Is anybody else here just not interested in modern gaming?

[Drathnoxis]

I don't have any current gen consoles, my PC isn't fast enough for new games, and I find I don't really care. Modern games and industry practices really don't seem to appeal to my gaming sensibilities anymore, and I have such a backlog of old games that I probably have enough for 10 years.

Anybody else feel the same?

 

[DrownedAmmet]

I was gonna say no, that I only like modern games, but then I realized I'm still on the PS3 so I probably won't be caught up till next, next gen

One thing I lost my appetite for is 2D games. I've tried a few of the "indie darling" 2D games and could not engage them at all. I'm a spoiled snob I need the freedom to move around in three dimensions

 

[Barbas]

Sometimes, briefly. Then I go away and do something else for a bit, then I come back, and I feel okay again; my interest is sufficiently rekindled. I suspect this might apply to many more activities - if only I actually got off my fat unit and tried them.

 

[Lufia Erim]

Not really. I have tried a couple of indie games that try to recapture the charm of older ones, and i am not impressed.

That being said, i am not thrilled by the direction modern gaming is taking, but that just means i buy less games and only purchase those that meet my niche criteria. I

 

[Fappy]

No, not really. I play both new and old games on and off. Depends on what I am in the mood for, and the age of the game is rarely a factor. As for the nastiness of the modern AAA market, I avoid most of the big EA, Ubisoft, etc. games, so I am rarely directly exposed to it.

 

[n0e]

To me, it depends on what you define as "modern gaming". I do agree that more recent games are designed more to advertise game engines and less on a plot, but there are a few AAA games that go against the grain.

In the end, it just comes down to the games you feel like playing. For a gamer, games shouldn't be segregated by "modern" and "indie" but rather "fun" and "boring/not fun".

 

[Evonisia]

Age/gaming era doesn't really factor in for me. It's a case of finding the odd gem from the buckets of crap regardless of what age the games came from.

 

[Arnoxthe1]

Yes, sad to say, but much less so for modern PC gaming. Halo 5 was supposed to be my savior for the X1 but it was the biggest disappointment of the year, hands down. Biggest disappointment in HALO as a matter of fact.

 

[Sassafrass]

Yes, sad to say, but much less so for modern PC gaming. Halo 5 was supposed to be my savior for the X1 but it was the biggest disappointment of the year, hands down. Biggest disappointment in HALO as a matter of fact.

Was it worse than 4 in your opinion? I used to be pretty interested in the Halo series but then 4 came along and just meh'd my interest right out of the building.

OT: Well I'm kinda hyped for a couple of games this year so I wouldn't say I'm losing interest. I've picked Witcher 3 back up in a big way recently, blitzed F4 and I'm tempted to get The Division (Shitty practices aside, I loved the beta for it) as well as Mirrors Edge: Catalyst when it drops. Not at full price for either, mind.

 

[Arnoxthe1]

Was it worse than 4 in your opinion?

Oh... You have no idea.

Halo 4 was 50% greatness, 50% failed potential. Halo 5 was just straight up terrible in almost EVERY WAY. The only thing they managed to get right was the very core combat. That was seriously it.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/663.933592-Well-this-is-embarrassing

And if you really want an in-depth review of why Halo 5 is so bad in my opinion, Angry Joe's review of it sums it up almost perfectly for me.

 

[Zhukov]

Huh? What did you say?

Sorry, I'm having trouble hearing you over the sound of Darkest Dungeon, XCOM2 and Shadow of... ohhh, Mirror's Edge 2 comes out in a few months!

 

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[PapaGreg096]

Huh? What did you say?

Sorry, I'm having trouble hearing you over the sound of Darkest Dungeon, XCOM2 and Shadow of... ohhh, Mirror's Edge 2 comes out in a few months!

Don't forget Shadow Warrior 2 and Deus Ex, Dishonored and maybe Doom 4

So no to the OP maybe this era has a lot more problems and not as good as the previous era but I'm still looking forward to crap so there is still an interest for me.

 

[Something Amyss]

Nope. Loves me some modern games, some classic games, some retro games.

I think the industry is sick and needs to crash hard.

You realise if it crashes hard it probably won't have good long-term results either, right?

Not really. I have tried a couple of indie games that try to recapture the charm of older ones, and i am not impressed.

What sort of games? I'm just curious.

One of the things I think people my age tend to do is white-wash the glory of the NES and SNES eras, and games that cut too close to them often have a lot of things I could really leave behind. Games which are deliberately obtuse or control poorly, for example.

 

[FPLOON]

Not Interested? No...
Going to play them? Depends...

Honestly, I just find knowing about them better than having to play them... and the one I do play I was going to play anyway because I can see myself enjoying them on top of the fact that I can run it on the system it's featured on... Other than that, to sum it up with a joke, if modern gaming's like Johnny and Lisa's relationship, then I'm Denny basically saying that I just like watching them... before I almost die due to owing someone their "fucking money"...

 

[WeepingAngels]

When the JRPG's stopped coming last gen and all we saw was shooters and quest based RPG's, I went back to SNES/PS1 games for the most part.

People acting like the opposite of modern games is indie games. The opposite of modern games is retro games.

 

[EHKOS]

Oh God yes, please save me. I started to play Battlefront even though I told myself it wasn't worth it and to never buy the game, and I just kept mumbling to myself over and over how unbalanced it is. I sat there for three hours before I realized I wasn't actually being entertained, but I needed something for my starving PS4.

Then I bought J-Stars Victory VS+. It's just a poorly optimized, poorly designed, poorly translated, manga fan's wet dream. And I do mean dream because all the attacks feel really flaccid.

What a shit-show PSASBR was. It was all for the fucking money, nobody cared. Santa Monica didn't care. Sony didn't even pretend to care. It's always about the money now, there's so many reboots we could put Goodwill out of business. I watched this industry rise. I was 3 when I got my Playstation 1. I was there right when it came out. I've watched the only consistent thing in my life bloom beautifully, then wither and die.

I even hated Fallout 4 and I think I'm becoming one of those shitty gaming hipsters but I can't stand the indie genre and I think I'm going to puke-cry in the corner for a while until No-Mans-Sky comes out. Maybe I can regurgitate some of the vitriol AC Syndicate left in my veins.

I haven't had a Crash Bandicoot/Rayman 3 platformer in ages. All they give us are shooter RPGs.

I need color, a new IP, something.