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Gamers Are Becoming Less Interested in Games With Deep Strategy, Study Finds (www.ign.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For me it's:

Strategy games are extremely meta-focused
You always feel like you're playing sub-optimally if you don't know the exact right move
They typically require a lot of time and energy that I just don't have
They require long, focused sessions that could be better spent doing anything else
No one I know is playing them so it sucks as a social activity
They have less "high moments" compared to other games

Could never get into strategy games except for mobile ones that I would play on long road trips or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I always preferred Arena style fps games because the varied weapon set means having far greater variety in possible encounters with opponents. Military style shooters feel shallow to me. Skill just means placing shots to the head. There's no real movement techniques with them