Almost everything they are making are barely scratching the surface of fun. So far, even Skyrim feels like a waste of time to me, I feel like nothing new will ever be made in the video game world and that we are doomed to forever repeat ourselves as gamers.
Does anyone feel this way?
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Yes . This saddly is what goes through my mind very often. I am so bored with gaming as it stands at the moment . This is a personal thing , i am not saying that games these days are bad , but i just find myself not enjoying most of the games i am playing these days . I was so excited by skyrims release ( i loved the hell ot of oblivion) but i just felt so meh.
I am currently playing deus ex :HR and i am not enjoying it at all . I know thats blasphemous , and i don't know why i'm not enjoying it, i'm just not . I feel like i am just going through the motions of games . Start game , play still end , rince , repeat .
Maybe i am playing to much video games and i need a break . It's been 5 years that i have been playing one game after another , with no gaps . The thing is if i am not playing games i don't know what to do with myself and i get bored . Then i go into video game withdrawl ( i don't know if it counts as a real condition).
Anyways yes i do feel like you do , but i play games anyways .
I am currently playing deus ex :HR and i am not enjoying it at all . I know thats blasphemous , and i don't know why i'm not enjoying it, i'm just not . I feel like i am just going through the motions of games . Start game , play still end , rince , repeat .
Maybe i am playing to much video games and i need a break . It's been 5 years that i have been playing one game after another , with no gaps . The thing is if i am not playing games i don't know what to do with myself and i get bored . Then i go into video game withdrawl ( i don't know if it counts as a real condition).
Anyways yes i do feel like you do , but i play games anyways .
Uhh, lemme think about that a min-
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If you're having troubles with the entertainment value of games, I must ask you why you are here on the Escapist.
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If you're having troubles with the entertainment value of games, I must ask you why you are here on the Escapist.
I think what has happened is gaming has hit an uncomfortable spot. Games try to be too many things for too many people at once and what results is a lack of focus in any given area and a bland overall feeling. On the rare occassion that something actually does hone in on one good spot, the focus feels like a cop-out, like "less than" what we've come to expect.
The blame for the lack-luster of the present industry is shared by both the creators and consumers; they try to deliver what we demand and we demand perfection with "perfection" being a relative term.
The blame for the lack-luster of the present industry is shared by both the creators and consumers; they try to deliver what we demand and we demand perfection with "perfection" being a relative term.
I think what I'm doing on the escapist is unrelated to my post. They review more than just games.FalloutJack said:
It's not just me then. I see a lot of people feel this way...I feel we are not being respected enough and are being exploited on so many levels for financial profits. I really enjoy 'The binding of isaac', but it's mainly because TBH I never really played the original Zelda games (and I like Mcmillians style). I think the problem lies in assuming that we have no clue about the past games that have been made (as Yahtzee would point out with Nintendo). The truth is that most gamers are universal, we play any game that is good and we play retro or current. Publishers and developers need to acknowledge that we have played a lot of this glaring cliches and attempt to make something that is different from the popular method (go through levels, collect items, occassionally fight bosses/complete objectives).overpuce said:
Consider some of the Indie titles that have been made. Some of these titles are so completely original (like The Void and The Path For example) or they do something well (Mount and Blade). But they don't get the attention to generate the kind of income that these AAA companies are receiving. I think that we should just refuse to be taken for a ride and not purchase these uninspired AAA titles personally.
This is exactly right, I think. To expand on it, I think so many games are just not made with enough care nowadays. They are made to be throwaway products, usually very linear, often with literally no replay value whatsoever, so that consumers can buy a game, play it through to the end, trade it in and get the next one. The games industry does very well (the games RETAIL industry does even better, since publishers and developers get nothing from pre-owned sales) - but what do gamers get? Bland, uninspired games, for the most part. Small games. Ten years ago gamers expected replay value. We expected one game to keep us going for months rather than weeks or days (or I did, anyway). Or at least to be able to play through it multiple times and still enjoy it.Xprimentyl said:
However, I don't think the situation is quite as grim as the OP makes out. There have been some great games in recent years as well. They are the minority, that's all. And perhaps it always was that way, and I'm just nostalgic.
As for Skyrim being an "amusing timesink"... I'm a bit puzzled. Isn't that what a game is and should be? Or were you expecting Skyrim to help you achieve your ambitions in life?
Nope.ROBOcity123 said:
There's whole world of small (often indie) games out there, that are fun, addictive and quite unique. Leave all this massive sh*t and try to play something else.
Seriously.
One day, in the middle of ME 1 fight i felt like an old, bored fart all of sudden. Nothing seemed to matter. I switched the game off, did some other stuff. When i thought about video games i tried something my wife played a lot then : Royal Envoy and Gardenscapes.
It was nice for a change, not caring about some statistics, progress, dying, choices.
Well I personally have been really enjoying gaming recently but then again I have been discovering older games such as Red alert 2 and XCOM: UFO defense basicly if your not enjoying what is being put out then follow one of he following
1. maybe your tastes have changed, so try something different
2. Stick it out with games you do enjoy and wait for other things
3. go retro like me
4. your never the only one on the internet
1. maybe your tastes have changed, so try something different
2. Stick it out with games you do enjoy and wait for other things
3. go retro like me
4. your never the only one on the internet
Playin' the wrong games, yo ...
Empirically, if you divide total fun by number of hours required to achieve said fun, Skyrim has an extremely low fun per hour rating.
Better off playing a fighting game or something. A few minutes and it's over. Then you find a new game. Hopefully one that's evenly matched.
Even a scoreattack game like pinball or geometry wars.
Empirically, if you divide total fun by number of hours required to achieve said fun, Skyrim has an extremely low fun per hour rating.
Better off playing a fighting game or something. A few minutes and it's over. Then you find a new game. Hopefully one that's evenly matched.
Even a scoreattack game like pinball or geometry wars.