Tired of Gaming?

[I Took the Red Pill]

Yes.

[Evastio]

I wouldn't say it has. Although the games that have been coming out recently aren't really the kind of games I enjoy (with some exceptions like Super Smash Bros. Brawl).

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

I have yet to experience much of the current generation of gaming and it doesn't particularly interest me either. I still play some of my older stuff though

[Bolivar]

For the last 1-2 years I've been playing mostly old games, if it wasn't for my DS I'd probably be playing them exclusively. I've only got 3 games for the PS3, I've been playing PS2 games alot waiting for their new sequels to be released.

Alot of people feel that since the telecommunications act was passed in 1997, music, movies, and to a lesser extent but even still, video games have been watered down year after year. There's still good stuff out there, you gotta know where to find it, or dig for older gems, it's the same with games. Alot of stuff in the last year has been good, and this year should be pretty damn great.

[Montoya]

I'm with most people here that their enjoyment in video games has declined drastically, if there is any enjoyment whatsoever. I would put my estimate as to four years ago when I stopped playing video games religiously and got distracted with other areas of my life.
The last game that I played and couldn't put down was Resident Evil 4, but even then it didn't revive my hobby of playing. I've bought some games since then, but probably completed less than half of them. The only system I can have some fun with is my DS, and that's to play GBA games. I don't know, I used to love playing and I wish I still had time. However, even with free time I'd still choose something else. Oh well, at least I still have the old games.

[Skyblade]

Not exactly. What has decreased is my interest in console gaming. My love of handheld gaming only continues to grow. Then too, handhelds have a lot of my favorite games on them. Golden Sun, Fire Emblem, and remakes of a ton of SNES classics that I can take anywhere (no Crono Trigger though, ). I also think that the quality of the games has changed some. There are far fewer games that I can just sink my life into anymore, the way I could with Crono Trigger or FFVII. The new games just don't seem to have the quality that makes older games "epic" anymore (though there are exceptions).

[Madame Adequate]

Rogue Galaxy, Hotel Dusk, Burning Crusade, Supreme Commander, God of War II, GRAW 2, C&C 3, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Civ IV: Beyond the Sword, Persona 3, BioShock, skate., Assassin's Creed, Eternal Sonata, World in Conflict, Halo 3, The Orange Box, Contra 4, Ace Combat 6, Guitar Hero III, Crysis, Mass Effect, Rock Band, Call of Duty 4.

That's an incomplete list of generally highly-regarded games released in 2007.

So yeah, I don't buy the argument that there's fewer good games to play these days.

[Skyblade]

"Highly regarded" does not equal "great".

[Madame Adequate]

I was actually trying to avoid claiming any of those are absolutely definitively all-time classics, because if I did that some joker would be in here crying about how I said Halo 3 is so great and why didn't I include S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and then someone would have to call the whaaaaambulance and it'd all get messy.

But no. I couldn't avoid that after all. You had to ruin it. Fine. Here's a list of games released in 2007 that are totally smurfing awesome: Rogue Galaxy, Hotel Dusk, Burning Crusade, Supreme Commander, God of War II, GRAW 2, C&C 3, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Civ IV: Beyond the Sword, Persona 3, BioShock, skate., Assassin's Creed, Eternal Sonata, World in Conflict, Halo 3, The Orange Box, Contra 4, Ace Combat 6, Guitar Hero III, Crysis, Mass Effect, Rock Band, Call of Duty 4. Edit: And S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[Skyblade]

Sorry, MILF. But see, that list I can and will disagree with. Those games are good. I enjoyed them, and I enjoyed plenty that aren't on that list. I'm not saying that the games released in recent years are bad. They're not, there are some truly brilliant ones. But none of them suck me into them and make me play them for months on end the way other games used to (and still do, whenever I start them up). I would call those games on the list "good" games. But it's been quite a while since there has been a "great" game out.

[Araciel]

I get really bored with any video game really quickly if I'm not playing against or with other real people, be it online or in the same room.

[Renmiri]

I feel the same. It's rare to get a game compelling enough to finish nowadays. I had to push myself to finish FFXII, haven't finished Lair, Elder Scrolls, Uncharted or RW. Just can't care about the story.

I think RPGs are getting lamer

[KentaRawr!]

"Highly regarded" does not equal "great".

It does for those who regarded them highly, you silly duck.

[Madame Adequate]

Sorry, MILF. But see, that list I can and will disagree with. Those games are good. I enjoyed them, and I enjoyed plenty that aren't on that list. I'm not saying that the games released in recent years are bad. They're not, there are some truly brilliant ones. But none of them suck me into them and make me play them for months on end the way other games used to (and still do, whenever I start them up). I would call those games on the list "good" games. But it's been quite a while since there has been a "great" game out.

I see what you're saying. But it's subjective. I mean, the new Pokemons? I think they are way better than the old Red/Blue ones, but I played the old ones much much more. I've played more X-Com, Alpha Centauri, and Civilization III than anything else, certainly more than anything released in the past year. But I think that's to do with me, not with the games. I honestly can't find fault with CoD4, for instance, beyond the lack of split screen multiplayer. The game is utterly fantastic, and I honestly believe it's one of the best ever made. The fact that I don't devote myself to playing it so much is partly because of the genre, and partly because I don't play the same games the same way I used to. I don't have time where I can spend two weeks playing X-Com for 14 hours a day, like I did when I was 10.

[ljkkjlcm9]

Here's a list of games released in 2007 that are totally smurfing awesome: Rogue Galaxy, Hotel Dusk, Burning Crusade, Supreme Commander, God of War II, GRAW 2, C&C 3, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Civ IV: Beyond the Sword, Persona 3, BioShock, skate., Assassin's Creed, Eternal Sonata, World in Conflict, Halo 3, The Orange Box, Contra 4, Ace Combat 6, Guitar Hero III, Crysis, Mass Effect, Rock Band, Call of Duty 4. Edit: And S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

There isn't a single game on that list I bought last year. Not a single one interested me enough to buy it.

Sad part is, I don't even remember what games I bought last year... except when I bought my Wii, getting Twilight Princess.

THE JACKEL