what if i do not agree that videogames (as a whole) (ofc some *are*) are supposed to be a power fantasy

Hey "I worked in the garden and chopped wood and broke up stones all day and then I slept well and woke up the next day with energy and not feeling all achey" is ABSOLUTELY a power fantasy.

lol i get ya to expand on what I mean a bit, I guess what I'm getting at is more. when we talk about other mediums we kinda get that there's a mass market conception and then the "pretentious stuff", but that pretentious stuff is still acknowledged as a part/goal of the medium by the masses, where

with videogames, be it for political reasons, just baseline opinions on what people want them to be, etc. there's often a "videogames are supposed to be X" that you dont really see with other mediums, because i think videogames are still vastly seen more as mass market than others in a weird way

my pretentious, boring cringe nerd opinion is "videogames are meant to accomplish the goals of what the people that made them set out to do" and that's boring but i think it is the most accepting of the broadness of the medium. one of the most impactful indie games i played was an itchio title

that goes through someone's traumatic experiences as a trans sex worker, and going into how it felt that's def not what videogames are to most people but i think it's a very important part of the field and is something i always think of when "games should be XYZ" of any nature they're Anything

Not only that; they're supposed to be fun. Boss fights that take 3 hours and 197 deaths are only going to be fun for a small percentage of people.

Being a person who liked Clair Obscure but put it aside because of the combination of zero waypathing and a fight I think is necessary that I can’t get past (yes, skill issue), I agree entirely. I have a copy of Elden Ring for which I will never see another minute of gameplay for a similar reason.

I do not own a copy of Elden Ring for exactly that reason!

The only games I like are Skyrim like massive open world RPGs where I run around and do side quests and ignore the main plot. I would love if games would offer a “skip the tutorial and first 5 levels of grinding” option so I can just be strong enough to run around and not get killed by rats.