• jballs
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    5 days ago

    Seriously what is up with the German love for sim games? I’ve tried the farming sim and truck driving sim and it just feels like having an extra job that I don’t get paid for.

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      5 days ago

      well for people who enjoy those work itself, it’s essentially living a fantasy where you actually get rewards for doing a good job.

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      I can’t tell you exactly what it is, but simulation games are nearly always satisfying for me

      Probably because it’s a sped up, consequence free, approximation of the real thing, without any of the entry cost but with a similar satisfaction for succeeding

      And like, it’s not like other mechanically complex games are really that different. All a game is, aside from the story and art part of it, is problem solving and surpassing obstacles