommendations but I'm not sure what you've played and what you like. Katamari Damacy is really really fun I'd recommend that. Thank you for the support
@@mygameopinions thanks, I'll check it out ;)
Great video!
I would say that i'm person B for the most part and my approach to games is very similar to yours. There's just one difference for me: I have thousands of hours playing OldSchool Runescape.
I think MMOs in general may be a point that should have been brought up due to the sheer bredth of content they provide. If you're not worried about being competitive and just do the bits you enjoy, you can often avoid that feeling that you've hit a natural stopping point.
Other than OldSchool Runescape and Minecraft though, I don't have any games that I have played over 200 hours.
Bro, great video!
Appreciate it!
Great video, for me, I ingest games at a snails pace, play slowly and see and do as much as I can along the way, I think this is my adhd + hyper focus, but it also gives me a levelled amount of dopamine for longer, saying that most hours I’ve got recorded on PlayStation is 350ish hours. I physically couldn’t play a game any other way than how I do, as I feel I wouldn’t get the most out of it
What I find really weird is that I’m both Person A and Person B, there’s games like Minecraft, World of Warcraft, and Geometry Dash that I have spent well over 1k hours in and I keep coming back to them, yet at the same time I still hop around from game to game enjoying them through one play through and then playing the next game.
i’ve never related to a video more. from having weirdly low hour counts on even my favourite games, to being jealous of people who have 500+/1000+ hours on games, to Minecraft likely being my most played of all time, this video just described me perfectly..
first video i´ve seen from you and I was rather surprised of how little subscribers you had, let me change that number by subscribing
Thanks for the sub :D
I feel the same! Great video, Xbox gamepass on the pc is the best thing that ever happened to me haha
I love trying many different games because of the stories they tell :)