Ugh it’s a goddamn hero shooter (they say it isn’t but it sure looks like it to me). What made splitgate good was the simplicity. I’ll still try this out, maybe they manage to make it good, but I don’t have my hopes up.

I’m annoyed cause I was actually excited for this

Here’s an underrated game recommendation: Patrick’s Parabox. Probably the most well designed puzzle game I’ve ever played.

Pseudoregalia mentioned!

Also lol at “worse graphics” for Rainworld. An amazing looking game. Though it probably doesn’t actually mean worse graphics, just less realistic graphics

the world also needs more concise games

Yeah!

those 20-40 hour masterpieces

…wait, concise?

I agree I always get cramps whenever I play mario kart in handheld. That’s why I buy as many of my games as I can on the Steam Deck instead.

It’s not about worrying that I won’t be able to do stuff again, just the existence of the ever-looming timer is stressful. And you have to water your crops every morning, and harvest them when they’re ready. You can only plant certain crops in certain seasons. There are requests on the bulletin board that have time limits. Shops are only open on certain days, and I know if I don’t do that thing today I won’t be able to tomorrow because it will be closed. If the timer didn’t matter, then there wouldn’t be a timer.

Don’t get me wrong, I like Stardew Valley. But I stopped playing it, partly because I found it too stressful. Which isn’t great cause people always advertise it as this really relaxing game, and I’m sure it is for them, but I guess my brain just works differently. And I really want to like Stardew Valley more, I want to be able to play it and relax.

I’m not even trying to minmax or anything, I try to take my time, but it doesn’t really work. I can’t just ignore the timer, cause then I’ll pass out and wake up with hardly any stamina.

Edit: Also “you can just focus on one thing” sure, but then what do I do for the rest of the day?

I bought the Zenfone 9, but now the new Zenfones don’t have headphone jacks, so I don’t know what phone to buy when I end up needing a new one. There seems to be no phones with headphone jacks that aren’t huge, except for the budget phones