modern gaming is boring!

i have been gaming for about 22 years now ( i got an NES when i was only 2) and have never looked back since. until recently though i just noticed games aren't the way they used to be. i was playing GTA V with my boy the other day enjoying it for a little bit, then something totally unexpected (well not really) happened to me while playing, i started yawning and got bored, the only thing that kept me up was playing SF3 OE. maybe im hitting my stride for games and am just getting to old for them, or todays game just lack so much for me as a player that i can't find interest in them anymore. the creativity and innovation to me seems gone, games ain't about fun or gameplay anymore just graphics and prices. mainstream stuff has people everywhere, converting to the norm of playing stuff they just release that got reviews from the companies themselves or whoever the wrote them. my point is im NOT entertained. so many of my fave developers have fallen from grace when back in the day i thought they would rule forever in the game industry, like capcom for instance (more like CRAPCOM now). instead of being like everyone else ready to raid the stores for the next generation of consoles, i'll just see what it can do at someone elses house and wait for the price to drop. 'til then im gonna start a collection of older systems and games old school kicks the shit out of new school.

maybe you should try playing some indie games

I don't totally agree with Indie Games at the moment. I've got paid Alphas with a couple indie games, and I'm not real impressed. One I am impressed with is State of Decay (although it was an XBOX success before the early release on Steam for PC).

I get the sentiment though. Mainstream games seem to be the same old with better graphics. I notice this trend in movies also.

There's not really any imaginative designs any more.

I fault the lack of pot use.

In my college, I was considered one of the most creative persons in the class. Mostly because I was stoned all the time. I actually had teachers who forbid my from coming up with stories for other students work. Students would show a piece, the teacher would ask what it meant, and I would raise my hand with a complete story behind it.

I only had one teacher complain that, my friend Adam and I, came back from every break stoned. I think she was jealous.

Maybe its because youre playing games likes gta 5..... No plot no objective no nothing lol

sunni said:

Maybe its because youre playing games likes gta 5..... No plot no objective no nothing lol

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I'm pretty sure there are plots and objectives in gta.

that aside though, i tend to agree with the OP. I no longer get any real excitement out of games. I've been playing a lot more of the older ps2 games and new indie pc games. Just more enjoyable. Too much of a focus on online play and ranking systems and unlocks and achievements in games these days.

tip top toker said:

I'm pretty sure there are plots and objectives in gta.

that aside though, i tend to agree with the OP. I no longer get any real excitement out of games. I've been playing a lot more of the older ps2 games and new indie pc games. Just more enjoyable. Too much of a focus on online play and ranking systems and unlocks and achievements in games these days.

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nothing of interest is what i mean by that. the plot lines are vague, boring with no detail , no really attention oh i wanna do this .

almost no one really finishes any gta game series

sunni said:

nothing of interest is what i mean by that. the plot lines are vague, boring with no detail , no really attention oh i wanna do this .

almost no one really finishes any gta game series

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That depends on the player then i guess. I generally found em interesting and entertaining, the pointless running around and such not so much. I don't know any statistics, and to be fair i think that your "almost no one" was pulled out of thin air, but i personally finish every game.

yeah i don't find the games these days to be entertaining. when i heard about xbox one's game's price tag being $70 per i laughed. no way in hell i'd pay that much money for a damn video game..much less for the shit they're producing these days.

Games like COD and GTA are more about community and having fun with your friends, without being incredibly boring (I am looking at you WOW players). You are right in that I don't really care for the story mode of most games as I prefer no-scoping 12 year olds on the interwebs. I will be buying the Xbox 1 and possibly the PS4 later as they are not only game systems but, an entire entertainment system.

Id recommend trying a few games from Naughty Dog "Uncharted 1 2 3" "The Last Of Us" etc... they have really good games... I used to be strictly COD everyday but when black ops 2 came out (i cant stand treyarch) i ventured to the God of war collection and was hooked. But yea, try a few games with an ACTUAL story line; not just random chaos and destruction i.e. GTA V

Most games today are designed around human psychology. They tap into your hunter gatherer instincts, your addictive tendencies etc. Games like Wow especially do this. Modern shooters are total crap as a result of this as well, well that and the US government pushing itself down developers throats to get them to make shooters/propaganda of a certain mold (and yes, the government - specifically the military - subsidizes military based games and movies too).

There's also this push to make everyone feel like a winner. This is happening in society in general and it's quite destructive in my estimation. Dumb shit down to the LCD so everyone can feel rewarded. This is of course a good way to generate sales and a bad way to make entertaining and long lasting games.

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Sums it up better than I ever could.

I'm not sure if I agree.. I used to play a shit ton of nes, snes, and n64 about 2 years ago. then I found skyrim. Technically I've spent much more time on skyrim than the other games, but I got way more enjoyment through the older games. It's just personal opinion. In your case, fuck the newer generations, at least your favorite games were already made

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I'm not sure if I agree.. I used to play a shit ton of nes, snes, and n64 about 2 years ago. then I found skyrim. Technically I've spent much more time on skyrim than the other games, but I got way more enjoyment through the older games. It's just personal opinion. In your case, fuck the newer generations, at least your favorite games were already made

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Well your view is a little skewed. You only played a few consoles up until two years ago and then started playing skyrim. Those of us that have played all of skyrim's predecessors, from arena alllllll the way up to skyrim, know that skyrim isn't really that impressive (equip flame shield). Hopefully you're playing on a PC.

Bethesda games without PC mods is like life without weed; incomplete.

You say you enjoy skyrim but also enjoy older games? Try morrowind (with mods of course).

Wanted a ww2 fps, so against my better judgement, installed world at war again. How are treyarch still in business? What a complete load of horseshit!

I couldn't disagree more with the OP. Been at it since Atari 2600 days and though I will agree that because of the industry's status, there are a lot of crap games but on the same token there a lot of ground breaking games out there. Like good weed strains, you just have to seek them but they are out there. Try a FPSn(First person Sneaker) games like the Thief series, DisHonored. Then you have the WITCHER series, hell the BATMAN and ASSASSIN'S CREED series are nothing to sneeze at. As another poster pointed out the entire TES(The Elder Scrolls) catalog can keep you gaming for YEARS. If you like puzzlers, try the Portal series and Antichamber. Games like State of Decay and The WALKING DEAD are changing the zombie genre. For the future of gaming, check Tom Clancy's The Division and WATCHDOGS. Two of my most anticipated games. There are lots of quality games out there and more coming down the pipe.

I have not played anything but assasins creed 1. Great premise, but good god, appalling game. I've played few games so monotonous. But the success of the likes of cod have proven that average Joe doesn't care about monotony.

back in the day computer games like quake were so much cooler than xbox 360. screw ps3 and 360 regular xbox is pretty good but it not better than old pc games still. one of my favorites is sword of the berserker for sega dreamcast that is some fakin game play

I only ever met one person who actually owned a dreamcast, yet the games i played with him (i forget which, one was a RC game) were damned good. What a fail of a console despite it's potential

It's quite evident how games have changed though. From games anyone could enjoy, to suddenly catering for nothing but mass sales and profit. To name but one genre, combat flight sims. There's pretty much fuck all available these days, let alone worth playing, yet 10 years ago or so, there were a multitude of really fantastic games. These days we get what, tom clancy hawx, which while fun, was an arcade game, nothing more.

Sensi Sensei said:

I couldn't disagree more with the OP. Been at it since Atari 2600 days and though I will agree that because of the industry's status, there are a lot of crap games but on the same token there a lot of ground breaking games out there. Like good weed strains, you just have to seek them but they are out there. Try a FPSn(First person Sneaker) games like the Thief series, DisHonored. Then you have the WITCHER series, hell the BATMAN and ASSASSIN'S CREED series are nothing to sneeze at. As another poster pointed out the entire TES(The Elder Scrolls) catalog can keep you gaming for YEARS. If you like puzzlers, try the Portal series and Antichamber. Games like State of Decay and The WALKING DEAD are changing the zombie genre. For the future of gaming, check Tom Clancy's The Division and WATCHDOGS. Two of my most anticipated games. There are lots of quality games out there and more coming down the pipe.

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love both witcher and AC, playing DA right now its awesome . loving it.

tip top toker said:

I only ever met one person who actually owned a dreamcast, yet the games i played with him (i forget which, one was a RC game) were damned good. What a fail of a console despite it's potential

It's quite evident how games have changed though. From games anyone could enjoy, to suddenly catering for nothing but mass sales and profit. To name but one genre, combat flight sims. There's pretty much fuck all available these days, let alone worth playing, yet 10 years ago or so, there were a multitude of really fantastic games. These days we get what, tom clancy hawx, which while fun, was an arcade game, nothing more.

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I owned a DREAMCAST. Used to love playing VOOT (Virtua On: Oratorio Tangram). even had the twin sticks for it too. A few friends and I used to link up DREAMCASTS and had VOOT tournaments in my pad. Lots of pizzas, chicken wings, Mountain Dews and herbs gave up their lives for this good cause. We had some wicked battles and formed intense rivalries for bragging rights with that game. Yes you're right DREAMCAST was quite the machine that didn't achieve its full potential.