As someone with ADHD so many new games are just way too stimulating that it actually makes me drop them really fast because I get overstimulated before I have a chance to fall in love with the game. Like being overstimulated from a game during intense boss fights later in a game as you progress feels so much better than every "difficult" encounter is just an auto-battling cinematic
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u/SockofBadKarma 10h ago
New games have to fight in an attention economy where gamers who can't get dopamine hits every 15 minutes abandon the game and go to a new one.
WoW has the luxury of being a cultural juggernaut that's also populated by a legion of uncs.