"If it's not fun, why bother?" Are games still fun, SW?

@Sevenizz:

If I'm not mistaken, this isn't the place to vent your personal frustrations out on. There's counseling for that.

Online MP shooters have certainly become redundant, but gaming is still fun. Plenty of games out in the world to enjoy.

@ermacness: The hell you going on about? At what point did I ever imply frustration? Why are you trying to rile me up?

You ok?

Video games get better every gen. I have no idea how any of you can find trash like Nintendo and indie games “fun”. They are the most boring thing ever.

It’s not 1995 anymore and I get no enjoyment out of 2D side scrollers and pixel graphics.

I don’t understand why some of you hate cutscenes and story so damn much. I love the balance of gameplay and story. It keeps the game fresh.

There is tons of awesome gameplay in God of war, Horizon Zero Dawn and Uncharted 4. Those games are some of the most fun I have had all gen. Witcher 3 too!

Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Mass Effect Andromeda and Fallout 4 were still great 8/10 games I had fun with.

Doom and Wolfenstein this gen has raised the bar for FPS games.

It’s never been a better time to be a gamer. I think most of you don’t even play video games. I know the Sheep don’t play games.

There are still fun games. They just don't come along as often as they used to.

@TheEroica said:

@Heil68 said:

@TheEroica said:

Games are fun because more of them are available to suit the interests of the gamer... I would be hard pressed to find another human being who has been playing this hobby for decades not totally malaised by the having to play another 3rd person open world game, or another FPS.... Games are still "fun" but that bares no weight as to whether games are becoming fatiguing to play... Many of them are.

but you'll preach on Zelda, Mario , or OlliOlli, MAss Effect..You just pick what appeals to you and those rules go out the window..lol

Preach on Mario? Huh? Odyssey was pretty good.... But it didn't reinvent platformers or anything. It's just really well done.

Zelda is exceptional. There hasn't been a good mass effect game since ME3 and I have no hope for another in its current clutches.

Ollie Ollie is better than every Uncharted game ever made and its not even close....

I will absolutely preach the games I like, and acknowledge when its getting tired.

More recently I've been finally playing through God of War... I really expected it to be a let down, but I was wrong. The game is heavy on gameplay and cares enough for its narrative and characters where I'm pretty well invested. It's a great action game that takes the genre to a higher level. It's the exception to the rule.

So in other words, you put your opinion at the highest level and if somebody doesn't like the games you do, they are wrong or ill informed?

Only game I really enjoyed last year was God of War and Yakuza Kiwami 2.

You sir, just won the most rational reply award

Where's that golly gee, glass half full spirit @Heil68: ??

I'll try and clarify it my stance for you, because I'm not entirely sure what's off about this.... If I like a game, I'm gonna praise it and speak highly of it. If I don't like a game I'm gonna say it and offer reasons why I didn't enjoy it.

If I tell you Uncharted 4 sucks, it's because when I played the game, I was bored... I felt like I had already played the game before several times and the story took advantage of my time with a dreadfully slow opening and long sequences of nothing gameplay like moving a ladder or tieing a winch to a tree... Things that require a button press but in no way augmented the experience, but rather dragged it down.

It shouldn't be personal to uncharted fans, it's just my account. My opinion... And thank God for the live love and learn freedom the good ole U, S of A provides... I get to be a rip roaring opinionated, glass half full of high octane bad ass jet fuel and share it with the world!

You can have whatever opinion you'd like! I reserve the right to agree or disagree..! No?

Who's opinion do you hold the highest?

@Sevenizz:

It's just that your sarcasm failed hard.

Are there still fun games? Yes but they are far and few between.

My own opinion. I have loved games the majority of critics/fans think is bad(Blue Dragon for example) and dislike some games that score very well with Critics/Fans. These days it takes a real love for the series to get me to purchase day 1, otherwise I'll let it sit till its under $20, like FC5 or most recent PS4 Spiderman, which I still haven't played.

Your game mechanics that you like can obviously not jive with what I like. I still prefer 3rd person Action Adventure. It seems the only genre where I never grow tired.

Fighting games, Sports Games, RPG's, JRPGs, FPS, MMO ect don't get me excited these days.