Will our generation "grow out" of gaming as easy as previous ones?
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'Game Over' is a thing of the past these days.
Like you said, we're moving into interactive movie territory. BioShock sums it up for me. You die, and they just put you back where you were, with fewer enemies. No reloading the level, not even reloading the checkpoint. Just keep going! It's a variation on God Mode without having to input a cheat code.
GTA5 saddens me greatly. Cars that turn 90 degrees at 150 mph. (Almost) indestructible vehicles. Bikes that you pretty much can't fall off. Everything easy, easy, easy. And pretty, pretty, shiny, shiny.
And now I get flamed
'Game Over' is a thing of the past these days.
Like you said, we're moving into interactive movie territory. BioShock sums it up for me. You die, and they just put you back where you were, with fewer enemies. No reloading the level, not even reloading the checkpoint. Just keep going! It's a variation on God Mode without having to input a cheat code.
GTA5 saddens me greatly. Cars that turn 90 degrees at 150 mph. (Almost) indestructible vehicles. Bikes that you pretty much can't fall off. Everything easy, easy, easy. And pretty, pretty, shiny, shiny.
And now I get flamed
Who plays GTA for realistic car mechanics, handbrake turns around corners is fun
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Games just seem bad these days. Why would I want to grind in an MMO. Or train in an RTS. Or deal with kids in an FPS. etc...
You can't give the same game you'd give a 16 year old to a 26 year old.
You can't give the same game you'd give a 16 year old to a 26 year old.
I think I've almost grew out of gaming tbh.
most games just don't interest me and it's more of the same old crap recycled for the next generation of gamers.
very few games cater for the older gamer who likes complicated and fancy
I'm finding myself playing less and less of late and I've only just turned 23, I find myself often doing more work instead of gaming even in my spare time when I don't get paid for overtime as it creates free time at the end of the week to do what I want, exercise is a big part of my life now, doing at least an hour a day down the gym, I like making good nutritious meals as well and teaching myself new skills that may help me in the future.
Just started watching Dexter as well and that makes the hours fly by
Just started watching Dexter as well and that makes the hours fly by
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Inbertween work, the oposite sex, building a home, socializing and finally children... there isn't much time for games.
Once you're part of the rat race, there's more productive things to do with your life.
Games are also much harder to "get into" once you've lost touch. Once you stop., you tend to stop for good. I've tried to get back into gaming but nothing's been able to hold my attention.
Once you're part of the rat race, there's more productive things to do with your life.
Games are also much harder to "get into" once you've lost touch. Once you stop., you tend to stop for good. I've tried to get back into gaming but nothing's been able to hold my attention.
This is because games are a lot more "mainstream", so you're going to get a lot more games coming out with most of them being rubbish than you used to.
There are still plenty of very good games coming out and that are out.
I'm finding myself playing less and less of late and I've only just turned 23, I find myself often doing more work instead of gaming even in my spare time when I don't get paid for overtime as it creates free time at the end of the week to do what I want, exercise is a big part of my life now, doing at least an hour a day down the gym, I like making good nutritious meals as well and teaching myself new skills that may help me in the future.
Just started watching Dexter as well and that makes the hours fly by
How do you fit it all in with all the FIFA you play?
How do you fit it all in with all the FIFA you play?
That's about the only thing I do play these days but even then some days I just don't feel like switching the PS4 on. Come the summer I can't see me playing much at all.
A number of the admittedly short list of games I mentioned feature the dreaded Game Over screen. I was referring more to games of extreme depth that involved you to the point where you become attached to the characters and involved in the plot. Heavy Rain was more of a corollary to that, which you clearly did not enjoy as much as I did'Game Over' is a thing of the past these days.
Like you said, we're moving into interactive movie territory. BioShock sums it up for me. You die, and they just put you back where you were, with fewer enemies. No reloading the level, not even reloading the checkpoint. Just keep going! It's a variation on God Mode without having to input a cheat code.
GTA5 saddens me greatly. Cars that turn 90 degrees at 150 mph. (Almost) indestructible vehicles. Bikes that you pretty much can't fall off. Everything easy, easy, easy. And pretty, pretty, shiny, shiny.
And now I get flamed
Someone mentioned alternate hobbies.
DIY! I need to decorate every room in the house and it won't do itself.
I have also struggled to get into a game, and always complain I do not have the time.
However I have recently got resident evil 4HD and over the last month put about 18 hours into it. Which is a lot for me, I was saying to a friend remind me next year xmas =gaming time.
Need to try more, think Walking dead season 2 next, as thats the last modern game that caught me.
DIY! I need to decorate every room in the house and it won't do itself.
I have also struggled to get into a game, and always complain I do not have the time.
However I have recently got resident evil 4HD and over the last month put about 18 hours into it. Which is a lot for me, I was saying to a friend remind me next year xmas =gaming time.
Need to try more, think Walking dead season 2 next, as thats the last modern game that caught me.
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Gaming is good, interacting with people is a waste of time. Having sex with stupid drunk girls is good.
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
You run out of time for gaming.
I get perhaps a couple of hours a week in at most, and that tends to be on my old Xbox360. I used to be a hardcore PC gamer (tm) but I have recently lapsed on I-racing which was my last PC gaming fix. Apart from the odd old-skool game bashing when I am flying somewhere or sat in a hotel room.
I have a kid, a demanding job, and other more pressing matters to attend to when I get some free time
Ain't that the truth.
Still find plenty time to game but it has been decreasing slowly since my early twenties. You do tend to find yourself getting a bit bored of the same games as you get older. But I refuse to join the get a woman get married and procreate gang like so many of my friends the same age.
