"gaming isn't fun anymore."

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  • @mygameopinions
    @mygameopinions  8 місяців тому +340

    This video is getting a big influx of views from UA-cam search right now (end of November), and I don't know why! Could one of you let me know where you guys are coming from lol.

    • @Ronin79843
      @Ronin79843 Місяць тому +3

      i came from arcade assassin

    • @Skele-ton
      @Skele-ton Місяць тому +5

      "Gaming Feels Boring Now" -Junskully
      "shut up" -MyGameOpinions

    • @DoomGuy911_
      @DoomGuy911_ Місяць тому +2

      I came from a meme

    • @SpiffySpecs
      @SpiffySpecs Місяць тому +3

      I came from watching a lot of Asmongold videos

    • @blacktaylore4
      @blacktaylore4 27 днів тому +3

      I came from a meme video

  • @SmallerSoul
    @SmallerSoul Рік тому +13321

    imagine eating exclusively from one fast food chain, wondering why you're finding the culinary experience repetitive and feeling physically unwell, then blaming the concept of food itself

    • @isotetra1912
      @isotetra1912 Рік тому +287

      this

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Рік тому +325

      Can't pick a better example myself 👉

    • @Raddish-Is-Radd
      @Raddish-Is-Radd Рік тому +438

      Yeah that's the problem with these videos, it's like constantly watching the same few youtubers or tiktokers and then being like: "youtube/tiktok isn’t entertaining anymore"

    • @agrilsunil1
      @agrilsunil1 Рік тому +11

      @@isotetra1912😂😂😂 What?!?

    • @photons07
      @photons07 Рік тому +6

      Oh hey smaller soul your content is cool

  • @fatdinosaurfood8059
    @fatdinosaurfood8059 9 місяців тому +204

    You shouldn’t try to have fun, you just have fun. It’s the point of gaming, but you can’t force it.

  • @arisien7296
    @arisien7296 Рік тому +1412

    The whole ‘try something different’ mantra can also be applied to the games themselves! I was getting pretty burnt out on Minecraft, so when 1.20 dropped I decided to try living in a biome I hadn’t before. It was the fresh slate I needed to enjoy the game again, new challenges, new building styles, it’s now the longest world I’ve ever played on.

    • @ihatehandleupdate
      @ihatehandleupdate Рік тому +74

      Same for me. Vanilla got stale with boring updates so I decided to try out modded. It's an absolute blast so far! I descovered lots of great mods and modpacks and I'm having a lot of fun again!

    • @Baconator2558
      @Baconator2558 Рік тому +91

      I know you mean in the game, but I like to imagine that you just moved to a new house in a completely different region and then played Minecraft there.

    • @dashinking
      @dashinking Рік тому +11

      fr modded changed how I play the game, and it opened up a lot of possibilities that don't exist at all in vanilla

    • @Lumbrax
      @Lumbrax Рік тому +2

      ​@@ihatehandleupdatesame here, discovered better than wolves (a single mod for minecraft 1.5.2) and been having more of a blast with that than all the modpacks and versions I played

    • @rnbois6346
      @rnbois6346 Рік тому +7

      Thats why pvp almost never gets boring for me. I try all modes, in both versions, and try to get good at them. I feel like I always learn something new or remember something I had forgotten. Feeling my improvement and competing in a healthy way keeps me more than entertained.

  • @avannah6735
    @avannah6735 8 місяців тому +2358

    > play shitty games
    > play shitty games again
    > wtf i am not having fun
    > play good games
    > play good games again
    > wtf i am having fun

    • @bubbleslovebird4974
      @bubbleslovebird4974 5 місяців тому +56

      I play really good games all the time...
      I'm still bored.
      I need to go out and see the world to get myself back to normal.

    • @IndifferentLanguagesyt
      @IndifferentLanguagesyt 5 місяців тому

      Fr ​@@bubbleslovebird4974

    • @creativelybankrupt23
      @creativelybankrupt23 5 місяців тому +20

      to be fair there’s the special few shitty games that are so bad they’re good, like a lot of EA Sports games

    • @goofygobber59
      @goofygobber59 5 місяців тому

      ​@@bubbleslovebird4974cap

    • @aleksa280
      @aleksa280 5 місяців тому +19

      ​@bubbleslovebird4974 Bro plays COD and says he's bored

  • @jt5660
    @jt5660 Рік тому +5764

    "Gaming isnt fun anymore" is the new "I was born in the wrong generation" for me

    • @indrajitroy1570
      @indrajitroy1570 Рік тому +82

      yep

    • @aldi7943
      @aldi7943 Рік тому +23

      grow up

    • @jt5660
      @jt5660 Рік тому +185

      @@aldi7943 ?

    • @DONG-502
      @DONG-502 Рік тому +155

      @@aldi7943 whatever you say 4 year old

    • @aldi7943
      @aldi7943 Рік тому +15

      ​@@DONG-502u are the one who games all day and is mad at people who are past that time XD

  • @DarkAsasin16
    @DarkAsasin16 Рік тому +2924

    another thing is that as adults you already played a lot of games and you start noticing every small mistake on old/new games, as children you don't really notice them

    • @Artemi22
      @Artemi22 Рік тому +210

      that's especially true on genres you've already played a lot of, like when you play too many shooters you're already going to know what a shooter is all about with 30 seconds of gameplay. all the more reason to explore other types of games

    • @ninjireal
      @ninjireal Рік тому +128

      My grandma once said to me “Nothing surprises me anymore.”
      I don’t think I should feel like that at 15.

    • @Spookatz.
      @Spookatz. Рік тому +73

      ​@@ninjireali don't think you realize just how much lower it can go. Trust, it can be so much worse for you

    • @ninjireal
      @ninjireal Рік тому +27

      @@Spookatz. Preparing for mental anguish.

    • @SirPlusOfCamelot
      @SirPlusOfCamelot Рік тому

      Are you implying that children are stupid?

  • @Bailey_West
    @Bailey_West Рік тому +3632

    I love “gaming isn’t fun anymore” TikTok’s because they are usually not even 16y/o.
    “Guess this is growing up”
    No Timmy, you have an English paper due tomorrow and you’re stressed

    • @mallow2902
      @mallow2902 Рік тому +249

      Lol yeah I noticed that too. I'm nearly 30 and not once have I thought gaming as a whole was boring. Even at the worst of times there was still good stuff to play.

    • @Skumtomten1
      @Skumtomten1 Рік тому +12

      @@mallow2902 There is always stuff to play, just don't play anything on modern ;P

    • @mallow2902
      @mallow2902 Рік тому +170

      @@Skumtomten1 BS. There's plenty of amazing modern games, you just haven't looked in the right places. 2023 alone has had some awesome releases.

    • @mallow2902
      @mallow2902 Рік тому +89

      @@UnlistedGuy most old games are bad and boring too. Law of averages inevitably means that most video games are bad no matter the time period. Get better at looking for good games, there's still lots of great ones even in more recent years. If you still think games are bad, stop playing them.

    • @arkgaharandan5881
      @arkgaharandan5881 Рік тому +13

      the fact 16 year olds are bored by modern games proves that modern games suck

  • @fartninjacats
    @fartninjacats 5 місяців тому +794

    "games are so boring" - People that only play games from only 3 companies

    • @Yoshihelicopter
      @Yoshihelicopter 4 місяці тому +22

      Facts bro,
      Like why don’t these people try out something like indie games as an example, or PC? There is more variety than these people think there are

    • @crylune
      @crylune 4 місяці тому +5

      @@YoshihelicopterBecause even those are uninteresting or cliche.

    • @Yoshihelicopter
      @Yoshihelicopter 4 місяці тому +13

      @@crylune I mean you never know, you could always find a great game some where, you just have to dig deeper

    • @sour4292
      @sour4292 4 місяці тому +9

      @@YoshihelicopterExactly. Some of my favorite games are ones 99% of people haven’t even heard of

    • @mirjaloll
      @mirjaloll 4 місяці тому +12

      It's not even 3 companies most people just play cs2 or cod or valorant and complain that they are not having fun

  • @FOF275
    @FOF275 Рік тому +935

    The strange habit people have of playing the same game they stopped having fun with a long time ago is what fuels these videos. People strangely believe that every game should be fresh and fun forever, and that dropping a game is a big deal when it really isn't. Gamers need to learn how to move on and change, even if it just means playing something different

    • @FoxVll
      @FoxVll Рік тому +16

      8k hours in ark and haven’t actually enjoyed it since 200 hours lol

    • @Rose333X
      @Rose333X Рік тому +35

      ​@@FoxVllWhy? What did atop you from just dropping the game and playing something else?

    • @gosubbougaming
      @gosubbougaming Рік тому +4

      I haven’t 4k hours in Ark after I got bored I went to played subnautica if I get bored of subnautica I’ll go play monster Hunter rise XD I learn not to stick too much with one or two games

    • @FoxVll
      @FoxVll Рік тому +11

      ​@@Rose333X once you start playing ark you can never truly quit (its an addiction)

    • @TheCapitalWanderer
      @TheCapitalWanderer Рік тому +15

      ​@@FoxVllatleast you're honest bruh, hope you found fun in ARK or somewhere else

  • @Kaffelag
    @Kaffelag Рік тому +1429

    Depression can also be a key factor for games not being fun anymore, on my lowest low everything seemed just mundane and boring to do and even questioning "why did I get this or do I even deserve to play this?"

    • @greensheen8759
      @greensheen8759 Рік тому +41

      Absolutely

    • @linkfreeman1998
      @linkfreeman1998 Рік тому +83

      To me its like "Is this even that worth anymore considering everything will be gone in the end?" kind.

    • @Daniele63
      @Daniele63 Рік тому +55

      @@linkfreeman1998 That's why we exist, to enjoy life and others with the time given to us

    • @TicTacEnjoyer
      @TicTacEnjoyer Рік тому +5

      I agree, happened to me

    • @cybel4820
      @cybel4820 Рік тому +1

      @@Daniele63um, actually...

  • @Mroziukz
    @Mroziukz Рік тому +724

    Even though Minecraft gets a little boring for me too, it's still a total blast playing it with friends!

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Рік тому +44

      Instruction unclear: what is a friend

    • @BrrmBrrmm
      @BrrmBrrmm Рік тому +30

      You just need the right homies then everything will ALWAYS be fun 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @necroavirus
      @necroavirus Рік тому +13

      For me it's almost always fun and I don't have friends

    • @rhys_king_music
      @rhys_king_music Рік тому +1

      I go back to games I used to love a lot and Minecraft tends to just get too repetitive once the nostalgia wears off. I'm sure modding would help but even then, I played it religiously when it was popular to the point I don't feel like I can get anything out of it anymore. Some games are just like that I think

    • @ΤΟΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟ
      @ΤΟΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟ Рік тому

      I wish I had minecraft because I have so many ideas for what I would build

  • @William-Afton_jejcjschheiqx
    @William-Afton_jejcjschheiqx 8 місяців тому +573

    “Just play indie games” is my response to people complaining about not liking video games anymore while only playing AAA PvP shooters

  • @colfdralegend
    @colfdralegend Рік тому +1805

    The real solution is to get a life outside of video games. You can’t relax if you’re always relaxing

    • @Mist_xme
      @Mist_xme Рік тому +151

      Honestly. More people need to hear this, because it’s my main issue.

    • @GMART50
      @GMART50 Рік тому +190

      Well said, when you work at least 5 days a week, gaming never loses its fun factor, I see it as a well deserved reward.

    • @JkennGG
      @JkennGG Рік тому +34

      @@GMART50I work 5 days a week, 40 hours a week and gaming has lost its fun factor for me :(

    • @GMART50
      @GMART50 Рік тому +58

      @JkennGG Awh man, I was in that position, too. Something that helped me is taking a long break from games. I spent maybe 6 months not playing video games. When I got back into them I played about once a week in short bursts. Think of it like watching a 2-3 hour movie. Now I'm hooked again haha. I hope you can get that fun back from video games though.

    • @JkennGG
      @JkennGG Рік тому +23

      @@GMART50 Thanks :) I picked up motorcycling this summer which was awesome, but I had to put it away for the winter so no more riding. Just doing Duolingo for an hour or so and spending the rest of my free time watching some anime's or movies haha. Hopefully I find a game I just cant put down soon!

  • @electrium3556
    @electrium3556 Рік тому +516

    The game that kind of broke me out of this mentality that I started to have for years was Persona 5. I went into it completely blind and in the first five minutes I was completely confused and just wanting to see what came next. Just made me realize all I ever play is shooters and strategy games and I just needed to try something new. VR has been the same way.

    • @alkimia1791
      @alkimia1791 Рік тому +37

      Exactly! This is pretty much what happened to me, but with RPGs. When I started to play Persona 4 last year, I kind of realized just how many RPGs I have, and how I have to have more variety and try new things out. Atm I'm thinking of trying settlement and space exploration games. Maybe a 3D platformer too, Hat in Time looks really fun! I still love RPGs and I look forward to playing persona 5, but I need to try new things too. And while I seriously despise what COD is now, I did decide to go back and play WAW and BO1, which was really fun! But yeah theres no way I'm getting the newer games. Now that I think about it, I dont have any triple A games besides I guess those COD games, Minecraft (does it count?), Sims 4, and I guess fallout games (which I got for free), but outside of that nothing. If anything I hate triple A games probably 90% of the time

    • @-ReHaven
      @-ReHaven Рік тому +15

      Holy shit persona did the same for me as well 😂

    • @divinity1495
      @divinity1495 Рік тому +3

      EXACTLY THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME BRO🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @pierrebegley2746
      @pierrebegley2746 Рік тому

      Tbh that game is way too long.

    • @divinity1495
      @divinity1495 Рік тому +16

      @pierrebegley2746 story is good enough to the point its worth the investment imo
      The game doesn't need to be beaten in a few days you can play the game when you come back home sometimes and probably get the game done in a few weeks

  • @puglinbrute9264
    @puglinbrute9264 Рік тому +1632

    the fact that every one of those videos can be condensed down into "I got bored of that one game that I put 5000 hours into as a child isn't fun anymore therefore all video games arn't fun anymore" is insane.

    • @iSuckAtGamesGG
      @iSuckAtGamesGG Рік тому +31

      videogames aren't fun anymore because every company is trying to nickle and dime u. like for example playing gta online is literally just like working a job, its not fun whatsoever unless u pay an unreasonable amount of money.

    • @mrblooper1994
      @mrblooper1994 Рік тому +163

      ​@@iSuckAtGamesGGdon't play GTA then, buy Elden ring for some open world fun or hi fi rush for something linear and fun

    • @iSuckAtGamesGG
      @iSuckAtGamesGG Рік тому +8

      @mrblooper1994 the problem is that there are few games like elden ring and more games like gta online because its 10x easier to make trash than it is to make good games. that and my favorite genre is fps and fps genre is plagued with garbage rn. gaming is getting worse especially if u have a console and cant rely on indi devs. the people in the video are right, gaming isn't the same, its just that they aren't saying the correct reason as to why thats the case. the reality is that there's more money grabbing trash than there are good games nowadays

    • @arny625
      @arny625 Рік тому +99

      @@iSuckAtGamesGGgo outside then

    • @mrblooper1994
      @mrblooper1994 Рік тому

      @@iSuckAtGamesGG for FPS games, you can play witch fire then, an absolutely fantastic game especially If you enjoy extraction type gameplay. And no gaming isn't getting worse it's just changing, we've always had cash cows and shovleware now they just can nickle and dime you differently. Just pick your games smart, and look up UA-camrs that enjoy indie fps games

  • @SteadyJack301
    @SteadyJack301 6 місяців тому +459

    There's also this quote, "the world wasn't perfect when you were a child, you were just too little to realize the flause"

    • @szabiTM
      @szabiTM 6 місяців тому +50

      flaws?

    • @JaxCarson-fy9rm
      @JaxCarson-fy9rm 5 місяців тому +25

      bro can't even spell flaws properly💀

    • @Hyperlaser_Merc
      @Hyperlaser_Merc 5 місяців тому +68

      Both of you only focus on the minor mistake! This quote hits the nail on the head.

    • @SteadyJack301
      @SteadyJack301 4 місяці тому +48

      @@Hyperlaser_Merc yea that was the point, they only focused on the minor *flaws* instead of the actual damn quote

    • @jerey6
      @jerey6 4 місяці тому +8

      @@SteadyJack301Flause

  • @StormierNik
    @StormierNik Рік тому +423

    "WHAT DO YOU MEAN GAMES GET BORING WHEN YOU PLAYED THEM FOR 5 YEARS STRAIGHT WITHOUT TRYING ANY OTHERS?! THATS IMPOSSIBLE"

    • @kale280
      @kale280 7 місяців тому +24

      @FrogMasterToby-ce5nh again, this is strictly a problem if you're playing the same games. shit even fortnite adds a ton of new features to make the game more fun. Modders have been spicing up old favorites for decades. Gaming not being creative enough is only a problem if you only play AAA games. play neon white buddy

    • @gabyyyyyyyyy
      @gabyyyyyyyyy 7 місяців тому +12

      ​​@FrogMasterToby-ce5nhgaming isnt dead. tripple A gaming is dead

    • @orctrihar
      @orctrihar 7 місяців тому +4

      I agree 100% the issue is over use and saturation to the point they do nothing new.

    • @Writing_Gamer_513
      @Writing_Gamer_513 6 місяців тому

      Honestly this is why I love Terraria. I’ve picked it up when I was 11, played it for 3 months, left it, and returned after 3 to 5 years later. When I was 18 I bought it on switch and played it for a couple of months before I played something else. 4 years later and now I’ve gotten back into it and I’ve been playing it since late April, just before my 22nd birthday, and I’ve now played it into June. The key is to play smaller titles more frequently while awaiting for the larger titles to drop.

    • @orctrihar
      @orctrihar 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Writing_Gamer_513
      The key is to understand that why elder title are popular is because they don’t ask for a daily income to be maintened, everything good is because poeple can enjoy to play it local, they can even pay again for pratically the same stuff just because it mzan it get a official cleaning (looking at skyrim)

  • @rubub8455
    @rubub8455 Рік тому +481

    THANK YOU 😭😭😭 I've been so exhausted by these pretentious video essays that try so hard to be deep. Not just essays for games, but even movie and show essayists are like this a lot.

    • @LazyComplicator22
      @LazyComplicator22 Рік тому +34

      It started on TikTok because multiple people were no longer in school and so there wasn't a mutual time for them and all their friends to be online all the time. So they make these stupid, gaming isn't fun anymore TikToks. Yeah right, same people who brought PS5 straight away and pre-ordered Spiderman-2 and is binging every GTA 6 video

    • @alkimia1791
      @alkimia1791 Рік тому +12

      Pretty much exactly this

    • @TheCapitalWanderer
      @TheCapitalWanderer Рік тому +16

      oh they are a lot alright, even music and songs are affected by it, needless to say they are wrong, i've found several great songs on UA-cam alone, i've seen people who loves books still found great novels to read every now and then.

  • @littleman1886
    @littleman1886 Рік тому +609

    How to Make Gaming Fun Again
    "Stop Playing the Same Game and Genre Over and Over for 100+ hours every day, And Play Something New Once and For a While"

    • @TheCapitalWanderer
      @TheCapitalWanderer Рік тому +44

      literally what i did, never gets boring, also it's fun trying out modern games when you don't have a gaming computer and 5 consoles. tried out NFS Heat in PS5 just now and i am having a lot of fun

    • @lenny_boxx4206
      @lenny_boxx4206 Рік тому +8

      If I get tired of playing Fallout Ill start switching to Mortal Kombat

    • @haruhirogrimgar6047
      @haruhirogrimgar6047 Рік тому

      ​@@lenny_boxx4206 If you get tired of Fallout 3, you can try new genres. Like isometric RPG's that build more on the writing and roleplaying part of Fallout 3, or maybe some immersive sims (the Game Awards just announced 3 new indie projects underway) if you just like freedom in combat progression.
      Or you could try some games that people online say are similar like Biomutant, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the Outer Worlds, Metro Exodus, etc. Not all of these have rave reviews, but neither does Fallout 3.
      Or it is legitimate to try brand new genres. Getting out of League of Legends and Heroes of the Storm I picked up Ori and the Blind Forest and fell in love with Metroidvanias. A friend recommended some SMT games and I binged those for a bit. Another friend got me into a 3rd person shooter game because I loved the Tower Defense elements. And at this point I am pretty much picking up new game types every Steam Next Fest.

    • @BigOleHayden
      @BigOleHayden Рік тому

      @@lenny_boxx4206seen the Fallout movie teaser on TGA?

    • @ONOINFLAKES
      @ONOINFLAKES Рік тому

      ​@@lenny_boxx4206 try the monster hunter series.

  • @AdrianAnimations360
    @AdrianAnimations360 8 місяців тому +145

    “Gaming isn’t fun anymore” insomniac,every indie developer and Nintendo:ok here are some good games

    • @dale3797
      @dale3797 5 місяців тому +21

      "Every indie developer" good joke, bro.

    • @bobbymcjoey9432
      @bobbymcjoey9432 5 місяців тому +8

      ​@@dale3797Shhh, indie studio's are always right

    • @funny_joke_goes_here4406
      @funny_joke_goes_here4406 5 місяців тому +17

      @@bobbymcjoey9432Yeah of course…long as you ignore…the one we fear…YandereDev

    • @Lisanicolas366
      @Lisanicolas366 4 місяці тому +2

      in my experience trying out indie games, they're crap at worst and not better than triple A games at best. I didn't have fun at all trying to play Subnautica, or Hollow Knight, or Terraria. only decent indie i played recently was cuphead

    • @bobbymcjoey9432
      @bobbymcjoey9432 4 місяці тому +11

      @@Lisanicolas366 Okay well theres just something wrong with you at that point lmao

  • @Jamesthe1
    @Jamesthe1 Рік тому +386

    One of my favorite lessons is from an indie game itself, "The Messenger": Good memories can be like bad ones. Nostalgia needs to be treated as a passing memory, if you hold on long enough then you only hold yourself back. For being said in a retro-style game, I think it really fits.
    The shopkeeper either offers great insight or wisecrack comments and I genuinely appreciate 'em

    • @tyresr
      @tyresr Рік тому +8

      Wtf, I was just thinking about The Messenger while scrolling and the immediately see this comment

    • @cherry414
      @cherry414 Рік тому +3

      Is the game really that good? I've been hearing so many good things about it in the limited print games community

    • @tyresr
      @tyresr Рік тому +4

      @@cherry414 It’s that good, when I first got it I fully completed it in 2 days because of how addicting it was. The soundtrack is amazing as well, so many head bangers.

    • @smackyguardian
      @smackyguardian Рік тому

      @@cherry414Yes!!

    • @jasleezy8874
      @jasleezy8874 Рік тому +1

      ​@@cherry414played thru twice might do a 3rd everything just has a certain charm
      it just falls SLIIIIGHTLY midgame but even then i didnt and do not care

  • @jasonjasso666
    @jasonjasso666 Рік тому +157

    I think a lot of people tend to impose their personal boredom onto others and pass it off as just them being critical.

    • @TheTheninjagummybear
      @TheTheninjagummybear Рік тому +43

      People on the internet LOVE imposing expiration dates on things. They think when they get bored of something, they should get to bite anybody who does it or brings it up.

    • @FlushDesert22
      @FlushDesert22 Рік тому +15

      Litterally every Minecraft critique video:

    • @TheCapitalWanderer
      @TheCapitalWanderer Рік тому +16

      literally every "modern game bad" youtuber

    • @DADA-yt1pt
      @DADA-yt1pt 11 місяців тому +2

      I've seen that WAY too often.

    • @alexcrock7942
      @alexcrock7942 11 місяців тому

      ​@@TheTheninjagummybearthe people who hate on the new gow games are complete morons for me bc they are manchildred and insult you if you love the games and say those games have no gameplay when that's not true ,they seem like they depressed in real life

  • @TheWhoniversalMan
    @TheWhoniversalMan Рік тому +395

    Oh, thank goodness! I've been similarly annoyed by how frequently those videos pop up and how frequently they turn personal hangups into condemnations of gaming in general. Good to see a reasonable response!

    • @kuzeyrl
      @kuzeyrl Рік тому +2

      yeah.

    • @LeroyFaceTV
      @LeroyFaceTV Рік тому +2

      There were games released almost 20 years ago that had more features and replay value than titles releasing currently. Blaming gamers for developers complete incompetence and lack of motivation is like a restaurant giving you the wrong order and then telling you to "deal with it".

    • @user-lh7mt7zo7l
      @user-lh7mt7zo7l Рік тому +10

      @@LeroyFaceTV If they keep buying or preordering anyways they deserve the slop they are served.

    • @hdns4
      @hdns4 22 дні тому +1

      @@LeroyFaceTV No, it's more like blaming the customer because they keep going back to a shitty fast food restaurant that always gives them the wrong order while simultaneously refusing to go eat at any of the locally owned restaurants across the street that have great reviews.
      If all you do is play COD, Fortnite, Valorant, FIFA, or whatever other AAA slop gets churned out, then it is absolutely your fault for making an informed decision to spend your time and money on a game that you know you don't enjoy anymore when instead you could have chosen to play any of the many, many great games that come out every year from indie developers or even the select few that we do still get from certain AAA developers like Nintendo, Insomniac, Naughty Dog, etc.
      Or, there's even the option of going back and playing games from years ago that you never got around to, because there's about 40 years of home video game content and I guarantee you have not played every single good game that has ever been released in that long history, and modern emulation as well as official re-releases and remasters open up even the deepest avenues of that history. Hell, I guarantee you haven't even come close to playing every single good game in the last decade, let alone the last four decades. It's a very common inside joke among gamers that most of us have massive backlogs of games that we haven't gotten around to yet. So why the hell aren't you playing those?
      We are living in a golden age of gaming accessibility. Between both classics and modern masterpieces, you have so many options at your fingertips. More options than any person could ever reasonably get to in their lifetime. And if you still choose to play the shittiest AAA games of the year instead, then you really do only have yourself to blame for not enjoying gaming anymore.

  • @HeraldOfSilliness
    @HeraldOfSilliness 8 місяців тому +147

    Somepne please tell me if any of the ppl who make "gaming isnt fun anymore vids" have made a response to this vid cus i rlly wanna see if theyre pissed off at the stuff expressed here

    • @Wingsfanacc
      @Wingsfanacc 14 днів тому

      It seems like the inverse, actually.

  • @AWildDomino
    @AWildDomino Рік тому +1535

    Thank you for shedding some light onto this obnoxious genre of videos 💀
    I feel the same way with them and feel like these kind of people are just really bored with life and play the same 3 games every day

    • @jade88104
      @jade88104 Рік тому +18

      unrelated but i love your icon!! i love the mother games too!

    • @jumentoqueanima
      @jumentoqueanima Рік тому +4

      Fr lmao.

    • @jumentoqueanima
      @jumentoqueanima Рік тому +3

      ​@@jade88104I tought it was conker at first glance Lmao.

    • @jgnogueira
      @jgnogueira Рік тому +42

      And they all share the same opnion, they complain about sheep when all they do is copy past each other, is amusing when you think about it.

    • @AWildDomino
      @AWildDomino Рік тому +3

      @@jade88104 thank you haha! That’s awesome 😊

  • @sidekickspam7574
    @sidekickspam7574 Рік тому +98

    I think a big problem that people aren't considering is they are only playing video games and nothing else. I remember the summer in which I graduated, and I could play video games all day. At first, it was fun, but then it was so miserable that I was just waiting for college to start so I could do something other than play video games. Now that I have a job and I'm taking college playing video games, it is a lot more fun because I'm not playing every second of every hour of every day. Playi g Video games is supposed to be a hobby, not a lifestyle, You can't just always do what gives you pleasure because pleasure doesn't mean anything without hardship.

    • @ocskopf
      @ocskopf Рік тому +1

      100% agree

    • @Navek15
      @Navek15 Рік тому +8

      Agreed. I love playing a bunch of games, but that’s not all I do in my life or free time.
      I read Novels and Comics. I watch Tv shows, UA-cam videos and Movies. I write fanfics and make videos.
      And that’s on top of having a regular IRL job and hanging out with my friends and family.
      Like the video said, ‘Variety is the spice of life.’

  • @toytacambery9427
    @toytacambery9427 Рік тому +164

    Influencer: "gaming isn't fun anymore"
    Translation: "I burnt myself out playing the same games over and over for sweet, sweet, profit. But now I realized I get more profit from just lazily repeating the same unnuanced criticisms than I did when I actually put work in to make a positive video."

  • @Treofis
    @Treofis 5 місяців тому +23

    Here because someone else got recommended your video right next to one of those “gaming is boring now” videos and the screenshot is semi blowing up on Twitter, i chose the positive gamer path

  • @Alex13501
    @Alex13501 Рік тому +193

    I had been in this place around year 2015. Believe it or not, i have been playing games from a year 1996, when i was 3 years old. Always a hobby for me, i tryed going pro a little bit, but didnt like the experience. Anyway, i had this "gaming isnt fun anymore" phase and then came Undertale.
    Damn, i had it completely wrong, its not the games, its me. It was the way i looked on the them and how i consumed them. When you are an adult and start making your own money, the scarcity of games you had as a kid, is gone. Suddenly, you can buy anything, anytime and that scared me. However i learned to move past it and now, enjoying the hobby more then ever.
    There is a real issue with the quality of the games though, especially AAA. I am always longing for raw emotinal experience, which can be even better with games, since its an interactive medium. A rare thing in todays market, since for it, the game has to be made from passion and love for games. I was lucky though, since two weeks ago, i happened to play Snoot game and... yea. I have to say, there is yet a lot i have to learn, about myself and other things.
    Some may think i am childish for games to have such an impact on me and my life, maybe, but i have a different theorem, for as a medium, the games have been with me the longest, what else, if not them, should guide me forward?

    • @DaCat1337
      @DaCat1337 Рік тому +9

      you should totally play nier automata if you want a raw emotion experience. It does that masterfully

    • @R3AL-AIM
      @R3AL-AIM Рік тому +3

      This is my thing. I've been playing since 2000 and been on nearly every system imaginable around that time and after, now on PC for the better part of 10 years. For me, it's not that my taste has changed, as I still play games from 95', 05', 15 and even new releases. The majority of new AAA titles being marketed to the general public are bad in many aspects. Having 2 or 3 outliers doesn't negate the issue. That's why people say "Gaming is bad now* because most people are not playing the smaller titles on the 3rd and 4th most popular platforms.

    • @smergthedargon8974
      @smergthedargon8974 2 місяці тому +1

      If you want an emotional game that some consider a straight up religious experience, try Golden Treasure: The Great Green. Legitimately one of the greatest games of all time.

    • @DannyBirchTheAnimeLoverGamer
      @DannyBirchTheAnimeLoverGamer 2 дні тому

      2015 was the best year.

  • @PG-20
    @PG-20 Рік тому +579

    Games haven't changed. YOU changed. What isn't fun for you anymore, is probably a blast for someone else.

    • @milkersman
      @milkersman Рік тому +5

      well said my g

    • @coffe2270
      @coffe2270 Рік тому +4

      Fun for babies

    • @bjornrie
      @bjornrie Рік тому +54

      Games HAVE changed. Big Companies like EA are doing research about human behaviour regarding video games and design their games with cartain properties to trigger a certain behaviour. Fun is an aspect of all that, but it's one aspect among many that is intentionally designed into the game. Developers try to make games addicting, they design games around microtransactions, partially taking the fun out of it. It's not all games, but the whole industry has definitely changed. It's not that you as an individual can do nothing if you don't have fun anymore, but you are still not to blame entirely. It's however pure ideology to blame everything on the individual when there are structural reasons for certain mass expiriences. Some people are also not reflected and knowledgable enough about all this and they just feel that's something not right. They can try to make better decisions, but in the first place the industry is always the one to criticise first.

    • @flboyredgaming
      @flboyredgaming Рік тому +4

      @@bjornriefax

    • @blacklyfe5543
      @blacklyfe5543 Рік тому +1

      Let them have it then

  • @SpriteCranberryReal
    @SpriteCranberryReal Рік тому +61

    Whenever I feel like “I dont want to play any of these games,” I just choose a game anyway and usually have a lot of fun

  • @zsidontknowwhattoname4395
    @zsidontknowwhattoname4395 5 місяців тому +47

    “gaming isnt fun anymore” - only plays 2k and cod

  • @TheBoneHeadClan
    @TheBoneHeadClan Рік тому +285

    Bro I am so happy you listed all of the games you showed in the description, people have started to do that with music, but it still needs to become a mainstream standard to list the games you show in your footage in the description thank you so much you're the bomb

    • @mygameopinions
      @mygameopinions  Рік тому +33

      Youre welcome!

    • @juhokettunen8245
      @juhokettunen8245 Рік тому +14

      Absolutely agree. Listing sources is beneficial to everyone.

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Рік тому +4

      It's mainly small channels' thing atm, but I sincerely hope the big guys will pick that up

    • @zwilder1
      @zwilder1 Рік тому +3

      @@BLET_55artem55they never will, they don't put enough effort in to list a few links

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Рік тому +1

      @@zwilder1 😭😭😭

  • @berryie5046
    @berryie5046 Рік тому +920

    if u get bored playing video games, then you should actually touch some grass... help mom, fix things, do sports, learn something new
    so much you can do in life
    then you can go back to games and its gonna be fun again

    • @call_me_mado5987
      @call_me_mado5987 Рік тому +93

      Agree! Ever since i started working on my own video game and exercising, which made my free time less available, i could appreciate playing minecraft a lot more than before.

    • @GLC48
      @GLC48 Рік тому +54

      Facts. There is not a single video game that's more fulfilling than helping mom.

    • @surpriseman
      @surpriseman Рік тому +55

      This may seem like an insult but in reality that is true
      Try doing other things and then you will feel like you are dying to play the game again but you cant
      Based on my experience i once stopped playing minecraft for 2 years however when i came back i tried doing new things with my friends and yea it was actually fun

    • @anibalhyrulesantihero7021
      @anibalhyrulesantihero7021 Рік тому +50

      Exactly. Why do people complain when they can just take a break? Doing anything for a long time can get exhausting.

    • @northcoast1403
      @northcoast1403 Рік тому +6

      Exactly. Gotta take a break sometimes

  • @kirstenbass1968
    @kirstenbass1968 Рік тому +413

    For me, I vibed with the “gaming isn’t fun anymore” because I’ve entered a really stressful period of my life where I feel guilty when I “waste time”. I can’t relax or escape because I feel like I need to be doing something else, something more important, something adult. I only have a few hours in the day for personal time, but I’m more aware of the opportunity costs. Gaming hasn’t changed; it’s me. The feeling I miss is one where I don’t judge or critique myself for how I spend my downtime (or having downtime at all, really).

    • @toytacambery9427
      @toytacambery9427 Рік тому +27

      Ah that explains it. Now it makes sense. Like a former alcoholic or smoker criticizing people who still do those thing.
      That's good that you finally got a life, but these influencers (and those that watch them) shouldn't validate themselves by projecting their past insecurities onto people with control over their habits and criticizing them for something they're not guilty of.

    • @kirstenbass1968
      @kirstenbass1968 Рік тому +19

      I wasn’t seeing it from that angle. Speaking about how your experience has changed with gaming is not a criticism of people who still enjoy them or have different schedules. I meant only to say that I let my own worries ruin the experience, that I should be able to sit down and set aside time for myself without feeling guilty. It’s not about time management - it’s about prioritizing space for my hobbies period as an act of self-care.
      Said another way, another person could get their chores and errands done and sit down to play with no worries. I do the same, except there’s technically always more to do. It’s an anxiety issue, not ego.

    • @TheRealCCall
      @TheRealCCall 11 місяців тому

      Don’t criticize yourself for having a hobby. If it’s fun for you, then enjoy it. There’s nothing wrong with that at all.

    • @phil_5430
      @phil_5430 10 місяців тому +12

      I was exactly there what you've described. This was in my late twenties where suddenly a feeling kicked in that I need to stop wasting my life. The good thing is that once I've turned over 30, I stopped giving any F about what adults "have to do" or what is "immature"- I just enjoy my life and do what I want ;-)

    • @abcdefg5459
      @abcdefg5459 10 місяців тому +3

      I find old games, on average, to be better. There are occasional good releases that still happen (mostly from Indie companies) but big budget games are rarely good anymore. I think "Modern Gaming" by Self Deficient made some good points of why people are dissatisfied with modern games. To say everyone that thinks gaming isn't fun anymore thinks so because they grew out of games is completely wrong. I find myself having fun with old games, even ones that I haven't played before, but struggle to get motivation to play most modern releases. Not to mention lots of games are almost objectively getting worse because of online gaming and their want to milk peoples wallets. It also doesn't feel like there's many modern games now where people use in-game voice chat or play for fun instead of the "grind".

  • @geileskind64
    @geileskind64 7 місяців тому +14

    I talked with a friend of mine about this topic because he had played multiplayer games for 10+ years and lately has stated multiple times how "there is nothing to play" and when another friend and i tried to tell him "hey this looks good" he denied every recommendation we had. I understand wanting another big fps or battle royale but my god i just hate not even giving new stuff a try because "ur not feeling it right now" and it's geniuenly just exhausting trying to find a middle ground with people who don't want to try something new.

    • @ThRealBuddy
      @ThRealBuddy Місяць тому

      In fairness, Some people just don't like games. I'm one of those people where I just never grew up with video games, so most games don't really interest me. It's a bit of a chore to try and get into, much less keep up with my other friends on (Since most games we buy together they always try to 100% as quick as possible so I lose steam really quick knowing I'll just inevitably end up forced to backseat the whole time anyway). However I'm not sure why your friend would complain about there being nothing to play and ignore the literal MILLIONS of options.

  • @seelions8174
    @seelions8174 Рік тому +636

    As a college art student this actually helped me overcome my artists block by applying the same mentality here. Thank you!

    • @ChickenMcKicken
      @ChickenMcKicken Рік тому +5

      if you dont mind me asking, what type of art do you create

    • @seelions8174
      @seelions8174 Рік тому

      Im a traditional and digital artist but recently moved completely digital about half a year ago@@ChickenMcKicken

    • @adainjarrio
      @adainjarrio Рік тому +16

      As someone who has gone through multiple burnouts, I've learned the best things to do is to stop looking for inspiration and just keep creating until something looks good. I think Ed Sheeran said you have to think about creativity like a tap and at first dirty water will run but after a while it becomes clear.

    • @camerondavies9659
      @camerondavies9659 Рік тому +3

      Wow, i really like how you evolved this knowledge into something different, personal. Ive loved drawing throughout my life in bursts, and i think you're comment has opened my mind to why, i struggle to keep at it with passion

    • @enzoamore8971
      @enzoamore8971 Рік тому +2

      Still in this drought myself. Never thought of it that way

  • @Dyedrainn
    @Dyedrainn 10 місяців тому +83

    "Gaming isn't fun anymore" mfs when i show them: (any indie game released in the last 5 years)

    • @Grayson-tk5hn
      @Grayson-tk5hn 8 місяців тому +9

      "gaming isnt fun anymore" mfs when you show them: (insert really good and fun game)🤯

    • @Grayson-tk5hn
      @Grayson-tk5hn 7 місяців тому +3

      @FrogMasterToby-ce5nh it is far from impossible

    • @sil5429
      @sil5429 7 місяців тому +11

      @FrogMasterToby-ce5nh Not every AAA game is from Ubisoft, EA or Activision.

    • @sil5429
      @sil5429 7 місяців тому +8

      @FrogMasterToby-ce5nh So you are saying that most AAA games come from Ubisoft, EA and Activision? Ignoring games like: Elden Ring, TLOU2, Baldur Gate 3, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, Resident Evil

    • @QuakeDude73
      @QuakeDude73 7 місяців тому +3

      Gaming isn’t fun anymore mfs when you show them literally any other game than what they’ve been playing for the past decade:🤯🤯🤯

  • @brad8391
    @brad8391 Рік тому +502

    people who say "gaming isnt fun anymore" are the people who grew up and just played so many games that they get bored easily. They grew out of gaming, they just dont want to admit it, so they blame it on the game developers.

    • @StomachPlug
      @StomachPlug Рік тому +69

      That can be the case sometimes, but it's also entirely possible that their feelings on it are temporary.
      Being in a rut over something doesn't mean it's a permanent change in mentality.

    • @LeroyFaceTV
      @LeroyFaceTV Рік тому +21

      There were games released almost 20 years ago that had more features and replay value than titles releasing currently. Blaming gamers for developers complete incompetence and lack of motivation is like a restaurant giving you the wrong order and then telling you to "deal with it".

    • @StomachPlug
      @StomachPlug Рік тому +65

      @@LeroyFaceTV And there _aren't_ feature rich games with tons of replay value releasing today?
      We have an entire modern genre built _just_ out of those two factors in roguelikes.

    • @mike-._
      @mike-._ Рік тому +6

      @@LeroyFaceTV not the developers, the people that hired them

    • @D1mly
      @D1mly Рік тому +3

      Same would apply to movies, books or comics tho, no?

  • @wussupitsmeyaboi1210
    @wussupitsmeyaboi1210 9 місяців тому +17

    If new gen games aren't fun. Go to the classics. Or play single player games. I revisit a lot of single player games during the winter and it's fun.

    • @xbdger
      @xbdger 4 місяці тому +2

      i just play a variety of games

  • @theelike4302
    @theelike4302 Рік тому +204

    Gaming wasn't fun for a while and I realized it was because I kept playing live service games that aren't made to be fun. What really helped me was playing complete experiences like The Gunk, Subnautica, and Yoku's Island Express.

    • @Breoke
      @Breoke Рік тому +3

      Game developers used to make games that is made for fun to made for money grabbing. I know developers need money but sometimes they are greedy which I hate it

    • @newdivide9882
      @newdivide9882 Рік тому +17

      This response is perfect. People only play games that quite literally were not made to be fun in the first place. Gaming became fun to me again after I was finally wrenched from the grip of Destiny

    • @HugoStiglitz88
      @HugoStiglitz88 10 місяців тому

      you need to do more than that because even though are repetitive experiences. You should play linear story based games too, open world, etc.

    • @theelike4302
      @theelike4302 10 місяців тому +1

      @@HugoStiglitz88 way to channel that "um ahksually" energy. I'm playing what I like and you NEED to keep your snarkiness to yourself.

    • @abcdefg5459
      @abcdefg5459 10 місяців тому +2

      I find old games, on average, to be better. There are occasional good releases that still happen (mostly from Indie companies) but big budget games are rarely good anymore. I think "Modern Gaming" by Self Deficient made some good points of why people are dissatisfied with modern games. To say everyone that thinks gaming isn't fun anymore thinks so because they grew out of games is completely wrong. I find myself having fun with old games, even ones that I haven't played before, but struggle to get motivation to play most modern releases. Not to mention lots of games are almost objectively getting worse because of online gaming and their want to milk peoples wallets. It also doesn't feel like there's many modern games now where people use in-game voice chat or play for fun instead of the "grind".

  • @pacosalvs13
    @pacosalvs13 Рік тому +109

    I think why people say "gaming isn't fun anymore" is because they hyper focus on bad games they weren't going to play to begin with and then ignore or downplay every other good game

    • @bulgarianreaper6587
      @bulgarianreaper6587 Рік тому +19

      Exactly. I don't care about Ubisoft, Bethesda, EA and Activision. Because I know I wouldn't be playing these games at all, so why care?

    • @Generationalwealth94
      @Generationalwealth94 Рік тому +7

      ​@@bulgarianreaper6587As a 29 year old I have Halo Infinite, Amnesia:The Bunker, Red Dead Redemption 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Cuphead and Yakuza Kiwami 2 on my Steam Wishlist. And on my library I still have to finish Forza Horizon 5, Witcher 2, Witcher 1, Battlefield V, Assassins Creed Odyssey, Fallout 4, Saints Row 2 and 4, Titanfall 2, and I want to replay Halo MCC and Borderlands 3. Like how people fail to find videogames that they enjoy is simply beyond me LOL. Maybe what they really need is to join a martial art class and get kicked in the face by some kyoushin karate black-belt. Perhaps then they'll have more appreciation for videogames lol.

    • @TheCapitalWanderer
      @TheCapitalWanderer 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Generationalwealth94i respect you for keeping FH5 and Fallout 4, both communities would beat the shit out of you for enjoying those games

    • @Generationalwealth94
      @Generationalwealth94 11 місяців тому +1

      @@TheCapitalWanderer I thought Fallout 4 was actually well-respected? I've barely played the game at this point anyways. And FH5 kicks more ass than FH3, I have 400h of FH3. Granted that game was beautiful at the time it came out so I respect it but FH5 is definitely an evolution in various regards.

  • @tashunagray7720
    @tashunagray7720 Рік тому +630

    Fun fact a symptom of depression is not finding joy from things you love doing.

    • @drgonzo123
      @drgonzo123 Рік тому +116

      To be real for a moment, I don’t think people are educated on mental health. I use to think depression meant being sad. But nothing is further from truth. I had no idea why I didn’t want to partake in things I use to enjoy, or just hide from family and friends. It’s also not constant, and can change day to day. Until I saw a doctor I had no idea what depression really was.

    • @Virgil-280
      @Virgil-280 Рік тому +50

      @@drgonzo123 Hi, just wanna follow up and back up that claim as a psychology student. "Being sad" is a completely normal thing and can be a sign of healthy emotional wellbeing and you shouldn't be hard on yourself for being sad. There is so much more to an actual depressive disorder and having been diagnosed with one for a few years now it really does change constantly.

    • @drgonzo123
      @drgonzo123 Рік тому +8

      @@Virgil-280 thank you. I really had no idea, and I thought wow, how many other people think the same thing? It was never really talked about in my house growing up, so I had no idea what actual depression looked like. Thanks for the info.

    • @skwillywilly
      @skwillywilly Рік тому +5

      Unless, you stop doing them. I used to play video games days on end and would never even consider them being boring. I have a very wide variety of games and I would always make sure to buy a new one for when the one got boring. Even then, I eventually just stopped enjoying them. I still kept playing them because I had nothing else to do, which led me to a depressed stage. I have quit playing video games completely for a few weeks now and it isn’t that bad at all. This analogy is weak because you could say the same about cartoons and then it wouldn’t make any sense.

    • @drgonzo123
      @drgonzo123 Рік тому +7

      @@skwillywilly I commented about the depression thing because this exact thing has happened to me. I buy games all the damn time, whether I finish one or not. I have all the consoles and a gaming pc, so it’s a real passion of mine. But sometimes I’ll just wake up and not feel like playing anything. The longest it lasted was about a month. I mean I didn’t play anything at all! I came around and went right back to gaming, but every once in a while I just take a break. Has nothing to do with the games themselves, it’s just me.

  • @BrickBusterVideo647
    @BrickBusterVideo647 8 місяців тому +10

    Another issue is how much more frequent dopamine hits social media like TikTok gives you. I recommend you stop social media scrolling, and spend more time on the things you truly enjoy, because I guarantee you feel more alive spending time with the boys than scrolling TikTok. It’s going to be difficult, and I myself am trying to quit, but you must resist and fight, fight hard. If all goes according to plan this should be one of my last comments on social media as a whole.

  • @NF12222
    @NF12222 Рік тому +122

    Playing what the boys are playing is too true lol, all my friends just play the shiny new multi player fps, while I sit around playing single player games

    • @Burnbtrab2.0
      @Burnbtrab2.0 8 місяців тому +2

      Same,as well as for my low end PC I play games that no one knows: Portal 2, Half Life 2 and I can play other old games because those run well without problems, even GTA 5 I can but not with the maximum graphics as we all know and 60 fps which basically everyone wants, even on my phone since there are only boring games and only online I installed very cool single player games

    • @The_Blocky_One
      @The_Blocky_One 7 місяців тому +1

      This is very different for me and my friend group. We all have a blast playing indie games and telling about our experiences to each other.

    • @Dr.Freeman...
      @Dr.Freeman... 5 місяців тому

      people I know usually only play massive multiplayer games on console while play my singleplayer indie games on my laptop, which I used to hate until I realised that they're playing the same old things while I'm branching into territories that they have bever experienced, so that I'm never getting bored, while I see people saying that "CoD/Fortnie/Roblox is getting boring I have nothing to play >:(" while I get to play (and sometimes introduce) games they've never seen before

    • @11DowningStreet
      @11DowningStreet 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Burnbtrab2.0"games that no one knows"
      "Portal 2, Half Life 2"
      that's an oxymoron

  • @SpiritInky
    @SpiritInky Рік тому +433

    I definitely agree that a lack of variety can make gaming as a whole feel boring.
    It sounds silly, but I fell into that trap myself. It's easy for gaming to become associated with comfort and nostalgia if it's something you've been doing for a very long time. When gaming became a comfort hobby, I didn't want to try new things, because that was very intimidating compared to stuff like LittleBigPlanet or Bleed.
    I was able to break out of that when I tried the free game "Cat-aclysm" on Steam. It's a Digipen student-made game, and it gave me serious Xbox 360 live arcade vibes. It was super reinvigorating to remember that gaming as a whole doesn't encompass the games you only played as a child that are warm, nostalgic, and comfy.
    You might find a game that you never knew you'd like so much.
    This is a great video! 😊 I love the positive vibes here.

    • @mygameopinions
      @mygameopinions  Рік тому +18

      Thanks for the support! I remember playing some viva piñata demo on the 360 arcade it was a classic.

    • @SpiritInky
      @SpiritInky Рік тому +4

      @@mygameopinions Ooo, was it the farming game? I used to play that one a lot, I loved it!

    • @josephleebob3828
      @josephleebob3828 Рік тому +1

      Sorry but you blatantly assume as if people can easily change genres and enjoy them, to assume you are going to enjoy other genres is incorrect, games are getting less and less unique , even more incorrect if you slap that logic to someone playing competitively

    • @hastyhawkeye
      @hastyhawkeye Рік тому +1

      ​@@josephleebob3828you don't always have to play competitively. Single play exists. Also try a older game in a different genre for example do you like the halo franchise. Try halo wars 2 it is a rts instead of a fps.

    • @josephleebob3828
      @josephleebob3828 Рік тому

      @@hastyhawkeye single play gets too boring it has almost no repetitiveness for me, idk if you get this but people dont just switch to another genre and enjoy it, people main a genre bc they DONT like the other ones

  • @phantomkitten73
    @phantomkitten73 Рік тому +177

    It really is so heartbreakingly funny that as a child you could just keep consuming game after game after game, but you're likely to be stuck with the same 4 or 5 at any given time. Then as an adult you can buy hundreds of games, but it's difficult to find the motivation to play any of them.
    You just gotta understand that gaming will never make you feel the same way again, but it can always give you new feelings, as long as you're open to them and put some effort into finding them.

    • @scary5455
      @scary5455 Рік тому +9

      I can't relate. Had my best time gaming as an adult playing Rocket League, Automobilista 2, NieR Automata, Drakengard 3, and the 4 Bayonetta games, and even Minecraft again as an adult. Way more fun than playing Sonic, Sly Racoon or Minecraft as a child.

    • @scary5455
      @scary5455 Рік тому +2

      ​@@danjoreddyou wouldn't say that about other hobbies like making music, painting, or sports

    • @crazydragy4233
      @crazydragy4233 Рік тому +6

      I really don't think it has that much to do with age. First experiences are just powerful over all but we usually aren't silly enough to say stuff like your first sandwich was magical bc xyz

    • @worlds-biggest-mbn-fanboy
      @worlds-biggest-mbn-fanboy 5 місяців тому

      @@scary5455 You gotta play spark the electric jester 3 man its an amazing 3d platformer

  • @mrghost3272
    @mrghost3272 5 місяців тому +11

    I feel the same with music. They claim music isn't good anymore. Yet I can find plenty different artists that make cool stuff in under 20 minutes. You just have to look past the basic crap spotify throws at you.

    • @trigex415
      @trigex415 4 місяці тому +1

      FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT

    • @janzimon12
      @janzimon12 4 місяці тому +1

      Yeah, it's like watching the same tv show and same episode everytime every day

  • @grayhacer
    @grayhacer Рік тому +48

    Funny how I got recommended the original video when I got burned out on games and now I'm watching this video with having the most fun with gaming I've ever had in my life

    • @goindown
      @goindown Рік тому +3

      same

    • @Zbyszkov2
      @Zbyszkov2 Рік тому +2

      So what new games did you try? If you are bored of shooter i recommend you the witcher 3 of you haven't played it, you could try terraria too (if you haven't played it)

  • @mushsect7511
    @mushsect7511 Рік тому +79

    finally a counter video to all those depressing gaming isnt fun anymore videos I always saw, literally what keeps me going is exploring new series I didn't get to experience yet from circumstances like now going up with a playstation but using emulation to help cross that forgotten bridge

  • @hectormontes7056
    @hectormontes7056 Рік тому +51

    I remember my friend said he stopped liking video games, but literally all he played was Pokémon and Pokémon rom hacks and exhausting Pokémon challenges. We played Jumping Flash! (literally the first true 3D platformer ever created) and he said it was most fun he’s had with a game for a while.

    • @EepyPandi
      @EepyPandi Рік тому +2

      You should def introduce him to danganronpa or if he doesn’t like blood you should introduce him to Roblox, I feel like he’d like that platform a lil

    • @hydrolix5745
      @hydrolix5745 Рік тому +6

      ​@@EepyPandiok not that I DISLIKE Danganronpa, but how did you get from 3D platformer to a visual novel

    • @EepyPandi
      @EepyPandi Рік тому

      @@hydrolix5745 most Pokémon fans I’m friends with liked danganronpa

  • @The7thDraconian
    @The7thDraconian 20 днів тому +2

    I admittedly haven't watched many "gaming isn't fun anymore" vids, but I come across similar sentiments online from different social medias. Sometimes they aren't even talking about games, they're talking about books or films or whatever. Like you said, I wonder if they just haven't gotten our of thier comfort zone because I'm constantly aware of just how much amazing art is out there and how I'd need three lifetimes to experience even a 1%.

  • @inazuma4811
    @inazuma4811 Рік тому +280

    I like playing games with friends, its fun. I feel like exploring indie games may be a good idea for some, there are a lot of hidden gems out there. If nothing works maybe take a break from gaming.

    • @goosewithagibus
      @goosewithagibus Рік тому +16

      Touch grass, as they say, if gaming isn't fun. Reading is a cheap, beneficial, and easy way to entertain yourself. There are literally hundreds of thousands of free books out there that you can just download in an instant. Not to mention fanfic if that's your kinda vibe.

    • @goosewithagibus
      @goosewithagibus Рік тому

      @t.p.9434 cycling is fun. I got myself a bike a little while back. Kills time easily and is like meditation when you're doing it for long periods

    • @EEErmine
      @EEErmine Рік тому +2

      @@goosewithagibus "gaming isn't fun anymore"
      *Starts reading.*
      _"Reading isn't fun anymore"_

    • @TheCapitalWanderer
      @TheCapitalWanderer 11 місяців тому

      ​@@EEErminestarted piloting
      "flying isn't fun anymore"

  • @amereaardvark
    @amereaardvark Рік тому +26

    It's funny looking at "growing up" away from video games in my perspective, because as a kid i loved video games, but then at some point stopped playing them. I thought at one point i grew out of the medium, where as now, as i have gotten more invested in video games, not just in playing them, but learning about them and the history, and the unique experiences carved out of them.

  • @cube_20
    @cube_20 Рік тому +43

    people will be like "games are not fun anymore" and play something like valorant

  • @fish_h
    @fish_h 5 місяців тому +31

    "if you only play visual novels, try reading a book" 😭😭

  • @rafaeltrindadelau
    @rafaeltrindadelau Рік тому +472

    "Why isn't gaming fun anymore?" - Person who only plays two genres of videogames at most

    • @eneco3965
      @eneco3965 10 місяців тому +59

      Two games*

    • @zeropen0719
      @zeropen0719 9 місяців тому +27

      make it 2 franchises by the same studios in the last decade

    • @GUIFI27
      @GUIFI27 9 місяців тому

      I have this felling and i have played Subnautica, Uncharted 4, Walking Dead ( Telltale),Tlou, Tekken 3, bloodborne...

    • @Chantos2k
      @Chantos2k 8 місяців тому +9

      Ive played all kinds and it truely isnt fun for me anymore

    • @HyruleWanderer
      @HyruleWanderer 7 місяців тому +2

      I always played a lot of genres from FPS to JRPG and i'm feeling the same way. Maybe the problem is in my head.

  • @PikaBolaChan
    @PikaBolaChan Рік тому +77

    i love this, my man really is capable of seeing the wonder and joy in video games. i think you pointed out a really good point, that is when people say “video games aren’t fun” they’re really talking about themselves, not the video games. like it’s impossible to claim meaningfully that gaming as a whole is awful because you’ve play less than 10 games in the last 3 years and obviously would feel it getting stale. having “fun” doesn’t come from doing the same thing over and over again, especially without a goal. i got to immortal in valorant and i just quit the game when i did, i got to where i wanted to be and i was satisfied. trying new things after this was amazing to me, limiting myself to just valorant was fun because it was my choice, and i had a goal i was working towards, AND i didn’t limit myself to just that one game after i was finished with it

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Рік тому +2

      I mean, therapy is expensive as sht and some ppl really need that, so I don't see problem with them speaking out their thoughts. The problem for me is that they're claiming it as an objective truth

    • @liquidrufus
      @liquidrufus Рік тому +1

      Yeah moderation and variety has kept me interested in the hobby into my 30s

  • @Kirokill1
    @Kirokill1 Рік тому +238

    Video games are art in my eyes. It’s a beautiful representation of imagination with all angles and the gameplay is a coordination and problem solving practice.

    • @ImWatchingYou69
      @ImWatchingYou69 Рік тому +5

      based and artpilled

    • @flamingwayz7964
      @flamingwayz7964 10 місяців тому +13

      It's my personal opinion that videogames are the pinnacle of art as a medium (at the moment). Videogames are typically an amalgamation of visual, musical, and interactive cues. Stationary art pieces and music are independently amazing, but videogames take those concepts to a completely different level by incorporating the viewer/player as a piece of that art.

    • @eyescreamsandwitch52
      @eyescreamsandwitch52 10 місяців тому +1

      Video games to me are games. They are made to have fun. I press buttons and something happen. Some heretic on my crosshairs gets pinned to a wall, tires shriek from friction as a race begins and sans bleeds ketchup.
      I could see an argument of some games being "Art First" but not all of them. Others just wants to tell a story like with may walking sims and visual novels (kinetic or otherwise).
      A lot these days are glorified slot machines or non chemical addictions that forces you to keep coming back to them while others were artsy like Gris, Braid or Proteus.
      There are those who are just for the fun of it like serious sam, lethal league or pacman championship edition while others are made not solely for the "fun of it all" like This War of Mine or That Dragon Cancer.
      Not saying games aren't art regardless if we're talking about it from a subjective or objective standpoint. I just see them first as a means of entertainment, something fun for the most part, then they can be something else after that.

    • @RektMan-il5cr
      @RektMan-il5cr 7 місяців тому

      What happened to playing outside????????????????????????

  • @Meelz
    @Meelz 23 дні тому +1

    Seeing a lot of comments about CoD, so I'm gonna give my two cents:
    I've started going back to the yearly cycle of CoD after not having played for probably like 10 years (or whenever Black Ops 2 was) and started really enjoying the games again, after having generally stayed away from video games due to depression. After spending so much time away, it really just felt like coming home after so long, as opposed to if I had been on board this whole time. Of course it would have felt like a grind.
    What helps is I've generally branched out to so many more kinds of games, and have tried to make a habit to finish the singleplayer games I've started. Unlike as a kid, I'm finally finishing the Rockstar games, the big sprawling RPGs, I'm learning high-level tech for fighting games and speedrunning. For all you can say about CoD being the same thing year in and year out, it's not as if it's the only thing I play and enjoy.
    And I can't stress this enough, touching grass is so extremely important to enjoying games again. Going out with friends, skating, catching movies, writing and performing music has kept pretty much all aspects of my life extremely varied and exciting. As a human being living on this massive planet with so many things going on, you do yourself a massive disservice if you stick to one lane, be it the game you play, the genre of game you play, or the very hobby of playing video games. You are worth so much more than that.

  • @CaptainSquirreleyPants
    @CaptainSquirreleyPants Рік тому +50

    I was starting to get burnt out on games as well. I used to be anti-indie games because I considered them “unpolished” and “not actual games”. Funny enough, that could be said about AAA games like Halo Infinite, which is still an undercooked unfinished game. But as an artist, I wanted to try a new medium, and I always loved games. So I discovered dev logs and how much more artistic indie games could be. I’ve discovered punch o bunch, risk of rain, and other games I think I would love to try out which has definitely resparked my love for gaming. I got back into Space Engineers and Dark Souls and now I wanna even do a LASO run through the Halo games.

  • @sherwinashford
    @sherwinashford Рік тому +46

    It's also important to note that this feeling of "boredom" can occur in any kind of media. I had been listening to a lot of metal, and that's the only thing I'd put on to get through the day. I made a playlist of the best of various genres and bands which actually made my life a lot more fun during work.
    But when it becomes repetitive? Life suddenly becomes a lot more shittier. What was once working for me, just didn't help. We become like AAA game developers, trying to squeeze out as much money (here, dopamine) as possible. That's when I reached out to another playlist I made a good while back which was a mix of retrowave and darksynth music. It was a good replacement which brought me back to eating all the shit life put on the table for me. Funny thing is, just a while after making the retrowave playlist, I stopped listening to the genre. That's how I got to metal.

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Рік тому

      It's a psychological phenomenon, but I forgot it's name

    • @yellowandlimegrat4724
      @yellowandlimegrat4724 Рік тому +1

      "I made a playlist of the best of various genres and bands which actually made my life a lot more fun during work."
      I have a work playlist of 6600 songs that's just a mix of every genre in the known world. The constant changing of moods that playlist brings helps making work more fun

    • @sherwinashford
      @sherwinashford Рік тому

      @@yellowandlimegrat4724 My playlist only had metal music lmao. Metal is still really diverse, but you might want to have music that isn't as intense sometimes.
      But having a huge playlist of various kinds of music would be fun too. Zetabytes of music which our descendants would download in a few seconds right before the planet is destroyed
      "Huh, so this is what my great grandpapi had been listening to. No wonder he was deaf."

  • @wandereringshadow8658
    @wandereringshadow8658 Рік тому +65

    i think the reason why gaming isn't fun for me is the realization that I want to do other things with my time as an adult. My old childhood favorites will always have a place in my heart for sure, but like with any other hobby, gaming can just be something you grow out of. Which is okay, really. I'm nearly 21, in a serious relationship, and am pursuing my passion as a job.
    I think its really less that "Video Games aren't fun anymore", and more just a lot of people are outgrowing videogames and wanting to do other stuff. Which I think actually is great: Expanding your horizons, picking up new skills, working to improve yourself... those are all indicators for me of a thriving person.
    Videogames are still fun. They might just not be "your thing" anymore.

    • @nimnimn6930
      @nimnimn6930 Рік тому +19

      I think there's a really tribalistic attitude that permeates the conversation about whether video games are fun anymore where people categorize themselves as gamers who enjoy playing video games or people who "Grew up" and will never enjoy playing video games again when the reality is that people enjoy whatever they enjoy in that instant they are enjoying it and they shouldn't feel a need to keep doing things they aren't enjoying or not doing things they do enjoy for consistency's sake.
      I think alot of this originates in the idea that video games are childish or a waste of time, which causes people to reactively form an identity around liking video games and how they'll like them forever in order to validate their hobby. When the reality is that the fact they enjoy it makes it a valid hobby in itself. Maybe they won't enjoy it forever, maybe they will what really matters is whether they are enjoying it when they do it.

    • @demifolk8940
      @demifolk8940 Рік тому +16

      I seen a lot of people move on from gaming, but saying its “outgrowing games” makes it sound like its a childish hobby when its not. Gaming is for everyone and is starting to become the norm. Even your grandparents are starting to get games on their phone to mess around with.
      It also implies it a waste of time but so are a lot of hobbies, watching tv, reading books, playing games, or doing any sort of outdoor activity are all viable ways of “wasting time”. For me, I’m extremely passionate about games I learn something from every game I play. I love learning about video games, how they’re made, and the sense of community I have interacting with other gamers. I’m also lucky enough to have a gf who is also a big gamer and plays with me or is understanding when I spend a lot of time beating a new game that just came out
      So instead of people “outgrowing it” I think it’s likely that they should take a break or get into something else as well to add some variety to their lives. Idc about outdoor activities or sports, so I’m perfectly fine spending most of time indoors. But most people cant do that and need something fresh in their lives

    • @saftigerkeks5212
      @saftigerkeks5212 Рік тому +3

      Thats such a dumb take. My grandpa plays videogames, and he is almost better than me in some Parts. He is 81 years old.

    • @A_reasonable_individual42
      @A_reasonable_individual42 Рік тому

      ​@@saftigerkeks5212what he means is that he still finds them but people also want to pursue their passion or a type of work they want to do. He means that people want to focus on other things but they just don't have the same passion they used to even though they're still fun. Hope this makes you understand why people feel this way.

    • @nimnimn6930
      @nimnimn6930 Рік тому

      @@saftigerkeks5212 I think you misunderstand, they're saying that you might "Grow out" of video games and that's fine not that you have to "Grow up" from them. As people grow older they might not find themselves enjoying the same hobbies they used to, doesn't mean there's a problem with the hobbies themselves, or that they're childish things you inevitably leave behind, just that they may not be what you currently want to do and you should embrace that as a way to find something new.
      Say hello to your grandpa for me, he seems cool.

  • @viola8422
    @viola8422 5 місяців тому +14

    I hate when people bring up indies as the only good modern games. Like no pffff,

    • @MedicFromTF2_REAL
      @MedicFromTF2_REAL 5 місяців тому +6

      He didn't say they're the only good modern ones, he just said they don't have a lot of the problems people complain about with modern AAA games

  • @PwnedMk
    @PwnedMk Рік тому +58

    I think some people just need to find that one game that makes them realize again why they love video games. This could be a game from their childhood that they remember or a game they haven't discovered yet. For me, when none of the games I often play are appealing to me, I dust off the old Wii and find some games to play there

    • @GothfieldGamer
      @GothfieldGamer Рік тому

      @@danjoredd if you like difficulty you can try something like lies of P, or you can look towards the future, therees an upcoming boomer shooter named mouse, just trying to give suggestions!

    • @TheCapitalWanderer
      @TheCapitalWanderer Рік тому +1

      i still got em, old and new

    • @HwjsjsHejejs
      @HwjsjsHejejs 10 місяців тому +1

      Terraria is such a wonderful game

    • @abcdefg5459
      @abcdefg5459 10 місяців тому +1

      I find old games, on average, to be better. There are occasional good releases that still happen (mostly from Indie companies) but big budget games are rarely good anymore. I think "Modern Gaming" by Self Deficient made some good points of why people are dissatisfied with modern games. To say everyone that thinks gaming isn't fun anymore thinks so because they grew out of games is completely wrong. I find myself having fun with old games, even ones that I haven't played before, but struggle to get motivation to play most modern releases. Not to mention lots of games are almost objectively getting worse because of online gaming and their want to milk peoples wallets. It also doesn't feel like there's many modern games now where people use in-game voice chat or play for fun instead of the "grind".

    • @lunch_trey
      @lunch_trey 8 місяців тому

      I'll occasionally boot up my SNES and play A Link to the Past when I feel that way.

  • @TalleyBellum
    @TalleyBellum Рік тому +34

    Sometimes you just need a single person or a group of people to play with
    Having people around you is what makes gaming so much fun

  • @stefanmoon7033
    @stefanmoon7033 Рік тому +389

    Great vid man, love the points you raise here

  • @huh2253
    @huh2253 7 місяців тому +9

    thanks to the creator for writing names of all the games he has shown in the video in the description

  • @juanjuIio
    @juanjuIio Рік тому +202

    Most of the "games suck nowadays" is just doomertalk, but there is a very real trend of triple A games decreasing in quality every year. You just need to look for indie games and new fun things to try out. COD, Minecraft, Fortnite, etc. have all been decreasing in both popularity and public opinion for a while now. They really just aren't as good. It has nothing to do with "gaming" as a whole, it's just the games themselves.

    • @lazyvoid7107
      @lazyvoid7107 Рік тому +4

      Fortnite is not dying so yeah

    • @Zbyszkov2
      @Zbyszkov2 Рік тому +1

      @@lazyvoid7107 they got people bc of the new update which brings back og fortnite, so the old fans started playing it, and the fans are starting to get older and they will explore new games because it will get boring after 5000h

    • @memelurd7341
      @memelurd7341 Рік тому +4

      There are a few AAA series that have been consistently good such as Kirby. In general 2023 has seen a major spike in quality for Nintendo.

    • @Zbyszkov2
      @Zbyszkov2 Рік тому

      @@memelurd7341 what about pc games? for bf it's going down, for cod it's going down too, but i heard the new mw are ok, the same with halo, there is no big franchises left that have good games (except re-logic and... and, i can't think of any other franchise)

    • @memelurd7341
      @memelurd7341 Рік тому +3

      @@Zbyszkov2 Btd6 is probably one of the best Tower defense games of all time.

  • @thecampingyeen2524
    @thecampingyeen2524 Рік тому +105

    i am not lying but ultrakill made me like fps gaming again. corny as it sounds the game is super fun and I never felt so much accomplishness and actual joy learning the patterns to fight against bosses like gabriel and sisyphus. I was just so grogged before hand cuz i would just play the same games over and over again, and ultrakill just ignited that spark in me again to keep gaming

    • @Hollow_Theorist
      @Hollow_Theorist Рік тому +4

      I’ve recently reached the greed layer in ultrakill, ultrakill has been described as a “boomer shooter”. There are a great variety of shooters from RPG shooters, milisims, twin stick shooters, third person shooters, sniper games, arcade shooter games, extraction, battle royale, advanced movement and all sorts of other wacky games like friends vs friends or the finals beta (soon to be released)

    • @Ryan-nm8pw
      @Ryan-nm8pw Рік тому +3

      Indie games are great for this, they can take swings at established genres and reinvent them in ways that are actually fresh.

    • @jinbe_of_the_sea4577
      @jinbe_of_the_sea4577 Рік тому

      for me that game was dead cells, been playing that thing like there's no tomorrow

    • @ChillyUltraKill
      @ChillyUltraKill Рік тому

      Hey! I had a different but similar thing. I oooked for so long for a game that was an FPS that was really fast paced and would be great for my ADHD. Then I found ultrakill! And it did wonders for it. Play ultrakill today! Warning: side effects may Include
      Increase in edginess
      Atheism
      Strange pretending of weapons
      Flicking coins in the air
      Vomiting
      Death
      Healing from blood

    • @mparker123
      @mparker123 Рік тому

      This is so real! I started playing and it brings me so much more enjoyment than what I usually play

  • @minaisloading
    @minaisloading Рік тому +41

    I feel like the only problem with a lot of modern games is that you need to have a better system to enjoy them which might also be why some people feel like there isn't enough games to try

    • @jankbunky4279
      @jankbunky4279 Рік тому +15

      There's too many amazing indie and retro games to even count, that run just fine on less capable systems.
      Like yeah, you'll have to look beyond the newest AAA games to find them, but it's not actually hard.

    • @Ag3nt-MC
      @Ag3nt-MC Рік тому +2

      I wanna play the new payday so bad but I’m still running on an Xbox one.

    • @lenny_boxx4206
      @lenny_boxx4206 Рік тому +1

      Then dont feel discourage to play old games that you can play in your current system or console then

    • @minisculex3
      @minisculex3 Рік тому

      Most people will just get disgusted on older game when game like bioshock for example are actually a great game but I've seen people saying the graphic are too muddy and disgusting for them to try

  • @Malagaofto
    @Malagaofto 4 місяці тому +1

    7:31 Whats that game with the platforming tanooki girl? Looks fun

  • @Jorendo
    @Jorendo Рік тому +9

    "Just maturing I guess" dude I'm 40 years old, heck the average gamer age is high up the 30's...wtf are these 20 something kids talking about when they say "Maturing". You don't mature, you just get boring.
    One needs to have other things next to gaming, everything gets boring eventually when you do it a lot. Just find other hobbies next to. When I'm bored of gaming I go fiddle around with Blender, I go to the gym, I hang out with friends, do something else for a bit. Or maybe one just needs to find a new genre to get invested in.

  • @Abel-Alvarez
    @Abel-Alvarez Рік тому +36

    THANK YOU!
    Damn alot of those videos are annoying. I agree about the micro transactions, loot boxes, and unfinished released games being a problem, but for those that can't get out of their bubble playing the same crap over and over need to branch out and try new things.

  • @rccrazer
    @rccrazer Рік тому +40

    I went back and played Sonic adventure 2 again. I learned a lot. The polish wasn't as pretty as I remembered and the gameplay was great and the characters fleshed out. It was refreshing for me. The responsive controls and snappy gameplay with characters I love to this day was great and when I was done I realized minecraft was fun again. Even though it's the farthest thing from a super polished Game. It was intricate and in its own blocky way, beautiful. I think its that the repetition of the games makes them feel stale, and we loose appreciation for what makes them great in the first place.

    • @haruhirogrimgar6047
      @haruhirogrimgar6047 Рік тому +4

      If you liked the Sonic Adventure games I would recommend Spark the Electric Jester 3. The dev just continued the formula into something more modern feeling.

    • @abcdefg5459
      @abcdefg5459 10 місяців тому

      I find old games, on average, to be better. There are occasional good releases that still happen (mostly from Indie companies) but big budget games are rarely good anymore. I think "Modern Gaming" by Self Deficient made some good points of why people are dissatisfied with modern games. To say everyone that thinks gaming isn't fun anymore thinks so because they grew out of games is completely wrong. I find myself having fun with old games, even ones that I haven't played before, but struggle to get motivation to play most modern releases. Not to mention lots of games are almost objectively getting worse because of online gaming and their want to milk peoples wallets. It also doesn't feel like there's many modern games now where people use in-game voice chat or play for fun instead of the "grind".

  • @Saintvali3
    @Saintvali3 28 днів тому +2

    "We grew up bro" brother, my father is almost in his 50's and he still plays games

  • @dinoboiis8147
    @dinoboiis8147 Рік тому +7

    “Just maturing ig”
    Can we please make adulthood or maturity not be equivalent to depression and stagnation and stress please.

    • @ButterclawEnthusiast
      @ButterclawEnthusiast Рік тому

      Well it takes effort to manage those issues, so probably not

    • @kang6914
      @kang6914 Місяць тому

      Well for a lot of people that’s exactly what it is, welcome to life. It’s not all rainbows and butterflies for everyone. Becoming an adult comes with a whole lot of stress and responsibilities for a lot of people, some never manage it well, some do. So we are not making it an equivalent, it literally just is.

    • @hectorandrade8729
      @hectorandrade8729 14 днів тому

      ​@@kang6914Oh, you are depressed, because life sucks sometimes, but thinking that's all life is is just depression.

  • @offthesplat5863
    @offthesplat5863 Рік тому +42

    Im actually happy that my uncles introduced me to different kinds of games instead of just cod, thanks to them I was interest in all types of genres which made me much more interested whenever a new game would come out

    • @valentinvas6454
      @valentinvas6454 10 місяців тому +6

      To me COD is like the fast food of gaming. They can easily provide a decent level of entertainment most of the time but once you discover other games you realize where you can find true greatness.

  • @phil_5430
    @phil_5430 10 місяців тому +13

    "we grew up bro"
    Indeed thats a dumb statement. I had a low with videogames in my twenties and now with 35 years I'm having more fun than ever. Maybe its because I enjoy life alltogether much more than I used to. Maybe those people are bored by videogames because they have a boring life in general? If I would live like a slob with no activities then I could not enjoy anything...
    Anyway, thank you so much for this video. More big creators need to do videos like that against all these "mimimi gaming isnt fun anymore" videos

  • @Mal_Freeman0451
    @Mal_Freeman0451 2 місяці тому +3

    This is the video I needed. Those guys always annoyed me. I'm playing games most of my 42 years and the only genres that I don't play much are puzzle games and walking simulators. Otherwise I play everything from driving, to FPS to horror to isometric tactical turn based, and from the 8 bit era right up to modern games. I've never been more in love with gaming than I am now. There are so many great games that I'm just spoiled for choice. Variety is absolutely key to enjoying anything in life. Food, music, games, films... if it's always the same thing, of course you'll get sick of it. Variety is reinvigorating. They say a change is as good as a rest.

  • @Garmin316
    @Garmin316 Рік тому +12

    My close friend brought this up a while back. He stated that video games just dont do it for him anymore. I stated that i felt the same way, until i started trying out new genres instead of fortnite, gta online, fifa and minecraft. He gave some lame excuse as to why he doesn't try new games. But the dude spends hours on repetitive fifa content, and I was like that too. But he didnt want a solution, he just wanted someone to agree with his idea ig. I found some of my new favourite games of all time after experimenting, hades, doom and witcher 3 the big names among them. Ive sunk so many more hours into gaming, and hours that i truly enjoy every minute of, not the mundane time i spent doing the 200th cayo perico heist just to buy an X thing that does an X thing which becomes boring after 2-3 uses

  • @jazzlaugh6578
    @jazzlaugh6578 Рік тому +5

    I, a lifelong Serious Sam fan, cutscene skipper, "story sucks gimme gameplay" sayer, and bethesda rpg murder-hobo, rediscovered my love for video games with detective games, text heavy rpgs like Disco Elysium, indie horror ( Dread X Colections mostly), turn based rpgs, and visual novels like The Silver Case. Give everything a shot people, you never know what might stick.

  • @shuvari7707
    @shuvari7707 Рік тому +35

    Been gaming since I was a small child and I’m now well into adulthood. It’s still my favorite hobby and I can spend hours at a time on a variety of different games. In fact, some games that I’ve played for years still are able to destroy my sleep schedule 😂

  • @MorriieMTheFalse
    @MorriieMTheFalse 28 днів тому +2

    “Gaming isn’t fun anymore” people when you inform them that playing the same games for 8 hours a day is bound to get old after a while: 🤯

  • @AnnoymousBuffoon-xx2nc
    @AnnoymousBuffoon-xx2nc Рік тому +5

    Wonderful perspective, I'm about to bust it out with 30 people trying to master some flavourful spinjitzu burst techniques for the spice of life, wish me luck

  • @kasperfz
    @kasperfz Рік тому +14

    I've been playing games since I was a little kid. A moment comes when gaming is not that fun anymore, that's when you need to take a break. I spent like 2 months or more without playing anything, and when I came back, I had SO MUCH FUN playing Halo: Reach. And then I went to play other games and, oh my god, I'm ashamed of how many hours in a row I played. Gaming, as any other hobbies, can become boring. Some people make playing videogames their entire personality, that's when depression kicks in.

  • @MasterEth
    @MasterEth Рік тому +4

    people really be saying "gaming isn't fun anymore" when they only ever play 1 to 3 games on repeat.

  • @NguyenKien1808
    @NguyenKien1808 4 місяці тому +3

    Funny story, while I was watching this video, the Ori soundtrack hit me like a truck and I decided to spend my night playing Will of the Wisps because despite being an Ori fan, I've never tried WOTW due to burn out at the time it was released. And boy did I had the best time of my life in a long time. To think that before this, I always thought I grew out of love with the game and Ori was just something I enjoy as a kid. Glad this video open my mind

  • @UltimateTS64
    @UltimateTS64 Рік тому +65

    I've always been in the mindset that the people that think gaming has died don't play enough different types of games. Most of them seem like the dude bros that mostly just play COD, Assassin's Creed, GTA, and the annual sports games. In that case, I would agree, but they don't step out to try what else is out there. Once I got older and had more money to spend on games, I really got into trying new genres and series I had never played before and it's made gaming such a joy again. I play all levels of games, from smaller indie titles, to massive triple a games, and it makes each game more enjoyable ywhen you appreciate them for what they are. I had this realization when I hopped between games on my PC, Switch, and PS in one night and I had so much fun that I felt like I was hanging out with friends even though I was alone. Don't let online synacism ruin your fun, play what you enjoy. Thank you for sharing this perspective, because I felt this way when I noticed the trend. Left a like to boost the algorithm

    • @tlucas7031
      @tlucas7031 Рік тому +16

      I think this is spot on. The "dude bros" that get boxed in to a small set of games discount anything that's not a multiplayer FPS. Minecraft gets a pass for them due to nostalgia.
      I think a lot of indie games also get labelled as "cozy," which that same subset of gamers interprets as "girl games." It, again, leads them to discount games that aren't the same as what they always play.

    • @Purplesome_
      @Purplesome_ Рік тому +4

      @@tlucas7031 Ultrakill is truly the coziest game I know

    • @AHungryHunky
      @AHungryHunky Рік тому

      ​@tlucas7031 I played "A short Hike" via Gamepass and it was such a great little platformer. No combat, no conflict really. Just you with the goal of making it to the top of a mountain by climbing and gliding.
      "Cozy" is about right, but it was a fun game I was able to complete in a few hours and I am glad I elected to do that instead of staring at Skyim's character creator for the umpteenth time trying to think of some build to do.
      And when I came back to skyrim, I knew the EXACT build I wanted. It'd amazing how different experiences can impact and inspire each other.

  • @cheeseborgerdeluxe
    @cheeseborgerdeluxe Рік тому +10

    I do believe it’s just not having variety. Of course when I was younger I was on every fps. Rainbow, cod, overwatch etc. at some point I couldn’t even get on for a second. After that I’ve discovered genres I never thought I’d love Old and new. After a long hiatus I’ve recently gotten back into multiplayer games me and my friends used to play and they are as fun as they used to be years ago when we started. People just have to learn not to overdue it. And multiplayer games still have a variety of genres. People just tend to stay in fps

  • @gabemissouri
    @gabemissouri Рік тому +21

    Honestly Virtual Reality has increased my love for gaming tenfold. Playing Blade and sorcery and killing enemies in the most stylish and brutal ways possible is so much fun. Playing modded minecraft in VR is also extremely fun.

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Рік тому +1

      Check out SuperHot VR, it's genuinely a masterpiece (definitely not a bottled comment (if you play the game you'll know what I mean)))

  • @CoBER-nc3el
    @CoBER-nc3el Місяць тому +3

    DO NOT revolve the fun you get from gaming around playing with other people. Take this advice - I'm learning the hard way.
    Play those single player games.
    Play alone.
    Edit
    More advice I would like to give:
    Avoid watching people play the game too much or even analysing gaming reviews too much. (ie for any game you've been wanting to try)
    Go experience it for yourself and form your own opinion about it - I started playing a game I saw people have some negative reviews about - no regrets so far, the game is actually pretty fun.

  • @SubThoRed
    @SubThoRed Рік тому +8

    I'm 30 years old and I've been playing games for 20 years. This "I'm an adult" thing is bullshit. I have played, play and will always play video games because the amount of games is literally limitless. And yes, I've had that "games aren't fun" moment. Right after I finished The Witcher 3, every game after that looks "soulless", but it's not true.

  • @jgunner280
    @jgunner280 Рік тому +29

    Gaming definitely has its moments of low points, but its never just "over" or loses "fun", it just migrates. I grew up loving 3D platformers and early console FPS games. The kind of shooters where the controls were still janky and flawed, but the mechanics still came from a root source and wanted to give you a genuinely fun game, or cool level experiences. In the mid-late PS3 generation, both those types were smacked away and disrespected. 3D platformers were one of those genres the bulk of companies sneered at and said nobody wanted them anymore, because... nobody was making them anymore, so there was no voice outside of scarce few and Nintendo doing a hard eye-roll. FPS? It was the same thing, even if we were "oversaturated", the actual truth was it was basically one style, one ringleader, one "right way" of doing it: COD-style. Awful over-scripted campaigns, no resource systems, no enemy types, multiplayer stripped of all liberating features like server lists and rapid "kill-time" took out any talent or epic battles. Not to mention, online and media around it was just depressing and negative. People were complaining so much about the junk going on, greedy trends were flying off and dying rapidly, devs were talking about how new IPs or X/Y idea was just un-attemptable for profits to the degree of absurdity. It just felt pretty bleak.
    So what did I actually do? I barely ever played RPGs until that generation. Suddenly the olden boring image of mashing a button to auto-attack, or grinding turn based campaigns, was getting supplanted by games like Kingdoms of Amalur, Dragon's Dogma, and a few very quite little titles none of you probably heard of called Dark Souls and Skyrim. Two Worlds 2 was also kind of wacky interesting, and Bioware... holy crap those guys are immensely overrated, but I can't say they didn't entertain me a bit and kept me up reading some wiki pages on the things I did like. And then let's not hide the fact there still was slivers of old reliable fun bleeding through. Bullet Storm was an awesome silly FPS game using some crazyed mixed logic, Resistance 3 is everything that generation of FPS should have been instead of COD, and Crack In Time is a franchise masterpiece. Space Marines is one of the best Warhammer action games we ever got, and let's not forget this was the generation of Uncharted, Red Faction Guerrilla, and we all had a point in which Assassins Creed was actually a ton of fun for us.
    That was it. The was the worst time in gaming, where it felt like what I was loving was coming to an end, and I still got a ton of kickass experiences out of it. And now where are we at? Doom actually had to wake up again, sigh, and carry the genre on its back again as it re-invigorated and influenced the industry all over again, and Overwatch wasn't really that new but rather the successful hit that reminded people we can choose to be less like COD and look at "fun" environments, colorful worlds, and character designs that actually inspire real gameplay to use in multiplayer again. Now I've got to still finish Boltgun, Ultrakill, Turbo Overkill, I've been wanting to replay Dusk, and then there's an insane world of stuff like Iron Lung to Robocop, etc, etc. And that's overlooking a huge world of indie wonders, backlogs, and wishlisted material I still haven't gotten to. Hollowknight merch fills my home desk from how much I love that game, I am planning to reinstall Hat In Time soon for another play, I still need to get back to Monster Hunter Rise, and have you guys seen that we have two awesome Starship Trooper games around now? I literally can't keep up with it all, and I forgot to even mention Dishonored back in the poor period and that is still in my top-10 games right now. Who the fuck is telling anyone that games aren't fun!? Yeah the live service model is generally cancer, but just avoid those goofs and play some Deep Rock Galactic instead that actually put updates to genuine good use instead.

  • @Ikarusu
    @Ikarusu Рік тому +13

    imagine arguing about sense of discovery, spoilers or modern gaming ruining things when you could instead just be playing one of the thousand massive indies that came out which only like 5 people discuss openly (ex: sea of stars, little goody two shoes)

  • @NOUH-my9kq
    @NOUH-my9kq 8 місяців тому +2

    The way I found Minecraft fun is playing with my friends and messing around trying to beat the game that’s what they should do to have fun imo

  • @TheodoreChin-ih7xz
    @TheodoreChin-ih7xz Рік тому +9

    I've never had any trouble with boredom, there's just too much good stuff out there that I don't have nearly enough time for. It's overwhelming how many amazing games are out there. Add onto that all the shows I'd like to watch and all the books I'd like to read.

  • @ChristopherMcLarenExperience
    @ChristopherMcLarenExperience Рік тому +4

    Yeah people mature and grow out of videos games... And grow into what? Video games are incredible, age is irrelevent. I hate dumb people.

  • @spammus1
    @spammus1 Рік тому +13

    The only problem I have with those videos is that they use "videogames" instead of "Triple A videogames". Because AAA have been a shitshows for years now, and it's only getting worse and I really doubt it will ever get any better, companies just make too much money with shitty practices to go back to a consumer first mentality.

    • @marshallteach9006
      @marshallteach9006 Рік тому +8

      And AAA game cost a gazillion dollars to produce so studios are gonna play it safe anyway, you can't really expect them to come up with fresh concepts on a regular basis.

    • @mygameopinions
      @mygameopinions  Рік тому

      @marshallteach9006 ZEHAHAHAHA

    • @spammus1
      @spammus1 Рік тому +1

      @@marshallteach9006 LMAO what?????? The fact they have millions at their disposal and a fanbase that buys and drink whatever garbage they put out is exactly why they can try new things with little to no negative consequences. It's not about always doing it, it's the fact it's been years since they tried something new that wasn't completely ruining games' progression with useless battlepassess and microtransactions. Literally every AAA game is just a 10+ years old IP, that's way too long to recylce things. There are a lot of indie games that hits it big while being new and refreshing, there is no reason for AAA studios to not try something new. I personally don't really mind because I just like indie games way more than I have ever liked any AAA, it still kinda sucks for the industry.

    • @marshallteach9006
      @marshallteach9006 Рік тому +10

      @@spammus1 Ok I guess I expressed myself poorly cause I wasn't trying to defend AAA studios. Still, you didn't have to be rude. Anyway, all I was saying is that whether it is justified or not, these studios are risk adverse and looking for novelty and innovation in AAA games is a bit delusional. Even in an ideal world, these games would still have to appeal to a very large audience and there's a limit to what you can do without alienating the players. If you're passionate about something like people complaining that "gaming is dead" supposedly are, you can't expect mainstream things to keep entertaining you forever regarding of their quality, and the same is true for cinema, litterature etc.

    • @spammus1
      @spammus1 Рік тому

      @@marshallteach9006 I don't think I was rude, but if it came off like that I'm sorry. Still I think gaming is not dead, but mainstream gaming most certainly is. Activiosion is still milking CoD, EA is still milking Fifa, Ubisoft is still on AC and so on. Other big titles are all jsut multiplayer "competitive" titles that are bound to be boring after a short while. I think it's fair for fans to comlain about it because it's been at least a decade that a big studio didn't put out something original and fresh. Even in cinema you occasionally get the fresh movie that shakes everything up, but in videogames it has been ages since that happened. I honestly can't recall any original AAA title that came out in the last decade, and as a fan of videogames it really sucks asses, because as much as I love indie games, I am aware that indie games alone can't make the industry keep going.