It was going to be worse than ever this weekend in FC 24

Weekend League is toxic. It not just the sweaty goals, the pull-backs from the byline, or the constant griddies. It hard work and takes a lot of FC 24 Coins concentration. Sometimes Irsquo;m in the mood for that, for a gaming session that more like being spat on by a stranger who doesnrsquo;t like your moustache than waiting at the train station for your friend, thoughts of that forthcoming embrace warming your insides. But FIFA getting worse, the number of people who quit at 0-0 instead of giving away wins seems to be increasing, and Irsquo;ve never been more glad to be on PC and away from the toxic messages Irsquo;d be barraged with on console. It was going to be worse than ever this weekend, so I avoided it and buried my head in a book.

I still had time after I finished my book though, and I hadnrsquo;t pencilled anything else in. That was the beauty of this free afternoon, so I hadnrsquo;t wanted to book myself up with a to-do list of fun activities that would soon become a chore in itself. I thought about FIFA again, and decided against FIFA again. Then I thought about hopping on for a few games of Apex, and decided against that too. I got into bed at an absurdly early hour and played Tears of the Kingdom.

I love live-service games, and Irsquo;ve spent more hours in Apex Legends and FIFA than every other game Irsquo;ve ever played combined, maybe excluding Pokemon Silver that I wore out when I was a kid. I play through the odd career in FIFA, but for the most part those hours have been spent grinding online. Whether that getting promoted to Division 1 in Ultimate Team or climbing the ranked leaderboard in Apex, every match is a means to that end: to progress up a ladder, a ladder that has been greased with the oil of other playersrsquo; progression and resets either every season or year.

Irsquo;ve been thinking a lot about this recently, and as Irsquo;ve gotten older, the fruitless nature of live-service titles has become more apparent. I think a lot of it comes from becoming a parent. I have less time for games these days, and I donrsquo;t regret a single minute Irsquo;ve spent with my daughter rather than staring at a screen. Irsquo;ve got to be more selective about the games I play with that time, though. The elation of getting promoted is great, and the serotonin boost of winning a battle royale match pushes you through the next four unsuccessful hot drops, but it ultimately pretty meaningless. Choosing to step away from grinding these endless live-service titles this weekend has solidified those thoughts in my mind.

via Nintendo link and sidon fighting in tears of the kingdom 
Irsquo;m not too far through Tears of the Kingdom, and yet it still amazes me. Irsquo;m enjoying taking my time with it instead of bingeing every possible side quest like I did Breath of the Wild ndash; again, parenting has changed my gaming habits ndash; but it gives me a feeling that FIFA and Apex havenrsquo;t in a long time. It a kind of buy EA FC 24 Coins catharsis from finishing a mission or beating a boss, a sense of accomplishment that winning matches against other humans doesnrsquo;t match because you just move onto the next and then the one after and it never ends. Single-player games have an end, and reaching every small summit along the way is gratifying.