Anyanymous · 20d

You mightve given an answer to this before somewhere but are there any specific games you like to play when you feel overwhelmed or anything of the sort? I often find myself having trouble finding something to play when I feel overwhelmed but hate not doing anything TwT

Honestly, not really.. if anything, I struggle to do things in general, overwhelmed or not, aha... I usually just lay in bed when I'm overwhelmed..

I'm the type of gamer who likes to complete games, but I don't tend to play "recreationally" I guess? Like I usually need an objective, I'm bad at just picking up a game for a few hours to just play it, and it's a struggle just to have myself start games (streams help force me get to my backlog).. There's stuff like Picross, Panel de Pon, etc, but I barely play those on my own after beating my personal missions with them.

Same with anime and stuff, I find it hard to just sit down and put something on to watch... I need someone else to make me watch something, even if I'm just sitting doing nothing and feeling like a waste... It's like pulling teeth for some reason, maybe I just get too restless sitting and doing nothing but watching something, and I can't just leave something on in the background- I have to properly consume and digest things I watch.

Still, to try to answer the question properly for recommendations.. I do think something simple puzzle games like Panel de Pon or Picross are good ways to take your mind off things. I used to play Splatoon a lot as well, though that's a double-edged sword- playing that game in a foul mood can worsen my mood and stress me out even more, aha... So maybe something not competitive, something small that you can play, like a puzzle game, or a short game you can finish in a couple hours and feel like you've accomplished something~ Yume Nikki, Cave Story, the Knytt series/Within a Deep Forest, those are all some free PC games (minus Knytt Underground) that one can play and beat in a couple sittings and ones I personally enjoy a lot. Things like older platformers like Kirby games or the like can fill that role as well. If my mind is in a searching mood, I like to hunt for new manga to read (usually by looking at "latest updated" on manga sites for pages and pages and seeing if any titles or cover art grab me enough to click on them, though I haven't done that in a little bit..)

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