Liking novelty and liking the core game aren't mutually exclusive either though. New updates can be what people want specifically because it gives them a new angle to approach the core game without changing core mechanics or thinking. In the same way, people like trying weird varients of chess, be it different timers, non-standard board layouts, added rules, or nonsense openings. That doesn't mean that they don't like chess, but it gives them a chance to explore the game from new angles, hone niche skills, and contiue to theorycraft about the game they love.

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah here in the Warframe community we recently got a big update called Whispers in the Walls. We have new enemies to stab with the same weapons we love stabbing with, we have new environments to explore with the same movement systems we love moving in, we have a confrontation with a villain that's been teased and hinted at for 7 years, and we have a completely WHAT THE FUCK new story development that we don't understand at all and are desperate to see more about.

It's like seeing Empire Strikes Back in theatres. Same pieces, new story, and it's blowing our minds.

(Also the homosexual drama and tension in the new update is legendary. This is so gay)

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I like when developers stop updating their games. I want to play a game and know I played THE game. Initial release or final update. I don't want to play anything else.