Can't Enjoy Games Anymore?

[bystander]

You could try some old school games which are similar in style, though graphics look poor in comparison.
Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2,
Star Wars: Knights of the old replublic

Even older:
Baldur's Gate and sequals

 

[waspzz]

You could try some old school games which are similar in style, though graphics look poor in comparison.
Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2,
Star Wars: Knights of the old replublic

Even older:
Baldur's Gate and sequals

I already finished Neverwinter Nights, Kotor and the Sequels.

Loved all of them specially Neverwinter Nights 1 and the expansions.

I played Baldurs Gate a couple of years back. Tried playing it recently but I can't tolerate the graphics anymore.

Bioware re-released an enhanced version of this but I looked at the screenshots and its basically the same graphics.

 

[TenPc]

This thread is nearly a month old but well worth adding my 2 cents worth.

I got games dating back to 1985 and have the PC's and consoles to play them.

I'm a very bad gamer, I don't have the dexterity like you young gamers but I do like a decent game to play, to while away the days considering that I can no longer work anymore (due to health reasons) but i, too find that games are becoming less exciting to play.

Video games are much like a bag of chips, sometimes you can eat a whole bag in one sitting and other times, you can barely get through a handful.

 

[cats_Paw]

Welcome to crapgames! Yep, this is quite common. Games nowdays are simply not fun.
There are notable exeptions and thats why its good to talk in places like this.
Ill mention the games in the last years that i have enjoyed:

Stalker series (moded)
Crysis 1
Dead space 1
Witcher 2
Mass Effect 2
Sega collection pack (steam)
Dragon Age Origins
Deus Ex Human Revolution
F.E.A.R 1 and its expansions
Dark Messiah of might and Magic

Now for real fun, i got 2 pcs, in hamachi and play on LAN with some friend. Its quite fun to be talking with a riend, drinkin beer, while you are destroying enemis is a game .

 

[TenPc]

cats_paw does have a point, there are many Pc games (and console) that are just too dang hard to play. Baldurs Gate should be easy but the developers even state that you have to use the space bar to pause the game so you then choose your strategies.

There is another game that looks at the game area from a birds eye view called "Shadowgrounds" and looks more like a DOS game from the nineties rather than for 2005 (yes, I know it's now 2013, just making a point). It is really difficult to play even in easy mode.

As for Farcry 1, who can really play it in any mode other than easy? Actually, in Farcry 1, I couldn't get past the sinking boat while firing at the helicopter (even in easy mode) so I've never finished that game Is there a cheat I can use?

The same applies to most other games, you can't seem to get anywhere fast in any mode other than easy mode except for the PC game "Soldier of Fortune" that seemed to be "easy" mode for all modes.

Bring back those games (or at least their format) of being able to play the game without cheats enabled or using easy mode.

As for Doom 3, how the heck do you ever get to the end and if you do get there, how do you beat the demon monster? I had to use cheats to get almost to the end but the first part or so was really good.

ST.A.L.K.E.R game is really good and easy to play. I've read reviews of the mods and they seem rather too hard to play, easily.

I think that the games of the 90's were the best like WOLF3D because you had levels and secrets to find and it was a challenge, moreso. Current games don't seem to have levels, per se, more like shifts in terrirtory, the "secrets" are nothing good, and they are just hidden behind something like a barrel rather than shooting throug a wall (like in Quake).

 

[bystander]

@TenPc,

Most the games you mention, are the games which are at the top of many older gamers lists.

Anyone in to RPG's has fond memories of Baldur's Gate.

Far Cry 1 was my favorite 1st person shooter of all time, and I don't play a lot of 1st person shooters. Though I agree, it was a hard game, but what was so special about it was the wide open attack options, and how you could sneak, tactically to your objectives. And it was possible to play at the hardest difficulty. I beat it on its hardest difficulty, but I also had a few spots that required several attempts.

In general, games these days are a lot easier than they used to be. Perhaps that has changed what we expect from a game.

 

[johnsonwhite]

I think games are still very interesting. The more you play, the more you will love it, especially when you know the background of the game well. I am a super fan of World of Warcraft. I played bad at the beginning, but I am really good at it now, what you need is a little patient. Just practice more. Maybe some game guides about wow can help you as well.

 

[chocostain]

Yes that's one way to do it. Play more open world games. Unlike old fashioned rpg's, you can explore and tweak a lot of things.

 

[Roseares]

I dont know if i am correct in saying this, but i have been plagued by this for around 6-7 months now and it is a reoccurring thing. You think it goes away, then it comes back stronger than before. Personally i have been wishing for a good solid rpg with really immersive sword combat, and im not talking about the tap x til your finger falls off. I want a game where maybe all of the triggers do a different move and if you swing a sword and the other player swings a sword they deflect each other....but i digress maybe im just waiting for something like virtual reality where i can truly immerse myself in a game. So maybe im wrong but here is my suggestion.

 

[Guest]

Hello, my english is very limited and i hope you can understand my text easly. I had this problem too for many years. I am 28 years old. Tv series, movies, books... nothing interesting to me. I have obesity problem and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery is waiting to me for that. Countdown: 11days. BMI:50 I have chronic depression and it ruins everything in my life. I graduated from concervatuary piano (classical music). But I cant play piano anymore, i dont like music anymore. "Playing same music for 2342342 times" is not enjoyable for me. I hate routins. Also last year i learned i have dyslexia and thats the reason of "why i cant read music text easyly". My hole life is a lie and it is going to trashcan. By the way chronical depression cant be cured. It comes over and over again. All pills are lie. They only freeze your brain. I mean pills make your brains "drowzy" like a zomby brain. I hope depression will be gone for a long time after my surgery. Because obesity problem is a magnet for all disease you know that.
Here is the equation: playing computer games so much = "sex enjoyment" for a pornstar.
We dry out that game lake. All games are same, all games are booring now. They imitation of each other thats the reason "why we cant enjoy games anymore."
Like my music. Why i cant enjoy from music anymore. Because I played so much, i worked , stuied, tried so much and now its all gone. A cripple pianist with can't read notes, can't enjoy with life or music or games... My only enjoyment is eating food and after 11 days they will take that from me. I want to die that surgery table but "statistics" say "you will be fine" and euthanasia is illegal in Turkey and im not in a suciade mode. Suciade is not easy to make. Its hard and i dont want to think that again. Anyway life goes on. Life is a break between two torture. We will never get serenity or peace in the life.

 

[cats_Paw]

From time to a game will come out that will make you have fun, but since most studios focus on copy/paste instead of actual new content, games soon become boring and repetitive.

Also, difficulty has a high impact in a game. If its too low, it will be boring. If its too high, most people wont play it for long.

I personally Love hard games. The harder, the better.
Please do not mistake Hard with broken thou .

 

[bryjoered]

Hello, my english is very limited and i hope you can understand my text easly. I had this problem too for many years. I am 28 years old. Tv series, movies, books... nothing interesting to me. I have obesity problem and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery is waiting to me for that. Countdown: 11days. BMI:50 I have chronic depression and it ruins everything in my life. I graduated from concervatuary piano (classical music). But I cant play piano anymore, i dont like music anymore. "Playing same music for 2342342 times" is not enjoyable for me. I hate routins. Also last year i learned i have dyslexia and thats the reason of "why i cant read music text easyly". My hole life is a lie and it is going to trashcan. By the way chronical depression cant be cured. It comes over and over again. All pills are lie. They only freeze your brain. I mean pills make your brains "drowzy" like a zomby brain. I hope depression will be gone for a long time after my surgery. Because obesity problem is a magnet for all disease you know that.
Here is the equation: playing computer games so much = "sex enjoyment" for a pornstar.
We dry out that game lake. All games are same, all games are booring now. They imitation of each other thats the reason "why we cant enjoy games anymore."
Like my music. Why i cant enjoy from music anymore. Because I played so much, i worked , stuied, tried so much and now its all gone. A cripple pianist with can't read notes, can't enjoy with life or music or games... My only enjoyment is eating food and after 11 days they will take that from me. I want to die that surgery table but "statistics" say "you will be fine" and euthanasia is illegal in Turkey and im not in a suciade mode. Suciade is not easy to make. Its hard and i dont want to think that again. Anyway life goes on. Life is a break between two torture. We will never get serenity or peace in the life.

Dude, most people love food. You need to stop giving yourself such a hard time. You also need to stop acting like your life is so hopeless. Everyone has ups and downs, losing weight should be your major goal, not only will you look better, but you will feel better as well. It's a matter of willpower as most addictions are, you will need to be strong to get through it, but it will be worth it in the end. The fact is everyone's life is worth living, whether you fat, ugly, stupid whatever. Everyone can find enjoyment out of life.

Is it female companionship you're after? There are plenty of girls that are in your same situation and losing weight will help you with that as well. You can play an instrument, probably can make decent money doing that. Once you lose the weight, the sky is the limit, everyone can live a happy life man. Even if you can't lose the weight there are millions and millions of overweight people on this earth, you're not alone.

In terms of gaming or music being boring, anything and everything can get boring if you do it too much, well, sex never gets boring, but that's besides the point. I play a lot of games, not as much as I used to, but a lot and I don't get as much enjoyment out of anything else. You know that you've truly lost your way when you can't enjoy things that you've always enjoyed. Lose some weight and continue to play games and you can be happy too.

Best of Luck, Keep Your Chin up