Has anyone else "gone off" games?

[Maxf]

Ive lost interest a bit - I think I need to try a few of the cheaper independent games, or maybe even try going down the vintage console route. Certainly a lot of modern games feel like going through the motions these days.

[Mr Snrub]

The insidious rise of microtransactions is really putting me off. Loaded up Gears of War 4 for the first time yesterday and was immediately shown a message about their amazing loot crate system, including the all in one pack for a mere £79.99, or 3 times what I paid for the actual game. Looking into it a bit more you get a tiny amount of starting characters and skins, and the only way to get more is to gamble on these crates. Gears 3 had expensive weapon skins, but at least if you wanted a specific one you could just buy it, and extra characters unlocked as you levelled up. Now it's a choice between a tedious grind or paying real money, and hoping I get the thing I want. What a complete rip off.

[Ynox]

Kind of here - it's more a time thing. I'm either working, or my wife wants me to be sociable and talk to her rather than playing video games!

[chris watton]

Mr Snrub said:

The insidious rise of microtransactions is really putting me off. Loaded up Gears of War 4 for the first time yesterday and was immediately shown a message about their amazing loot crate system, including the all in one pack for a mere £79.99, or 3 times what I paid for the actual game. Looking into it a bit more you get a tiny amount of starting characters and skins, and the only way to get more is to gamble on these crates. Gears 3 had expensive weapon skins, but at least if you wanted a specific one you could just buy it, and extra characters unlocked as you levelled up. Now it's a choice between a tedious grind or paying real money, and hoping I get the thing I want. What a complete rip off.

Or buying a new game at full price that transpires to have little content, or content missing that was promised in the pre sales blurb, meaning you have to spend the same again on what is called a 'Season Pass'.

[kowalski655]

And Day 1 DLC that you have to buy to use, BUT IS ALREADY ON THE DISC!!

[Xaero]

I haven't really gone off games but certainly don't seem to be able to make time for them these days. Especially since becoming a father. I only played my PS3 (no point in buying a PS4 with lack of time) this year when my wife went abroad for a month between DIY tasks.

Work friend of mine says I can start playing again once the son is 6-7 or so as that's what he found.

[paul99]

The industry does seem to churn out that same old stuff again and again now, it's pretty boring. Saying that the PSVR has been a breath of fresh air, I'm playing all sorts of wacky games at the moment, VR is great for indie developers trying new things, lots of fun and very pick up and play.

[Morningside]

Started off playing games on the Apple 2. ZX81, Spectrum, MSX and then onto the PC.
Loved Doom and think I had about every conceivable add-on ever made (or so it seemed!), Duke Nukem and all the varieties based on the engines they used like Blood (fantastic underrated game), Hexen, Heretic and all others.

I think the last thing I really played is the Half Life 2 series.

Everything else just seems to need a massive computer upgrade to do anything. Now while I understand it's all progress I cannot justify spending a fortune on just a games machine so the alternative would be a games console but I prefer a keyboard and mouse arrangement. Controllers just drive me nuts.

[Mr Snrub]

chris watton said:

Mr Snrub said:

The insidious rise of microtransactions is really putting me off. Loaded up Gears of War 4 for the first time yesterday and was immediately shown a message about their amazing loot crate system, including the all in one pack for a mere £79.99, or 3 times what I paid for the actual game. Looking into it a bit more you get a tiny amount of starting characters and skins, and the only way to get more is to gamble on these crates. Gears 3 had expensive weapon skins, but at least if you wanted a specific one you could just buy it, and extra characters unlocked as you levelled up. Now it's a choice between a tedious grind or paying real money, and hoping I get the thing I want. What a complete rip off.

Or buying a new game at full price that transpires to have little content, or content missing that was promised in the pre sales blurb, meaning you have to spend the same again on what is called a 'Season Pass'.

The season pass (a "bargain" £41.74) doesn't even include any extra content. Just access to maps on a private server and a few card packs!

[Steven_RW]

Morningside said:

...but I prefer a keyboard and mouse arrangement. Controllers just drive me nuts.

Try a game that isn't a first person shooter. The transition to controller from mouse n keyb is a nightmare and frustrating so try something else first. Maybe a grand theft auto. Got me used to the controller without being annoyed at my inability to aim.

[tenohfive]

Morningside said:

Everything else just seems to need a massive computer upgrade to do anything. Now while I understand it's all progress I cannot justify spending a fortune on just a games machine so the alternative would be a games console but I prefer a keyboard and mouse arrangement. Controllers just drive me nuts.

I'm playing modern games (Titanfall 2, BF1) on a PC that I built in 2010/2011. And built at the higher-mid range price point - certainly nothing fancy. The only thing I've upgraded since then was putting in an SSD, something that isn't really a gaming upgrade. And I'm playing on medium to high settings. I won't claim to be putting out high framerates but everything is pretty, smooth and eminently playable.

You really don't have to upgrade every 5 minutes to be playing modern games.

[Patrick Bateman]

My attention span falters with a lot of games.

I've sunk serious hours into Football Manager, that will always be a game that is played in phases though. I can play games like Skyrim constantly for a while then one day I just don't quite feel like it and I'll never return to it.

[MartynVRS]

I definitely go through phases. I was really bad for playing lots of games a few years ago. On PS3 I've played and completed well over 70 games but these days I'm more particular. I'll always buy anything Uncharted and will buy The Last Of Us but once complete I may play once more on it's hardest difficulty then that's it. I've bought plenty of games where I've played for a few hours, got bored and never gone back (Last of Us), others I've lost hours in (Metal Gear). I often buy racers as I have a wheel but often end up being disappointed with them. Currently enjoying F1 2016, even with it's inane commentary but who know how long that will last. Before this weekend I'd only done one race and by Sunday night I'd finished half a season.

[Morningside]

Steven_RW said:

Morningside said:

...but I prefer a keyboard and mouse arrangement. Controllers just drive me nuts.

Try a game that isn't a first person shooter. The transition to controller from mouse n keyb is a nightmare and frustrating so try something else first. Maybe a grand theft auto. Got me used to the controller without being annoyed at my inability to aim.

That may be a good idea. I like the idea of GTA.

tenohfive said:

Morningside said:

Everything else just seems to need a massive computer upgrade to do anything. Now while I understand it's all progress I cannot justify spending a fortune on just a games machine so the alternative would be a games console but I prefer a keyboard and mouse arrangement. Controllers just drive me nuts.

I'm playing modern games (Titanfall 2, BF1) on a PC that I built in 2010/2011. And built at the higher-mid range price point - certainly nothing fancy. The only thing I've upgraded since then was putting in an SSD, something that isn't really a gaming upgrade. And I'm playing on medium to high settings. I won't claim to be putting out high framerates but everything is pretty, smooth and eminently playable.

You really don't have to upgrade every 5 minutes to be playing modern games.

Usefull to know, thanks.



What I have seen from on-line game playing is that most of the modern stuff seems to have a gimmick that is used time and time again throughout the game play. ie. the last of us with the listening...that type of thing.