There's just doesn't seem to be good games anymore.

[Vern1961]

I'm tired of watching cutscenes I want to play them.

My exact same thoughts when I got round to playing Crysis Warhead for the first time recently. To me the number of times cutscenes interrupted the gameplay was ridiculous particularly (and without posting a spoiler) during the final battle... Let me at him, let me at him... but no, all played out as predetermined and then the credits rolled.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Its going to happen given enough time playing, Ive been playing give or take 18 years now and thus am bored by 80% of games as they are just recycled ideas. But that doesnt mean there aint a few around I still enjoy and get a lot of hours out of. I tend to pick out the games with a good story/style these days as it keeps me interested much like a film.

For example Im currently playing

Bioshock (come back to a save game near the end to finally finish it)
Witcher (again nearly finished)
Mass effect (just got this off steam, only played 20 mins but its grabbed me, that will fill my time from now till christmas I guess)

Plus the required css matches etc and some total war. Gives me all the gaming I need.

Another possibility for you is last remnant, I aint got v far in it yet and will probably save it till next year. But its a good chance to relive the old ff games with out a PS.

 

[izzy eckerslike]

I got tired of the usual run & gun games & I'm not usually one for playing simulator type games but Battlestations Pacific is in a class of it's own & I can't stop playing it. With the sound & Bass turned up the floor shakes when big battleships engage in a full broadside & the planes are actually easy to fly for once.

Skimming low across the water dodging the flack & dropping my Jap torpedo in Pearl Harbour & keeping the button pressed to activate the bomb cam is brilliant as it tracks across to the big explosion at the end. Likewise playing on the US campaign & shooting them down as they come in droves.
Graphics are really excellent & most buildings on land are destructible, well worth the low price it's available at

 

[Vern1961]

I got tired of the usual run & gun games & I'm not usually one for playing simulator type games but Battlestations Pacific is in a class of it's own & I can't stop playing it. With the sound & Bass turned up the floor shakes when big battleships engage in a full broadside & the planes are actually easy to fly for once.

Skimming low across the water dodging the flack & dropping my Jap torpedo in Pearl Harbour & keeping the button pressed to activate the bomb cam is brilliant as it tracks across to the big explosion at the end. Likewise playing on the US campaign & shooting them down as they come in droves.
Graphics are really excellent & most buildings on land are destructible, well worth the low price it's available at

Yep BP is pretty good albeit arcade based.

In terms of flight sims though, I would love to see a rebirth of the classic genre with fully dynamic campaign (like Tornado where it took longer to plan the mission and fly it) or at least a branching story where the mission outcome affects which path you go on next (like the WC games).

 

[nolimit]

@ OP,

This is what you call growing up syndrome.

You have less time to commit to games.

 

[Rice Fiend]

I still go back and play games like XCOM (first 3 and yes I really liked Apoc) Syndicate, hell, even got Mega-lo-Mania working after a few hours earlier this year.

And I have hours of fun playing them. It doesn't matter that there over 15 years old, there taxing, thought provoking games with all those addictive qualities we all like to see, and I still enjoy them immensly.

SadlyI haven't that urge to race back to a game in a long time, since Oblivion infact - and I try just about everything on PC. They've just changed to suit the bigger audience so they're all being dumbed-down. I mean what was wrong with medipacks? Crouching behind a magical basked regenerating health is just lame, and so noob like.

However, not all bad. Currently I play L4D, EvE, Civ4, SupCom and UT2004 (I just can't let go, I'm quite good). Gonna' play the Men of War expansion when it comes out.

Btw, is it true the ledgendary Sid Meier will be overseeing a remake of XCOM, or am I still 11 years old?

 

[darkstroke]

I still play Dungeon Keeper and Theme Hospital when I can't find a recent game to play, but having said that, I have really enjoyed Batman and GTA4 lately.

 

[craig3000]

Every game I buy I seem to drop play after 2 hours. They're fun at first then I just can't be bothered. I think it's just me getting bored of games but there isn't any good games anymore. Resident Evil 5, good game but I just caaaan't beeee boooothered.

I'm the same now, I still like playing games an everything but I only usually play an hour or two in the late evening, not like I used to I guess its a good thing an I have a good balance

 

[matt_fsr]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but have you tried any of the Total War games?

I recently picked up Rome:Total War and although the graphics are a tad dated, its just a superb game, taking up loads of my time at the moment!

Thoroughly enjoyable to build up a massive army or 2, get around 4000-5000 troops on the field and have a punch-up with some other factions' army, give them a good kicking.

Although at the moment I'm stupidly fighting wars against Scthia, Armenia, Carthage and Egypt - so I cant concentrate forces properly.

I'd recommend the Rome version if you fancy trying that kinda game, as it's less complicated than Empire Total war, with managing towns/diplomacy etc.

 

[VeNT]

There are plenty of amazing games. The thing is, you've got to give them a chance to 'get you'. Give a game at least 5 hours before you write it off.

last game that took me more than 5 hours was fallout 3

 

[PaulyD]

I recently picked up Hitman Blood Money and Contracts for £2.99 each at the weekend, bringing back the memories!! Great gaming on the cheap and definately take more than 5 hours to complete (and oh so fun going back and doing things slightly different!)

 

[MallowPhoto]

Resident Evil5 (around 60 hours gameplay time)
Batman AA (around 40 hours gameplay time)

How have you calculated this? I'm not saying they are bad games at all - I loved both. I just would'nt put Res Evil 5 or Batman at anything over 8 hours gameplay. Let alone 40 and 60. And I take my time with games compared to most people, but I found both to be quite short.

 

[Vidar]

At the end of the day the most important thing to any game is story line, a good story line compells you to play on

 

[Calabi]

I think the Wii would disagree, with you on that one.

 

[mushroomsoup]

ive actually got too many good games to play (probably because ea and steam keep selling them at silly low prices)

right now i am mostly playing, single player wise:
mass effect
overlord
empire total war (with darthmod ultimate edition - i wouldn't play without this tbh)
crysis warhead
and there's plenty others not even installed yet

not enough time in the day.

 

[Teki187]

Dragon age origins

End thread.

 

[Teaf]

Personally I have too many to play at the moment:

Borderlands
Dragon Age Origins
Street Fighter IV
Aion
Team Fortress 2
Torchlight
Mass Effect

... and I'm tempted to get MW2, might wait for it to get cheaper / 2nd hand. I guess the point of this post is that personaly I'm finding there is a lot more to play at the moment than there has been for a good while.

 

[HangTime]

Quite a few games there is little point to them games like Bioshock, Call of duty etc. In the past you would be given rewards, incentives, things for completing and playing the game. Now your supposed to just play them for the sake of it, for the story.

...which is a good thing, in my book Although I disagree to some extent, if anything we're seeing more of that kind of thing due to multiplatform titles - it's always been a staple of the console world.

The journey is more important than the destination for me. I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in rewards, achievements etc. I don't even log in to all that GFWL live nonsense if I can help it. My Steam community account isn't yet activated.

I play games because they are fun and give a sense of achievement in themself. Really, if you analyse it in depth, there is 'no point' to the vast majority of games if you are purely looking for something at the end of it. But they can still be good.

 

[Calabi]

...which is a good thing, in my book Although I disagree to some extent, if anything we're seeing more of that kind of thing due to multiplatform titles - it's always been a staple of the console world.

The journey is more important than the destination for me. I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in rewards, achievements etc. I don't even log in to all that GFWL live nonsense if I can help it. My Steam community account isn't yet activated.

I play games because they are fun and give a sense of achievement in themself. Really, if you analyse it in depth, there is 'no point' to the vast majority of games if you are purely looking for something at the end of it. But they can still be good.

I agree with you, except the journey in most games is quite mundane/cliche/homogenised. I wasnt refering to achievements, I hate them their the kind of wastrel rewards which are utterly meaningless.

I was refering to gameplay rewards like, newer tracks, better weapons. Even cheat modes and hacks which allow you to replay the game in a more fun way. Even making ofs etc.

Like Half Life 1 contained no rewards but the journey was very rewarding. However Half Life 2 was less so.

Like First Person Shooters are all about the skill so they should reward that, no one honestly cares about the story in them(if they say they do then they are lying, (Half Life was about the players journey not the story)). Like the N64 game Goldeneye, rewarded, skill, however now, you choose a higher difficulty all you get is punished with nothing extra at the end of it.

The rewards have to be relevant to the game, an RPG has to have a good compelling story and etc.

I find very few games fun now. Everthing is too grounded, a superman game now, you would never be allowed to be superman(although there are some exceptions). Games are for escapism not realism.

 

[Jabbs]

When HL2 came out and i never used it again until few weeks ago when i bought Aram 2, L4D 1/2, Overlord set, Shattered Horizon, Team Fortress.