It depends on the game. Like if it’s an online only game, then of course that makes sense. But a single player game, or even a game with a single player mode requiring always online is and will always be dumb.

Diablo 4 not being designed for offline solo play as well (like D2 and I think even D3 was) is annoying though.

The Last of Us is fine for about one playthrough. When I played through it I was sad the story was ending but I was kind of glad I didn’t have to keep playing. I feel like it stayed just long enough where it didn’t wear out it’s welcome. Haven’t gotten around to the 2nd yet so I have no opinion there.

God of War I’ve enjoyed in limited doses but I’m with you. I’ve bought a handful of installments for it and I don’t think I got much further than a few hours on any of them. I know it’s dumb I keep buying them but for whatever reason they always seem to have a great sale going on everytime I think about giving it another shot. The thing is I’ve enjoyed other hack and slash games and I enjoy Greek mythology but for whatever reason the gameplay in this series has never clicked with me

I’d add Halo 4 to that list. I think people just lost interest in the series over time in favor of new ones that have popped up.

I didn’t really like the story in 4, 5 or infinite all that much. I honestly don’t like most of the multiplayer maps in the newer games either. I don’t think the new games are terrible but ever since Bungie left they don’t have the same charm to them. Like Halo 2 seeing the scarab for the first time, or the different locales on Halo you’d travel to in order to unravel the mystery of the ring. In infinite you go into a bunch of nondescript towers as Cortana speaks gibberish and the brute guy keeps monologuing at you repeatedly. It was just obnoxious.

Is it possible to message on mastodon and peertube with lemmy (or is it only through kbin currently)? I was trying to figure out how that worked but had some difficulty