Why can't I enjoy games anymore like I used to do?
Maybe this has to do when you get older or anything else but back in the day I was playing all kinds of games and spending hours playing them, now I can't do that anymore and I feel kinda bored in.
But I think it's more than that! I want to see new franchises but the only things that get marketed are sequels and prequels which get delayed or rushed out.
I remember starting getting excited to see new games and trailers but now I see LIES and false trailers.
I want to see something new.
I don't have anything particularly against modern games(when they're at least something new. cough remasters cough) but for some reason I get more enjoyment from playing classic games I haven't played before over the new gen games. I have difficulty beating games and starting to play them is also difficult for me. Only games in recent memory where I truely felt addicted to it the whole time and couldn't put it down were the Half-Life games and Deus Ex. - A friend of mine.
This is an hard topic for me to discuss and I would like to know what you guys think? do you have the same problems like me
BTW telltale would you kindle do something with the editing button because I can't edite the page!
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It is all part of growing up I suppose. When we were younger, we have an easier time getting awed by the games and having a lack of understanding to see a game's limits and other thing. There is also the fact that it is all new and stuff and you find it exciting and addicting.
My passion for games has also died down slightly. But sometimes, games like Stardew Valley, Mount & Blade and others can ignite that passion again. I still enjoy playing games and I am sure that I will continue to play games, but I feel I won't ever regain that innocent passion for gaming like I used to have.
I agree. Probably because when we were younger we could easily get over a game's flaws, plot holes etc. or we were simply too addicted to it to the point of not being careful enough to spot them. That's what I think, at least.
I understand where the OP is coming from. I think it is a mixture of getting older and too many graphical updates of the same games. I remember when GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas came out... those were amazing and felt completely new and revolutionary to me (especially Vice City). There needs to be something like that for this generation... something people haven't seen before. Hell i'm still on Xbox 360 but somehow I get the feeling that the new generation is still just the same shtick with better graphics.
Stop being a perfectionist? That being said. I was an adult, working, then Valkyria Chronicles came out, and I was utterly blown away. Valiant Hearts came out, again blown away. To the Moon came out, again blown away. Stardew Valley came out, and I was very impressed.
It's all perspective really, maybe you're not picking up the right games?
I know what you mean, as a kid, I always played video games on a daily basis but now it seems few video games capture my interest enough to actually play for more than a day, those being - Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age II, Kingdom Hearts Series, LEGO games and Telltale Games.
At my age, though I don't think there is anything wrong with video games in and of themselves, I personally believe that they are a great way to waste hours, days, months, even years out of your life.
You will never be able to live life in front of a computer screen, or sitting on the couch playing video games. Life happens outside, in the real world!
You only live once, you will never have your youth again. Once it's gone, it's gone! One day you will wake up, and you will be an elderly person. And depending on what you do between now and then, that's going to determine whether or not you can wake up as an elderly person and either look back on your life with pride, or disatisfaction.
And since you only live once, why not take advantage of the time that you have and improve yourself, and make friendships?
Live your life!
Personally, for the most part, I have given up playing video games all together. And my life is better off for it!
For me, it's just a matter of time. I don't have as much available as I used to.
However, if you're liking older games that you just haven't played yet, there's nothing wrong with that. As long as you can find it and get it to run on your modern computer, that is. Finding an older game that people are still excited about has a higher chance of being fun that a random modern game, because the older games that everyone hated aren't going to be brought up as much (unless it's by people who hated them so badly they're still going on about it), while a modern game is there whether it's fun or not (it hasn't had a chance to disappear and be forgotten yet).
Possible causes:
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head.
I'm the same way too. I hardly play anymore games. It's mostly because my tastes have changed and other things in life interest me now. But I do love Telltale Games since discovering The Walking Dead: Season 1. And any other game like it with a good story, adventure, or characters I can relate to.
Can't say I feel the same, but it could be because I'm not old enough or whatever (I'm 20)
First of all, you included images in your post from one of my favorite games ever. Internet points to you.
Getting older is probably a significant factor. I know as I've gotten older and started adultin' more, my time for an interest in games has diminished quite a bit. I just can't sit still for the long epics anymore; I prefer games I can pick up and put down easily. Probably why I really enjoy Telltale's format. It doesn't take 100 hours for them to tell me an interesting story. As a person with shit to do, I really appreciate that.
Anyway, at the time when I had plenty of time and fewer responsibilities, it was no problem to invest huge chunks of time into a game in order to feel like I've accomplished something. MMOs were my social life.
Leaving all that behind hasn't been a something I regret, though. The nostalgia will always be there, but I enjoy this game called real life a lot better, even if it is on hardcore mode. I'd rather spend those same huge chunks of time to actually accomplish something. And the rewards are much better.
Speaking of rewards, there is something to be said about the industry and marketplace as well. Reiterative products that deliver fun, yet predictable experiences are less risky and are therefore rewarded more-- by both customers and stakeholders. Fresh, yet unproven ideas are naturally going to have a much harder time.
That's all I got
I just don't play AAA titles anymore save for a few rare ones, solves all my problems. I got so depressed less console generation, nearly all my favorite game franchises literally died off, or became shadows of them selves. PS4/Xbox One I just completely ignored them and passed them up, stuck mostly to 3rd party PC games, and never looked back, and I'm enjoying them. Most of them would be right at home on a SNES for example, so complexity/graphics are just absolutely unimportant. lol
Games are over simplified now there is little challenge so I tend to zone out
Nice. ME GUSTA! HAVE A NCIE DAY, KENNY/LEE!
The depression thing is a good point when my mood is low I cant engage in anything
No I don't think age has anything to do with it. The only correlation between age and videogames is that you have less time for them as you get older.
Most likely it's due to your age; more specifically that you may work. That's the biggest problem I have especially working 12 to 24 hour shifts.
Unless you're a successful gamer on Youtube xD