Why is this game so addicting?

[Riley⁧⁧⁧2142]

I've put in 24.6 hours (and counting) now within' 2 days of buying the game. Anyone else been sucked in like me?

[hogany]

Yeah this kind of games do it. I had the same with Factorio, Oxygen not included, Minecraft and ofc Rimworld too. I think the option of creating and crafting your own world give you this addiction feeling. But it will burn out, swear me ;)

[Riley⁧⁧⁧2142]

Originally posted by hogany:

Yeah this kind of games do it. I had the same with Factorio, Oxygen not included, Minecraft and ofc Rimworld too. I think the option of creating and crafting your own world give you this addiction feeling. But it will burn out, swear me ;)

I sure hope I burn out because my god I can't stop!

[Operative 11]

Addicting isnt a word. You mean addictive.

[druzilsupreme]

Originally posted by SVFT Majored Laxness:

Addicting isnt a word. You mean addictive.

is also a word bro

[LookToWindward]

Originally posted by druzilsupreme:

Originally posted by SVFT Majored Laxness:

Addicting isnt a word. You mean addictive.

is also a word bro

But it's not the correct word in this case. This game is addictive is the correct English.

[FandangoChristmas]

I tinkered around a couple hundred hours, but I realized how shallow the core game is for me. I tried the overpriced DLC, but its still shallow as a puddle. It just never really filled the itch for a complex colony sim, so after wasting 150$ I went back to playing the king of colony sims, that I should of just stayed with at the beginning.

[territ]

I am closing in on 1500 hours played and there's no end in sight. This game destroys lives if you let it. Thumbs up.

[Païtiti]

Originally posted by FandangoChristmas:

I tinkered around a couple hundred hours, but I realized how shallow the core game is for me. I tried the overpriced DLC, but its still shallow as a puddle. It just never really filled the itch for a complex colony sim, so after wasting 150$ I went back to playing the king of colony sims, that I should of just stayed with at the beginning.

The issue here is not the shallowness of the game... It is the shallowness of the mind which perceives the game. Rimworld is about experiencing a story on your pc as well as in your head. It is about immersion, about thinking of the game even after finishing a session. It is about having phantasie.

If you don't any you won't enjoy the game. There seems acutally be a hard cut for those lacking the will/aptitute to immerse themselves.

[boytype]

Originally posted by Riley⁧⁧2142:

I've put in 24.6 hours (and counting) now within' 2 days of buying the game. Anyone else been sucked in like me?

Its the simulation part.
One of the huge "One more thing" parts of simulation games is seeing what the game outputs next. Unlike a shooter or other game, simulation games are much less predictable and can therefore be much more provocative for someones imagination.

Especially when you first start, there are so many possible events and combinations of events that its very easy to just want to keep playing to see what happens next!

The big thing with rimworld is that this often doesnt really go away, especially with the addition of the DLC and maybe some mods eventually. There are always crazy new events and combinations that could happen and it manages to stay fresh way past the point most games would be predictable and stale.

[BadDudesaBomBa]

Originally posted by LookToWindward:

Originally posted by druzilsupreme:

is also a word bro

But it's not the correct word in this case. This game is addictive is the correct English.

Addicting
-adjective
(of a substance or activity) causing or likely to cause someone to become addicted.

It was the correct word to use.

[BadDudesaBomBa]

Originally posted by SVFT Majored Laxness:

Addicting isnt a word. You mean addictive.

This is how stupid spreads. People lecturing others without looking things up first.
Addicting is very much a word, and he used it correctly.

[Wasted]

addictive not addicting

[Robo]

Originally posted by BadDudesaBomBa:

Originally posted by SVFT Majored Laxness:

Addicting isnt a word. You mean addictive.

This is how stupid spreads. People lecturing others without looking things up first.
Addicting is very much a word, and he used it correctly.

You are objectively wrong. It is addictive, not addicting. Plus, addicting is not in the dictionary.

[Wasted]

although addicting is in dictionaries these days , its shouldn't even be considered a valid word in my opinion.

[DadTaxi]

"Addicting" is just the present participle of the verb and can be used informally as an adjective in place of "addictive." However, as much as I'd prefer to use "addictive" it really doesn't matter and we should all STFU.