What Gaming Trends Have You Grown into Over Time?

[BLUEVOODU]

We have the "What gaming related trends or favorites have grown off of you?" Topic.  Over time, tastes change, circumstances change... etc.  This brings the question, What Gaming Trends have you grown into?  I mentioned this would be a great topic as @retro junkie mentioned it.  I took the liberty of creating the topic lol. 

Here's the "What gaming related trends or favorites have grown off of you?" :
https://www.chickendinnergaming.com/forum/general-discussion/what-gaming-related-trends-or-favorites-have-grown-off-of-you/

Thoughts? comments? post it up!

[targetrasp]

Roguelikes and Metroidvanias. Not sure metroidvania was a thing back in the day but retro wise they scratch an itch when you want something new with that nostalgic feel. So far Infernax is at the top of a growing list of awesome.

I originally thumbed my nose at the roguelikes. I didn't like the indie games and a lot of indies were roguelikes. Now that's about all I play, well that and Nintendo stuff. As much as the uber competitive online noise has turned me off, the brutal roguelikes have become more and more of my thing.

[CreepinDeth]

Don't know if this is a trend but I'm starting to embrace 30FPS more now. With the way things are going with PC parts, I'm starting to dial back settings and making my hardware last longer.

I'm also a #PatientGamer. I don't pre-order games anymore. I'll wait until a game drops under $20 or is in a humble bundle.

[targetrasp]

@CreepinDeth I've always thought running your hardware wide open (or for those dissenters, to its fullest potential) and even worse overclocking absolutely takes its toll.

Contrary to that line of thinking, it seems like my hardware has persevered beyond its usefulness prior to EOL no matter how I treat it. I don't go latest and greatest at all anymore. All the computers in the house are still that AM4 socket that's been around for the last decade or so.

I'm not reckless, anything pushing any kind of heat has big Noctua headsinks and fans or an AIO watercooler but half my computers have the fans that came with the cpu. I've not noticed difference between the kid's computer running multiple monitors at 2k vs the work computer still hooked up to early 1080p, pre display port monitors. All but the laptops run 24/7 on top of all the other abuse.

Despite all the anecdotal evidence refuting hard use being, I have become painfully aware of hardware prices and have since been trying to be a little more careful with things. Getting good Ram and a video card now costs more than what I've paid for several cars. Its sickening

[CreepinDeth]

@CreepinDeth I've always thought running your hardware wide open (or for those dissenters, to its fullest potential) and even worse overclocking absolutely takes its toll.

It does, and the main culprit most of the time is heat. I would always try to target 60FPS and would drop some settings here and there to achieve it and to not push my hardware too much. Usually my GPU utilization would be around 70% and if it goes above that that's when I start to dial back. I also make sure my GPU and CPU don't hit more than 70 degrees celsius. But now I'm going even further and I'm dropping down to 30 and if I still can't then drop the resolution as well. I have no problems playing in a smaller window rather than full screen either.

I don't think I'm going to go 4K any time soon because of this.