Getting older. Not enjoying gaming like I used to

Getting older. Not enjoying gaming like I used to

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2,269 posts

136 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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I'm in my early forties, always been a gamer, even had a little computer games shop of my own back when an independent store could buy a AAA title from the publisher for re-sale cheaper than Tesco would sell it. I've seen consoles, good & bad, come and go.

I'm sitting there the other night playing the xbox one and I'm desperately trying to find enjoyment in games like I used to... but it's just not there.

I know I'm getting that bit older and slower, I'm nowhere near the player I used to be and maybe when something genuinely 'next gen' comes out, I'll feel different, but there's a bit of "seen it all before" at the moment.

Anyone else got to the point where gaming just doesn't do it for them any more?

Havoc856

2,072 posts

178 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Yup. 27 now and fed up of the same rehashed ste with the same bugs as previous versions. Run down corridor x for chase scene 4, shoot glowing balls to cripple boss a. Yada yada

Wolfenstein was the last game i played where i really enjoyed it. Yes its old school, yes its a reboot of an old story - but by God do i enjoy it. In fact I've recently started replaying it on 'uber' difficulty ha. I especially love the nod to previous games with the 'nightmare' dream sequences.

CrutyRammers

13,735 posts

197 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Yeah, actually. I'm looking forwards to the new Elite, but that's the first thing since GTA5 which has raised an interest. It all does seem a bit...meh.
Not sure it's getting old, I genuinely think that things have stagnated a bit, the next Gen stuff hasn't really had that magic which makes me want to go and buy it. BF4 is still the only thing that would tempt me into getting an Xbone at the moment, and now I'm thinking I may as well wait until the next one.

Havoc856

2,072 posts

178 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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CrutyRammers said:
Yeah, actually. I'm looking forwards to the new Elite, but that's the first thing since GTA5 which has raised an interest. It all does seem a bit...meh.
Not sure it's getting old, I genuinely think that things have stagnated a bit, the next Gen stuff hasn't really had that magic which makes me want to go and buy it. BF4 is still the only thing that would tempt me into getting an Xbone at the moment, and now I'm thinking I may as well wait until the next one.
Yes, do that - BF4 is dire.

Richyboy

3,739 posts

216 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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I remember goldeneye on the n64 being more playable than any current 1st person shooter and same for sensible soccer better than any current football game. Maybe if I played these now I'd feel different lol.

Game prices seem like they're fixed so you've got to wade through crap titles and wait every so often for a GTA or a COD.

The rift can't come sooner enough.

NNH

1,515 posts

131 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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I know what you mean - my PS3 died last month and I'm not sure whether to bother replacing it or upgrading to PS4. I only switched it on because I'd picked up a cheap copy of the Last of Us.

I think I'm getting much pickier about which games I want to spend my time on, with Fallout NV and ME3 being my last time sinks.

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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My sister is looking to buy her boyfriend an N64 for Christmas. Got me thinking that I miss things like Wipeout on the Playstation. Graphics not as fancy, not as complex but strangely more enjoyable.

croyde

22,701 posts

229 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Ah Golden Eye. That was brilliant.

I have just returned to owning a games console after a lengthy while. The Wii was gathering dust and I have a PS2 somewhere.

I bought the newest xBox360 after a mate recommended it as opposed to the Xbox One that he had just bought. Told me to save my money as he didn't think double the money was worth it.

Been quite happy with it and the, new to me, ability to download free demos. Liked a few of the CoD games but very quickly just started using it for NetFlix.

My kids have been playing MineCraft for ages on various platforms so I bought the game so that they could play it when visiting. I have always ignored their enthusiasm for this game and up to now know nothing about it then......

Last week I asked my son to show me what to do and within minutes I was hooked biggrin

He went home and around midnight I thought I'd have a quick go on my own. Next thing I knew it was 4am and I was watching the sun rise on my distant glittering skyscrapers from the terrace of my castle that I had built in the middle of a lake. My railway stretched off to the far reaches of my land crossing marble bridges and tunneling through mountains. I also have a vast network of tunnels that go out to the sea and head across the seabed in glass corridors.

I'm 52.

northwest monkey

6,370 posts

188 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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croyde said:
He went home and around midnight I thought I'd have a quick go on my own. Next thing I knew it was 4am and I was watching the sun rise on my distant glittering skyscrapers from the terrace of my castle that I had built in the middle of a lake. My railway stretched off to the far reaches of my land crossing marble bridges and tunneling through mountains. I also have a vast network of tunnels that go out to the sea and head across the seabed in glass corridors.

I'm 52.
Not just me thenlaugh

Kevin Mcloud would have a field day with my designs!

Proof though that fancy graphics aren't the maker of a good game.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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northwest monkey said:
croyde said:
He went home and around midnight I thought I'd have a quick go on my own. Next thing I knew it was 4am and I was watching the sun rise on my distant glittering skyscrapers from the terrace of my castle that I had built in the middle of a lake. My railway stretched off to the far reaches of my land crossing marble bridges and tunneling through mountains. I also have a vast network of tunnels that go out to the sea and head across the seabed in glass corridors.

I'm 52.
Not just me thenlaugh

Kevin Mcloud would have a field day with my designs!

Proof though that fancy graphics aren't the maker of a good game.
Minecraft is excellent.

Like others, i ignored it while my children played it. One evening I gave it a go on the xboxone and then spent hours building castles and railways going inside caverns and light hollowed out caves in mountains. hehe

m8rky

2,090 posts

158 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Podie said:
My sister is looking to buy her boyfriend an N64 for Christmas. Got me thinking that I miss things like Wipeout on the Playstation. Graphics not as fancy, not as complex but strangely more enjoyable.
Exactly this, same as people screaming for remakes of TOCA from codemasters. Nothing added, nothing taken away just the same game but better graphics would be awesome.
I think developers need to realise sometimes less is more.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Havoc856 said:
Yup. 27 now and fed up of the same rehashed ste with the same bugs as previous versions. Run down corridor x for chase scene 4, shoot glowing balls to cripple boss a. Yada yada

Wolfenstein was the last game i played where i really enjoyed it. Yes its old school, yes its a reboot of an old story - but by God do i enjoy it. In fact I've recently started replaying it on 'uber' difficulty ha. I especially love the nod to previous games with the 'nightmare' dream sequences.
i used to play solider of fortune and quake etc and played wolfestein and it was such a change from the call of duty st. i loved it, i just wish you could play online.

Games are just too big now and expensive, not the older days were there was a good choice it feels like a cookie cutter industry now, churned out the same st over and over.

i want a game to suck you in and not much does.

ymwoods

2,177 posts

176 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Thinking about it...the 360 has not been on since I completed GTA. Not a lot of games excite me anymore. In my youth I was the nerd that ran home from school then spent all night playing first-person shooters and never got bored. Now, I play at most for a few hours and then can't be bothered so go outside instead!

I can't wait for the 3d headset gaming to take off with some sort of Kinect style interface, but until then, the Xbox is a dust collector.

DoubleSix

11,691 posts

175 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Can relate.

RTSs are the only genre that hold my attention these days but barely any on consoles.

I'm hopeful Fallout will be worth the wait. GTA5 has failed to keep me entertained; just lots of not very good mini games when you break it down.


croyde

22,701 posts

229 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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One of my all time favs on the N64 was PilotWings. They never made a version for the Wii, although it was always hinted.

Sometimes I played the game and other times I just flew around the islands enjoying the view and landing my little gyrocopter whenever I fancied.

CrutyRammers

13,735 posts

197 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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DoubleSix said:
GTA5 has failed to keep me entertained; just lots of not very good mini games when you break it down.
I thought the story mode was excellent, but yeah, online was pretty poor really.

MarkRSi

5,782 posts

217 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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el stovey said:
northwest monkey said:
croyde said:
He went home and around midnight I thought I'd have a quick go on my own. Next thing I knew it was 4am and I was watching the sun rise on my distant glittering skyscrapers from the terrace of my castle that I had built in the middle of a lake. My railway stretched off to the far reaches of my land crossing marble bridges and tunneling through mountains. I also have a vast network of tunnels that go out to the sea and head across the seabed in glass corridors.

I'm 52.
Not just me thenlaugh

Kevin Mcloud would have a field day with my designs!

Proof though that fancy graphics aren't the maker of a good game.
Minecraft is excellent.

Like others, i ignored it while my children played it. One evening I gave it a go on the xboxone and then spent hours building castles and railways going inside caverns and light hollowed out caves in mountains. hehe
Another vote for Minecraft smile

Rather than getting the latest 'shoot them in the face' game (which lets face it isn't going to be as enjoyable as Goldeneye)/racing game/sports game etc. you need to think outside the box, may I also recommend this? winkhttp://www.pistonheads.com/Gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

ETA I'd also recommend Skyrim or one of the other Elder Scrolls games

vonuber

17,868 posts

164 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Have you tried playing something like Crusader Kings 2? As I've got older I've noticed I have gravitated more towards this sort of game rather than the CODs of this world.

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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m8rky said:
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I think developers need to realise sometimes less is more.
Sensible Soccer on the PC epitomises this - st graphics, but phenomenal gameplay.

DanoS4

863 posts

193 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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just binning my xbox 360 for the same reason.

Looking at a gaming PC for gaming duties now - nothing too OTT, but there just isn't that much out there that appeals.

Even reloaded Richard Burns Rally as it was brilliant.