Am I just bad at games???

2026-06-21 21:43 UTC

I’m currently playing “Cassette Beasts”. Pretty fun game that takes the pokemon formula, and turns it on its head. I will not play long and involved 300 hour games. It’s too much. I want bite sized games. The internet said this game is 25 hours long. Except thats bullshit. There are 130 monsters. I’ve caught 16. I’ve been playing for 17 hours. I don’t know if this game has “gym leaders”. But if they do, I haven’t seen them yet. I have no bad words about the game, other than the fact that it takes 10 minutes (I timed it) to go from not yet opening the game, to get to a title screen. It also crashes pretty regularly. Meaning you gotta wait 10 minutes AGAIN. But the point is, I’ve barely scratched the surface of this game, and I’m approaching the time period where most people have beaten games. Am I just bad at games?

Replies (4)

@Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 04:58

I always seem to take at least twice the stated play time to finish a game. Yeah, I think I’m just a bit slow. But if I’m enjoying myself, no stress. I’m playing baldur’s gate at the mo, 140 hours in and I’ve only just started act 2.

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@buran@lemmy.today 2026-06-22 05:00

No need to rush, you are playing for yourself. Enjoy the game at your own pace.

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@Nelots@piefed.zip 2026-06-21 22:16

Cassette Beasts took me about 40 hours to beat and close to 60 hours to fully 100% (though I did play on the hardest difficulty, which slows the game down A LOT). You’re just taking your time and that’s fine. I personally didn’t experience any crashes or incredibly long loading times… it ran just fine for me. What are you playing it on?

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@pory@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 07:13

That ten minute boot time is not normal. Something’s very wrong with your PC, especially if other games or programs have minutes-long launch times.

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