Jul 19, 2021

Not really. Given your scenario I'd say you just don't connect with the game you want to play.

I think I've bought every single Gran Turismo but I've never completed one. I tell myself I like driving games but they all get repetitive.

But I've completed every Final Fantasy game Ivan think of, every Ratchet & Clank game and every Unchartered game. I've just learned what I like over the years.

 

Jul 19, 2021

This is feeling that I've chased for the last 10 years. I was 15 when Skyrim came out, and it was one of the last games to give me that sense of awe and wonder. I think a lot of it has to do with the technological advances and the fact that most AAA studios have been following a specific formula (massive open world and all the checklists that come with it), not to mention how readily available games are now. When I was a kid if I got a game for Christmas, that was it. I'd have to play it because there was nothing else.

 

Aug 9, 2021

I’m the same way, I have games I’ve never even played lol.

I got in a accident at work about a year ago and hand my dominant hand pulled off. They were able to put it back on but I’m missing two fingers and the only thing that works is my thumb. So some games are to hard for me to even play.

 

Jul 27, 2021

 

Jul 27, 2021

*Triple post*

Also many popular games these days are franchises that started back in the 90s or 2000s

For example:

Grand Theft Auto
Call Of Duty
Assassin's Creed
Elder's Scroll
Resident Evil
Far Cry
A lot of RPGs

A lot of those games came out more or less around the same time period. They were all ground breaking. So if you grew up in that era you're discovering all those amazing games for the first time which makes it easier to become invested.

We don't see as many ground breaking AAA titles these days because most of the ideas have been done before. So that's definitely a factor when comes to enjoying a new game and not getting bored easily.

 

Jul 27, 2021

I found myself in the same situation for the past couple of years but then realized that it's not that I don't like gaming anymore. It's just that I haven't found the right game.

Also like @902fre mentionned, growing up we didn't have much choice but to play the games that we had. We couldn't afford to buy a bunch of different games.

These days looking for a game to play is like browsing Netflix. I can't even count the number of games that I bought, played 2 hours and never touched again. Being able to afford any game you want also makes it harder to invest into one.

But every few years a big game comes out that I am excited about and can easily spend many hours playing without getting bored. That's when I know it's not me getting too old it's just about finding the right game.

 

Jul 19, 2021

I'll find myself buying "Games like [insert GOAT game here]" in an attempt to find as much enjoyment in a modern-day version of a game that I loved as a kid, but it's never the same.

Even replaying titles like Pokemon Gold & Silver don't bring the same feel as they did when I was a kid. I think it's just all a part of getting older.

I missed out on the Gamecube growing up, so I've been emulating quite a bit of those games lately. It's nice going into a system/game totally fresh rather than trying to re-find some spark that was there when I was nine years old.

 

Aug 14, 2021

Fuuuuuck! Man, I don't know what to say. That's f----- up.

 

Jul 27, 2021

And of course when we're younger we discover something new every time we play. So it's easier to get hooked when you play something you have never seen before.

Also if you grew up in the 90s and 2000s gaming evolved a lot. We saw things that we had never seen before.

Discovering Halo for the first time is not the same as playing it today. Back then there was no other game like it. These days there are plenty of similar games. Not to mention playing a 6th installement of a game is not the same as playing it for the first time.

Same goes for a game like Call Of Duty or Medal Of Honor in the early 2000s. There was nothing else like it. It was the first time we were seeing a war game with such realism. These days there are s--- ton of games like that.

 

Jul 19, 2021

Every once in a blue moon I’ll pick up a game from my childhood to play for nostalgia reasons. Just recently I bought Jak II. I could only play it in like 20 minute spurts, just cause I’m older now and don’t really have that same desire as I did when I was a child. Doesn’t hit the same

 

Jul 19, 2021

What I mean is, I buy new games all the time but never play them, and just go back to the same two or three casual titles. I’ll give up on games hours in for no particular reason, just get bored of it,
But then on the other hand I’ll watch reviews of the games and read online discourse about them and stuff.

idk, is it just me? How can I enjoy video games again like I was a kid?