"are video games still fun?" yes of course they are guy go play an indie game or something ----- Follow me elsewhere: / antoguino or don't, its probably better if you don't
Mostly yes but it is true All of the gaming genre has been perfected in the past you want the best stealth game? You wont find it in this era Best shooter ? Good luck with all the battle royale clones garbage that recycle fortrash every time Best rpg? You wont find it now As a gamer that played both era i can easily testify that this era of gaming is just not it There is too many cash grab scam practice greed and manipulation on top of having no creativity and innovation You cant say gaming is better than ever just to agree with those point 2 min after
@BlackJacked wich lead you to the old school stuff again proving the point of these videos FIFA MADDEN 2K COD Battle royales has always been garbage games for frauds But you guys always target these people so you avoid facing the facts that every indie game is a worse version of old games Hollow knight is a pathetic attempt at ripping off castlevania/metroid and fail miserably And thats the best indie game according to the indie crowds If this is what best indie can do idk what they will when fighters rts and other quality gaming genre are on the table Indie games dont bring nothing new to the table if you have grear taste in games its just worse version of old stuff
@@DOGEELLL Considering Hollow Night has a 90% on Metacritic, 9.4/10 on IGN, 10/10 on Steam, and 4.8 on google reviews, it's safe to say that your opinion doesn't exactly reflect popular consensus now doesn't it.
@@DOGEELLL Gloomwood is a very good stealth game in this era. CS2 and PUBG are great shooters in this era. Baldurs Gate 3 is one of the best RPGs in this era. There are more fantastic indie and AA games than AAA cash grab slop and it's not hard to find.
I love me DEI hires and diverse transgender characters and ugly woman in my video game it’s totally normal and not been made more popular over the last couple years to push certain agendas
Or especially Halo 3, as if everything was perfect back then (spoiler no it was not, you had to buy map packs or you got screwed in multiplayer since you couldn't matchmake with those who had the extra maps and you didn't)
>no microtransactions >no battle pass >no barebones launches >no pay to win weapons and $20 skins >No hellish grinds that unironically take 80 years to unlock everything without opening up your wallet >no skill based match making >no picking from 6 different editions ranging from $60 to $150 trying to rack your brain on wtf you even want. Lord knows I'm forgetting more BS Multiplayer gaming was better in the 360/PS3 era. It's not even a contest.
@@BlackJackedwich lead you to the old school stuff again proving the point of these videos FIFA MADDEN 2K COD Battle royales has always been garbage games for frauds But you guys always target these people so you avoid facing the facts that every indie game is a worse version of old games Hollow knight is a pathetic attempt at ripping off castlevania/metroid and fail miserably And thats the best indie game according to the indie crowds If this is what best indie can do idk what they will when fighters rts and other quality gaming genre are on the table Indie games dont bring nothing new to the table if you have grear taste in games its just worse version of old stuff
@@DOGEELLLCant lie your spittin facts whenever I look at the indie scene all I see are cozy farming sims, metroidvania, side-scroller rouge-likes, isometric rouge-likes.etc Sure not *all* indie games fit into these catagories. But man do you have to wade through some utter shit before you find anything good. Its the same whenever I look at AAA games and think MTX and battlepasses. Im sick of repitition and a lack of true innovation, its not even like the bar is that damn high either. Helldivers 2 gave us something new in terms if gameplay loops by creating an extraction shooter thats limited to a smaller arena with stratagems that vary in effectiveness depending on the kind if mission your playing which effectivley eliminates any kind of meta from spawning. Its a pretty clever solution to an issue every multiplayer game has had for a long time. Its a pretty clever new loop thats fun, engaging and rewarding to partake in, especially considering its also a 'live service' title. But next to Helldivers I just dont see much that looks like true innovation. Often times games on all sides of the front just create a unique gimmik that reframes already existing gameplay loops, yet these gimmiks somehow never find their way into a sequel or end up forgotten about by the wider industry. Small innovations just dont cut it anymore in my book. This is why people still flock to first party nintendo titles, because they do what indie games do, but just significantly better. Tell me, can you imagine any indie 3D platformer overtaking Mario Odyseey in quality:quantity ratio? Didnt think so. The point and case is that even Odyseey is just an amalgamation of ideas and gimmiks. But they fit so many in, and they blend so seamlessly, to the point that its acceptable to say that the smaller innovations coalesce and make the overall game innovative. Outside of these rare 1st party nintendo games and the odd handful of good AAA games that come out a year, the games industry sorta sucks.
It's the biggest problem with nostalgia in my eyes. Yes it can be nice to reminisce on the past but we can't go back in time, so why neglect the future?
@sebabibcan you blame him tho he’s enjoying his bread and circus with his safe take so he doesn’t have to go against any grain we all know why games are boring now but you can’t say it 🤣
"Why aren't games fun anymore?" Maybe you could play more than two games? Most of these people play minecraft or the same tired shooter for over a decade, then wonder why its boring to them. Get out of your comfort zone, trust me, it helps.
This is facts, been playing shooters for more than a decade and nowadays, most are just f2p and/or you have to sweat really hard to get anywhere so it got boring really fast. Starting checking out other kind of games on game pass like Hellblade 1 and was hooked. Definitely get out your comfort zone
Tbh those 3 games were the holy trinity back in the day and I agree those times were good. But there's soo many people who are stuck in that mindset now, people just gotta step out of their comfort zone and play different games other than Action, adventure and shooters.
To be fair GTA and Minecraft are fun, casual games can be fun. Cod is right for me since I have no idea why they publish the same game every year and people still play it only to complain. At least the other 2 is only one game.
@@rency1803it's not that they can't be fun, it's that when you limit your range to even just one genre of gaming you're bound to get bored, but that's not a reflection on gaming that's a reflection on the gamer.
@@DustyEchozyplay terraria,play ultrakill,play pizza tower,play hi fu rush there are so many AMAZING games nowadays made by indie developers or small studios,lethal company,metal gear rising,TF2,Porta etc...
If the games you have suck, find better games. We have the internet, we have the gaming community, we have indie developers releasing bangers for pennies on the dollar. There is no excuse to not find a game that fits your taste.
Only excuse is stubbornness and an unwillingness to embrace other people's thoughts and feelings cause they have a different identity from yourself, as do the games... both being unfamiliar, OR worse, deemed "too accepted by the mainstream and normies" cause the way they may see it, the moment they embrace the mainstream and normies, is the moment they die... yay some crazy sounding stuff there, but I can't blame'em fully, I got some of that in me too! But I can atleast recognize it, and not make a video that expresses opinions based entirely on my values alone without looking at the bigger picture.
Usually games are fun for me at first, then they get boring, and I stop playing for a few months. Then it gets fun again, and I play for the next few months.
It's very annoying to see someone complain about EA, Activision, and Ubisoft and then pretend like as if all videogames are bad now, especially since we've gotten so many good games last year
The only good “Gaming isn’t fun anymore” video is Stryxo’s because it says exactly what you said, gaming isn’t fun anymore because you’re limiting yourself to a few genres.
THATS EXZCTLY WHAT IM SAYING none of those new games do anything special at all Elden ring is supposedly the best of its era(its judst dark souls 3 with open world) BUT THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT GAMING AS A WHOLE 😂 these people dont get that the golden era was pure innovation NEW IDEAS QUALITY LEFT ZND RIGHT DEPTH COMPLEXITY CREATIVITY When do we get inception of those franchise ??? In the 2020s ?!??! NOPE NONE OF THE CURRENT DEV HAVE THE LEVEL OF THOSE OLDER ERA DEV THAT MADE THE INDUSTRY Its blatant obvious that modern gaming stand no chance even on the video the guy play a xbox 360 game proving our point again And indie games are just worse version of already better games Hollow knight was just a metroid/castlevania rip off that cant compare facts Indie fanboys refuse to accept that gaming died after the best devs quit and the era changed
Funny how they didn’t get bored for like 3 gaming generations before but now it’s because they keep playing the same games they enjoyed forever ? You guys just don’t want to admit games are far worse now.
@@kang6914 I like playing games I like and know when to put them down when I don't like them anymore, Modern games from a shooter genre are better than a 20 year old shooter. The only time where modern games are awful are when you need to pay 35 dollars for more story in a half complete game that was 60 dollars *cough cough* pokemon *cough.* (I'd love to hear you're take on it though, I'm interested in your view.)
@@LimeLoaf yeah from a technical standpoint probably most newer games are far more advanced than they were 20 years ago. I don’t know if I would necessarily say they are overall better games though just because of these advances. When you factor in how much they would put into a lot of games back then for just one price. Just as you mentioned there’s been a lot of greed with paid releases still requiring a lot more spending to fully enjoy the experience but honestly that’s been happening for quite a while now I would say ever since online play became popular and all the extra DLC stuff started releasing. Speaking of shooter games maybe like COD for an example I do think were a lot better overall in many different ways than we have now even with all the newer improvements. Maybe not “20 years ago” per say but somewhere around 15 years ago specifically. That’s a whole other debate to be had though and honestly just comes down to which games you prefer but also I know COD is just one franchise I’m just using that as an example.
@@Panimal98 Yeah, I've been playing apex with friends for a few months now and I'm having a blast. Don't care too much about rank, as long as I'm in gold or plat I'm happy.
A point that couldve also been said is the fact that you can infact play a lot of those games from the past still. You aren't being forced to play the recent slop that is being pumped out of modern triple A companies, you can always go back and play the games that have existed for years. Emulate it if you have too.
I could spend the next 10 years playing only games from the PS2, GameCube, Xbox and Dreamcast, and that would still be a perfectly fine way to enjoy great video games. So many gems from that era are still relevant and genuinely fun today, and not all of them got remasters on modern platforms.
Aye! People whine about how "Minecraft beta was SOOO much better than modern minecraft!" While i can see where these lads are coming from...As a player who grew up playing the betas, I gotta say no, Minecraft beta was NOT better than modern minecraft. I'll admit, its a subjective thing, but still, They act like all modern versions are trash. Like, Hello? You guys spent a decade asking for an update to caves and then WHINE about the update not feeling like a minecraft version from 10 YEARS AGO. It gets tiring, Y'know? And this is coming from a guy who's been enjoying minecraft since beta back in 2011.
that’s what I’m saying, while I may not enjoy Minecraft like I used to, it’s so much fun to play with all the new stuff they’ve added these last few years, and I’m really excited to play it again with the boys when I finally get in the mood again
I mean, I do still think that the newest Minecraft updates are kinda lacking. The cave update didn’t even come out in one update, it had to be split in 2, even 3 updates if you count the Wild Update. Mojang overpromised and underdelivered, and ever since then Minecraft updates fell off. Minecraft is still by no means dead or not fun to play anymore (you can play modded Minecraft, which is getting better each passing year), it’s just that the recent updates are kinda lackluster.
The game is better now, objectively. There is more content and therefore more stuff to do, and nothing from the old game was removed. But the community was better back then. Thats undeniable. Minecraft had a culture surrounding it in its early days that has yet to be replicated
I like older versions of Minecraft as much as the newer ones, I do go back to beta sometimes but tbh I just don't play Minecraft that much anymore, but yeah I like older MC especially the mods for 1.7.10 and 1.12.2
@@Seinsmelled the criteria used to define 'indie' is so vague and dynamic. I can't help but imagine people who say the shit you just said hate anything that's not trendy, AAA or a copy of what came before.
The most common argument these folks often say when you tell 'em to stay away from AAA trash and play indies is "So many of them are just copies and rip offs of other games" or "Where should I even be looking for them?" These people are so nearsighted they don't even bother to use glasses (that being Google). All they need to do is type 'indie [genre] games [year]'. It will *never* be any simpler.
Steam exists for a reason and yet they still complain. I understand complaining about shitty AAA games and how shit quality a lot of them can be but there are some seriously awesome indie games
Saying "try indie games" isn't really the best pointer. It's about as broad as just saying "try video games". There's tons of bad stuff in that scene. People need actual recommendations if they're telling you that they don't know where to start. If I Google "indie RPG", the quality of anything I might click on is gonna be all over the place.
Im gonna blow your tiny mind, they do google, they did try sone that look somewhat acceptable and they were instantly regreting it. Example? Like castlevanias, played gestalt , the games controlls are shit and theres input delay. The game starts with a forced tutorial, the controll scheme is idiotic and the dumb developer thinks i should use a pad like an ape. Im sorry, i dont play the piano with my feet either.
That Dune comparison was just... so apt. I don't think people realize how self-defeating it is to get at AAA gaming for shitty business practices, but then adamantly refuse to check out a side of gaming that's reaching the same level of scale and quality *without* corporate seeping in. Come a few years, we will have individuals making 2077-type games that are actually finished at launch. *Without AI.*
Not sure if you'll see this, but I'll throw my hat in the ring: I think an issue not talked about is how some people make games their entire life. Like- No other hobbies, just stay in the house 24/7 playing videogames. They burn themselves out because all they do is game, and often hyperfixate on a game until they run their enjoyment of it into the ground. As much as it is a meme these days- I really recommend for people feeling burnt out to take a step away from the controller. There really is so much more to life then the latest COD.
i disagree. the issue is not that they only have games as a hobby. its that they have only 1 game as a hobby. and that's the only thing they play. there are so many diferent genres of games, from jrpgs, to 4x strategy, from shooters to roguelikes. but if all you ever play is cod, no wonder you are tired.
Even more funnier is that Nintendo doesn't have anything to do with the current state of the pokemon franchise it's gamefreak sure it is a Nintendo IP but they're not involved with it's development
Switch is a dumping ground for halfassed unpolished garbage. The company fugured out pad wielding apes have much lower standards than they previously expected.
This is how I feel too. I roll my eyes every time I see “video games just aren’t the same anymore” Meanwhile I’m having just as much fun playing Minecraft with my friends now as I did when I was a kid. That’s not even mentioning all the other games you mentioned in the video + indie games being the best they’ve ever been.
@@antoguinoIt's probably that there were a ton of garbage games back in the day, but people only remember the ones that were good or at least enjoyable in their own way.
If a RU-vidr makes a video about this, they usually follow into one of these catagories: - They only play multiplayer FPS games, and because no new hot games of that genre are coming out and are good on release, it means the game industry as a whole is dying - They play only a single game and have gotten bored of it, thus believing that gaming is dead or dying - They believe that indie games aren’t real and that AAA games are the only way to play, and because AAA games have been pretty bad recently, gaming is dying - They don’t play video games
I had same mindset in 2014-2018 and thougt games isn't fun anymore but then realised that i wanted good games from wrong developers and after 3 years break started to seek something entirely different instead of relying on companies i don't trust anymore. This year i finished BG3, Hades, DOS2, Elden Ring (can't wait for DLC) and Nier Replicant and i had so much fun with each of these games i didn't had in a decade.
One of the common points that annoys me is when people try to bring up how the older gens were better because "Look at all these great games we had [List of basically every well known game from a certain era]" as if ALL gaming eras didn't have a significantly higher batch of unremembered mediocre games or outright garbage. Sure, back then bad games generally had different issues than current bad games, like Live Services and DLC obsession was less common back then, but regardless, they were still crappy and/or mediocre games all the same, and the ratio was still "Less good games than bad/mediocre". Even back in the days of Arcades and retro consoles, this was the same. All generations have this similar thing. Not that it's worth making this point though. Most of these types will just respond with "Name some current games that are good", and whatever you answer, they'll find a find to say "Nuh uh", such as the "I don't care about or personally like that game so it doesn't count" or the classic "calling it "soulless" as if that means jack shit anymore", to finding some way to shove political bullshit into their reasoning, among many others.
It's always "7th gen was the best" when it's the same generation as Ride to Hell and Colonial Marines. Or worse "The 90's was the best" when most of that crowd has probably never touched DOS.
BRO THANK YOU! Sorry for caps but I swear man. Its like people forget how ass some games used to be. Sure games were epic back then, but we had a long share of stinkers. Honestly, there are so many options and games that came out 5 years ago that I havent even had a chance to play. There are still plenty of great games
I disagree with the arcades part, unless its about some of them being absolutely shit, and yeah some retro consoles were completely unbearable to play with. The rest I slightly agree. Indie games are carrying the shit out of this industry.
@@MalfunctionWhocares 110% agree with this. And what I find interesting is that I grew up with titles that are considered to be pretty mediocre. Like both episodes of Sonic 4, but I nevertheless enjoyed them back then. Hell, I even enjoyed Sonic 06 when I played it. I also can't say much about games like Dragon Ball Z Sagas or Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly seeing as I haven't played them, but those games are widely criticized by many people, and yet there are still people who consider them nostalgic and enjoy them despite the flaws they may have. (Which is completely fine, of course) And while I don't want to excuse mediocrity or just act like it's okay to put little to no effort into video games, if people can enjoy stuff like that in the older era, then I don't see why the same can't be said for the current era. Not to say that people have to like certain games, of course, but one man's trash is another man's treasure, as they say. I'll always agree with the notion that every era has good and bad in it, and while I won't dismiss the bad in this era, there is a lot of stuff I find really enjoyable in this era as well. I get to re-experience games with an HD glow up or with extra content like Katarmari Damacy or the Final Mix versions of some of the Kingdom Hearts games or both with Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe. There are modern games I enjoy like Sonic Frontiers, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Mario Wonder and Dragon Ball Fighterz. And the fact that you can play triple A games on the go with the Switch and Steam Deck will always be awesome to me. I don't think I'll ever truly get bored of gaming.
ill be completely honest most of the whole "woke bad" arguments just feel like "woman character does not have massive badonkers, 0/10" but actually taken seriously somehow.
Aloy is literally so beautiful and like even considering her lifestyle in the game she still looks good. Not only that but I find her to be a character I can really relate to.
I feel like people just can't play anymore. There always has to be a challenge. I just load up Horizon Forbidden West and fly around the map. I just play, like little kids do.
I have found gaming quite boring awhile back a friend of mine suggested: "How about you... don't play a platformer?" I looked at my recent games and... yup... all platformers, I wasn't growing tired of games, just platformers. So then I played some 3rd person shooters, FPS, horror games and it truly refuels your game-drive It's easy to fall in this "same-genre trap" as you like a genre, see more of it, and you want more of it Did I enjoy all the games I played? No. Some games were not fun, but that's alright, not everything has to be to my tastes
Change "FPS" Games to CoD and CS bc half of the people that complain about games not being fun anymore only tried one or two triple A FPS,there are so many great one's like ULTRAKILL, Helldivers 2,Lethal Company(kinda),and Minecraft players refuse to believe that game's like terraria exist,which are going to give you the same wonder that old school Minecraft gave you when you were younger
@@staringcorgi6475 There are issues with the modding community though. Such as the current "horror" trend of low-effort mods started by Cave Dweller and massive Lolcows such as TheyCallMeDanger and the Scape and Run: Parasites dev team.
@@staringcorgi6475 I primarily stick to vanilla+ modpacks such as Better Beta and Re-console along with the occasional adventure/survival-themed ones. However, the crappy modpacks and mods like RLCraft, Fear Nightfall, Parasites, and Cave Dweller + its DeviantArt OC clones, are extremely popular with RU-vidrs. Which leads to them burying the good ones on CurseForge.
"If you're stuck in the past, you won't be able to enjoy what's in front of you" I'll add that also what is behind you! I recently started playing NES and SNES games on emulators and it has been a blast! There are great games from the past that people ignore. I've been playing Contra, Punch-out, Kirby, etc. FOR FREE. It really is just a matter of looking hard enough.
A lot of people who say games are boring now either A) Play the same games over and over with no variety B) Have lost interest in gaming as a whole as they've gotten older and think everyone should feel the same (they tend to say stuff like "if you're above x age and still play games you need to grow up") C) Don't really play games anyways and are just making a video for views/to capitalize on how bad a lot of modern releases are
Since entering adulthood, I found it harder to find time to play video games, as people usually do. And even if I had the time, I found myself not in the mood. Between being not as easily entertained like I was as a kid, depression, the nagging urge of guilt I felt when I would finally indulge in a game because I would feel like I had always something more productive to do, to being interested in other activities with my free time. The other major passion of mine that consumed a lot of my free time into adulthood was music when I joined a punk/grunge band just out of high school for a couple years, where I can recall there being just about a full year (either 2016 or 2017, cant remember which) where I only picked up the controller maybe a handful of times between being preoccupied with school, work, and music (which in of itself was like a part-time job, one that I loved). But recently I reinvigorated my love of gaming by trying new games with friends! That's all it took! All it takes is one fun night of playing games again to remind you why you liked gaming in the first place. From having the patience to learn and practice the game so you are more inclined to be satisfied because you'll be better if you do so (especially competitive games), communicating and coordinating with your team, sharing a lot of laughs and memories with people and friends around the world, and experiencing the art of the game and its story with your friends. Also being completely enamored by fresh ideas and genius pieces of art by trying a new game is key too. I think the core of the issue is that I think we are conditioned to the idea that putting work only into something productive is what matters and fun activities and its satisfaction therein is just supposed to come to us, but from I've experienced, I can see clearly that's not true at all. Putting passion and energy into everything you do is vital to having a satisfying life. Also with us being stimulated with all the different kinds of games growing up, of course there are diminishing returns on gaming's satisfaction as we grow, so it makes sense we would have to put more effort to be satisfied as our tastes evolve, but fortunately, that allows us to be satisfied in increasing complex ways we couldn't foresee as children. I'm exited to see gaming grow and the technology behind it advance to see what kind of crazy adventures we have in the future! Here's to the future memories in gaming! Cheers!
This is the stupidest thing i’ve ever heard because video games are better than they have ever been,and that’s just litterally a logical fact,these people just can’t believe they have grown up and are in a diffirent time and therefore take nostalgia over everything😂
I like how people say "Modern gaming is ruined" and only play games from the most greedy studios like, Ubisoft, Activision and EA. And then complain about monetization, like yeah, not every studio in a MASSIVE industry will be a loving company about passion. You don't have to play these bs games. There are still plenty of AAA studios, that are fantastic. Nintendo, Atlus, From Software, Kojima Productions, Larian Studios, Obsidian, all these studios are still pumping out FANTASTIC games. And the fact that games are more accessible than ever with Steam. With the fact that ppl can make indie games easier to make than ever (its still really hard tho), with Godot being free and open-source engine. Heck, it even made me try to make video games.
you know what? i love this message. i love this whole video. it is a positive view on a terrible situation where nothing seems to be getting better, but they are! the loud voices of slop will not drown out the quiet whispers of brilliance.
@@DionPanday i am not denying that we should protest, i think i should clarify. we absolutely should protest with the AAA directors, who are making terrible games with overworked people, or sometimes intentionally trying to make an actual scam. that is bad, and we should try to stop it. i think this video is trying to show us that there is still light, that there is still hope for videogames, even triple A, but it still agrees that there is a bunch of terrible stuff coming out. it's just that the loud voices of slop are louder than ever now.
@@Rustylorde No this video is clearly saying I know games aren’t as fun as they used to be but you could you like please ignore all that and pretend everything is a okay? Oh games are pandering to minorities? Just ignore it, oh indie games use nostalgia and don’t offer anything truly unique? Just ignore it. And if you really want to pull a strawman just say the people who are criticizing only play the same 5 popular games despite having no evidence for this. Because like we all know if you don’t like a badly prepared meal, eating a completely different meal will magically fix the original badly prepared meal. K thx bye.
@@DionPanday did we watch the same video? i got the message that: "there are bad things, we should not support them. but there are some better things, you should support that." if a positive attitude and spreading hope seems like "ignoring the bad things of games." the last part of the video is trying to be advice! try going out of your comfort zone, try new things, stuff like that! not everyone plays a lot of different games! if you think that pandering to minorities (which all games do, there is no everyone game) or using nostalgia as an indie game is a bad thing, i'd like to hear why nothing in the world can ever be truly unique anymore, there is just too much stuff to make something new that has no parts that are used elsewhere, but they can be different enough to tickle that dopamine factory.
@Rustylorde I think that other guy may be too fair up his own ass to engage with others in good faith, but I do give you kudos for still being polite. I don’t mean that sarcastically! That can be rare to find online nowadays
sorry for unpinning the funny comment but i thought it’d be cool to address a few arguments that deserve to be recognized 1. “We’re talking about AAA” While I personally think that AAA games are still doing fairly good, with tons of hits coming out, I can understand the sentiment that companies like ubisoft are creating with insane pricing systems, however they don’t reflect the whole game industry, and lots of AAAs are putting out good games. 2. “Just focusing on the good is unproductive and you need to criticize the bad as well.” This one is pretty valid, I think it’s fairly reasonable to criticize bad and uplift good, but in doing so you have to acknowledge that for every single era of gaming, we’ve been doing that. Yes, of course there are more garbage games, but there are also more great games, the ratio hasn’t changed, but the volume has. 3. “X Franchise has gone down the shitter, what do?” I empathize with this one, and that’s what the suicide squad story was supposed to be for. I get that when a franchise you care about gets all scummy and greedy that it sucks, but unfortunately you just need to vote with your wallet and move on. It really does suck, but again, it doesn’t mean that video games are dead, it just means it’s time for new things to take their place. 4. “That’s just like, your opinion, man” True‼️ Just as much as I am allowed to convey my opinion that I think video games are better than ever, you’re allowed to disagree, because there ARE valid reasons to that side of the argument. I just think branching out helped me out a lot and I think it’d help you guys too. Your opinion isn’t valid if you’re crying about diversity though, look inside yourself and really ask yourself why you’re mad about that 5. “The gaming is dead crowd doesn’t actually mean gaming is dead.” I get that it’s hyperbole, but I feel like it’s not super helpful to just say that “gaming is dead” when we’ve get bangers coming out left and right, and I’d say that the majority of games people remember from the last few years would be good ones 6. "It's always the same answer 'just play indie games'" You did not watch the video buddy i’ll be updating this as i see more interesting arguments, maybe ill make a video idk
Tears of the kingdom was just overhyped dlc, super Mario needs a hiatus, there's too many dark souls clones, n indie games either try to remake a classic or are gimmick games for streamers. Every big dev wants live service, turning games into work. Also, the point u made about "just play the game everyone else thinks is cool" is wild. Cannot believe u thought that was a good take. Lol. Just conform, right? That's how we got to where we are. By following the trends
@@peighnesshonourchign9164”Just play the game everyone thinks is cool”. This is not a bad take at all it makes complete sense.If you’re hating media like games or whatever or think the genre isn’t the same anymore maybe you could look at actual popular and look up why their popular? Like let’s say I think single player first person shooters are a boring genre. It’s all military propaganda junk or whatever the fuck you want to think. You could easily look up popular fps that people love like Half life 2,Doom eternal, and Bioshock 1. Playing a game everyone likes isn’t a bad thing and saying that as advice isn’t bad at all it’s logical as fuck. Why wouldn’t you want to look into things that well received and considered popular. Then again I shouldn’t expect logic from someone with a dumbass username.Seriously why don’t your take your crappy takes to some subreddit like mohair in action or whatever it’s called.
@@peighnesshonourchign9164 i guess it was a bit odd to say it that way, it's more of me saying that when there's universal acclaim for a certain game, you should try it, it's a good way to find games that you might like. I'm not saying to "just conform" but rather to look on the bright side and see where it takes you
The people that repeatedly complain about how modern gaming is dead, while only playing games from the big companies (Ubisoft, EA, Activision), should learn to broaden their comfort zone.
11 months ago the guy who made the "video games are fun anymore" video made a sequel to it called "Video Game Are Fun, Actually" about soem new games that are fun.
I need to remark, It doesnt have to do anything with this video, But I really starting to consider the "X isnt Y, actually" as a new annoying video title template, idk tho
Yep. Video games are for weirdos, nerds and dorks. This is the end result of video games going so mainstream. The average person watches movies and thinks “who’s that? Why did they do that? How did they get there?” While looking at their phone. Same applies to video games. If a game doesn’t give them a dopamine hit and let them zone out they give up.
A lot of these opinions come from people who just play shooters, or only play games from 90s-2000s franchises that have been creatively exhausted nowadays. And mobile games. Branch out lads!
Gaming isn't fun because of all the drama surrounding it. Embrace your inner child, buy some cool-looking game, don't look at the reviews, controversy ect. and enjoy yourself.
As a gamer in his 30s. Games are not boring, you're only getting older. The novelty is off, you've seen everything and the more you play, fewer and fewer games are going to be appealing. It's the sad truth
I don't think it's truly possible to see everything, but you do definitely see a lot, and you notice more and more when things repeat, when you wouldn't notice when you had a more inexperienced set of eyes on gaming. And sometimes, you just need a break from the genre or from gaming for things to feel fresh again.
The best thing I did for my gaming hobby was picking up another, totally unrelated hobby. Fishing has gotten me not just off of video games, but away from my PC entirely. It makes the time I do get to spend on my PC in general, but especially gaming, feel so much more meaningful. Im also spending more time with my friends and grandfather!
"Gaming is dead!" says the person that owns a PS5, the latest Xbox, a top of the line GPU and CPU, and only plays AAA games like Warzone. Meanwhile, I'm just having fun with BeamNG's new career mode, playing old community maps in Sven Coop with friends, trying out different Minecraft modpacks or going back to old versions, playing Half-Life 2 with the Fake Factory Remaster mod and seeing all the cool changes and improvements... gaming is only dead if you're stuck in the corporate present. Look anywhere outside of that, and you see it's actually quite alive. You just need to give money and attention to those that deserve it. Imagine if everyone just stopped focusing solely on Ubisoft, Activision, and EA, and instead just talked about the good shit coming out. Actually, you don't really need to do that. Just look at the tactical shooter community. Those creators make one video about how Insurgency Sandstorm got bad, and then 10 more about cool new games coming out, dev interviews, the like. And it's the one space in gaming that I'm actually seeing get better over time. Crazy, right?
Facts. As someone who's been playing games for over three decades now, plays every genre you can think of, remembers the major controversies, trends, gimmicks, and other issues along the way, and still regularly goes back to games from every era from the NES onward... you're 100% correct. That is not to downplay the issues the industry faces today. They are serious issues, and arguably more dangerous to the health of the industry at large, than anything it has faced at this point. But I'm also NOT going to pretend that a game like True Crime: New York City on Xbox wasn't literally a beta version accidentally printed to discs, making a late game boss impossible to beat. I'm not going to pretend Street Fighter II and many other games didn't expect you to buy five versions of the same game over a handful of years, all for prices that - adjusted for inflation - were ridiculously anti-consumer when you put it all together. I'm not going to pretend that every publisher under the sun didn't say "Hey, let's make a terrible Devil May Cry clone", or Mario clone, or GTA clone just to blindly cash in on a trend. I'm not going to pretend Resident Evil 1 wasn't intended to be a remake of Sweet Home, before being released twice more on the PS1 with new controls/content, and then remade just a few years after that. I'm not going to pretend EA wasn't buying up licenses like the NFL license, to create anti-competitive monopolies. I'm not going to pretend that publishers weren't giving studios 8 months and exactly three nickels to create a licensed movie tie-in, because they knew it would sell no matter what. The problem... is the fact that capitalism is the framework in which the art is being made. When money is the primary driving force, these types of trends will always exist.
THANK YOU, it's so frustrating hearing people saying games aren't fun anymore, it just feels like recently everyone has a mentality of complaining all the time, it really bothered me how ff7 rebirth came out shortly after suicide squad, and nobody talked about it because they were to busy complaining about that game, is true that there's a lot of garbage that it's been put out, but for every bad game, there's another great one, not to mention that sometimes it feels like people that complain about it, just don't try to find any good games, and would rather be stuck with the same garbage
It’s frustrating because you know they don’t really mean what they say, not really. Usually, the statement “there were no good games this year” is just a misplaced critique of the fact there were no good games THEY liked this year. I’ve seen this exaggerative take when it comes to movies as well. I didn’t think it needed to be said, but just because there isn’t an abundance of media catering to your interests, doesn’t mean an entire medium of entertainment is to blame.
Playing half baked AAA or returning to the same game over and over again then say it's not fun is like only going to one fast food joint and say nobody makes good food anymore. Like a certain guy in FC3 said, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different result.
Saying you should try indie games over triple A games is like saying if you don’t like the fast food joint terrible cheeseburgers you should order their milkshakes instead. How does that fix their terrible cheeseburgers?
@@DionPanday uh that analogy doesn't work tho, indie game and AAA game doesnt come from one company (or a fast food joint in your analogy). And to answer that, if you don't buy shitty AAA games and go play something else then yea, maybe it'll make AAA companies actually try to make good games.
It feels like people only play AAA Games and dont want to play AA or Indie Games it really feels like people dont want to play out their comfort zone. Fully agree with your points
THATS EXZCTLY WHAT IM SAYING none of those new games do anything special at all Elden ring is supposedly the best of its era(its judst dark souls 3 with open world) BUT THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT GAMING AS A WHOLE 😂 these people dont get that the golden era was pure innovation NEW IDEAS QUALITY LEFT ZND RIGHT DEPTH COMPLEXITY CREATIVITY When do we get inception of those franchise ??? In the 2020s ?!??! NOPE NONE OF THE CURRENT DEV HAVE THE LEVEL OF THOSE OLDER ERA DEV THAT MADE THE INDUSTRY Its blatant obvious that modern gaming stand no chance even on the video the guy play a xbox 360 game proving our point again And indie games are just worse version of already better games Hollow knight was just a metroid/castlevania rip off that cant compare facts Indie fanboys refuse to accept that gaming died after the best devs quit and the era changed
Nope all gaming genre are worse now thats not even a debat eif you played all type of games Its the fortnite battle royale fanboy that say muh its boring because they never play anything else but its worse
@@DOGEELLL Do you play anything else? from the way you’re peddling your complaints you make it seem as if you haven’t played any new games for the past 20 years
@@Woopor let’s do this just copy pasting his bad points all over. He doesn’t even make any arguments. He just kind of vaguely claim stuff. He’s the audience for the original video game Suck now, and he is really really annoying.
The shoutout to indie game developers was so appreciated! People forget how much creativity and love indie games are made with, and their level of popularity speaks to how well theyre made, especially considering they have to fight every step of the way to make a name for themselves against these multi-million dollar companies and their more well known titles.
"Why aren't games fun anymore?" - Me back in 2022 after finishing my 2587th game of League. Glad I managed to get rid of that addiction. Literally worse than alcoholism. People just need to get out of their comfort zone and start playing new things and doing new stuff. I picked up Vampire Survivors at the start of 2023 and it blew my mind. I didn't believe how such a simple game could be so much fun. Spent over 150 hours on it and cause of it I started looking up similar games and ended up enjoying a totally different genre of games that I've never really touched before. Started with Halls of Torment and after I played Death Must Die and Project Lazarus and I loved them all. Death Must Die then led me into new genres, platformers and dungeon crawlers like Hades, Dead Cells and Hollow Knight. If you think games are not fun anymore just get out of your comfort zone and pick up something totally different. Stop playing your MMO you've logged over 3k hours into and about which you don't care anymore. I still play MMOs occasionally. I log into Warframe every day and do my dailies. I've been into that game since 2016 and I still enjoy it, I still Guild Wars 2 too. But if I only kept playing these 3-4 games like I used to between 2018-2022 I would still think videogames aren't that fun anymore. Cheers, sorry for the essay!
"Video games aren't fun anymore" mfs when you tell them that a game will get stale after playing it for 5 years and that there's more genres than just shooters and sandboxes
these times looks like that picture of a bus where one person is looking at the mountain side while the other is looking at breathtaking view of the valley .
People who try AAA for the hundred times despite being advised to try other games like indies and AA. It's all about views and clicks man, it's the engagement, easy to bait people watching them. This is why people like YongYeah, LegacyKilla makes money.
@@X2011racer Those are the people that out themselves as ignorant when it comes to indie games. What's funny is that those same people go on to buy the next cookie cutter AAA game.
@@foppypoof5195 They also chew out indie developed games based on AAA IPs, such as Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp, Streets of Rage 4, Sonic Mania, and Battletoads (reboot).
@@foppypoof5195 They also chew out indie developed games based on AAA IPs, such as Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp, Streets of Rage 4, Sonic Mania, and Battletoads (reboot).
I bet those are the kind of people that play online games waaaaay too much. I can tell, because some of their arguments goes like "Imagine being a kid, booting up your windows 7 and hanging out with the bros, having a few rounds on (instert generic shooter game name) every night. Yeah, those days. But it's not the same anymore". Yeah it's cool and all, Brrrooo. But those are just memories. Move on. Just because those days are over doesn't mean that gaming in general is boring. I too feel that way. I miss 2020 when I used to talk a lot with people and EVEN play online with some of them, even for a little. Nowadays I just focus on my personal life and watching anime/cartoons and playing Sonic games whenever I feel like it. And despite the fact that my life now is boring. I never blame it on games. Even when I do the typical "boot up the pc and play nothing" dick move, I don't think for a second that it's because gaming is boring. It's just that life got fucked up over time, that's all. There is a saying that goes "life is what you make of it" and I couldn't agree more with this statement. If I was in the right position, I CAN make my life way more fun than it ever has been and bring back that joy of gaming. Maybe someday.. maybe someday....
The real problem: People having a lack of genre variety in their gaming, usually due to a lack of trying new genres or being overly comfortable with familiarity (or both). Then they complain and whine about the fact the 69,000th CoD game is copy-paste when they were basically always copy-paste ever since ~2011, if I ate the same three foods every day for 13 years I would get tired of them too.
"videogames are better than they've *ever been*" FUCKING YES. OH MY GOD THANK YOU. We have games coming out nowadays that if you showed someone in the Wii era they would think you're lying and that it's not real.
There's another variant on this, "Video games don't surprise me anymore." Well guess what? Video games have never surprised me, not since the beginning.
I'm not a fan of this "trend" either, but you have to understand their perspective. We all experience gaming in different ways. For some, a sense of local/online community is more important than variety in titles or genre. Others may have fond nostalgia for the simplicity of games they played as a kid or teenager, and disassociate from the corporate minefield that plagues their favourite series' years later. Yes, there are still excellent games being made today, especially when we take into account indie studios. However, fun is subjective, and you can't simply tell people, "Why don't you just play good games instead? That's why you're not enjoying it." This is especially when you take into account that a lot of gamers do, and always did, view games as merely entertainment and escapism.
Sometimes is okay to rest of things you love, believe me, when I don't feel videogames fun anymore I stop playing 2-3 months and when I come back it feels SO GOOD
I fall out of interest in games all the time. I expect it to happen every time I pick up a new game actually, no matter how invested in the game I’m currently in. Because I know eventually, I will start to miss it, and go back to playing it again. And it’s always just as fun to return to
As someone who never played games as a kid and only started getting into it a few years ago I never experienced this issue, playing these modern classics for the first time is awesome. It just seems like people prefer to whine and complain instead of doing something productive or fun
2 things, 1st.) Based AF music choices. 2nd.) I just want to say that the advice you gave of playing other game genres is the best thing you can possibly do if you want to find enjoyment in gaming (besides doing something else for a bit). It’s really easy to fall into the “1 genre” mindset due to the fact that it’s something that you know and are comfortable with, but allowing yourself to go outside of your comfort zone allows you to not only find enjoyment in new genres, but also find what makes your favorite genre, well, your favorite. Sorry for the long comment but I wanted to get this out there, and also say that vibeo is good
All these videos always give me the same vibes as: Let me tell you something about modern gastronomy. Food is fucking mid nowadays. It's so bland and boring. It's just not the same. Maybe I've grown out of food I've only eaten cheese sandwiches and instant noodles for 15 years btw
If you think video games aren't fun anymore there's a good chance you've been playing some toxic online multiplayer game for a while and are just burnt out on that soul draining experience. Go try a singleplayer game, enjoy the time instead of rushing some unlockable bonus.
You know how those overly negative, nostalgia stuck videos go viral? This one should too. Thank god someone addressed those annoying videos. You can literally game and ignore the bad or generic releases. That's how many games there are. Me, I'm currently playing FF7 Rebirth, and it's not worse than the older FFs.
For people who said gaming isn’t fun anymore, go and buy a switch with tears of the kingdom, Kirby and the forgotten lands and TTYD remake instead of playing fortnite 24/7. You’re welcome😊
Everyone wants to remember the great games that came out back then. Then they like to forget about the shit we got. Ride to hell retribution,mindjack,and all those horrible movie license games.
List of games I really like (some older, some more recent) in case anyone wants to find something to play: - Viscera Cleanup Detail (Simulator, Optional Co-op) - Everhood (Rhythm, RPG, Bullet Hell) - Stacklands (Management, Cards) - Bad End Theater (Visual Novel) - Left 4 Dead 2 (FPS, Optional Co-op) - Dust: An Elysian Tail (Metroidvania, Beat ‘Em Up) - SUPERHOT (FPS, Puzzle) - Rayman Legends (Platformer, Adventure, Optional Co-op) - Hades (Rougelike) - Recettear: An Item Shops Tale (Tycoon, Simulator) - Hi-Fi RUSH (Rhythm, Beat ‘Em Up) - Yuppie Psycho (Horror Exploration, Puzzle) - Hypnospace Outlaw (Simulator) - Omori (Psychological Horror, Adventure) - Volcano Princess (Life Simulator, Management) - Castle Crashers (Beat ‘Em Up, Optional Co-op) - Tetris Effect (Puzzle, Optional Co-op) - Sucker For Love: First Date (Parodic Dating Sim) - Cult Of The Lamb (Rougelike, Management) - Graveyard Keeper (RPG, Crafting) - Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Tactical RPG) - Slayers X (FPS, Doom-Like) - Vampire Survivors (Bullet Hell, Optional Co-op) - Your Turn To Die (Horror Visual Novel, Puzzle) - Idol Manager (Management) - Hatoful Boyfriend (Parodic Dating Sim) - Charlie Murder (Beat ‘Em Up, Optional Co-op) - Persona 5 Royal (RPG) - Needy Streamer Overload (Psychological Horror, Management) Hope this list has something new for you to try! If anyone has recommendations then feel free to leave some as well. :]
@@zebelray8093 thanks!! I tried to put a big enough variety of games so that anyone could find something they like. if you end up trying any of these I’d love to hear how it goes! :)
@@DADA-yt1pt absolutely!! I’m so happy I grew up with it. I’d beg my brothers to play it with me on our 360 all the time. even after all this time it’s still one of my favorite games.
People keep conflating the "Triple-A Industry" to gaming as a whole. Yeah, if you keep looking to Bethesda, Activision, Ubisoft, and Microsoft for your games no kidding gaming is going to look like soulless trash. Support smaller studios, niche genres, or just go back to play older games.
this. scream out about the current industry and support these actual artists as much as possible so they don't get bought out and determined by shareholders.
I think the biggest problem people have is they are only looking at triple A games. I remember when all this talk about how 'gaming is boring now' started. It was around the time when 'GYLT' had been released and 'LOST IN RANDOM'. Those games were fun and amazing to play-through. I think people should expand their horizons and start playing from all kinds of genres. I play RPGS, Survival Horror, Action Adventure. I play games that are geared towards little kids and even the dreaded (not really) girl games! Also don't just stick with large studios. Dare to expand.
Indie games and modding communities have NEVER been better than now. Most of the old games have had their source codes reverse engineered to open the door for entirely new shit that wasn't possible 10 years ago, while indie devs are taking notes from AAA titles and adding their own influences to make something truly unique. Truly beautiful time for non-AAA gaming communities.
When gamers realize there’s more to games than just AAA and even by that I mean there’s more to AAA than Cod, Madden, 1st Party Exclusives And if you really want to be an asshole about this lmao there’s more to AAA games than First person shooters
I can somewhat agree with the "games aren't good anymore" statement because most new games look bad IMO. But I think there are 2 very important factors as to why a lot of people share this sentiment. 1. Most people who feel this way are in their late 20s (like me) or early 30s, we are just growing up and that makes it harder for you to be excited for any game. 2. Games are being developed with a different target audience in mind. I feel like videogame design nowadays is very different to what it was 10, 20, 30 years ago. I feel like this is true for most modern AAA games out there but if you look at the indie side of things, everything is so different most indie games are amazing these days.
