Ask Lemmy

I was more curious at beginning, then I become addicted to MMOs so gaming become focused, while playing casual other games as break from MMOs. Fortunately I defeat my addiction but now I lost interest in gaming, I see many titles but I don't see any point to play. I remember playing for sharing fun was my deal, PlayStation one with friends then MMOs with guilds and virtual friends. But addiction kicks hard with the needs to grind and grind, to like give at this friends a golden guild-hall, but at what cost? Real life where anything as grow, only misery.

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

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

I have too much other shit going on and can't mentally set it all aside any more which keeps me from getting immersed in games. There's just always something else in the back of my mind I'm also thinking about when I'm trying to play. I try getting everything done first so I can concentrate but there's just so much.

Idk man the updates to games I've played for years get me very excited.

Playing other games? Why though.

Hmm, this is an interesting one.

I rarely play alone anymore. Which makes it even more difficult as you get older. It's hard to match up with other people when life keeps them equally busy.

I've also noticed that I want a new experience from my games, kind of like searching for that new movie. Games rich in their story and yet not that distracted in side quests seem to keep me going. God of War was ideal, Horizon too. Baldurs Gate 3 had me for a while, but most online titles suck the time out of me at almost no return.

I stopped buying games after I noticed I still only open my typical three :/
Also is a good way of saving money :)

Most of my friends don't play video games anymore but I love em more than when I was a kid. Like in school I had no time to play but now I can work from home and I can automate lots of it so plenty of time for hobbies.

The only issue is my tastes are rather niche, I think I finished every story and choice focused RPG where you make your own character. I do like games like Stardew Valley or Minecraft and I play those while a new RPG comes along.

Depends on the game...

Really enjoying Gotham Knights currently...

Certainly didn't have any trouble getting into Red Dead 2.

I have struggled to stick with Cyberpunk 2077 though... Haven't tried getting back in since this recent update though.

I mostly play indies now as I can get new experiences with them. I buy an AAA title less than once a year on average now

I'm totally not interested in the stories much at all anymore. Video game story-telling has always been pretty cringe, but as a kid and teen I didn't think so. Go back and play some games I genuinely liked the story for back in the day and I can't stand them now. I prefer games that are just fun to play. Most popular games these days are simply not fun to play. They are entirely focused on their storytelling and use light gimmicks or have repetitive gameplay that gets boring well before the story finishes, making it a chore just to hear the story.

You are just getting older. You cant expect to keep doing the same thing over and over and get the same high from it. Chasing the dragon. You need to include fresh, new experiences to liven things up. You'll always ennoy games to some degree, but you will never get the aame satisfaction from it that you did when you were tounger and it was fresher.

True. However, you’d be getting paid to do stuff like one square at a time, so that’s a job. Not just playing for fun.

I find that as I get older, I struggle trying to keep up with players in high competition games...games like CoD, Halo, even Rocket League I simply cannot get better no matter how much I try. I used to enjoy those kinds of games when I was younger but it makes me a little sad to know I can't play them...

So I play single player RPGs or Co-op.....I'm an absolute sucker for Starfield and similar games

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.