So i just noticed that when i really like the game at some point i will at once play the game and watch the stream/youtube wideo of the game( usualy speedrun or aome hardcore challenge). I noticed it recently with anno 1800 but now that i think about it i did that with tales of arise, eu4 ,kings bounty,total war,hades and probably some more. So i wonder do you have similar strange habits

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    I can tell I’m really into a game when I end up ditching the objectives to just screw around. If I’m following the quest arrow I’m probably just in it for the plot or for some completionist urge, but if I really like the game I’ll start wandering off the main path to just enjoy the environment and satisfy my own curiosity about things.

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    I know I like a game when I start it at 5pm and then two seconds later it’s 11pm and I tell myself I’ll just finish this one quest and then boom it’s now 1230.

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    I start ‘solving’ the game’s puzzles in my dreams, or random mechanics from the game show up in my dreams somehow. When that happens I know a game has its hooks deep into me.

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      This, I had this with shenZen i/o, I would solve the solutions in my sleep then never remember them when I woke!

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    Avoiding main quest line advancements in order to make the game last as long as possible.

    After overcoming a challenge, reverting my progress so I can try it another way, and then another.

    Getting through real-life tasks as quickly as possible because I want to get back to the game.

    Contemplating game characters and their motivations when I’m supposed to be trying to sleep.

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    When I’ve been playing for 5 hours and needed a piss for 3 hours.

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    I will be in my own bubble playing the game. Not looking at social media, just focused on the game.

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    When I start making notepad lists of long term goals or shopping lists and such, usually in open world games with lots of tasks where you’d forget on your own what you might be working toward

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    When I start taking screenshots waaaay too often, that’s when I know I’m really engrossed in it.

    I do this especially often with EU4, like whenever I’m in a gigantic war, or when I’ve just taken some land and my borders are looking real sexy

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    When I go back to do some part over again to try and do it better, or just do it different.

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    See, so many of the things below I can think of about games I was addicted to but wasn’t really enjoying. Like, if I’m hearing the music while I fall asleep? That’s a sign I’ve been playing it a crap load, but I also can think of many games that sucked me in chasing carrots and kept me up until dawn… but the actual fun parts were fleeting.

    Games I actually enjoy have me grinning like a maniac once I start getting into top-tier flow with the actions available, like threading needles in a racing game.

    Relevant SMBC:

    https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/happy-2