@@BuildinWings Look here Rick, just because your parents didn't know how to love their own child doesn't mean you need to be salty just because this man is enjoying life.
Every gamer eventually has this first world problem and every gamer either falls into self-pity due to dopamine loss or tries an extremely slow-paced puzzle game to realign those fun gears. Trust me, the satisfaction and dopamine pacing from playing a Myst or 'the witness' makes the 'overwatch 2's' and 'call of duty's' of the world feel fun again. Basic brain chemistry.
For the People that say “gaming isnt fun anymore”, you either play the same genre game and dont explore other genres, play ranked/competitive modes, or you just listen to what others opinions are about games and never actually play them, gaming will always be fun idc what anybody say
Nailed it 100%. My (former) friend group used to complain a lot about games they haven't played instead of actually playing games. It's like gaming has become an identity instead of a hobby for them. You're 100% right about that. Left them and never looked back, now I enjoy stuff again, even if I don't agree with everyone on my new friend group.
I've noticed that i have less energy for games due to my job nowadays, but whenever I can get a chance to do some decent gaming I always have a blast, sometimes you just need to approach a hobby differently to enjoy it again
Back when games released finished, not broken & unfinished full of season passes, day 1 DLC, cut content locked away, pre order bonuses and nothing but live services yea modern gaming is surely fine! lmao
@@M4TTYN there have always been broken, buggy, unfinished pieces of shit that have been put out. you either didn't grow up during that time period or you didn't play them. sure devs had to be more on top of it because of the lack of online patching, but damn dude you are either debilitatingly stupid or just flat out delusional if you actually buy into this idea that all games back then were somehow part of some mythical gold standard. there is a lot to criticize about modern gaming, but its clear you don't know anything about gaming from that era except the best of the best games.
1: I already play a variety of games 2: I don't play competitively 3: This is a good idea, doesn't work for everyone though, I can't play an RPG and talk out loud like my character would in game. Not my kinda thing, but "messing around and just having fun" is good advice. Play the game the way you want to is one of the ways I enjoy my games and I hate it when devs do their hardest to make that impossible (like when they try and stop mods) 4: I already do this, I've never bought a microtransation and I never will. 5: Wow, the best point is last, this is actually what I do when I'm burnt out on games. Slugging through it only causes you to have a bad time in amazing games. Sometimes my break from gaming can be days or weeks, sometimes it can go on for months, the games will be there when you come back!
As a gaming enjoyer you have to be unfathomably bad at videogames or just straight up mentally ill to be unable to enjoy at least a single game a year Npcs parroting that current gaming is "le bad" simply don't enjoy videogames, they're bandwagoners who hoped into the "gamer" trend because it was cool.
real words here, keep up this seal of quality, level of writing and your headed for big time. There are still rough edges but the foundation of a phenomenal channel is here, i've got personal opinions about what could be improved, but frankly as long as the passion stays there i can see this blowing up.
>only plays ea sports games, tactical shooters, rocket league, fortnite, minecraft, league of legends, etc. >doesn't achievement hunt >doesn't play any classic releases >doesn't emulate >doesn't play indie games >doesn't play open source games >doesn't have any other hobbies besides video games Are people actually like this?
A bit late but I've always had a mindset about gaming, if it looks even a little interesting, then I'll buy and play it. If I didn't like it, oh well wasting 60 bucks isn't gonna kill me, not that big of a deal. But if I do like it then it was worth the money. It's a simple mindset but without it I wouldn't have found some of my favorite games, for example. I remember one day I was at Walmart looking at Nintendo games until I saw Xenoblade chronicles 2, at this point the only thing I knew about Xenoblade was the funny british guy with a big red sword from smash bros, I didn't know what the story was like or what the combat was even like, but it peeked my interest so I bought it and now Xenoblade Chronicles is my favorite series of all time.
That's awesome! Finding what works for you can be the hardest thing for a lot of people but keeping it simple, trying new things, and having fun is what its all about.
I was starting to feel this exact feeling, of getting bored of gaming Then UA-cam decided to recommend me this BANGER of a video. Time for me to dust off my old Steam library or buy *something* on sale on Steam and just giving it a try
I’m just grateful u gave me a chance! Best of luck finding a good new game, if ur into indie games I recently beat Omori, it’s close to earthbound or undertale! Highly recommend although it’s kinda fucked up lol
Hey, wanna some sugestions from a stranger? You feel like exploring? Try Hollow Knight. Dying and losing progress bummes you out? Celeste. You feel like you can take care of a 2D space colony in every detail? Oxygen Not Included. Want an RPG with a kinda heavy atmosphere, yet great plot, actually funny jokes and believable characters ... and you don't mind old games? Why not Gothic? (By Piranha Bites; 1 or 2, then they get bad.) Feel you can juggle objectives and click furiously? Farm Frenzy. Wanna get a house, garden and start a family - or maybe a cult - or just some floorplans - or explore a tomb - or paint a cat - or some other weird stuff? The Sims! (TS2, 3 and 4 are suprisingly different) Wanna get loads of loot? And I mean loads? Oh, and you don't mind slaying some demons or something? Diablo 2 (the actually good one; I mean 1 and 3 are okay I guess) You love when you get a new place or redo a room and it's time to arrange all the stuff you own? Unpacking. You love how metal medieval catholicism is? Blasphemous! (1 and 2) Love detailed inked drawings and a distant background of existential horror? Submachine series (by Skutnik) Want a mix of some folk horror, 20th century nostalgia and a family crime drama all experianced from a mentally unstable point of view? Cube Escape series.
Boot up Steam. Search for Sunset Overdrive, or Bayonetta. Purchase it. Play it. I dare anyone to finish these and then look me in the eye and tell me "Gaming is boring." I will f***ing find you and slap the dog s**t out of you.
i used to think this until i got my steam rewind thingy and realised the reason gaming wasn't fun was because 45% of my playtime was put on dead by daylight
Gaming was not fun or same anymore when i developed depression and would just play the same 2-3 online games over and over. I got help and cured my depression. And now i play many different games of all imaginable genres and its just fun again. And yea i also stooped caring about competitive modes in games unless its 1v1 like in fighting games. Its surprising how less upsetting a competitive game is when you only have yourself to blame.
Underrated UA-cam channel, glad I found it through the new algorithm. You are right. And it doesn't just apply to gaming, it applies to all of media. I have a friend who complains about how social media influences your view on life. When I told her maybe she should quit she seemed baffled. Don't do what makes you unhappy. It's simple:)
When it comes to competitive gaming, I got pretty good at Splatoon, but it wasn't as positive of an experience on a psychological level as some Grand single player adventure would be. I totally get where this guy is coming from on competitive gaming.
This was such a good video, and a good take. Will share this with my friends, and hope they change their minds. You’re also naturally funny, which makes the video both informational and entertaining. Earned yourself a sub. Cheers!
Oh, for sure. One thing I have noticed however is that achievements and ranks are becoming less and less fun as I get older. Other things become more important, and games become less meaningful. As someone who used to love 100% games this was a huge change to overcome.
I agree with the video but feel the need to say avoid AAA studios like the plague, there are a few acceptations (Bandai Namco, Nintendo, Valve and possible one or two others at the most). Seriously game companies like Bethesda, Blizzard, Electronic arts haven't turned out anything that wasn't a scam for the last 5 years.
Thank you, I've been seeing more and more people who think Games aren't fun anymore and it's becoming annoying, of course if you're still in your 15 hours a day, 1000 hours playtime in Apex, Valorant, and Cod Competitive grind of course you're gon get tired
So many people out there love to daily grind the shit out of certain games nonstop and then 4 months more or less later, they act like the games they've played are bad now and they blame the game and the player base and the devs when maybe in reality is that, they're the ones to blame.
The toxic friend point is too real at times. Longer story short, a friend I had (emphasis on "had") was that toxic gamer but it extended to real life hangouts as well. Bowling, minigolf, darts, karting, etc, he was the most negative person in the vicinity. We ended up dropping him as a human beign after he beat up his then-girlfriend because she didn't want to eat at a bar for the 6th time in a row. Needless to say, things got better after that.
Some opinions I agree and some I disagree. 1. On 0:50 I agree with trying out variety of games but what I don't agree with is comparision between CoD and Apex Legend. CoD an arcade shooter (no matter how hard it tries to be a mil sim shooter) the mainline CoD games you have to buy the game and you own it, Apex Legend is a F2P game and a BR. Live service games still have that stigma of being extremely grindy and the fear of being shut down one day. It doesn't help that in recent times a lot of battle royale and live service games are getting shut down (hell even Apex Legend mobile got shut down). CoD doesn't have that issue because I can still boot up older CoD games and still find people playing them since they aren't a live service (excluding warzone 1 because that went RIP). This is more of a CoD thing but its hard to recommending something outside of it because what CoD does well it does really well and no other competitor really tries to replicate it. There are future games coming out that are similar to it like The Finals but its still a live service game, so well see how long it last until it gets shut down. Honestly for CoD fans I would recommend them Titanfall 2 since you can get the game mad cheap now, very similar twitch movement arcade style shooter and also since they fixed the servers so its possible to find players now, other recommendations will be like Ultrakill and Doom eternal because it still delivers that fast pace movement and nonstop action. 2. For comp players its tricky to tell them to stop being competitive. The examples you used are great and gets your point across, using the most popular competitive games though I feel you are touching surface level, what about fighting games? Most fighting games have a ranking system but the ranking system is very flawed and doesn't represent the skill level of the player, this can apply to popular competitive games too. Fighting games are 1v1 focus and it creates a personal stake since you have no team to fall behind on. It is the player responsibility to either win or lose in their match, this can create a drive of motivation to "git gud" in their game their playing or quit in general because they don't vibe with the game. Another thing I want to touch on is what about being competitive in another game? This goes along with the subject of "hunting the good" I definitely agree on hunt for something you have fun with, for competitive players maybe recommend them getting good at a new genre or trying to be good at single player games and getting the high score on it. I feel throughout the video there is a negative biased towards competitive games. I feel that you can still be competitive in nature and still have fun in games you want to be good at, you just want a game that really rewards you in being good at. The issue is that most modern competitive focus games don't really do that and what they do is make them extremely grindy to get minor rewards (I.E. Cod is a great example of this). Overall you made a good video and presented your arguments well, I just feel that you just touched the surface on these subjects and theirs a lot of naunce about them that you can further discuss, then again if you do that the video will be much longer lol.
This is a great response and I appreciate you writing your thoughts. It was for sure a surface level video, this topic is way more nuanced and could be broken into like 10 sub videos. Competitive especially is so hard to formulate a solution towards, but I’m not here to solve gaming problems I’m just trying to make a funny video people can enjoy lol. Thanks again for commenting!!
I tell this to people all the time who say this to specific genres. There is so much many other genres you can play, some complementing each other making them feel familiar. I literally switch from farming sims to fighting games to hack and slash to metroidvania to turn based rpg in the span of a month.
This ain't wrong. I know people who eat at one place every single day, order the same food and they have the guts to say "Nobody's making tasty food anymore" to me. And what's worse is whenever I suggest a new place for them to try, they never show up. Almost as if they are averse to trying unfamiliar things.
Whenever someone tells me they don't feel like gaming anymore I will send them this video. I think I need to take step 5 a little bit. I can never decide what to play. A trap I fall into is I feel like I need to make "progress" in some way or playing the game feels like a waste of time which discourages me from starting play. I just need to remind myself "who cares about progress, you just want to have fun. If you're gonna have fun then what you're doing is valid". It's such a tiring cycle to break out of.
When it comes to having fun, I have a similar philosophy with games that are considered bad or mixed. Sonic Superstars is a game that's fairly mixed. For me, I think that while it has annoying bosses, a lack of polish and isn't worth 60 dollars in my eyes and I'm not afraid to point that out, the game itself is still really fun and enjoyable for me, so I can't help but love it anyway. And that's what mattered most to me on Christmas is that I would have a good time with the game when I got it, and I did. There's also the little things like Metal Knuckles from Sonic R and Mecha Sonic MK1 from Sonic 2 returning. Even if it was just for a battle mode. As well as being able to play as Sonic's prototype design: Feels the Rabbit. Stuff like that just makes me love a game that much more.
I absolutely agree with everything being said hear heck i can even say the sams points to the people that think movie's, show's, and comic's arent fun anymore and tell then the exact points like how we give gamers factual points
Such a great video. I think too many "gamers" get too obsessed with either one game or gaming in general that they never spend time doing other things, when it's the time spent doing other things that helps you appreciate your time spent gaming.
Gaming is fun. genre of games i like dont make much anymore or at all. Gernes i like are skate/bmx or games like gta/mafia/sleepdogs/la noire or western fantasy rpgs like skyrim , gothic , Witcher , dark alliance , Risen or new mmorpg thats not anime or destiny type or crpg or pay to win. Im just missing new games for the gernes i like for years
i feel you . last western fanstay rpg was Witcher 3 came out in 2015 last open world city game was mafia 3 in 2016 last skate/bmx game worth playing was skate 3 in 2010 last good mmorpg was final fanstay 14 in 2010 i find gaming boring without the gernes i like coming out with new games
I found that doing the silly self imposed challenges in games I already know, and going back to games I haven't touched in a long time are good for getting me interested in gaming again. Then I try out games that are usually out of my wheelhouse, but line up with the things I like in stories and emotional experiences. I can switch between them without getting burnt out on either
Gaming isn't fun anymore because even the geeks with their heads shoved in the sand can no longer deny that civilization is collapsing. When reality finally gets around to convincing the nerds that they're in REAL trouble then their fantasy worlds are overpowered by the real one. Also good will is now dead. We all used to be able to give a stranger the benefit of the doubt but now it seems that an undeniable portion of them are our enemy. Nobody wants to sit down with their enemy to play a game. Lastly all works of art (video games included) assume that there are universal moral truths that games are built on. There are no longer any shared "truths" or common ground. What makes sense to one side is foreign to the other. The illusion has finally collapsed and it won't be coming back until one side wins. Happy New Year.
I think the big of games seemed so fun and captivating when I was younger is because I was more easily impressed and had more wild imagination to the point where I basically thought that every games is going to be a 1000 hour open world game just based on screenshots. Basically I was dumber and more naive. Now I am smarter and less naive and think about what I do in life more critically and I am happy to say that I still like games. Some recent games that I play that game me the same feeling though are Subnautica, Factorio and Armored Core 6. Also game companies suck ass for layoffs, always sad to hear.
Hear the same thing from my friends who only play league. So many great games out there, completive games make people miserable when they play them non stop. Good video
ADHD blessed me on this one; I always have to have two games ready - one where I plan stuff (like building bases, designing factories) and one where I can go apeshit on the keyboard (ekh, I mean platformers or metroidvanias). Also I get bored really easly, so I switch games up like every month. And I absolutly hate when a game keeps me hostage with long ass cutscenes, useless filler monetisation mechanics or mindless grinding.
I've had some variety of sci-fi and fantasy games, like SWTOR and LOTR Online and Fallout and Skyrim, and genres of rebuilding houses, surviving on a Raft and shooting bad guys. Good thing I didn't try the competitive mode of Team Fortress 2, I'm not that much of a try hard on showing the guys my skills. I usually start new Nuzlocke challenges as a means of getting invested in it, and if there's a game new or old that interests me, I decide to try it out or not. Microtransactions and passes have started being frowned upon, it's like entering a digital casino where it seems you can make it big, only to learn the hard way that it was rigged from the start. Taking breaks is good, I just gotta know which ways to take it, such as reading LOTR, talking a walk and even renting an apartment. So yeah, gaming isn't what it was, but we can make it good again with these 5 steps you explained.
I think sometimes hobbies just change. Tastes change. I used to love putting thousands of hours into game but I just got new hobbies. Every now and then I'll fall in love with a game for 30 hours (lethal company lol) but honestly games are more of time killers for me than something I go out of my way to do now. I don't think it's more complicated than that for some people; and I think as you get older, you just learn healthier ways of handling fatigue from anything (work, hobbies, life, etc.) Hopefully this video jumpstarts some people on learning that skill lol -- thanks for the great content!
It's funny how most of the problem is just mindset, as opposed to games themselves being at fault. A small change in attitude can open up a ton of new opportunities. I for one LOVE playing old games through emulation when I'm bored of the newer stuff. I'm currently fighting a horrible addiction to Dragon Quest Monsters on Gameboy as somewhat of a break from 200 hours of Cyberpunk 2077.
I have the sudden urge to touch grass. The part where you talked about taking a break really rung true for me. The constant need to keep grinding and playing a game past the point of fun, for some inane reason such as loot (an example being destiny 2 which I have personally struggled with for many years) is a self imposed destructive cycle and does not lead to a better quality in both the gaming narrative and within real life. Amazing video, Looking forward to when you become as big as you deserve.
I do think there's some deeper nuance to the conversation, here. I'm not a COD dudebro, and I don't think gaming "isn't fun", but I do think the quality of games has been going down over the years. Not as a universal rule or anything, mind you (some of my favorite games are from the last 10 years), but I laugh when people call 2023 one of, if not *the*, best years in gaming when: a. 1997 says hi (seriously holy fucking shit so much good shit came out in 1997). b. the GOTY list was so starved for options to fill the six-option quota that fucking Super Mario Wonder (which... *unfortunately* actually was the best game on the list, fight me) was one of the choices. And something that occurs to me is that development costs are so high that games don't really get adventurous anymore. Anyone remember Pokemon Mystery Dungeon? The Sonic Storybook games? Hell, anyone remember such games as Star Fox, F-Zero, Earthbound, Donkey Kong Country, or Kid Icarus? Mega Man? Castlevania? *Pac-Man*? I think Metal Gear deserves to be on this list, considering all we really have to look forward to is a one-off remake, but I'll leave that up to y'all. The variety of newer stuff is lower than it's ever been. We're not in a gaming renaissance, we're in a gaming recession. And... yeeeaaaaahhhhhh, the old stuff does still exist, and there's plenty of it I haven't personally touched, but it's fun to be excited for new stuff. And it's not that I'm not (I'm trying to stay dark on FF7 Rebirth but what little I have seen looks pretty nutty), but it is far lesser than what it used to be. And it's not that I'm growing weary of the medium, because when I find the right games, they do push those old buttons. Man.
Thats the thing Most New shit is just BAD. Its rare to find something GOOD. Indies are extremely hit or miss still better than modern games from AAA AA or A studios. If anything the studios that ignore modern trends tend to be the best games around now. For me I never play anything multiplayer cant stand Competitive tryhards, and friend time is limited due to REAL LIFE, so i tend to go to the big E and Har harhar my way into finding good shit from the older gens i missed. Rember gaming isnt fun anymore, It doesnt mean the old ones arent fun still.
It's not that gaming isn't fun anymore. It's that Triple A games have started to make it about money rather than fun. There is a sea of indie games, most of them are unpolished, but once in a while, we get a fun indie game. Look at lethal company. It's a small indie game where people have fun just messing around with friends trying to hit a quota.
reasons i quit playing ranked in league seriously. it became fun once i didnt take it so seriously. ofc playing with the lads is a great cure to any boredom dm the game. keep up the good content bro!
I wish that making my own challenges, pick different styles of game or stop playing would make the industry actually make good games. Unfortunately, this is not how it works.
Uh!? Who thinks Doki Doki club is "fun"? For anyone that has been playing games for more than 2 decades and has played through the technology evolving as it has.. it makes sense that "games aren't fun any more". Specially considering that games lately are just iterative and things haven't really improved in the innovation and creativity department. Prime example is Tears of the Kingdom! 6 years after BotW came out with its freshness and hope of how things could be.. and nothing has really changed. Once you've had enough of things as best as they can be, you can only have that feeling when things get better or are actually different! I'm "tired" of games.. and I'm saying this (someone who "played" Genshin Impact for TWO years straight!!).
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Not something I coined lol, apparently it’s a huge motivational speaking topic/book/military related term, came across it one day and it really applies here
I'm usually more pro-depth rather then variaty. Like you can play your shooters, but play like Ultrakill on hard difficulty and try really figure things out how to get good ranks, give a bizzare worlds of Amid Evil a go, try Returnal. It's all shooters but it will give you tons of depth without branching out to Dating Sims or something. Often times variaty without depth is boring and meaningless, and genres that are too far from your tase could turn you off from gaming even harder. Like i respect Kenshi but don't ask me to play it. But i'm gladly spend 3 days trying to kill final boss of Rabi-Ribi on Hard difficulty, even though platformers are something i been playing for 20 years already. On "hunt the good" - that's actually something i also learned with time - in a sense of undertand yourself. Like now i sometimes, if a game locks hard mode behind first playtougth, i'll download a save to unlock it rightaway, because i know myself and how i like to play, i know that frustration is temporary but boredom is ethernal.
ahh, I love how when you start the topic of playing the game the "right way", the video shows a snippet of risk of rain 2, cause I especially experienced this a lot in ror2 community, although the same thing is slowly happening with fromsoftware games, since I picked up dark souls recently... gotta somehow filter out that part of the community
you know what, after watching this video, especially with the comp section, i think i'm going to take your advice take a break from multiplayers for a good while and try something different.
I was expecting this to be an unhinged rant from just the other side of the fence, which quite frankly also gets A LITTLE boring by now. But it wasn't. Enjoyable stuff.
This just sounds like cope. There are so many examples of games getting worse because companies realize that they can put less and less effort into games and people will still buy them. So many game series have gone this direction, battlefield has been dumbed down every release since BF2 2005, fallout went from Amazing new vegas to dumbed down fallout 4. There are still great games from more idependent studios but money/greed has ruined gaming like it ruins most things. Unless you want to sit there and tell me that Starfield and fallout 76 is better than Oblivion and new vegas.
Or just stop playing stuff from EA or Bethesda. Neither of these companies have released anything good in over a decade and yet these are the only games you mention. It sounds to me like you're the one coping with the fact that you're incapable of trying of trying anything different. Also, I'm just gonna be honest. Bethesda games have never been good and most Bethesda fans have been on copium about mediocre games like skyrim and new vegas being "good" for way too long. It's time to move on champ.
@@007MrYang You want me mention every single game in existence that sucks now? You make so many wild assumptions, are you ok? Edit: you are a weeaboo, forget anything I said, I dont associate with borderline peds like you.
Baldurs Gate 3 really revitalized my liking for singleplayer. Even though there is a multiplayer option, I just couldn't help myself from playing which is a feeling I missed for so long. I think people just get a lot of burnout because a lot of modern games run into the same problem of recycling their same formula and people just get depressed.
this is why i love exploring old games, like rom hacks for example the problem with new games to me is getting the righttt specs for the pc and whatnot life being in the way not only that, i don't know where to start since i'm so used to shooters lol although earthbound was interesting, never played the silent hill series
thta's not true for online multiplayer games, modern multiplayer games are genuinely cancer now and getting even worse every second , the games themselves became worse it's not you
Man, we could make a whole 'nother video about comp alone. It's not that "you'll never be pro" it's that you don't even WANT to be pro. It's okay to have a goal, like "I wanna reach diamond" or even just "I wanna be able to hit sick 360 noscopes" but to just grind the game and act like that in itself is "working" toward that goal? Not even close. Practice aim, practice combos, study the meta, get a coach, do SOMETHING other than "grinding ranked" cuz just playing the game is NOT how you get better or have fun.
Lol I knew what u meant, and honestly I probably will go deeper into these topics later on, there’s just so so much shit to talk about. I appreciate the comment, fellow splatoon fan
The fact that I buy less and less games every year is due to how games are genuinely worse than they have been for years. Games aren't fun anymore because games aren't made to be fun anymore.
i don't agree with this at all, in general the past few years have been pretty good if you look at everything as a whole. I wouldn't be surprised if you're just stuck on one genre.
Thanks for commenting, although I have to definitely disagree. This is just kinda a sad take, it’s like boomers saying music used to be good. There’s always good stuff out there, for really any hobby or interest, but sometimes we get unlucky and have a bad streak and it ruins the whole thing
Fair opinion, but I disagree due to the indie scene. Although I have a solution for you: Try getting into new hobbies. Find one you might enjoy. Hell, maybe learn a new skill you might get into. A new instrument, get into art, go fishing. And maybe after that break, you might find some sliver of enjoyment even by playing a game for a few hours. Or not, it's up to you.
I actually buy less games than when i was a kid, Money isnt the issue though. My collection of games are fun but anything MODERN i tend to trash and consider a waste of money now i screen games religiously trying to FIND ANYTHING good in the Mount everest of shitty games. God it feels like we are drowning in LJN games now instead of them being some what rare.
@@snintendog it could also just be that your "screening" process is bad, reviews always have to be taken with a grain of salt just from how subjective they are.
It's hilarious to me when someone says there's no point in gaming anymore because good games aren't made anymore. Even if that were true, there were thousands of games made prior to 2015 or whenever your cutoff day is. There have been so many good games that it is probably impossible for you to play them all before you die, even if no other good games are ever made again.
the dumb challenges tip is something real. when halo 2 for the master chief collection came out on steam me and my best friend said whoever dies to the jackal snipers on legendary has to do 10 push ups every time. it took us a long time to beat that campaign but that was some of the most fun i had playing games
You are sick people for doing that, I’ll never forget replaying halo 2 on legendary when it came out on steam. Them jackals had me and my buddy in a chokehold, but it was damn funny lol
The most addictive multi-player games that are not competitive are games like Earth Defense Force 4.1 and 5 (can't wait for part 6) and Left for Dead and Vermintide and Darktide. I mean, sure you can compete with each other if you want but this isn't the point of these games. Being a team on a mission, embarking on an adventure, and helping each other without being on the behalf of another team's sake is truly a reward in itself. Yeah I still love myself some tough competition with 1 on 1 fighting in Tekken and even some Overwatch from time to time just to stomp on fools and humble them while dishing madd insults but my time with cooperative team PVE games are far more memorable. If only Overwatch 2 was actually like it was supposed to be, if only Diablo IV was actually fun, if only Redfall wasn't garbage, if only Back 4 Blood was a decent game.... so many team co-op games miss the mark though. I swear if they'd only follow EDF's gameplay structure they'd all be worth playing. Finally, if all else fails, the type of game I find most enjoyable is modding, plenty of games allow modding. Bethesda games being the best example. It's almost like creating your own personal game without actually having to create a game from scratch. This is truly the most satisfying gaming of all. The kind of gaming with the greatest freedom and possibilities.
The number one is the biggest factor because you can discover that you actually didn't like a genre but a mechanic itself over a genre, I thought i loved MMORPGs and RPG'S alike but i recently discoreved that i didn't actually like those, i like "the feel of growth and progression", Back in the days i loved Ragnarok Online private servers that had high rate and fast level up and high level cap which increased massively this feeling, so i was always in pursuit for MMORPGs and RPGs alike. I've played the Elder Scrolls 3, 4 and 5, played a bunch of mobile MMORPGs and pc ones as well, played Borderlands, but then I felt on the limbo of "having nothing to play" despite having a lot of games and i said to myself “Gaming isn’t fun anymore” until my curiosity got better of me and bought Vampire Survivors on sale and tried, boy... i've never had so much fun in YEARS and this was the moment that i've discovered i like to feel the growth of getting stronger instead, then bought Halls of Torment and is another banger of a game, and then i discovered another thing: Gaming was never been this better before, despite all the mishaps and greediness from big AAA Studios, and this year was THE best year of gaming so far because was an wake up call for AAA to look at their asses and ask themselves what the hell their are doing. This year we had Battlebits punching EA's guts to better the Battlefields titles, Baudur's Gate 3 setting new standards to the game industry and making everyone else eat dirt, Lethal company proving the community is what truly makes a game fun.
I'm kinda ashamed to admit, but at the same time IDC. Smash made me branch out to different genre of games. And because of Smash, I liked other series now.
Same here, I remember asking for metal gear when I saw snake in brawl lol and it actually made me want to replay and beat FFVII when cloud was released in Sm4sh
Warning, although variety is the answer and everything else is filler… Using variety also hurts the wallet. Luckily if you’re old that’s shouldn’t be the biggest issue. But if you’re young and are smart enough to not buy micro transactions with your parents credit card… I would still caution you research about generas and try to pick games on discounts. As for us people with jobs, do be careful about overspending in said discount. You think Steam gives so many discounts cause they are generous? Be smart.
Actual wise advice, wish I could pin but someone beat you to it. Knowledge is our greatest strength but we are all victim to ignorance, i was so lost until I just said f it and sold it all for a pc to experience indies on steam. I’m so happy I did, but I think of my young cousins who I showed Mario odyssey and they hated it because they couldn’t understand the gameplay, it wasn’t instAnt reward and they went back to them iPads.idk I’m drunk and rambling but as true as your words are, we can’t force people to see the good
The issue I have is that online shooters like Tarkov, CoD, Apex Legends, etc.... they all provide a level of stimulation and excitement that a game like Pickmin, or Elden Ring simply cannot. I am indeed the problem and it's that I can no longer enjoy games that don't have that same level of intensity. I appreciate what you're saying, I just don't know how to get there. I booted up Elden Ring again after seeing this video, hell bent on enjoying it... and I just couldn't. I mean sure it was beautiful and somewhat interesting, but I yearned for the excitement of PvP. That's why games are boring. For years I've been hitting the crack cocaine of games, and everything else is like caffeine or something.
This is a good counter argument, especially the part about crack. I also can see this as true for young iPad kids, my little cousins had NO interest in playing Mario odyssey like one of the greatest Mario games ever, they just couldn’t understand the concept without instant reward. These kids are all on crack
in that case you need to take a long break from gaming altogether and when u come back u should try something new. i was mainly a pvp gamer as well. taking a break worked for me and now i dont give a rat's ass about apex legends, csgo or valorant. pvp is dead for me now.
The switch is one of the bestselling consoles in history, the userbase is not all playing the same thing - if you have 100m+ users, you're going to find disparity in the top X number of games. There is nothing special about Switch owners, you saw the same with PS4 last gen.
I don't find games very fun anymore but that's because I have depression and just want to graduate and get a job so I can do the things I actually want to do with my life rather than just sit at my apartment and wait for time to pass until my next exam.
yeah always thought that dudes that say "le gaming isnt fun anymore" are just (rightfully, mind you) burnt out on mainstream slop and don't seem to understand they don't HAVE to play The Newest Thing Made By Faceless Megacorp That Hates You™
so, this is less of a defense of the modern game industry, and more of a personal wake-up call for people to kick themselves in the pants every now and again? I was ready to come in swinging, but I can get behind that. Modern western AAA games *are* ass, but there's definitely still a load of great indie/small dev and eastern games out there.
Not a bad video, but that's ignoring a lot of facts that people don't properly verbalize when they say "Video games aren't fun anymore". For one you have western games being bloated messes that focuses on graphics and cinematics. While Japanese developers just plays it safe by making sequels or spin-offs. (Just look at The Game Awards 2023) There's a clear divide of what gaming used to be pre-DLC era and what it became now.
As somebody who is constantly craving a good multiplayer extremely high movement FPS that doesn't die in a week: It's not as fun as it could be for me. No developer wants to make the game I want. Titanfall had it close, but it was too easy. Doesn't help that every damn time somebody gives a shot at it, they're sabotaged by the people making or publishing them. It's happened over and over again. :(
As someone who loves video games old and new and plays stuff constantly, almost no good games have microtransactions. Some long running series sadly have fallen slightly to it, but the ones that are still good regardless generally relegate it to cosmetics or other things that have no impact on the game itself, like Monster Hunter. If the game has microtransactions in any significant amount, odds are it's probably kusoge and not worth your time.
Great point, I’ve never played monster Hunter I just know the memes about the little pet companions but it seems like a genuine franchise that knows it’s playerbase, we need more titles like that
@@SkaloTV I won't proselytize (too much) because even the newer ones that have lowered the entry bar are still games that are pretty extreme in a love it or hate it way, but that is absolutely the case. It's been largely protected too thanks both to crazy success (it was often considered one of the only franchises to rival Dragon Quest even before World, which was from what I've heard Capcom's best selling title of all time) and good ol' fashioned nepotism (the man in charge is one of the sons of the founder of the company,) so there's less of the kind of executive meddling that overly monetizes other games getting in the way. It's far from perfect, and I have my complaints with individual titles, but it's one of the franchises that I feel confident picking up the next title every time.
Really solid video!! You should check out this game to expand your genre of games. It’s this game called Among Us. It’s like towne of Salem, if you ever heard of it. Sorta like an online version of mafia. Mafia is a game you play with your friends when people try to figure out who the mafia is. Anyways you and your friends should check it out!
Oh wow what great advice. Yeah your righ i should stay away from the bad. Lets see... *looks to the steaming pile of crap known as modern games.* hmmmm *looks to a certain website with all the old games.* HMMMMMM *the 2 good indie games released this year.* HMMMM?? *proceeds to ignore all the other advice in this video and play good games from the past* You know you are right Games Were fun. I was just playing shit games. Its a shame good new games are rare nowadays and hidden by mountains of trash.
remember me when you reach 1m subs pls
Pinning so I never will🤝
LOL never gonna happen.
@@BuildinWings Look here Rick, just because your parents didn't know how to love their own child doesn't mean you need to be salty just because this man is enjoying life.
@@oifuknut-pf7br Ok alt.
Every gamer eventually has this first world problem and every gamer either falls into self-pity due to dopamine loss or tries an extremely slow-paced puzzle game to realign those fun gears.
Trust me, the satisfaction and dopamine pacing from playing a Myst or 'the witness' makes the 'overwatch 2's' and 'call of duty's' of the world feel fun again. Basic brain chemistry.
Or just do something better with your time
For the People that say “gaming isnt fun anymore”, you either play the same genre game and dont explore other genres, play ranked/competitive modes, or you just listen to what others opinions are about games and never actually play them, gaming will always be fun idc what anybody say
Nailed it 100%. My (former) friend group used to complain a lot about games they haven't played instead of actually playing games. It's like gaming has become an identity instead of a hobby for them. You're 100% right about that. Left them and never looked back, now I enjoy stuff again, even if I don't agree with everyone on my new friend group.
I've noticed that i have less energy for games due to my job nowadays, but whenever I can get a chance to do some decent gaming I always have a blast, sometimes you just need to approach a hobby differently to enjoy it again
Back when games released finished, not broken & unfinished full of season passes, day 1 DLC, cut content locked away, pre order bonuses and nothing but live services yea modern gaming is surely fine! lmao
@@M4TTYN there have always been broken, buggy, unfinished pieces of shit that have been put out. you either didn't grow up during that time period or you didn't play them. sure devs had to be more on top of it because of the lack of online patching, but damn dude you are either debilitatingly stupid or just flat out delusional if you actually buy into this idea that all games back then were somehow part of some mythical gold standard. there is a lot to criticize about modern gaming, but its clear you don't know anything about gaming from that era except the best of the best games.
@@M4TTYN thats just a generalization. You could still find games that are like what it was "Back then".
"gaming isn't fun anymore!"
there's a cure for that.
it's called GO THE FUCK OUTSIDE
Honestly i don't blame most gamers, do you see what's outside the gaming world? Way more bad than good
1: I already play a variety of games
2: I don't play competitively
3: This is a good idea, doesn't work for everyone though, I can't play an RPG and talk out loud like my character would in game. Not my kinda thing, but "messing around and just having fun" is good advice. Play the game the way you want to is one of the ways I enjoy my games and I hate it when devs do their hardest to make that impossible (like when they try and stop mods)
4: I already do this, I've never bought a microtransation and I never will.
5: Wow, the best point is last, this is actually what I do when I'm burnt out on games. Slugging through it only causes you to have a bad time in amazing games. Sometimes my break from gaming can be days or weeks, sometimes it can go on for months, the games will be there when you come back!
As a gaming enjoyer you have to be unfathomably bad at videogames or just straight up mentally ill to be unable to enjoy at least a single game a year
Npcs parroting that current gaming is "le bad" simply don't enjoy videogames, they're bandwagoners who hoped into the "gamer" trend because it was cool.
Lmaooo this gave me a laugh, thanks for commenting!!
real words here, keep up this seal of quality, level of writing and your headed for big time. There are still rough edges but the foundation of a phenomenal channel is here, i've got personal opinions about what could be improved, but frankly as long as the passion stays there i can see this blowing up.
I appreciate your comment, means a lot!! And pls feel free to drop any thoughts on improvements, they help waaaaay more than you lll ever know
>only plays ea sports games, tactical shooters, rocket league, fortnite, minecraft, league of legends, etc.
>doesn't achievement hunt
>doesn't play any classic releases
>doesn't emulate
>doesn't play indie games
>doesn't play open source games
>doesn't have any other hobbies besides video games
Are people actually like this?
You’d be surprised wouldn’t u
A bit late but I've always had a mindset about gaming, if it looks even a little interesting, then I'll buy and play it.
If I didn't like it, oh well wasting 60 bucks isn't gonna kill me, not that big of a deal. But if I do like it then it was worth the money.
It's a simple mindset but without it I wouldn't have found some of my favorite games, for example. I remember one day I was at Walmart looking at Nintendo games until I saw Xenoblade chronicles 2, at this point the only thing I knew about Xenoblade was the funny british guy with a big red sword from smash bros, I didn't know what the story was like or what the combat was even like, but it peeked my interest so I bought it and now Xenoblade Chronicles is my favorite series of all time.
That's awesome! Finding what works for you can be the hardest thing for a lot of people but keeping it simple, trying new things, and having fun is what its all about.
Great video!! This channel is definitely gonna blow up
Lol thanks for watching my older stuff!!
I was starting to feel this exact feeling, of getting bored of gaming
Then UA-cam decided to recommend me this BANGER of a video.
Time for me to dust off my old Steam library or buy *something* on sale on Steam and just giving it a try
I’m just grateful u gave me a chance! Best of luck finding a good new game, if ur into indie games I recently beat Omori, it’s close to earthbound or undertale! Highly recommend although it’s kinda fucked up lol
Hey, wanna some sugestions from a stranger?
You feel like exploring? Try Hollow Knight. Dying and losing progress bummes you out? Celeste. You feel like you can take care of a 2D space colony in every detail? Oxygen Not Included. Want an RPG with a kinda heavy atmosphere, yet great plot, actually funny jokes and believable characters ... and you don't mind old games? Why not Gothic? (By Piranha Bites; 1 or 2, then they get bad.) Feel you can juggle objectives and click furiously? Farm Frenzy. Wanna get a house, garden and start a family - or maybe a cult - or just some floorplans - or explore a tomb - or paint a cat - or some other weird stuff? The Sims! (TS2, 3 and 4 are suprisingly different) Wanna get loads of loot? And I mean loads? Oh, and you don't mind slaying some demons or something? Diablo 2 (the actually good one; I mean 1 and 3 are okay I guess) You love when you get a new place or redo a room and it's time to arrange all the stuff you own? Unpacking. You love how metal medieval catholicism is? Blasphemous! (1 and 2) Love detailed inked drawings and a distant background of existential horror? Submachine series (by Skutnik) Want a mix of some folk horror, 20th century nostalgia and a family crime drama all experianced from a mentally unstable point of view? Cube Escape series.
Boot up Steam.
Search for Sunset Overdrive, or Bayonetta.
Purchase it.
Play it.
I dare anyone to finish these and then look me in the eye and tell me "Gaming is boring."
I will f***ing find you and slap the dog s**t out of you.
i used to think this until i got my steam rewind thingy and realised the reason gaming wasn't fun was because 45% of my playtime was put on dead by daylight
Astronomically based takes, best opinions of the decade inshallah
Insaneee comment lol thank you!! Glad you enjoyed
Gaming was not fun or same anymore when i developed depression and would just play the same 2-3 online games over and over.
I got help and cured my depression. And now i play many different games of all imaginable genres and its just fun again.
And yea i also stooped caring about competitive modes in games unless its 1v1 like in fighting games.
Its surprising how less upsetting a competitive game is when you only have yourself to blame.
Underrated UA-cam channel, glad I found it through the new algorithm. You are right.
And it doesn't just apply to gaming, it applies to all of media. I have a friend who complains about how social media influences your view on life. When I told her maybe she should quit she seemed baffled. Don't do what makes you unhappy. It's simple:)
Thank you so much, I appreciate your comment and sharing your thoughts. Seems like a good way to summarize the concept, be happy and stay happy
When it comes to competitive gaming, I got pretty good at Splatoon, but it wasn't as positive of an experience on a psychological level as some Grand single player adventure would be. I totally get where this guy is coming from on competitive gaming.
This was such a good video, and a good take. Will share this with my friends, and hope they change their minds. You’re also naturally funny, which makes the video both informational and entertaining. Earned yourself a sub. Cheers!
Thank you so much man, I really appreciate it that and I hope ur buddies like it, Or hate it that’s ok it fuels discussion
Oh, for sure. One thing I have noticed however is that achievements and ranks are becoming less and less fun as I get older. Other things become more important, and games become less meaningful. As someone who used to love 100% games this was a huge change to overcome.
I agree with the video but feel the need to say avoid AAA studios like the plague, there are a few acceptations (Bandai Namco, Nintendo, Valve and possible one or two others at the most). Seriously game companies like Bethesda, Blizzard, Electronic arts haven't turned out anything that wasn't a scam for the last 5 years.
you are telling me they keep playing games they dislike, not trying new games and feel games are bad ? oh my god. how could this be 🤯🤯🤯
It’s kinda a wild concept, but hey bro add me on fortnite I just bought the battle pass
@@SkaloTV nah i don't play online. online plays sucks here.
@@chicken1696 it’s a joke lol, I didn’t buy the battle pass
@@SkaloTV oh i thought you were real. but yeah i didn't play any online games. the ping is nightmare here.
Thank you, I've been seeing more and more people who think Games aren't fun anymore and it's becoming annoying, of course if you're still in your 15 hours a day, 1000 hours playtime in Apex, Valorant, and Cod Competitive grind of course you're gon get tired
So many people out there love to daily grind the shit out of certain games nonstop and then 4 months more or less later, they act like the games they've played are bad now and they blame the game and the player base and the devs when maybe in reality is that, they're the ones to blame.
The toxic friend point is too real at times. Longer story short, a friend I had (emphasis on "had") was that toxic gamer but it extended to real life hangouts as well. Bowling, minigolf, darts, karting, etc, he was the most negative person in the vicinity.
We ended up dropping him as a human beign after he beat up his then-girlfriend because she didn't want to eat at a bar for the 6th time in a row. Needless to say, things got better after that.
Some opinions I agree and some I disagree.
1. On 0:50 I agree with trying out variety of games but what I don't agree with is comparision between CoD and Apex Legend. CoD an arcade shooter (no matter how hard it tries to be a mil sim shooter) the mainline CoD games you have to buy the game and you own it, Apex Legend is a F2P game and a BR. Live service games still have that stigma of being extremely grindy and the fear of being shut down one day. It doesn't help that in recent times a lot of battle royale and live service games are getting shut down (hell even Apex Legend mobile got shut down). CoD doesn't have that issue because I can still boot up older CoD games and still find people playing them since they aren't a live service (excluding warzone 1 because that went RIP). This is more of a CoD thing but its hard to recommending something outside of it because what CoD does well it does really well and no other competitor really tries to replicate it. There are future games coming out that are similar to it like The Finals but its still a live service game, so well see how long it last until it gets shut down. Honestly for CoD fans I would recommend them Titanfall 2 since you can get the game mad cheap now, very similar twitch movement arcade style shooter and also since they fixed the servers so its possible to find players now, other recommendations will be like Ultrakill and Doom eternal because it still delivers that fast pace movement and nonstop action.
2. For comp players its tricky to tell them to stop being competitive. The examples you used are great and gets your point across, using the most popular competitive games though I feel you are touching surface level, what about fighting games? Most fighting games have a ranking system but the ranking system is very flawed and doesn't represent the skill level of the player, this can apply to popular competitive games too. Fighting games are 1v1 focus and it creates a personal stake since you have no team to fall behind on. It is the player responsibility to either win or lose in their match, this can create a drive of motivation to "git gud" in their game their playing or quit in general because they don't vibe with the game. Another thing I want to touch on is what about being competitive in another game? This goes along with the subject of "hunting the good" I definitely agree on hunt for something you have fun with, for competitive players maybe recommend them getting good at a new genre or trying to be good at single player games and getting the high score on it. I feel throughout the video there is a negative biased towards competitive games. I feel that you can still be competitive in nature and still have fun in games you want to be good at, you just want a game that really rewards you in being good at. The issue is that most modern competitive focus games don't really do that and what they do is make them extremely grindy to get minor rewards (I.E. Cod is a great example of this).
Overall you made a good video and presented your arguments well, I just feel that you just touched the surface on these subjects and theirs a lot of naunce about them that you can further discuss, then again if you do that the video will be much longer lol.
This is a great response and I appreciate you writing your thoughts. It was for sure a surface level video, this topic is way more nuanced and could be broken into like 10 sub videos. Competitive especially is so hard to formulate a solution towards, but I’m not here to solve gaming problems I’m just trying to make a funny video people can enjoy lol. Thanks again for commenting!!
I tell this to people all the time who say this to specific genres. There is so much many other genres you can play, some complementing each other making them feel familiar. I literally switch from farming sims to fighting games to hack and slash to metroidvania to turn based rpg in the span of a month.
This ain't wrong. I know people who eat at one place every single day, order the same food and they have the guts to say "Nobody's making tasty food anymore" to me. And what's worse is whenever I suggest a new place for them to try, they never show up. Almost as if they are averse to trying unfamiliar things.
Thank you! It warms my heart to see more people making videos calling out this nonsense. Great video dude 👍
Thank you, this only happened cuz my friend pissed me off😂
Whenever someone tells me they don't feel like gaming anymore I will send them this video. I think I need to take step 5 a little bit. I can never decide what to play.
A trap I fall into is I feel like I need to make "progress" in some way or playing the game feels like a waste of time which discourages me from starting play. I just need to remind myself "who cares about progress, you just want to have fun. If you're gonna have fun then what you're doing is valid". It's such a tiring cycle to break out of.
When it comes to having fun, I have a similar philosophy with games that are considered bad or mixed. Sonic Superstars is a game that's fairly mixed. For me, I think that while it has annoying bosses, a lack of polish and isn't worth 60 dollars in my eyes and I'm not afraid to point that out, the game itself is still really fun and enjoyable for me, so I can't help but love it anyway.
And that's what mattered most to me on Christmas is that I would have a good time with the game when I got it, and I did. There's also the little things like Metal Knuckles from Sonic R and Mecha Sonic MK1 from Sonic 2 returning. Even if it was just for a battle mode. As well as being able to play as Sonic's prototype design: Feels the Rabbit. Stuff like that just makes me love a game that much more.
gaming is def more fun that ever, all these great games have been updated and polished to a very enjoyable point.
"You don't eat the same food everyday."
Clearly you've never heard of autism.
Not to be overly literal, but I'm fairly sure that even autists enact change, but they just prefer it on their terms.
I’m autistic, and even I switch up my food now and then. One month I like egg sandwiches, the next month I don’t want to eat them at all
@@AbdurraheemRaqib10243 Both you and OP summed it up pretty well (I'm autistic)
I absolutely agree with everything being said hear heck i can even say the sams points to the people that think movie's, show's, and comic's arent fun anymore and tell then the exact points like how we give gamers factual points
Such a great video. I think too many "gamers" get too obsessed with either one game or gaming in general that they never spend time doing other things, when it's the time spent doing other things that helps you appreciate your time spent gaming.
W content. keep it up man
Thanks, will do!
I've been saying this for ages, doing gods work for putting it into a format zoomers will actually somewhat listen to.
Lmaoo I’m glad you noticed the little tricks in the editing, as long as something is moving the zoomers will stay
Gaming is fun. genre of games i like dont make much anymore or at all. Gernes i like are skate/bmx or games like gta/mafia/sleepdogs/la noire or western fantasy rpgs like skyrim , gothic , Witcher , dark alliance , Risen or new mmorpg thats not anime or destiny type or crpg or pay to win. Im just missing new games for the gernes i like for years
i feel you . last western fanstay rpg was Witcher 3 came out in 2015 last open world city game was mafia 3 in 2016 last skate/bmx game worth playing was skate 3 in 2010 last good mmorpg was final fanstay 14 in 2010 i find gaming boring without the gernes i like coming out with new games
That is a very valid point, some genres kinda died out and need to be revived
I found that doing the silly self imposed challenges in games I already know, and going back to games I haven't touched in a long time are good for getting me interested in gaming again. Then I try out games that are usually out of my wheelhouse, but line up with the things I like in stories and emotional experiences. I can switch between them without getting burnt out on either
Gaming isn't fun anymore because even the geeks with their heads shoved in the sand can no longer deny that civilization is collapsing. When reality finally gets around to convincing the nerds that they're in REAL trouble then their fantasy worlds are overpowered by the real one. Also good will is now dead. We all used to be able to give a stranger the benefit of the doubt but now it seems that an undeniable portion of them are our enemy. Nobody wants to sit down with their enemy to play a game. Lastly all works of art (video games included) assume that there are universal moral truths that games are built on. There are no longer any shared "truths" or common ground. What makes sense to one side is foreign to the other. The illusion has finally collapsed and it won't be coming back until one side wins. Happy New Year.
Bro did a lot of yapping just to say nothing
It's still criminal that you are underated. This is a video i actually enjoyed watching. Haven't had that in months
You’re too nice homiesman, I really appreciate your comment. I’m extremely proud of this video and to see it get appreciate makes me tear up 😭
I think the big of games seemed so fun and captivating when I was younger is because I was more easily impressed and had more wild imagination to the point where I basically thought that every games is going to be a 1000 hour open world game just based on screenshots. Basically I was dumber and more naive. Now I am smarter and less naive and think about what I do in life more critically and I am happy to say that I still like games. Some recent games that I play that game me the same feeling though are Subnautica, Factorio and Armored Core 6. Also game companies suck ass for layoffs, always sad to hear.
Hear the same thing from my friends who only play league. So many great games out there, completive games make people miserable when they play them non stop. Good video
Thank for continuing to be part of the "gaming ISN'T dead" crowd. We need more people like you.
Also those mfs blame playstation games for they own depression
It seems like you're always improving with every new video. Really enjoyed this one from start to that goated finish 😂
The Wii appreciate u too
ADHD blessed me on this one; I always have to have two games ready - one where I plan stuff (like building bases, designing factories) and one where I can go apeshit on the keyboard (ekh, I mean platformers or metroidvanias).
Also I get bored really easly, so I switch games up like every month. And I absolutly hate when a game keeps me hostage with long ass cutscenes, useless filler monetisation mechanics or mindless grinding.
I've had some variety of sci-fi and fantasy games, like SWTOR and LOTR Online and Fallout and Skyrim, and genres of rebuilding houses, surviving on a Raft and shooting bad guys.
Good thing I didn't try the competitive mode of Team Fortress 2, I'm not that much of a try hard on showing the guys my skills.
I usually start new Nuzlocke challenges as a means of getting invested in it, and if there's a game new or old that interests me, I decide to try it out or not.
Microtransactions and passes have started being frowned upon, it's like entering a digital casino where it seems you can make it big, only to learn the hard way that it was rigged from the start.
Taking breaks is good, I just gotta know which ways to take it, such as reading LOTR, talking a walk and even renting an apartment.
So yeah, gaming isn't what it was, but we can make it good again with these 5 steps you explained.
I think sometimes hobbies just change. Tastes change. I used to love putting thousands of hours into game but I just got new hobbies. Every now and then I'll fall in love with a game for 30 hours (lethal company lol) but honestly games are more of time killers for me than something I go out of my way to do now. I don't think it's more complicated than that for some people; and I think as you get older, you just learn healthier ways of handling fatigue from anything (work, hobbies, life, etc.) Hopefully this video jumpstarts some people on learning that skill lol -- thanks for the great content!
Great points, I guess we are truly just old. Thanks for commenting!!
It's funny how most of the problem is just mindset, as opposed to games themselves being at fault. A small change in attitude can open up a ton of new opportunities.
I for one LOVE playing old games through emulation when I'm bored of the newer stuff. I'm currently fighting a horrible addiction to Dragon Quest Monsters on Gameboy as somewhat of a break from 200 hours of Cyberpunk 2077.
An addiction to a game doesn't sound any better
Finnaly, this guy gets it!
You do too, your pfp says enough
I have the sudden urge to touch grass.
The part where you talked about taking a break really rung true for me. The constant need to keep grinding and playing a game past the point of fun, for some inane reason such as loot (an example being destiny 2 which I have personally struggled with for many years) is a self imposed destructive cycle and does not lead to a better quality in both the gaming narrative and within real life.
Amazing video, Looking forward to when you become as big as you deserve.
Thank you so much for ur comment, I appreciate you for giving my video a chance. Go touch grass!!!
I do think there's some deeper nuance to the conversation, here. I'm not a COD dudebro, and I don't think gaming "isn't fun", but I do think the quality of games has been going down over the years. Not as a universal rule or anything, mind you (some of my favorite games are from the last 10 years), but I laugh when people call 2023 one of, if not *the*, best years in gaming when:
a. 1997 says hi (seriously holy fucking shit so much good shit came out in 1997).
b. the GOTY list was so starved for options to fill the six-option quota that fucking Super Mario Wonder (which... *unfortunately* actually was the best game on the list, fight me) was one of the choices.
And something that occurs to me is that development costs are so high that games don't really get adventurous anymore. Anyone remember Pokemon Mystery Dungeon? The Sonic Storybook games? Hell, anyone remember such games as Star Fox, F-Zero, Earthbound, Donkey Kong Country, or Kid Icarus? Mega Man? Castlevania? *Pac-Man*? I think Metal Gear deserves to be on this list, considering all we really have to look forward to is a one-off remake, but I'll leave that up to y'all. The variety of newer stuff is lower than it's ever been. We're not in a gaming renaissance, we're in a gaming recession.
And... yeeeaaaaahhhhhh, the old stuff does still exist, and there's plenty of it I haven't personally touched, but it's fun to be excited for new stuff. And it's not that I'm not (I'm trying to stay dark on FF7 Rebirth but what little I have seen looks pretty nutty), but it is far lesser than what it used to be. And it's not that I'm growing weary of the medium, because when I find the right games, they do push those old buttons.
Man.
Thats the thing Most New shit is just BAD. Its rare to find something GOOD. Indies are extremely hit or miss still better than modern games from AAA AA or A studios. If anything the studios that ignore modern trends tend to be the best games around now. For me I never play anything multiplayer cant stand Competitive tryhards, and friend time is limited due to REAL LIFE, so i tend to go to the big E and Har harhar my way into finding good shit from the older gens i missed.
Rember gaming isnt fun anymore, It doesnt mean the old ones arent fun still.
The algorithm recommended your video to me. Thanks for the content and I'm looking forward to more!
Thank you for watching!! New video coming here in the next few days, the grind is real
It's not that gaming isn't fun anymore. It's that Triple A games have started to make it about money rather than fun. There is a sea of indie games, most of them are unpolished, but once in a while, we get a fun indie game. Look at lethal company. It's a small indie game where people have fun just messing around with friends trying to hit a quota.
Lethal company is in my video silly
a well made video. Good job sir. Keep going
Tysm for ur motivation, I am beyond excited to see where we go from here
Lost? Huh, never thought I'd see you here! And nice videos, both of you.
reasons i quit playing ranked in league seriously. it became fun once i didnt take it so seriously. ofc playing with the lads is a great cure to any boredom dm the game. keep up the good content bro!
You are the ARAM king huh
YEAH
@@SkaloTV
I wish that making my own challenges, pick different styles of game or stop playing would make the industry actually make good games. Unfortunately, this is not how it works.
Uh!? Who thinks Doki Doki club is "fun"?
For anyone that has been playing games for more than 2 decades and has played through the technology evolving as it has.. it makes sense that "games aren't fun any more". Specially considering that games lately are just iterative and things haven't really improved in the innovation and creativity department.
Prime example is Tears of the Kingdom! 6 years after BotW came out with its freshness and hope of how things could be.. and nothing has really changed. Once you've had enough of things as best as they can be, you can only have that feeling when things get better or are actually different!
I'm "tired" of games.. and I'm saying this (someone who "played" Genshin Impact for TWO years straight!!).
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This needed to be made and needs to be watched by all gamers.
Thank you Buddha, you are a real one
Mm, fresh copium.
Nothing better!
"Hunt the Good!" What fantastic advice!
Not something I coined lol, apparently it’s a huge motivational speaking topic/book/military related term, came across it one day and it really applies here
Great video, you really said what needed to be said.
I'm usually more pro-depth rather then variaty. Like you can play your shooters, but play like Ultrakill on hard difficulty and try really figure things out how to get good ranks, give a bizzare worlds of Amid Evil a go, try Returnal. It's all shooters but it will give you tons of depth without branching out to Dating Sims or something. Often times variaty without depth is boring and meaningless, and genres that are too far from your tase could turn you off from gaming even harder. Like i respect Kenshi but don't ask me to play it. But i'm gladly spend 3 days trying to kill final boss of Rabi-Ribi on Hard difficulty, even though platformers are something i been playing for 20 years already.
On "hunt the good" - that's actually something i also learned with time - in a sense of undertand yourself. Like now i sometimes, if a game locks hard mode behind first playtougth, i'll download a save to unlock it rightaway, because i know myself and how i like to play, i know that frustration is temporary but boredom is ethernal.
ahh, I love how when you start the topic of playing the game the "right way", the video shows a snippet of risk of rain 2, cause I especially experienced this a lot in ror2 community, although the same thing is slowly happening with fromsoftware games, since I picked up dark souls recently... gotta somehow filter out that part of the community
you know what, after watching this video, especially with the comp section, i think i'm going to take
your advice take a break from multiplayers for a good while and try something different.
I was expecting this to be an unhinged rant from just the other side of the fence, which quite frankly also gets A LITTLE boring by now. But it wasn't. Enjoyable stuff.
Bucket of greens this video is beans! That’s a compliment man, this video is so amazing and I’m so happy I found you, you’re gonna make it fr
This just sounds like cope.
There are so many examples of games getting worse because companies realize that they can put less and less effort into games and people will still buy them. So many game series have gone this direction, battlefield has been dumbed down every release since BF2 2005, fallout went from Amazing new vegas to dumbed down fallout 4. There are still great games from more idependent studios but money/greed has ruined gaming like it ruins most things. Unless you want to sit there and tell me that Starfield and fallout 76 is better than Oblivion and new vegas.
Or just stop playing stuff from EA or Bethesda. Neither of these companies have released anything good in over a decade and yet these are the only games you mention. It sounds to me like you're the one coping with the fact that you're incapable of trying of trying anything different. Also, I'm just gonna be honest. Bethesda games have never been good and most Bethesda fans have been on copium about mediocre games like skyrim and new vegas being "good" for way too long. It's time to move on champ.
@@007MrYang You want me mention every single game in existence that sucks now?
You make so many wild assumptions, are you ok?
Edit: you are a weeaboo, forget anything I said, I dont associate with borderline peds like you.
EA fan 🫵
@@Nordisk11 I'm an EA fan because I shit on battlefield?
Are you ok?
This video was a cool find, keep up the great work! Excellent editing.
Thanks for giving it a chance!! glad you enjoyed🥳
we love you dude. here since 1.08k! you WILL hit 5k by the end of the year.
a WILD projection, but would make my entire year. Thanks for supporting the channel, you’re in for a whole lot of stupidity
Baldurs Gate 3 really revitalized my liking for singleplayer. Even though there is a multiplayer option, I just couldn't help myself from playing which is a feeling I missed for so long. I think people just get a lot of burnout because a lot of modern games run into the same problem of recycling their same formula and people just get depressed.
People should just play good games.
Oftentimes, these are older games.
this is why i love exploring old games, like rom hacks for example
the problem with new games to me is getting the righttt specs for the pc and whatnot life being in the way
not only that, i don't know where to start since i'm so used to shooters lol
although earthbound was interesting, never played the silent hill series
Just lost my ranked game, and while sitting in que ive opened yt and that video popped out. Thank you for that. No longer in que :D
I’m glad I can help!
thta's not true for online multiplayer games, modern multiplayer games are genuinely cancer now and getting even worse every second , the games themselves became worse it's not you
I agree with everything you’ve said, that doesn’t mean they can’t be fun lol
Man, we could make a whole 'nother video about comp alone. It's not that "you'll never be pro" it's that you don't even WANT to be pro. It's okay to have a goal, like "I wanna reach diamond" or even just "I wanna be able to hit sick 360 noscopes" but to just grind the game and act like that in itself is "working" toward that goal? Not even close. Practice aim, practice combos, study the meta, get a coach, do SOMETHING other than "grinding ranked" cuz just playing the game is NOT how you get better or have fun.
btw when I say "you" I mean the general you, not you Skalo my dude. Great video, keep up the good work
Lol I knew what u meant, and honestly I probably will go deeper into these topics later on, there’s just so so much shit to talk about. I appreciate the comment, fellow splatoon fan
The fact that I buy less and less games every year is due to how games are genuinely worse than they have been for years.
Games aren't fun anymore because games aren't made to be fun anymore.
i don't agree with this at all, in general the past few years have been pretty good if you look at everything as a whole. I wouldn't be surprised if you're just stuck on one genre.
Thanks for commenting, although I have to definitely disagree. This is just kinda a sad take, it’s like boomers saying music used to be good. There’s always good stuff out there, for really any hobby or interest, but sometimes we get unlucky and have a bad streak and it ruins the whole thing
Fair opinion, but I disagree due to the indie scene. Although I have a solution for you: Try getting into new hobbies. Find one you might enjoy. Hell, maybe learn a new skill you might get into. A new instrument, get into art, go fishing. And maybe after that break, you might find some sliver of enjoyment even by playing a game for a few hours. Or not, it's up to you.
I actually buy less games than when i was a kid, Money isnt the issue though. My collection of games are fun but anything MODERN i tend to trash and consider a waste of money now i screen games religiously trying to FIND ANYTHING good in the Mount everest of shitty games. God it feels like we are drowning in LJN games now instead of them being some what rare.
@@snintendog it could also just be that your "screening" process is bad, reviews always have to be taken with a grain of salt just from how subjective they are.
It's hilarious to me when someone says there's no point in gaming anymore because good games aren't made anymore. Even if that were true, there were thousands of games made prior to 2015 or whenever your cutoff day is. There have been so many good games that it is probably impossible for you to play them all before you die, even if no other good games are ever made again.
This might be the best counterpoint that exists
go off King
U dropped this 👑
the dumb challenges tip is something real. when halo 2 for the master chief collection came out on steam me and my best friend said whoever dies to the jackal snipers on legendary has to do 10 push ups every time. it took us a long time to beat that campaign but that was some of the most fun i had playing games
You are sick people for doing that, I’ll never forget replaying halo 2 on legendary when it came out on steam. Them jackals had me and my buddy in a chokehold, but it was damn funny lol
big ups be saying the same thang man
The most addictive multi-player games that are not competitive are games like Earth Defense Force 4.1 and 5 (can't wait for part 6) and Left for Dead and Vermintide and Darktide.
I mean, sure you can compete with each other if you want but this isn't the point of these games. Being a team on a mission, embarking on an adventure, and helping each other without being on the behalf of another team's sake is truly a reward in itself.
Yeah I still love myself some tough competition with 1 on 1 fighting in Tekken and even some Overwatch from time to time just to stomp on fools and humble them while dishing madd insults but my time with cooperative team PVE games are far more memorable.
If only Overwatch 2 was actually like it was supposed to be, if only Diablo IV was actually fun, if only Redfall wasn't garbage, if only Back 4 Blood was a decent game.... so many team co-op games miss the mark though. I swear if they'd only follow EDF's gameplay structure they'd all be worth playing.
Finally, if all else fails, the type of game I find most enjoyable is modding, plenty of games allow modding. Bethesda games being the best example. It's almost like creating your own personal game without actually having to create a game from scratch. This is truly the most satisfying gaming of all. The kind of gaming with the greatest freedom and possibilities.
The number one is the biggest factor because you can discover that you actually didn't like a genre but a mechanic itself over a genre, I thought i loved MMORPGs and RPG'S alike but i recently discoreved that i didn't actually like those, i like "the feel of growth and progression", Back in the days i loved Ragnarok Online private servers that had high rate and fast level up and high level cap which increased massively this feeling, so i was always in pursuit for MMORPGs and RPGs alike.
I've played the Elder Scrolls 3, 4 and 5, played a bunch of mobile MMORPGs and pc ones as well, played Borderlands, but then I felt on the limbo of "having nothing to play" despite having a lot of games and i said to myself “Gaming isn’t fun anymore” until my curiosity got better of me and bought Vampire Survivors on sale and tried, boy... i've never had so much fun in YEARS and this was the moment that i've discovered i like to feel the growth of getting stronger instead, then bought Halls of Torment and is another banger of a game, and then i discovered another thing: Gaming was never been this better before, despite all the mishaps and greediness from big AAA Studios, and this year was THE best year of gaming so far because was an wake up call for AAA to look at their asses and ask themselves what the hell their are doing.
This year we had Battlebits punching EA's guts to better the Battlefields titles, Baudur's Gate 3 setting new standards to the game industry and making everyone else eat dirt, Lethal company proving the community is what truly makes a game fun.
I'm kinda ashamed to admit, but at the same time IDC.
Smash made me branch out to different genre of games. And because of Smash, I liked other series now.
Same here, I remember asking for metal gear when I saw snake in brawl lol and it actually made me want to replay and beat FFVII when cloud was released in Sm4sh
@@SkaloTV For me that'll be the Persona series.
Warning, although variety is the answer and everything else is filler…
Using variety also hurts the wallet.
Luckily if you’re old that’s shouldn’t be the biggest issue. But if you’re young and are smart enough to not buy micro transactions with your parents credit card… I would still caution you research about generas and try to pick games on discounts.
As for us people with jobs, do be careful about overspending in said discount. You think Steam gives so many discounts cause they are generous? Be smart.
Actual wise advice, wish I could pin but someone beat you to it. Knowledge is our greatest strength but we are all victim to ignorance, i was so lost until I just said f it and sold it all for a pc to experience indies on steam. I’m so happy I did, but I think of my young cousins who I showed Mario odyssey and they hated it because they couldn’t understand the gameplay, it wasn’t instAnt reward and they went back to them iPads.idk I’m drunk and rambling but as true as your words are, we can’t force people to see the good
A humble sacrifice to the algorithm gods, I am surprised how little views this guy is getting
It’s my first like decently good video so it’s ok we will get there!!!
The issue I have is that online shooters like Tarkov, CoD, Apex Legends, etc.... they all provide a level of stimulation and excitement that a game like Pickmin, or Elden Ring simply cannot. I am indeed the problem and it's that I can no longer enjoy games that don't have that same level of intensity. I appreciate what you're saying, I just don't know how to get there. I booted up Elden Ring again after seeing this video, hell bent on enjoying it... and I just couldn't. I mean sure it was beautiful and somewhat interesting, but I yearned for the excitement of PvP.
That's why games are boring. For years I've been hitting the crack cocaine of games, and everything else is like caffeine or something.
This is a good counter argument, especially the part about crack. I also can see this as true for young iPad kids, my little cousins had NO interest in playing Mario odyssey like one of the greatest Mario games ever, they just couldn’t understand the concept without instant reward. These kids are all on crack
in that case you need to take a long break from gaming altogether and when u come back u should try something new. i was mainly a pvp gamer as well. taking a break worked for me and now i dont give a rat's ass about apex legends, csgo or valorant. pvp is dead for me now.
The switch is one of the bestselling consoles in history, the userbase is not all playing the same thing - if you have 100m+ users, you're going to find disparity in the top X number of games.
There is nothing special about Switch owners, you saw the same with PS4 last gen.
Something I’ve noticed about videos like this is they all get inspired by SoulsBorne titles
No thanks bro, I'll just replay Skyrim as a stealth archer for the 50th time, now that's what I call variety!
Whatever floats ur boat big dawg, I’m guilty of still playing Smash Melee to this day
I don't find games very fun anymore but that's because I have depression and just want to graduate and get a job so I can do the things I actually want to do with my life rather than just sit at my apartment and wait for time to pass until my next exam.
song name at 6:30?
Drinking is more fun than gaming now a'days
yeah always thought that dudes that say "le gaming isnt fun anymore" are just (rightfully, mind you) burnt out on mainstream slop and don't seem to understand they don't HAVE to play The Newest Thing Made By Faceless Megacorp That Hates You™
I didn't expect to see warrior cats in an video about how to make video games fun again
I completely forgot that was even a part of the video lol
so, this is less of a defense of the modern game industry, and more of a personal wake-up call for people to kick themselves in the pants every now and again? I was ready to come in swinging, but I can get behind that. Modern western AAA games *are* ass, but there's definitely still a load of great indie/small dev and eastern games out there.
Exactly, both can be true, a lot of modern games suck and gaming is still fun. Thank you so much for ur comment!
Not a bad video, but that's ignoring a lot of facts that people don't properly verbalize when they say "Video games aren't fun anymore". For one you have western games being bloated messes that focuses on graphics and cinematics. While Japanese developers just plays it safe by making sequels or spin-offs. (Just look at The Game Awards 2023)
There's a clear divide of what gaming used to be pre-DLC era and what it became now.
Sorry mate we are out of salt, pepper and vinegar. We just can't eat bad food anymore.
lethal company came out, gaming is fun again
I shoulda just said that and saved myself all that time editing, game is crack
"Gaming isn't fun anymore" folks probably haven't gone through Sonic Frontiers first boss for the first time
As somebody who is constantly craving a good multiplayer extremely high movement FPS that doesn't die in a week: It's not as fun as it could be for me. No developer wants to make the game I want. Titanfall had it close, but it was too easy. Doesn't help that every damn time somebody gives a shot at it, they're sabotaged by the people making or publishing them. It's happened over and over again. :(
As someone who loves video games old and new and plays stuff constantly, almost no good games have microtransactions. Some long running series sadly have fallen slightly to it, but the ones that are still good regardless generally relegate it to cosmetics or other things that have no impact on the game itself, like Monster Hunter. If the game has microtransactions in any significant amount, odds are it's probably kusoge and not worth your time.
Great point, I’ve never played monster Hunter I just know the memes about the little pet companions but it seems like a genuine franchise that knows it’s playerbase, we need more titles like that
@@SkaloTV I won't proselytize (too much) because even the newer ones that have lowered the entry bar are still games that are pretty extreme in a love it or hate it way, but that is absolutely the case. It's been largely protected too thanks both to crazy success (it was often considered one of the only franchises to rival Dragon Quest even before World, which was from what I've heard Capcom's best selling title of all time) and good ol' fashioned nepotism (the man in charge is one of the sons of the founder of the company,) so there's less of the kind of executive meddling that overly monetizes other games getting in the way. It's far from perfect, and I have my complaints with individual titles, but it's one of the franchises that I feel confident picking up the next title every time.
Really solid video!! You should check out this game to expand your genre of games. It’s this game called Among Us. It’s like towne of Salem, if you ever heard of it. Sorta like an online version of mafia. Mafia is a game you play with your friends when people try to figure out who the mafia is. Anyways you and your friends should check it out!
I appreciate the comment, but brother in Christ you need some help
"I'm in my late 20s to 30s now"
That is so sad to read lol
Oh wow what great advice. Yeah your righ i should stay away from the bad. Lets see... *looks to the steaming pile of crap known as modern games.* hmmmm *looks to a certain website with all the old games.* HMMMMMM *the 2 good indie games released this year.* HMMMM?? *proceeds to ignore all the other advice in this video and play good games from the past*
You know you are right Games Were fun. I was just playing shit games. Its a shame good new games are rare nowadays and hidden by mountains of trash.