• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I guess the PS3?

    I felt like I begrudgingly bought it, out of spite. Like I HAD to buy it, or I was no longer a modern gamer.

    And then it just fell flat for me. I played GTA, and maybe a handfull of other games, but mostly GTA.

    I guess the PS4 is actually the same story, except I just never played it. To this day I have a PS4 that I never really used. But I also had no excitement for it.

    And I guess the same for PS5. I bought it to play GTA 6, thinking it was coming soon. That was 4 years ago. I’ve watched dvds more than I’ve played games on it.

    But with PS3, I actually had excitement brewing. I expected big things. It just never materialized.

    I’ve already decided I’m not buying a PS6, and I’m not buying GTA6.

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        12 days ago

        I find myself playing more retro stuff.

        I bought the Retroid Pocket Flip 2, which is exactly the same everything as a Retroid Pocket 5, with the exception of form factor. With apps like game native, I can play older PC games.

        But like…have you ever played Super Mario Bros 2 at 2am, while smoking weed? The game holds up.

        I guess I’m not a fan of the greyscale realistic graphics of a dystopian future, and everybody is shooting guns.

        Yaaaaaaaaaawn.

        But Stardew Valley?

        The Survivalists?

        Those games are amazing! Colorful graphics. I don’t need realism. I need escapism. I need worlds that make me feel SOMETHING positive in my life.

        But ever since PS2, it’s been guns guns guns, rainy grey skies, post apocaliptic worlds. I don’t need that, and it’s been industry standard for 25 years it feels like.

        I’m loving my Flip2 though.