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.

yesdogishere,

Yea I wouldn’t bother with games post 2010. Just have a solid RvR open mmo from before 2010.

vasametropolis,

Great games feel fewer and farther between after this long. Yes, you get a Witcher 3, or Baldur’s Gate, or Zelda sometimes. But really, and it sounds fucked up to frame it this way, they’re merely excellent. And I’ve played a lot of excellent games, so unless one is on a tier never before experienced by anyone on Earth, eventually things feel less special for some reason. It’s fair to say that some games are innovative, but they are very few. The best we usually get is stuff we’ve seen before, just insanely well polished/tweaked on ocassion. Ultimately, there’s not a lot new if that makes sense. It’s sort of a been there done that vibe, and it’s probably just a sign you’ve played too much good shit. Like an addict that has hit the same pipe too many times lol.

Tomato666,

I’ve played games since the 80s. Time has been my biggest issue with playing stuff. I got a steam deck last year. It has been great. I can pick it up, turn it on and unpause my game and continue during a free moment. This makes it much easier than having to start up a PC and then launch a game.

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

I have noticed it’s been harder and harder to find something I want to play. I’ve gone down both my Steam library and my wishlist going “No…no…no…god no…”

A lot of my games that I thoroughly enjoyed in the past but I am done with. These include the entire Half Life franchise, Kerbal Space Program and I think Stardew Valley. Loved those games, played the hell out of them, will probably not launch them again.

A lot of games I’ve found diminishing replay value. Like I feel like I’ve mastered Subnautica, having done a number of self-imposed challenge runs like baseless vegetarian.

Talking about “story” makes me want to fuss about Tears of the Kingdom. This game doesn’t have a story; it has an anecdote at best. It’s amazing how far they stretched so little over absolutely nothing. They wrote so little plot for this game that they couldn’t come up with four different cut scenes for the defeated the bosses sequences. It’s a genuinely amazing piece of craftsmanship, the amount of hard work that went into the art and engineering that is that game is an astounding achievement but wow I don’t like playing it, and I think, for the first time since I was 5 years old, I’m not going to buy the next Zelda game.

It’s been awhile since I’ve come across something new that makes me think “yeah I want to play that.”

Have you ever run out of Youtube to watch? Like there’s just nothing you’re interested in on there? It feels like that but bigger.

LifeOfChance,

I spent countless hours playing games and getting excited as hell with new launches or even just getting on. Nowadays I play maybe 1 or 2 games a year and If I actually finish them it’s very rare. I could blame a busy life but honestly there’s just no spark and I could speculate for hours why but truthfully I don’t know why.

Sparhawk87,

I did for a few years there would try rush through games and didn’t realise that’s why I wasn’t enjoying them. Now especially with story driven games I take my time, shut off my second monitor which usually has YouTube or a series playing and pay attention to the game have enjoyed it more than I thought, maybe I’m just getting old.

GenBlob,

I lost interest in new releases a while ago. I mainly play retro games now but I did try the new robocop and it was great. I will be getting that day 1 and it will be the first time I played a new release in years.

mudmaniac,

Nothing sticks in my mind anymore. I tried to reinstall CP2077 and do a replay, but ultimately each time i exit it gets harder to start up and resume. I struggle to bother remembering which part of the story im am at. 20 years ago i would get “tetris effect” from pretty much any game I play; daydreaming about an RPG im playing, see tetris blocks falling into place, etc. Nowadays I don’t even get that with literal Tetris Effect.

It may be work life, stress etc. But part of myself just feels gaming is missing that old multiplayer feel where a whole bunch of us are in the Computer Science Lab, installing Doom 3 on the lab machines and playing til they kick us out at midnight. I’m also missing that feel of a whole bunch of us huddled in a McDonalds playing Mario Kart DS multiplayer, screaming so loud when someone triggers a lighting bolt, that the store manager essentially banned us from playing there ever again.

As for games like 2077, the sad realization is that the denouement leaves the me kinda confused more than anything. so many games I finish now leave me checking online to ask “What was that?”

I feel old now.

Giu176,

There are two things that worked for me when I was in your situation:

  • Playing with friends, of course it applies only to multilayer games and scheduling free time for two or more people could be difficult but it works so well for this problem. We have a WhatsApp group to coordinate some gaming nights and play rocket league, age of empires 2, cs go, overwatch and others, recently we are replaying DS3 next will be elden ring when the dlc drops.
  • Review games. I know it sounds absurd but I put some effort into creating an excel sheet with all the games I played and I reviewed them on what I think are the most significant aspects (characters design, level design, story, gameplay loop, graphics, sound, optimization just to name a few) I reached several reviews of the sheet and now it’s very complete and complex. I like to complete games, fill the form and add them to the list, I usually complete at least the main quest, anyway Icontinue to play the game until I’m satisfied and I’ve elaborate a score for each category. This helped me reasoning on the game development, what it wants to tell me, the evolution of the gaming industry, I’ve figured out what I like and what not, all of this combined with the the genuine excitement about starting a new game to add to the list it’s what re-enabled my passion when I was stucked like you are.

I hope this can help you. Send me a private message if you want to add me on steam and play sometimes or if you want a copy of the spreadsheet!

PieMePlenty,

The problem for me is that Im overwhelmed. Theres just too many games coming out. I just got through God Of War Ragnarok after it sat on my shelf for almost a year. Im glad I did though, I liked it. I kinda want to go back to Guild Wars 2 and check out the halloween event but I also just started my first Diablo 4 playthrough. Spiderman 2 looks like its pushing the medium forward so I want to try that too. Oh and Starfield, the game Ive been waiting for 5 years? Forget it. A new Forza game is out and Ive played all the previous ones so…

Its come to the point where I welcome delays and hallipy accept when a game gets shat during reviews because It just means I dont have to worry about it now or even play it when it comes out.

TheLobotomist,
@TheLobotomist@lemmy.world avatar

It probably has something to do with you growing up… Priorities change (not for everyone ofc) and taste as well in terms of fun. Accept it, don’t judge yourself and just go with the flow. Don’t force yourself to do something you don’t enjoy, time on this Earth is limited!

It can go both ways though e recently picked up reading manga again after a 7 years hiatus and I am enjoying it better than before!

JdW,

I have been playing games since 1980 or so and never have trouble picking up new games to play. Gamepass is awesome that way, I get to try a host of new games each month and one or two stick for weeks, months or longer. I almost never go back to previous games, apart from expansions of course.

sexual_tomato,

Last year I made a vow to put at least one hour into every game in my steam library (except ones I’ve played before or didn’t work).

I had about 120 games to get through. It took me most of the year. I ended up playing some “hidden” gems I’ll never forget ( Torment: Tides of Numeneria was a notable great).

Did I play Skyrim too? Of course. But I also got addicted to Risk of Rain. Were there some stinkers? Absolutely. But for every Dev-Guy (bad) there’s a DiveKick (good). For every Serious Sam 2, a Warhammer 40k: Space Marine.

Some of my most played games right now are Into The Breach, Slay The Spire, and Vampire Survivors - none of them are complicated. They all respect your time.

I think what it is is the immersion. You know you’ll be interrupted before you’re “done” so you can’t let yourself mentally wander off into the world.

So, play a game that respects that limitation.

Asudox,
@Asudox@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah. I have lots of games in my steam library but I only play tf2 lol

noobdoomguy8658,

name every hat

Asudox,
@Asudox@lemmy.world avatar

idk I never really bothered with trading much

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

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