Mine is playing AOE2 in easiest (or standard if I want a bit of challenge) mode against 3 bots. I just build my economy, wall up (and laugh at the enemy soldiers attacking my walls in vain), reach imperial age and attack once my army reaches the population limit. I also send 104 in the chat so they don’t surrender and I can enjoy razing their all buildings one by one. If any of them builds a castle, even more fun. A build a trebuchet and watch it raze the castle from a safe distance. If there is sea, after I am done with the land, I build 3 docks, do research and build a navy and hunt down ships around the unxplored sea. It is fun, satisfying and relaxing.
What is yours?
Cycling. It’s the only way I can relax.
Fuck yeah, I see you buddy.
Nothing like the clear head when you’re putting the miles down.
Whenever I feel like I need a breather, I ride my bike. Just ride, not hard or fast, just spinning the cranks. Feels amazing.
Same. Moving my body, experiencing the world, it’s good.
Agreed, this can be so zen.
A nap.
Meditation
I like driving around in open world games like Forza Horizon and Watch Dogs. Not even doing anything, just exploring the streets.
I have two:
- Lichess vs computer, easiest setting, trying to promote as many pawns to queens as I can before checkmating.
- Civ 5, duel, Shoshone vs. Venice. No city-States, the only winning condition is time. Farming generals until Venice is reduced to a single hex.
I don’t normally watch streamers, but I suddenly want to watch you streaming lichess.
Beat Saber, currently. Get me in that music zone and let me wave my arms around like an idiot.
Gunpla. I go into a zen like state and achieve inner peace as long as I’m making dumb little robos.
I play heroes of the storm vs AI. It’s pretty fun.
Putting on a good old mindless comedy movie. Give me Black Sheep or Airplane or Mr. Deeds or Bridesmaids and I immediately zone out and relax.
I love airplane, I will check others.
Depending on the weather, go for a walk while listening to some music
Fountain pens. And brawlhalla.
Wouldn’t say Brawlhalla is all that relaxing lol
Lol fair, but it scratches an itch that helps me unwind
Playing Civ V with Vox Populi née Community Balance Patch née Communitas. When I’m bored, feeling bad, feeling blue and not wanting to play anything else, this is what I always return to and what’s by far my most played game. Always single player, not a single multiplayer game in 2447 hours.
I’m now vey knowledgeable with civ v. What do those do and what is nee
what is nee
née is a pretentious (and slightly incorrect) way of saying “formerly known as”
What do those do
Completely rebalance the AI, game play, units, everything. I can highly recommend getting it, it’s still in active development after all those years. For a slightly less balanced, but more expansive overhaul, get 3rd and 4th unique component for VP as well
Hah, I do the same in AoE 2 as well, though I put the AI to standard and like to give them grief, like build towers around their base early in the game, or use an army of monks to convert every unit they send towards my base, and build up my own army of converted units; or lure them into my base by deliberately leaving a gap in my walls, except the path to my tc is lined with towers along the way - sometimes I even make a maze of walls and towers and it’s fun picking them off one by one as they make their way towards my tc.
But lately though, I’ve been doing all of that in 0 A.D., an opensource RTS like AoE. One of the cool things about 0 A.D. is the soundtrack, it’s really, really done well, especially considering it’s a free game; and I also like the customisable AI - in addition to difficulty, you can set their behavior to defensive/aggressive/balanced etc, and you can have a ceasefire period where the enemy doesn’t attack you at all for x minutes after the game starts, which gives you enough time to build up your base.
Sleep. I like sleep. It’s incredibly soothing to switch off from reality and often my dreams are vivid and interesting.
I haven’t been able to remember my dreams for the past 10 years, I envy you. Sleep is definately my comfort too
