Games that I put in this category: The first spyro game (not sure about the later ones, havent played) and A Link Between Worlds are both very fun and rewarding to complete and never feel like a chore to do so.

One game that is very much NOT in this category, as is often said, is DK64 lol. But everyone says that. I’ve also heard people say Super Mario Oddessy is fun to beat but not fun to complete, same with BOTW because of the Koroks. People usually say this about SM Sunshine as well but I dont really mind it in this game.

Sidenote complain about the world: Sandbox games combined with my autistic obsessive compulsive need for completionism lead to me playing them with very frusterating habits lmao. No Man’s Sky is the worst for me. I LOVE that game but god the respawning ROCKS ruin the experiance kind of. If the rocks stayed gone, I could use them to gradually explore the worlds I’m on in a completiony way. (Even knowing that like even a single planet is kind of impossible to fully explore let alone the entire fucking universe lol). But I cant!!!

Sorry I need to shove that rant into everything. Completionist mindset also limits me with games like Terraria, Minecraft, and Starbound as well but not as badly because I at least can keep track of exploration in those (Or just dig deep pits in minecraft as I enjoy doing to waste time while I watch streams lol).

I also get myself caught in absurd goals that NOONE expects you to do and the game doesnt keep track of (no achievemnt for it or anything) sometimes like doing all coin runs in Mario 64 or marrying, seeing the 14 star event, and then divorcing every spouse in Stardew Valley lol. (I acutally havent started the second thing but it is sort of in my head as a goal).

This turned into a general rant about how my completionism effects me lmao but anyway thoughts.

  • Breath_Of_The_Snake [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    6 months ago

    It’s awesome! It’s as close to going John brown mode as a game has allowed me as of yet.

    If you decide to get the dlc, it has tons of dwarf content. So if that’s a factor in your decision, the fact you also enjoy the dwarf politics would lead me to recommend either of the dwarf origins for a completion run.

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      Oh I’ve played thru the game tons of times already (with dlc) I was just asking because it’s a bit old and it’s rare I get to talk with someone about it. Shale rocks

      • Breath_Of_The_Snake [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        Shale is so cool, I really liked how her personal quest involved figuring out her identity. First game to introduce identity related concepts that I played.

        What are your thoughts on how the dlc with Morrigan handled the ritual ending? I was legit upset the sequel didn’t follow up at all.

        • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          6·
          6 months ago

          Yeah I was really surprised about that on my latest play through! I had completely forgotten it, and it’s handled very gracefully. I also love Sten, who feels like ND representation.

          I actually just had a discussion about Morrigan just recently, but we didn’t really touch on the dlc. She felt like some writers OC self-insert in a way and I feel like the dlc really cemented that. I think there wasn’t really a way to follow up on her story while still trying to do the “your choices matter” shtick that they want to do, so it makes sense it was kind of dropped.