Recent reviews by Stroj Golub

Good game. Though..

It's moments like these, when it's 5 AM and you're left alone having existential crisis after your friends give up on a not so great custom campaign that you really stop and think about it. Hell, I've already spent quite a lot of time in this game. I'd be lying if I said it is fun at this point. No. It's just unfun to not be there with your friends, if that makes sense.

You then look back and start thinking that maybe things used to be better back then. So many maps to explore in the workshop, so much goofiness and intense situations to see unfold as we play.. And now? Well, there's still a lot of maps in the workshop. The game is still goofy and there are still intense situations to be had. But I feel like I already saw this before. I feel like this has already played out before. It's gotten to the point in which I rarely catch myself playing outside of dedicated servers with a bunch of plugins to enhance the experience. The game outside of that is rarely fun enough on its own.

Maybe YOU used to be better back then. There used to be so much to practice, so many new exciting techniques and tricks to learn, so much to figure out. And now.. there's little to no more knowledge to be obtained, and I find myself frequently failing the knowledge I am supposed to have. I'm sure I would have managed to deal with this nasty ass jockey a couple of years ago, and yet here I lie on the ground as it laughs to my face. I'm sure I'd have dealt with these common infected just months ago, and yet here I lie on the ground being mobbed once again. I should've known how to deal with this witch and yet I'm dead again.

Whatever the case, the excitement of playing this game is mostly gone. The excitement of playing new maps is fading. The feeling of improvement is absolutely gone, and even playing with friends used to be more fun. This game is becoming closer and closer to static for me. Static. No better word to describe how I'm feeling about this game.

Maybe it's just that I need another break. Or maybe I don't have enough plugins. Maybe it's just that I'm nearing my skill ceiling and no longer can feel myself improving. Maybe I just didn't git gud. Hell, maybe nothing changed at all.. But I don't see the fun there as much anymore, and that's definitively a telltale sign that I have indeed exceeded my time in here if I have ever seen one.