5:11:55This isn’t a kids game. It’s literally rated ‘T’
5:11:55We had a lot fewer games to play back then.
5:11:55kids also had more free time back then
5:11:56Several days, several months, several years...
5:11:57I got the GameCube cover. This game is SPECIFICALLY for Teenagers.
5:11:57entertainment was limited back then
5:11:57Or maybe not beating a game for several years
5:11:57Yep. Extended gameplay. Younger me liked it.
5:11:58yes, and there were no save games back then
5:12:00You'd rent the same game for several weekends in a row
5:12:00You only owned one game and had to play it over the entire summer back then
5:12:03yeah, it would take me months to beat this game as a kid
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5:12:05Strategy guides were also common. I had the one for this game, which makes the fact I never finished it embarrassing.
5:12:06Old games had me working harder to solve them than my tests
5:12:07Oh now that I think about it, King's Quest was the pinnacle of patience testing
5:12:08It took me a few months to solve a puzzle in some game :_wah:
5:12:08Feels like a forgotten era of patience
5:12:12I dunno if that is true. They made games incredibly difficult so they couldn't be rented for a couple days and then returned.
5:12:12yes they've made it extra harder to make game last longer primarily because there was less content to play, especially for the early 2D games but it lasted to like the middle '00
5:12:13If you can afford two games a year, you want to take your time with it
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5:12:14you learned to accept frustation and persisting by trying again
5:12:15 I still take my time with games. I wanna enjoy them and experience them, not rush them
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5:12:15lack of easy googling the answers
5:12:15Just running around in-game, not making progress but it was fun
5:12:16we had the guide book from the magazine store :grinning_face_with_sweat:
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5:12:18Fewer games means more time in the games you had
5:12:18Yeah they slow the pace sometimes
5:12:18You had so much time for them too
5:12:20or you just got your older sibling to do it for you
5:12:26As a kid, you didn't buy too many games either. Just had to beg your parents :_wah: