I am the lew at the start and the lewkn at 5:22 , can confirm playing TF2 was one of the best nights of my life. And playing The Forest through with you, tom and thom, single handedly made The Forest my favourite game of all time. It is truly sad to see everyone grow up and the games we loved fade into memories but it is nice to look back, my one hope is that a game comes out and brings us all back together one day. Love you man.
tf2 is that game that still holds up the same way it did when i started. i loved it for the whole time and still do. roblox? it's lost the charm after 8 years. minecraft? i've done nearly every idea i can make. it's lost the feelings for me.
Same, i suffer from derealizaiton. Thinking the world isnt real but to countrr it i played games just to chill down and remove my thoughts. Its a effective way but after youre done with the session your thoughts gets back again
This hit really hard. i lost a friend i use to play games with all the time. i try replaying those games to feel like he's still there, but it won't ever be the same
@@jopeckproductions782 the last game we played was gta5 and I haven't touched it since. Hopefully if 6 is a good game I can play it enough for him as well
I lost a mate. Well we had a falling out while back and every time I try and play something new it never feels the same without him, I do miss them times and I wished they continued but sometimes that’s just life. I wish you luck
When my friends moved on from games, I realized something that day. I wasn’t having fun playing the game, I was having fun sharing the experience with my friends.
This!! I have a child and can't jump on games as much as I used to, so because of that I barely have time to play with friends. I miss the late nights, the laughs, the whole party getting together and now whenever I jump on, I'm reminded that I play games alone now.
It's definitely part of it. I lost many friends over the years , what friends I have left are just co workers and even tho I know a few that play games we all have kids, sports, families, priorities it's just never going to be the same. In the last 10+ years I bet I only played co op twice with someone in know and probably only a dozen with strangers. I'm already an introvert so I hate headsets and the process of playing with strangers , I barely wanna play with someone I know. Those are the best moments to make memories tho.
Couldn’t of said it any better . I would spend hours at a friends house on the game cube playing mario . In my early teens with the ps3 era and gta , was honestly the funnest part of my childhood. Now I’m grown and me & my friends now have responsibilities it’s just not the same when we do play online.
Spent my whole childhood dreaming of having a nice PC that could run things on ultra. Now i have it and i feel so guilty because i can't even find motivation to play anything, and when i do it is not fun
Bro this resonated with me so much. Literally the same experience. I saved up enough from a summers job and dropped it on a $2700 build. Had fun for a bit, but now I barely play… 😞
The problem is that nostalgia only looks at the general good in the past, while leaving out the bad parts. I’m sure in 10 years I’ll have nostalgia for my life now, but I just won’t realize it until then
As someone who has played games since 2001 and constantly making different accs for no reason, it does feel like a loop and its just like playing the game for the first time
I miss 2018, many good things happened, but i still felt empty, sad many times, bad things also happened, but damn how I miss 2018, even tho many bad things were there
I think many of us need to have a sense of being "busy" or "self actualised" before we can start to enjoy video games again. I think I found playing video games so fun when I was younger because I had been at school all day or busy all week playing sports or doing some kind of activity. Now that I've finished school and am working I find that I am not capable of enjoying a video game until I feel truly busy or productive. I'm not saying that I'm not busy, but I feel like most of the time I need to be doing something greater before I can earn the reward of enjoying a video game again.
To be honest I used to have this problem till I balanced out my interest in games with other hobbies to prevent burnout. Ive found if you consume them in moderation they can become special again
Exactly , 4-6 hours of continuous gaming will lead to you losing interest in the activity. just give it some time and take a break. Try enjoying one game at a time and you'll see how bigger those 2 hours will seem than those 6-7 hours.
Truee most of the time i read stories watch anime and draw while play games like genshin which is a meh game but the fact that I just need to play for like 1-2 hours is perfect for my time during the weekdays since i have class and invest most of my time on the weekends in games like tales of arise
"Staring at PC for hours, not launching any games" Yeah, I actualy have that. Though when I do launch a game, I love it. I often worry about how I won't like it before I launch, but then well, it turns out to be fun.
Same. Everytime I wanna play something like RuneScape, Minecraft, hell even assassin's creed 2. Anytime I just boot up a game without overthinking it I have fun.
@@hiroakuma6464 it's like that with sports too and other hobbies. Not on a sunny day but on a rainy, muddy or just grey day i don't wanna mountain bike, but if I do it, I love it
i have almost the exact opposite feelings most of the time but then i play minecraft and just download random mods and play with my little brother and occasional one of my older brothers aswell
I used to have friends that played a variety of games. I almost wish that were never the case. I've been left with emotional withdrawals. I feel like I have a drug addiction that will never be satisfied. The overwhelming joy I felt knowing I had a group of people I could come to, and consider my home away from home. Having that taken away from you does bad things to your psyche. Watching it all fade away slowly, knowing you can't do anything about it, makes you want to fade away too. I've been searching for that feeling again, and it's leading me down a destructive path.
Games are still fun. We just can't recreate the "first" experiences we got from exploring the medium as kids. Those of us who have been playing games for a long time basically know how each genre we care about functions at a basic level, so even NEW games don't feel as new as they did when we first tried them when we were, you know, 10. But that applies to literally everything in life. You can't get stuck chasing that dragon, because it's unobtainable, in any context, not just gaming.
Wise words But still though new games doesn't have the same effect on young people as we were I think a game should challenge our reality these days it augmenting it nothing more
In my opinion , you are absolutely correct. For example I used to play a lot and ever since I got a license and started dating and generally grew up , it felt like I didn't have time to play and games weren't as entertaining. Although a while ago I got sick and had to skip school and work for a few weeks and luckily found a game like no other game I'd ever played. And I went back. Felt the nostalgia even though it didn't feel like it felt first playing last of us , or getting online in Nba 2k , it still felt special. But as soon as I finished the game and went back to the games I was playing I got a feeling of familiarity. Like you said , to a basic level , there's just nothing that impresses me anymore cause "I've seen it all" so definitely agree with you my man. Have a great day
Nothing will ever top my first time playing Minecraft at 10 or 11, the sense of wonder and danger knowing no mechanics and their operation. I used to block out cave entrances as I thought monsters came from there.
So true. I remember getting a cracked minecraft beta 1.7.2 version off a usb from a friend in primary school back in 2011. I still vividly remember my first worlds and what I built. Those times were such bliss.
This video was a slap of reality. Recently I have just been sitting and watching RU-vid, tempted to play the bunch of games I have, but I just don't feel like launching them. And when I do, like you said, I only play for an hour then go back to watch videos. I hate just staring at my computer bored, tired, and feeling unfulfilled. I really do hope a game comes one day that I sit and play for hours, where I lose track of time and go to bed 3 hours late.
For me, it’s mostly the same as what you’re saying, except the reason why I hesitate to play new games is because of the writing. Just to clarify, it’s not as if I’m saying that the writing in video games is necessary any worse, it’s just that none of the stories told in video games recently really grabbed me, like they did 5, or 10 years ago. I think the last time I was really gripped by a video game story was when I played Undertale or Lisa the Painful. Those feel like such distant memories now, and I haven’t found any game stories that seem like they will excite me like those did, and after having been let down playing future games that were supposed to be like those two, disappointed me too
I'm occupied with a main 4 games right now: Forza Horizon, Battlefield 1, Minecraft, and War Thunder. Since I have this variety I have options. If I get bored of the endless void that is Minecraft (lol) I get on battlefield or war thunder, until someone claps me into smithereens, then I enjoy some casual racing until the stupid gps voice drives me insane 😀
@@auralunaprettycure I think the whole Minecraft "lore" was fun and all and that's a chunk of my memories. And Herobrine was real, me and my friends summoned him, he blew up my house, screw those who think otherwise No it wasn't just my friend invisible in creative wdym 😭😭😭
People need a dream to achieve, thats what keep me away from video game lately, yeah you "progress"in the game but in the end we've done nothing for ourselves. So yeah fuck metaverse
Kinda late but yeah legit the same, many years ago I made friends with tons of people and now.. I just can't make any friends probably because I am older and all my old friends are now adults and have jobs and a adult life, its really sad
@@sethgamesandmorehedleyh3049 yeah it’s rough, my best friend of 10 years has moved overseas and has a job so we barely ever get time to play now because of time zones and other friends are also busy so it just makes it tough to find time to game alongside my own responsibilities. However, when we do get time it does actually make it a lot of fun to game
@@mrjamezjc9845 One of my greatest friend has now got a job coding video games to help younger kids to be educated or something, he's got a big salary and a nice future, I feel like I've been left behind and he is like 20 now, I'm still 16 and times just slowed down for me
@@sethgamesandmorehedleyh3049 I get you but don’t worry man, as life goes on you’ll make new friends and find new people to game with plus things like jobs and such will start for you too and you’ll find that you’ve got less time to game but when you do eventually get time it feels so relaxing and fun
There have been studies completed about this topic. It’s not that games aren’t fun nowadays, it’s just that other activities such as scrolling through your phone on Tiktok provide significantly more dopamine. As such we lack motivation to play video games, when our brains receive a higher reward for less effort elsewhere. It’s quite remarkable, but If you quit your phone and Netflix for a couple of days, you’ll notice yourself be much more inclined to play video games or even be more willing to actually complete some study/homework or something. Btw, I’m not saying this is entirely to blame, just that it definitely plays a significant role. Other factors would include facts that we are getting older, and perhaps games nowadays genuinely just aren’t as good or revolutionary
Yup, this is the main thing that he unfortunately seems to have missed, although he does allude to it somewhat when he mentions mindlessly scrolling through Netflix and RU-vid instead of playing video games. I think being glued to smart devices most of the time makes you less likely to be able to fully engage with video games when you sit down and play them. I would honestly argue that games nowadays are way more engaging and groundbreaking than they were back in the day. An excellent example is Breath of the Wild, no older game even can compare to the breadth and depth of that game and the experience it can provide. There are also some unbelievable VR games out there that bring immersion to a whole different level. It's just that if you are on Twitter or TikTok all day long and then sit down to play some games, of course you're going to stop after an hour, your brain was already overwhelmed with sensory input before you even started playing. If video games were your only mode of entertainment/engagement and you only had two hours a day to play them, you would have mind-blowing experiences way more often, even if the game was objectively subpar.
It's the games actually, I am now 17 and when I played Deltarune I had the same fun I had when I was younger. let's be honest now, most games now are just made for making money instead of the experience the game will give. Also changing game genres will help. if you play and only play Minecraft for example, you will get bored of it even if you play with your best of friends. try fighting games or shooting game and not just sandbox and you will have fun. and also try other hobbies instead of playing games and go on social media. like gardening or listening to music or just any hobby that isn't the same thing you always do.
“Don’t think about the past too much, you would get caught up in it that you wouldn’t be able to experience a new memory today” - someone from a comment section
People spend too much time focusing on the past instead of the future. With that being said though, the future is looking pretty bleak, and I think that also contributes to the problem.
Variety is what keeps things interesting. When you've played everything nothing has that NEW EXPERIENCE feeling anymore. Supplementing videogames with another hobby can help keep things fresh and not "Samey". All videogames share a similar experience, you are just sitting there infront of a screen doing the same motions over and over. I've recently started doing something else in my spare time, and now I find myself more engaged in the videogames I do play.
This is it. I had a bit where video games weren’t as fun, but then I bought New Pokémon Snap and have felt this child-like glee while playing it simply because I’ve never played anything like it (I was born after the original and never had an N64.)
This video is relatable af. Its almost like I find videogames as a chore now. I think its because I'm an adult now and always have the thought of doing something productive in the back of my mind instead of just being in the moment and enjoying the game like I used to when I was a kid. Take me back to those simpler days :/
Knowing that you’re “wasting” your time or you got “little time left before you need to sleep and go to college or work” is actually things that subconsciously kill the fun of “wasting all your time playing video games”.
@D J but it shouldn't end up like everyone is saying here, where you don't play or enjoy yourself because you are wasting time, not being productive, feeling like you can't afford to spend that time and money on games. All a bunch of stupid talk that is meaningless and wrong. Screw productivity, have fun, it is more important.
This hits home. I had a group of online friends and we all met from this one game. Our friendship built from there and we played lots of other games together like minecraft, overwatch, dead by daylight, ark survival evolved, ect. There was a time when we played jackbox games together. We would still up until 3am to play but since my friends were from Europe and the USA, it was probably afternoon or the evening for them. And we weren't kids either. Our friend group ranged from ages 17 - 23. I still remember calling them on discord and the feeling of being around them made me so happy. It made me believe that I didn't need anyone else in the world except them. They were my life, all of them were my best friends, I love all of them. We all been friends for 4 years or even more than that. But a year ago, suddenly because of drama and all, the group separated and one of them pushed all of us away. Not trying to sound depressed or anything but it hurts, and I feel constantly lonely. I wished we could have moments like that again where we played games together and laugh. What I had in the past with them was so rare and the group in general was so rare and unique and I know I can't go back to it. It makes me feel sad.
I had a very similar experience. I was part of a friend group I met on roblox years ago. We would play stuff like among us and jackbox all the time, but then one guy left, then another and we eventually all splintered. We're back together now but it just doesn't feel the same and I hate that. I miss the fun we used to have.
It might be me being way too optimistic, but it seems that there's a chance y'all can make up with time. Things might never be the same but why would one care as long as they're enjoying what they love with their friends?
Well, I'm glad it's not just me. I'm 55 and everything you described is happening to me. I've got tons of games in my library that I bought and never played. I also don't finish many games anymore even if I'm still having fun. I mainly spend my time trying to find that next game to get excited about or watching youtube. It's depressing because I'm divorced and my kids have moved out to start their own lives. Without gaming, I have nothing
I am fairly younger than you and wondered how i would game if i hit a more senior age. Do you find youself just picking up another hobby other than gaming and do you find that hobby more fun?
@@fdude555 I'm divorced and live with my mom now to take care of her when my dad died. My kids are grown up and out of the house. I have a rare spinal arthritis so I can't do much physical activities so gaming is pretty much it. I now find myself gravitating towards relaxing survival base buiding games now. My interest in all the games I used to play is mostly gone. Used to love RPG's and aRPG's and lots of other genre. I know I'm tired of having to watch youtube videos just to learn a game. I honestly don't know what happened. So don't know if this answers your question. Gaming is my favorite thing to do and yet I now have major trouble finding something I like. I keep trying though
Sad to hear that. I hope you are doing well. You can include meditation and some yoga if you can. Even daily walking should help. If we get too much dopamine we get numb to it. You can also read books or learn a new skill. Progress equals happiness.
I’m glad I ain’t the only one that is starting to feel like this! Games that I used to play 24/7 a few years ago I just don’t find fun anymore.. I can’t even go half an hour on some games without getting tired and bored. It’s sad because games have always been an escape from reality for me, but where they’ve started to get boring and repetitive it’s just not been working. Thanks for making this video, I’m happy to know that there’s other people out there that feel the very same way that I do!
This can be extended into entire genres, too. Once you learn how things work, even new games don't feel as new as they did when you were a kid and knew nothing about anything.
I think we just want to get away from reality through games we we're able to as kids, yet now when you grow older it's getting impossible to achieve that same 'state' so i can totally relate to this video.
wrong. as a kid you wanted an adventure, the action the fantasy, the imagination while the more you grow up the more is like an escape similar to going into hiding
Sure is, I've also noticed that I'm not as I used to it when I was still a kid and playing nearly all the time back then, now though, I pretty much suck at most games I used to have, I still manage to beat some of the games I now have, but now it feels harder... I guess it's like getting older, seniors are mostly not with the best gamers just same with strenght and reflexes, but weaker yet smarter and wiser, with a lot more experienced usually...
When we were kids we had nothing to worry about but as an adult responsibility comes in and it becomes stressful and we start to think video games is a waste of time :(
I have so much school work to do, Ive been playing more sports often, and ive catched an interest playing the piano. The games on my pc is just rotting xd, i only play two games now but I still cant play them that much.
I feel like this is less of a problem with modern video games and more of the tragedy of growing older. I'm sure the current generation is building amazing memories playing Fortnite with their friends until the sun comes up. Our days of playing TF2 are in the past, but they aren't forgotten. We move on but we won't ever lose those long wonderful nights with our friends, always in our hearts. Beautiful video!
I feel it's also an issue with just the environment around videogames in general, kids grow up so fast now the oblivious, responsibility-less days are already over like that and not many memories are made. I myself left that oblivious type of gaming at only 8 and I wish I didn't grow up so fast now
There’s something so pure about playing video games, it’s like everytime you play you feel like your taken back to times where you had no responsibility or burdens, but now it’s like we’ve played the games so much in our current lives with responsibility and burdens, that it doesn’t take us back anymore, just reminds us of what we don’t have
For me it's not really nostalgia as much as just not having fun with life anymore. A lot of games I've bought the last 2 years are both objectively and, should be, subjectively better games. I just don't have fun playing games, or doing anything else. Just a shitty side-effect of getting older I guess.
@@nathanjordon6950 I understand but the crucial part is knowing that although you may seem bored right now, you have to realize that nothing you experience in the future will ever match how you feel right now. The nostalgia to be 20-30 again is what drives the middle aged people to be so cynical all the time It's because they know they wasted their prime years thinking "soon everything will be better" instead of appreciating life for what it is It's all too easy to get in the habit of saying to yourself "it's just a hard week next one will be better" and then all of a sudden you're 70 still wasting time hoping that things will eventually be better than you had Only to realize that the good moments are long gone
Or the games where objectivly better: NFSMW NFSC still the most fun racing games. Now i only have indie games that are good. Such as Kenshi, Exanima, rimworld etc But life was better when you didnt knew much about the world and it was actually more fun too.
@@dageta7742 There is nothing objective about art. Despite agreeing that need for speed most wanted was the peak of the franchise, I disagree that any game is "objectively" better than one another. Is the Mona Lisa objectively better art than a Picasso painting just because it's more popular?
My main problem is the lack of friends to play with. I've lost so many friends over years and the more people I lose, the less interest I have in playing video games
@@piano_master_5246 100%. All these youtubers talking about how much fun they had playing video games with their friends,I never HAD friends to play video games with.my whole life I was a solo player
I think almost everything in life loses its luster over time. As a musical artist, I constantly find myself experimenting with different genres of music during the creation process to stay interested in music making. While working on a particular song and hearing it at least a hundred times til it's completion, I'm then ready to move onto the next music project. Sometimes I can't even listen to my finished song for a few days until after I step away from it and come back to it with fresh ears.
Song fatigue is a problem that's only gotten more prominent with each new project. I suppose it's also due to the fact that as a beginner musical artist, it takes you the same amount of time to complete projects as it takes for someone more experienced to implement their desired sound design.
@@iamquietfire Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I actually have had an opposite experience. It took me longer as a beginner to figure out stuff and therefore took me roughly 20-30 hours per track from start to finish. Then it eventually went down to around 15 or so hours after the first album. Now after many albums, eps and singles, on average it takes me 8-12 hours per song to finish. However, I spend more time on other intricate things like automation and better song arrangement that I never messed with much when I was a beginner. I guess I'm just spending more time on other things, vs getting stuck on the mixing issues I faced during the beginning phases of my music journey.
If your looking for a enjoyable genre try some edm if it’s not your style that’s fine, but if it is, then you’ll be glad you’ll of tried it, trust me it brought back quite a bit of my enjoyment of music, and have stuck with it for around 5 months so I’d say pretty good
Story of my life, recently. I'm 45 years old. I'm desperately trying to experience passion and fun again in my life like it used to be. Attempting to do this through video games - like it used to be. Had a $6K 3090 gaming computer custom built by Origin. Bought everything needed for VR, in addition to a G9 ultrawide screen and separate 32" triple screens. Bought the haptic Woojer Vest. Bought lots of games on Steam. I rarely play them. I start playing, and within 20 minutes, I realize I'm not having any fun, and I return to RU-vid. I'm constantly searching RU-vid for "best PC games" yet not finding much. I have been experiencing depression since COVID took out my brother. I seem to be coming out of it, albiet slowly. I'm wondering if my inability to enjoy video games might have something to do with depression? It is encouraging to learn that I am not the only one experiencing this debacle with video games. Maybe we're all depressed? Or there might be more to this... All of the money I have spent recently on this video game journey came from an insurance payoff from my brother's death. He had a life insurance plan in my name. I had no idea. I have been feeling guilty that I spent all this money on something I'm not enjoying and not utilizing. I'm hoping the new generation of Unreal Engine 5 games will break new ground and capture my heart like it used to be captured. In addition to the computer and other gaming hardware, I spent $30K on a 6DOF servo actuator controlled motion platform for sim racing. This sim rig is still in boxes. I'm holding out hope that when I finally build it and start a RU-vid channel, I will somehow find enjoyment again, yet I'm not all that motivated because when I play the sim racing titles using a game pad, my opinion is that these racing titles are lacking. They are not good enough. There's no sense of speed. The exception being rally games. I'm just not having any fun with them, and I love auto racing. These sim racing titles lack everything that makes auto racing so awesome. The sound sucks. The feeling of speed sucks and the graphics are too perfect. Auto racing is fast, brutal and messy. Sim racing is reserved, clean and slow. I have a glimmer of hope when I play rally games. The rally games do a much more accurate job of capturing the essence of auto racing. I'm wondering if alcohol might be the solution. If I could manage alcohol consumption in a controlled setting and not allow it to destroy me, it might just be the thing to make video games fun again? I have a theory. It's possible that fun is absent from games as of late, as the profit-driven gaming industry has become more and more commodified, where short cuts are taken and true innovation is avoided. Rehashing old game tech is the status quo.. more accurately, rehashing old game tech while increasing resolution is the status quo. It's the cheap and easy way out. All FPS games are basically, fundamentally the same game, just with different narratives and different eye candy. The same could be said with racing titles. Rehashing the old, worked for a while, yet it has run its course. The human brain adjusts. What was once amazing is no longer amazing. Now we are like sheep blindly chasing a brain state that once was, but can only be achieved again through new innovation. Yet there is no new innovation. What we need are radically new rendering models and new coding philosophies, and new business models within the industry. It's going to require risk-taking, time, and investment; devs who are willing to risk putting profit second in line to new innovation. A new generation of video games that captures the essence of the human experience. More detail, yet this does not mean more resolution. Smarter coding. Tiled rendering. More randomization and imperfection. Incorporate photogrammetry and other techniques that break from the status quo. This takes work, yet we have devolved into a society where cell phone games are more profitable than all else. There is no motivation for major devs to invest in new innovation when we keep chasing after and eating up the same old stuff they are feeding us. This plateau we hit stopped being fun 5-10 years ago.
One suggestion that came in my mind would be to simplify your setup for a while. Get grounded and just have a single monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, a headset and a controller and nothing more. It might desensitize your brain from all the stimulation. I'm going through the same phase of boredom and tomorrow I'm gonna try to be simple and be appreciative of whatever game i decide to play.
I wish I understood real happiness .. I've always had that short end of the stick with regards to gaming. low end pc lag and low textures.. from what I've been reading in the comments after people get their dream gamming machine they aren't happy..... maybe having a sexy hot girlfriend would make happy meh.. but I got a small pp dually fkd
This video is exactly why I think it’s an amazing idea to actually take long breaks away from video games like I do. Like a week long break and you get back into it it just feels a lot better. This is also why I cherish new games so much; because they’re the only ones that give me the sense of fun I’ve been looking for all this time.
Y’know, I never felt that way I’ve always played video games because when I was younger, around the age of 10, I was bullied to a point where I contemplated suicide, I was ready to die, I didn’t want to live in a world where I felt rejected by seemingly everyone, but when I played games like Minecraft or Call of Duty, I could escape the tragic world I live in, and just be in those worlds, build whatever, shoot whoever, they helped me cope with the pain of my real life by giving me an escape Fast forward 8 years, and I’m 18, and now I feel sad knowing that even if a game is REALLY good, it’s still not gonna be the same as they were back then, they’re not gonna help me feel better, and I can’t find fun in them But…I no longer NEED an escape from reality, my life’s actually great, I have friends, I graduated high school and really, I no longer need to play games to escape from the world I think what you said just helped me realize that, in the past, I used games to escape from the real world because the real world was breaking my heart, but now, now no matter what fictional world I go to, the real world is now feeling like it’s worth living in Wow
I believe this also translates to real life. Often we tend to be in a situation that is less than ideal, and look back at our past with almost an envy of our past selves. I really needed to see this video, it made me feel less alone with my thoughts. Thank you
We don't miss games being fun, we miss having the free time, psychological space and social context to enjoy them. edit - many people have pointed out that they have free time, but don't enjoy games any more. I agree, and would place the emphasis on the social context. In school and early 20s most of us had a tight-knit group of friends to play games with, and this gradually changes over the years as they move away, change interests or acquire additional responsibilities. Games die for us when all our friends are too busy to play with us any more, in my experience.
@@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo I went a year without the internet, and I cannot put into words the level of mental healing it did. I felt 15 again. You don't have to cut out the entire internet, but consider a similar tactic. Genuinely feels like when you come off a caffeine high and realize your head has been buzzing for 10 hours and is finally silent.
@@Ranstone Could you say some more details about your "cut out" from the internet? What you cut off exactly? The whole usage of internet or only certain websites?
The thing about videogames is that they USED to be designed in such a way where the act of playing it itself was directly fun and engaging. Certain games still hold up to that; Doom Eternal, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Super Mario Sunshine, etc. However, I personally noticed games shifted away from this design philosophy. Maybe not intentionally, but they focused way, way more on keeping the Player preoccupied rather than actively engaged. Your attention is held, but you aren't necessarily having "fun". This is what a lot of open world games do and I call it the Minecraft affect; you're not really having "fun", but you ARE immersed. Doesn't have to be a bad thing, a lot of games engage you at this level like Red Dead Redemption and Deep Rock Galactic. They don't make themselves challenging and demanding so much as work you into the groove of playing the game like a well oiled machine and you're still getting some reward out of the experience. But there ARE certain devs that took this too far. The ones who went "Games as a service" and molded their entire market practice around keeping people's attention and building brand loyalty through predatory means. You know these games; games you play that aren't even enjoyable, but you are distracted and you bought this pretty skin for your character that you get to show off when you play, but oh no! Then new skins come out and other people are showing off their clout as well and YOU need to keep up and keep playing and get the items out of the Battle Pass and so on and so forth. "F.O.M.O." Fear of missing out. This is the philosophy EVERY game on the market is trying to hook you with these days. And it is sad because not only are these games not fun, they are actively manipulative. It is the same as being a little kid in a group of other kids and you are all doing what the group leader wants to do because he thinks it's "fun" and no one wants to speak up otherwise because then you're the odd man out and don't get to play with the group.
But games like Deep Rock Galactic *are* fun, and other games like Risk of Rain 2 are as well. Frankly, they’re more fun than something like DOOM Eternal, which begins to feel like a chore once finishing the game.
"We didn't realize we were in the good old days until we weren't in the good old days" - a good friend I miss playing minecraft and other games with my friends hours on end non stop laughing, having fun, and just enjoying life without a worry.
eh i just never really got that Minecraft feeling why do people like it so much? i bought it too see why but now i cant get rid of it because other people like it to much but i just generally dont think its a good game. it has its moments but it has literally no story or anything. survival progresses way to slowly to feel any sense of reward even with friends and i guess im just impatient
@@Sharky_0456 lol. its the sense of accomplishment when you build something amazing or the struggle to get to the end. as far as no story, couldn't be farther from the truth. its just not in ur face. its the lore. sometimes i do things in games and are like, i could literally do this irl or somthing better if i put my mind to it. they are a waste of time. thats why they are no fun. you scroll tick tock instead because you dont have to commit to it and you can procrastinate instead of filling your life with things that matter, if you can see what matters or beleive in them.
yeah, I miss staying up all night playing minecraft till sunrise, walking out to get a donut from each other in the dark ass night, and one of us falling asleep on the mic
Boiled down, my take is that the games aren't "less fun"(for the most part), but rather the weight of adult life and responsibilities makes it harder to really buckle down, get engrossed and sink our claws into them compared to when we were younger. You're trying to relax and enjoy it, but it's just harder to do that when there's more going on in your mind outside of the game.
@CaJoX222 escapism is not always a good thing either. not saying marriage is good but running away from responsibilities isn't going to make your life better.
@CaJoX222 how what else should we run from? Our jobs, our kids, our wife, our parents, from society, from civilization.... Ok im going too far but running is never the best option apart from a few life threatening scenarios.
Could be that the physical act of gaming just isn't that engaging anymore- as you grown experienced, the challenge of each new game diminishes, the potential space of new perspectives to explore grows smaller and so it grows harder to find a game that is as truly engaging in the same way as when you were young and fresh. The good news is that the world itself is inexhaustible in terms of new things to experience, and there is always some new skill which can challenge you. For my own part, I've been getting much more into sports- fencing, parkour, hiking/camping, which provide the same thrill of adventure and discovery that games once did. I also am secure in the knowledge that so long as games are being produced, some of them will be fresh and exciting and respark my joy for them- for me, Hades such a game, which brought back the wonder and excitement I experienced with games like Zelda and the Elder Scrolls when I was a kid. It was a transient pleasure, but it was a real one. That's fine by me. I know that if I am patient and open, I will have more experiences like that in the future from things I can't even imagine now. One realization I had a while back that I think is very important is that chasing nostalgia is a dead end. You can't recreate the past, no matter how much you might want to. This seems sad at first, but remember that when you were creating your most cherished memories, you weren't thinking about how you would feel remembering it, you were just living your life. Now is the time that you create your future's nostalgia. Let go of what worked in the past and just live in the present. Cliche, I know, but it's a cliche because it works
Back in early 2010s you were young kid, that could alone be enjoying your favorite games, so they were so happy times for you, when you waited to get again playing, while nowdays we live in the leftist feminist propaganda time, that influence games stories also to be bad, so we will not enjoy games as well as we did back then, when their top of the society and 10 years later you will not have nostalgia to nowdays, because leftist feminist propaganda times sucks. You will have nostalgia also then back to early 2010s, because back then you was just little kid that was left alone to enjoy the moment and not any media organization was disturbing you to enjoy the moment.
@@jout738 Yeah that's total nonsense dude. You have no idea what games I was playing or why I don't find them as fun anymore. I lost interest in games because I got acclimatized to them and I personally no longer found them novel or interesting. Then I moved on with my life, I didn't throw a tantrum and start lashing out at irrelevant scapegoats like you. Fuckin grow up dude. It's honestly really pathetic that you're so filled with hate because you don't have as much fun playing video games as you did when you were ten.
I think it’s because of how society re-wires us as we age. It changes us to constantly want an end goal and know how to get there and to stay busy. I used to play games like Minecraft just, to play them. If I did happen to have an end goal who knew how I would do it? I just played along and had fun. Now, everytime I play Minecraft I can’t just relax and go with it, I have to think of what to do first, how to make these farms and do things efficiently, what my base must look like, the resources, and how I will get food. Video games don’t feel the same because we aren’t the same anymore.
For me personally, I believe as we grow older, the games we used to call fun are overshadowed by the responsibility of being an adult. We are no longer having fun for fear of it being a waste of time, even though we waste our time anyway, like you said, staring at our desktops or scrolling through RU-vid. Deep down we believe there is better, more productive things to spend our time on, however, we haven't really found out what those more productive things are.
I TOTALLY agree. This is my case actually, and I'm happy that some people are just the same. That I'm not the only guy in that world who thinks I'll waste my time
Not only that but the time you'll have to INVEST in a new game. For example I have never played the witcher 3, skyrim, dragon's dogma, etc etc and I know for a fact those are huge games that'll take a lot of hours to beat, and just like you said... do I really want to invest all those wasted hours on a video game? Lol
Nah i found it. Like actually creating something. Its a bit challenging to create something big as a kid as financial constraints is a big challenge. You need tools and parents don't actually believe that you need them (not all but most) But you should kinda consume info as you are kid, its good for psychological health
that's exactly the reason why I've always preferred games with a story, you might not have fun with the gameplay itself, but the experience of making the story is like a movie.
Story based games ruined the gaming for me. Those games are made for remote controls and not gamepads and kb/m. Last time Story games were fun, were when LucasArts made Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle etc. Many would also say Sierra games.
@@VentilatorGaming Chrono Trigger was released in 1995. Final Fantasy X in 2001. KOTOR in 2003. These are all great story driven games that are considered classics now. They most certainly didn't ruin gaming.
Yeah agreed. I’ve recently bought all the life is strange games during Black Friday. I really enjoyed it. I don’t have fun playing online games anymore.
I thought this was going to be a deep dive into how game design has changed over the years but no it brings up the existential dread of how getting older means accepting that you’re not going to be as happy of a person as you change as a person. Damn
As an adult seeking happiness no longer becomes as rewarding, and in itself can lead to very negative emotions as you find it ever more difficult to achieve. What you naturally strive for as you get older is fulfillment, satisfaction in what you attempt to achieve. Whether it is building a rewarding career, raising a family, or whatever you try to accomplish. You can still enjoy your leisure time, but if it is all you seek then you will often meet with disappointment.
This isn't true unless you let it become true. Your mentality is within your own means to change. It might be hard to do on your own if it gets bad enough, but that's when you should find help. There's no shame in that. Being unhappy is not an inevitability. That's BULLSHIT.
Bullshit I still love games I’m 27 but Im also starting to really love 3d modeling I could do it for hours and hours and seeing my stuff in a game feels great it’s like Omg it’s in a game I can see my weapon in a game and use how cool is that
The good ol days are simply just gone. The time where we all had free time out the ass and nothing to spend it on except the 360 are behind us. The childhood wonder is done and over. Minecraft is the worst now. Used to be full of my friends and endless creations to work on and now it is empty, left for me to merely wander and reminisce to the music. Chasing the dragon, never to find it.
You grew up, you got a job, went to college, got a girlfriend, got kids, you don't have time to game anymore and you are focused on life. It's still okay to game but it lacks the childlike wonder it once had because you've lost some of that child in you with age.
And the rose tinted glasses idea of the passed (as overrated an argument as that is) is starting to dwindle and the world really is getting far worse now, everything isn't how it should of been. We gave young kids 4 years to do what they wanted..and now we have 70 genders, people who can't function, angry freaks, and insane media consumption that is only going up with idiots in charge.
Besides the kids, you got my life nailed down there. I find as I grow older… I don’t need video games anymore. Life is actually quite wonderful: finding new hobbies, making friends, moving up in your career, travelling, making your own decisions… but there’s also stress, fear of the unknown, sadness, uncertainty… I try to hold on to that childhood spirit inside of me, it makes the good times great and the hard times more bearable
@@SoakersTJLE you guys make me sick... Some GTA 5 punks. Go play real games. Like... Gear up for a boss who will fck you up like 30 times before you learn how to fight. Now THIS IS FUN .
@@muhammadnajeeb8666 yeah pubg was actually good but nothing new happened u fall from a plane kill ppl win or lose that's it. All battle royals something like fortnite it's actually good but the fucking kids ruined it /it got boring too
Nostalgia is all of the good memories you wish you could relive, all the bad memories you want to fix, and all of the memories that you wish you could have had. Thinking of the good old days, Minecraft, Zelda, Halo. All of the originals. All of these games have a special place in our heart and we all wish we could relive all of them. Even the memories that hurt.
Yup nostalgia op, i know the gta definitive edition is bad, but its cool to play as cj with updated graphics, still a great feeling cruising in los santos as carl...
One big factor people often overlook is the social aspects of it. When you're a kid, most schools are on the same schedule. Your friend group likely even went to the same school. It was much easier to all hop on the same game and play together. As adults, schedules differ too much and life catches up too often. It's MUCH harder to "get the squad together" as an adult. Some games aren't different at all. The only difference is you're alone and making friends online isn't the same anymore. Especially without the friends you know in-person.
Reddit and turning on VOIP is a pretty good solution I think. Made alot of friends just nerding out about games and playing whatever, open to meeting new people.
I agree with you man, through 5 years me and my friends were all playing Minecraft together, but we slowly but surely drifted apart because all of us went to different schools, and some of us even went to different countries.
I’ve found that I have to be in “the right mood” to play some games. It’s hard to just jump into something on a whim, and I have to wait for that spark of interest to pop up for a specific game
Same. As a kid and teen, that spark was easy to muster up (specifically with friends) but now I usually have random surges of inspiration that last a week or so. Play the shit out of a game then put it down for a few months.
The reality is that when we were kids, playing video games was our ultimate idea of fulfillment. All we were trying to accomplish in life was getting through school and homework obligations to go play a great video game as long as we could. Some of my "perfect" days as a kid were the ones where I played games for 8+ hours straight. Not to say that we didn't like hanging out with friends too, because I certainly have great memories from time spent with friends and family. But it wasn't a need to hang out with them all the time back then. Honestly, how many times did you physically hang out with your friends outside of school in middle school? Probably once or twice a month for me. But I was happy with that! I was content to just play games most days. But now at age 22 there is so much more I need lined up to be happy. Am I going to be able to find a career that covers my enormous student debt? Will I like that job? And if I don't, can I even have a good life knowing that I'm just going to be slaving away at the same shitty job for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 365 days a year until I'm 70? What about girls? Why can't I get laid consistently when it seems so easy for other people? Am I ever going to find true love? And let's say by some miracle I find true love and have a great job that I find enjoyable and pays me so well that I don't have to worry about money. I still have aging and the slow decent towards death to think about. It's hard to ignore now. Time goes by quicker and quicker each year. I can't kid myself and act like I'm going to be 10 forever. We know percentages and statistics now; I might very well be more than a quarter of the way through my life? What will ultimately have been the point to all this once it's over? I guess the answer is to just enjoy life now? This is the best time of our lives, apparently. But we have so much to worry about, our futures are so uncertain, and, since we're all introverts, we don't go out to frat parties and hook up with girls on Tinder every week. We just sit at home and try to find something else to occupy our brains with, ultimately realizing that we can't. Video games can't fill the newfound holes in our hearts.
Bro I feel you ❤️ back In the days I was so excited and couldn't wait for the library to open up, so I can borrow some books, comics read them, ride on my bike the whole summer through, playing GTA San Andreas was like the biggest accomplishment you could witness... Now we can have it all, but nothing satisfies anymore. There's always something your missing. Always this _je ne sais quoi_ you're missing....
Honestly you are more likely to find true love if you don’t sleep around too much because then you don’t just attract people that are looking for a one night stand. There are plenty of people who are waiting for just true love.
Same story here. But for me it was the glorified "MPC" that doesn't exist anymore. I think the glory days of my gaming was back on the VooDoo Banshee graphics card.
It's called 'growing up'. You stop 'playing' like you did as a child. Yes, you can still play a game, but now it's different. It's relaxing or like a hobby, but no longer a 'discovery' or 'adventure' as it was when you were a child. Because when you buy for example a race game, you know what you can espect.
Yep. Used to chill out and play call of duty and battlefield 10-15 years ago. Now in 2022 everyone is a wannabe e sport champion who streams to 2 people
I'll remember those good old days forever when I use to stay up all night with my friends playing games til sun rise but now I'm just looking forward to something new and different where do the years go man
Your comment hit home for me.. I share the same memories of staying up all night playing video games with my siblings. It felt like yesterday although we’re grown now. We sometimes find time for video games solely for the nostalgia.. it’s a bittersweet feeling.
“Childhood, enjoy it. Once it’s gone, it’s never coming back. Once you start watching videos about ‘Why I don’t enjoy video games anymore’, you’re a lost cause.” -Pyrocynical, 2022
I feel like the problems with video games is 1. There’s no such thing as skilled progression anymore. Almost everything is pay to win now so it’s very discouraging trying to grind for something and get better at it when you see a lot of RU-vidrs and Streamers paying to get it right away 2. Everything has shifted to being super competitive now instead of casual fun. Don’t get me wrong competitive gaming is fun but that also limits how many games you can really enjoy. Unless you’re spending a ton of money to get content and loot boxes right away, you have to spend all your hours on one game in order to be successful in that specific game. It ends up feeling like a chore.
If these are your main problems about gaming then why don't you try single player games? I found them much more relaxing and you don't have to pay to win
I understand this whole video without even watching it. I don't need those emotions right now. VR is crazy tho guys. Just know I recently sold my Quest 2 because I was developing an addiction worse than peak WOW
Hopping online to play with strangers doesn’t feel the same as back in 2007. I remember meeting people playing modern warfare, GTA4 and TF2. Now when I hop on, it seems like everybody is in tight clicks, and if you don’t have people to play with you get your ass handed to you
It took me awhile to understand. I’m not tired of games. I’m tired of the lonely feeling I get when I play them. What I mean by that is ive never really had friends to share those memories with. Ive just experienced, repeated, repeated with no change, everyday of my life. And I see people on RU-vid having fun and i say to myself, I’m gona play that game. Then I feel lonely and repeat. How do I escape this endless loop
I feel the same way as you only different. I had a lot of real friends growing up, we would game, go to school together, play sports play outside, but the moment we all got phones and started downloading social media and getting older we started to split apart from each other, make other friend groups and then this then that and now I feel like I have no one else to be with. I feel you dude. Social media has screwed up everything in general, music, beauty, it’s all competition now
I've been searching for a solution to this issue for a long time, and from what I've gathered, modern social media and RU-vid surfing has trained our brains to desire quick and fast dopamine hits from videos or cheap and interesting content, making longer more involved processes like playing video games boring. Your/my attention span has dwindled and our brains would rather bounce from video to video whether it be on ticktock, YT, or instagran stories. Internet overdose id call it, and my proposed solution is to massively reduce the amount of manufactured fast food like content you let into your mind, and do things you would've done as a child for fun without modern technology. Godspeed everyone, as this will only become more difficult to do as tech gets more advanced.
I think people should go back to writing each other letters. It requires patience and when you get that letter your response is longer because you can't instantly send messages back and forth so more time and effort is put in to make whatever you're writing more interesting
You and everybody feeling this way should read or listen to the audio book "Stolen Focus" by Johann Hari. It talks about this phenomenon and has some solutions on a personal scale and for society.
I think when your sitting staring at your monitor for hours that’s largely because games take a huge investment you can turn on a tv show and tune in or out as much as u like but with a game u actually have to be attentive all the time
That's where I get sometimes with games I used to play. It hasn't happened as much thankfully, but what you described is what seems to happen when you get home being exhausted.
This…… genuinely filled that gap in my soul that has been missing for years. I miss having as much fun and not caring about the world around me, but I am at the age where I can get a job now. I am really happy with this video. I feel whole. I was smiling through almost all of this video. You have just unlocked many core mementoes for me, or at the very least many good memories. I hope you have a fantastic life. Have a good time.
I’ve often thought about this. My best memories of games, probably 80% of the time, were with friends and family. You mentioned it in your video, talking about playing with friends. No shiny 4K 60fps game can match the memory-making of 4 kids crammed in a loft playing teenage mutant ninja turtles in the 1980’s. That game was crap. I’ve never beaten it. But darn it, I still have such fond memories of that and Pizza Hut (before it tasted like cardboard) and it was all we knew. We are really missing the human element and optimism of older games.
This just depressed the hell out of me...for years I’ve been forcing myself to sit down and try to dive into games, but I can’t really light that fire I once had again, and its really really sad and I just can’t let it go, video games were a huge part of my childhood, I finally built the PC of my dreams to crank out the craziest games...and its just a paperweight, so sad, I can’t explain it.
It's just how this life goes. You obviously like something another than videogames now, just try to find out what. As for me, I also lost my passion in games but then I discovered that I have a lot more interests around than I thought when I was spending huge amount of time at computer. Maybe I will come back to videogames later, Idk best wishes, bro!
@@bruns_tube wow, I have not experienced it yet, but i think that growing kids and helping them to become a good people is kind of interesting and really important quest even for us, gamers 😂
When people are young, they have almost no control... over anything. They don't pick what clothes they wear, what words they say, where they go, what they do, absolutely nothing. Parents got all confused why kids don't want to go play outside any more... but kids only stopped wanting to do that when parents started thinking they should go WITH them. It's no fun when there is someone standing over your shoulder watching what you do, judging it, yelling at you if you go to do something even slightly dangerous or risky, etc. Kids turned to videogames because it was the only avenue through which THEY were in control. THEY were able to explore, doing whatever THEY wanted, and when they learned things about how those simulated worlds worked, they would get better and be able to do even more things. That kind of learning and gaining capabilities through experimentation is pretty much what humans are built to do. When you are older, though, and have autonomy in the real world... the autonomy in videogames isn't as alluring because it's fairly limited in payoff. Sure you learn how to play that game better and you explore what the creators of the game made which is interesting and artistic.... but at the end, you don't really have anything to show for it. While if you go explore and experiment and do something in physical reality, you end up with real outputs. If you try your hand at like making a craft or doing some kind of woodworking or making a piece of software or even just moving shit around in your house to redecorate... when you're done, you've got something to look at. You have an artifact of your effort. That's more rewarding than a game which leaves very little evidence that you've done anything at all. The autonomy offered by videogames is a lifesaver when you're young, as autonomy and controlling your own choices and actions is a fundamental deep-rooted human need. But once you're an adult, or even an older teenager, and that autonomy encompasses more of your life... games change their importance. They still provide a bit of social interaction, and give you cultural touchstones you can share with other people, and especially smaller indie games often offer meaningful stories and experiences, but they end up in the category of media similar to movies and books... except many games are gigantic time-sinks. You can watch a movie in 90 minutes and have a rollercoaster emotional memorable experience. But for games, you often have to sink HUNDREDS of hours into them. That's pretty rough when you've got not just a lot of other things you have to do, but a lot of other things you could be doing instead.
Every day in school I would agree with some friends to play "again today as soon as we’re home" And it was fun. But since the first lockdown I felt an urgent need to better manage my time. I lost track of what made me fun. I lost track of what I really wanted. Even though being at home, playing games, watching anime, reading and learning what I wanted should’ve been the best time ever. But I somehow lost everything that time Nowadays I play Genshin an hour a day bc I "need to progress" and only sometimes I feel like it’s fun. Mostly, I feel as if I’m loosing time elsewhere. Then I’m on RU-vid, on Crunchyroll, on Insta… throwing away more time I feel better learning stuff. Doing something for uni. I love math and physics and what I’m learning should be my dream. And whenever I do and I actually learn it feels great and the hours fly by But I can’t just start. I’m lost. No games make fun since the first lockdown. Anime seem to shred my time. I’m overwhelmed by the amount of books I have left to read. I stopped meeting my friends… It all started when games became less fun in March 2020 Even now I’m on RU-vid. Writing ppl I will most likely never meet and never get to know. It’s a strange world we live in…
I understand man, personally, covid made me pretty bitter towards my friends and I’m more likely to go down harmful mental tangents. Don’t know but take care man.
honestly this is the same case as mine, Im the type of guy who sweats/tryhard eversince quaratine but playing game after game, it seems like a lifeless loop altho sure much fun as I destroying teams or enemies. Then came after that I rarely played started prob reading some books, study, gardening, learning instruments and stuff but someday it might get boring then find a new hobby or game to play or maybe something to learn in life.
I actually searched for something like this. I'm having a terrible time playing games that I always dreamed of I searched for "Games that are fun" cause I'm literally desperate. Nothing hits like it used to Now I got my answer, I think. It's not the games that lost the fun, it's us that turned into boomers😪😥
Man, I've been binging old Minecraft videos to try to get that sense of nostalgia. Been desparate these past few months trying new and old games, yet the magic isn't there. It has been an honour serving with you comrades, this may be the end of an era
When you want to relive a moment again, it might be either nostalgia or addiction. Fun is an active term. Fun is supposed to be, not was. Fun is exhilaration from stimulation. The after effect is longing.
I've never even played minecraft before, just watched those "Surviving 100 days in...", Manhunt, mods, but never actually got to play the whole game. Recently, i got an old version of Minecraft on my Xbox, and the feeling was absolutelly great, the pure joy of discovering the thing by myself, making potions, fighting blazes, getting enchantments... With this video, i think one day in the future i'll wish to live this moment again, play Minecraft for the first time and just have fun with it. Edit: Just killed the ender dragon. *WAHOOOOOOO*
Just adding, you should play with mods. I was like 7 years without play it (Played it Vanilla last time), then a friend came up with this idea. We searched and choose some mods we liked, did a test run just to be sure everything was according to what we wanted. Then we played it and i can say this was truly amazing. Made me forget about college, work and problems for a couple of hours each day we played it. If you never tried it before, i could say it's a must
this is exactly my feelings with cuphead. its not that fun anymore when i can beat every boss on first try even after a year break. it was much more fun when i tried to complete it for the first time struggling with every boss
I just turned 20. After high school I stopped playing online with my friends. Especially with COVID. We all got jobs now and in 2 weeks I’m leaving for Chicago with the Navy. Growing up is strange.
Games peaked when gamers were in lead positions in companies. Now the industry is flooded with businessmen. The gamers were bought out years ago, and success is now determinant upon name recognition.
Bro I have been saying this exact same thing for YEARS now and not enough listen to it. That is absolutely 100% true. Gamers used to have a hardcore gamer turned game-developer at the wheel steering the development team.. Now.. it's a rich guy who doesn't give a SHIT about games themselves, he just wants MORE MORE MORE for LESS LESS LESS in every conceivable way. Gaming Industry will one day he Murdered by one thing and one thing alone; Corporate Greed. And this goes far beyond games, it's the entire world. The Elites rule the gaming industry now, it just took them 20 years to completely buy it.
This definitely feels true now, but it’s always been the case in the gaming industry to some extent. Maybe it’s more so now, I don’t know. Like Nintendo was always a big profit driven company. I think the difference is that publishers have way more control over AAA dev companies than they used to. Publishers used to approach devs and work together with them, and in the last 25 years especially since Sony got big, the publishers have been straight up buying out game dev companies. Indie games are the only ones that have ever truly been made by gamers for gamers, and I tend to find them much more fun. Corporation made games are created to keep you paying and playing, not for fun. There just aren’t any AAA developers that operate with the same ethos as indie developers anymore, since they’re all owned by their publishers.
@WaterishDog "Crappy CGI animations" "Stupidly funny videos with no context" It not being brought by Microsoft wouldn't really change that. It's the community being trash. And seeing how notch acts now(man's made mc but he also sold it and now he trash talks it, makes a weird rocket league ripoff, acts like a woke troll)and how he was adding random weird stuff into the game...I'd rather not want him back lol Plus mc is on a really good path now...I really can't imagine what would've happened with the slow,tiny, weird updates And the possibility of never having the aquatic, village, end, nether, cave update and the new textures is kind hard after knowing how good they are lol Obviously the game was kind of popular back then but it would've died out much faster compared to how it is right now.
This situation reminds me of when Andy abandoned his toys and moving on cause well, he grew up, everyone else does, so it's totally normal if you don't find playing games fun anymore.
I think also a nostalgic thing are the limitations back then. Like trying to run games on your first crappy laptop to play with your friend is someting different than just using a high end gaming PC.
I think you're onto something. Growing up, I never had a good pc (still don't) but I could play games on it with others and not feel like I'm highly missing out. These days, I feel like of I don't drop $2k on a gaming pc, it'll just be pointless to try and get into it. It's mainly why I've stuck to Consoles.
@@TheLifeOfDan1 Whens the last time you smiled & genuinely laughed playing a single player game? Sure it's entertaining for the most part but It's like skating alone, you land a cool trick then look around to see if anyone saw 👀
@@VitaminJay253 Single player games can be like movies, but are best played with someone else watching. I like single player when it has a good story and my wife can enjoy it too.
@@VitaminJay253 I think social media has conditioned everyone to need social validation for everything. I never got into online multiplayer or social media for that matter. I did some Xbox LAN parties in high school. That was definitely fun, but modern MMOs seem completely different. Zelda: BOTW is the most fun I have ever had, period. It's not really a question of multiplayer vs single though. That's just preference. Just too many publishers chasing realism and artificially bloating the play time. AC Odyssey is beautiful and immersive, but you get the whole experience in 2 hours. Then rinse and repeat the same quests for another 20. Even the Witcher 3 bored me to tears after 20 hours and I was obsessed with the idea of it after the original trailers. I'm so sick of walking around "realistic" games looking at the textures up close and thinking "hmm, wish that was 8k". I haven't done that once in a Nintendo game. The arcade controls are always better too. I don't want my character to realistically turn and slowly accelerate into a walk. I hated Last of Us for that. I didn't even finish it. Such a good story but they forgot they were making a GAME. Save realism for VR. When you move a character with a joystick and the entire complicated process of walking, jumping, ledge climbing is all done for you it feels like a quick time event. What's the point? Just make it snappy and feel good.
I used to have fun being glued to the TV playing video games when I was younger. The fact that GAMES themselves have changed is what stalled my interest in them. In games today, you have to have solve a riddle, go through a tutorial, go looking for stuff, sit through some text or cutscenes, you have to read a bunch of stuff BEFORE you get to the action vs. back then in the 8 bit/16 bit era with games like TMNT the ORIGINAL arcade game (not the NES version) or Double Dragon where there's plenty of action AS SOON AS you play and you don't have to go looking for action. So, this is MY reason for not wanting to play games today. My other reason??? Well, this reason might be super different. But, I'm a bit of an Indie game developer too. And I find it WAYYY more fun MAKING games instead of playing them. So, my time making games has replaced my time of playing them. I hope this makes sense.
It is insane how accurate this video is for me and a lot of other people. It’s really comforting to see that others are experiencing this. I have been having the same boredom sitting at my pc and the same sadness watching Pokémon games feel more and more empty and soulless each year. The same good games and memories with friends and the same inevitable staleness of those games. I am bittersweet about those memories and I hope that some day, a game will roll along and give me that same feeling that I’m so nostalgic for. However, I will say that my best recent video game experience has been hollow knight. If you haven’t played it, please do. It might help to reignite that fire.
There's actually a lot of good games over the years you just have to delve deeper into other genres. If you're looking at Triple AAA games alone then obviously you're going to get bored. Hollow Knight is a prime example of this probably the best metroidvania game in recent years.
Spoiler Entering city of tears gave me chills like you're locked all of a sudden and then the music turns of. You go through the enemies and suddenly a faint song plays. You go along and the song goes further until you eventually find the elevator down. You go down and suddenly the music starts going to the deep tuned voice of epicness and the title card saying city of tears pops up as the music grows intensely and you see a beautiful view I have to say my best experience during hollow knight was in deepest cause I didn't have lumafly lantern and it was absolutely terrfying but the most fun was easily me not knowing anything about city of tears and scacnaging around trying to get out then finding the nailsmith and gettin good gear and quirell is definitely one the best for city of tears . You just can't help but sit next to him on the beach looking through the window and the quote of quirel going I hope to see the blue lake and that it's be a wonderful view and him dying in the lake was one of the most heartbreaking shit Ive ever seen.. all in all hollow knight is 11/10
AAA games aren’t fun anymore because now they are all almost devoid of all passion where as smaller games are usually filled to the brim with passion and you can tell because most people have a lot of fun on indie games
I think its because as a child you dont have any stresses/worries and you have all the time in the world. Now playing games just makes people feel unproductive or lazy when really videogames made a lot of people's childhoods and shouldn't be looked as something unproductive. Its easier said than done but stressing won't fix anything, just enjoy the moments you have while you have them.
I've reached what many would call financial freedom, I haven't worked in the last month. I'll play video games but just lack the fulfillment I use to get from them. I think I want to do something productive but am lacking the motivation to do it.
The problem isnt with the games, the young kids still enjoy it a lot with friends, the problem is that we grow up already, we have different things to do and think about, so when we remember about GTA, Tf2,etc. we think its fun because our memories remind us that we had so much fun with friends, its just nostalgia, when we try it again, its just empty, no one to laugh with, we feel very lonely
Yeah, and after game, we go outside to play together. Nowadays, if you game, you may purely play it as some games required us to stay with them, especially competitive "online" games.
It starts to feel lonely when you start thinking about your actual life, when things get mundane for you. Same when you get to be a grandpa, you'll think about other's lives, thinking that you're just there useless, feels like you're only a trapped soul in a body who's achieved everything they wanted to achieve. Playing a nostalgic game feels like staring into a black hole, nothing to look at. Remembering someone's faces at that exact nostalgia, but it just stares back at you, because it's just a memory, it's endgame.
As an 18 y/o i understand that feeling of why video games arent fun anymore but actually sometimes i pick up one the games from my childhood and i get into playing it again and it would last a few weeks and then id move onto the next game i used to play all the time, im from a big family so we all used to play the same games together and we are still just as close today so sometimes we replay those games and its like we are kids again enjoying those memories once more
Minecraft is a good example of that, I've had several phases of playing a lot over many years. Im now 18 and recently we started another server with the boys but for me it's really demotivating to remember all the beautiful buildings I've already built and have to put in all that effort to do it again in this new world. But this time the reward for the effort is a lot less because you've already done it before... Gaming just has less of those "wow this is new" moments anymore when you've grown up, and there are very few games so good that you never get bored of them... For me csgo is that game, for now...
I’ve had to make so many “new servers” over the years that me and my friends would play on, and everyone who started would usually stop after like a week lmao. Then there would just be me and one or two other people waiting for it to die again, good times (but not really).
@@Ceereeal yea every once in a while we're all like "Minecraft used to be so much fun let's do it again" but then it turns out to be much less fun then it used to be and the server dies again...
when i get that feeling ant mc it hurts a little bit more than other games :/ ig just cause of the impact it had on me growing up and on so many other people and now that just doesn’t feel the same anymore
That’s because there’s hardly any originality in the gaming industry nowadays. And even when something and fresh and original comes out, it doesn’t get executed well.
Same here, I go on minecraft to play on my world then leave 10 minutes later. I love Minecraft so much and have a lot of nostalgia for it. I remember building different minecart tracks that went through different biomes and buildings, I tried recreating it but It was extremely bad. Mostly because my motivation just went down the gutter, it made me really sad because I had so much playing Minecraft back then.
I agree about "We're not what we used to be" part. Back when I was 8, I discovered Minecraft and immediately hit off. I would constantly research, watch gameplays, tutorial and even downloaded the Crack version (since it was paid) just so I was finally able to play it I remember telling my classmates about it and we would form a huge circle of friendship solely due to Minecraft. We would create our own Minecraft Fictional stories and art crafts of it The only main problem I had that time was that I never got to play the authentic real version of Minecraft. I would always play the crack version (PC) or APK (Tablet). Fast forward till today, I am nearly 17 and I finally bought my own Gaming Laptop alongside with the Authentic Minecraft Java Edition. However, as result of playing Minecraft constantly in the past mainly from 7-14 years old, I came to realize that I just sat there in front of the screen, staring at it now. I didn't know what to do. I remember my 12 year old self built a bloody CITY from scratch but now that I am nearly 17, I just don't know what to do. In other words, I was bored. I didn't had the motivation to build in creative nor play survival to beat the game Because I have already done all of this in the past. It just wasn't fun anymore as it used to be. Despite the fact that now I am finally able to play with Shaders since I wasn't able to in the past, I would just look and wander around the World without doing anything. Even though I would force myself to play it now, I would literally not be able to make it past atleast 1 hour of playing it. Nonetheless, the memories that I have created with this game will forever be the greatest memories I have ever had
i discovered minecraft when i was 8 too, unaware of it for so many years, then, after so long, i got bored, i had shaders, i had 100 mods, the most realistic minecraft i could make, all of it, now, i dont know what to do with it
aand, i also was known on this one minecraft server for cheating, a LOT, i was sick of losing, then i got the cheats and, i had a blast playing 1 hour long bedwars games, but now with the cheats getting patched, the only games i could only possible play 10 minute games, i loved getting EVERYTHING maxed out, weapons and all, then raiding all the bases, running around in the map, with a sensation of excitement and fear, those were the best times
damn im 15 but i actually still think minecraft is fun because i only play on this 1 smp with friends from a discord server and it always reset every 1-2 month then i was always excited to make farms and then just become rich and give new players stuff but now im starting to get bored too, like i just dont have the motivation to start building a farm like when i used to spent like 4 hour to collect material and then spending 2 hour building it while also watching the tutorial and putting the block 1 by 1 edit : noone cares but i just wanna tell that i got banned from the server cus the owner gives full server control to his friend becus hes busy irl so he cant manage the server and his friend keep saying going ontop nether roof is making the server lag even though theres no real reason why, she even leaks coordinates of my farms and base, so i stopped going on my farms that are on top of nether roof anyways but then i saw my friend who is new at minecraft making a zombie spawner farm except he turns the zombie to drowned cus he said he wanted a trident so i wanted to make a huge square of water at a river to try and get a trident for him, but then the owner's friend banned me after saying "sorry, this is order from the higher-ups", its either the owner's friend lied and exaggerated it and told the owner, saying that im trying to make a huge farm that can crash the server, or its because the owner doesnt really play minecraft so he doesnt understand anything so he just told his friend to ban me or it could be both so yeah... probably gonna go back to roblox because i only play minecraft on the server i just mentioned but now that i got banned i dont know any other server i can play on that is fun + all my friends still stays on that server but the reason i got back on minecraft is because im bored of roblox games....so now i dont know what to play now, does that mean i have to start thinking about my future anyways what if someone replies "lmao this kid really got depressed cus he got banned on a minecraft server 😹" 💀
Bro same, I was a kid who invested a lot of time in Minecraft PE from time to time few years ago.. now with a laptop of my own it feels just different now
I think it’s because, once upon a time, games weren’t JUST about personal enjoyment, but were ALSO a great medium for bonding with friends. They still CAN be, if you make them that way, it’s just sad that now the developers won’t make them that way.
Completely agree - nothing can replace sitting with my brothers playing kirby airride, 1v1 quick scoping matches, watching my older brother play through paper mario. Discord doesn't fill the hole that split screen filled
I miss "true" multiplayer: People you can sit next to and bond. The more we connect through social media, the more disconnected we become. And that's because our connections are superficial. The term "friend" has been used carelessly where it doesn't have the same impact or meaning anymore. I don't have tons of "friends". I have tons of acquaintances. Video games are still fun for me if they have a story as I LOVE to read. Games like CoD or Fortnite--basically Battle Royale style--doesn't appeal to me. I want to use my brain rather than play mindlessly. Right now I'm enjoying games like Subnautica where I can just sit there and explore and give myself personal challenges (e.g. no vehicles allowed. If I need air, I must build a temporary base) as it forces me to think outside of the box and get creative.
@@FallenAngelHiroko Don’t lose hope. My brother first met his sweetheart as a friend in WoW. She ended up moving across the country to be with him 🙂 Those virtual connections can still yield great friendships, if the game is right. We just gotta start making them right, y’know?
So what your saying is maybe we need more coop type games and maybe a little less versus games. Something with some actual cooperation and strategy involved.
All of the games I play these days are “old” games that I can never get enough of. Sure, I’ll go months without playing, but I’m always brought back to Minecraft, Skyrim, most Mario games, and actually Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
I just realized I haven't played a video game in a week or two like I've had no games that I like anymore unless I have like thousands of dollars to buy every console and every good game but Like I just wanna go back to playing Minecraft Whith my cousins at 3am and getting scared herobrine will show up on our world
@@haribo_42 Yep i got those psp, gamecube emulators on my samsung tab, steam library with old games i replay or go to. the classics are just... so good.
For me? It's VR. That whole feeling of "Oh games can be this...!" I had when I played Playstation 2 for the first time, is coming back when playing VR. And it's incredible. It's not childhood nostalgia level of great, but it's the closest I've been in decades. Working hard and only giving yourself X amount of time to game helps too. It brings back the feeling of having to do school and home-work before being allowed on the computer. Limit the time you get to play and you'll enjoy your playtime way more.
yes, I just came out of several hours of beat saber, which I've been playing every day for months, and though my arms are tired, I can't see myself getting tired of the game.
Ya vr is where it is at sadly with gpu shortages most cant afford a gpu to play it or have a low end gpu that can run some games on low settings and can't enjoy at full visuals or even record to share it with others
I’ve had so much fun playing Pavlov since I got VR. Forgetting I’m not actually fighting a war and just walking around my living room. Until someone walks in and asks why tf I’m crouching in the middle of the room
@@alexthealex7492 used to be in the top 9k on beat saber, starting having problems with glasses fogging up and just played it less and less. Don't let foggy glasses stop you! I still regret barely playing and I'm less motivated these days to play the game as I'm not that good anymore.
I would guess (for me personally) it is the pressure to live this awesome life and the anxiety that grows with getting older of not living up to those expectations. And that’s where i sometimes can’t enjoy moments because of this thought of time running out
