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Originally Posted by City Data Guy
I've been a perfectionist for most of my gaming life by now. I'm not much of a completionist unless I'm interested in getting all the collectibles in a game. My perfectionism is a bit different. The vast majority of the games I play are shooters, both first person and third person.
I've recently been playing Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 and I've restarted the game around 20 times probably. Anytime I die or the game glitches, I get really really really upset and angry. I hate that crap because my immersion gets broken and I hate how it breaks my chain of events. Even though I have the option to restart the mission, I choose to restart the whole game.
I also hate missing a shot, but it doesn't cause me to restart the game. I hate when I miss because it will alert an enemy and then all enemies go and take cover, which is good AI but annoying because they stay hidden for so long and I'm just sitting there holding my d*ck until they come out two centuries later. Secondary weapons in this game are lame except for the shotguns and I'm stuck with only three health bars for the most part. Even on easy difficulty, enemies kill you fast.
I know it's irrational and it's causing me mental despair, but I can't help but get really pissed off if things don't go my way because games rarely go my way. I refuse to use aim assist to avoid missing because I didn't pay for the game to play itself for me. I'm afraid I won't beat the game for a while because of this stupid annoying quirk I have. My perfectionism has flared up really bad for this game for some reason, dunno why. I paid $65 for this game. I will beat it eventually. Eventually. 
Anyone else suffer from this garbage first world problem? |
Well, I never got angry, but frustrated...yep. What I found interesting is that I did not get like that when playing on console, but I did get like that when playing on PC. Mainly it started when I switched to PC and played my first MMORPG. I was obsessed with getting every last thing, and I was one of those who if I died, I would just stop the fight and start over.
And then I realized that I wasn't having the fun that I used to have when I played on console. I had to sit back and ask myself what changed. Mainly it was the new (to me at the time) genre of game, and that I ended up competing with myself and every single other person who ever played the game. Why did I have to have everything go perfectly? And man, gaming wasn't as fun as it used to be.
I had to step back and remember why I started playing video games from when I was a kid.
Because it's fun.
I don't have to be the top player. I am never going to be in a tournament. I'm good, but I don't have to be "the best" because this is not my life. This is what I do to relax. It was at this time that I realized that I totally understood where my dad was coming from when he told me that he didn't want to make his hobby in to a living.
He's brilliant with woodwork. He could be wealthy beyond belief if he turned his hobby of woodworking in to income. He's that good at what he builds/creates. I asked him, when I was younger, why on earth didn't he do
that for work? He told me he didn't want to, it was simply something he did for fun, to relax.
I didn't get it then. I totally get it now. I'm not saying that you're trying to make this hobby in to a living, the point is, the lesson is still in there in what he said. It doesn't matter how good you are, it should be fun.
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Originally Posted by Yac
I'm no expert, but it sounds a bit like some form of OCD. You should be having fun playing games, not get frustrated. I don't know if anyone can help you deal with this here, I know it's not something common.
Also I'd avoid this game for now, from what I read it has a ton of glitches and more serious issues.. they will probably patch most out eventually, but as it is it seems more like an Alpha than a full release at this point. The devs should be ashamed of releasing such unfinished titles.
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Despite the title, all games should be fun. It is annoying when devs release unfinished work...which is a whole other topic I probably shouldn't get in to because that spit ticks me off to no end. DLCs annoy the hell out of me.
"Here's our unfinished game for $59.99. Go and play it."
Two weeks later: "Here's the first DLC for $29.99" which you come to realize should have been included in the fricken release of the game in the first place.
..........................ok, no, I said I wasn't going there.
Yes, the game should be fun. It should be for enjoyment, competition is fine as long as you're still enjoying it.
OP, if you're getting too frustrated, just find some friends and goof off in the game, find stupid things to do, release yourself from the need to finish everything perfectly, and just enjoy. If you can't do that, let the game sit. Go find another. Get back to the other game later, when it no longer irritates you. It can be hard to do sometimes, I get that, but you're only robbing yourself of the joy of gaming if you don't.
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