/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7699242
> Then why do you reject those who find any sense of meaning in a world you see has meaningless?
I'm interested in nihilism as a concept, but I'm not committed to it 100%.
> If someone 1CC's a game, then how does it hurt you?
It doesn't.
> Why reject ones existentialist pleasure in overcoming a challenge?
Why throw a shitfit when I say that there isn't a right or wrong way to enjoy things? If overcoming a challenge is what you enjoy, then go hard.
> Moreover if you have never challenge yourself in any meaningful way then how do you know there is no interpersonal value in such an accomplishment?
That interpersonal value is a human construct, not an absolute law of nature.
> Maybe if you actually tried to complete a game without save states you would have a new found appreciation for why people value the activity.
I'll be honest, I've never 100%'d a game in my life, and I've only played a few dozen to the end. Now, the majority of those cases were without savestates, because for a long time I bought into the idiotic premise that they are somehow "bad" to use. I have a terrible attention span, so I play games for my own entertainment rather than to try and prove something to people. So yes, my perspective is quite different than from someone like yours.

>>7699257
You're right on the money.

>>7699279
"Work smarter, not harder" is one of my favorite maxims. Yes, I get that personal satisfaction comes from accomplishing a difficult task. I like playing games on harder difficulties sometimes, but I'll use whatever tools I'm provided as I feel like it to gain an advantage.

>>7699289
>If you choose to go savestate through a tough as nails game and reach the end, if you had a good time somehow through it, that's fine
Yes. I agree with this.
>but you cannot see yourself as an expert on the subject or that you at all cleared the game in any true way.
I don't see myself as an expert when I do this, nor do I care about clearing the game in a "true" way.