I had to see what the hype was about 👀

Sometimes I am reluctant to force myself to try new things. If I've already increased my skill levels to a high degree with something that I'm familiar with, then why attempt to learn a brand new skill? The simple answer is that growth is valuable in human existence. Whether you think a god created you, nature, or whatever it may be, we were sent here to acquire experience. What exactly this XP is going to be used for once it is all over is pretty blurry. Nonetheless, I am all about leveling up in life as much as possible. I may be slicing and dicing my way through life just fine with my trusty katana, but maybe there is an enchanted blade waiting for me somewhere to increase my chance of winning even more. If you catch my drift, most gamers should understand what I mean.

The weekend before last, I made myself play https://godsunchained.com/ even though I know little to nothing about it. I did the same with Splinterlands a while back and just couldn't get into how that game "plays". I gave Gods Unchained a chance because I saw @belemo mention that there is more to the gameplay. I've also witnessed @acidyo sign up hundreds of new users to Hive who are posting in the Gods On Chain Community. The dude has got to be feeling exhausted from all of the work that goes into getting new people active on Hive. Props for that, I see you doing the heavy lifting.

I didn't have my hopes set too high with Gods Unchained, I'm pretty spoiled with all the amazing games out on my PS5. I know P2E is still very early in its life and it will surely become something massive. I trust that there will be a day when I genuinely want to spend my free time playing the games that allow me to earn. It just hasn't happened yet.

After putting it off for months, I finally created my Gods Unchained account and downloaded the application on my desktop. I like how smooth the app runs on my computer. It's not in 4K or anything, but the art and animations are on point. This game looks really cool and I cannot deny it that compliment. This isn't some barebones game, there is a lot to it and I can tell it's something that many will get into hardcore.

I started out with a detailed tutorial match, but even after that, I was far from an expert on strategy. I had so many questions and couldn't begin to tell you how one would build a strong deck. I still don't understand what is good against what. I have so much to learn, luckily there are plenty of resources out there, specifically in this awesome community.

I've really only ever taken the time to learn two card games from top to bottom. Those of course would be Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh. As a child, I fell in love with those two games. Sadly I pretty much never had anybody to play them with, so I never got to put my skills to the test. I would play against myself and look through my cards more than anything. Eventually, video games came out, but I was kind of past playing with cards when that happened. I tried them but was more interested in other things back then. Picking up new card games is pretty hard for me. I always end up wishing I were playing Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh instead. I cannot wait until they bring these two games to the blockchain. That may take a while though, it doesn't sound like the new F2P Pokémon TCG Live is going to have NFTs. I feel like Yu-Gi-Oh may do it before Pokémon.

Back to Gods Unchained. After the tutorial, I played my first ranked match. It seemed to go on for far longer than I expected it to. I was able to make plays but wasn't quite sure if they were good ideas or bad. It stayed pretty close for about 20 minutes, then all of a sudden things went to shit. My opponent started throwing attack after attack at my God and the next thing I knew, I was finished.

I am shitty at this game, but I didn't give up after one loss. At least the game was smart and rewarded me with a bunch of card packs just for losing. I logged off that night and came back to the game a few days later. I jumped into another ranked game and hoped that maybe this time I'd win. Sadly I got smashed in an even quicker fashion. This second match wasn't even close. I barely got a few hits in on the opposing God and mine was down to zero before I could say Gods Damn Unchained.

I sense that I am not going to be able to push myself to figure this game out. Even if it does reward me, it still just isn't as enjoyable as sitting down and playing some beautiful and addicting games on my PS5. I really do wish there was a card game that played like Pokémon TCG. I know the rules of that game already. I understand how to build a strong deck. I have a nostalgic feeling when I play it. I would enjoy a P2E in this style. Every other card game I've played so far just doesn't feel like a good time to me.

I am extremely curious about an upcoming P2E game called Chifibots. Pronounced Chee-fi-bots and meaning Chibi Fighting Robots. I heard @flauwy and @kevinli of @nftstudios talking about this on a podcast with @jongolson and @taskmaster4450. Here is a link to that.

What is funny is that just a few weeks before this podcast, I had received a message from an old buddy @steemcafe about https://nftstudios.online/chifibots/. The stars are aligning and telling me that this is going to be the game to finally get me to start enjoying P2E games. I specifically remember Kevin talking about how there is a lot of similarities with Pokémon TCG, this excites me tremendously.

I don't see myself getting into Gods Unchained, just like I couldn't get into Splinterlands. Many will tell me I'm missing out on big opportunities with both, but they just are not interesting to me. I am keeping my eye out for a game that does speak to me. As of right now, it seems like Chifibots may just be that game. I'm excited to be a part of that game from its inception, rather than jumping in months after it has already been out.

Gods among us 🎇

Now, this is where you can tell me I'm crazy for not enjoying Gods Unchained very much. Are you excited about Chifibots? Or will you be sticking with Gods Unchained? Maybe Splinterlands is your thing. There are so many P2E options out there. Let me know if there is something else out there that I should be looking at. I'm a picky gamer and won't play the game if it doesn't entertain me a lot.

My NFTs: https://inji.com/@daltono/nfts