Poll: Do you enjoy playing games as much as you did when you were a kid?

[shazlor]

I thought I had lost the love of games. I thought I was just growing up, and then a little game called Rayman Origins popped up and I played that game for hours.
It was the first time in years that I invited people around to play a game with me at my house, it was bright, it was fun, and I swear I don't work for Ubisoft.

After that, I bought a snes and I've been playing Yoshi's Island, and reliving my childhood games.
I just hope developers put out some more games that are genuine silly fun, and less grey, lifeless shooters so I can continue gaming for years to come.

(I also think the lack of genuine multiplayer, i.e. people in the same room, was a large part of my distaste in games. I'm a social butterfly yo!)

 

[Starik20X6]

I still love games just as much as I did when I started. The visceral satisfaction of grabbing that hard-to-reach star, of finding the right strategy to take down that monster, of discovering a hidden pathway and following it to new places... That feeling hasn't gone anywhere.

 

[Kaimax]

All I can say is Ignorance is bliss.

Yes, I feel that playing a games as a child was more fun, because I was just playing games. Nothing to worry about, doesn't care if the game was not finished just playing games for the sake of playing games.

As I start to grew older, I've started to think much more and sometimes it will just make me lose my immersion to that game.

 

[RustlessPotato]

Depends on what kind of games. I'm only 20 now, but with my school work and social life I hardly ever have time to game. Huge games like the Elder Scrolls Series and Fallout I tend to play less. Oblivion I could easily play for days at an end. Skyrim I'm lucky if I manage 3 hours a day. So I tend to play those games less.

As for more heavy story based Games I enjoy them now more because I can actually understand what's going on

 

[The Last Nomad]

I enjoy them much more now. As a kid, I didn't really care about stories or characters (although having said that, the only games I had for most of my childhood was Doom II or Age of Empires amoung a few others). Now I appreciate the intricate details alot more.

And when I was a kid, I had the imagination of, well, a kid. I didn't need games to be transported to a new universe with fantastic adventures. I guess I don't have the imagination I used to...

 

[EHKOS]

I'm not sure. I don't play them as much, but I wouldn't say I enjoy them less.

 

[Benni88]

I find games insanely exciting. I managed to swindle my way into a job at an indie-studio last year and found myself in a position that I fantasised about when I was a kid.

Games are more enjoyable now because I get to apply what I play to how I work.

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

My university, friends and girlfriend take a lot of time away from gaming. This means when I do get a good gaming session (especially with friends or aforementioned girlfriend) it feels that much more satisfying. It is either a break from responsibility, bringing in people I like to a hobby I have that they don't have as much or (if I'm gaming on my own, especially story driven games) a good bit of me time. So I enjoy them more now then I did before. Also I don't have to wait for my mom to buy me new games. Now I get them when I want/can.

 

[King of Asgaard]

I enjoy games more now because I've grown up, so I now understand themes and symbolism a lot better. Plus, my skill has only increased with age, so I can get more enjoyment out of difficult games.

 

[Rumpsteak]

No, but then again I was a really stupid kid and had unbelievable fun with even the worst games you can imagine.

 

[Fappy]

Yeah I think I still like them just as much. When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to get new games past 2001 so I was constantly going to friends' houses to play their games.

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

I would say it could be argued that I don't enjoy anything as much as I did when I was a kid. Games, movies, holidays, birthdays all degraded due to years of becoming increasingly jaded.

 

[jezcentral]

I still enjoy playing games, but now I can afford all the games I want, but I don't have the time to play them. I begrudge the time playing games that don't have a specific end-game (games like SimCity or Diablo, both games I loved when I was younger, and less appreciative of my impending oblivion) because I don't feel the progression. Getting older (I'm 40) means that I don't often go back to games I enjoyed, because there is always a long list of games still to play for the first time (yes, Steam Sales). I only have another 50-60 years on this planet, if I'm lucky.

I almost miss the times when I was younger, and only had one or two games, and played them to death. (Seriously, I know the AI from the original UFO/X-COM and Master Of Orion like you wouldn't believe.)

 

[Mr Fixit]

I still loves the games, it's a great break from real life. I'm just a little burnt out on the selection I have, I never picked up ps3 or 360.....

 

[Total LOLige]

Yes. When I was a kid it was just something to pass the time on a rainy day, I'd much rather be climbing trees and playing football plus I didn't really understand the stories because I never listened to dialogue. I enjoy them more now because I actually get something from the stories and understand what's going on.

 

[RobfromtheGulag]

In a different way I do, I think. Now I'm super jaded and only buy games I'm certain I'm going to like. And even then sometimes I don't. But the winners are big winners. I'll be playing Fallout 3 for years to come, graphics be damned.

Back when I was a kid whatever I got was good by virtue of the fact that it was a game. Warioworld for gameboy? Good enough: 100 hrs. 1080 for n64? I don't even like snowboarding but I'll play this with anyone that'll tolerate it. Skifree - entertained numerous 10 hour workdays in parent's office.

 

[BodomBeachChild]

I still love games as much as I did back then. I mean just look at the piles of them behind me. Tons of money. They just tend to suck more/less variety.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Sadly no, although I couldn't tell you why that is.