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Doing things in games because it simple felt good. (feddit.uk)
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I've been thinking about the PS1 game 'Driver' a lot recently. It's a game I spent a lot of time on during my youth, and whilst I'm sure it doesn't hold up some 20 years later, it was still a highlight from my 'gaming youth'.

As much as I know I enjoyed it however, I don't remember all that much about it. Aside from pulling the perfect reverse hand-break-turn in order to leave the garage/lockup area and begin the game proper. I didn't need to pull this manoeuvre of course, I could just, you know...drive out, but something felt so incredibly satisfying about it that I couldn't stop myself.

Which brings me to this point of this thread. What's something you do in a game for no reason other than it feels damn good?

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[–] reverendsteveii@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

I used to like to get gently stoned, fire up GTA 5, put on FlyLo FM in the car and just drive around. My brother and I would sit for hours, and it was basically like we were in a real car. I didn't drive super fast, took most reasonable precautions against wrecking and killing people. It was just...nice. A sort of cut-rate flow state where the thing I'm doing is something that I have to pay attention to, but not something I'm occupied by to the point of not being able to bs with somebody.