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Thinking about "depression games"...like, the game you play obsessively when you're too depressed to do anything else.
Specifically, I'm going to humblebrag here: I think I might an extremely highly ranked Crypt of the Necrodancer player. I never thought about it because, well, I have never claimed the super hard achievements. I don't think I'm ever going to clear the game with Aria, a character who dies if you drop the beat, can't upgrade her weapon, and starts on the final floor. I'm not a speed runner. I'm not very consistent and I frequently choke on the first few floors of a run.
However, I play the daily dungeon every day basically (even a full clear is only like half an hour of play so it's a nice diversion), and if I don't fuck up I reliably end up in the top 10 of the daily leaderboard, which lists everybody who played the dungeon that day on all of Steam (usually in the range of 200ish people). That's gotta count for something, right?
I got this good at Necrodancer because, well. Depression game.
Not really sure how to feel about this. Is this an achievement? God, I dunno. Technically? I kinda wish I had gotten good at something else, though. Or, that I'd set out to get really good at Crypt of the Necrodancer on purpose and it was actually a goal I'd accomplished.
Specifically, I'm going to humblebrag here: I think I might an extremely highly ranked Crypt of the Necrodancer player. I never thought about it because, well, I have never claimed the super hard achievements. I don't think I'm ever going to clear the game with Aria, a character who dies if you drop the beat, can't upgrade her weapon, and starts on the final floor. I'm not a speed runner. I'm not very consistent and I frequently choke on the first few floors of a run.
However, I play the daily dungeon every day basically (even a full clear is only like half an hour of play so it's a nice diversion), and if I don't fuck up I reliably end up in the top 10 of the daily leaderboard, which lists everybody who played the dungeon that day on all of Steam (usually in the range of 200ish people). That's gotta count for something, right?
I got this good at Necrodancer because, well. Depression game.
Not really sure how to feel about this. Is this an achievement? God, I dunno. Technically? I kinda wish I had gotten good at something else, though. Or, that I'd set out to get really good at Crypt of the Necrodancer on purpose and it was actually a goal I'd accomplished.