I think it's an interesting discussion point at the very least. I generally hate survival horror with a few exceptions. I've never enjoyed a Resident Evil enough to finish it, The Last of Us was boring, never tried Dying Light. The Kill Within got my attention for a few hours, as did Condemned. I'd probably call Far Cry a bit of a stretch, at least the earlier ones. I've done 2, 3, and Blood Dragon. I wouldn't put 2 in any category of survival horror or even close. I suppose if you count things like F.E.A.R., Dead Space, Doom 3, etc. as survival horror then I love them--but I consider those corridor shooters. Metro maybe? I enjoyed those. It's funny though as the more and more games I play and even categories I've not enjoyed in the past like platformers and collect-a-thons I've generally hated I've started to enjoy, but not survival horror. So I guess if you're assertion is true either I don't seek primitive escape or I feel I already have the skills and a plan for such real world primitive escape.
Aside from my rants on survival horror sucking though, the point I find interesting is how games of choice might be affected by the happenings of the world, escapism, etc. I've found in the last couple years I've gotten into more JRPGs or youthful fun like Zelda, Sonic, Banjo-Kazooie, etc. The classic platformer or "boy on an totally unrealistic grand adventure" type stuff. Perhaps that's indication of me wanting escape from dark and dreary leftist world, or just the general suck that comes with forced wokeness injection in everything new has pushed me back to find things of old I missed.
I think it's an interesting discussion point at the very least. I generally hate survival horror with a few exceptions. I've never enjoyed a Resident Evil enough to finish it, The Last of Us was boring, never tried Dying Light. The Kill Within got my attention for a few hours, as did Condemned. I'd probably call Far Cry a bit of a stretch, at least the earlier ones. I've done 2, 3, and Blood Dragon. I wouldn't put 2 in any category of survival horror or even close. I suppose if you count things like F.E.A.R., Dead Space, Doom 3, etc. as survival horror then I love them--but I consider those corridor shooters. Metro maybe? I enjoyed those. It's funny though as the more and more games I play and even categories I've not enjoyed in the past like platformers and collect-a-thons I've generally hated I've started to enjoy, but not survival horror. So I guess if you're assertion is true either I don't seek primitive escape or I feel I already have the skills and a plan for such real world primitive escape.
Aside from my rants on survival horror sucking though, the point I find interesting is how games of choice might be affected by the happenings of the world, escapism, etc. I've found in the last couple years I've gotten into more JRPGs or youthful fun like Zelda, Sonic, Banjo-Kazooie, etc. The classic platformer or "boy on an totally unrealistic grand adventure" type stuff. Perhaps that's indication of me wanting escape from dark and dreary leftist world, or just the general suck that comes with forced wokeness injection in everything new has pushed me back to find things of old I missed.