So I'm going on a Gaming Hiatus
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I suppose this hiatus was more or less brought on by the thought of the gaming binge I'm about to go on... leading into the busy fall / winter gaming season I figured if I just stopped altogether I can catch up on a few things I've been putting off and then just dive in headfirst when the good stuff hits.
I've never went on a gaming Hiatus that was like "ok, you have to stop gaming now" but occasionally I lose interest and don't game for months at a time. I think I'm about to go into another of those times, as I've basically finished all the games I want to play at the moment, and every time I play something, I manage about 5 minutes before I shut it down and go do something else.
I stopped playing games for about 3 months. They were getting stale and I really needed to get my personal life on track and buckle down into a career(HA!).
It was nice, though. Modern Warfare 2 made my hands shake and my heart pound again when I got into hairy situations. It's a shame when you lose that feeling.
It was nice, though. Modern Warfare 2 made my hands shake and my heart pound again when I got into hairy situations. It's a shame when you lose that feeling.
I never went on a hiatus, but there's been multiple time when I would stop playing for a month or so. That was mainly because nothing was out at the time that interested me. Right now there's nothing out that interests me, but lately I've just been playing old PC games and PS1/Dreamcast games to pass the time.
I wasn't even impressed with the 360 titles at the time. Gears was pretty cool but it was way too short.TPiddy said:
But to be honest, I haven?t really been too impressed with the console exclusives on any of the consoles this generation. Not that they?re bad, but they don?t stand out as much as the best multiplats. They all seem so 2 dimensional with a couple of exceptions: Fable 2 and Valkyria Chronicles.
Wait, you're going to stop playing games for a few weeks.....And this is actually a big deal to you?
Wow. I think you might want to lengthen that Hiatus of yours.
Wow. I think you might want to lengthen that Hiatus of yours.
My thoughts are going on a six month gaming hiatus. Purely to save money. They I can buy all my game pre owned off gamefly for far less money. Of course this idea would require that I stay far far away from this forum otherwise I would never enjoy a story in a game again.
I did in fact go on a self-imposed gaming hiatus once. I did it back when I first started college. I was not used to the work load required back then, and knew that if I kept up my regular gaming habits my grades would suffer. So I just did not play games for a while (it only lasted a couple weeks though).
Yeah I took about 6 months off a few years ago. Just because I got bored of them for a while and didn't really feel like playing anything. Then a new game I was interested in came out (I forget what it was) and I got back into them again.
I often have a week off now and then just because I don't feel like it. But that was the longest I have gone since I started gaming
I often have a week off now and then just because I don't feel like it. But that was the longest I have gone since I started gaming
To be honest, not being a PC gamer meant that Oblivion was the major motivator. Oblivion and Halo 3. I had the original XBox and got it for Morrowind, Halo and KOTOR, so I was expecting continuations of those on the 360, and it delivered. But I've just recently caught up on the releases of last year... though this year's crop of titles doesn't give me much hope for playing anything good in FebruaryGonzoGamer said:
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I have my times when I play more and times when I play less depending on my situation in life and if any new games have come out or if I happen to re-notice an old game on the shelf. I have had many periods of no gaming but non of them were "forced", they were all a period when I had other, at that moment, more meaningful stuff to do.
