This is why I love roguelites. I don't need a story to tell me why I'm in this dungeon, just give me a gun and/or sword.

The problem i have is when they infodump at the start with a bunch of names ill never remember.

"In the year 1590, jahalabad of nehazarad conquered the realm of jililabab, defeating rilolobob in the grand battle of kolololooom, ushering in a new age of..." skipped.

I mean, I’m here to play a video game, not watch a movie catered to 15 year old, socially stunted boys. It takes a lot of convincing for me to stick around through “Hey newbie, you have to earn our leader’s trust by securing 6 mcguffins and a candy bar before they’ll meet you.”

Every Fromsoft game even if you pay attention to everything you're told.

The psychology of breaking down a soldier in basic training .... beat a new recruit to a pulp, physically, mentally and emotionally until all they understand is how to use a gun and shoot things that are alive.

Me with p much every Fire Emblem game

Gonna kill his eardrums if he's not wearing the proper ppe under that helmet

It’s fun when FFXIV has dungeons that wrap so tightly into the story, leading many of these players to realize they shouldn’t have been skipping so many cutscenes.

Sultry voice: “Welcome to the final days of Amaurot.”
“…shit, wait, how did we get here?? Why is everything on fire”

I never understand this mentality, like why even play a game if you’re too impatient to even engage with the content.

No Russian

Don't think I've ever done in the first play through but not uncommon after that.