I'm bored of gaming

[GaiderDraco]

SonicWaffle, I understand how you feel. I feel the same way, here and there towards movies, as well as games; mostly contemporary, though. Never classics. But I must defend "Red Dead Redemption" and beg the question: why on Earth would your first playthrough consist of completing the side-quests as well as the single-player campaign? There's a reason as to why the letters that appear on your mini map are for "story based missions only".

Why on Earth does anyone need trophies? And why does everyone need to do everything possible and as quickly as possible instead of taking their time? But alas, that is for another thread.


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Did you notice the part where I said that I had really enjoyed Red Dead?

As for completing side quests and such, it is because I rarely play games twice. I simply don't see the point, when I can do everything in a single playthrough. Also, because they were fun, often more fun than the story missions were, and generally hunting a specific creature is more of a challenge than the standard 'go here, shoot dudes' missions.

I'm really not sure why you've inferred that I rushed through the game, and in fact I'm quite baffled. You say;

why on Earth would your first playthrough consist of completing the side-quests as well as the single-player campaign? There's a reason as to why the letters that appear on your mini map are for "story based missions only".

I'm a film person and RDR is the closest thing to a cinematic game than I'd ever played, aside from Shadow of the Colossus. Now, I love the bounty hunter missions and helping out random strangers but it's not part of the story and so a story-driven first playthrough, to me is more rewarding. If the game is great as a whole, as we know it is then after completing it I do all of the stuff I didn't. get a chance to on the first playthrough that aren't story related. And If you'd have passed the game you'd notice that even through the story concludes the game doesn't; it lets you do everything you still want or need to.

It doesn't stack up. On the one hand, you're saying I should have rushed through the main quest and ignored all the other things to do, and on the other you're complaining that people don't take their time with games. Which is it?

I wrote the last two paragraphs as "two separate paragraphs" denoting two separate trains of thought, slightly unrelated. I also mentioned that the latter paragraph is probably suitable for "another thread".
But don't worry about it, I play, maybe, 5 or 6 games per year so I don't really have much ground here. And I don't think I have a place on this thread because I'm not really a gamer. This is the first Rockstar Games video game that I'd actually completed because, unlike all of the other GTA games I wasn't bored within a couple of hours. The story kept me going because it was damn good, all the way through to the credits and I also love Westerns.

If you want, you can forget that I posted here because I'm a film guy and not a gamer.


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[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Hm, I don't usually get bored of them, usually since I have a massive backlog of games to play and I take a while to get through them. My tastes also vary widely. I like games from all genres save sport, so only the truly shite ones (excluding sport, or perhaps not depending on your opinion) are ones that I never play.

Dark Sector, my eternal nemesis...

In fact, I'm about to buy another PS2 (my brother broke the last one, little shit that he is) and play all my favourite PS2 games on it, because my God they were good. And my friend has a PS2, which means he has more games for me to play, and I've leant him loads that I'll take back and - wow, it never ends for me. I don't know whether to feel blessed or cursed.

Anyways, your predicament is therefore one that causes much bemusement to me. I understand the ability to get bored of games, but it sounds like you either blast through them very quickly and therefore don't have nostalgia and memory-holes conspiring to let you play previous games again, or you have a very short attention span.

 

[con70solo]

Stop playing NOW.

Seriously, just walk away. Give me your pump, the oil, the gasoline, and the whole compound, and I'll spare your lives. Just walk away and we'll give you a safe passageway in the wastelands. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror. I await your answer. You have a full day to decide.

...wait.

You wanna get outta here you talk to me?

 

[LostTimeLady]

I find that I sort of work in cycles with Gaming and anything really. I'll be totally into something for ages do it all the time (or in the case of gaming, play a particular game or group of games all the time) and then... zippo, I loose interest. I might be two boss fights away from the finish and I'll stop and not come back to it for months.

If you're board of gaming right now, give it a break, do something else, take up reading, writing, painting, cycling and you never know in a while a really good game'll come out and you'll be ready to see if you've got back into gaming by then.

 

[Jandau]

I've had something simmilar - I can still play games, but my range of game types I like is getting smaller. I used to be able to enjoy almost any genre, but lately I can't bear to play any races, FPS games and a few other genres are almost off limits by this point. The one thing I do enjoy are story-driven RPGs, which are in short supply these days.

 

[Legion IV]

Why is it a post like this saying the guys bored of gaming on a site prasing games gets 100 posts. Somone posts intresting news about a game mabey 20 posts. just uhg...

 

[EHKOS]

Start playing old school games. Ps2 and back all the way to the NES.

 

[TimbukTurnip]

I'm in the same position at the moment. I've been playing SWark Forces II recently, but only because I haven't completed it yet - I don't enjoy it because theres lots of bits of information I don't know and i keep getting stuck.
I think I need a new game, but I can't think of any that would interest enough to buy them, at least not at the moment.

 

[Kagim]

My suggestion is get some of your friends together and do some stuff outside for a bit of a break for awhile. You just need to get away from gaming fora bit. Its summer, the suns out, go chill out at a park or play a sport just for fun. Basketball, baseball, football, road hockey. Don't keep score just go have fun outside. In a few weeks you will be refreshed and ready to tackle some games.

Video Games by nature are very structured environments that you need to play indoors away from others. Go outside and play games for fun, no scores, no rules past the very basics(I.e no fouling) and let people screw around, and invite all your friends. It'll be a blast and in a few weeks you'll have more fun with games again.

 

[pejhmon]

just try something new, i.e. something off the console like strategy or (which i personally don't like) an MMO like World of Warcraft or anything valve (even L4D since the players are better on the PC and the ability to chat makes the game more involving) on the PC

 

[xXAsherahXx]

I have been in the same mood lately. I can only play games 2 hours and under. It's pretty pathetic by my standards. Maybe I just need a game I can get behind full throttle. The new Silent Hill game might be that game, or Phantasy Star Portable 2.

 

[Benj17]

Yeah, i look at my game collection, ponder what to play, sigh, than close the drawer.

^^ that, though mine is a shelf

OT: just give it a rest for a while, take up a new hobby, get bored of that hobby, go back to the simple pleasures of gaming

 

[eastinfecter]

NES and/or JRPGs, they work like a charm for "those" moments.
PS: uh, uh, uh...and Zanzarah! SHHHHHHH!

 

[Counter_Southpaw]

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

Seriously, go out with some friends and give gaming a pass for a month. When you come back to it, you'll spend less time gaming, but it will be much more enjoyable.

Why fight the process?

 

[Ickorus]

I was thinking the same thing, until I bought FFIX and MGS off the psn, now I remember what gaming was all about

I find that's the problem, games aren't nearly as challenging as they once were.

OT: I have the same problem as OP, I now spend more time randomly searching the web and talking about games than actually playing them.