I just started playing #ProjectZomboid so I could join lolipopgi's server. I'm not sure it's a good game for me. Reset to 0 progress on death after days of work to get moderate progress is how the rest of my life works and I hate my life.
The worst part is that I never feel like I'm contributing more than I cost. Merely staying alive consumes tons of resources but what do I give back? I barely was net positive in food and water and sorted some stuff. To contribute I'd have to raise skills which consumes even more resources and requires tons of risk. It'd be better for everyone if I weren't there.
And, I get it. That's just how the game is supposed to work. But my particular bundle of neuroses makes that unpleasant.
Games are supposed to be fun. If you're not enjoying the main mechanic of the game, it's not for you. I am DEFINITELY not a Hard-Mode person. I hate losing my invested time. It's why I rarely play on test servers, and why I left Legends of Runeterra after they kept resetting the Lab. And that's okay, not everything has to be for me. ;)
Yup. One of the big fantasies that I enjoy in games is that I can make progress just by banging my head against the wall forever. The worst case scenario is that I make less progress than ideal but effort is rewarded with something.
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