My Big Fat Premium Game Confession - or, "am i going casual"?

Exactly the same situation. I've narrowed it down to one thing. Availability. "Premium" games of that caliber require commitment and it's really hard to commit extended periods of time to anything when it's likely something more important is going to require your attention before you've finished the tutorial.

 

I am in the SAME boat.. I love buying premium games but NEVER, and i do mean never, get very far into them.. I keep thinking one of these days that will change.. Heck, each week, I think that might change... This week the premium game getting my attention is Leap of Fate, and it's entirely possible that I will go deep into the game, but based on my track record, it will be a miracle if I follow through..

I spend quite a bit of money on Premium, but I also spend quite a bit or money on FTP, and FTP usually receives a lot more of my playtime, overall..

Like you, I am always happy to support indie devs (and also larger devs) that come out with cool Premium stuff.. So, I suppose I am a hoarder as well.. Although, I prefer to refer to myself as a 'reviewer'...

 

Yeah I never played Oceanhorn having bought it.
There is unfortunately a thrill of buying something new. I was going to buy Hero generations. Fortunately watched a video and found it would not be a game up my street. But yeah it exists.
How much I spent total on games must be high. The yearning to play every top game. To 'collect them all'.

 

Same here. Though, I think Wayword Souls is also easy to pick up and play and resume exactly where you left. So it's a premium game perfectly suited for micro mobile sessions, due to its design. That's what happen when talented people design a game with the platform in mind.


I try to make a holy "30 minutes or so" just before sleeping im order to play games that require undivided attention. When I really focus on the experience rather than finishing I find that is easy to play the game to its full extent. The problem is when I get overwhelmed by the exciting releases and get anxious to play a specific game. So, I cannot focus on the game at hand.

I try to keep balance between casual games and a deep one (just one at a time). Even if I buy way many more games than I can realisticaly play. Sometimes I feel as much excited reading about a game and supporting the dev as I feel playing it.

 

yep, this week i bought leap of fate, hero generations, deus ex go and that skyfish one but I have only played Clash Royale and Marvel Contest of Champions. I must stop buying games!

 

I am exactly the same, probably worse.
I have a note where I add all the games that I've bought but haven't gotten the time to play through. It's frighteningly long. Meanwhile, before bed, I open up some F2P game for a few mins before heading off for the night.

I suppose it doesn't feel right playing a premium game for 5-10 mins at a time which is really what is convenient for most people these days.

 

I thought to be the only one....

Turned to premium after a year or so into f2p due to all micro-time needed to achieve something...
I played Heroes Charge and then League of Angels: Fire Raiders for more than 12 months straight... every day getting bonuses and quest... then i stopped... turned into premium to buy all big titles i've lost during this time..

The same week i bought A Dark Room, Device 6, Reigns... and this wed the Go pack with Lara and hitman...
Well... if A Dark Room really kept me on sofa for an entire night.. and was an amazing awesome experience... both Device 6 and Reign after an explosive afternoon lay there in my folder... for better time. I just dunno when it will come ... but hope never die.
Instead Lara GO keep me on it... every time i can i open it... i find really perfect the pace...

But in the end... i crave to steal everyday at lunch break my studio iPad to launch Phoenix 2 to improve my score...

I wanted to go back to good old premium day... but i seem to be sucking into this old 30+ syndrome... where all the longest time you have is when you sit on wc... or when at late nite wife&kids are sleeping... but often, if not always, i just want the bed too..

I guess i'll keep it up while waiting for the perfect premium wich will satisfy all the micro time span i have

 

I have way too many unplayed premium games in my folders, but I'm also someone who tries not to play too many at the same time. I've got just the one RPG on the go really, FFIX, which I only really play just before bed (and certainly not every night), and then fill in other times with more quick-play stuff, like (currently) Sky Force, Reigns and, oddly, Land Sliders, which has only recently started to intrigue me. It's generally a mix of premium and F2P, but mainly premium - and no microtransactions, ever. I'll buy coin doublers and content expansions, but I'll never pay for a coin pack or whatever.

 

One of the problems is that I think when playing too complex games that the effort should be better put in my job, studies, a real life hobby etc.

That's why I tend to prefer simple or byte sized games, that don't overwhelm me.

 

I've had plans to quit Plants Vs. Zombies 2 months ago. However, they discounted upgrades from $4-$4-$3-$3, to $1 each, so I figured I'd play more to get some use out of them. I continue to do the daily Pinata levels. I've been doing Quests even though they're repetitive, but doing them via the endless zone that I've always avoided before (more so just not enough time). It's fun to beat levels with certain restrictions, as you have to work your way until a "certain availability" of plants is available that are powerful enough to really kick ass.


However, I've recently waned on that too. My iPod Touch 5 battery is REALLY aging, and I really should get through as much of my premium backlog as possible, as I don't know if I'll get a new iDevice to replace it, and I've already got other games going on my iPad Air.

 

I have precisely the same problem. That is why around the mid-year I have deleted the FTP games I was spending most of the time on and concentrated on the premium titles. That allowed me to finish Lara Croft Go, Hitman Go, and get further in some other games that I didn't get a chance to look at.
I shudder at the thought that I actually own Baldurs Gate 2. Don't know if I actually would ever have time to play that on my iPad.
I certainly find myself more and more considering the time commitment more than the actual game cost when considering buying the game.

 

I realized that 2 freemium games concurrently was the most I could do, and even then, that got burdensome. Both Plants Vs. Zombies 2 and Castlestorm: Free To Siege have "daily levels" where you log in to play new stuff.

The former wasn't as bad, as all I had to do was have internet access when opening the level. After that, I could walk away from internet access, but could access the level. I guess it "caches" it or something? So before I go to work, I can just open the level, pause it, and be able to play it no matter what

For the latter, it required persistent internet connection. as soon as I lost internet connection, the level would boot me out. Furthermore, the "daily level" was spaced out as 3 levels or parts. After completing one part, you'd need to either wait... 4 hours IIRC? till the next part unlocked, or pay gems to speed that up. I ended up permanently quitting this game, as the internet connection requirements got to be FAAR too big of a hassle.

 

One of my friends says "F2P games are like soap operas, and premium games are like movies."
F2P games always tell you to come back and play like homework, but Premium games never.

For me it's not like I would spend lots of time on premium games, but I do feel great about holding many premium games on my phone. lol

 

Thats an awesome analogy.