Gamers who have gamed for a long time

do you find it difficult to get into games? I’ve got Epic Games and Steam Games libraries chock-full of classic top-tier games along with many other newer games like Stray or 2077, and a bunch of indie titles. I just can’t be bothered to download and install them, much less try to get into the characters and storylines. Used to be I couldn’t wait to see what happened in the story, what new items you could collect, what new worlds the developers had created. Not anymore. I return to playing the same franchise for a quick FPS match or three and then I’m done.

Orionza,
@Orionza@lemmy.world avatar

Yep. Why is this? I stopped buying games because I end up sticking to the same ones and types that give me the most joy, where I feel like I’m achieving something and not wasting my time.

If i open a game now that’s too difficult to learn, has too many key options, is too bright for or hard on the eyes, is gory, doesn’t have bag space and wants to nickel and dime me for it, etc…I just stop. Red Dead Redemption - beautiful game and I crave to go back. It is too difficult and causes me so much stress. Not worth it. There was this other game I wanted to play. The controls and interface was just awful. Look around the world caused motion sickness and hurt the eyes. WoW - toxic community.

When you get older, I think you learn what works for you. What feels comfortable. What feels good. What makes you happy. Because that’s what you’re there for, to be happy.

icedterminal,

Wow has taken such a bad turn in cultivating a toxic community.

quams69,

Sorry op, your inner child is dead. Time for sudoku in a rocking chair.

RememberTheApollo_,

You might be right. Except I don’t like sudoku.

PainInTheAES,

Sorry OP, your inner grandparent is dead. Time for seppuku.

RememberTheApollo_,

I’m not that old, ffs. lol.

sysadmin420,

Had to Google that one… Funny shit. Thanks, I needed it.

A_Very_Big_Fan,

The only thing that makes it hard for me is shitty monetization, and the knowledge that all online games are subject to getting OW2’d

Rhynoplaz,

Same here. Time is just more valuable now. Hopping into a few quick rounds just feels easier than starting something up and getting halfway through the beginning tutorial, before being interrupted by the kids or wife, and then feeling like you just wasted the hour or so you had to spare, because you didn’t even start playing the actual game yet.

triclops6,

Why I play brawlhalla, and only brawlhalla. For as long or as little as I can

baldingpudenda,

Yup, the only game I play right now is factorio and that was a mistake. Staying up after the kids fell asleep and magically it’s 4 hrs later. PC broke and I’m finally getting proper sleep. Should have stuck with slay the spire and other 1 hr run type games

Rentlar,

Dang, I was defeated… but now I get to sleep?

Slay the Spire Victory? Screen, The Silent laying on the floor

BloodSlut,

dunno, better start another run to have something to do while you figure that out

TheGreenGolem,

Exactly. I know I only have like an hour tops before need to do something and it’s just not enough time to truly immerse myself so I end up not even want to start the game.
Now I’m wondering when I’ll be 50 and the kids will be gone and have time again to play 8-10 hours straight. Maybe then.

alertsleeper,

I find that this only happens to me in relation to AAA titles. I just don’t have time to put 60 hrs into a game.

But since I started playing indies I feel like rejuvenated

iliketurtles,

I probably game just as much as I used to, but it’s only one game at a time now that I’ll play for years. Used to chase all the releases and hype. Now I just want to space out and have fun.

GladiusB,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

I have some titles I play a lot and some what often. Other are just for fun to break it up. I don’t know if I am going to play it forever or just for a couple of days.

time_fo_that,

I have ADHD and find it difficult to get into new games unless they’re multi-player games I can play with my friends.

gsb,

Yup. My first console technically was a NES (technically Atari 2600 but I was really young). Been playing console and PC games ever since. I used to love games. Wanted to design them and even got a job as a game tester and GM for WoW (tester made me realize I didn’t want to work in the industry). I don’t know when it started but outside of a few instances I can’t get into games anymore. I think there are a few reasons (though they’re sort of overlapping).

  • I’ve already experienced a lot of it. I’ve saved countless kingdoms, stop hundreds of bad guys from blowing up stuff, repeatedly discovered the mysteries of crystals/labs/villages. There isn’t a lot of “new” stuff.
  • I don’t have consistent chunks of free time and don’t want to use all my freetime playing games. I can’t always invest in a long story and a lot of games take a while to get started.
  • As I get older I value my time more. I’m not necessarily old but looking at life expectancy I’ve hit the midway point. That just causes me to evaluate my freetime differently. Unfortunately that doesn’t mean I am necessarily making the best of use of my time but stops me from spending 8 hours of a Saturday playing the new Spider-Man.
  • I find my need to unwind and relax increases with age. After a long stressful day at work I don’t necessarily want to engage with complex systems or drawn out stories. I just want to start playing and not have to think. I also don’t want to be stressed. I find online competitive games to be stressful.

There are other issues like the market has changed and less games align with what I enjoy. Social aspect of games are mostly gone for me.

rip_art_bell,
@rip_art_bell@lemmy.world avatar

I’m happy enough to spend time and energy and get into new games. The difference is my standards are WAY higher than when I was younger. I’ve played so many games that it’s hard to impress.

dangblingus,

I’ve been through a bunch of life phases and gaming has basically been a part of all of them. Definitely, over time, the thrill of a new game is a bit more subdued than when you were a kid because you have done it so many times, and I’ll admit, if a game doesn’t immediately grab me, I probably will bounce off it. I have a ton of games that I still play from gen 2-6 if I need to feel nostalgic. But I realized that I have trouble committing to games that feel too samey as the most recent ones I’ve played. If I play a JRPG, I have to follow that up with a platformer, followed by an indie game, followed by a Sony 3rd person shooter. Fighting games are also great pallet cleansers. Sounds like you’re depressed, and you should really spend time in nature and remember what and how you found joy in the past with gaming.

Valmond,

I did video games professionally for ten years (grew up on the ZX81, C64, Amiga) and since then I have a hard(er) time because the only things that changes in new games is :

A) better graphics (potentially)

B) The back-story

I don’t really care for A, and for B it’s kind of scarce… I only need to save the world of kill the dragon so many times.

I did a 180 and learned chess which I feel wildly rewarding!

I’m also making a “slow game” (12 “action points” every like 12h, fantasy settings) that you can play for 5 minutes a day, but can be really immersive (it’s text only).

I don’t really know what I wanted to say here, but I too hope I’ll find some new breathtaking game :-)

MDKAOD, (edited )

There as a brief period in the early 00’s where this kind of browser game was prevalent. I can’t remember the names, but same concept. They were perfect for lunch period, issue commands, and hope you made the right choices when you logged in the next day.

Valmond,

Ah the time before the enshittifycation. Maybe I should really finish the game … I’ll try :-)

MDKAOD,

Found it, and apparently it still exists: www.planetarion.comThe universe ticks every real world hour.

Valmond,

Hah excellent, I did never play that specific game but some that were quite similar :-)

There were loads of people trying to make those too, with wildly varying degrees of success :-)

leftzero,

Yeah, it’s called clinical depression, it’s entirely normal, happens to everyone. 🤷‍♂️

electrogamerman,

One can not have depression and still not be into games anymore.

leftzero,

Must be a tumour, then. 😞

Lazhward,

It’s not a tumor! Not a tumor, at all.

Damdy,

A lot of modern games definitely don’t do story well. The amount of times I download a game for 10 mins of exposition before starting or not getting to play while the game tells rather than shows is outrageous.

The perfect game for me would start immediately and have any exposition happen via audio while being able to play the game.

Noodle07,

Like portal?

Gabu,

Like most good indie games, too. “Show don’t tell” is a lesson well learned from the days of Nintendo hegemony, only AAA studios forgot everything not relatedto maximizing profits.

Bytemeister,

I feel like new AAA title games are all about being “more” than the last game, instead of being fun. Everything is having a Call of Duty/Avengers syndrome, the bad guys have to be bigger, the music louder, the textures larger. Even games that don’t succumb to the annual release cycle still have to compete with the hype those games create. In the end, you end up with games like Fallout 4, instead of New Vegas.

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