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Anyone else just starting to dislike videogames?

TheJinxedOne·5/3/2016, 3:18:46 AM·3 votes·852 views

Grew up with them. Always have been my main source of entertainment.

Maybe its the fact most games are forced interaction with people now and less ability to split screen.

I dont think I completely am tired of games. They are a bit of part of who I am.

But my attention span to enjoy them has drained significantly... I cannot stand to play most games for long periods anymore. the only one I slightly do is league and Some times that is just me staring at the home screen and wondering if I will get an invite cause no one I play with is on..

I guess I hardly play solo games anymore because most are so short now and I just breeze through them and its just over.

I know I am an introvert so the multiplayer based games do drain me a lot at times. (especially if I ever pick up CoD, I regret it by 3 matches).

League is iffy at times but I know I enjoy playing it but I feel like it is losing a lot of its genuine enjoyment rather than "I like this enough to continue"

5 Comments

Crett5/3/2016, 3:52:29 AM1 votes

Why don't you try making a game? Seeing things from a developer's view can surprisingly enhance your view of video games and inform your tastes thereon. Try Unity Engine or Game Maker.

Niyumi5/3/2016, 4:07:57 AM1 votes

I love video games, and always have -- but I fucking hate modern games. Every developer has forgotten what passion is, forgotten how to give a damn, and thinks about nothing but money. So we get shitty F2P cash grabs like League, we get piss-poor quality just to try and make a quick buck, and we're pandering to the gimme generation so much that every game is just pathetically easy.

But, yeah, most games I pick up just bore me to tears within a couple weeks, and I end up quitting. If I quit every game though, I'd have nothing to do, so I'm stuck playing this shitty cash grab and GW2, which is just as bad. Picked up Dark Souls, and it's just not all that fun. Picked up Ratchet and Clank (one of the games I've wanted since my childhood), and it's just a huge letdown. Got Call of Duty with my Playstation, and played it for all of 20 minutes. I've been playing the Uncharted Collection, but it's very predictable, and it's not lasting me long (I got it last night, and I'm ~60% done with the first game's campaign).

Honestly, I wish there was something out there better than League to play. I hate this game so much, it isn't fun, and I want to beat the living shit out of Beck so much. But, unfortunately, the "wonderful" system of F2P (and DLC) has destroyed gaming, and quality died several years ago, so I'm stuck playing a game I don't even like.

But hey, beats staring at a wall for sure.

Sophiesuds5/3/2016, 12:22:35 PM1 votes

I feel ya. I love games, but I cant get hooked on a game like I used to.

Agent20905/3/2016, 12:30:40 PM1 votes

I think I've just grown to like different games. As a kid, I loved fast paced shooter, racing, Sonic games. I can still remember popping Sonic 2 into my Sega Genesis and playing for hours. Now, put any of those games in front of me, and I'd be bored in minutes.

I've grown to like games that make me think about every move. Simulation, 4X, Strategy, some of the more hardcore RPGs, etc.

As for online games, I honestly can't play with random people anymore. I find myself getting annoyed with people at every turn. The only way I can play League or Smite or any sort of competitive team based game is to have at least one or two friends playing with me. If I don't have that, I honestly have no motivation to play the game.

Lovely Pants5/3/2016, 1:13:08 PM1 votes

For me, the older I get the less time I can consistently dedicate to games and the more critical I am of the quality of games I am playing. I have work and other hobbies that occupy my time now, so if I end up taking something like a week break from a game it needs to be able to pull me back in immediately or I forget about it.

There's a difference in brain chemistry as well as you get older. Younger minds are compelled to do repetition. The grind is effortless for them, where older brains tend to require more immediate, tangible rewards. Creativity also tends to go down with age, if you aren't actively stimulating it, which makes more simple games less palatable for adults because they only get what they are given. (Not saying you yourself are uncreative, but there's a combination of things that make older brains more impatient.) There are also just a lot of instant gratification things adults can purchase instead of getting invested. It's been noted by research that adults are also way worse at reading than kids, for example.

I think it's good to take breaks from League or anything else every once and a while, at any rate. It's healthier to do things because we enjoy them and not because we feel compelled to interact with them. I like weaving my game time between league and a lot of those 10-20$ dollar "indie" games that are created to be enjoyed within a short period of time and have a lot of replay value, rather than bigger games that tend to pad their game time. When I don't feel like gaming I write or cook or practice some other skill I'm mediocre at. If you don't balance your leisure time with other kinds of activities, I find I personally just end up defaulting to binge-watching shows and things which give you that kind of instant gratification that makes you apathetic towards doing anything else.