It's funny that you got that in Skyrim, really felt like that game was terrified that I'd miss some random quest and shove it in my face
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Back in the day I remember Gabe from Penny Arcade saying that he used to feel this way until he went on anxiety meds. Going on the meds made it feel like a free playground to explore instead of being an infinite chore where something could be missed.
I don't have anxiety issues, but I smoke a couple bongs and am ready to just wander around and explore worlds lol. Even if I want to go to story stuff I end up doing side missions or collecting bits of lore.
This is why I have so much trouble with the Fallout series. I love the games and their universes but I just can't deal with how overwhelming it is to actually play and realize how much there is to do. I never had this issue with other games like Subnautica for some reason.
im not sure why but i only played botw for like 10 minutes and never touched it again. somehow it just seemed confusing and kinda boring to me (yes i should have given it another chance but my joycons drift anyways so i dont even use my switch anymore). i do love games like fallout and skyrim though.
Yes, these big open world games always feel overwhelming when I start to play them. I then remind myself to take a step back and treat each side mission as a separate game. Embrace when an NPC all of a sudden gives me a new quest, and just keep it on the back burner until I'm done with the current quest. Engage yourself in the story for each quest.
Modern games do a great job of organizing your quests.
Edit I would also like to add that owning a Steam Deck also helps a lot with playing big open world games. It's great to quickly pick it up and get a side quest completed or level up my characters.
Concentrate on only one aspect of the game that you think you'll enjoy and the rest becomes side-play you can enjoy leisurely. For instance I was on a huge korok seed hunt with BOTW because I love collecting things like that. As I cleared an area I would move further out and slowly got into the open world like that.
For another style of game I concentrated on just mining with Eve online because it's so information dense you will overwhelm yourself trying to learn the basics of everything. Few days of mining and I was excited about trying out some combat missions etc.
Just don't look at the overall picture, focus on a mini aspect of the game and expand from there.
@Cartendole For me is kinda hard to follow long time span games.
I can only remember the first 10 hours. So to me is easier just to find short time games than long ones.
Also indie games trend to innovate even more so I prefer a 3 hours game that's enjoyable than a 40 hours game that's repetitive and probably at the end I don't even remember the entire story of it.
I personally find that because of the sheer amount of content, these games have great replayability. Every time I start Skyrim, even vanilla Skyrim, from the beginning, I will eventually find something I haven't seen before either because I chose a different style of play or by sheer chance.
I'm playing Elden Ring with my bf using the seamless co-op mod and though he's a veteran who's put countless hours into the game, we keep stumbling upon places and content he hasn't seen previously.