understandable, it took me a few times for it to click. i have the same problem with games that count days; i can’t get myself to finish disco elysium or blue prince because the counter going up makes me think i will run out of time, even though you never do.
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Peter_Arbeitsloser@feddit.org 12 hours agoI couldn’t bring myself to finishing it because “the timer” stressed me so much :( I loved everything else about it so much.
lime@feddit.nu 12 hours ago
Peter_Arbeitsloser@feddit.org 12 hours ago
Its so interesting how different people perceive these things. Disco Elysium was so stress free for me, I didn’t really think the day counter did anything. With Outer Wilds I think its really the anticipation of what I know is inevitable to come. And then I nervously wait for all those cues that tell me how much time has passed already… And yeah, very stressy for me, haha. Still, I should really push myself to finish it sometime because I’m really curious how it all ties up.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Disco Elysium was so stress free for me, I didn’t really think the day counter did anything.
It didn’t bother me at all, because I felt like I did about everything I could every day.
lime@feddit.nu 12 hours ago
maybe it’s reflective of the personality of the player. i can never get to bed at a reasonable hour and i’ve heard a theory that some people have that problem because the mind thinks that the sooner the next day begins the less time they have to themselves.
njm1314@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Timer? Can you elaborate a bit? I was thinking of getting it but I fucking loathe time limits in games.
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Trying not to spoil too much, there’s a timer but it doesn’t really matter, you will almost never run out of time and retrying is encouraged. There’s almost no time pressure in this game, and the amount of time in that timer is over 20 minutes, which should be plenty of time to do what you have to, and if not you can reset the timer and try again.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
i don’t think it’s a big spoiler to say the game (mostly) resets every 22 minutes. you keep a log of everything you learn about the worlds and story but physically everything goes back to square 1.
lime@feddit.nu 7 hours ago
without spoiling the details, it’s a bit like groundhog day, or majoras mask.