How I Started To Enjoy Games Again
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2024
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What people don't understand is that video games are supposed to be a break from our world, as people immerse themselves into video games more and more they must learn to take a break and live life. Balance is everything
But then how can they subliminaly bombard you with propoganda? It's like you didn't even think before you spoke or you'd have noticed the huge flaw in your plan
@@TheScience69 I bet you think everything Is propaganda
unfortunately your comment is too true and will have to be ignored almost everyone
We need to make this comment stay on top
I agree. Having different things to do and for different reasons makes leisure time feel more noble, that is, it feels more fresh.
"4 player Halo 2 split screen at 7 in the morning"
Literally me, except 3 player.
For me it was waking up at 5am to play Counter-Strike 1.3 before school. My parents thought I was insane, but some of my fondest gaming memories were from those times. I remember getting really mad if I missed my alarm and didn't wake up in time to play it.
Heck yeah to both of these memories. We were LAN-ing Xboxes together with the campus intranet to play huge Halo 1 games back in the day. Xbox Live before Xbox Live.
were you the lucky one to have the bottom screen lmao
I think most games have stopped making memorable experiences like having stylized artwork like Jak and Daxter.
I'm not saying games like Skyrim cant be appealing to play but even the people who made the game took the time to make it's greyish environments still look amazing.
It can be full of greyish colors but how you merge environments is key.
That's where subnotica below zero failed and even the first subnotica game excelled at which made you feel immersed.
Me and my best friends played halo 2 online. We didn’t need split screen. I brought my own TV and a network switch.
My best tip to enjoy a game, is to not look up anything about it online. No guides, builds, weapon locations, secret spots, nothing. You spoil the journey. Comparison is the thief of joy.
I've felt this way a while - not just that though. I feel like Betas/Alphas/pre-Alphas are a BIG problem, especially in single players.
Picking up reading again was the trick for me. I realized one day that I hadn't read a book since the pandemic ended. Went back to reading and it "slowed" down the external stimuli that was acting like a static storm over all my other thoughts.
you can play VN s ,lol . the VNs are 99.99% reading
@@gamesthatmatter9374yes, but visual novels are not even on the same tier as Harry Potter in writing quality
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@RandomProblemGeneratorhey man a lot of those one handed dlc add a lot to the story
Same here, can definitely recommend stormlight archive from brandon sanderson. Great series of books if you liked lotr/hobbit.
And i agree, reading everyday reduced that constant storm of external stimuli. Though i believe its more to do with sitting and slowing down yourself. Reading a book lets you slow down to your natural tempo, which is very very relaxing
The actual problem is that people let themselves be told what to play AND LIKE nowadays. Different opinions used to be OK. When a friend came over, we played GTA 2 because he didn't like Tekken. Nowadays, for example, I don't actually like Dragon's Dogma 2. I'm not having fun with it. Try telling that to anyone. They won't recommend a different game that fits you, they'll tell you you're dumb and clueless if you don't like it.
trueee
DD2 is a bit of a weird one right now because I think a lot of people also feel the need to defend themselves. Normally I'd say yeah, people get overly defensive of the things they like. But in the wake of just how much misinformation there was with DD2, and all the comments being slung around calling people that enjoy the game "the problem with gaming" and stuff... Yeah it kind of got a little personal on both ends of the spectrum here. Messy business all around. Your nose is red, mine's blue, but we're all still clowns at the circus and all, y'know?
Generally speaking though, 100% agree. People are way too butthurt when people don't like the thing they like. Emotional immaturity is so draining to deal with.
I love dragon's dogma 1 and 2, but when discussing with my friends I put disclaimers. If you are a goal oriented person, the endless walking will probably make you mald. Same with BG3. There's nothing wrong with preferring a different type of game, but it is good to understand why.
@@knowwhoiamyet For me it's everyone expecting to like everything as if it was made for everyone. People are quick to judge and overly negative reactions can kill potentially good games. DD2 was mass voted down almost purely on the microtransactions and performance which is fair to a degree but it's not a proper judgement of the game overall.
We have very different experiences. Most people i know got it old they are stupid for liking it. But im 100% with u. Different tastes and different stuff that actually immerses u
For me it’s all about the buzz. You know the feeling when you turn off your console , pc & are still thinking about the game. For me that’s a sign of a good game , one that you’re still engaging with when you’re not playing it. If I don’t get that feeling then I know I can do without.
I got addicted to Tetris for a while, and that's exactly what happened to me.
Freedom never sleeps!
For so far only RDR2 got feel this way....
It only means you have to little things to do and think about,then your mind make you think about the one thing in your life.(that game you play alot)
Thats Called Withdraw symptoms, aka Addiction.
My experience --> Key Notes
1. Don't watch other playthroughs or anything related.
Ex - I planned on beating Metroid prime 2 & 3 but then Metroid 1 remaster coincidentally came out then I ended up watching a whole playthrough and lost interest in my original plan without even starting.. I had everything set up too with an HD mod. -_- (gotta recharge my interest now, give it a year or so)
2. Games vs Other Media (YT, Anime, TV Shows) If you stick around long enough it's eventually gonna soak up your time & "Media Energy" thus you don't feel like playing games or as much as you would that day. --> Play as soon as you wake up or before jumping on the internet.
3. Don't force yourself to play in a certain order, you wanna play dark souls 3 first instead of 1 for the first time? Go ahead, who cares, it doesn't matter, you're gonna have fun either way. If not, you're more likely to end up burning yourself out and playing a game you don't really enjoy as much, thus never really getting to the main game you truly wanted to play, whereas you would have had a better experience if you went with what you truly wanted to play in the first place.
4. Ignore critic videos, watch only early gameplay & core mechanics to truly determine if you would really enjoy playing through it.
5. Play whenever you want & how you want & have fun. Easy mode hard mode no one cares. It's your experience that only really affects you.
I'm also an enthusiastic gamer :D
My lineup right now is Monster Hunter Rise 130+ Hours in (Didn't even feel like it), Tales of Vesperia, Final Fantasy 7 Ps1, Breath of the Wild, Dark Souls Remaster, Final Fantasy Crisis Core, Mario & Luigi Dream Team, Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 1 and whatever indie game or nes, snes, gba etc. classics I feel like beating in between. You only have 1 life after all, manage your time well.
Yea I agree, especially about the doing stuff in the order you want to and playing games how you want to even if it doesn't "make sense" to others.
I love messing around in MH:R. The friends who introduced me to the game were total tryhards who only speed ran the game and did "meta" builds. Super serious about the game. While I love them, I think speed running MH and taking it over-seriously is just pointlessly stressful. You gotta enjoy the grind, and sometimes that means being a little silly.
Building a full shock elemental glaive build is stupid? Call me the bug zapper. I shouldn't build a greatsword build based only on aesthetics and not whats "meta"? Well, I'd rather feel like a fashion icon while I hunt than one shot the monster. The "real game" doesn't start until master rank? Well i wanna have fun today, so i'm gonna do some easy low level hunts and just hunt monsters i enjoy.
May i suggest you un squadron on snes. Underrated.
Or patapon series on psp.
Holly yapping
15:50 So much truth. Like I never FOMOing any stream, never visit Twitch or live streams here on YT, just watch when I want to watch. But I understand that I'm an older generation. I don't know how the young ones feel it.
I'm the same way. I watch YT and NF along with playing video games. I still remember my neighbor getting an Atari 2600 for Xmas. ^ ^ KC
I only watch UA-cam video about a game i like to know wat and how many people likes it, for me when i like a game so much i would want to know if this game is doing well on the market as i hope the dev got paid for their efforts, and on the other hand is to looking for a good game lore/ tricks conversation,
I stopped pre-ordering. I stopped buying on release. I started downloading every single game that I loved and putting them on several ssd's. That's how I started enjoying gaming, again. I don't get burnt by lies and broken promises and I play only what I enjoy.
And that's how I ended up playing AA games and stuff from 2010 or older.
Do I mind? Nah, I'm having fun with Deep Rock and Fallout: New Vegas. The Finals is cool too, check it out.
I found the old game Rollercoaster Tycoon to still be one of my favorite games, despite its old graphics. The trick was just finding a version playable on modern computers.
The thing is that you should never trust a company, they are never for your benefit
There are countless canaries that will do all the testing of the waters for you
Don't like a company, like good products
@@SmittyWJManJensen The finals is pretty fun but the whole roster is trans and unattractive and that kinda irks me.
”download” legaly yes 😊
Everytime I start playing games nowadays I just can't stop thinking about my career, todo list, side business, and that one side project that I really need to finish during the weekend. I just want to blast some games but I just can't anymore
set aside time that is productivity time and time that is for games on weekend. set an alarm if it helps. that way you can really unload your stress and rely on the timer to "bring you back" so to speak.
It probably signals you are not doing enough in my experience….
That's a great thing. Being that busy should be fulfilling and rewarding. If the work you're doing isn't however that's when you should cut down somewhat.
Stress is the #1 killer of dopamine receptors. We’re just being played and fkd by capitalism…
@@blicleak1101 holy shit, this is America…
I feel that the more I ignore Twitter or whatever about games that come out that are deemed “problematic”, the more I can actually enjoy it. Staying away from the toxicity of others that don’t even know what they’re talking about is the best way I can actually breathe while playing. I want to play to have enjoyment, not play only to think about the stupidity being said about it.
When I’m not playing games or working, I write. It’s usually something in my head that I want to write out as a story and doing something like that is a good way of taking a break from playing games. It still gives me enjoyment at the end of the day, I feel like I accomplished something when I do, and it helps me get better at writing as a whole.
How I do it:
- I play a game if I think I will enjoy it. You might barely know your own tastes, but e.g. If a game is "overwhelmingly positive" on Steam, it has consistently been a game I enjoy.
- If I'm not vibing with a game, I will just stop playing and move on. I don't have to force a completion.
- I now and then dip my toe out of my comfort zone and try another genre I rarely play. This also has consistently introduced me to games and experiences I love. Maybe sometimes take the time to actually try out those "filler" games you get on Humble bundle.
- Allowing yourself to like what you like. If you enjoy only the first half of a game and want to stop playing midway everytime and start a new game instead, do it. If you have more fun speedhacking through the boring running segments because there's no fast travel, do it. If you want to make a cheese build to destroy every boss, do it. Play how you want.
Best way to enjoy games, is to not read anything about it. No guides. No steam forums. No Reddit. The fun part is discovering things by yourself, if you spoil everything and instantly play the meta OP thing, you're ruining your experience.
Yeah I just played all 3 of the reboot tomb raider games completely blind and it was great fun.
Trick is to generally not think or care too much when you play games.
Now WoW is a different story since if you want to get into raiding you will need to collab with people and schedule your life around it as well.
i don't think this is necessarily always true tbh, my enjoyment of certain games (like terraria or souls games) actually goes up when i look up stuff on a wiki
This is just a subjective opinion and not objectively true.
Let's be real. The best way to enjoy a game is whatever method you personally find to be the best. Play the way YOU want to play, whatever form that takes. Whether it be meta, off-meta, griefing, using cheats(in single player), following guides or exploring blind. Playing on easy or hard. Hardcore or not.
Don't play how others expect you to play. Or how others tells you to. Try that sure, but if you don't like it that way, try a way you yourself believes will be more enjoyable.
We all gotta remember that the best way to enjoy any game, is up to us on an individual level. What is enjoyable for you, might not be so for me.
Yea I never use guides they seem pointless it takes the game out of the game. You should go through struggle to feel satisfaction in it. Elden ring however seems designed for guides
I started enjoying games again as soon i cut myself off of some bad friends who always wanted to speedrun games and dont take the time to look at story etc. Sure now i play mostly solo, but i enjoy games again, all i want is come back home from work and game a bit. Not get home and get into the next stress.
Congratulations, man. That's the reason games were made, to relax and chill after a hard day at work.
Exactly. Whats the point of playing game if you will just blaze through it.
Very true, for example-
Helldivers 2 is great fun, the second I ran into people who were efficiency minded, it started souring the experience.
This comment hit different 10/10
same thing with people who only play for achievements
I'am 34 and I still enjoy games like I'am 12.
Bg3, Elden Ring and Dragon's Dogma 2 were one of the best experiences in my life.
Now I play Persona 5 and it is f.. ing incredible.
I used to believe the "you don't miss old videogames, you miss being a kid" bullshit. As soon as Elden Ring came out, I realized I actually didn't dislike videogames and grow miserable in my ripe old age of 27, I just love GOOD videogames. The problem was not me, it was in fact the gaming industry that pumps out nonstop garbage with so few gems in between.
You want to know how to enjoy videogames again? Hope and pray that more good ones come out and STOP SUPPORTING THE BAD ONES.
yeah this is so true.
For me also!
I thought i could not stick with games anymore.. then i pumped over 100h in short time into ER..
Hella good game man.
But sadly people still don't realize that pre-ordering or even buying on release is such a bad thing for the industry as a whole.
Games should just sell when they're good.
NO publisher today deserves pre-orders imo.
Cause u have to decide after release. There are so much infos about games nowadays you don't need to buy it right away..
Just look up some gamereview magazine or yt spoiler free reviews and THEN decide to buy or not.
I even wait for sales nowadays.. cause there are so much games anyway.. i can wait for half a year, or even a entire year for a sale and some post-release patches!
I agree full force lol
My issue was different from this but still similar. I begin doing painkillers and would LOVE playing games on them. From 2012 to 2016 that was my biggest hobby, copping perc 10s snorting them and playing games. Once i quit it was the hardest thing for me to get back into gaming, i just couldnt do it. Luckily over 2 years sober now and starting to enjoy games more than ever.
Damn dude...I went through pretty much the exact same thing. Feels shitty knowing you can't enjoy what used to be your favorite thing in the world unless you have a high. I've recently been trying to quit as well
@raptorking3678 well I started doing heroin once the pills stopped coming around. Playing games nodded out still. Took me awhile but you can do it. Go to treatment if you have to. I feel completely normal now after 2 years. Played Baldurs Gate 3 and Dragons Dogma 2 having as much fun as back in 2007 playing games.
Dude saaaaame, but with weed, i can’t seem to game without a blunt on my hand, it’s a weird feeling, i want to stop doing it and enjoy gaming without it but i just don’t know how to start
@@yamz1156 Don't lie to yourself, nothing better than sparking up a blunt, your favorite game of the time, and a good beverage with a snack ready to go once the blunt is done. Life is short its ok to enjoy it a bit. Also smoking a blunt is not in the same realm as smashing percs and snorting them.
@@brownehawk7744 the problem is i’ve been doing that for the past 10 years now, i’m tired boss, i want to enjoy games without having to do that all the time, right now i’m trying out the Stellar Blade demo and damn sure there’s a blunt in my hand you know it, but you also get a different experience playing sober, i’m starting to hate forgetting stuff all the time too
Tangentially related to the end of the video: I used to make a lot of purchases in mobile games at a low point in my life because the instant gratification dopamine hit was some of the only joy I felt. This was, I don't think I really need to say, very bad for me. I didn't remove my payment info from google play or anything of the sort however, I just made one small change. I toggled it so that whenever I want to make a purchase, I need to input my password.
Just that one, small barrier between me and a purchase cut down my spending by over 80%. Because I would either be too lazy to bother, or - more often - in that time I would be punching in my password I would have time to think about what I'm doing and stop it before I finalized the purchase. It worked wonders, and now I don't do it at all anymore! So I believe the trick to culling bad habits isn't strictly just mustering up willpower from nowhere and quitting on the spot, but rather making it more difficult or less rewarding. At least in this case.
I know it's not exactly what the conversation is about, but it was tangentially related enough I wanted to share. Thanks for reading!
Increasing the barrier of time it takes to do the thing. I agree.
@@ChaoticNeutralMatt I don't know. Discipline seems a thing here...
It sort of seems like that dog collar thing, the cone. dog won't stop biting itch, so I cone...
To see a human do that to himself and hear a rationalisation is something else, though 😆
I've seen nicotine gum and such, but most of it is just pausing a bit and let willpower do the thing, instead of instinct from repetition.
Pause a bit more often and think... then act.
I did the same exact thing, forced myself to enter my password each time. What made it better was I didn't know my password without having my printout sheet near me since all my passwords and random generated lines lol. So I couldn't remember if it wanted to. This helped so much in stopping the spending on mobile games, it also made me quit most mobile games cause I had spent so much on one game, it financially ruined me for a year to pay it off.
Similar experience here. Now I no longer play those games at all (Raid Shadow Legends etc)
I think there's a big difference between having software in place to stop yourself from splurging, and actually building the resistance you need to do that naturally. That software is great for making the first step, but it doesn't cure you, you still have to put in the work yourself to build a resistance to that stuff. Not saying this is you, just thought it was important to mention and I fell into this trap myself.
4:00 that book club for games is literally what I used to watch the Totalbiscuits Cooptional Podcast for
Jess and Dodger have a weekend show called Weekenders now.
@@static13 o shit news to me. Time to give it a bit of a watch lol
it's called The Geekenders btw
Heavy drink began to have an effect on my enthusiasm to play video games and made me a worse teammate when playing with friends. I had the realization that I was loosing the very thing I have enjoyed my whole life and what has brought me more joy than anything. I had to stop and depression kicked in with trying to disconnect from alcohol. I was able to stop and I know it is harder for other. Don't give up hope. Sobriety brought me back to enjoying the games I once enjoyed and saved my friendships. I'd play video games with my homies any day then drink alone in my room.
I think it's this constant need to optimize and do everything to perfection. Instead of just blindinly going into them and experience them. Not through guides and tutorials, but by actually playing and figuring it out by ourselves. And taking your time to actually let it unfold.
true, too much of a min-maxer mindset can ruin games for people
I’ve got a friend who only uses meta builds in almost any game. Recently he did that for Helldivers a co op game. I had to stop playing with him because it made the game unfun for me to feel judged for picking less meta guns or thinking a nerf was the end of the world. I will respect your wishes to play meta as long as you don’t gatekeep me for not wanting to follow it.
@@austentabor7858 haven't encountered any gatekeeping in 50 hrs, as long as you don't act like a jackass and purposely teamkill (only seen one person do that so far too). bear in mind most people don't lookup youtube/reddit etc. for what is meta and just play for fun - it's usually games with much smaller playerbases that are rife with elistism and gatekeeping not huge games like this
Yea i've got decades worth of backlog games I don't need to cry over the state of contemporary games and simply enjoying those old games that have achieved critical acclaim. Not only are they cheaper with discounts they're also higher quality after years of patching.
Right now having fun with *Control*
that redfall clip was awesome, he was rotating around and the character he was circling's feet weren't even moving.
I had the experience when I was a kid playing Majoras Mask where I thought to myself "this is not fun and I'm wasting my time" after trying to do the games stupid sidequests. I never really shook that feeling again, some games just hit you on a meta level of being so unimmersive they are intolerable. A long time later of not playing games I picked up Breath of the Wild and loved it, played through Dark Souls, Hyperlight Drifter and a bunch of others and enjoyed my time with them. And then games got boring again, as I caught up the current ways games are made and the immersion is gone and playing games just feels like hitting plus 1 on a calculator for hours.
Novelty is critical for games to be fun, but only a few games really break the mould. Most games are not designed well and have features that are literally just traps to waste your time. I do think the less you explore off the main path of a game, the less likely the curtain is to be pulled back, generally the more enjoyable the game is, although there are lots of people who like completing every part of a game. I can only assume those people have more free time than god.
Please play hollow knight it’s the best 2d game ever imo
For me, one of the way is to don't mind about the difficulty so much. If the game stresses me so, so much and difficulty setting is available, I turn it down a notch.
Yeah I always play on easy the first time anyways. What’s the point of high difficulties and who am I going to prove someone something? Myself? For what 🤣
I just wanna enjoy the experience itself
I am a Resident Evil novice, and although I am old enough to have seen RE1 release onto the PS1, my only experience with the franchise was over my brother's shoulder and then later on some no commentary full playthrough videos on UA-cam.
In a fit of madness I recently bought Resident Evil 5 as it was on sale for super cheap, a game that released in 2009, and decided to say "What the Hell, let's do it". I had so much fun. And the reason for this is because I was so intimidated by the franchise, I started on the easiest difficulty, and played the whole thing through. Really enjoyed it. Then I upped the difficulty, and went through it again, unlocking infinite ammo weapons and familiarizing myself with the game to the extent I felt confident to play veteran difficulty and completed it.
I'm stuck on pro difficulty at the moment at the giant boss, but I still boot it up a couple of times a day to have another crack.
@@THome92 for me if difficulty is too low the game is just too boring, i dont even get to experience its mechanics, i just roll through it
@@THome92 I play games for the gameplay and if the difficulty is too low i'm not really playing the game. easy = no engagement.
AHAHAHA Bro games are not hard anymore this is hilarious to me. I mean I play every game hard mode it's all normal mode these days. Even NG+ is laughable in most cases.
A "Book Club for Video Games" with multiple streamers would be SO good dude, please do it. I know meeting up monthly might be tough to organise so maybe make it a Quarterly meetup/report (every 3 months), so people have time to actually play longer games, as well as write up some brief notes to remind themselves.
Started UO Back 98 and still playing it. That game is just something special to me. There is lot grear new ganes but think uo stays that game for me forever
I’ve been exclusively playing 10+ year old games for the last year. 25 in total so far (many many many of which are Square Enix games). I have taken a break to play Baldur’s Gate 3, Alan Wake 2 and FF7 Rebirth and I loved them all. I did end of playing the Mass Effect trilogy with the platinum trophies and the Bioshock Trilogy with the Platinums, FF1-10, FF7 Remake, FF16, Trials and Secrets of Mana and some more games.
For context, GTA V is a 10+ year old game
Going down to corner shop to play arcade games ,that's our social time.80s were great.
Go take a nap grandpa
@@kantanenakseli8886 😂
The future is now grandpa
Now people get panic attacks when someone calls them on the phone. What a time to be alive.
My dad told me how he would spend his lunch money each morning playing a pinball machine and Space Invaders that was at a corner store on his way to school each day. We came to the conclusion that he's probably spent more money than me on video games.
Being a long time gamer it also becomes harder to find new and exciting things to play, since you've mostly seen something like them before. Lore in most cases also seem like rehashed stories about gods, kings and evil wizards etc.
I also found that I was a bit addicted to those Steam achievement pop ups and the dopamine they gave me, to the point of thinking "why am I playing these achievement-less games???".
In the end gameplay is king and that's the main ingredient of fun now.
Fortunately I never cared about achievements, but liked to see which ones other got and the % I got vs others.
I just wish devs evolved gameplay. It’s mind boggling to me that we are still playing the same games over and over just with different skins. All flash and no substance
This is why I love single player games and I appreciate them more now that i'm older. I have very little motivation to play something like Apex or Destiny like it feels pointless and mind numbing, but when I play something like RDR2 or even Dragons Dogma 2 it doesn't feel like a waste of time. In those single player games I can immerse myself in their world and escape reality. Now that I take my times more with games instead of rushing through I start to notice more details that I didn't used to notice before and I get invested in a lot of the lore texts around the world. There's always a time to play those multiplayer games with friends, but when that really good single player game comes out it can truly change your enjoyment for games.
I stopped really playing video games probably around 2013 or so, last console I ever bought was a 360. And I caught a game here and there since then, but it wasn't ever anything like it used to be. I grew up as a "gamer", had like 8 different consoles and handhelds, sending my mom to Blockbuster twice a week for rentals. My brothers, friends, and I all got it in. But after adulthood the AAA space started taking a nose-dive and my interest dropped at the same time.
So when, sometime over the last year or so, I subscribed to Gamepass for a couple months I came to find there were some absolute bangers on there. Dishonored 1 & 2 were so sick it made me feel like I was playing a classic the entire time I played them. I probably sent 5 total back-to-back playthroughs combined in various different ways. Played through Gears 5 which was pretty solid all things considered. Even though I only really got 3 games out of my time on gamepass, even if 90%+ of the games offered looked either awful or boring, I'm glad I got to experience those.
There's still gold out there, it's just a lot harder to come by. But the point Josh & Asmon are making about being willing to meet a game half way is 100% true. It's so easy to lock onto and pick apart all of the flaws of a game as you play, and it'll undoubtedly ruin your experience of the game. And sure, some games are just better than others. They make it harder for you to identify horrible flaws because there are less of them. But you're shooting yourself in the foot when you aren't willing to try to look past the rough edges.
tak and the power of juju is lit. one thing he aint really mention about enjoying games again is going back to old games like that we knew when we were younger, world of warcraft is one of the most easiest accessible nostalgic games due to classic and private retail servers. but try playing older console games on ps2, even if you gotta use a emulator
I think the problem is that there is to much to do in modern games. I play a game and see markers all over the map and have a list of quests I have to do. Mentally it's overwhelming, I want to do them all because I don't want to miss anything, but then it feels like a chore. So I turn it off and play helldivers or vampire survivors because I can just play the game and not have a grocery list I have to finish
that's a good point. I am currently replaying Final Fantasy 8 (now finished after 65 hours) and now ff10. I just can't get myself to skip any sidestuff and when I miss it I get angry and annoyed. I remember one time forgetting to get a rare power from a boss you couldnt get afterwards, saved the game and was so annoyed I stopped playing entirely.
Though in some of these modern games I already know there is SO much sidestuff that I don't even bother going for it
Agree. It seems like it became a huge trend after witcher 3’s success. But what’s funny is all those interminable question marks were tedious and the worst part of otherwise amazing game
@@Pablo-om8cjit's been a huge trend since Skyrim, Witcher 3 had nothing to do with it
I don't mind this. Maybe it is just that story quests games are not your cup of tea.
You need to be okay with missing things and having your own playthrough be unique to you. If side quests are too many then forget them, play the parts of the game that are fun not the parts that are made to waste your time.
Pro tip don’t watch streamers makes games way more enjoyable!
I stopped playing counter strike sold my PC and just stick to my steam deck best choice ever
@@dobertonthat’s very off topic
Very true!
Yeah, I too went through a phase where I couldn't get into video games the same way I once did but I came to the realization that nostalgia does that to you. You'll never recapture those feelings you had when you were a kid or when you were younger, the fact of the matter is they were a product of their time. As soon as you retrain your brain to let go of those feelings and accept that you're a different person now you can start to enjoy things again. I used to think that I'll never find those feelings of amazement and joy that Chrono Trigger, diablo, starcraft, final fantasy 7,.. boy was I wrong. I'm 40 now and I'd argue that Apex Legends and Armored Core 6 are some of the best games that I've ever played in my life. Recency bias? Maybe! I just know that you just gotta play what you enjoy, know yourself, dont just play things that are popular just because. Play what really interests you. If I get bored of FPS, I like so many other genres likes totalwar warhammer if Im feeling strategic, valheim if I wanna relax, Elden Ring if I want to explore,... end of rant.
One reason I quit WoW was because I was basically just watching youtube video's while playing.
Surely we have too much money
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he really had it lined up and fully missed it
I don't even know what to do with so much money, man. Being an adult sucks
Just too much man, my ultra immersive vr set up, my full cage Sim racer/pilot rig, my 4d home theater just get no love because I don't have the time....sigh *cries in billionaire*
Right? They need to raise taxes, because we literally do not know hat to do this all that money.
2023 was my first time playing Diablo 1 and 2. Dungeon rpgs just weren’t my thing as a 90s kid gaming into the 2000s. It was the Medal of Honor, duke nukem, doom, unreal tournament and early call of duty fps shooters I enjoyed. I DID however play the original Army Men games. So when I happened to find an UNOPENED Diablo 2 battle chest at a thrift store I grabbed it just to keep, I downloaded it and played 1 and fell in love with the grainy graphics that I loved from the army men games. The story, the Tristram music, amazing. Diablo 2 was amazing. And I’ll play them again. The fact that games 20 years later cannot capture the imagination and excitement like older titles is telling.
Playing bg3 made me enjoy games again. Not only because its a masterpiece, but it showed me I can enjoy genres and styles outside of the League/fps bubble ive been in for years.
I think the main reason why is because most of us are 20+ year old dudes that have been gaming since we were 7 or something.
So it's obvious that not every new game will peak our interest because not every NEW game is a FRESH game. God of War 2018 is good but it's nothing I haven't seen before, Starfield is not terrible but it's just Fallout in space with worse characters.
A newcomer will LOVE these new games, so they aren't bad, it's just that's harder to surprise a veteran audience.
Think of like 30 year old horror movie buffs watching whatever is coming out today. They see the same kind of monsters, the same kind of plot, the same kind of jumpscares, and they will rarely be engaged with the movie as much as a 14 year old kid will.
That's just my pov tho
Absolutely agree with this. It's hard to impress someone who's been playing videogames for years because they've probably seen it all. Many companies nowadays prioritize new audiences because that's where the most money is rather than capitalizing on their OG communities. A one-size-fits-all game is like a big trawling net; even if some fish escape you still get a large haul either way. The problem with a game that tries caters to everyone is that it ends up catering to no one. But they don't care because by the time people realize it, the corpos already got their money's worth.
I agree with this. Every time I sit down to play anything new it doesn't take very long for me to start feeling like I've done this a hundred times before. Indie games are the only thing that can seem to keep my attention for very long. Balatro has been fun. What's kind of weird is that I do occasionally like to go back and replay games that I've literately played a hundred times before. Not sure what that's all about.
Yeah fallout 76 is not a terrible game at all, right? Right?
starfield is a loading screen simulator it broke all immersion for me... couldn't do it .
I only played wow for years and now that I've branched out I have an amazing backlog of games to play and I can get em super cheap on steam. Going through the batman arkham series rn it's amazing
Branching out of my favorite genres helped me find games fun again
33 now, back in the 6th-7th grade my buddies would come over everyday n we would rock out on 007 Golden Eye/NFL Blitz/Halo it was such a golden age of gaming together miss it so much!!
SIlly asmon. this is bobbys world. you dont enjoy games, you just pay for them
Love the profile pic with this comment
Don't enjoy
Don't own
Still buy
99% of games nowadays are scams, i really dont understand how ppl can buy trash games bc they see marketing commercials
How I learned to start enjoying games is to stop thinking it as something competitive and immerse myself into the world trying forget the outside/real world or try put real stuff things into games.
For example I have mostly stopped playing multiplayer games or barely any at all beside few games that I play with friends only. Because those multiplayer games made competetive and mad whenever I died from a player or some "bullsh*t".
play bg3 :D
My mom passed away in October. This is my 3rd or 4th holiday alone and videogames have been my only happiness
Stay strong brother, sad to hear
One of the best things about games nowadays is they build community. I play Diablo 4 and it’s a grind but watching all the vlogs, streams and have Asmon, DM and Raxx commenting and all the community chatting is the fun part. Makes you feel like you’re part of something.
I'm a early 2000's kid, so played a ton of these older games but love a ton of the newer games. Just tried cyberpunk 2077 recently and really loved it, sure it had acouple bugs but the story and gameplay was one of the best singleplayers I have beaten. Loved doing all the side missions and expanding the world.
Yeah Same, although I did not have any bugs in my playthrough cyberpunk revived my love for rpg and arpgs
if you dont mentally want to make a change in your life you never will, you have to develop the willpower and discipline yourself and not rely on external help
Making a Game club similar to a Book club is a great idea, something like this is needed, people would definitely watch it
the best and most easy way to start enjoying games again is by treating games like they should be treated: a break. you should live your life and use games as a break, not the other way around. you're bored of games because it's all you fucking do all day
Yes. When I was I child, I remember I was very good at feeling when my body was done with gaming and needed a break, and that break would be hooooours long where I just could lie down and be bored, go out and just be out in nature, go making myself a meal, visiting family members etc. It felt so good to be rewarded with gaming after enjoying doing life stuff. I think being content with being bored and doing absolutely nothing is a really important thing imo.
This is truth, I would play with my friends for hours, then come home and boot up the newest Zelda game right before bedtime and after homework. It was a reward for finishing my day.
for me and ik it sounds crazy but i stoped worrying boout Metas and finishing the gameif i use the build thats not compeletelt op im fine if it takes me 3 yrs to finish i game * cough Subnautica below zero cough* im not stressing over it
There is nothing wrong with playing video games 24/7, but it's the people who get bored of games BC they only play BC they have nothing better to do rather than playing BC they enjoy it
Yep, exactly, that why some guides ppl make are "toxic" to such game, also games make it that you have levels and even now it's all about get thru to end game.. the fuck.. what do u mean you didn't put effort in first 40h of game..
1:30 Thats how Im playing AC Odyssey. One 5-7 hour session twice a week and then I wait go play it again. That way it doesn't get old.
My advice for anyone who is struggling with this is: Take a break from all gaming, even more than a month if you have to. Then, when you are ready, try out some older games from the PS2/GameCube/Xbox era. These were some of the greatest games ever made. Or go even further back then that to the SNES/GENESIS era. Some absolute masterpiece games from that time aswell. For me its the N64 though, I STILL enjoy playing Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask.
Yeah man, having a new game backlog is nonsense, I always have fun going back and replaying games I enjoy
TLDR: quality> quantity Cutting down how many games you buy is step 1. Hype for games makes you feel like you HAVE to buy this new hot game NOW. You really have to decide do I really really want this game? Or is it literally just something I’m buying to cure my current boredom? Because generally when I was buying something to just cure my boredom, it does , VERY temporarily then I was even more bored after AND had less money because I just bought a game I actually didn’t want.
Studies show you need around 40 days of repeated daily activity to register in your brain as a habit and thats also how long it takes to remove bad habits from doing them unintentionaly to having control over them. There is a slight variance in each human but this is the average.
Yes fascinating. Intriguing even. Hmm. Quite.
This actually makes a lot of sense. I was really addicted to a certain mmo and once I cut it from my life it took about two weeks when I realized I haven't thought about playing it or the need to play i. Even when i would see others streaming it or see an ad for it. Its been two years now and I look back at just how silly it all was.
Will never forget the night Halo 3 released, Me and 4 friends all sat out till midnight outside EB Games waiting to get our collector editions. All of us went to buddies house and set up a LAN party and never slept, Went to school came home and all set up again and man we did that for weeks!
I think that's a good idea. Id love to hear that kinda podcast about gaming of the month
@4:10 can i join you about that gaming book club idea, i FUCKING LOVE THAT!
I also would like to be a part of such club
4:27 that's so incredibly real. This year I finally played FFX for the first time ever since I concluded it basically had 90% of what I like in RPGs and I'm still incredibly amazed I had never given it a shot before, but also kinda glad I saved it for later in life too. One of my favorites this year so far kekw
the person who edits these got a budget increase and its awesome
“when you’re an adult, you got too much money, not enough time” LMFAO streamers not in the same reality as most people fr
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I recently got into the Persona series through P3 Reload and it's the best gaming thing that happened to me in years cause I'm now enjoying P4 and it might be time that I truly get into JRPGs.
Hope you enjoy man. I love P5 from the bottom of my heart and it's impacted me in ways that I can't properly describe. They're all good games though and I'm very excited to try the series director's next game this year, which is Metaphor. Been waiting for that one for a looong time.
@@tbnwontpop8857 Definitely it seems awesome! I’m playing P5 now and enjoying it too. It’s definitely one of my favorite series now.
That's the biggest takeaway from this entire discussion: stop trying to beat a game and just play the game.
the video is entirely correct and ive weirdly had to teach myself to enjoy games due to playing MMOs for such a long time. ive been stuck in the mindset of getting to the end and doing the end game content for way too long because its honestly just how games are geared now...
asmongolds point at the end is a bit weird tho.. hes rich.. he never has to worry about the price tag of a game.. i garantee you that he does not experience buyers remorse.. personally i will debate about buying a game that i KNOW i want to play for way too long before i do.. i literally wait years for games to go on sale.. not because i just cant afford them.. but because i feel weird spending 80$ on average for a brand new game i may not even enjoy.. legitimately played through the borderlands series and all of the dlcs just this past year (came out in 2019 lol) because the bundle went on sale for like 30$.. absolutely do not regret my purchase. it was one of the best experiences ive had in a very long time.. but it took me years to justify that purchase.. his average gaming experience is not what it is for most people.. just saying.
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now i am in no capacity saying most people are like me.. im honestly a bit of an an oxymoron.. i work only to live and after that i dont care about wealth or money whatsoever.. but at the same time, i am extremely careful with what i do have... so an 80$ 60$ tag on literally pixels on a screen makes me question whether ill regret it or enjoy it.
a game could be 29.99 and go on sale for 12.99 and ill still be like "yeah but am i actually going to play that?" these are not questions asmongold is ever going to ask himself due to money lol...
i understand i probably spent twice that amount on fast food for my wife and myself for one meal.. but its still a thing.. i have never been able to shake buyers remorse even when my wife says "just buy the damn game who cares?"
BESIDES ALL THAT.. zack doesnt have the annoying as fuck voice in the back of his head that's constantly saying "if you keep doing this, you'll be homeless and no one will ever love you" as he literally gets paid to do it lol.. THAT is the real issue here.. most of us just have WAY too much stress from responsibilities and legitimately cant enjoy our games.. there are days where i actually think about and plan out what im gong to do in game later when i get off work, but by the time i get home take the dogs out feed them do my routine stuff.. i dont have the mental capacity to achievement farm do raids or antying else that i really wanted to do.. so instead, i doomscroll while netflix is playing something i dont care about in the backround as i eat and then eventually watch an asmongold video or two on youtube before i go to bed.
the only time i truly feel like i can enjoy playing video games is late friday or saturday night where i dont have to worry about next day responsibilities or anything other than enjoying the weekend with my wife. not sure why everyone acts like the main issue is microtransactions or pre-ordering.... (but you should also stop fucking paying for that shit too dumbasses)
People chase nostalgia, but a lot of people I feel simply have different interests now.. but their want for that old feeling they had will forever be chased and unobtainable. Goals change, responsibilities change, and those that rot in their rooms/basements may just need to grow up and pursue more fulfilling things in life.
As someone who is guilty of chasing nostalgia.... dead space remake hit hard.
Theres multitude of things fatigue, games coming out incomplete, full of bugs but microtransactions and stores always working, woke politics, etc
GTA 6 is the last hope and if that's bad I will become a monk lol 😂😂
Having a blocker does help when going there is a mere habbit instead of actually wanting to go there. It helped me getting off my “comment on news and end up in discussions” addiction.
I personally started enjoying games way more the more older titles I started to play. There are some nintendo and fromsoft games I'm still hyped about but playing older games I haven't played yet made me appreciate gaming again. Guys go play older games graphics are not everything. Gameplay is king.
boys you gotta play gothic and gothic 2, please give it a try and dont give up please just trust me
Them controls though, i really hope the remake of Gothic 1 comes out decent enough, i didn't dislike the demo, i also played Morrowind recently for the first time and it aged much much better than Gothic imho.
@@andream5690 When you get used to them it becomes second nature. The Sequel has better controls too, not perfect but better.
The first game has the most weird controls but once I got used to them it was no problem.
Not saying the controls are good tho xD just that it's no big deal when you get used to them.
Really hope the Remake is good and faithful. All it needs to be is Gothic with better graphics, controls, voice acting, combat, maybe more content and that's it. Keep the rest as it is.
@@andream5690 you get used to the controls after like 30 minutes
also i dont have much hope for the remake as the devs already showed multiple times that they are not gothic fans and don't even understand what made gothic great
This dude rakes in thousands upon thousands of dollars for watching other people's content. That is insane to me.
Games never stopped being fun for me. I always love trying out something new but I also love being able to go back and play a classic. Its especially easy now that games are more accessible than ever.
I'm 37, I'm totally in this same position. Even though I've been on workman's comp since January 12th, so I've had a lot more free time despite having a wife and twin 5 year olds, I've beaten one game this whole time (ratchet and clank rift apart on pc), my desire or ability to enjoy a game comes in random short spurts, definitely nothing like when I was a teenager. I could be home alone and I'll end up watching Star Trek TNG or UA-cam videos instead of playing a bunch of stuff I wanted to previously.
Enjoying video games is schrodingerian in that when you’re working, you wish you were gooning vidya; however, when you actually get on, there is an underlying emptiness and stress about the real world that never fully thaws out.
Honestly, a big part of it is getting older. Reality at large (with age) dulls with time. The magic and wonders of discovery when you're young is something that slowly slips away from us all.
Mhm - the best games out there at any given time, whether it's AAA, Indie developed, console or PC, etc. Are better than they've ever been. More content, more immersive worlds, more variety, more quests and side-content, more things to do, shiny graphics, amazing writing and storytelling.
Games aren't shit now, we just aren't 13 and free of all responsibilities anymore haha.
Absolute lie lol @@TS-uc4hi
@@Jose_Doe RDR2, God of War, Elden Ring, It Takes Two, Baldur's Gate 3, Tears of the Kingdom / Breath of the Wild, The Last of Us, Final Fantasy, Spiderman, Ghosts of Tsushima, Monster Hunter, Helldivers, the list could go on for dozens of games.
Being controversial against things because of nostalgia or because it's popular doesn't make you cool lmao.
@@TS-uc4hi apart from some picks there already being problems (a fucking dlc expansion touted as a new game and spiderman and I assume new god of war not old god of war) some of those beat games ever there would be considered great before, still very nice but no not the best oh and the past had those dozens of list damn near every year during the best age not over the past 6 7 years some of those games are
@@Jose_Doe not really. Stop focussing on bad games and pay attention to actual good games instead of being mad for the 34th time about a game filled with a shop or being unfinished
For me it was getting into retro gaming. Playing old PS1/2, GameCube, N64, SNES titles etc made me really appreciate the games we have now
11:28 that moment when you already played three of them
Games are suppose to be a hobby not a jobby
As i'm getting older I'm feeling I dont enjoy games as I used to. It kinda sucks. Especially MMOs
I stopped playing video games for six years, then picked the hobby back up again in 2008. I have never looked back, but I play games differently now, I don't play for 24 hours straight, I eat properly, I have days off from gaming, I don't chain smoke, I don't drink 12 26oz bottles of full strength beer during a gaming session, inter alia.
The time away from gaming was great, it's also great to be back. I am 62 and play games very well, I never tell anyone my age, and no one asks me if I am their dad. hehehehehehe
It feels like a second job after, and when ur an adult and u have to pay for bills and u have to pay for subscription for the large MMOs makes u think about it and not wanna sub to add the extra “bill” cost
Yeah I'm not sure. Even some games I really used to like, sometimes I get nostalgic and try to play them, but after an hour or two I'm fed up. I miss that feeling when we were kids
I gave up pvp multiplayer games and MMOs alike a few years ago and have only played coop or single player games since. For me it was liberating, and might work for you too.
I would avoid games that make you do things you "need" to do to progress. MMOs are big culprit of this.
I still enjoy playing games, but real life stuff saps of lot of enjoyment out of them for me. Cause it's hard to stop thinking about paying bills, aging parents, and even my own health when playing the game. It was different when I was a kid. I didn't have to worry about any of that stuff. I could sit around for a week after Christmas and play games 24/7 with my friends in person. Man, I miss those days.
Yeah,that's preety much it,full agreement here
Break the hypnosis and start playing what you really like yourself
Imma catch up those 2 of my backlog that looked fun when i saw them(KKnD rts and build engine's Duke Nukem:Land of Babes)
Sounds like depression to me. I’ve literally nonstopped played games since I was 3 years old.
Still doing it at 25. People take games too seriously and always try to find some purpose when playing them. I literally play them because I enjoy myself and the free time I have.
I won’t always have free time, so I use my time wisely. Or I hangout with family.
I personally like to make my own stories in my head while I play games
Being a collector and a completionist in some cases/games i can say with 100% certainty that imho its the most degenerate way to play and may actually affect your enjoyment of the product. My 2 cents, just go in raw, have no expectations and try to not fall into the loop of filling bars and raising numbers unless the actual procedure is fun for you and/or gives you value in the game.
CHRONO TRIGGER!!!! still one of my favorite RPG's to this day. Definitely worth the play.
Im 32 and recently picked up Skyrim
So far, what an experience. Its endless amounts of fun and i'm just having an absolute blast playing. After playing WoW SOD and getting burnt out this was just what i needed
People nowaday nickpicking too much on graphic, fps, the small things without giving games a fair shot
Today Graphics is good,
there are no more Pixelated Texture, low poly assets, the lighting is no longer flat Raytracing is the norm,
maybe a cringe character facial animation once in a while,
but overall, everything is high res and like real life
But game today is becoming more and more believable and is Immersive to the point that
you start to believe that you exist in the game.
literally if you just walk very close to the wall or any other object, it will show you the detail of the material,
and not become pixelated fest like PS4 era game
it's like my Adventure in the modern game is Canon, it's happening, and not just a make believe
@@jensenraylight8011 what's your point?
@@BosGaurus05 it's easier to enjoy game today than 10 years ago
It just you need to develop your ability to Appreciating every little thing in game
@@jensenraylight8011 that's true. Unfortunately people nowaday are so overreacting. If the game has only 30fps, they won't touch it something like that
@@BosGaurus05 yes, this is annoying as well.
tbh, 30fps is fine,
especially modern game is very demanding, the dev had to trade off so many thing just so that it could run at 60fps
Back in the day, we had discs. Devs had a passion, and vision, and they would put out games that were as close to fully complete as possible. More recently, alot of that passion and completeness is missing from corporatized games. It's a big reason why indie games have been feeling better and better to play, while AAA games have been feeling worse and worse.
There's still a small issue of completeness on both ends, due to the way gaming has evolved to be consumed faster (every game being "early access,") but with more bugs, which may be a net positive. But, in general, gaming has felt worse overall, even though there are a decent amount of good games out there. In that past devs had alot less room for error and nowadays they (probably the suits at the top, not devs,) think they can get away with releasing mediocrity, then fixing it later. It's important to keep pushing back against this so that we can see more well done games in the future.
Shoutout to Asmon’s editors. Every new post feels like Christmas because you know the editors are cooking up something special.
Your version of 4 players Halo at 7 in the morning was Secret of Mana for me - We were 3 kids playing. One of my best video game memories.
If you spend 4 hours on tiktok a day you are already a lost cause
If you don't focus on AAA garbage, games are still fun nowadays
Dwarf fortress is an exceptionally good example of experiencing vs completion since there is no winning scenario at all, you are guaranteed to fail sooner or later.
terrific editing! loved this vid man
How to start enjoying games
1- Sell your consoles
2- Buy a PC
3- Ignore every AAA release, forget things like suicide suqad games exist
4-Find your niche in AA/Indie games. Simulation? Military? Sport? Management? Medieval? Survival? Everything is here
5-Get into modding
6-You have unlitimed enjoyement ahead of yourself especially if you are time limited by real life. There are games that can suck up to 1500hrs and are always fresh with new set of mods.
That's it
please talk for yourself only
There are no steps to enjoying games besides one. Enjoy games. That is it.
@@super_seaton9016 deep like saying to homeless to buy homes or saying to poor to stop being poor, one cannot simply wake up and start enjoying games out of a sudden. I gave a receipt that work for me and my friends when your comment is just empty words
@@Hitchens_ dude, 3 to 5 sample size of your friend isn't equal to the whole population,
Everyone have their own preferences, Priorities, like and dislike
To say that you should just play indie game, and completely ignore AAA game is a complete Tone Deaf
There are a lot of Great AAA game, at the same time there are a lot of forgotten and bad Indie game as well
If people only played Indie game, they'll missing on a lot of really good AAA game
And also no,
Indie game isn't "better" than any game, it's an overused opinion in the Reddit Indie game circle jerk, and it's not true.
everything had its own tradeoff, no one size fits all
@@jensenraylight8011 ok nerd
Live service / seasonal gameplay is what made me fall in love with gaming again. Especially ARPGS. I just love rotating POE, LE and Diablo 4. And sometimes i pop in with some Baldurs gate 3 or a roguelite game.
Dude what you said about not trying to beat games and just enjoy them. I recently put myself in this mindset and dude it changed EVERYTHING about how I perceive modern video games. It really does work.
Watching asmon play older games and then having a podcast about it would be amazing
This was me last year. Then I was unemployed. So I started going to the gym and playing an hour or so of games a day. Then 2, then 4, then 6 then 8 and then sometimes 12. I got through a LOT of backlog which was awesome. Got to deep dive into games that I wouldn't normally be able to. It made it possible for me to change my gaming habits going forward to no more live service games unless they are with friends and to keep the story mode games to 2-3 a year. Now I have a job and still have a backlog but it's not overwhelming and I don't feel bad skipping lesser games knowing that I have games that are game of the year or close to enjoy
I feel so lucky to have found my forever game over ten years ago. When I found world of tanks I stopped caring about almost any other game. I still play a few other games but I don't get bored of any of them because I can always go back to WoT & embrace my inner tank nerd.
For me, i often get excited thinking about playing some games in my backlog, and i often have the time to, but can't get myself to sit down and play them. I sit down, boot the game and then go "eh" and actually go do a chore as if i'm actively trying to procrastinate doing the thing i'm excited for. I've also gotten way more dependant on for example if friends are online or not, i was finally getting hooked on bg3 but now i just wanna play HD2 with buddies and if they're not on, i just kinda end up scrolling youtube.