Am I the only one who has lost all enjoyment from games?

[Paul_cz]

Play better games. If you cannot enjoy something like Dark Souls, Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas, Sleeping Dogs..(I could go on), then you should just get new hobby.

That said, there are games that feel like a chore a bit. For me it is Space Marine, I just cannot get myself to play it.

 

[Narj]

Woot, The Witcher 2 has certainly got my gaming juices flowing! Still in Chapter 1, but love running around Flotsam.

I MUST have another play through soon, I'm not sure how I'm going to find the time, what with playing the first Mass Effect at the moment... so many games, so little time.

 

[Mr Sustainable]

Playing through Dune 2000 at the moment.

TOTALLY AWESOME, loving it this time as much as I enjoyed it the first time.

The graphics are up to the job, but the gameplay is great! It's a thinking and learning game, tactics, strategy. It has character, a story, an ending, a feeling that you are part of the story. Great balance of the different units.

No DLC, not open ended (never ending), no monthly fee, not play to win, not dumbed down, consolised, etc, etc.

An updated version with the same mechanics would be a dream of mine (after world peace, etc) and any kickstarter project would get my money. However as EA (I think) own the rights, it is unlikely to happen.

Supreme Commander FA is the only RTS that has come close to this for me.

 

[Craig R]

These days I just feel as if I'm forcing myself to play through games. I honestly can't remember that last game I played that I actually enjoyed. When I was younger I remember that I used to feel more immersed in games. Now I just feel nothing.

Game developers these days, in my eyes are more concerned about graphics and what not, than actual gameplay.

I do play league of legends which I guess I enjoy.. Mainly due to the social aspect of it. But single player games is another story.

Anyone else feel like this? :S It's quite sad really.

Get a new hobby. Games are just as fun as they've always been. You've just played them for too long and got bored.

 

[Steviepunk]

I think as you get older, your imagination tails off compared to when you were younger.

That is very likely the reason.

I've found myself getting board with games from time to time, but it's usually a case of either spending too long playing a poor game, or just that my tastes change over time.

Years ago I did notice that I had too many games, so want spending 30 mins to an hour playing then moving on, which left no sense of achievement. So I disciplined myself into playing fewer games but playing them to completion (where possible) before moving on to the next one.

I had stopped playing online games around 2003 (used to play a lot of Quake and UT) and then focused on single player games and found that much more enjoyable, but moved away from FPS games as I'd really had may share of them. Still play a variety of types of games, though I tend to go for story driven ones, I think the variety stops me getting board these days.

Supreme Commander FA is the only RTS that has come close to this for me.

Brilliant game, spent quite a long time playing that one

 

[Vern1961]

The games have changed and so have we.

I'm 51 and started "gaming" back in 1992 with the Amiga A600 then A1200, graduating to the PC in 1995. For me the big attraction back then was to do things you otherwise could only dream of - flying a jet fighter or passenger airliner, building your own theme park, setting up your own transport network, fighting the Battle of Gettysburg (Battleground Series). I've lamented before on these forums about the passing of the flight and space sim era (not being interested in MP I'm not sure the new Frontier will be of interest) and all those intricate strategy games. The main thing was, they made you think as well as providing entertainment. Take the old Tornado flight sim, you had to plan and time your mission to perfection, if you wanted to succeed and not get shot down. And who can forget the 3DFX beauty of Longbow 2 in the morning sunrise, missile trails streaking across the golden sky.

There's still some good titles out there, such as Fallout and Skyrim, but if you're not into some sort of FPS or RPG experience, choices are limited these days. I didn't even bother with the last couple of COD games.

Then as I mentioned, over the space of 21 years the player has changed, too. Eyesight not so good, less spare time or more demands on it away from the PC. Unable or unwilling to keep up with hardware changes just to play a linear FPS where you get stuck on the second mission or only takes around 10 hours to play a linear campaign.

I still find it an interesting and worthwhile pastime, but I do long for a modern incarnation of those games which captured my imagination in the mid 90's. Heck even a new Command and Conquer would be nice!

 

[Rezident]

Oh my goodness and how did I forget:

• QUICK TIME EVENTS

For the love of all that is good and holy, if you don't have the intelligence to make a clever piece of gaming or something new or interesting or at least thoughtful - just let us kill the boss ourselves in our own way so we at least have the chance of some immersion and illusion of control, instead of:

PRESS THIS BUTTON
PRESS THAT BUTTON

It's depressing. It's insulting.

Yahtzee on Quick Time Events: "the interminable unfair quick time events add what they always add, the same thing that landmines add to a romantic stroll by the river".

 

[clv101]

These days I just feel as if I'm forcing myself to play through games. I honestly can't remember that last game I played that I actually enjoyed. When I was younger I remember that I used to feel more immersed in games. Now I just feel nothing.

Game developers these days, in my eyes are more concerned about graphics and what not, than actual gameplay.

I do play league of legends which I guess I enjoy.. Mainly due to the social aspect of it. But single player games is another story.

Anyone else feel like this? :S It's quite sad really.

Urm? It's 2013. I would have written, word for word, what you've just written in 2003! It's beyond me how folk have managed to entertain themselves bashing through FPS after FPS for the last decade.

 

[Rezident]

No. Play something old. . .

My suggestion to you is to go and play any classics from 10+ years ago you might have missed.

This is good advice. Check out some of the Best 100 Games Ever lists and play the ones you've missed, you're guaranteed the type of quality and depth that is mostly lacking in modern console-based titles.

 

[kinger8938]

Recently i have become a bit sick of the same games getting released , soo many similar fps out there

So lately ive stsrted playing stuff i feel is different like amnesia and the penumbra series, both aged really well love them soo far! On black plague atm

The going to try dark souls and ni no kuni later this month for a change of pace!

Theres loads out there

 

[blueshift]

Im giving,, The Hunter, a bash, installed it last night, quite a beautifull game for a freebie

 

[Rezident]

I’ve pretty much stopped playing multiplayer games (after thousands of hours at it) mostly due to the constant moaning, whining, complaining, the blatant mass-cheating and the reported even wider level of closet cheating, the spawn killing and getting called a cheater anytime you actually do well.

I much prefer Single Player games lately like Dishonored, it got so many of the little things right, like possibly being the first game in history where The Hero who can kill everyone can also actually jump on top of a box properly! What a long-awaited watershed. From the days of Gordon Freeman being able to single handedly take down an entire alien civilisation but unable to successfully negotiate a ladder to even Far Cry 3 right now, where you are unable to jump properly. Between that and Max Payne 3 shocking me with cutscenes where you actually have the same guns in it that you were using just beforehand, there are actually some improvements being made outside the field of “graphics”. Now that’s progress!

 

[Errol]

Planetside 2 for me is as close as you can get these days to the BF1942 era of games.

I'm in love with the game in the same way I fell in love with BF1942 from the moment I first ran up the beach on Wake Island demo.

 

[Epburpee]

this thread touched a nerve.

after years of non - gaming I had a real urge to get back into it. I've been building a rig for the past year and am now just awaiting my next paycheck so I can get the GFX card and SSD finally installed.

In the meantime I did buy skyrim which my pc can sort of hack.

Anyway the point is, I suspect even with a worthy machine the magic won't be the same. A great shame, expecially as I've spent a whole load of money building my rig. I'm now wondering if the whole project was just chasing a dream of a time when I had less responsibilities and worries

Ah nevermind, at least I'll still have a boss PC for watching my movies

 

[regulus]

I feel like I've lost all imagination when it comes to gaming. Maybe it's age, maybe it's wisdom, maybe something else. In a previous gaming life time I could be wandering around the S.T.A.L.K.E.R world, see trees and abandoned buildings in the distance, and feel my heartstrings tug towards the beauty of it all. I'd run over and investigate. I'd be playing WoW, fly over Dustwallow Marsh and suddenly drop down and walk around the swamps, just to experience the feeling of it. It felt like there was mysteries to be discovered and I wanted to discover it. I'd be running around the lush islands in Crysis and see more islands in the distant sea and swim towards it just to, well, I don't know. It was just so gorgeous.

I'd don't do any of that any more. I've tried plenty of times to recapture that magic by seeking out the most abandoned, 'developers-forgot-they-even-made-that' places but it just doesn't do anything for me any more. I still play but much more analytical and mathematical now. And I never stray from the main quest lines. Nor do I go off the beaten track and experience the worlds any more.

It saddens me for real. Feels like a huge part of my life is coming to an end and there's nothing I can do about it. You cannot lie to the heart.

 

[Cabs]

i did intill i started playing guildwars 2 and torchlight 2

 

[Wucked]

I find it really hard to finish campaigns. Skyrim? I thought it was brilliant, stopped playing after about 2 hours. Civ 5, stopped playing after about 30 mins. etc.

Multiplayer is my thing atm. BF3 approaching 800 hours and still not bored.

 

[blueshift]

I feel like I've lost all imagination when it comes to gaming. Maybe it's age, maybe it's wisdom, maybe something else. In a previous gaming life time I could be wandering around the S.T.A.L.K.E.R world, see trees and abandoned buildings in the distance, and feel my heartstrings tug towards the beauty of it all. I'd run over and investigate. I'd be playing WoW, fly over Dustwallow Marsh and suddenly drop down and walk around the swamps, just to experience the feeling of it. It felt like there was mysteries to be discovered and I wanted to discover it. I'd be running around the lush islands in Crysis and see more islands in the distant sea and swim towards it just to, well, I don't know. It was just so gorgeous.

I'd don't do any of that any more. I've tried plenty of times to recapture that magic by seeking out the most abandoned, 'developers-forgot-they-even-made-that' places but it just doesn't do anything for me any more. I still play but much more analytical and mathematical now. And I never stray from the main quest lines. Nor do I go off the beaten track and experience the worlds any more.

It saddens me for real. Feels like a huge part of my life is coming to an end and there's nothing I can do about it. You cannot lie to the heart.

yup exactly how i feel

 

[Kosmiche]

If you've lost all enjoyment in games, do this...

BUY A CONSOLE.

You have so many gems on console that you can't play on pc, I'm talking pure gameplay super happy funtime games.

Stuff like little big planet, mario, zelda etc

Games that are just about HAVING FUN AND PURE GAMEPLAY.

THAT is what you're lacking, the fun in gaming.

 

[Epburpee]

I'd be playing WoW, fly over Dustwallow Marsh and suddenly drop down and walk around the swamps, just to experience the feeling of it. It felt like there was mysteries to be discovered and I wanted to discover it. I'd be running around the lush islands in Crysis and see more islands in the distant sea and swim towards it just to, well, I don't know. It was just so gorgeous.
It saddens me for real. Feels like a huge part of my life is coming to an end and there's nothing I can do about it. You cannot lie to the heart.

Right on, I know exactly what your saying

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