i dont think it was entirely /v/‘s “cynical gamur” attitude that rubbed off on me but for a long while i was just completely boiling down game’s internal behaviour
>oh this NPC is gonna do this if i do that
>they’re gonna react this way if i shoot or do some other thing they react to
>this grinding is just essentially +1 to this stat / resource
>this is just driving around in circles until im faster than the NPC drivers
>this turn-based game is just chess/checkers with cooler looking sprites
and i never really enjoyed multiplayer with randos and now im in my late 20s and grew apart from e-friends and irl friends dont play games, so its fucking weird to play with randos because they’re all 12-18. and every year i find myself unable to “immerse” myself into a fantasy world anymore so that sucks too :(