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Not Enjoying Games Anymore? Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 06:23:37 Id: d88aab No. 1289861

This is sort of a meta thread, so feel free to remove it if it's the wrong place for this. Anyway, have you all ever become burnt out on video games? I've felt like recently no matter what I play, I just can't enjoy it. I get the initial enjoyment of starting the game that I've been thinking about for a very long time, but I just don't have the reason or motivation to care to see it through, and the more I force myself to continue the game, the more I hate it. The last time I enjoyed a game was when I was playing through the MGS series. I racked up a list of things I wanted to play or replay because at that moment, I was solely focused on playing MGS. After I finished, I took a short break and decided I wanted to play DMC, since I tried it a long time ago and thought maybe I'd enjoy it on another attempt. I started out liking it, but slowly began to hate it, and eventually I dropped it. I went on to replay Nier after that because I remember very fondly those characters and wanted to check it out again, but didn't have the investment to see past the first few hours. Then a friend bought me Death Stranding, another game I disliked before, but decided I would give another go. After about 5 hours, I lost steam for it. I then tried to play Thief, a brand new game, and while I loved the game's atmosphere and think it's amazingly designed, I quit that one, too, because it just didn't spark anything in me. Now I've been fiending for a Sekiro replay after getting more into samurai films, and Sekiro is one of my favorites, but even now I feel like I'd rather be playing something else, like Ghost of Tsushima or Nier. On the flip side, I played Shantae somewhere in between those games and was hooked, I loved it, and I'm replaying Morrowind right now because it's a game that's near to my heart and am similarly in love with it. I know I can like games, but for some reason, I just can't enjoy the ones I feel so interested in playing. There's just something missing from me that's not letting me enjoy new games. I've mostly just resigned to doing my other hobbies by now. It makes me very frustrated, though, like something's broken about me. It's as if I like the idea of playing these games than actually playing them. I want to like them, but I just can't. Have you anons ever experienced this issue? How did you fix it?

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 06:30:11 Id: 79fe09 No. 1289869

No I'm enjoying them, I'm just not playing them.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 07:08:51 Id: 398b4d No. 1289961

Variety is the spice of life, anon. Most of the games you mentioned are 3rd person action games. When was the last time you played a puzzle game? La-Mulana or anything by Zachtronics could be a great. What about weird shit? First Land or Nidus. A shmup, maybe?(You posted 2hou) The same based dude who drew this also made Devil Blade(he even worked with Vanillaware). Or a visual novel? Look, I’m not telling you to play these games. But it’s imperative to step outside your comfort zone if you really want to appreciate the medium as a whole. No need to replay shit you didn't like at first glance either > I played Shantae... I loved it. Good. Then play more games like Shantae. >Ive mostly just resigned to doing my other hobbies by now Why?? That’s the dumbest shit you could do. Life, fortunately, isn’t just video games. Have you noticed how old most of the games you’re playing are? The modern industry is shit, sure, thats why taking a break is fine, and that's where your other hobbies come in handy. Literally do anything else for now.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 07:11:18 Id: f2b381 No. 1289975

Feel the exact same way except I can play games I've already played and liked about 4-6 years ago. Of course if I've already played them to death I can't play them anymore (such as Mass Effect trilogy, New Vegas, and Oblivion). The one exception to that rule is Atom RPG which I played for roughly 24 hours about a year ago but never completed it. I tried getting into Wasteland 3 but map navigation is tedious, it would have been much better if they widened it out and not just place radiation anywhere they clearly don't want you to go yet.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 07:21:32 Id: fd485e No. 1290005

>How did you fix it? Go play some Dreamcast games. Most devices can emulate it with ease at playable performances. Go get Dead or Alive 2, Crazy Taxi, & Puyo Pop Fever right now and play them. They won't take up much of your time, they're easy to get into, but more importantly, they're fun

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 07:30:50 Id: f2b381 No. 1290044

>>1290005 >Puyo Pop Fever <proto mobage shit >Crazy Taxi <arcade game you can't hold down for more than an hour without getting bored because it has no depth >Dead or Alive 2 <fighting games

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 08:26:05 Id: bb0081 No. 1290172

Take a break, nigga. Burning out just means you need time away.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 08:28:54 Id: f8d3d0 No. 1290178

We have this thread every week I have three ways of dealing with it >Take a break from gaymin' >Try a completely different genre than I'm used to >Pick out a game from random and play it

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 08:31:07 Id: 47812f No. 1290186

>Have you anons ever experienced this issue? How did you fix it? For me, Valheim is the therapeutic game against this. It's also greatly improved by mods. Go give it a try. I recommend Cartography Table Map Restriction mod for immersion's sake, it disables opening overland map except through a special station. It allows you to experience getting lost, without being overbearing. I've yet to reach the endgame, which is gearing up and making local copies of maps used by servers to explore for what other players once built

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 08:37:06 Id: 0195dc No. 1290206

Copy-pasting my reply to the lounge thread since I didn't know this thread existed: >I feel like I've lost my love for gaming. Haven't touched anything in several months, and any time I get the urge it gets overridden by "yeah nah that's cringe mate". Like I recognize them as little more than pointless dopamine levers. Yet I still watch jewtubes on vidya and come to places like this, like I'm desperately trying to cling to the one thing that made me, me. Did the eternal boomer finally win in convincing me that my chosen glowing rectangle is "childish"?

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 09:54:23 Id: e62c83 No. 1290385

>>1289861 Experienced the same with anime and manga, and as other anons have already pointed out: Variety is the spice of life. I avoided competitive shooters and other multiplayer games like CSGO and LoL because I'm a sore loser and I don't have skill in those games, but that resulted in me also avoiding similar genres like single player FPS or boomer shooters like Doom. But I found this one indie boomer shooter called The Citadel and I enjoyed it. Before that I was playing mostly 2D survivalcraft like Terraria and Dont Starve Together (but I play it solo) and whatever indie games I could find. Oh, probably should look into indie games and maybe even game jams, there's a whole world of games outside of best sellers on Steam and GOG. And if you're just tired of vidya in general, you can take a break and indulge in something else like movies.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 13:59:10 Id: 94879d No. 1291127

>>1289861 I get the impressions that 1) you hype games up too much before you play them, expecting something great every time, even in cases where you've already played the game before and you didn't even like it. why? a more realistic expectation would lead to less disappointment. few games are great. most games are mediocre. this is true for every other medium as well, not just games. you're not going to be happy consuming any medium with the expectation of one great thing after another. 2) you always set out to finish games and then feel bad for not finishing. why? the reality is all games are front-loaded nowadays. this isn't subjective, devs openly talk about frontloading games to hook players and to carry players through the initial friction of new controls, new level design patterns and such. every developer puts the most polish on the first few levels / the first two open world areas / the first "act". the more good content you have and the smarter you are about spreading it out with subtle filler the less likely a player will perceive it as front-loaded, but all games do it, even the best ones. I suspect some devs use a turd sandwich approach where they reserve some of the good stuff for the end game, so in a three act structure you get a quality curve like "great-mediocre-good". but most games blatantly follow curves like "great-good-mediocre", "good-mediocre-mediocre" or "mediocre-bad-awful". they start as strong as they can muster and then they only get worse. if you're confident you found the dropoff point where a game runs out of polished, creative content, and you have other games to play, quit and don't look back. completionism is OCD and the antithesis of fun. I only didn't quit the good Robocop Rogue City after 9 hours because I had hopes that more good stuff was hiding around the next corner. I knew it had the potential because of several hours of good or even great content, which had been paced almost perfectly. most games are not like this. most games never give you a reason to believe in them, so don't! always assume after 2-4 hours that you have already seen the best a game has to offer. if nothing better is going to happen, do you still want to keep playing? the answer is usually No. that's just how it is.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 15:22:15 Id: 1d6252 No. 1291424

>>1289861 Nope, I've been enjoying the Oblivion remaster and playing rimworld lately. Even if I get burnt out on a specific game I'll just play something else

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 15:54:05 Id: a761bc No. 1291553

>>1289861 maybe take a break and read a book or two then jump into a diffrent genre or game

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 16:00:37 Id: 3e3d0c No. 1291567

>>1289861 Just play shmups dude, no other genre can compete

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 17:03:23 Id: 6ec32d No. 1291799

Playing videogames instead of crying about them on imageboards does an awful lot for avoiding issues with burnout.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 17:26:22 Id: 9130f5 No. 1291920

>>1289861 https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/14-percent-of-north-americans-still-play-gaming-systems-released-before-2000 Return to tradition.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 17:30:27 Id: f8d3d0 No. 1291940

>>1291920 I'm curious what these stats are for other regions. I'd guess it's probably the same or slightly lower in Japan, significantly lower in China, and higher in Europe.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 19:11:22 Id: 3c5ac8 No. 1292545

My biggest issue in game enjoyment usually comes from the halfway point if a playthrough, where I start trying to maximize time efficiency instead of stopping to smell the roses. For example in Oblivion, now that I have 100 Restoration I'm able to fortify Speed to insane levels to quickly get from point A to point B, which I've stopped doing because it makes me feel like I'm just rushing for the next dopamine hit instead of getting immersed. That said, I still enjoy plenty of games. Hitman WoA, Elden Ring repkay (with friends), and Baba is You have all been fun games I've played lately

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 19:33:42 Id: 093237 No. 1292645

I came to the realization a few years ago that I have very niche taste when it comes to video games, to the point where 99% of the new stuff I play I only kinda enjoy or outright dislike. Most of the time I end up playing old games from my childhood, and that makes talking about video games with other people impossible since most of the experiences I can speak to are from early-2000s or earlier Nintendo games.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 19:37:03 Id: 84944a No. 1292663

Games are meant to compliment a versatile man not be the main form of investment. If you have a multitude of hobbies or responsibilities occupying your time the brainrot doesn't set in from playing vidya 6-12 hours a day. Its not even a meme.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 19:44:33 Id: 3e3d0c No. 1292705

>>1292645 What games did you play recently?

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 20:00:18 Id: 093237 No. 1292773

>>1292705 I try to do weekly meetups with friends to play Mario Kart Double Dash, usually only 1 guy shows up though. We used to do the LAN stuff, but everyone's just too busy nowadays. I used to do Alttp randomizer runs on a regular basis as well, but I got burnt out on them and haven't done any in almost a year. Back when I had more free time I'd replay the first two Pikmin games (Pikmin 2 is my favorite game), one of the pre-Skyward Sword Zelda games, pre-Wii U Mario, sometimes I'll even revisit Chulip or Stretch Panic (those were the only PS2-exclusive games that really stuck with me) or even some third-party junk, but I haven't done that since the start of 2024. Sometimes I'll try to play some games with my younger sister whenever I visit her and her boyfriend, but none of them ever catch my interest more than superficially.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 21:45:50 Id: d6f492 No. 1293321

>>1289861 no such thing. sounds like just treating it like a job, which kills the joy in anything >>1290044 >dissing puyo are you sure you're on the right board?

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 22:46:46 Id: 51ca97 No. 1293562

>>1289861 the MGS games are just something else. it makes sense you'd feel burnt out after that. lots of imitators, other games that came after that learned from them, but nothing comes close to scratching the itch. but overall you're just burnt out, take a break, do something else for a bit. or maybe try something out of left field. i played SMT 1 on SNES even though i don't really go for dungeon crawlers and really enjoyed what i played of it. i didn't finish it but the atmosphere was pretty cool. (the game has some pretty egregious balance issues and high encounter rate so it gets VERY repetitive by time you're 2/3ds of the way through) >>1290186 yeah having a palette cleanser game you go to when you feel like this can be nice, just an old favorite you can pop in and play for awhile. >>1290206 i just think gaming is gay and retarded now tbh. it's been true for over a decade at this point but these big companies are targeting the lowest common denominator of mouthbreathing normie nigger cattle, so of course the popular ecosystem sucks. >>1292645 i would look more into indie games. we've finally evolved past the point of every indie game just being some hipster's gay pixel 2deep4u wank and there's some really great, niche stuff coming out now. Erenshor is a single player take on classic MMOs like Everquest, it's not for everyone but it can only exist in the indie space.

Anonymous 04/30/2025 (Wed) 23:34:34 Id: ab7859 No. 1293755

>>1289861 >Have you anons ever experienced this issue? How did you fix it? Yes and here is what I do to fix that, in between games I play an arcade game like a shmup or a a puzzle game for a few days, the objective is to relax, the objective is to put you in a zone, you can also try multiplayer games like TF2 or Xonotic, avoid story driven multiplayer games with complex mechanics, you need something that is going to put you in THE ZONE. Also, do not play the same genre one after the other, this includes themes as well, play something whimsical or cutesy after finishing a horror or action game, and try genres that you never played. Another thing that I do to help alleviate the burn out is to cheat, some games are not worthy the time but you still want to complete it for whatever reason, just use cheats.

Anonymous 05/01/2025 (Thu) 03:44:38 Id: 093237 No. 1294739

>>1293562 >i would look more into indie games. I spent most of my teenage years combing through bargain bin eShop, Steam store and mobile app store games trying to find games to play that didn't cost more than a few bucks. Most of those games that I liked have either been lost to time or haven't gotten any sequels or updates in years. Maybe I should go back out there and try to find some newer indie games to invest my time in. >Erenshor is a single player take on classic MMOs like Everquest That actually sounds really interesting, might check that out eventually.

Anonymous 05/02/2025 (Fri) 19:41:35 Id: 7a744f No. 1303575

>>1289861 Watch the movie Melancholia. You will relate to the main character Justina a lot. Know that there is genuinely nothing you can do but accept that you and the industry both have changed

Anonymous 05/02/2025 (Fri) 21:26:51 Id: 4e5a04 No. 1304182

i play mostly to learn japanese these days

Anonymous 05/03/2025 (Sat) 05:18:02 Id: 810a30 No. 1306564

I think I've finally come to the terms that freeware and open sauce is probably the most ethically and logistically correct production of video games. Potentially this came in part by how rancid the indie space became over the course of the 2010's, to where that "indiepocalypse" alarm bell was rung because Steam Greenlight & Direct meant a 100x increase in titles. And yet developers from solos to ex-AAA startups kept on pumping out more content, with increasingly more marketing juice to keep up with all that darn hecking competition that never ends. And so in the year of 2016+9 the indiescape is flooded with artisanal tailormade handcrafted prestige crowned SLOP in all but name. Stallman was right again!

Anonymous 05/04/2025 (Sun) 17:02:31 Id: d146e6 No. 1314208

>>1306564 What does this have to do with Free Software? I'm confused.

Anonymous 05/04/2025 (Sun) 21:25:50 Id: d146e6 No. 1315414

>>1303575 I don't understand why she had to make sex with that dude from her work. I guess she was already depressed even before the wedding so she was "calm" knowing everyone would die anyway even though that's not what she wanted, she's retarded. >>1289861 I'm going through this too and I guess there's nothing we can do except play some old games from time to time. The industry is quite stale in terms of ideas for now so instead of playing vidya i'm trying to create my own and experiment with things.

Anonymous 05/04/2025 (Sun) 21:38:31 Id: 9782f2 No. 1315452

>>1291940 I usually see my normalfag friends play older stuff on their PS2s and PS3s than most modern shit. They still buy the modern shit out of FOMO alone, marketing is a drug.

forsenE Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 14:09:52 Id: 0429c2 No. 1608460

You guys missed it but some bot was spamming image of child models. Probably Israeli bot in order to get the website flagged as all Israeli IP are banned.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 14:53:47 Id: 2c1d25 No. 1608556

I think I genuinely have a health problem, it's like I don't produce dopamine. I noticed when playing games that I wasn't playing it to get any enjoyment out of it, playing single player games that were more of a chore or outright enraging in their difficulty, looking to get achievements not because I enjoyed it but just because it was something to waste time on, or playing multiplayer games just for the illusion of having company while never actually engaging in conversation. Projects I had I've completely abandoned, just don't see the point in continuing to work on them, I don't even enjoy listening to music any more. I can't even jerk off any more, not that I can't get it up but I get bored and tired after a few minutes, and just give up. Is this what being dead inside is like? >>1303575 that movie sucked

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 14:57:25 Id: c6ad6b No. 1608565

>>1608556 >>>/vb/29201 Dopamine detox? I know it's a buzzword term, you all know what I mean.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 14:58:33 Id: 8b9626 No. 1608568

>>1608460 thank you, now this shitty "WAAAH MY LIFE SUCKS" thread will be on the catalog for several more months

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 16:26:55 Id: 9782f2 No. 1608775

>>1608556 You need endorphins, go work out under the sun.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 17:55:32 Id: 03329f No. 1608970

A few years ago I had complete burnout. I had a heap of Vidya to play but no urge to do so. Then I did something most people would call me insane for. I deleted over 100 games from my Steam account I bought during sales and the the like, but never played as well as doing the same thing on GOG and doing this was the best thing I could have done. I realized I still loved games, but I was being bogged down by too much choice. By cutting the dead weight, I freed myself and now I buy or pirate one game at a game and dedicate myself to that before moving on. Best decision I made.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 17:58:10 Id: 3be454 No. 1608973

>>1608556 Take a break from vidya and get a general health check. Eat better, exercise and get some sun, keep yourself away from negative people and bad news (which includes this place in parts, just be careful of which threads you visit and which posts you read), go somewhere interesting

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 19:05:14 Id: 2c1d25 No. 1609178

>>1608973 I already haven't played anything in months, I eat a snack maybe once a month just to break the monotony, I'm totally divorced from any kind of news except what I hear via word of mouth, and at most I only sit at a computer a few hours a day for the whole week since there's just too much shit to get done and even to just sit for longer than a few minutes at a time is a literal pain in the ass.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 19:05:58 Id: 996fcf No. 1609181

>>1608556 >>1608973 Maybe stay away from 24 hour news on TV and internet too. I think it's dragging everyone down.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 19:06:44 Id: 8ed7a5 No. 1609184

I can't enjoy video games when my life has been put on hold indefinitely and when I go outside all I see are ugly niggers pushing baby caddies while I can't even get a girlfriend to love me. My country is being invaded and I'm stuck here in my room. But yeah I still play vidya sporadically. Mostly niche, indie stuff or old games. Two years ago I got big into retro collecting, spent a bunch of money on stuff I always wanted, result: it's all collecting dust now or in boxes. New video games don't interest me at all. >>1608556 To me it sounds like you have low testosterone. Go get your levels checked, exercise and get some sun on your face (and balls).

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 19:50:30 Id: 3a7d0b No. 1609282

Take a break, don't force yourself to try and have fun. Play things on impulse, get rid of the idea of a backlog. You're turning it into a job or obligation by doing so when vidya are supposed to be fun. Do other things you enjoy, in my case I'm watching anime and other shit at the moment. I'll get around to what I want to play eventually.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 19:54:06 Id: 3d45b1 No. 1609286

>>1289861 Which DMC did you play?

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 20:44:03 Id: 1c523f No. 1609391

>>1289861 I recently realized I'm not really burned out on vidya, just on new vidya. I really don't want to just be like old good new bad, but I don't know how to articulate this at all. The most I can say is older stuff feels like far less of a slog to play even on actual slogs like DK64, while newer games legitimately feel like a waste of time.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 22:02:39 Id: 19d698 No. 1609560

You know, I first heard of the concept of a video game backlog from shithead YouTube essayists. And when have those fucks had a useful opinion? >>1609184 Legacy of Darkness wasn't bad, but I actually prefer CV64 just because of how crusty it is. It's actually a fast game to play once you know it. >>1609391 Production costs vs value of play. That's before getting into the antics of how new vidya, in order to meet their costs, have had to partner with firms to get their games funded and then have to cram those games with unpalatable, distracting elements. You know, niggers. Older stuff isn't tainted by this, and emulation has pretty well opened the floodgates to more content than you'd ever realistically complete. I think I read somewhere else on /v/ that the Playstation 2 had some 4000 games compared to the Gamecube's 334. AND that's before the 'tism of "I beat this RPG, but I like it mechanically, so I'm gonna keep playing its postgame and minmax the shit out of it." Also, >>1608556 listen to this anon. Get a kettlebell and do some swings out in the yard or something. Read a book outside. Take time away from artificial lights. That shit'll save your life.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 23:20:55 Id: 3ed0ab No. 1609691

>>1289861 Less so burntout, more so my brain playing tricks on me, that I supposedly do not have the time for beating Touhou 6 on lunatic, but somehow do have the time to consume the news and videos. I'm fucking myself. I want to play but I also do not want to invest the time to play, but I also do not know what to do with the time. It's 1am

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 23:41:22 Id: 565204 No. 1609729

>>1290206 >Did the eternal boomer finally win in convincing me that my chosen glowing rectangle is "childish"? I don't understand this because it's unfair to single out video games. There are plenty of old men who play with model trains or who decorate their garages with sports posters and memorabilia like some teenager's bedroom, but this is never considered childish because of some arbitrary cultural dictum and the fact there are residual biases against video games as a "lower form" of art or activity. The whole "dopamine lever" thing also doesn't make sense because you're just being reductive. I think this is a genuine case of being too hard on yourself.

Anonymous 07/27/2025 (Sun) 23:47:57 Id: d82dbb No. 1609740

>>1609560 What the hell does "crusty" mean in regards to video games? Is this what the outsiders speak like now? We came here to get away from them.

Anonymous 07/29/2025 (Tue) 22:35:24 Id: 3d9055 No. 1615185

I don't think anyone actually enjoys video games. People only play video games to cope with their miserable sad lives and to escape reality. I don't know anyone who is happy that plays video games.

Anonymous 07/29/2025 (Tue) 23:03:27 Id: 9782f2 No. 1615242

>>1609691 Hello fellow ADD bro. Just commit, much like everything else in life, the biggest step is to start something.

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