This concept may be a bit hard to explain but bear with me. Have you ever had a game you really enjoyed but have a hard time getting into because you've set yourself up a specific task to do either in the game or with the game in general (like modding) that you end up dreading the work it will take to get to the point you wish to enjoy it again?
I've done it many times.
I love Skyrim but I've modded it so heavily that I now have so many tiny little issues cropping up from random crashes, horrible FPS in some places, and graphic anomalies that I need to wipe it and start fresh and hopefully mod it "properly"... the task ahead of me in "fixing" the game has kept me from playing it at all for months.
As much as I enjoy The Sims or SimCity, I tend to over-plan my games and before even getting to the "play" part I want to build satellite cities, terraform locations, create a huge number of families, create and finish all my downtown/vacation/old town areas... and it just gets to the point where I never get around to actually PLAYING the game.
Terraria I skipped over doing much construction and just had a basic base and barrelled through acquiring massive amounts of materials, upgrading my equipment, exploring, etc. Now finally I want to build my ultimate base at the end-game and the sheer size and complexity of is so daunting I never get anywhere with it.
What games do you enjoy that you've turned into cumbersome chores that make it hard to just get in and enjoy the way you "used to"?
I've done it many times.
I love Skyrim but I've modded it so heavily that I now have so many tiny little issues cropping up from random crashes, horrible FPS in some places, and graphic anomalies that I need to wipe it and start fresh and hopefully mod it "properly"... the task ahead of me in "fixing" the game has kept me from playing it at all for months.
As much as I enjoy The Sims or SimCity, I tend to over-plan my games and before even getting to the "play" part I want to build satellite cities, terraform locations, create a huge number of families, create and finish all my downtown/vacation/old town areas... and it just gets to the point where I never get around to actually PLAYING the game.
Terraria I skipped over doing much construction and just had a basic base and barrelled through acquiring massive amounts of materials, upgrading my equipment, exploring, etc. Now finally I want to build my ultimate base at the end-game and the sheer size and complexity of is so daunting I never get anywhere with it.
What games do you enjoy that you've turned into cumbersome chores that make it hard to just get in and enjoy the way you "used to"?