Video Games Are Boring

Re:Video Games Are Boring by dvtv75 on Monday November 07, 2016 @07:33PM (#12896605)

This is what I came here to say.

I only have Vice City, nowhere near as visually spectacular, but I get myself a car and just drive around with the radio on. It's the same for Assassin's Creed through to IV, I often just go for a walk and look at the scenery, immerse myself in a time and place that's long gone. Often enough, the missions get in the way.

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Re:Video Games Are Boring by filereaper on Monday November 07, 2016 @09:33PM (#12897137)

I do the same in GTA V. I think its feeling of freedom and escapism is why games like No Man's Sky were appealing.

I used to clock hundreds of hours on Flight Sim 98, not necessarily learning how to fly (though that was fun too) but going to various cities in Flight Sim, checking them out in Encarta and doubling back to Flight Sim again.

Now that I'm older and financially capable of visiting these places, its pretty surreal. I hope the new AR/VR movement brings about these kind of experiences.

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Re:Video Games Are Boring by foobarian on Monday November 07, 2016 @09:13PM (#12897050)

I occasionally load up Black Flag to sail a 16th century ship and listen to pirate songs. It makes it fascinating to think about what the Caribbean were like back then...

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