Jul 19, 2021 What I mean is, I buy new games all the time but never play them, and just go back to the same two or three casual titles. I’ll give up on games hours in for no particular reason, just get bored of it, But then on the other hand I’ll watch reviews of the games and read online discourse about them and stuff. idk, is it just me? How can I enjoy video games again like I was a kid?
Jul 19, 2021 Not really. Given your scenario I'd say you just don't connect with the game you want to play. I think I've bought every single Gran Turismo but I've never completed one. I tell myself I like driving games but they all get repetitive. But I've completed every Final Fantasy game Ivan think of, every Ratchet & Clank game and every Unchartered game. I've just learned what I like over the years.
Jul 19, 2021 This is feeling that I've chased for the last 10 years. I was 15 when Skyrim came out, and it was one of the last games to give me that sense of awe and wonder. I think a lot of it has to do with the technological advances and the fact that most AAA studios have been following a specific formula (massive open world and all the checklists that come with it), not to mention how readily available games are now. When I was a kid if I got a game for Christmas, that was it. I'd have to play it because there was nothing else.
Jul 19, 2021 I'll find myself buying "Games like [insert GOAT game here]" in an attempt to find as much enjoyment in a modern-day version of a game that I loved as a kid, but it's never the same. Even replaying titles like Pokemon Gold & Silver don't bring the same feel as they did when I was a kid. I think it's just all a part of getting older. I missed out on the Gamecube growing up, so I've been emulating quite a bit of those games lately. It's nice going into a system/game totally fresh rather than trying to re-find some spark that was there when I was nine years old.
Jul 19, 2021 Every once in a blue moon I’ll pick up a game from my childhood to play for nostalgia reasons. Just recently I bought Jak II. I could only play it in like 20 minute spurts, just cause I’m older now and don’t really have that same desire as I did when I was a child. Doesn’t hit the same
Jul 19, 2021 Nah, I love playing campaings, but as I age sometimes I think about playing the kind of games you can "play and quit", like sports games or COD, instead of 30 hour campaign games.
Jul 19, 2021 I recently played the Jak trilogy...never been more frustrated in my 25 years of playing video games. Hard as f---
Jul 27, 2021 I found myself in the same situation for the past couple of years but then realized that it's not that I don't like gaming anymore. It's just that I haven't found the right game. Also like @902fre mentionned, growing up we didn't have much choice but to play the games that we had. We couldn't afford to buy a bunch of different games. These days looking for a game to play is like browsing Netflix. I can't even count the number of games that I bought, played 2 hours and never touched again. Being able to afford any game you want also makes it harder to invest into one. But every few years a big game comes out that I am excited about and can easily spend many hours playing without getting bored. That's when I know it's not me getting too old it's just about finding the right game.
Jul 27, 2021 And of course when we're younger we discover something new every time we play. So it's easier to get hooked when you play something you have never seen before. Also if you grew up in the 90s and 2000s gaming evolved a lot. We saw things that we had never seen before. Discovering Halo for the first time is not the same as playing it today. Back then there was no other game like it. These days there are plenty of similar games. Not to mention playing a 6th installement of a game is not the same as playing it for the first time. Same goes for a game like Call Of Duty or Medal Of Honor in the early 2000s. There was nothing else like it. It was the first time we were seeing a war game with such realism. These days there are s--- ton of games like that.
Jul 27, 2021 *Triple post* Also many popular games these days are franchises that started back in the 90s or 2000s For example: Grand Theft Auto Call Of Duty Assassin's Creed Elder's Scroll Resident Evil Far Cry A lot of RPGs A lot of those games came out more or less around the same time period. They were all ground breaking. So if you grew up in that era you're discovering all those amazing games for the first time which makes it easier to become invested. We don't see as many ground breaking AAA titles these days because most of the ideas have been done before. So that's definitely a factor when comes to enjoying a new game and not getting bored easily.
Jul 27, 2021 when Covid hit. I played RD2 & GTA 5 for the first time. I hadnt played any video games in 10 years at that stage. I really enjoyed it. But when your older it is hard to play video games. Just get the great games that come out every few years.
Jul 27, 2021 Can’t really relate but I’ve been pretty disappointed with most of the s--- I played recently
Jul 27, 2021 Get some other hobbies after a period of time you will be playing the games on your self. I was in the same situation like you.
Jul 27, 2021 Biggest issue is that 90s and early 00s games weren't huge selling things and were barely profiting. The people who made games then had a passion for it and did it as a hobby they loved. Round 2010 that's when everyone's like "RE QUICK MONETISE EVERYTHING!!!" and it's been downhill since. Don't know why publishers and devs are so f---ing stupid too "omg the technology we are using is ground breaking and we are creating games 49x larger than before. Anyways we set the deadline shorter than games made in the 90s!! " 3 yrs to develop a video game that's "next gen" is definitely not enough time. If you need proof look at every single game released in the past 2 years
Jul 27, 2021 Thankfully that's where indie games fill the void, but unfortunately it's not as widely visible unless you actively look for games yourself.
Jul 27, 2021 I can relate. Part of it is that they don't make video games like they used to, so I'm rarely anticipating a new release unless it's the next Zelda or something. But even my all-time favorites, despite their strong nostalgic value, have lost a lot of the magic they had for me as a kid when life seemed simpler, yet more mysterious. Worse, I know them like the back of my hand from playing them dozens and dozens of times over the years, so there's little new to discover or notice about them and almost no suspense. The only way for me to get anything new out of the experience is to alter my state of mind via drugs, especially marijuana in the form of edibles, but I can only do this sparingly because I have a low tolerance for weed, and consuming too much f---s with my sleep schedule and takes a tremendous toll on my energy levels. So sadly I'm usually not in the mood to play video games. Oddly enough though, the idea of playing them always gets me pumped. That's that pesky thing called nostalgia for you.
