I honestly prefer playing games alone for all sorts of reasons. One is that I’m usually one to play a lot of games I would still have for years because I’m skeptical whenever having to buy a new game (and most likely will get a used one instead).
I guess for me, the hype in having the latest game or the one with the biggest hype is just going to make a bigger hole in my wallet. To me, games are just another chance to really get into the whole virtual experiential reality with whatever aspects the developers had in mind. And frankly, without that private introspection in diving deeper into the core of the games like the sense of morale and all that, I probably would’ve been in a major plateau effect in creativity without it.
If I play with someone else, that speculation automatically shuts down because I prefer them having the luxury of hospitality than myself. And I secretively have an annoying habit where my ego just goes nuts if I’m allowing children or anyone else to play a game failing so hard that I have experience in.
Nothing bothers me more than having the urge to tell those individuals at whatever age, “Press this, that, and that.” It usually starts euphemistically, but then I start getting passive aggressive and just watch them die like 500 times. I used to play with good gamers, but they seem to have a natural trend of just losing the novelty of gaming.
If it’s something like a multiplayer, I will be more than happy to play with anyone, though I will not hold back whatsoever if I know I’m good at the game. But if it’s single player or even co-op, I just let them play and watch while doing something else.
