Growing Out of Video Games

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"Too much suspension of disbelief. Their stories tend to be really shallow. "

If you care about that shit you probably never liked video games all that much in the first place. The strength of the medium is interactivity and most games that put effort into story and believability usually suck as games. In fact most story heavy games suck all around.


(also why doesn't the quote button not appear for OP posts anyway)
 
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Maybe your interests have just flowed somewhere else for now or youre looking for something else out of them. I know my best year for gaming was in freshman year of college and that was because I had the most interactivity coming out of it. I was lonely and bored but there were other nerds out there who were only slightly younger or older than me who I could play battlefield with on weekends and bond with for the year. Then life got harder, I was forced to grow up some more and then I picked up new habits and a worse internet connection. So I spent the past year being lazy and halfassing jrpgs, strategy games and books because it was comfy and I wanted to take my own pace in life again. Life changes a lot and so will your interests and that's ok. They'll still be there if you want them and maybe it's not the time to have some great all encompassing passion rather than a small pet hobby to poke at.
 
The problem is that gaming is a fucking time warp. I can't afford to come home from work and then get on my computer and piss away 4 hours of my night. It's just not worth it, mentally or physically. I need that time to decompress, get shit done around the house, play with my dog, etc.

On the weekends I'll boot up Mordhau for an hour or two and duel some nerds, but that's about it. I think that games can enrich your life like any other type of media, but only up to a certain point.
 
I'm honestly surprised at anyone who's still into video games after 18-20, especially if it's Nintendo stuff.
How do you guys manage to keep that interest up and not get busy with life? I'm somewhat jealous since they managed to entertain me a lot before feeling like an unenjoyable waste of time, so a part of me wishes I wouldn't have grown out of them.
 
I suppose it's several factors.

Little foresight, I as a lot of you here, grew up playing video games; reminiscing about some fond titles that have piqued your interest in the hobby. Gaming felt like an escape. And it felt unreal, new, exciting. GTA 3 and Vice City was what started my interest, then Uncharted and Xbox Live with Modern Warfare 2 to start.

Time and money. Being in college, you'd have to crunch your time into work, assignments, studying and transiting to adult life. Gaming is a huge time sink that you'd eventually see yourself being strained to enjoy it as much as you can or have sleepless night. Money especially. DLC, subscriptions, loot boxes. It all adds up.

Waning interest. With that time comes interest. Eventually you may find other things that would take up your time that feel new. Gaming doesn't feel new anymore. The last game that felt long-term for me was Overwatch. The new maps, modes and characters all for free and consistent updates. Nothing really feels "exciting", just been there done that.

Not to mention I was in a bad part in my life, so some things had to go. Maybe I'll get back into gaming, but for now, it's collecting dust.
 
I've grown out of vidya years ago. Right now my backlog is yuuuge and I don't think I could ever finish it.

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I collect games these days on the off chance that one day I might be in the mood to play them, but it happens less and less.
 
I've been like that for a long time.

I was always more into girly shit like Zelda and the Sims and by the time I was 17-18 I got really into Visual Novels and PWRPGS (Think world of war craft meets second life, the focus of the game being far more on storytelling and character development).

I occasionally work up the interest to make something new and hop online for a little bit but then I lose interest quickly. Whereas before I played the same character on this thing from after 9 to the early hours while at university for several years now I can't keep my interest long enough.

Time also doesn't help with work, but if I'm being perfectly honest I could find time. I just prefer being social RL to playing games now.
 
New singleplayer games are often shoddy, RPGs poorly written, and the obsession with metagaming in multiplayer is giving me an aneurysm.
That and having an actual job that tires me out saps the motivation to even revisit old and enjoyable titles.
 
I grew out of video games mostly because games aren't as quality as they used to be.

There was a 3D game that had a class-less system like Ultima Online, once, with wood chopping, smithing, etc. It was very fun. That was my first MMORPG. Then I tried Ultima Online and I got hooked, on a freeshard, years after its apex.

My nostalgia spell in 2015 had me enjoying UO to the greatest, but I always demand the same level of genius versatility and whatnot from other online games. That never happens.

Single-player wise, The Witcher III broke the curse of repetition in games. I hate it when things get repetitive and I get that coders only have so much time to build a playable release but when you look at things like Diablo III and doing a TR15 for the 100th time you realize that you are acting like a hamster running inside a wheel.
 
Just a fag dijo:
I grew out of video games once the wonder of it all became the least important aspect of it. multiplayer games were ruined by streaming, now single-player games are ruined by greedy & shitty devs and companies. the only future in gaming is VR, and if what has preceded it is any sign, I don't see any good coming from it other than porn VR, which in itself is just sad.

I will say, the only games that have intrigued me in recent past have been ones like The Last of Us/Walking Dead/The Wolf Among Us etc.
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Good news: You never liked games. Bad news: You have shit taste in visual novels.
 
There's a lot of garbage these days but there are also a few very good games. I've picked up other hobbies over the years but gaming was always in between even if maybe not as much as when I was a kid or something. (but who has the time for that anyways) I'd not say so much that I'm less interested in games themselves but it's more that it has become impossible to navigate the market and I often don't feel like sorting out what I'd like and what I'd not like for hours without even using that time really.

I also notice the internet has become way too big an unproductive timesink for me and I'm constantly trying to reduce my browsing and shitposting. My other hobbies include making actual things with my hands and it's a lot more rewarding than anything a videogame offers can ever be. That's why I'm more interested in videogames that are simulations I can interact with and that are more about being the way being their own reward, instead of actually working for a specific goal. Bit like the Maxis' of old "software toys" philosophy.

I noticed I'm reading a lot more books than I used to recreationally. It's a lot easier to find proper book reviews (in contrast to game reviews) that aren't just tons of shilling and people on youtube making loud noises for 14 year olds.
 
I just can't bring myself to play 90% of the time lately, even though I love the games I have and I spent my childhood dreaming about VR. It's kind of sad, but there's so much better shit to do.
Even just shitposting is more rewarding to me these days.
 
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"Too much suspension of disbelief. Their stories tend to be really shallow. "

If you care about that shit you probably never liked video games all that much in the first place. The strength of the medium is interactivity and most games that put effort into story and believability usually suck as games. In fact most story heavy games suck all around.


(also why doesn't the quote button not appear for OP posts anyway)
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I played tons of video games in high school, fair amount in early college, and had an interest in them that extended to reading about their design and trying obscure indie ones (in addition to the AAA).

But, the preference for realistic, structured storytelling is itself something that’s probably changed.
 
I still play them when I want to relax and have nothing else to do. Ie, once every 2 or 3 of weeks, maybe more. I have my set of games I like, and don't really deviate from them. Maybe get one or two new ones a year. Otherwise, there are just more fun things for me do when I am free. Used to play the crap out of them when I was a kid/teenager (as much as possible) just grew out of it when I went to college and had to socially interact.
 
People who claim they are or have grown out of games just went through some life changes that leaves them incompatible with the format; new job/loss of free time, children of the wrong age or a significant other that makes their enjoyment impossible. Rarely it's a lack of new content/games that hit the different pleasure centers of your problem-solving center of the brain, which is crazy since more and more new creators dive in every year. Some people lose their passions overall, it's just life I guess. I've seen it enough in other people, but on the other hand I can't wrap my head around it at all.
 
No, but I feel I'm less willing to give new shit a try now. I pretty much only look forward to new games that are part of an established series that I like. I don't even play free shit I get from Humble or GOG most of the time.
 
My tastes have changed. I really like turn based and 4x stuff a lot, ive always enjoywd them but they're my go to. If more games were like xcom I'd be happy.

I've lot interest in fpses and action adventure though.

I also have to have something playing in the background. A game alone just doesn't keep my attention. Luckily everyone's doing streaming and podcasts now so it works out.
 
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