Q: Anyone else becoming..."burnt out" with games these days? Are we getting old?

Try a new system or genre, and really try to break out some older games you've always wanted to try.

Also, mix it up with some other mediums too. Watch some good movies in between games, read some books and comics that are similar to a favorite game of yours.

And man, indies. Get into indies. Indies are bliss

I can understand if most of you still get hyped and buy up all the games that come out. But everything these days look, IMO, dull and uninteresting...Boring even. Dying Light, Evolve, Assassin's Creed, etc, come to mind.

somebody on here has to agree with me.

No but I was the 2nd half of 2013 all the way till the 2nd half of 2014. Missed both TLoU and GTA5 but picked them up on PS4. Looking forward to some PS4 games and a new PC later this year. All I played for a full year+ was maybe a flash game or two on Kong. Was in total burnout mode.

all the 3rd party has been shit so far....

this gen has no revolutionary games like..no bioshock....no fallout....no elder scrolls....no call of duty(like a new popular fps i mean)

no nothing.

Nintendo has some interesting stuff, but the new hd-twins have been really boring so far this gen. Most games are all marketing fluff and end up flopping where it matters. In the gameplay dong.

PC has been great and no reason to complain if you get a chance to catch up on a backlog or play some indies. Once I find a mic I'm giving a new Kickstarted indie game called There Came an Echo a try. I guess you control everything with voice commands which might be cool.

big budget games and the general console market burned me out years ago, it's mostly mass produced shit, it feels like fast food gaming. I've moved to strictly PC and more niche games with a sprinkling of the 'mainstream' on the side, and couldnt be happier

Not at all. My gaming tastes and preferences are becoming more defined, yes, but I am undergoing a gaming renaissance here.

Try new genres, maybe.

I would agree to an extent, I think for me personally it is a combination of losing interest, and having less time to play games. A problem I see is that a lot of publishers are going down the me-too route and are simply looking at games like Halo/Call of duty and saying hey those games make tons of money if we make a game like that we will make tons of money too. We saw publishers destroy what potentially could have been a good or at least a more decent game when it came to destiny, and I believe they are having this effect on lots of games due to the increase in development costs.

I think things like kickstarter and indie games, and a move away from the AAA blockbuster scale games might help remedy these problems though, as we move further into this generation.

It happens... Just watch movies for few days or try to play something different (from different genres that you didn't try before). You'll start to love game again. It happened to me before.

i want

• mgsv
• uc4
• batman
• ffxv
• yakuza 5
• sfv
• bloodborne
• gt7
• persona 5
• kh3
• silent hills
• dmc4 vergil

That was me back in 2006-09, and I almost quit gaming as a whole because of it. There's just too much predictability and a lack of innovation in gameplay, so rarely am I ever wowed by new releases. I kind of learned to accept that most AAA and hyped games aren't for me anymore, and so most of my time is spent playing retro titles and under the radar games because they're more inline with my tastes.

definetly agree

halo 4 was not as good as halo

dragon age inquistion is not as good as like baldurs gate

skyrim was not as good as morrowind

advanced warfare/ghosts was not as good as black ops 2

fable 3 was not as good fable 1

gaming is dying man a lot of these new games don't have the longevity of past games in the franchise

its killing drives

when you boot up these games and they don't have the fun factor of the older ones thats a problem uve got better graphics/sound but sutff is wrong the story is crappy or the music is blander, the multiplayer doesn't feel as addictive

somethings wrong with these new devs i dunno what it is but they dont have the magic touch anymore its plainly obvious its not me getting older an them doing worse games imo

Nope....

Gaming is awesome.... theres something for everybody.....

no where near burnt out on games. Hell I buy alot of LE.

i am kinda but if you look at the last 12 months or so, games were mediocre at best. im burned out of shitty games. i know for a fact i'll be spending hundreds of hours in Bloodborne until TW3 comes out.

I use to think this. Having went back and played Quake 2 on the hardest settings i'v came to the conclusion games aren't as engaging.

Modern FPS = Walk in a line, press "f" during scripted sequences, stand still and use iron-sights

Old FPS = Explore level, find resources, discover hidden items, discover hidden levels, fast paced strafing action, varied enemies

I don't want to blame consoles or the gaming media (like Gamespot who actively promote Destiny), but it is this, as well as your fault.

I'm going to keep my Wii U around for Zelda (and bayonetta 2), and then just go retro. I've got a list of gamecube games to get now. I have a ton of 360 games to play too. 5th gen and before is getting awfully expensive though...

I felt the same way at the start of last gen, then mgs4, demon souls and valkyria chronicles came out and I felt like there is still a gamer in me, the perfect game for you will come

Theres nothing wrong with being hyped for only 4-5 games a year. People who buy more games then that hardly finish them or put any substantial amount of time into them. When you get older you have less time available, so you are more strict in which games you choose to play or get hyped for. If I was 10 years younger I'd probably be getting hyped for Final Fantasy XV despite the fact it doesnt look all that great. Now that my time is restricted, I have to be careful which games I decide to spend time on. Though FFXV may be OK, thats not good enough for me to drop 100 hours on it.

I blame the lack of innovation on Microsoft and Nintendo. Microsoft makes mostly first person shooters, Nintendo continues to rehash its stock characters and titles. It seems like those two companies are fine with milking the same franchise over and over and over. Its like if you dont like Halo or Mario theres no reason to get those two consoles. And that shouldnt be the case. Nintendo in its prime came out with games like Donkey Kong Country...not anymore

Go retro. You'll love it for like 3 or 4 years. After a while you'll get the craving to start up again and maybe there will be one or 2 games that will be good.

So far there has been a lot of bad games this current new gen though Nintendo in my opinion is doing well. And I'm just sick of game companies treating us like crap with their broken rushed games, and day one dlc. I still love games but I have been playing old games rather then the current ones except for Nintendo. So I wouldn't say that I'm getting burnt out of gaming because of my age but because of how shitty gaming is getting lately today.

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I honestly believe last gen was the pinnacle of gaming.. Crysis shiat on games 5 yrs after it came out. Mario Galaxy pretty much took mario as far as it was going to go creatively.. And Halo pretty much burned everyone out.

I still look forward to playing games this gen but the motivation to spend $60 on a game.. is pretty much out the window. Save for a select few.

indies, nintendo stuff, and halo are all i play anymore.

What you need is some innovation. Nintendo/indie/PC games. Look beyond what you assume to like and definitely don't buy AAA MS/Sony games they can burn you out.

Nope, just try something different.

I'm nearly 44 years old and I'm not burnt out just play the games you want to play and leave out all the rubbish games.

Never understood why people only buy recently released games. There's a multi-decade back catalog to draw from, and some of the best games in history are from yesteryear, and I promise you haven't played them all.

I tend to buy more old games than newer ones, because they interest me. I only just picked up Anno 1404 and am having a blast, don't care that it came out in '09.

I am distancing myself with modern AAA games. Due to them taking paths and making design decisions I don't like. The indie scene and old school games are as appealing as always. ALways something new on Steam/GoG/Desura that I missed out on before.

not like I used to.

@Blabadon: thread/

You definitely need to broaden your horizons. Either that, or maybe it's time for you to retire.

Not burnt out with games (got a shitload I want to play inbound) but between game-hating lemming scum wanting their precious media box, SJWs and publishers seeking to milk their audience dry, I'm getting burnt out with the industry.

This is what buyer's remorse looks like.

No I feel like that at times. I do three things. 1. I go see friends and do other things like shooting, bowling, listening to music, etc.... 2. I play retro classics for a bit. I have a rather large Saturn back catalog that needs tending. 3. If that fails play some portible indies and exclusives. It seems to keep me going.

@Renegade_Fury: yeah , I do the same. I love roguelikes on pc and old isometric dnd / fallout style games too. Wasteland 2 and the spiderweb software library has been a godsend. The games aren't graphically anything but are loaded with depth that today's console games just don't have. Plus they are complete. No dlc or micro transaction. Bs.. and no multiplayer taking away from the core depth. Also play a ton of handheld games, especially ps1, psp and vita indies... many are chock full of depth and refreshing game play that are not on AAA games.

Also games like starpoint gemini 2, Europe universalis 4, mount and blade warband, banished, besiege, and Homeworld remaster are full of depth and goodness not found anywhere else.

PC and handheld indies, strategy, and roguelikes are where I find the most enjoyment. Well that and playing ports of old games, currently playing ninja Gaiden sigma 2 plus on the vita and loving every second of it :)

Haha, I think it is a sign of age but also an effect of gaming's popularity. I remember as a kid getting super hyped for months. Hell, I even carved "Perfect Dark" on my desk in my bedroom when that was coming out on the N64. As a kid, you have a lot of time but no money. Now, as an adult, I have more money than time which translates to having more games than I have time to play. It's hard to get excited anymore for future releases when gaming has proliferated to the point that no matter what system you play (console, handheld, PC, mobile, etc.) you'll have something great to play

hahaha

Well said.

Nah, I'm still good.

It's a bit of both, since you're older than a youngster you need something more than since you've seen already a lot of games.

But there's little innovation lately, I'm waiting for the vr revolution and the next bethesda game. I'll certainly try gta 5 pc. Dying light is pretty good and i like elite dangerous as well but these games won't give a thousand hours of playtime. I suppose you can't expect that anymore for 60$.

What does age have anything to do with this?

I am not hyped for most major releases, but I still find games that excite me. Plus, I pretty much always have something to play. I rarely ever feel tired of gaming, so no I wouldn't say I'm burnt out.

@Blabadon: I've tried the old games and didn't like it. Trying to go back to PS2 or PS1 games kinda sucks. I can get by graphics without a problem. It's the controls. They're just weird clunky controls for many games.

You're not playing the right genre then. You've probably come to expect more out of games than just a few hours of entertainment. Age has little to do with it.

I know the $60 five hour romps aren't satisfying anymore. The games I get the most into are slow burning and have no real definite end. The focus is on community and long term development of the character or world.

Find something else to do. I have been gaming for 22 years and I can see how much it's not like it used to be. I still plays video games a lot, but if I have something better to do I don't mind interrupting my gaming session.

sort off but it happened before so eventually it will pass. Even so i'm still excited about a couple of games and i always fall back to the 1 game i never get bored with aka Civilization V

I'm far from being burnt out on gaming but the problem is, there are very few titles coming that excite me. Fortunately, being a PC gamer, I do have a lot of options to choose from but I definitely don't buy as many games as I used to.

If you only have 1 consoles cause you're a fanboy, then I can see why you would get tired. One consoles isn't going to keep you interested for to long cause of the droughts they go through with releasing exclusives. If you have 2 or more consoles then you'll never have to worry about that feeling too much.

Kinda/sorta...

A major flop like Destiny and the sad state of FPS is making me enjoy FPS games I never played (much or at all) gens before more, and the same goes for the ones I have played:

But I still have hopes that this gen will still deliver. As much as I lambast EA since 2013, a part of me still wants to play Inquisition because that looks awesome and I'm anticipating MKX, SFV and Tekken 7. Crap, I haven't even picked up a Wii U yet. But honestly, even though I've always been a bit of an old game buying mood for a long time, I've been cherishing the older gens a bit more based on my purchases and gaming recently.