At this point, I maybe only buy and play 1 or 2 AAA games a year, this year being Tears of the Kingdom. Otherwise I pretty much only play Indies. They’ve reignited my love of gaming. In so many of them, you can feel the love and care put into them. Whereas so many AAA games have started to feel like something pumped out of an assembly line with little to no thought or care put into them.

40 hours for a 60€ game is pretty good if you enjoyed those hours.

There’s definitely exceptions. I paid $70 for the new Zelda tears of the kingdom. Just beat it at 175 hours and it was easily my goty.

Battlebit vs Battlefield

Steam deck for indie games and old games; Switch for AAAs.

Enter the gungeon. Got it on multiple platforms and got some 1000+ hours out of it. Still fun to play after all that.

At this point, I maybe only buy and play 1 or 2 AAA games a year, this year being Tears of the Kingdom. Otherwise I pretty much only play Indies. They’ve reignited my love of gaming. In so many of them, you can feel the love and care put into them. Whereas so many AAA games have started to feel like something pumped out of an assembly line with little to no thought or care put into them.

Factorio…

3k+ hours on record…

Same here, and it’s wild how Steam can’t seem to recommend shit that fits the narrative my library tells. :/