I feel like I'm... done with gaming?

Dirk Diggler · 30 Sep 2019 at 16:45

@Amatsubu the lack of ultra wide support and 60fps lock on Sekiro was a total deal breaker for me. It's really disappointing for a modern game.

Jay85 · 30 Sep 2019 at 17:01

This happened to me around 30, opened up my steam library and just started uninstalling games... thought whats the point? I dont play them so bye bye. A few years passed and only just this year i've started all of a sudden to pick up GTA5 again and Wildlands. I think im one of those that easily gets bored though rather than switching off completely. I need to tinker with something or i get fidgety... whether it be cars, computers, games fixing my boiler

haha.

Doggie2k · 30 Sep 2019 at 17:58

I was bored but took a break for a while. Upgraded to a 2070 super and now I'm having a lot of fun with Squad and Iracing with VR right now also dabbling in VR flight sims and having a ball! Haven't played any story driven single player games for a while now though. I get bored of that really easy.

Kelt · 30 Sep 2019 at 18:24

String said:
@Amatsubu the lack of ultra wide support and 60fps lock on Sekiro was a total deal breaker for me. It's really disappointing for a modern game.

Yeh, shame, that.

Dirk Diggler · 30 Sep 2019 at 19:32

@Kelt have you hacked the exe to achieve that?

Kelt · 30 Sep 2019 at 19:44

String said:
@Kelt have you hacked the exe to achieve that?

Not me, some bright spark on WSGF.

Fixes for 21:9 and unlocked FPS.

But you're right, these options should be in the original game without the need for external fixes.

UncleRhino · 1 Oct 2019 at 05:13

sometimes you have to take a break and find an outside hobby to do, something thats creative. Then you will be back hunting the dopamine highs of gaming

Daytrader · 1 Oct 2019 at 10:49

Yeh i started growing chillis in june this year, in my little polly tunnel, still going now, gave me something extra todo, gaming for me is more of a autumn/winter thing anyway, hard to game in the summer.

skiersteve12345 · 1 Oct 2019 at 17:22

yea same not a lot holds me these days, I was so addicted to wotlk but even classic im finding bit meh and cant hack it out past a hour, that said I do find gems here and there on both pc and switch, for pc I LOVED dusk and ion maiden and switch im really enjoying smash bros and links awakening and I still play sf5 even though im beyond terrible, Find it enjoying to play a game thats brutal and acutally slowly get better

IvanDobskey · 1 Oct 2019 at 17:35

I used to love playing pc games, but just find none of the modern ones have any imagination or originality

They just lack that spark that used to suck me in.

Kelt · 1 Oct 2019 at 17:59

IvanDobskey said:
I used to love playing pc games, but just find none of the modern ones have any imagination or originality They just lack that spark that used to suck me in.

What puts me off greatly is all the monetization of a lot of games these days.

Pure unadulterated greed with zero concerns for the people that get addicted to the gambling and/or the pay to win mechanics.

Which is why I only support those devs/publishers like CDPR that don't incorporate these insidious practices.

IvanDobskey · 1 Oct 2019 at 18:02

Kelt said:
What puts me off greatly is all the monetization of a lot of games these days.

Pure unadulterated greed with zero concerns for the people that get addicted to the gambling and/or the pay to win mechanics.

Which is why I only support those devs/publishers like CDPR that don't incorporate these insidious practices.

Agree with you completely. Microtransactions, pay to win and loot boxes, ugh

There's just no inspiration or great game design anymore

it's all by the numbers.

V F · 1 Oct 2019 at 20:05

IvanDobskey said:
Agree with you completely. Microtransactions, pay to win and loot boxes, ugh

There's just no inspiration or great game design anymore it's all by the numbers.

There are still some good ones out there. They still exist but it is getting harder.

IvanDobskey · 2 Oct 2019 at 07:51

V F said:
There are still some good ones out there. They still exist but it is getting harder.

Every now and then I do a bit of research in the hope of finding something to play. No luck for a while though. Burnt out on elite dangerous, Witcher 3 and Zelda botw.

StriderX · 5 Oct 2019 at 13:53

Think i'm getting to point that constantly being reminded about this industry is just depressing, until aggressive gambling mechanics are completely regulated against, i cannot justify caring anymore beyond a few titles (at best) and that's before the other issue arises... Subscription based services taking over the industry in any event and the likely, expected damage that will do to development focus of games along with the aforementioned grifting.

I don't know who's to blame for pushing the industry towards this, not sure i have the patience to argue about it too much longer frankly, it's also rather annoying to discuss it when you inevitably end up looking like an outrage-machine (with it's... connections to other sections of society) that seems to have gobbled up the entire criticism of the industry on Youtube/Reddit/wherever, companies hiding behind social justice while they nickel-dime people out of good games... Just bored of it now, bored of arguing pointlessly with little reward other than further disappointment.

I'll simply hold on to some hope that enough people giving up (moving on) will shift the industry back to something more substantive than a facade for profligate cosmetics or trying to abuse people into spending money via indirect peer pressure, but otherwise, i have plenty of games as it is without the aggravation and i'm sure there will be the odd title that isn't a cash grab driven by market speculation.

Randomface74 · 5 Oct 2019 at 13:57

Agreed, gambling needs to gtfo.

Terminal_Boy · 5 Oct 2019 at 14:03

I gave up playing online games some years ago and only miss the odd Sunday evening ArmA 2/3 sessions because they were idiot-free apart from me.

I still enjoy SP FPS games, but I’m finding myself enjoying turn based shooters such as XCOM 2 much more.

slick rick · 6 Oct 2019 at 17:43

Gaming just isn't what it used to be, it was an art form where games where crafted by people who were passionate about the medium and profit was not their only motivator. There are very few companies outside of Indie developers and CDPR who are like that now.

The big publishers are just so greedy, they want more and more and the consumers gets less less (unless they open their wallets).

Broken games at release, content held back for DLC and micro transactions, uninspired sequels, graphical downgrades and false promises, to many game launchers, crappy DRM, little imagination (pubg got popular so everyone needs a battle royale game for example) live service games and bloody loot boxes. The list goes on.

For me gaming is just being ruined slowly but surely, yes there are still good games but the overall current gaming situation is nothing short of depressing in my eyes.

SkScotchegg · 7 Oct 2019 at 13:48

I'm 36 and go through waves where I love gaming and then no desire.

But at moment I'm playing BF5 & Ghost Recon Breakpoint and I'm looking forward to Stormland VR in November, Modern Warfare on 25th October and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on 15th November.

Sometimes I love gaming though and other times I don't play for weeks or months.

Wucked · 7 Oct 2019 at 14:01

I’m not completely done with it, but I find it much more difficult to get excited for games than I used to. I only play a few new titles every year now and I’ve stopped playing military twitch style shooters altogether. There are so many CoD and Battlefield games now that I’ve completely lost interest in it.

The only games I’m planning on buying for the next year are Mechwarrior 5, Iron Harvest and Jedi: Fallen Order.