game troubles

almost start to wonder if sometimes , maybe appeal in certain games is just potential . able to look in and think " that would be so nice ! " but then lose interest in really play .

and that is ... well , that feel like disservice to games , and also obviously to funds . minecraft is still in interests , and yet mostly to watch others , or to spruce up resource packs .
with vintage story , this is much more survival game and really want to experience , but just ... feel stuck in want to think about that potential more than directly play .
not sure on that one especially , really like what make in this first world but wonder if should switch into creative one , build up and gear up through creative , and then just wander . or even have world that is only for wander !

feel sad to admit that even happen with changeling the dreaming . maybe in part because solo without someone else to control sessions , but , feel excite and euphoria just from read about game and lore ... but so much to do , can never choose anywhere to sit down and start . so much easier to just think about that potential without really play .

maybe that is real problem , in end ?
goal in game like rusted moss is easy : shooty shooty , get to elfame , win big bad boss fight . there can be side goals , and other endings to look for , but still easy overall . home safety hotline , well , answer calls good .
games like oblivion , one big story goal ( or more with DLC ) , and also many little ones . once very little or none of that is left , though … easy to lose interest . same with farm games , honestly .

but sandboxes can be anything - that is reason for name ! and with so much potential , faerie scatterbrain can not pick . yes in some sense can choose and make up goals , but no enforcement of these either , and full achievements board do not really motivate .
want to play minecraft with this beautiful resource pack , but load up new world and play give no ideas . want to play vintage story and progress , but something in brain feel stuck . want to play changeling the dreaming , but even with GEMulator really struggle to direct . 

engagement and preparation for play can be form of play too , but , what about when just want actual play ? pah .

game troubles , pt 2

just short one , but also want to follow up from original game troubles post .
think what kossai really need in games is both short term and long term goals that feel clear and attainable . ideally , game would have some way to directly encourage or enforce both of these . " longer survival is longer / better play time " is , unfortunately not enough in brain .

survival and learn lore both too broad as long term goal . still , vintage story very clearly outline good short term goals - find copper , make anvil , all of general survival progression . just hard to find motivation when long term goal is so vague .
changeling the dreaming give so much great stuff to work with ! but without someone else to guide game , find hard to keep focus , because there is so much else .
as for minecraft , ender dragon feel just ... unattainable . really struggle with combat in minecraft , and never actually defeat ender dragon in survival mode before - and this was long before beef up fight . when that is true , there is no point in spend so much time prepare survival gear , if would just need to be invincible anyway .

really enjoy games where end of story is not end of game , but lack of long term goal is also weak point for kossai . become easier to treat out of game tasks as that long term goal : sort notes , make resource packs , so on and so forth . which is not bad in self , but really would like to actually play games which pay for .

music update

for days , this one song from library was stuck in head , and could not remember which one - or how to find . no artist , no album , no idea of name or where from .
anyway , finally find again ... 米夏島 from fairyland online soundtrack . there was no way would find that , just get sudden hunch to check there .

well , can only find fairyland online soundtrack in these compilations , because each song is only short loop . when first split files , did keep original names intact , with approximations from google translate just to have latin alphabet title which know how to search . still , short loops can be catchy and memorable , but hard to remember names ...
can find this song in video #5 , which is oddly number 3 in playlist , from 2:19 to 2:53 . :)