>2002>buy a game in the store because it has a cool cover without knowing anything about it >play it deep into the night>spend all day at school thinking about what cool things are going to happen next and what it has in store>come home and straight back to playing the game>slowly unraveling a massive fictional world that's only between me and the game>no mass media campaign talking about it as a spectacle and a product on every corner of everyday life>no internet hysteria, content sloppers, streamers, essayists, spoiling thumbnails, shills, meaningless discussions, sales and reviews shitflinging, dev exposés or controversies, social media tribes, day 1 wikis and walkthroughs and Discords >have no idea how long the game is, what sort of content it has, what trends or genres it's following if any, if it's going to receive a sequel and when, are the devs doing okay or even who they are >the game itself is also completely isolated from the real world and offers an immersive escapist experience >just you, your imagination, and the gameYou may not like it but this was the peak way of experiencing vidya And now it's gone forever unless you're an Amish kid or something
Tldr; op gets his opinions from twitter
>>729878008Amish don't have superpowers, simplyget off 4chins and social mediayou have the power anon
I feel like youchoob essayers and lets players/reactions are what really killed games. Like with essayers now you have to go into a deep dive about how deep and thought provoking a game is when it was just 10 retards in an office just trying to make some money by making a fun game.
>>729878008I have absolutely no idea how this was appealing in the slightest, I bought it as a gift for a friend and I almost missed on kino myself
>>729878008>2002>no walkthroughsretarded zoomer larper
>>729878008>buy a game in the store because it has a cool cover without knowing anything about itI never did this. Games were expensive enough already to waste money by buying blind, and game magazines were a thing>play it deep into the nightI'd rather wake up early, have a nice breakfast and play before school>spend all day at school thinking about what cool things are going to happen next and what it has in storeI spent my time at school studying nigga>come home and straight back to playing the gamehomework goes first nigga>slowly unraveling a massive fictional world that's only between me and the gameyeah that was cool>no mass media campaign talking about it as a spectacle and a product on every corner of everyday lifeyou can control your exposure to that crap you know. don't expose yourself to social media nor YouTube retards, and don't visit this site until you've beaten the game>no internet hysteria, content sloppers, streamers, essayists, spoiling thumbnails, shills, meaningless discussions, sales and reviews shitflinging, dev exposés or controversies, social media tribes, day 1 wikis and walkthroughs and Discordssame as above>have no idea how long the game is, what sort of content it has, what trends or genres it's following if any, if it's going to receive a sequel and when, are the devs doing okay or even who they aresame as above>the game itself is also completely isolated from the real world and offers an immersive escapist experiencesame as above>just you, your imagination, and the gamesame as above
>>729878008>Anon finally admits he's nostalgic for being ignorantThis is the first step in the healing process. Watch thishttps://youtu.be/QvOKAhX_lp0
>>729878283or you could just not watch it.
>>729878072>>729878147>butthurt zoomers
>>729878352>>729878402That's literally not how it works thoughIt's like comparing actual explorers finding forgotten lands, to going on a tourist trip and pretending all the other tourists aren't there
>>729878008Wrong. You played something that we hated. Imagine all the OHNONONO AHAHAHAs we would have posted. Doesn’t it make you feel bad knowing that you did something that we hate? Why do you want to be a pariah? Just come clean and disavow your non-compliant consumption habits. I bet you even played it on c*nsole. Uh oh! We hate that!
>>729878461You could just play games that are so obscure/new that they simply do not have guides or youtubers talking about it. I had a pretty "magical" time playing the End of Dyeus (NG+ since regular NG does have a guide, not that I read it) for example.
there used to be shows on TV dedicated solely to discussing games actually, and magazines
>>729878742Then you know they're obscure and have small budgets and aren't going to receive sequels and can see their overall review while buying them etcThe only way to emulate this feeling these days for me is playing old games I never heard of before
I mean technically you could still do this if you just quit twitter, 4chan, stop reading steam forums full of ragebait etc
every single reply before me is a newfag tourist and i wish to God my hand could reach through the screen and smash your faces in with a rock also kudos to you OP. wish /v/ still had people like you instead of ironic shitheads like the ones above
>>729878008Honestly it's fun to go through rom sites and check out any games based on the cover art provided and discover what the fuck weird shit you stumbled across. I've found some interesting games doing that. I think it's best to keep knowledge of a game limited before you play it for the first time.
>>729878887This isn't helping you fit in
>>729878461>and pretending all the other tourists aren't therethey stop being there the moment you close the browser tab
>>729879781>close eyes>"the tourists aren't there"
>tranime AGP
>>729878008wrong, you're missing the part where you read the instruction manual while your parents drive you home.
>>729878008It's gone because you keep engaging with sites like this. I only come here when I have no new games to play and I want to argue with mentally handicapped people. The moment I have a new game, I cut myself off from all social media. I live in that fictional world for a short time, and I have a blast almost every single time. There is no one to compare to, no one to tell me how I should play the game or what I am supposed to enjoy. No guides, no takes, no opinions. I don't talk about the game until I am done with it. The internet is a grand idea, but social media is a cancer that should be put to death. Comparison is the thief of joy and it's comparison and the opinion of the herd that sucks all the joy out of games. Normies are P-zombies, and online communities are vampires. Stay away from them.
>>729880486Based blast haver
>tfw lived 5 seconds away from a corner shop that rented out games>tfw getting vidya and buying a load of junk food and playing vidya with my two bros over the weekend this is probably where my life peaked, sadly
>>729880039The shop I went to sold pirated games at a fraction of the price (like $3-6) but had no manuals as a drawbackSometimes there was a pdf on the CD
>>729878008The fun experience is talking about the shit you did last night with your friends at school though.
>>729882817Normalfag detected, you're the reason why games are shit now and focused more on the social aspect than the games aspect
>>729878008>2000s>Parents were being cheapskates and told me to pick a game out of the bargain bin>Find a weird game called Boktai 2>Back of the box has megaman battle network on it >Cool I'll take it>Ended up being one of the best purchases of my lifeZoomers will never experience this
>>729878008no idea why this has so many spiteful mutants giving it backlaskthis is 100% the way it was, especially if you got lost in some bullshit like everquest back then
>>729883658>backlaskkurwa...
>>729883323nah, you're just a sour grapes friendless loser
>>729883774where do you think you are, tourist normie
>buy a switch 2 >have a blast with dk bananza and kirby air riders>laugh at losers spending their entire day whining about games they can't affordlife's good when you make the right choices
>729883774Tranny detected
>>729884905>driving a teslalook anon, just don't get aids ok?
>>729878461If you don't know or acknowledge any info on the game from social media and YouTube then yeah it kind of is like being an explorer. Not sure how discussion around a game that you're not even listening to could possibly affect your playthrough. If it's the fact that there's too many normies playing games now and you want obscurity just play some hidden gem retro shit or indie games with <50 reviews. Stop being a faggot.
>>729884905>Unc plays games intended for actual toddlers>Calls others losers
>>729878008I feel this, but you can just unplug from social media and preserve most of this experience. I feel bad for younger generations that get exposed to social media before developing a really strong connection with a piece of fictional media. Letting the dynamics of a 'fandom' or some other element of a work's online presence influence your personal experience with the work sucks and its difficult for a lot of people to filter out that noise and just focus on their own experience with the work, especially if they've been exposed to online discourse from an early age. There's ten year olds out there listening to hours of contrarian takes of games they've never and will never play. Its easy to write all that off as white noise, but it fucks with people's attention span and ability to look at things critically without their perspective being colored by other peoples opinions. I wonder if their capacity to enjoy media on a personal level will be stunted because of that.
