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What games have you played due to FOMO? (leminal.space)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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FOMO stands for Fear Of Missing Out.

I've tried playing some JRPGS because they are considered classics and detective games like LA Noire before realizing the genre just wasn't for me.

I've also been stuck in the mentality of if I want to play a game in a series I need to play the prior games. I'm doing this currently for Deus Ex, the Witcher, and Splinter Cell. I guess I'd consider that FOMO to a degree.

Edit: I meant FOMO as in the fear of missing out on something relevant. Not necessarily something that is intentionally being time limited like raids or micro transactions.

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[–] adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll forget I'm a hyper intelligent demigod for a moment and slum it with you mortals over this jovial exercise.

Mine was Diablo IV. Thought it would rekindle my memories of rotting away at Diablo for significant parts of my life, and if I didn't buy it at release I'd miss all the comradery and special events...biggest gaming purchase regret of recent memory. Of course I'm the type to not give up on something, so I blew past the playtime return window just enough to realize it's the same addiction of lacklustre gameplay bolstered by occasional dopamine hits that I have to kick every time a new Diablo game gets released.

[–] sodiumbromley@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Uh, yeah, sure about Diablo and whatever. But, uh, what the fuck is this

I'll forget I'm a hyper intelligent demigod for a moment and slum it with you mortals over this jovial exercise.

[–] adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

It was meant to mock the posts explaining how OP misused the term fomo, but it clearly didn't land the way I expected it to at the time. I might have been tipsy.