I don't stress out for the whole day at work just to get trashed by a 13yo that's not even cheating but THAT much better than me through sheer amount of hours he amassed
Great video as always! My experience is almost identical to yours. I still have more hours in CSGO than I'm proud to admit, and I don't remember almost any of it. But the memories I have from the Witcher 3, or RDR2, or so many singleplayer games are absolutely unforgettable, they are truly works of art. The most important factor in my opinion though is how competitive modern multiplayer games tend to be. Why would someone unwind after a long day by playing online? Their mood will depend on so many external factors, like their teammates, if they win or lose, etc. Instead, I always enjoy myself when I play singleplayer games.
I played competitive multiplayer games for about 7 years, from 2010 through 2017. I did have some experiences with them prior to that, but that was the period of time where I was in that addiction phase - in my teens up through to the age of about 21. I left them behind on a mostly positive note, with the main reasons being that I was just tired of PvP after thousands of hours invested across multiple games, along with the fact that it felt like I was simply stagnating in them. I didn’t play games with friends, at least for the majority of the time, so the enjoyment came from the desire to improve and master the mechanics of play. By the time 2017 arrived, it felt like I’d hit a wall and reached my potential, which basically removed my motivation to continue playing those games. Now-a-days I’m much older and more experienced with games, and I could see myself probably enjoying competitive multiplayer again, but I’ve made the choice not to go back. And the reason is simple: I don’t want to sacrifice the time I spend playing singleplayer titles on multiplayer. I know from experience that if I went back to stuff like Team Fortress 2 or Overwatch, or picked up a newer game I’ve not played before, I’ll likely fall back into the habit of playing it constantly and forsaking all of the great times I’ve had, and will continue to have, with non-multiplayer games. And I just don’t want that anymore; video games are more than mindless pleasure for me, at this point, and what I value / prioritize from gaming today is completely different to what I wanted from them 7+ years ago. To quote a term I once heard from someone else: multiplayer games are “time vampires”, and I don’t want them leeching off me now.
What a hidden gem for a video! This was the information I was afraid of but ultimately needed to hear. This has honestly made me revaluate some decisions I made. The title has a great SEO score in my opinion, but I think you could have made a more engaging thumbnail as it's pretty vague. I hope this gets more views. You might still have a chance if you change some things about its click ability. Not sure though considering its pretty old. The music was perfect. I felt like it pulled out a bit of my own emotions and I really connected with your words. Thank you for this video.
I'm an avid Destiny 2 player, and this game taught me two things about multiplayer games and live service: 1. FOMO is the most garbage mechanic ever introduced to video games 2. Multiplayer on your own is the most forgetful time sink I have ever had. I sunk countless hours on my own. But the moment I found a clan everything changed and I made friends for life. Multiplayer games are a catalyst to create chaos and good times with your buddies, but on their own, they are not emotionnaly compelling. That's why I believe coop games, such as DRG, Lethal Company and Helldivers 2, have seen a rise in popularity. Some of us are just burned out by the pseudo competitive state of pvp multiplayer, I don't want another wannabe e-sport title, I want to vent with my friends. I cannot stress how much OG Bungie nailed their description of Halo:CE when it came out, "A party game with guns".
This just popped up in my feed again today and I had to rewatch it. It's a great argument for taking back control of your time from companies that literally hire shrinks to help develop predatory addictive game loops. Specifically those loops that are cheap to design and maintain and are so often shallow and provide no meaningful connection to the game world beyond prodding players into staying logged on and spending. There's rarely any purpose in playing those games other than to continuously grind for loot. Great video!
There was a time i used to play multiplayer more than anything from a about 2010-2017, but after that i started to slow down and nowadays barely play multiplayer outside of with friends. Too much stress and effort for something that's just gonna shut down eventually
i had a similar view as you when it came to multiplayers games through league, csgo apex, rain bow six siege i thought through the total 10k hours ive spent between the 4 games i still suck at them and am silver-gold rating after all this time and whenever i played i was not enjoying a single second of it so i thought, why the fuck am i still playing these games? i am not improving my skill, i am getting angry and not enjoying the gameplay, the comunitys are toxic cest pools, quit multiplayer games in 2020 with covid for strictly single player games and i have no idea why i didnt sooner for each experience of a 20-40 hr single player game i enjoyed every hour of it, especially during covid i played all the final fantasy games 1-15 ( not 14 the mmo) and man single player games just make me happy and enjoy gaming again. i dont know why i didnt play strictly single player earlier
Uh HOLY BASED, singleplayer enjoyer. As a kid I always played singleplayer games, before I even knew what being a gamer was. Eventually I got into multiplayer games to play with school friends and eventually branched out to other internet friends, both of which were fun especially playing online with strangers and messing around on different games, COD, Battlefield, Destiny 1 etc. I never stopped playing singleplayer games though, something happened when I got older though and entered uni. I started to play more and more singleplayer games like I used too. Looking back, singleplayer games were the ones which had the most impact on my life, sounds cliche I know, but I guess only people who are actual fans of singleplayer games will understand. To end this blog post, I'll just say that playing singleplayer games in a way is sort of like meditating, just you and a vast/small world to either get lost in or use as a catalyst to think about life.
oh yeah i had the same thought, my most fullfilling time i enjoyed gaming was when i've played on PS 1&2. i even remember the great time i had with some non story telling games like "Rumble Racing", in which i've spent much time beside school to get further, there also were many evenings my mom and i played it together in splitscreen while beeing able to get further up the level-line of the game cause the splitscreen-multiplayer wasn't a separated mode. After switching to pc-gaming in the time when me and my brother had the ps3 (and having toasted 2 laptops/1 netbook because of minecraft - at that time that was the one and only reason i wanted to get on gaming on pc).. i'm seeing the same behavior from that reflecting today, the greatest times were in ko-op games like the first "Dying Light" or "Dead Island 2". beside that there were just a few games with a private/community set-up server that got me the same amount of adventures and experiences to remember back. (okey admitted with a few exeptions: after minecraft i was living for "Arma 2 Dayz Origins & Epoch" and then "Arma 3".. 👀😅
During couch multiplayer, my family would always kick my ass. I would only win by taking advantage of bad tactics. I hated losing all the time and now when I used to play online games, i feel the same rage. I spent a lot of time playing these games and it felt like i never got better, so i gave up and it made my mental health better. I can enjoy what i want, when I want. Tldr, i hate losing because thats all i do so i took Online games out of the equation and I've never been happier.
Literally me, the only difference is that I like to play multiplayer offline with my friends and brothers and also that I don't play modern single-player games. The last ones I purshased was Mario Party 9 on 2012 and Minecraft Legacy xbox 360 edition on the same year.
I still play multiplayer games, but I don't play for longer than 20-30 hours. I prefer single-player games for the same reasons as you. The best alternative if you want to play with someone are single-player games with an available co-op mode, e.g. games such as The Forest, Dying Light, Magicka, etc. These games are also more fun than typical multiplayer games with friends
I hate it when you just want to explore a game world, roleplay or just chill by yourself, but you've got to deal with other players trying to harass or grief you. I completely gave up on MMOs for that reason... Even on servers where PvP is disabled they will still do anything they can to piss you off. I'm not the most extraverted or outgoing person at the best of times, but when I fire up a game to quietly unwind at the end of the day it's the last thing I need. I just find it a massive invasion of privacy.
I quit online game after having 5,000 hours in dota 2, I mostly played with my friends, but they got super toxic and racist, those things affected me mentally, I hate playing with them o hate winning with them,because everytime they won they always being racist for some reason, mind you my friends has the same age as me, and I'm 35 years old,married and so does my friends
I recommend going one step further and also stop playing open world games. There are exceptions (like The Witcher 3), but most modern open world games are unninspired, repetitive, excessively long and full of collectables and achievements that add absolutelly nothing to the game.
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I don't stress out for the whole day at work just to get trashed by a 13yo that's not even cheating but THAT much better than me through sheer amount of hours he amassed
Same,like i love to play online games,but people just ruining expirience for me.
Great video as always!
My experience is almost identical to yours.
I still have more hours in CSGO than I'm proud to admit, and I don't remember almost any of it.
But the memories I have from the Witcher 3, or RDR2, or so many singleplayer games are absolutely unforgettable, they are truly works of art.
The most important factor in my opinion though is how competitive modern multiplayer games tend to be.
Why would someone unwind after a long day by playing online? Their mood will depend on so many external factors, like their teammates, if they win or lose, etc. Instead, I always enjoy myself when I play singleplayer games.
I played competitive multiplayer games for about 7 years, from 2010 through 2017. I did have some experiences with them prior to that, but that was the period of time where I was in that addiction phase - in my teens up through to the age of about 21.
I left them behind on a mostly positive note, with the main reasons being that I was just tired of PvP after thousands of hours invested across multiple games, along with the fact that it felt like I was simply stagnating in them. I didn’t play games with friends, at least for the majority of the time, so the enjoyment came from the desire to improve and master the mechanics of play. By the time 2017 arrived, it felt like I’d hit a wall and reached my potential, which basically removed my motivation to continue playing those games.
Now-a-days I’m much older and more experienced with games, and I could see myself probably enjoying competitive multiplayer again, but I’ve made the choice not to go back. And the reason is simple: I don’t want to sacrifice the time I spend playing singleplayer titles on multiplayer. I know from experience that if I went back to stuff like Team Fortress 2 or Overwatch, or picked up a newer game I’ve not played before, I’ll likely fall back into the habit of playing it constantly and forsaking all of the great times I’ve had, and will continue to have, with non-multiplayer games. And I just don’t want that anymore; video games are more than mindless pleasure for me, at this point, and what I value / prioritize from gaming today is completely different to what I wanted from them 7+ years ago.
To quote a term I once heard from someone else: multiplayer games are “time vampires”, and I don’t want them leeching off me now.
What a hidden gem for a video! This was the information I was afraid of but ultimately needed to hear. This has honestly made me revaluate some decisions I made. The title has a great SEO score in my opinion, but I think you could have made a more engaging thumbnail as it's pretty vague. I hope this gets more views. You might still have a chance if you change some things about its click ability. Not sure though considering its pretty old. The music was perfect. I felt like it pulled out a bit of my own emotions and I really connected with your words. Thank you for this video.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm an avid Destiny 2 player, and this game taught me two things about multiplayer games and live service:
1. FOMO is the most garbage mechanic ever introduced to video games
2. Multiplayer on your own is the most forgetful time sink I have ever had.
I sunk countless hours on my own. But the moment I found a clan everything changed and I made friends for life.
Multiplayer games are a catalyst to create chaos and good times with your buddies, but on their own, they are not emotionnaly compelling.
That's why I believe coop games, such as DRG, Lethal Company and Helldivers 2, have seen a rise in popularity. Some of us are just burned out by the pseudo competitive state of pvp multiplayer, I don't want another wannabe e-sport title, I want to vent with my friends.
I cannot stress how much OG Bungie nailed their description of Halo:CE when it came out, "A party game with guns".
Great video the oblivion music took me back in time❤
This just popped up in my feed again today and I had to rewatch it. It's a great argument for taking back control of your time from companies that literally hire shrinks to help develop predatory addictive game loops. Specifically those loops that are cheap to design and maintain and are so often shallow and provide no meaningful connection to the game world beyond prodding players into staying logged on and spending. There's rarely any purpose in playing those games other than to continuously grind for loot. Great video!
There was a time i used to play multiplayer more than anything from a about 2010-2017, but after that i started to slow down and nowadays barely play multiplayer outside of with friends. Too much stress and effort for something that's just gonna shut down eventually
i had a similar view as you when it came to multiplayers games through league, csgo apex, rain bow six siege i thought through the total 10k hours ive spent between the 4 games i still suck at them and am silver-gold rating after all this time and whenever i played i was not enjoying a single second of it so i thought, why the fuck am i still playing these games? i am not improving my skill, i am getting angry and not enjoying the gameplay, the comunitys are toxic cest pools, quit multiplayer games in 2020 with covid for strictly single player games and i have no idea why i didnt sooner for each experience of a 20-40 hr single player game i enjoyed every hour of it, especially during covid i played all the final fantasy games 1-15 ( not 14 the mmo) and man single player games just make me happy and enjoy gaming again. i dont know why i didnt play strictly single player earlier
You've got my subscribe man,great video,will watch other.
Uh HOLY BASED, singleplayer enjoyer. As a kid I always played singleplayer games, before I even knew what being a gamer was. Eventually I got into multiplayer games to play with school friends and eventually branched out to other internet friends, both of which were fun especially playing online with strangers and messing around on different games, COD, Battlefield, Destiny 1 etc. I never stopped playing singleplayer games though, something happened when I got older though and entered uni. I started to play more and more singleplayer games like I used too. Looking back, singleplayer games were the ones which had the most impact on my life, sounds cliche I know, but I guess only people who are actual fans of singleplayer games will understand. To end this blog post, I'll just say that playing singleplayer games in a way is sort of like meditating, just you and a vast/small world to either get lost in or use as a catalyst to think about life.
oh yeah i had the same thought, my most fullfilling time i enjoyed gaming was when i've played on PS 1&2. i even remember the great time i had with some non story telling games like "Rumble Racing", in which i've spent much time beside school to get further, there also were many evenings my mom and i played it together in splitscreen while beeing able to get further up the level-line of the game cause the splitscreen-multiplayer wasn't a separated mode.
After switching to pc-gaming in the time when me and my brother had the ps3 (and having toasted 2 laptops/1 netbook because of minecraft - at that time that was the one and only reason i wanted to get on gaming on pc).. i'm seeing the same behavior from that reflecting today, the greatest times were in ko-op games like the first "Dying Light" or "Dead Island 2". beside that there were just a few games with a private/community set-up server that got me the same amount of adventures and experiences to remember back.
(okey admitted with a few exeptions: after minecraft i was living for "Arma 2 Dayz Origins & Epoch" and then "Arma 3".. 👀😅
I gave up on multiplayer due to being sick of paying for PS Plus.
Nice video. Couldn't ageee more with your points.
During couch multiplayer, my family would always kick my ass. I would only win by taking advantage of bad tactics. I hated losing all the time and now when I used to play online games, i feel the same rage. I spent a lot of time playing these games and it felt like i never got better, so i gave up and it made my mental health better. I can enjoy what i want, when I want.
Tldr, i hate losing because thats all i do so i took Online games out of the equation and I've never been happier.
Literally me, the only difference is that I like to play multiplayer offline with my friends and brothers and also that I don't play modern single-player games. The last ones I purshased was Mario Party 9 on 2012 and Minecraft Legacy xbox 360 edition on the same year.
I've been playing minecraft for as long as I can remember, I cant even remember not having it.
Great stuff mate! greetings from germany!
I still play multiplayer games, but I don't play for longer than 20-30 hours. I prefer single-player games for the same reasons as you. The best alternative if you want to play with someone are single-player games with an available co-op mode, e.g. games such as The Forest, Dying Light, Magicka, etc. These games are also more fun than typical multiplayer games with friends
Surprised to see Magicka mentioned in 2024
I hate it when you just want to explore a game world, roleplay or just chill by yourself, but you've got to deal with other players trying to harass or grief you. I completely gave up on MMOs for that reason... Even on servers where PvP is disabled they will still do anything they can to piss you off.
I'm not the most extraverted or outgoing person at the best of times, but when I fire up a game to quietly unwind at the end of the day it's the last thing I need. I just find it a massive invasion of privacy.
I quit online game after having 5,000 hours in dota 2, I mostly played with my friends, but they got super toxic and racist, those things affected me mentally, I hate playing with them o hate winning with them,because everytime they won they always being racist for some reason, mind you my friends has the same age as me, and I'm 35 years old,married and so does my friends
OffLine SinglePlayer Games R the Best
I recommend going one step further and also stop playing open world games. There are exceptions (like The Witcher 3), but most modern open world games are unninspired, repetitive, excessively long and full of collectables and achievements that add absolutelly nothing to the game.
Witcher 3 plays outdated compared to BotW, but sidestorys are good.
playing video games is always stressful, if you are not stressed even a little you are probably not invested and you are bored
I prefer single player, other players ruin multiplayer games with trolling
You use literally too much, its annoying me
aww boo hoo. who hurt you, little man?
@@GarroshDidNothingWrong-ng1ms oh boo hoo you don’t like his comment. Waaaaaa cry me a river.