Watched the Starfield gameplay, when Todd Howard pulled out his space laser to mine iron ore it was like my soul left my body and i watched the rest of the trailer in a dissociative state.

I like Minecraft. It's a good time. I also really like Satisfactory. But every single other game that has resource mining would be better off without it. It's like hacking and lockpicking minigames, the only thing it can possibly offer to the player is a minute of annoyance - but with mining it's often hours of annoyance.

  • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I think like a lot of people in the comments have already eluded, it depends largely on implementation and context.

    Personally I really hate grinding, it's thankless and it embeds the sensation of "My life is finite, and I'm losing seconds I'll never get back to this mindless shit." But sometimes, it's done well, and strangely, can be very exciting. Factorio and terraria are a few other games that have resource collection as central mechanics, yet don't feel like a total brainless slog.

    Anyway, fuck Todd Howard