So I've found in the past that if I buy a game on a whim I rarely end up enjoying it. This is actually also true if I'd previously been super-excited about it, but then when the sale comes up I'd lost interest but bought it anyway: I end up not really giving it a lot of time.
On the other hand, if I work myself up into a real interest in the game and buy it at the peak, even if it's a terrible game I'll still play the heck out of it. The above is exactly what nearly happened with Factorio some time ago: I was aware of it and knew in theory that I might enjoy playing it, but when I downloaded the demo I was unimpressed partly because well... I wasn't that interested in it to begin with. I only knew that it was a game "that I should enjoy".
When I read that RPS article where the author talked about his approach to playing Red Alert... that is
exactly what my experience with Red Alert was like. So that's how I'm pretty sure this game is "my kind of game". I've been holding off because it's supposed to be awesome but I don't want it in my gut.
So I thought if I'm going to pay attention to this game I might as well start reading into it. I came across
the guide and... on the second page I'm already into it. I can feel my duodenum harden up and my gall bladder begin to pulsate in a kind of primal
oscillation, and I think I'm in.
But it's early days yet. We'll see. And I will probably not care a whit for multiplayer
...because that is not an accurate measurement of time. That could mean in 2 hours or in 2 years, because that's how long it can take in Skyrim. I have 350 hours on record, and still haven't fully played the game through...
