I feel like i have been playing games for the wrong reasons.

Sense i started playing my xbox 360. I feel as if i play games for the wrong reasons.
I used to play games for the story and replay value and beat games several times back on PS2, N64, Game Boy, ect. Now and days, the only games i replay are Multi player games, or fighting games for well multi player reasons lol or to just beat the tar out of the PC. There are only 4 games on xbox i have played for the story that i cant on another system, Halo, Fear, Resident Evil 5, Alan Wake, Mass Effect.
i know RE5 and Mass Effect came to the PS3 but that was a year later after they released. I have 33 games on the xbox and none i have played again except those games i mention and Multi player games...

And i started whoring achievements when i lost my first account... i lost so much data and i noticed the achievements and i just started trying my hardest to get them. i mean **** I got 48,000 points in the score of a year and a half, thats a looooooot of wasted time when my friends still have there profiles and have just as much or almost as much as mine and they have been playing for 3-4 years...
I have been pondering if i should get rid of my xbox or at least most of my games and just get a PS3, i get bored of online games fast and i enjoy it more playing in the same room with my friends, Online play doesn't interest me so much unless my friends play. which only 3 of them do.

Am i playing games for the wrong reason? when i hardly enjoy them. Feels like a waste of time and money. Should i sell my xbox or at least most of the games ?

Life is something you only have once so enjoy it. If you enjoy playing multiplayer games or grinding out achievements then by all means go for it.

I have a similar problem, not with achievement whoring, or only playing multiplayer games, but with the 'friends' I play games with. I used to be able to buy a muliplayer FPS (the oringinal CoD for instance) and i'd get a good 2+ years out of it. Now there is some new game my friends want to try every 3-6 months. I only play online to play with them, but they aren't playing much anymore? What's the point? I think I'll stick to story driven games for now until something really good comes along.

I'm sick of the recycled trash of CoD, Battlefield, MoH, etc. What ever happened to expansion packs? Instead of making a new one every year why not release some Xpacs and let the community run with it? Oh yeah...right...

Anyway, please, Duke Nukem. Save me. Or anyone. The FPS genre is horribly stale...it's so bad I've got cottonmouth. Why can't these companies recycle RTCW - which actually did things right (MP).

Why spend time on something you don't enjoy, unless it's a necessity to living such as work? You're under no obligation. I once used to hold onto all my old game under some strange sense of obligation as if I MUST have fun replaying them at some point, but then after sitting there gathering dust on the shelves for a few years, I traded them in. No shame in doing so. So just do what you want. If you find yourself forcing yourself to play, something's not right. Perhaps your tastes are changing, priorities are shifting, or you're simply growing out of gaming.

Maybe you should take a break from gaming for awhile. Kind of like going cold turkey. Don't sell your consoles or games yet.

I have a similar problem, not with achievement whoring, or only playing multiplayer games, but with the 'friends' I play games with. I used to be able to buy a muliplayer FPS (the oringinal CoD for instance) and i'd get a good 2+ years out of it. Now there is some new game my friends want to try every 3-6 months. I only play online to play with them, but they aren't playing much anymore? What's the point? I think I'll stick to story driven games for now until something really good comes along.

I'm sick of the recycled trash of CoD, Battlefield, MoH, etc. What ever happened to expansion packs? Instead of making a new one every year why not release some Xpacs and let the community run with it? Oh yeah...right...

Anyway, please, Duke Nukem. Save me. Or anyone. The FPS genre is horribly stale...it's so bad I've got cottonmouth. Why can't these companies recycle RTCW - which actually did things right (MP).

livingundead

I agree with that. I've been hopping around from FPS to FPS for years now and each time a new MP focused one comes around I find myself getting bored with it rather quickly. I enjoyed BBC2 but then friends moved on to other shooters.

I played Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament 2004 for years, and now there's a new one all the damn time. The game never expands either, Black Ops feels just like MW2 to me but with different skins.

Duke Nukem is looking sweet though :)

Erm if you're having fun the reason doesn't matter, but as I see that you aren't, then I suggest starting fresh with some games outside the bland genre(s) you obviously do not enjoy any longer.

IndianaPwns39

I agree with that. I've been hopping around from FPS to FPS for years now and each time a new MP focused one comes around I find myself getting bored with it rather quickly. I enjoyed BBC2 but then friends moved on to other shooters.

I played Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament 2004 for years, and now there's a new one all the damn time. The game never expands either, Black Ops feels just like MW2 to me but with different skins.

Duke Nukem is looking sweet though :)

I feel like achievements took the intrinsic value out of games for many, many people. Remember the good ol' days when you would explore the world of an RPG just to find new dungeons or get great items, rather than just doing it for the "set foot in every area of the game" acheivement?

I also worry that true gamers spend too much time on their 360 and not with other consoles due to acheivement whoring.

You should look into getting a GBA or DS, they have terrific RPGs, with some to appeal to both hardcore and casual gamers. They should get you away from the gamerscore and back sucked into the game world.

People play video games cause its fun, it's a entertaining hobby. IF you can't find joy,fun or the reason why you got into gaming then sadly you might have to look for a different hobby.

I've been gaming for about 17 years and so far theres no signs of me quitting as a gamer, in fact this year pretty much reminds me why I love being a gamer with all of the good games coming out.

I think there should be an option to turn achievements off. It takes me out of the game when I get to a cutscene or do something and a randome bubble pops up on the screen that says "I've tipped by dally-10G" or something dumb like that. They always try to be funny and creative with the names when I don't really care in the first place.