I'm moved. I'm still on the 3-year+-later discount cycle, but damn am I out of time for games. Work is draining during the week and the house always needs work on the weekends. The little voids of time available have stiff competition between chores, physical hobbies, and games. The hobbies and games need a relatively quick drop in/drop out phase, otherwise I'm not going to have time to get engaged. So I end up playing Fortnite/Rocket League/Fall Guys with zero hope of actually getting the season rewards I'd like or falling back on simpler games like Ace Combat or Forza Horizon to just cruise for a while. Meanwhile, the cool amazing story games I always want to pick up still get back burnered. I have more time spent replaying Portal 2 than I put into all of Fallout.

So, really, an interesting viewpoint. A service I thought was dedicated to the Ritalin-riddled adhd flashy-light-chasing children (as I say when I shake my cane at the 11-year-old that just built a fortnite fortress in the time it took me to build 3 squares moments before deleting me) actually has the potential to solve a time-guilt dilemma for someone with too much going on.

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I also play Rocket League lol. It's the only online game I play, and I've been into it ever since it became free to play. I'm not great at it, but it's good fun that has become familiar, yet I can still see pretty continuous improvement in my performance, even if the ranks aren't really reflecting it.

There's are dozens of us!

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I've noticed that there's a growing number of games that allow fast drop in and out. Hades saves whenever you enter a new chamber. You can save anytime and anywhere in Subnautica. Most of the games I've played lately are like that, where the game itself is more involved but the ability to start and stop at any time is very casual.