Less and Less Time for Video Games...

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LP

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I was just wondering if I'm one of the few people who feels like they have less and less time for games and, on top of that, less of an attention span for them. I dunno how to explain it... But I used to be able to sit down and go through a fighting game with all of the characters, learning all of their moves and genuinely enjoying unlocking everything. I dunno...now everything just feels like a chore and I really just want to play and have fun (but, at the same time, I only have fun with playing with actual people in the room with me enjoying...or not enjoying the game =P).

This isn't for fighting games only, though...I really haven't sat down and played an RPG that wasn't a BioWare one in...years...and, on top of that, whereas I used to sit down and be a game like Metal Gear Solid or Chrono Cross time and time again, now, even when I tell myself I'm going to go back and play a game through again ,I never get around to it.

I'm honestly not sure what it is, because I really want to sit down and play a game, but I can't. Not sure if it's linked to it, but, ever since I've joined the military, I've also noticed that I've had a severe case of writer's block, even when, like with games, I really feel like I want to sit down and write. x_x
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And even with a game like MW2 FPS, I find myself bored half of the time. Though I'm usually on the winning team, I have more fun just putting on something like lightweight and marathon and running around trying to see how well I can flank an entire team than I do 'trying to win'. And I almost feel like people who camp and find glitches and what take the game too seriously...especially because I'm beasting them most of the time.
 
When I was 22, I felt the same way you did. I only enjoy playing 1 or 2 games at a time, and I prefer to focus on other things in my life. I can't shake the feeling that playing a game is a waste of time, unless there is some greater benefit- i.e. community;good times, ect.

RPG's are the worst, I can't stand playing the at all. Anything with grinding, just... no.

It's normal, in other words.

-Idle
 
IdleMind said:
When I was 22, I felt the same way you did. I only enjoy playing 1 or 2 games at a time, and I prefer to focus on other things in my life. I can't shake the feeling that playing a game is a waste of time, unless there is some greater benefit- i.e. community;good times, ect.

RPG's are the worst, I can't stand playing the at all. Anything with grinding, just... no.

It's normal, in other words.

-Idle
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That's exactly what I'm saying right now. Love trying to bring players together when I'm back home, but, every since I've gotten back up here, I've been...I dunno.

Guess, maybe, I'm trying to force myself to enjoy games when there's just a bunch that I don't anymore. It's time where I'll turn a game on and just leave it on for hours and then just play for around thirty minutes or turn it off all together after doing something else.

Glad to see I'm not going through some type of 'crisis'.
 
do you work? i could understand comming home all tired and playing for a few mins then getting bored cuz ur tired...

-_- happens to me all da tyme.

but certain games are horrid. but the hype causes them to be played
 
Well, I'm can't even work myself up to play when I don't have work, but, yeah, I'm active duty Army. Have to 'get up' in 3 hours but I have insomnia. x_x
 
That hit me a while back where I felt like "games aren't fun". I stopped being so analytical and abstract and forced myself to turn my brain off, and whatdayaknow, I started having a blast.

Try a game you haven't played before.
 
I was actually just thinking the same thing! And I know what you mean about turning my brain off...think that's part of the problem (thinking too much half of the time...which is also been linked to my insomnia).

Was just thinking about playing Fatal Frame 1 since I love the series and haven't even played that one yet.
 
I think too much too! Probably not as bad as you, but it keeps me from getting adequate sleep as well.

Well for me it was getting too much into the indie game scene and game design. I would analyze and judge the aspects of design and it wouldn't be about playing anymore. I'd see what it's trying to do and I'd see all the mechanics and I'd see all the flaws and then there wouldn't be anything left. If you're mainly playing fighters, I'm sure it's similar. You've probably played so many fighters that you probably focus too much on how it ticks rather than how it plays.
 
Yeah, that Fatal Frame thing didn't last long. Got bored watching the opening cutscene.

We really need some type of insomniacs club.

Tried working out a little bit. Used to try that in high school when I had trouble sleeping; didn't work then and doesn't work now.

But, yeah, I know I do tend to do that with fighting games nowadays. Think that's part of the reason I just can't get into too many of the newer fighting games. Was actually thinking about popping in some DOA4 and seeing how that does. And I'm getting tired of waiting on games to come out now just to be let down. x_x
 
My suggestion: Don't turn your brain off. If it sucks, it sucks. It's a natural transition in your life. Listen, SC4 is more or less the only game I play. My PS3 was a glorified SC4 machine. There's nothing wrong with that. Branch out and find something else to do, maybe.

-Idle
 
also, we have an insomniacs club. it is called 8wayrun javachat. there is a link at the top of the page. there are...almost always...other bored people there willing to play just about whatever you both may have, or to just look at pictures and talk about bullshit.
 
...I can sort of relate to this..

Back in the day of single-ton & mum support... I was an avid gamer with daily dosage of Counter-Strike, Soulcalibur 2 sessions w/ friends & even teh glorious hours of grinding for 255 stats in FFX; seems i spent a lifetime wandering the Calm Lands in my quest to at least get high enough 'luck' to at least hit Dark Bahamut & have a shot at taking down Penance the hard way.. >_<

But since getting married (to a non-gaming gurl no less =_=), getting house, kid, huge debts & holding down a job to somehow pay for it all... seems the only proper video games I'm able to play are the Fighting Games, since theyre the easiest to put down whenever my dear wife rings deh bell.. or when lil one cries out for a bottle of tehm expensive milk formulas... =_=

Only in the REALLY late hours am I able to get the chance to try for decent online sessions, which sux since I would end up falling asleep whilst waiting for my turn in the lobby.. >_< lol! ...i suppose thts no surprise @ 02.00 during weekdays.. >_<

...& fat chance in hell will I ever b able 2 touch any RPG games of any sort either.. =/


Conclusion:
Family/Debts/Work can & will kill Serious Gaming... >_<



...still, 'my soul still burnz!' ..& soulcalibur has been a good stress reliever, so I'll always find a way to get them sessions in.. even if its 'half-assed' online ones..
 
This happened to me as well. The only games I seem to play frequently are fighting games, and even that is seldom (ie - only in the presence of some competition or company). I'll play some Bioware RPGs though, but once I'm through with them, I really don't play much of anything at all.

This also occurred with anime. Thought I'd never get bored of it but around 3-4 years ago my interest began to wane. Only a few titles hold my interest really. Got tired of all the repeated stuff you see over and over except dressed differently. It's just not funny to me or entertaining anymore. I tried watching that Clannad shit that everyone keeps saying is good, but after around 5 episodes it felt like I was being forcefed. Too much dumb cutesy retarded shit that really turned me off. I can see myself probably liking it when I was younger, but now?

I noticed I use my PS3 more for watching shows and movies, rather than games.
 
IdleMind said:
My suggestion: Don't turn your brain off. If it sucks, it sucks. It's a natural transition in your life. Listen, SC4 is more or less the only game I play. My PS3 was a glorified SC4 machine. There's nothing wrong with that. Branch out and find something else to do, maybe.

-Idle
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I disagree. There is no reason you can't enjoy mature and I suppose, juvenile, entertainment. I think this applies to life in general as well- It's a cliche that kids are happier than adults, and I think it's because the older you get the more seriously you take things. Many are probably playing now just for the culture and camaraderie- but then again, I would hardly know the difference between old and young.

I mean you don't have to play games, but I think it's sad to give up something that once made you so happy, and even sadder to persist at it but not enjoy it.
 
Shenrei said:
I tried watching that Clannad shit that everyone keeps saying is good, but after around 5 episodes it felt like I was being forcefed. Too much dumb cutesy retarded shit that really turned me off. I can see myself probably liking it when I was younger, but now?
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Lol me too, I somehow made it to episode 10 though. People say it's supposed to be one of the best/most moving animes, but the plot doesn't even make sense.
 
my roomate in college was bugging me to watch it for forever but I'd seen part of another Key(?) series, the Kanon remake and was totally bored after a few episodes so I figured teh same thing would happen. eventually he got me to watch about half the first season with him but it was so slow and boring >_>
 
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