Why I quit online gaming in 2023, and you should too...

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I almost quit gaming in 2022, and then 2023 came along to save me from quitting the hobby I love most. In my first ever RU-vid video, come learn about my gaming journey and learn about the best games of 2023 that made me fall in love all over again...
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@TheHipsterGamer 2 месяца назад

I’m a single player game junkie. I grew up playing games on the ps2 with no internet so even to this day I feel right at home with story driven singleplayer experiences.

@8HeartNCM 26 дней назад

Problem is that there is not much good story games.

@TheHipsterGamer 26 дней назад

@@8HeartNCM that’s objectively not true, there are plenty.

@8HeartNCM 24 дня назад

@@TheHipsterGamer name them and I will say what I've already been playing.

@TheHipsterGamer 23 дня назад

@@8HeartNCM Signalis, Anno Mutationem, Persona 5, Dragon Quest 11, Octopath Traveler 1 & 2, Gravity Rush 1 & 2, Yakuza Zero, Blasphemous, Elden Ring, Nier Automata, Nier Replicant, 13 Sentinels, Tales of Berseria, Tales of Arise, Scarlet Nexus, Stellar Blade, Ace Combat 7, Project Wingman, Inside, The Outer Wilds, Crystar, Sakuna of Rice and Ruin, Ghost of Tsushima, Haven, Atelier Ryza, Returnal, Stray, Sniper Elite, The Last Guardian, Neo: The World Ends With You, Valkyria Chronicles, Nino Kuni 1 & 2

@8HeartNCM 23 дня назад

@@TheHipsterGamer ok. Thanks. I'll try some of them.

@theitechlab 8 дней назад

I’ve always been more of a single player guy. I really only picked up MP games (FPS, Rocket League) around 2015ish, then stopped and picked MP back up in 2019 for a couple years on and off. I sunk a lot of time getting better at those games because I was “catching up” to everyone else that had been playing these games for years before me. After a while, it stopped feeling like a game and more like a job, and the fun was gone. Yeah, I still dabble in Battlefield as that is the most casual FPS game that I can play off-and-on without losing my “touch” with the game, but 90% of my time is in single player games. I find those to be much more enjoyable for what I’m looking for in games. No meta, no min/maxing to keep up, no FOMO mechanics, no battle passes, no time-limited modes-just quality, fun experiences that keep me entertained for hundreds of hours in some cases.

@JosephStillGames Год назад

Hey you! If you’re watching this video or checking back in after having watched it, thank you!!!😊❤ This video is doing way better than I thought especially for my first. Just wanted to say that a new video is coming soon! If you liked some of what I had to say, I will be continuing to make videos about all sorts of video game stuff so be sure to subscribe if you wanna stick around ❤ That’s basically it, thanks again and see yah!

@sun7823 Год назад

I think this is why so many of us turned towards indie games to get our fix. Sure, they were less “polished” than AAA titles, but they felt meaningful, they were considerate of our time, and many brought back that childhood feeling of, well, whimsy. We were seeing new mechanics & storytelling devices.

@JosephStillGames Год назад

Definitely agree that indies have been doing the work to innovate and inspire where AAA usually doesn’t. I unconsciously stepped away from indies, but I’m hoping to get back in there and bring more attention to some good ones. Feel free to list some recs 👍

@keeganmcfarland7507 Год назад

If there any gamers out there that are becoming a indie game developer or be part of a indie/AA game studio, don't make a MMO rpg, or a Stardew Valley-like/cozy farming Simulator, or souls-like, or rouge-like (especially Vampire Survivors ones or bullet hell/heaven ones), or mascot horror, or open world, or metroid-vania, or walking Simulator as your first game project that you made. Try remaking games or make a knock-off version of a game like pac man, snake, duck hunt, tetris, cut the rope, or better, make a fan game of Fnaf, Sonic, or Dark Deception. Start something small, then build your way up to improve your creativity, 2d/3d modeling, coding, and development skills.

@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 3 месяца назад

@@keeganmcfarland7507Best indie roguelike is Cataclysm DDA

@-Rizecek- 7 месяцев назад

I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem. In 2018-2022 I played quite often and enjoyed playing, but the last 1.5 years it has been getting worse and worse. I don't have time to play. I'm not in the mood for this. There is nothing to play... When a game comes out, it's all broken, buggy, unoptimized...

@JosephStillGames 7 месяцев назад

Yeah, especially when the broken games are sequels to awesome first installments...really kills the love a bit. Either way, with gaming it's important to not let a few bad apples spoil the bunch! Tons of good games are still coming out, be it indie or AAA. Just gotta look for em. Thanks for commenting and happy gaming!

@FrancisYorkMorganFBI 3 месяца назад

sounds like a you problem. there are still a ton of great games. especially last year. maybe you are just depressed.

@irecordwithaphone1856 11 месяцев назад

Great thumbnail

@JosephStillGames 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! It's made with lots of love (and tears) :D

@zozihn8047 4 дня назад

You can't play everything. That's it. Play what makes you happy. Not stressed or angry. If you end a session feeling worse emotionally than when you started, fire up a different game next time. Put your next 500 hours into an offline RPG. Try an ARPG.

@ThousandairesClub 8 месяцев назад

*for me, the best era for online gaming was 2008 through 2011 👌 GTA4, Splinter Cell Double Agent, CODMW1&2, All-Pro Football 2K8, NBA Live 09/10, Madden 10, Backbreaker, RDR, Burnout Revenge, Burnout Paradise 😍 I haven't had FUN online since then* 👎

@JosephStillGames 7 месяцев назад

Those were really good years...wish we could get that COD back tbh. Either way, thanks for your comment and happy gaming!

@silver333z 23 дня назад

I was a strictly multiplayer gamer from 2012-2018 and RDR2 brought back the feeling I had as a kid playing single player games. After finishing it I finished every Kingdom Hearts game on Xbox, 8 Yakuza games (still a WIP) and tons of random SP games, gaming has become bittersweet to me. I miss the days of peak CoD and Halo with my friends, late night minecraft and Payday 2 sessions but single player games are just so much more enjoyable nowadays. I still play Overwatch, Valorant and the occasional Minecraft or Hell Let Loose with friends but multiplayer gaming just hasn’t been the same since 2018

@stratum42 22 дня назад

You were where I am now. I've been playing competitively since popping my quarters on the Mortal Kombat arcade machine, waiting my turn to destroy the guy currently losing. I have spent thousands of hours over the years since Unreal, Quake, Rainbow Six Rogue Spear, Counter Strike etc etc playing games online to compete. However my backlog has grown to around 800 games. I have yet to play through the Batman series, Bioshocks, Resident Evils, add in whatever series here. I don't even have to buy them, I already did and they just have sat un-played. I desire though to leave online gaming (except maybe for Rocket League because I love it). My wife and I play together a lot of co-op games, and we host quarterly LAN parties with family and friends so I'll still play some multiplayer stuff. But I feel it's time to say goodbye to competitive multiplayer only games and start going through all of the stories and experiences that I've been missing.

@Rainbowhawk1993 Год назад

Single Player games to Multiplayer games: “I RISE! YOU FALL!”

@JosephStillGames Год назад

I mean...if we gotta pick sides, I know where I'm going ;)

@keeganmcfarland7507 Год назад

I told you gaming isn't on the decline. Just look at indie games and AA games like Fnaf, Batim, Monstrum, Cuphead, Dark Deception, Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight, Hades, Little Nightmares, Celeste, Skul the hero slayer, Metallic Child, Dead Cells, Curse Of The Dead Gods, Cult Of The Lamb, FIST Forged In Shadow Torch, Lumbear Jack, Pronty Fishy Adventure, 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim, Input6, Stardew Valley, Dead Estate, The Desolate Hope, The Messenger, The Coma, Rain World, A Hat In Time, Death's Door, Tunic, Haiku The Robot, Have A Nice Death, Kunai, Natti, Nova Drift, Peglin, Ak-xolotl, Atomic Heart, Voidigo, Spark The Electric Jester, A Short Hike, Lil Gator Game, Scarf, Mighty Goose, Cyber Shadow, Untitled Goose Game, Hotline Maimi, At Dead Of Night, Mail Mole, Nine Sols, TinyKin, Night Blights, Among The Sleep, Pikuniku, Pirate Outlaws, Soda Crisis, Pizza Tower, Pizza Possum, No Straight Roads, Popucom, Try To Fall Asleep, Everspace, Billie Bust-Up, and many more awesome indie games and AA games to look forward too!👌🎁🎊🤩

@JosephStillGames Год назад

Thanks for the lengthy list of indies and AAs! I do agree that non-AAA games are making a ton of the right moves, and maybe in the future I can make a video to give these a spotlight :) I've already even played some of the ones you mentioned (Death's Door, Cuphead, Shovel Knight, Celeste, and all of the Hotline Miamis, etc.). I hope this video, while mainly focusing on AAA, got the idea across that video games should focus on delivering quality experiences that consumers/gamers will enjoy rather than milking them of their time and money for their own benefit. Either way, thanks for watching and I appreciate your comment

@williamcroslen5780 Год назад

#Doubt that you have a gf if you played overwatch

@JosephStillGames Год назад

My wife’s boyfriend really likes this comment, can someone explain why?

@yahav2190 Год назад

u are so underrated i saw the video and thought u have atleast 100,000 subs man keep the good work u are amazing

@JosephStillGames Год назад

Thank you so much! I will be putting this comment on my fridge. I’ll do my very best :D

@Aries73 4 месяца назад

Cheaters and tryhards killed multiplayer games (especially the PC jackasses using every illegal tool in the book because they can’t win in real life).

@dannydlc 11 месяцев назад

I agree on the Fortnite comment. I will not touch that game unless I’m paid north of six figures to do so. 😅

@SkywardKing 5 месяцев назад

As someone that has been playing Destiny for the last 10 years.... and has a crazy list of single player games that I want to play, I feel this video. It's just a whole different feel and I want that story driven adventure and the personal time that comes with it like I had before. Great video. Very relatable.

@chrislabedzski9076 6 месяцев назад

Well i play both single player games and multiplayer games,,BUT, here my problem,,, if i play single player games, i feel stress Free and i can do anything in my own pace and no pressure and no toxicity from players,,, ,but i feel lonely and empty without anyone to chat with, and gets depressing,,and if i play multiplayer games i have friends to chat with and have a laugh to keep me entertained, but its stressful having a bad teams and losing streaks and toxicity, and have to be sweaty af with nothing but meta stuff just have fighting chance which is mentally draining at times, so its fun/lonely or social/stressful

@JosephStillGames 6 месяцев назад

Right you are. There's two ways I've dealt with *the silence*...it's by either putting on a podcast I like on the side or by playing on discord while my friends and I just chat or they play other games. I personally find seeing my friends play without me enjoyable since if they really like the game, they'll have fun regardless. Do agree though that keeping up with the negatives sometimes is more taxing than what the positives make up for

@SUDAGANGTV Месяц назад

Play COOP games (PVE) with your friends! 🗣️💯

@rupankakalita150 Месяц назад

Give rocket league a chance.

@chikuman6224 11 месяцев назад

competition is violence. "git gud than the other" is stupid mentality

@SUDAGANGTV Месяц назад

It's not a stupid mentality. This is a huge misconception. The true issue is modern game developers lack of skill in proper game balance(fair play for everyone) and fun gameplay loops.

@Shellll 3 месяца назад

single player games are like movies and multiplayer games are like hobbies. do one for a self contained experience. Do the other for a progressively evolving experience. Both are good. both are bad. Find your reasons to enjoy either.

@chefdeth7993 3 месяца назад

Unreal Tournament 2004. Deathmatch. Oh wait, can't buy it on steam anymore.

@yesterdaystech86 11 месяцев назад

I agree with you i spent countless hours on counter strike and rocket league. It was so much fun at first but then it was more like an addiction where wins dont make you that happy and losses have you nervous and anxious. At best its a social activity with Friendly people at worse its a toxic addiction. Still it robs the time from fun and stories that campaign games give you. I think forza horizon 5 really nailed the single player and multi-player mix