Why FPS Games Aren’t as Fun as You Remember 

- Aesthetics and thematic approaches are no longer cared for. The whole theme and immersion is thrown out of the window in favour of ridiculous skins and crossovers. - Games are designed for player retention through dripfeeding and FOMO instead of rewarding players through unlocks based on accomplishments and effort. - Games are designed more and more around SELLING content instead of enjoying more content. - Games are chasing trends instead of innovating and being unique. - Even matchmaking is designed to retain instead of offering the most consistent and stable experience. It is designed to protect players instead of learning to deal with better players.

'engagement based matchmaking' will be the death knell of the fps games of old

I've always played FPS games primarily for the story and campaign. Multiplayer, no matter how fun, I always thought of as an add-on experience. That's why I was such a big fan of Halo, Half-Life, and Deus Ex. And it's why Destiny 1, although I did have a lot of good experiences with it, ultimately left me feeling disappointed. It's clear that the social and economic forces driving game design decisions have drifted away from my own interests as a consumer of video game media. Coupled with the ever-growing focus on alternative monetization models, and I just feel like gaming has entered an era of stagnation, in which none of the AAA games are going to be remembered as classics. Indie developers create painstaking works of art, but the smaller experiences often are often insufficient to sate our hunger. And if they're at all successful, they're likely to be bought by larger corporations seeking to transform their valuable property into a resource to be bled for cash until all that's left is a dessicated husk. All of my childhood favourite franchises are dead or dying, and so are many of the creators who brought them to life in the first place. It feels like the end of an era. I hold out hope though that one day gaming will experience a Renaissance of sorts.

I recently started playing the original Unreal Tournament again but this time with several modern mods that allows for online play, modern resolutions, 4K textures on all maps, weapons, and models, and goodness gracious.......I played for several hours straight! That was some of the most unadulterated pure multiplayer fun I've had in a long time.

They will never be aesthetically pleasing again with the rise of micro transactions.

Since i switched back to single player games with a deep lore aspect i haven’t looked back to multiplayer since. I sunk over 1,000 hours of my time into halo infinite grinding away to max rank and fighting through the terrible matchmaking system and now i barely ever boot up the game anymore. Live service, FOMO, insane shop prices, the lack of immersion, and matchmaking systems have ran me away from those games. It was a period of realization that multiplayer games aren’t really for me at all anymore and i’m coming to terms with that.

Tbh halo 3 still hits for me. I feel like its one of the most rewarding multiplayer games to this day and i dont even get cosmetics for doing well

I played through the Metro series for the first time a few weeks ago. Have to say it's a top 5 fps experience for me now. Already itching to play it all again.

Titanfall 2 was the truly last FPS game I genuinely enjoyed.

I'd say that also people are just super competitive, because the games themselves are competitve shooters. Not as much people just fucking around anymore, played halo online a while ago, it was really fun cuz I didn't care about 0 kills it was just plain fun!

What also used to make these games was the comradery. These games are completely void of it. I’m not sure if the people playing the games have changed, or the gaming development. Remember the old COD lobbies with all the trash talk? People don’t even really use their mics anymore for the most part.

Try The Finals, one of the most fun and unique FPS games I have played in a long time.

Shouts out to the indie scene for keeping the FPS genre alive for me currently.

I was thinking the same thing yesterday, resulting in me reinstalling XDefiant, getting annoyed with the announcer and wallhack abilities and promptly uninstalling it again. All the shooters just feel like garbage lately, loaded with paid cosmetics, battle passes and other nonsense. It's like the actual shooting and gameplay comes second to all the other garbage they shoehorn in.

Great video. I’m surprised you don’t mention The Finals, kind of adds to just how underrated it is. As a classic Halo fan who still plays those games, Titanfall and more from that era, this game is so it. High TTK, incredibly unique sandbox and an evolution of the arena FPS. Definitely give it a whirl with a team.

Great question and arguments. I'll be thinking about this question until I fall asleep tonight. Maybe I'll come up with some sort of concrete answer.

I know this is more console specific , but split screen fps games going away really made me lose interest . Having people over to play black ops, timesplitters, goldeneye, halo etc with people you knew was such a wonderful experience.

It's not taped about much, but hackers are a big menace in multiplayer games. I wanted to pay BF1, 4 etc.. But it's filled with hackers who idk why do nothing but ruin games for others. I'll never understand the "fun" gained by doing that

What ruined online fps games for me was Party Chat. The early COD game lobbies were I met massive amounts on online friends. The Iconic 3 seconds death mic was amazing. listening to someone bitch about them dying was epic. The down side was online trolls and deliberate racists, however usually they would be shamed by the rest of the lobby. But Yeah Party Chat isolated everyone from each other, bring back mandatory game chat in games i say.

I got two words…”The Finals”

Good video as always! As a fan of traditionally older fps's (Og Doom, Duke Nukem, Quake, Unreal Tournament) its interesting to see people wanting a return the 2000's style fps for multiplayer because in the 2000's a lot of gamers just wanted another quake 3 instead of Modern Warfare 2. Yet shooters evolve and change and I agree that I feel passed by in the mutlplayer space. That's not to say the change is bad, but the modern fps multiplayer games just aren't my cup of tea. However I also share the optimism, that while we may no longer have a glory days of say 2007-2010, there can absolutely be a renaissance. For example the "boomer shooter" genre has been a great throw back to the 90's style while refining and improving upon those gems (games like Dusk, Prodeus, and Turbo Overkill) so perhaps we will see more throw back evolutions in the future, similar to the last 2 doom games. My only concern is that FPS renaissance is predominantly single player right now and I'm not sure how a throwback fps multiplayer game would do. Another tough task for publishers is how do they reach those old audiences? There are still tons of lapsed Quake 3 fans or Halo 3 fans but how can a game bring that fandom back together? I don't know what the answer is but at least there is an incredible revial of all kinds of FPS styles on the single player side of the ledger. Hopefully a talented team can bring that revival to the multiplayer side of things.

Maybe I would be more sympathetic to the idea if I didn't say people complain about THE EXACT SAME THINKS, about the games you are now reminiscing about.

The skill ceiling for titan fall 2 is only based on how much you want to learn to go real fast. Love going fast. It's like hitting long combos in Tony hawk

You’re incredibly accurate in naming AAA games specifically. For most AAA studios prioritize profits, not because they are greedy, but because they are publicly traded and that is a necessity of that model. Only when game developers are not legally beholden to shareholders are they allowed to make a game that appeals to a niche set of players, lacks intense micro-transactions, and is player first in its design.

Every game went downhill and became pretty much shit. Most games that release are either buggy as balls or have no content at all which leaves a lot of people including me to just not play it. We also live in a time where we play the older games from back then over the new ones.

I’ve been retired from multiplayer shooters since 2018, I’ve been solely a single player gamer since then and I’ve never looked back. I prefer to play single player shooters like DOOM, Ultrakill, or DUSK to get my fix. I’ve even been enjoying more FPS RPGs like Cyberpunk or Prey. I miss my old Black Ops 2 days but I’m not holding out for another game like it anymore.

@bbkdragoon what game at 8:15

I agree with everything you said, except I know that I am the problem too. I'm an older gamer and probably one of the older viewers (37), and I don't have the capacity to play games like I used too. I still play halo regularly, and apex most evenings (begrudgingly thanks to my brother), but I just can't compete any more. Sometimes I just want to chill and play PvP on Destiny, run around on The Division or just play Minecraft. I watch my kids play and they remind me of when I was young, and they can pick up any food and dominate! Yes the market is different, but so am I. Either way another great video Dragoon

Man, days like today are when I miss Destiny one soo bad

I've been having a blast playing Xdefiant. Besides them annoying active camo/sonar goggles, the game is awesome.

Are you going to do a destiny 2 video soon? there's a lot of stuff going on with the final shape coming out soon.

The time period where Splitgate was super popular was kind of magical. I had a lot of fun playing it.

I thought it was because I'm getting old. But games like hell let loose made me realize there are still good games out their

The finals ??????

Yeah i mainly play single player games now. I have almost have no desire to put in dozens of hours into any sort of multiplayer games like i used to. I have hundreds of hours into TF2

It’s a combination of you getting older and the games shifting focus from making a fun game so that people will buy it to making games that are addicting so people buy skins. Huge difference.

Hero shooters and BR modes is what killed it for me. For different reasons, so reluctantly I kept playing Destiny and CoD, until I couldn't take the devs hating/not caring about the kind of gamer I am, so had to just stop playing. Back to single player games for me. Been having a blast again the pasy couple of years 😁

Really great video and couldn't agree more. I think AAA gaming is going through a bit of a weird phase with a lot of companies not respecting their fanbase, and indies more than ever on the rise, and hopefully the big companies will realize their mistakes and change. then maybe, just maybe, we'll get a Titanfall 3

Have you tried Ready or not?

Bought many shooters since Titanfall 2, but none come close. Still playing in 2024.

Did you play the finals, it’s completely different from any fps game I’ve ever played. But it’s amazing fun every game It has movement, interesting classes/ weapons and abilities. Also the maps are fresh and new + it’s not just shoot and kill there’s more thought required in this game

XDefiant might change this. Looking forward to it.

Indie and AA are where it's at right now. That and community driven mod experiences like SPTarkov and STALKER.

I love Splitgate it has everything that I wanted from a multiplayer shooter. I don’t play much anymore. I got tired of spending all that time in the waiting area, waiting for a match. It got so bad that my time spent in the waiting area was longer than an actual match. I really want Splitgate 2. I’m gonna get laughed at, but I’ve been playing Roblox FPS games. Mainly Arsenal. As soon as the match ends, 30 seconds later the next match starts. It’s just fun and no bs to deal with like you’d see from AAA games. XDefiant comes out next week, after playing the beta, I don’t see this sticking to me like Splitgate or Arsenal has.

What game is showcased at 8:25?

I feel the same way as you do. I don’t enjoy multiplayer online games anymore especially pvp or battle royal games. I use to play Fortnite, Warzone, and Apex legends. I just can’t do it anymore I guess as I got older I enjoy it less.

I'm consistently reloading and shooting less and taking cover to avoid the enemy AI auto aim Give the over the top 90s cheese back

One thing I see alot of comments not bringing up and I dont think you brought up....is Cheating and Cronus Controller usage , when i was a teen if you hacked you had to be a giga pc guy who understood how to do it, or had a in as it was more underground, now you can go on youtube and find a way into a discord with modders willing to sell easy install mods for most FPS that even a child could install....its a huge issue for competive gaming , I had ot deal with cheating (steriods) in MMA , and Grappling matches and whenever someone got caught....they same excuess Streamers use ....."well everyone is doing it" it to me it shows a real decline in IQ for gaming and lack of drive Folks just wanna win no matter how its done no integrity no honor just folks wanting to make money or feel good

You should play turbo overkill and Ultrakill

I feel bad for you guys, I'm 29 and getting older but still enjoy basically every game I play. Experiencing the world instead of just playing helps with that, my Steam library is over 1000 and I play a lot of those. Honestly, I'm having more fun with gaming now than I've had since I was 13-16. People tend to stick with 1 or 2 games and never switch it up, then complain there are no good games. It's strange. Of course games were better when we were younger, we were young everything was different. I went back and played some old games I enjoyed on GameCube and the DS, I enjoy them even more now and have had a better experience with those. The little things that bother most people like bad monetization, trendy influence, FOMO, and whatever else just don't bother me. I will still enjoy the game even if most don't. Been gaming since I was born basically, never had a bad experience because of this mindset.

It’s not just FPS. It’s a lot of games honestly. I just don’t care or get excited for a new release because all the drama that comes with it. I got to live in a time where I seen the rise and fall of gaming.

great video

I will probably never touch online multiplayer FPS if it's not because of my friends asked me to play together with them, imma stick with my single player FPS most of the time. Playing multiplayer FPS games with random is just not as fun as with friends.

The finals is the game everyone should be playing

The last mainstream multiplayer shooter I really enjoyed was Battlefield 4, Insurgency Sandstorm PvE is fun multiplayer is too try hard for me. I got better things to focus my time and energy on like the gym, boxing, my driving, and my career over grinding out hours every night to be a tryhard too. I played BF4 recently and I’m still really good at that game even with the community that’s left being diehard good players, would be great if BF would stop sucking. I have so many hours in that series it’s been around since I was a kid.

IMHO, this is the fallout of game prices not staying in step with inflation. Publishers have to focus on recovering that deficit rather than the player , which right now means more montization or more players. People also need to remember that for every hit game there are a plethora of misses or cancels whose cost also need to be made up. This won’t get better until game prices rise dramatically. There are far far far too many games.. consolidation is in progress, price increase will be next… the studios that minimize monitization in this new world will resonate with the player base.

What I dislike in online games in these days is: -Battlepass - FOMO (play now, grid or lose oportunity of getting those free items, later they can be not possible to get) -Skins - I realy have Call Of Duty and Battlefield, those are a WAR games, and then you see people running with non war fluffy stuff, some rainbow colors, pinks just like a what da fuq is happening here? How can I get feeling into being at WAR if people are running around with those stupid stuff runing experience for everyone.

The only shooter I enjoy atm is the finals. The gameplay loop is just good.

Studios are trying to create passive income streams, not fun and engaging games. That's why everything feels the same and we have the same complaints about all of these modern games. They're all created with the same motivation and end up suffering for the same reasons. There are outliers, but a disruption is needed in order to course-correct.

Halo 1 and Halo 2 were fantastic to play then and are still very fun to play now. Infinite is a huge disappointment for me from all aspects outside a few minor art design decisions. Microtranactions sure but sprint, clamber, slide has no business being in the game whatsoever. I used to love the series but sadly it's a shell of what it used to be. No leftover originality.

Calling it before I watch, but it depends on why you play. Do you play to immerse yourself in an experience, or do you play to unlock sh•t? Used to be, that I'd fully play into a game itself. Empathizing with my player character such that _I_ was acting as I would inside the screen. Games were fun. I was wholeheartedly a good sport, and all was well. Unfortunately, I, like many others I presume, have fallen into the trend of what I like to call, 'simulated having'. I don't play video games for fun, I play them to 'have'. If I level up, I can 'have' this. If bar goes up, if I play during this time, if I exchange _real money_ for virtual coins, I can "have" this, or that. But that's just it. You don't have it. You don't _have_ anything. You've exchanged either your time, or money, to _simulate_ the feeling, of having something. That is to say, having things, _actual things,_ is harder most of the time.. however, if every hour you'd ever spent gaming had been put towards having something irl.. how much would you _actually_ have, now? And sure, having for the sake of its own right is stupid. If your 'having something' doesn't facilitate your _doing_ of something else, ultimately it's frivolous, however that's another part of the discussion entirely. Of course, i's easy for me to say. I turned 25 fairly recently so, go figure. But these are questions worth asking. I ought to work them into a video of my own.. but.. 'til then, let's see what you've got to say.

To be honest, I prefer Titan fall ones multiplayer versus Titan fall two Titan all twos campaign is top-notch though

I feel the same, around this time the mainstream shooters also stop taking themselves seriously like cod for example, it really feels like when fortnite came out all these dumb goofy skins started appearing in cod and less tacticool operators and the trend of individual operators became a thing instead of you play as just a dude, cod and many others used to be a niche as crazy as that sounds, even the same could be said about battlefield and fallout, to many AAA dev's trying to make a game for everyone

I’m glad their is a lot of good indie shooters.

You know what would be great if they released Titanfall 3. I think it would be for everybody. Personally I detest Apex and every game type like it. It just speaks to a younger generation of ADHD. Got to get a weapon and survive which is not really my favorite.

If Halo Infinite wasnt so bad It could have been.. good

They didn't make a game for Helldivers that's for sure! Cyborg "sequel"

Btw you can still find good Titanfall 2 lobbies on Xbox. I play on the Dallas server and play attrition. Haven’t run into any hackers. The game is still good.

I actually like the Finals. Its pretty fun. Cod is deleted.

The best shooter in recent years has been Helldivers 2 for sure.

My friends who enjoy FPS games only play those that are "competitive" and popular, feeling the need to join the latest trend to prove their skills to everyone, especially their dads. Playing FPS games just for fun has become rare. Add microtransactions into the mix, and it's a complete turn-off.

the inclusion of new vegas in the thumbnail is bait, right?

Isn't it sad that with so much advancement with technology we thought it'd be amazing but gaming is nothing but FOMO /grind now Indie games are still amazing

*the glory days of multiplayer FPS was around 2008 through 2012 👍 MW1 and 2 really set the tone and Battlefield 2 and 3 offered a different equally fun take....but since then, it hasn't been fun or creative 👎 Personally, I love single player FPS. Far Cry 5 is IMO the best sp fps of all time, Fallout 4 is also really good.*

FPS games as a genre were better when multiplayer was made as a side mode to your campaign, with a few exceptions.

I make mods for titanfall 2, if this game dies then so will my sacrifices perish along with it

Helldivers 2 is very good but didn’t brought anything new, its a solid game, but man Halo 2, Titanfall 2 are on another level.

I dunno how Helldivers 2 is a wild success and THE FINALS has somehow fallen under the radar, even you didn't mention it in this video. People have dismissed it right out of the gate and I'm trying to understand why. It's a brilliant game built on fun first, it's silly and bombastic just like Helldivers 2, it's not trying to be for everyone (especially not for the hyper sweaty competitive players), so why is it seemingly failing?

I just want more single player FPS with decent stories. A good gunplay should be the the bare minimum obviously Really love something like Titanfall 2 or Metro franchise Less open world, more linear game

The solution to this is to simple stop buying triple A titles and instead find the diamond in the rough indie. Indie studios still tend to make games because the want to make games FIRST, then make money second. The reason games aren't like they used to be is because instead of d EVs making games because they wanted to/liked it/had passion, they're making games to make money. The fundimental motivation has changed. It's up to the indie studios, preferably independent ones that don't have to answer to public share holders, to pick up the slack.

Sounds like you need to play THE FINALS. Nothing else satisfies like finals imo, and i came from 10,000 hours of Titanfall 2.

Easiest answer, you're older. Everyone who grew up during the 360 days will reminisce on how fun games were back then. All while disregarding that gaming online was in its infancy. Alternare answer, lack of achievement and a move to lock content through monetization. No longer can you earn cosmetics or characters to show off, you need to pay. Less originality and a bigger focus on imitation of larger games in that genre.

I actually agree with you, i havent enjoyed a FPS game since titanfall 2

There is absolutely zero sense of community. Halo reach had lobby chat, you could talk and taunt to everyone you were playing with. It made the game feel alive and let you make friends a lot easier. A lot of games aren't even having all chat or even text. Which further makes the games feel like, kinda meatgrinder-ish. You boot up, shoot, close game. It's not even a purely FPS issue, and it makes modern gaming feel a lot less communal for me. I think that's the main killer for me, ignoring the obviously more toxic and intrusive monetisation and marketing.

The Finals started off pretty good during the beta, but then fell off really hard for me because of the overabondance of skins and lack of personality.

Big part of it for me is that developers just don't make good or competent experiences anymore. Activision struggles to keep content flowing for multiplayer every year, battlefield and dice are a shell of what they used to be, can't get games out in stable states etc

The problem why FPS games are no longer fun for me is the lack of focus on single player campaigns now a days FPS games are all about competitive multiplayer and battle pass/ microtransactions

I'd take TF 3 over Apex anyday of the week. I entertain very few BRs and most shooters are riddled with SBMM/EOMM. As a person that comes from UT 99 and Quake most today's shooters just don't do it for me.

Still remember playing Bad Company 2 on PS3, clocking in just under 500 hours, probably the best multiplayer shooter I ever played, then BF3 came in, the experience is mid at best, gun gameplay, destruction, physics, pacing are worse than bad company 2, then battlefield 4 another mid, same issue with BF3, then battlefield 1 (it is still fun game but it is not BC2 fun), then battlefield 5 which is another mid. I swear what the hell is wrong with DICE like suddenly they can't make a battlefield game that as fun as BC2 anymore ? still remember some of my battlefield moments in that game, it is just amazing controlled chaos, the same thing can't be said with other battlefield games :).

I wish they would bring back the Fallout 76 BR with some tweaks. As a huge fallout fan that was honestly cooler than I thought it would be when they announced it. 😂

The only FPS game in 2020's that probably surpassed my expectations and is probably better than some of my childhood games (Which is rare for me to say) is DOOM Eternal. That game is just fantastic and it legit pushed my skill limit of challenge. Id software knew what they were doing and gave a shit on making this game. Even the DLC's To this day on, i've not had as much fun on any other than DOOM Eternal so far.

They are not pushing for novelty playing it too safe these days. FPS games used to evolve a lot back in the days now it's so stale as a genre.

I'd have to disagree. After all this time I'm tired of the toxicity and my fun being determined by having to win. I've just started playing Warframe and I can finally have fun just chilling.

I will say these triple A companies are killing us with just these sequals that offer nothing new (EX: Xdefiant or any new COD) but i think the real issue is the player base as a whole right now. They couldnt sink the bar if we didnt all accept it. The games that do feel fresh and exciting people play for a week then go back to cod. A great example of this would be the finals, i thought this game intially would have great success. It felt new and refreshing then other fps but like always people found something to complain about. Nukes, gun balance and hackers was a big issue (mind you COD has all these same problems) but these devs actively heard us and tried to do something about it. Hell they completly removed being able to nuke in game and made a discord server dedicated to people posting clips of hackers so the devs could verify it then ban them. The problem was our little pea brains couldnt wait a few weeks for these changes to come about and they lost a big player base because of it. I think the whole formula of FPS is broken and if the formula for which you make your game on is flawed your game will never be great and that sucks. What i mean by this is i think EA and Epic should have never introduced this Free FPS formula that everyone has to adopt to compete now. I loved the finals for a few weeks but because no one is paying for these games now besides micro transactions no one has any real comitment or alliegance to games anymore. I remember the days i paid 60$ for a finished game. Long gone are those days, now i get to download the new fps for free that doesnt even seemed finished yet and is ridiculed with bugs and glitches (xdefiant) because these devs are so eager to push out the next game and inject all these micro transactions and battle passes while we think were playing the newest fps the devs are playing a money graber simulator and we all just smile and accept this. I am no different and i will admit i fall into these traps and money pits too. I would just like to point out a pattern and trend im seeing with all these new titles. Also im shiting on company time while i write this so sorry for all the misspelling but i dont have time to correct it, youll just have to deal. Anyways thanks for comming to my ted talk

Games that are less focused and try to appeal to everyone is only one side of the coin. E.g. Titanfall 2 and the movement. That's why Bungie changed a lot in recent times to make Destiny 2 PvP slower again (by re-adding things like SBMM and Airborne Effectiveness) and overall limiting things, a skilful player would do in PvP. They even said it was because they want to reduce those skilled outliers (top players) and people should expect a win-lose ratio of 50%. *sigh* Good thing that they start to see that their PvP community is jumping ship, so they try to reel them in again with new maps (after... how many years?) and a complete PvP overhaul. We'll see how things will change again with The Final Shape. As someone who started with the early online FPS games like Starsiege: Tribes, Half-Life (lots of Team Fortress Classic and other mods), Quake and Planetside (even a bit DOOM 1 +3 death match :D) , I miss the time I had with arena shooters (Tribes 2, Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament '99 especially dominated my teens until my early 20s. The same with Half-Life 1 and 2 with all the mods that were created during that time). I can tolerate Apex Legends because it is a solid game with a lot of production value, but I still can't stand the BR genre. The same with MOBAs - DOTA and co. killed the classic RTS games, and BRs killed classic arena shooters. 😑 And when series like Battlefield said "hey, I am a hero shooter now" instead of focusing on the complementary team play that prior entries had (still can't get over the fact that you could even build things like fortifications in BF V or more or less "command" in good old BF2, etc.). All gone now, the focus is the personal K/D. Not to say that getting a proper single player campaign is nearly impossible in 2024, if the game is AAA and not an indie game.

Knocked it out of the park with this video. The triple A space has me starved for a genuinely complete fun experience for fps titles in a wave of mtx live service br trend chasing. Too much analytics and playing it safe, it's not a game for players being made today. It's a game for the quarterly report meetings and company investors and shareholders.

You hit the nail on the head with your last point. Idk about multiplayer fps games (I only play team fortress 2 and halo mcc and infinite for multiplayer stuff), but imo we’re in a golden age for amazing single player fps games, especially indie stuff. I’ve had so much fun playing games like Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, Dusk, and my favorite single player fps game I’ve played, Ultrakill. I highly recommend that people check out indie single player fps games if you’re disappointed with modern triple A stuff, there’s so many good ones out there.

Skill-based matchmaking in social games. Before that sometimes you were the top of the server, sometimes at the bottom, and it made for a fun variation. The Skill Based system made all the matches feel like flat games where you only play against your mirror images. That's a recipe for a boring game.

Eh, idk. I think a lot is what you make of it. Destiny 2 and apex are just as fun for me now as they were years ago

High On Life is fun