Originally posted by Sgt. Thundercok:

I tried it, and I very quickly found it to be so much more tedious than I can tolerate at my age. But I did realize this would have massively clicked with me when younger.

Wait, you somehow figured out the game is tedious after just 2 hours play time? that's not nearly long enough to build your first base out of resources on the map yet, let alone get far enough to know if it really is tedious.

Then you mention your age. if i didn't know any better in translation: "My precious time is being wasted, my time, i'm not getting any younger and i don't want to waste it". Yet you only had 2 hours with the game. I can't help but suspect you looked through reviews and used hindsight rather than by experience to come to your decision, meaning you don't actually know it was tedious or a waste of your time, you only think that it's the case.

Originally posted by Sgt. Thundercok:

Seeing all the things people have created, it looks to me like you have to invest a TON of time gathering etc. to make anything of substance.

I mean, you have to work for all materials to build, right? Based on my limited time spent in game gathering and building I quickly decided life is too short.

How would you know? you only spent two hours at it. How can you make the claim that you "invest a TON of time" into it. If you had given the game a chance you could of answered that instead you use the time wasted excuse.

When and if you decide to come out of the clouds and play the game one day, nothing stopping you from actually giving a go.

Caveat: You have no idea how long your life is going to be, you could be killed in a traffic accident 10 minutes from now, dead from Covid-19 in 5 years or as an old person of 122 years of age. the point is that you enjoy the time you have rather than stressing about something you have no control over.