I become incredibly tired after playing for a few hours

[Omehatl Xunztin]

Hey guys and girls, I wanted to know if this happens to you. Basically whenever I play this game, I become extremelly mentally tired, no other game had this much of an efect.

I can play around 4-5 hours of competitive moba(LoL, Dota) before having a small burnout for the day and being unable to think hard, but this didnt affect my ability to do more casual stuff, and my ability to think hard would partially be restored after a few hours. For RTS like total war I can last around 3 hours.

However with Exanima, for example I had a long session of about 5 hours of novice practice, lightly armored with only a cub. I didnt feel like I couldnt think, but my reflexes became bad and I decided to stop. When I closed the game, I've got a mental debuff to any activity I tried to do and I felt kind of mentally handicapped for the rest of the day, like 6-7 hours.

This seems amazing to me because I wouldnt expect a fighting game to make me this tired. And actually it is very subtle, but you calculate each instant of each swing, dash, etc. Instead of pressing a button only, which puts a lot of extra effort in your brain. I always play arena btw.

Does this happen to you too?

[⚔ 𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓 ⚔]

Mine's inverse though...

I get mentally drained whenever I'm playing any match of DotA, needed to take a break every one match.

Unlike playing Arena on Exanima which is a smooth experience for me, even a stress-relief.

[White ⁧⁧Wolf]

Originally posted by ⚔ 𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓 ⚔:

Mine's inverse though...

Same!

I don't see the logic in getting tired after playing Exanima. Maybe the game just isn't for you, OP? It's generally true that tiredness=boredom though of course one can become tired from other things. If one is too accustomed to multiplayer, maybe? Or just the fact that at least for newer players Exanima requires a lot of focus/concentration to succeed. It definitely isn't a casual game, at least in the beginning, while learning it. I guess it might just be inexperience in this case causing it, and difficulty. Any game you're experienced in will feel much easier and thus require less mental effort.

[Omehatl Xunztin]

Originally posted by ⚔ 𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓 ⚔:

Mine's inverse though...

I get mentally drained whenever I'm playing any match of DotA, needed to take a break every one match.

Unlike playing Arena on Exanima which is a smooth experience for me, even a stress-relief.

Well, I think that is interesting. Maybe its the fact that I always play Exanima very seriously trying to do the best possible. I do become very relaxed and calm after playing, but in gameplay I can feel intense emotions like frustration or nerves very often. Maybe this could be the cause of the mental draining..

[Omehatl Xunztin]

Originally posted by Diabetus Maximus:

Originally posted by ⚔ 𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓 ⚔:

Mine's inverse though...

Same!

I don't see the logic in getting tired after playing Exanima. Maybe the game just isn't for you, OP? It's generally true that tiredness=boredom though of course one can become tired from other things. If one is too accustomed to multiplayer, maybe? Or just the fact that at least for newer players Exanima requires a lot of focus/concentration to succeed. It definitely isn't a casual game, at least in the beginning, while learning it. I guess it might just be inexperience in this case causing it, and difficulty. Any game you're experienced in will feel much easier and thus require less mental effort.

Well that makes a lot of sense. I mean I love this game and its probably the thing I always wanted, so I never get bored out of it. And that makes me think it is for me. But its very true that because of this, I spent like +5 hours each day non stop playing, trying as hard as possible to learn how to do things, I just loved the mechanics, so that might be why I became mentally exhausted.

[White ⁧⁧Wolf]

Originally posted by Omehatl:

Well that makes a lot of sense. I mean I love this game and its probably the thing I always wanted, so I never get bored out of it. And that makes me think it is for me. But its very true that because of this, I spent like +5 hours each day non stop playing, I just loved the mechanics, so that might be why I became tired.

Yes I think over time you will experience less fatigue in the game, but there will always be some as the game requires constant concentration. The combat requires precision, and one big mistake could cost you your (character's)life. If you'd like to try and solve this 'tiredness' problem there are likely ways you could achieve this with dietary changes. Nutrients control ever aspect of us, both mentally and physically. Heck for a few months I myself ate an extremely varied (and healthy + natural)diet and seemed to have infinite energy, including in competitive sports. Of course the same counted for games as well. Usually I feel drained too, from all sorts of things. I think eventually everything can be traced back to what we eat.

[Omehatl Xunztin]

Originally posted by Diabetus Maximus:

Originally posted by Omehatl:

Well that makes a lot of sense. I mean I love this game and its probably the thing I always wanted, so I never get bored out of it. And that makes me think it is for me. But its very true that because of this, I spent like +5 hours each day non stop playing, I just loved the mechanics, so that might be why I became tired.

Yes I think over time you will experience less fatigue in the game, but there will always be some as the game requires constant concentration. The combat requires precision, and one big mistake could cost you your (character's)life. If you'd like to try and solve this 'tiredness' problem there are likely ways you could achieve this with dietary changes. Nutrients control ever aspect of us, both mentally and physically. Heck for a few months I myself ate an extremely varied (and healthy + natural)diet and seemed to have infinite energy, including in competitive sports. Of course the same counted for games as well.

Luckly I am not that worried now about the tiredness factor, as after the initial hype of the game, now I have less intense and shorter sessions, something more under control, and as you said the game is becoming a little bit easier now.

But I never thought about that. I actually have a decent but unconsistent diet, often skipping some meals because of prioritizing other stuff, I dont even sleep on the adequate time of day. And I would very much appreciate the extra energy, but I never knew diet would give me so much of it!
Its definitively something to inform myself at

[White ⁧⁧Wolf]

Originally posted by Omehatl:

Luckly I am not that worried now about the tiredness factor, as after the initial hype of the game, now I have less intense and shorter sessions, something more under control, and as you said the game is becoming a little bit easier now.

But I never thought about that. I actually have a decent but unconsistent diet, often skipping some meals because of prioritizing other stuff, I dont even sleep on the adequate time of day. And I would very much appreciate the extra energy, but I never knew diet would give me so much of it!
Its definitively something to inform myself at

Yup many nutritional deficiencies can cause fatigue. Could go to your doctor, tell them you experience constant fatigue and ask for a blood test. I could go into detail about diets and nutrients but this isn't the place to do so. You have the internet at your fingertips. Good website for that is https://www.mercola.com/ - guy knows his stuff. Prior to discovering him I did many months' worth of research myself. I can validate what he says about diets.

[angrytrex]

I get a little mental tired after a long play session of this game (it doesn't wreck me), but I mostly get tired in my mouse hand due to certain features in the game such as hold R click to run.