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It is time, more than money, which has become the battlefield of gaming today. Publishers across the globe are competing for your hours in their pursuit of cash, demanding spiraling hours of commitment daily, weekly, and monthly. Any one person only has so much time to dedicate to gaming though. At some point, something\u2019s got to give. We\u2019ve got to pick and choose which games are worth our time and identify which look as if they\u2019re in it for the long-term.<\/p>\n
As it stands right now, I\u2019m pretty much at the limit of what I can play. The thinking behind this article was Final Fantasy XIV. More specifically, its new Shadowbringers expansion. The Final Fantasy series has been through a rough patch this last decade but FFXIV has stood out as the beacon of light since A Realm Reborn. I\u2019ve always kept an eye on it but stayed well away due to the immense time commitments an MMORPG entails. And then Shadowbringers arrive with off-the-charts reviews. It\u2019s the highest reviewed game of 2019 and a high point in Final Fantasy\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The problem is, actually getting to play the best Final Fantasy in years is a ridiculous time investment. I\u2019ll need to play through the base game plus the story of both of the previous two expansions before I can get to Shadowbringers. I could just pay for a story\/level skip and get straight into Shadowbringers but that\u2019s both gross and I feel I\u2019d be doing it a disservice if I skipped all the story beats which lead up to this momentous expansion.<\/p>\n
So I started playing. It\u2019s been an okay-ish experience getting a couple of jobs (FFXIV\u2019s classes) up to level 30 this past month, but I also know my progress is just a drop in the ocean compared to what\u2019s left. And I\u2019d be absolutely fine with that if there weren\u2019t also so many other games competing for my attention. I could dedicate the next six months of my gaming to playing Final Fantasy XIV but that\u2019s a tricky prospect when I\u2019m covering games, reviewing them, benching them, and whatever else. I\u2019ve also got my fingers in a whole lot of other pies. I\u2019m horrifically addicted to smashing out Battlefield V\u2019s weekly Tides of War challenges. Try as I might, I can\u2019t kick my Rocket League habit. Me and the squad love a weekend Rainbow Six Siege session. I keep digging back into Apex Legends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a good problem to have, I guess. When I\u2019m gaming I\u2019m never bored or scratching around for things to play. But I\u2019m also eyeing up the impending arrivals of Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Control, Blair Witch, Man of Medan, and more, and wondering just where the heck I\u2019ll get the time to play these when I\u2019ve already got so much keeping me busy.<\/p>\n
The end result though, with all of these ongoing games and services, is that I’m playing fewer games than before. The amount of time I’m spending playing games has stayed much the same, but it’s being split over a repeating handful that doesn’t allow much time for the shiny new thing.<\/p>\n
What are your thoughts on this thorny topic then, do games these ask too much of fans in terms of time commitments and daily challenges? Or is this much ado about nothing? Let us know below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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