• ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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    17 days ago

    Yeah, that’s a good way to put it. The FAQ advice felt like a treasure map you followed, which helped feel like you were still “solving” the thing since you needed to engage your brain (and it separately felt rewarding to succeed).

    To be honest, watching YouTube and following along isn’t even the low effort version in 2025 - That’s reserved for just watching a Let’s Play and not even ever playing the game.

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      17 days ago

      Yeah, I never watch a Let’s Play if something I want to play unless I’ve already played it. Sometimes I wind up turning them off if the game actually looks good.

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      17 days ago

      Lowest effort is a reaction video about it, so I don’t even need to think about how I feel about watching the let’s play video.