• cm0002@lemmy.world
    47·
    9 days ago

    I thought being a gamer meant I was prepared. " No “Get off the Nintendo” or “just pause it” from me I naively thought, “I’ll be able to play all their games and even enjoy the game!” I was such an idiot.

    Nothing could have prepared me for the rapid clip “game surfing”. What’s worse, I can remember how to play them all just fine from my own childhood, but it’s the constant in and out of memory that gets me lol

    I know what it feels like to be RAM LMAO

  • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    9 days ago

    If any of my parents took any interest in any game I played when I was a kid, I would 100% play that game with them, alas…

    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
      23·
      9 days ago

      My dad used to play some Mortal Kombat with me. Until one time, it was in my early teens, 13 or 14 maybe, I had been playing a lot of it recently and was just whooping his ass. Like 8-0 streak kind of ass beating. So he bet me $20 I couldn’t do it blindfolded.

      Well I did, I lost one round but won two to get the match purely off of sound cues and blind luck, and he paid me $20 and then never played a video game with me ever again.

        • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
          18·
          9 days ago

          No. No, it really wasn’t. I wasn’t socially aware enough at the time to think to throw the match. But to be fair I didn’t expect my dad to pull such an ultimate rage quit.

          • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            8 days ago

            Have you ever talked to him about it since? Maybe you could go “Hey dad, bet you $20 you wont play games with me again” then boot up some coop game, heard some beat’em up games like River City Girls are somewhat similar to fighting games.

      • taiyang@lemmy.world
        5·
        9 days ago

        At least you got $20. I got yelled after I whooped my dad on fucking Mario Party. Kept calling me egotistic but in hindsight, pretty sure he was protecting.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
      5·
      8 days ago

      I’ve had a few opportunities to play Red Alert 2 with my dad. He always obliterated me, I was too much of a turtle player.

      There was one time I won against him, but it was pretty obvious to my 14yo ass that he let me. I asked and he just smiled.

      I should probably challenge him sometime nowadays

    • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
      20·
      9 days ago

      Terraria is kinda like 2D Minecraft but with a longer but more linear progression path instead of being just a more Freeform sandbox. Kinda like some Minecraft modpacks.

    • tiramichu@lemm.ee
      12·
      9 days ago

      My friend likes Terraria, and I like Minecraft.

      This is because he enjoys gameplay where there is technical progression and objectives. Things to ‘do’ and reasons to get stronger.

      I enjoy gameplay where the objectives are mostly just goals I set for myself, and I have freedom for creative expression.

      In Minecraft I can spend forever working on aesthetic builds or complex redstone contraptions, whereas once my friend has exhausted all the progression in the game he finds it boring.

      Conversely, although Terraria does allow for building and furnishing nice bases/homes, the 2D nature is limiting for me vs 3D and can’t satisfy my desire to build, so I’m not into it.

    • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      9 days ago

      I’d say Terraria is more of an RPG than either of the other two, if that matters. Boss fights, gear progression, etc. It’s amazing, but it’s not quite the same. There is still a lot of building creativity space, though, if that’s your jam.

    • msage@programming.dev
      5·
      8 days ago

      You should try Terraria.

      Then get into mods. Calamity is absolutely amazing.

      The mod scene is so strong and expands the game so much.

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      I want to say it’s ok and isn’t amazing, but I now have over 1,000 hours in it. I think I lost the ability to say it isn’t a good game about 900 hours of playtime ago 😅

    • Tigrafale@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      8 days ago

      Terraria is more fun to play but Minecraft is more fun to watch. It’s one of the few games I’ve got hundreds of hours playing solo.