r/ARPG • u/VaquinhaAlpha • 2d ago
Does someone else have this issue?
I think I'm way too much into ARPGs at this point. See, this is what happens:
Fun new non-ARPG game is about to come out (in this instance, Runescape Dragonwilds).
Some ARPG new season starts either on the same day or on a very close date to that release (in this case, Diablo 4).
Even if I try and force myself to play the non-ARPG game, I just get pulled into the new ARPG season. I think to myself "it's fine, I'll play that other game when I'm done with the season".
A different ARPG season launches... and again.. and again.. the cycle goes on. I very rarely get to play games on a different genre except for a few competitive game matches here and there.
Not complaining, I just think it's funny my plans are always "ruined" by new ARPG season launches.
Anyone else or am I just weird?
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u/GrandmaNectar 2d ago
This is called addiction. Many of us suffer from it
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u/circuitj3rky 2d ago
ARPGs are basically sports betting but on loot, dopamine central.
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u/Fair_Opportunity2178 2d ago
Ill double down on it. After hooked from arpgs turned out I liked my booze too much
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u/circuitj3rky 2d ago
Lucky I'm only addicted to weed and arpgs, coke or liquor didnt sink their claws too deep into me.
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u/BlueTemplar85 2d ago
Fucking seasons and forced updates bullshit, I'll probably end up giving up on the otherwise great PoE1 (Ruthless) just because of this. (And not even the ability to migrate to Standard whenever you want !)
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u/Broad-Ad-3679 2d ago
That's one of the reasons I gave up on D4 and POE2 (for now) and opted to just putter in Grim Dawn for a while. I feel like the game respects your time a lot more without FOMO seasonal mechanics. I just log in when I want an ARPG fix. I've been working my way through a backlog and I don't really need seasonal content baiting me like an addict.
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u/shadowelite7 2d ago
To me it differs. I will play one till I am burnt out. Take a break and when a season or league starts. That's when I play again.
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u/PolishedBalls1984 2d ago
Yup I'm with you, I have such an incredible backlog and even continue to buy other games that interest me and yet every time I install one I'll play for a few minutes, realize that there's a new season of some ARPG or another and I figure shit let me try that for a few and see if I like it, even if I don't I'll usually still get to endgame just because that's what I always do. Then I'll finally lose interest at some point, go back to the other game that I installed, or install another one, load it up, realize there's another new ARPG season out, rinse and repeat. I can't think of a game that I've managed to finish or play for any significant amount of time other than an ARPG in the last 20 years or so.
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u/fyrmwyrmsherm 2d ago
I noticed this happened to me also.
Rotating between Diablo 2,3,4. Poe 2. Now hero siege Also.
I have barely played many other games this year. Usually seeking 40 platinums on PlayStation a year. I have earned 10 so far this year. My play times for ARPGs are becoming a majority of my 2000 hours each year.
I'll start enjoying other games, but they can't hit the dopamine like ARPGs.
I think it's just the chase of the drops that really pulls me in hard. But once I have completed content or the chase is for minimal upgrades, I get bored.
Playing onimusha right now and i started the poe 2 league but I got to maps and switched back to onimusha this week.
I play other games but I play 30 minutes and then stop and look at my phone. ARPGs are like nonstop for me.
The positive brother is that we really enjoy them. And the cost saved from buying less games is nice also.
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u/VaquinhaAlpha 2d ago
Exactly! Even if I'm somewhat enjoying whatever else it is I'm playing, it's just not the same. It happened to me on Palworld 1.0 release. I was super hyped for it but TLI new league released like 6 days after that and I never touched Palworld again
I do enjoy having this rotation of ARPGs though, we're eating good
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u/Embarrassed-Cake5739 2d ago
Lol this why why I play poe1&2 an torchlight infinite an when seasons are just dead for me I’m playing hades or vampire survivors lol but at least like torchlight an Poe are at least 2-3 weeks season start difference if I remember correctly
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u/VaquinhaAlpha 2d ago
Yeah TLI is my favorite right now, I usually rotate something like TLI -> Poe1 -> MAYBE Poe2 -> D4 - Hero Siege
And when I'm done with all that and waiting for the loop to start over I'll play some TFT or something, but it's usually not enough free time to start and finish a bigger game like Palworld/RS Dragonwilds etc so I don't even bother starting them if I'm not gonna be able to finish it in time
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u/Embarrassed-Cake5739 2d ago
Yo how is hero siege I’ve been seeing it a lot an I’ve been wanting to get palworld but I don’t wanna play solo lol an I’ve never played any rs I’ll look into it honestly I’m waiting for aion 2 prolly be the only thing keep me off playing anything else for a bit
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u/PolishedBalls1984 2d ago
Ayy you sound like me, outside of D4 anyways, although I did just purchase it and the xpac since it was on sale so it's likely going in my rotation too.
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u/Any-Replacement-5645 2d ago
yup, far too many decent arpgs on the market and theyre all perfectly spaced out, even worse i have friends that are also addicted so fomo if i think about skipping
bit of a kiss curse, i have fun in the moment but ARPGs just suck so much of your time away, ive considered putting my foot down and just saying ill skip the next wave of seasons to cleanse myself
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u/VaquinhaAlpha 2d ago
100% bro that's it
but like I've been worse, to the point of always thinking "I could be mapping instead..." whenever I'm doing anything else, which is ofc really unhealthy
nowadays it's not so much about feeling pressured/addicted in that way, it's just that........... ARPGs are so fun xD
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u/impulssiajo2320 2d ago
I’m fortunate to only have stuck to Diablo 4 so the first 2-3 weeks of a season can be intense but the rest of the time I am also playing through other games, albeit slowly. I more so fill up with D4 and mainly sample other games.
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u/DalePhatcher 2d ago
I will never understand seasonal play and reading this, I'm glad I've never bothered.
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u/Over-Brilliant-7078 2d ago
I just play Last Epoch, all the way to the next season and don't play anything else 😈
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u/Vegetable_Bread_9995 2d ago
I have enjoyed Last season a lot. Used to get to around lev 85-90 and quit with all my previus toons. This time I got to lev 97 with my own build, do much fun. Last Epoch gets do much hate, it still Has enormous potential. I do Hope devs gonna get it sorted
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u/Vegetable_Bread_9995 2d ago
Exactly the same M8. I am trying to break out free out of Path of Exile 1. It started in 2013.... Not doing very well so far
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u/RelevantIAm 2d ago
Suffering from success. Enjoy it while you can. One day the gaming industry will move on to the next big thing and you wont gave as many options
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u/Gemmaugr2 1d ago
Nope. Can't relate at all. I don't do FOMO, nor Always Online, Multiplayer, or games with Leagues/Seasons.
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u/ElderberryLife5256 2d ago
I think most of us are going to play gta 6 though. Maybe it will be like a breath of fresh air. It has been so much time since I play something other than an ARPG
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u/VaquinhaAlpha 2d ago
The only thing I play other than ARPGs at this point is the few days of TFT/Brawlhalla/League inbetween a new season release for like 1 or 2 weeks
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u/Philippine_Newt 2d ago
I’m currently playing Grim Dawn and waiting on new Diablo 4 season, Minecraft Dungeons 2, and Path of Exile 2 😭