My new video just came out! "Do Games Still Need Tutorials?" - Check it out if you want to hear me yap some more :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2eFztWhdavOXZM.html

@RetroBlending

10 күн бұрын

Yap yap yap

@ASV9590

7 күн бұрын

I personally played a lot of games and different genres, shooters, puzzles, casuals and more, I have more than 100 hours played on almost every game I played. And I just have no idea what genre to play. I sometimes just revisit them to remember how I was excited playing them.

@Texan_christian1132

19 сағат бұрын

This is absolute bull crap. Video games are still fun.

imagine eating exclusively from one fast food chain, wondering why you're finding the culinary experience repetitive and feeling physically unwell, then blaming the concept of food itself

@isotetra1912

7 ай бұрын

this

@BLET_55artem55

7 ай бұрын

Can't pick a better example myself 👉

@Raddish-IS-Radd

7 ай бұрын

Yeah that's the problem with these videos, it's like constantly watching the same few youtubers or tiktokers and then being like: "youtube/tiktok isn’t entertaining anymore"

@agrilsunil1

7 ай бұрын

@@isotetra1912😂😂😂 What?!?

@photons07

7 ай бұрын

Oh hey smaller soul your content is cool

"Gaming isnt fun anymore" is the new "I was born in the wrong generation" for me

@indrajitroy1570

7 ай бұрын

yep

@aldi7943

7 ай бұрын

grow up

@jt5660

7 ай бұрын

@@aldi7943 ?

@DONG-502

7 ай бұрын

@@aldi7943 whatever you say 4 year old

@aldi7943

7 ай бұрын

​@@DONG-502u are the one who games all day and is mad at people who are past that time XD

I love “gaming isn’t fun anymore” TikTok’s because they are usually not even 16y/o. “Guess this is growing up” No Timmy, you have an English paper due tomorrow and you’re stressed

@mallow2902

6 ай бұрын

Lol yeah I noticed that too. I'm nearly 30 and not once have I thought gaming as a whole was boring. Even at the worst of times there was still good stuff to play.

@Skumtomten1

6 ай бұрын

@@mallow2902 There is always stuff to play, just don't play anything on modern ;P

@mallow2902

6 ай бұрын

@@Skumtomten1 BS. There's plenty of amazing modern games, you just haven't looked in the right places. 2023 alone has had some awesome releases.

@mallow2902

6 ай бұрын

@@UnlistedGuy most old games are bad and boring too. Law of averages inevitably means that most video games are bad no matter the time period. Get better at looking for good games, there's still lots of great ones even in more recent years. If you still think games are bad, stop playing them.

@arkgaharandan5881

6 ай бұрын

the fact 16 year olds are bored by modern games proves that modern games suck

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN GAMES GET BORING WHEN YOU PLAYED THEM FOR 5 YEARS STRAIGHT WITHOUT TRYING ANY OTHERS?! THATS IMPOSSIBLE"

@FrogMasterToby-ce5nh

Ай бұрын

Becasue thats NOT what "Gaming isnt fun anymore" videos say. They talk about how creativity is more dead in games then ever. Big corprate greed is extremely common and so on.

@kale280

21 күн бұрын

@@FrogMasterToby-ce5nh again, this is strictly a problem if you're playing the same games. shit even fortnite adds a ton of new features to make the game more fun. Modders have been spicing up old favorites for decades. Gaming not being creative enough is only a problem if you only play AAA games. play neon white buddy

@gabyyyyyyyyy

21 күн бұрын

​​@@FrogMasterToby-ce5nhgaming isnt dead. tripple A gaming is dead

@orctrihar

19 күн бұрын

I agree 100% the issue is over use and saturation to the point they do nothing new.

@andrewpresley8676

9 күн бұрын

Honestly this is why I love Terraria. I’ve picked it up when I was 11, played it for 3 months, left it, and returned after 3 to 5 years later. When I was 18 I bought it on switch and played it for a couple of months before I played something else. 4 years later and now I’ve gotten back into it and I’ve been playing it since late April, just before my 22nd birthday, and I’ve now played it into June. The key is to play smaller titles more frequently while awaiting for the larger titles to drop.

another thing is that as adults you already played a lot of games and you start noticing every small mistake on old/new games, as children you don't really notice them

@Artemi22

7 ай бұрын

that's especially true on genres you've already played a lot of, like when you play too many shooters you're already going to know what a shooter is all about with 30 seconds of gameplay. all the more reason to explore other types of games

@ninjireal

7 ай бұрын

My grandma once said to me “Nothing surprises me anymore.” I don’t think I should feel like that at 15.

@Spookatz.

7 ай бұрын

​@@ninjireali don't think you realize just how much lower it can go. Trust, it can be so much worse for you

@ninjireal

7 ай бұрын

@@Spookatz. Preparing for mental anguish.

@SirPlusOfCamelot

7 ай бұрын

Are you implying that children are stupid?

The real solution is to get a life outside of video games. You can’t relax if you’re always relaxing

@ColexRaindrops

7 ай бұрын

Honestly. More people need to hear this, because it’s my main issue.

@GMART50

7 ай бұрын

Well said, when you work at least 5 days a week, gaming never loses its fun factor, I see it as a well deserved reward.

@JkennGG

7 ай бұрын

@@GMART50I work 5 days a week, 40 hours a week and gaming has lost its fun factor for me :(

@GMART50

7 ай бұрын

@JkennGG Awh man, I was in that position, too. Something that helped me is taking a long break from games. I spent maybe 6 months not playing video games. When I got back into them I played about once a week in short bursts. Think of it like watching a 2-3 hour movie. Now I'm hooked again haha. I hope you can get that fun back from video games though.

@JkennGG

6 ай бұрын

@@GMART50 Thanks :) I picked up motorcycling this summer which was awesome, but I had to put it away for the winter so no more riding. Just doing Duolingo for an hour or so and spending the rest of my free time watching some anime's or movies haha. Hopefully I find a game I just cant put down soon!

For me, I vibed with the “gaming isn’t fun anymore” because I’ve entered a really stressful period of my life where I feel guilty when I “waste time”. I can’t relax or escape because I feel like I need to be doing something else, something more important, something adult. I only have a few hours in the day for personal time, but I’m more aware of the opportunity costs. Gaming hasn’t changed; it’s me. The feeling I miss is one where I don’t judge or critique myself for how I spend my downtime (or having downtime at all, really).

@toytacambery9427

6 ай бұрын

Ah that explains it. Now it makes sense. Like a former alcoholic or smoker criticizing people who still do those thing. That's good that you finally got a life, but these influencers (and those that watch them) shouldn't validate themselves by projecting their past insecurities onto people with control over their habits and criticizing them for something they're not guilty of.

@kirstenbass1968

5 ай бұрын

I wasn’t seeing it from that angle. Speaking about how your experience has changed with gaming is not a criticism of people who still enjoy them or have different schedules. I meant only to say that I let my own worries ruin the experience, that I should be able to sit down and set aside time for myself without feeling guilty. It’s not about time management - it’s about prioritizing space for my hobbies period as an act of self-care. Said another way, another person could get their chores and errands done and sit down to play with no worries. I do the same, except there’s technically always more to do. It’s an anxiety issue, not ego.

@TheRealXanderKellie

5 ай бұрын

Don’t criticize yourself for having a hobby. If it’s fun for you, then enjoy it. There’s nothing wrong with that at all.

@phil_5430

4 ай бұрын

I was exactly there what you've described. This was in my late twenties where suddenly a feeling kicked in that I need to stop wasting my life. The good thing is that once I've turned over 30, I stopped giving any F about what adults "have to do" or what is "immature"- I just enjoy my life and do what I want ;-)

@abcdefg5459

4 ай бұрын

I find old games, on average, to be better. There are occasional good releases that still happen (mostly from Indie companies) but big budget games are rarely good anymore. I think "Modern Gaming" by Self Deficient made some good points of why people are dissatisfied with modern games. To say everyone that thinks gaming isn't fun anymore thinks so because they grew out of games is completely wrong. I find myself having fun with old games, even ones that I haven't played before, but struggle to get motivation to play most modern releases. Not to mention lots of games are almost objectively getting worse because of online gaming and their want to milk peoples wallets. It also doesn't feel like there's many modern games now where people use in-game voice chat or play for fun instead of the "grind".

Playing what the boys are playing is too true lol, all my friends just play the shiny new multi player fps, while I sit around playing single player games

@Burnbtrab2.0

2 ай бұрын

Same,as well as for my low end PC I play games that no one knows: Portal 2, Half Life 2 and I can play other old games because those run well without problems, even GTA 5 I can but not with the maximum graphics as we all know and 60 fps which basically everyone wants, even on my phone since there are only boring games and only online I installed very cool single player games

@Blockedupandreadytogo

21 күн бұрын

This is very different for me and my friend group. We all have a blast playing indie games and telling about our experiences to each other.

The whole ‘try something different’ mantra can also be applied to the games themselves! I was getting pretty burnt out on Minecraft, so when 1.20 dropped I decided to try living in a biome I hadn’t before. It was the fresh slate I needed to enjoy the game again, new challenges, new building styles, it’s now the longest world I’ve ever played on.

@ihatehandleupdate

7 ай бұрын

Same for me. Vanilla got stale with boring updates so I decided to try out modded. It's an absolute blast so far! I descovered lots of great mods and modpacks and I'm having a lot of fun again!

@Baconator2558

7 ай бұрын

I know you mean in the game, but I like to imagine that you just moved to a new house in a completely different region and then played Minecraft there.

@dashinking

7 ай бұрын

fr modded changed how I play the game, and it opened up a lot of possibilities that don't exist at all in vanilla

@Lumbrax

7 ай бұрын

​@@ihatehandleupdatesame here, discovered better than wolves (a single mod for minecraft 1.5.2) and been having more of a blast with that than all the modpacks and versions I played

@rnbois6346

7 ай бұрын

Thats why pvp almost never gets boring for me. I try all modes, in both versions, and try to get good at them. I feel like I always learn something new or remember something I had forgotten. Feeling my improvement and competing in a healthy way keeps me more than entertained.

Even though Minecraft gets a little boring for me too, it's still a total blast playing it with friends!

@BLET_55artem55

7 ай бұрын

Instruction unclear: what is a friend

@brrmbrrmm

7 ай бұрын

You just need the right homies then everything will ALWAYS be fun 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@necroavirus

7 ай бұрын

For me it's almost always fun and I don't have friends

@rhysking3597

7 ай бұрын

I go back to games I used to love a lot and Minecraft tends to just get too repetitive once the nostalgia wears off. I'm sure modding would help but even then, I played it religiously when it was popular to the point I don't feel like I can get anything out of it anymore. Some games are just like that I think

@user-qg4sf4ei7j

7 ай бұрын

I wish I had minecraft because I have so many ideas for what I would build

"Why isn't gaming fun anymore?" - Person who only plays two genres of videogames at most

@eneco3965

4 ай бұрын

Two games*

@zeropen0719

3 ай бұрын

make it 2 franchises by the same studios in the last decade

@EsquiloVoadorOfficial

3 ай бұрын

I have this felling and i have played Subnautica, Uncharted 4, Walking Dead ( Telltale),Tlou, Tekken 3, bloodborne...

@Chantos2k

Ай бұрын

Ive played all kinds and it truely isnt fun for me anymore

@HyruleWanderer

26 күн бұрын

I always played a lot of genres from FPS to JRPG and i'm feeling the same way. Maybe the problem is in my head.

Video games are art in my eyes. It’s a beautiful representation of imagination with all angles and the gameplay is a coordination and problem solving practice.

@ImWatchingYou69

5 ай бұрын

based and artpilled

@flamingwayz7964

4 ай бұрын

It's my personal opinion that videogames are the pinnacle of art as a medium (at the moment). Videogames are typically an amalgamation of visual, musical, and interactive cues. Stationary art pieces and music are independently amazing, but videogames take those concepts to a completely different level by incorporating the viewer/player as a piece of that art.

@eyescreamsandwitch52

3 ай бұрын

Video games to me are games. They are made to have fun. I press buttons and something happen. Some heretic on my crosshairs gets pinned to a wall, tires shriek from friction as a race begins and sans bleeds ketchup. I could see an argument of some games being "Art First" but not all of them. Others just wants to tell a story like with may walking sims and visual novels (kinetic or otherwise). A lot these days are glorified slot machines or non chemical addictions that forces you to keep coming back to them while others were artsy like Gris, Braid or Proteus. There are those who are just for the fun of it like serious sam, lethal league or pacman championship edition while others are made not solely for the "fun of it all" like This War of Mine or That Dragon Cancer. Not saying games aren't art regardless if we're talking about it from a subjective or objective standpoint. I just see them first as a means of entertainment, something fun for the most part, then they can be something else after that.

@RektMan-il5cr

26 күн бұрын

What happened to playing outside????????????????????????

The strange habit people have of playing the same game they stopped having fun with a long time ago is what fuels these videos. People strangely believe that every game should be fresh and fun forever, and that dropping a game is a big deal when it really isn't. Gamers need to learn how to move on and change, even if it just means playing something different

@FoxVll

7 ай бұрын

8k hours in ark and haven’t actually enjoyed it since 200 hours lol

@Rose333X

7 ай бұрын

​@@FoxVllWhy? What did atop you from just dropping the game and playing something else?

@gosubbougaming

7 ай бұрын

I haven’t 4k hours in Ark after I got bored I went to played subnautica if I get bored of subnautica I’ll go play monster Hunter rise XD I learn not to stick too much with one or two games

@FoxVll

7 ай бұрын

​@@Rose333X once you start playing ark you can never truly quit (its an addiction)

@TheCapitalWanderer

6 ай бұрын

​@@FoxVllatleast you're honest bruh, hope you found fun in ARK or somewhere else

the fact that every one of those videos can be condensed down into "I got bored of that one game that I put 5000 hours into as a child isn't fun anymore therefore all video games arn't fun anymore" is insane.

@iSuckAtGamesGG

6 ай бұрын

videogames aren't fun anymore because every company is trying to nickle and dime u. like for example playing gta online is literally just like working a job, its not fun whatsoever unless u pay an unreasonable amount of money.

@mrblooper1994

6 ай бұрын

​@@iSuckAtGamesGGdon't play GTA then, buy Elden ring for some open world fun or hi fi rush for something linear and fun

@iSuckAtGamesGG

6 ай бұрын

@mrblooper1994 the problem is that there are few games like elden ring and more games like gta online because its 10x easier to make trash than it is to make good games. that and my favorite genre is fps and fps genre is plagued with garbage rn. gaming is getting worse especially if u have a console and cant rely on indi devs. the people in the video are right, gaming isn't the same, its just that they aren't saying the correct reason as to why thats the case. the reality is that there's more money grabbing trash than there are good games nowadays

@arny625

6 ай бұрын

@@iSuckAtGamesGGgo outside then

@mrblooper1994

6 ай бұрын

@@iSuckAtGamesGG for FPS games, you can play witch fire then, an absolutely fantastic game especially If you enjoy extraction type gameplay. And no gaming isn't getting worse it's just changing, we've always had cash cows and shovleware now they just can nickle and dime you differently. Just pick your games smart, and look up KZreadrs that enjoy indie fps games

I think some people just need to find that one game that makes them realize again why they love video games. This could be a game from their childhood that they remember or a game they haven't discovered yet. For me, when none of the games I often play are appealing to me, I dust off the old Wii and find some games to play there

@Aunty-Sentry

5 ай бұрын

@@danjoredd if you like difficulty you can try something like lies of P, or you can look towards the future, therees an upcoming boomer shooter named mouse, just trying to give suggestions!

@TheCapitalWanderer

5 ай бұрын

i still got em, old and new

@user-jv5qm7rq4i

4 ай бұрын

Terraria is such a wonderful game

@abcdefg5459

4 ай бұрын

I find old games, on average, to be better. There are occasional good releases that still happen (mostly from Indie companies) but big budget games are rarely good anymore. I think "Modern Gaming" by Self Deficient made some good points of why people are dissatisfied with modern games. To say everyone that thinks gaming isn't fun anymore thinks so because they grew out of games is completely wrong. I find myself having fun with old games, even ones that I haven't played before, but struggle to get motivation to play most modern releases. Not to mention lots of games are almost objectively getting worse because of online gaming and their want to milk peoples wallets. It also doesn't feel like there's many modern games now where people use in-game voice chat or play for fun instead of the "grind".

@lunch_trey

Ай бұрын

I'll occasionally boot up my SNES and play A Link to the Past when I feel that way.

I'm so fucking glad someone finally made a video on this. I'd type out a long message. But you pretty much hit it right on the head. People only fucking play COD and FIFA then are absolutely fucking flabbergasted when the new cod isn't "fun" (it's literally the exact same game for the last 10 years)

@vepply

7 ай бұрын

Hey young mister ill have you know games like bo3 brought a lot to the table! & i wouldnt say all the more recent ones are all the same persay, but like theyre all bad in their own unique way😭

@Cuddlefish_from_Subnautica

7 ай бұрын

​@@vepplydude if you showed me a clip of MWII and MWIII together, I would genuinely not know the difference

@BatuhanDere

7 ай бұрын

@@Cuddlefish_from_Subnautica i played mw3 my entire life and same

@jumentoqueanima

7 ай бұрын

Yeah.

@vepply

7 ай бұрын

@@BatuhanDere hes prob talking about the remakes

Depression can also be a key factor for games not being fun anymore, on my lowest low everything seemed just mundane and boring to do and even questioning "why did I get this or do I even deserve to play this?"

@greensheen8759

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@linkfreeman1998

7 ай бұрын

To me its like "Is this even that worth anymore considering everything will be gone in the end?" kind.

@Daniele63

7 ай бұрын

@@linkfreeman1998 That's why we exist, to enjoy life and others with the time given to us

@TicTacEnjoyer

7 ай бұрын

I agree, happened to me

@cybel4820

7 ай бұрын

@@Daniele63um, actually...

Somepne please tell me if any of the ppl who make "gaming isnt fun anymore vids" have made a response to this vid cus i rlly wanna see if theyre pissed off at the stuff expressed here

"Gaming isn't fun anymore" mfs when i show them: (any indie game released in the last 5 years)

@Grayson-tk5hn

2 ай бұрын

"gaming isnt fun anymore" mfs when you show them: (insert really good and fun game)🤯

@FrogMasterToby-ce5nh

Ай бұрын

@@Grayson-tk5hn Which is impossible since the market is dominated by buggy, unfinished, greedy triple A games

@Grayson-tk5hn

Ай бұрын

@@FrogMasterToby-ce5nh it is far from impossible

@sil5429

Ай бұрын

@@FrogMasterToby-ce5nh Not every AAA game is from Ubisoft, EA or Activision.

@FrogMasterToby-ce5nh

Ай бұрын

@@sil5429 Most are. And the ones who aren't aren't any better then those 3 companies you listed.

The game that kind of broke me out of this mentality that I started to have for years was Persona 5. I went into it completely blind and in the first five minutes I was completely confused and just wanting to see what came next. Just made me realize all I ever play is shooters and strategy games and I just needed to try something new. VR has been the same way.

@alkimia1791

7 ай бұрын

Exactly! This is pretty much what happened to me, but with RPGs. When I started to play Persona 4 last year, I kind of realized just how many RPGs I have, and how I have to have more variety and try new things out. Atm I'm thinking of trying settlement and space exploration games. Maybe a 3D platformer too, Hat in Time looks really fun! I still love RPGs and I look forward to playing persona 5, but I need to try new things too. And while I seriously despise what COD is now, I did decide to go back and play WAW and BO1, which was really fun! But yeah theres no way I'm getting the newer games. Now that I think about it, I dont have any triple A games besides I guess those COD games, Minecraft (does it count?), Sims 4, and I guess fallout games (which I got for free), but outside of that nothing. If anything I hate triple A games probably 90% of the time

@-ReHaven

7 ай бұрын

Holy shit persona did the same for me as well 😂

@divinity1495

7 ай бұрын

EXACTLY THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME BRO🤣🤣🤣🤣

@pierrebegley2746

7 ай бұрын

Tbh that game is way too long.

@divinity1495

7 ай бұрын

@pierrebegley2746 story is good enough to the point its worth the investment imo The game doesn't need to be beaten in a few days you can play the game when you come back home sometimes and probably get the game done in a few weeks

Thank you for shedding some light onto this obnoxious genre of videos 💀 I feel the same way with them and feel like these kind of people are just really bored with life and play the same 3 games every day

@jade88104

7 ай бұрын

unrelated but i love your icon!! i love the mother games too!

@jumentoqueanima

7 ай бұрын

Fr lmao.

@jumentoqueanima

7 ай бұрын

​@@jade88104I tought it was conker at first glance Lmao.

@jgnogueira

7 ай бұрын

And they all share the same opnion, they complain about sheep when all they do is copy past each other, is amusing when you think about it.

@AWildDomino

7 ай бұрын

@@jade88104 thank you haha! That’s awesome 😊

Im actually happy that my uncles introduced me to different kinds of games instead of just cod, thanks to them I was interest in all types of genres which made me much more interested whenever a new game would come out

@valentinvas6454

4 ай бұрын

To me COD is like the fast food of gaming. They can easily provide a decent level of entertainment most of the time but once you discover other games you realize where you can find true greatness.

“Just play indie games” is my response to people complaining about not liking video games anymore while only playing AAA PvP shooters

@chris1229sonic

2 ай бұрын

Baldi basics is fun af

@chris1229sonic

2 ай бұрын

plus version of baldi basic

@William-Afton_jejcjschheiqx

Ай бұрын

@@chris1229sonic for real, I love that game

@Dilmi.AOUKLI

23 күн бұрын

Or Nintendo games too

@autismandgaming4532

21 күн бұрын

Replace indie with Nintendo

THANK YOU 😭😭😭 I've been so exhausted by these pretentious video essays that try so hard to be deep. Not just essays for games, but even movie and show essayists are like this a lot.

@RebornFlames1

7 ай бұрын

It started on TikTok because multiple people were no longer in school and so there wasn't a mutual time for them and all their friends to be online all the time. So they make these stupid, gaming isn't fun anymore TikToks. Yeah right, same people who brought PS5 straight away and pre-ordered Spiderman-2 and is binging every GTA 6 video

@alkimia1791

7 ай бұрын

Pretty much exactly this

@TheCapitalWanderer

6 ай бұрын

oh they are a lot alright, even music and songs are affected by it, needless to say they are wrong, i've found several great songs on KZread alone, i've seen people who loves books still found great novels to read every now and then.

How to Make Gaming Fun Again "Stop Playing the Same Game and Genre Over and Over for 100+ hours every day, And Play Something New Once and For a While"

@TheCapitalWanderer

6 ай бұрын

literally what i did, never gets boring, also it's fun trying out modern games when you don't have a gaming computer and 5 consoles. tried out NFS Heat in PS5 just now and i am having a lot of fun

@lenny_boxx4206

6 ай бұрын

If I get tired of playing Fallout Ill start switching to Mortal Kombat

@haruhirogrimgar6047

6 ай бұрын

​@@lenny_boxx4206 If you get tired of Fallout 3, you can try new genres. Like isometric RPG's that build more on the writing and roleplaying part of Fallout 3, or maybe some immersive sims (the Game Awards just announced 3 new indie projects underway) if you just like freedom in combat progression. Or you could try some games that people online say are similar like Biomutant, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the Outer Worlds, Metro Exodus, etc. Not all of these have rave reviews, but neither does Fallout 3. Or it is legitimate to try brand new genres. Getting out of League of Legends and Heroes of the Storm I picked up Ori and the Blind Forest and fell in love with Metroidvanias. A friend recommended some SMT games and I binged those for a bit. Another friend got me into a 3rd person shooter game because I loved the Tower Defense elements. And at this point I am pretty much picking up new game types every Steam Next Fest.

@bigolehayden

6 ай бұрын

@@lenny_boxx4206seen the Fallout movie teaser on TGA?

@ONOINFLAKES

6 ай бұрын

​@@lenny_boxx4206 try the monster hunter series.

Influencer: "gaming isn't fun anymore" Translation: "I burnt myself out playing the same games over and over for sweet, sweet, profit. But now I realized I get more profit from just lazily repeating the same unnuanced criticisms than I did when I actually put work in to make a positive video."

I was starting to get burnt out on games as well. I used to be anti-indie games because I considered them “unpolished” and “not actual games”. Funny enough, that could be said about AAA games like Halo Infinite, which is still an undercooked unfinished game. But as an artist, I wanted to try a new medium, and I always loved games. So I discovered dev logs and how much more artistic indie games could be. I’ve discovered punch o bunch, risk of rain, and other games I think I would love to try out which has definitely resparked my love for gaming. I got back into Space Engineers and Dark Souls and now I wanna even do a LASO run through the Halo games.

One of my favorite lessons is from an indie game itself, "The Messenger": Good memories can be like bad ones. Nostalgia needs to be treated as a passing memory, if you hold on long enough then you only hold yourself back. For being said in a retro-style game, I think it really fits. The shopkeeper either offers great insight or wisecrack comments and I genuinely appreciate 'em

@vacantile

7 ай бұрын

Wtf, I was just thinking about The Messenger while scrolling and the immediately see this comment

@cherry414

7 ай бұрын

Is the game really that good? I've been hearing so many good things about it in the limited print games community

@vacantile

7 ай бұрын

@@cherry414 It’s that good, when I first got it I fully completed it in 2 days because of how addicting it was. The soundtrack is amazing as well, so many head bangers.

@smackyguardian

7 ай бұрын

@@cherry414Yes!!

@jasleezy8874

7 ай бұрын

​@@cherry414played thru twice might do a 3rd everything just has a certain charm it just falls SLIIIIGHTLY midgame but even then i didnt and do not care

if u get bored playing video games, then you should actually touch some grass... help mom, fix things, do sports, learn something new so much you can do in life then you can go back to games and its gonna be fun again

@call_me_mado5987

7 ай бұрын

Agree! Ever since i started working on my own video game and exercising, which made my free time less available, i could appreciate playing minecraft a lot more than before.

@GLC48

7 ай бұрын

Facts. There is not a single video game that's more fulfilling than helping mom.

@surpriseman

7 ай бұрын

This may seem like an insult but in reality that is true Try doing other things and then you will feel like you are dying to play the game again but you cant Based on my experience i once stopped playing minecraft for 2 years however when i came back i tried doing new things with my friends and yea it was actually fun

@anibalhyrulesantihero7021

7 ай бұрын

Exactly. Why do people complain when they can just take a break? Doing anything for a long time can get exhausting.

@northcoast1306

7 ай бұрын

Exactly. Gotta take a break sometimes

First, hilarious thumbnail. Second, we definitely need more videos like this. There are literally too many games out there to try yet people have the nerve to say gaming fell off 😂

@TheCapitalWanderer

4 ай бұрын

true, and there are still TONS of great games

You shouldn’t try to have fun, you just have fun. It’s the point of gaming, but you can’t force it.

Games haven't changed. YOU changed. What isn't fun for you anymore, is probably a blast for someone else.

@milkersman

6 ай бұрын

well said my g

@coffe2270

6 ай бұрын

Fun for babies

@bjornrie

6 ай бұрын

Games HAVE changed. Big Companies like EA are doing research about human behaviour regarding video games and design their games with cartain properties to trigger a certain behaviour. Fun is an aspect of all that, but it's one aspect among many that is intentionally designed into the game. Developers try to make games addicting, they design games around microtransactions, partially taking the fun out of it. It's not all games, but the whole industry has definitely changed. It's not that you as an individual can do nothing if you don't have fun anymore, but you are still not to blame entirely. It's however pure ideology to blame everything on the individual when there are structural reasons for certain mass expiriences. Some people are also not reflected and knowledgable enough about all this and they just feel that's something not right. They can try to make better decisions, but in the first place the industry is always the one to criticise first.

@flboyredgaming

6 ай бұрын

@@bjornriefax

@blacklyfe5543

6 ай бұрын

Let them have it then

Oh, thank goodness! I've been similarly annoyed by how frequently those videos pop up and how frequently they turn personal hangups into condemnations of gaming in general. Good to see a reasonable response!

@kuzeyrl

7 ай бұрын

yeah.

@LeroyFaceTV

7 ай бұрын

There were games released almost 20 years ago that had more features and replay value than titles releasing currently. Blaming gamers for developers complete incompetence and lack of motivation is like a restaurant giving you the wrong order and then telling you to "deal with it".

@user-lh7mt7zo7l

7 ай бұрын

@@LeroyFaceTV If they keep buying or preordering anyways they deserve the slop they are served.

Im so sick of these fake ass people, thank you for making this video!

“Maybe try reading a book”

people who say "gaming isnt fun anymore" are the people who grew up and just played so many games that they get bored easily. They grew out of gaming, they just dont want to admit it, so they blame it on the game developers.

@StomachPlug

7 ай бұрын

That can be the case sometimes, but it's also entirely possible that their feelings on it are temporary. Being in a rut over something doesn't mean it's a permanent change in mentality.

@LeroyFaceTV

7 ай бұрын

There were games released almost 20 years ago that had more features and replay value than titles releasing currently. Blaming gamers for developers complete incompetence and lack of motivation is like a restaurant giving you the wrong order and then telling you to "deal with it".

@StomachPlug

7 ай бұрын

@@LeroyFaceTV And there _aren't_ feature rich games with tons of replay value releasing today? We have an entire modern genre built _just_ out of those two factors in roguelikes.

@mike-._

7 ай бұрын

@@LeroyFaceTV not the developers, the people that hired them

@D1mly

7 ай бұрын

Same would apply to movies, books or comics tho, no?

I think a lot of people tend to impose their personal boredom onto others and pass it off as just them being critical.

@TheTheninjagummybear

7 ай бұрын

People on the internet LOVE imposing expiration dates on things. They think when they get bored of something, they should get to bite anybody who does it or brings it up.

@FlushDesert22

7 ай бұрын

Litterally every Minecraft critique video:

@TheCapitalWanderer

6 ай бұрын

literally every "modern game bad" youtuber

@DADA-yt1pt

4 ай бұрын

I've seen that WAY too often.

@alexcrock7942

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheTheninjagummybearthe people who hate on the new gow games are complete morons for me bc they are manchildred and insult you if you love the games and say those games have no gameplay when that's not true ,they seem like they depressed in real life

Its because we are unfortunately in the doomer clout goblin era of the internet. I'm glad you made this video and i agree. its why the variety of games i play helps me keep having fun and occasionally i just shut my consoles off get cozy and watch tv coming back when I'm ready.

I used to be of the mindset that gaming as a whole was just a done and dusted thing for me, then i took a break from my usual rotation of games and started playing other game genres that i never would have normally tried. I've now fallen in love with gaming as a whole again. If you find yourself not having fun with gaming as a whole, take a break or maybe try something completely foreign to you. Gaming should be fun, not feel like a chore.

I had been in this place around year 2015. Believe it or not, i have been playing games from a year 1996, when i was 3 years old. Always a hobby for me, i tryed going pro a little bit, but didnt like the experience. Anyway, i had this "gaming isnt fun anymore" phase and then came Undertale. Damn, i had it completely wrong, its not the games, its me. It was the way i looked on the them and how i consumed them. When you are an adult and start making your own money, the scarcity of games you had as a kid, is gone. Suddenly, you can buy anything, anytime and that scared me. However i learned to move past it and now, enjoying the hobby more then ever. There is a real issue with the quality of the games though, especially AAA. I am always longing for raw emotinal experience, which can be even better with games, since its an interactive medium. A rare thing in todays market, since for it, the game has to be made from passion and love for games. I was lucky though, since two weeks ago, i happened to play Snoot game and... yea. I have to say, there is yet a lot i have to learn, about myself and other things. Some may think i am childish for games to have such an impact on me and my life, maybe, but i have a different theorem, for as a medium, the games have been with me the longest, what else, if not them, should guide me forward?

@DaCat1337

7 ай бұрын

you should totally play nier automata if you want a raw emotion experience. It does that masterfully

@R3AL-AIM

6 ай бұрын

This is my thing. I've been playing since 2000 and been on nearly every system imaginable around that time and after, now on PC for the better part of 10 years. For me, it's not that my taste has changed, as I still play games from 95', 05', 15 and even new releases. The majority of new AAA titles being marketed to the general public are bad in many aspects. Having 2 or 3 outliers doesn't negate the issue. That's why people say "Gaming is bad now* because most people are not playing the smaller titles on the 3rd and 4th most popular platforms.

As a college art student this actually helped me overcome my artists block by applying the same mentality here. Thank you!

@ChickenMcKicken

6 ай бұрын

if you dont mind me asking, what type of art do you create

@seelions8174

6 ай бұрын

Im a traditional and digital artist but recently moved completely digital about half a year ago@@ChickenMcKicken

@adainjarrio

6 ай бұрын

As someone who has gone through multiple burnouts, I've learned the best things to do is to stop looking for inspiration and just keep creating until something looks good. I think Ed Sheeran said you have to think about creativity like a tap and at first dirty water will run but after a while it becomes clear.

@camerondavies9659

6 ай бұрын

Wow, i really like how you evolved this knowledge into something different, personal. Ive loved drawing throughout my life in bursts, and i think you're comment has opened my mind to why, i struggle to keep at it with passion

@enzoamore8971

5 ай бұрын

Still in this drought myself. Never thought of it that way

Ive found myself unable to start new games due to depression. Now that im slowly coming back, its so much fun

The fact that there are as many videos saying this was the best year for gaming in a long time as there are saying gaming has never been worse is honestly pretty hilarious.

@GameTimeNLL

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. But ive also seen a lot of people complaining this year didnt have a lot of games. But thats because they aint playing the good ones. 2023 was an amazing year.

I think a big problem that people aren't considering is they are only playing video games and nothing else. I remember the summer in which I graduated, and I could play video games all day. At first, it was fun, but then it was so miserable that I was just waiting for college to start so I could do something other than play video games. Now that I have a job and I'm taking college playing video games, it is a lot more fun because I'm not playing every second of every hour of every day. Playi g Video games is supposed to be a hobby, not a lifestyle, You can't just always do what gives you pleasure because pleasure doesn't mean anything without hardship.

@ocskopf

7 ай бұрын

100% agree

@AvengerGreen

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. I love playing a bunch of games, but that’s not all I do in my life or free time. I read Novels and Comics. I watch Tv shows, KZread videos and Movies. I write fanfics and make videos. And that’s on top of having a regular IRL job and hanging out with my friends and family. Like the video said, ‘Variety is the spice of life.’

Fun fact a symptom of depression is not finding joy from things you love doing.

@drgonzo123

6 ай бұрын

To be real for a moment, I don’t think people are educated on mental health. I use to think depression meant being sad. But nothing is further from truth. I had no idea why I didn’t want to partake in things I use to enjoy, or just hide from family and friends. It’s also not constant, and can change day to day. Until I saw a doctor I had no idea what depression really was.

@UncleDan_

6 ай бұрын

@@drgonzo123 Hi, just wanna follow up and back up that claim as a psychology student. "Being sad" is a completely normal thing and can be a sign of healthy emotional wellbeing and you shouldn't be hard on yourself for being sad. There is so much more to an actual depressive disorder and having been diagnosed with one for a few years now it really does change constantly.

@drgonzo123

6 ай бұрын

@@UncleDan_ thank you. I really had no idea, and I thought wow, how many other people think the same thing? It was never really talked about in my house growing up, so I had no idea what actual depression looked like. Thanks for the info.

@skwillywilly

6 ай бұрын

Unless, you stop doing them. I used to play video games days on end and would never even consider them being boring. I have a very wide variety of games and I would always make sure to buy a new one for when the one got boring. Even then, I eventually just stopped enjoying them. I still kept playing them because I had nothing else to do, which led me to a depressed stage. I have quit playing video games completely for a few weeks now and it isn’t that bad at all. This analogy is weak because you could say the same about cartoons and then it wouldn’t make any sense.

@drgonzo123

6 ай бұрын

@@skwillywilly I commented about the depression thing because this exact thing has happened to me. I buy games all the damn time, whether I finish one or not. I have all the consoles and a gaming pc, so it’s a real passion of mine. But sometimes I’ll just wake up and not feel like playing anything. The longest it lasted was about a month. I mean I didn’t play anything at all! I came around and went right back to gaming, but every once in a while I just take a break. Has nothing to do with the games themselves, it’s just me.

thanks to the creator for writing names of all the games he has shown in the video in the description

There's also this quote, "the world wasn't perfect when you were a child, you were just too little to realize the flause"

Bro I am so happy you listed all of the games you showed in the description, people have started to do that with music, but it still needs to become a mainstream standard to list the games you show in your footage in the description thank you so much you're the bomb

@mygameopinions

7 ай бұрын

Youre welcome!

@juhokettunen8245

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree. Listing sources is beneficial to everyone.

@BLET_55artem55

7 ай бұрын

It's mainly small channels' thing atm, but I sincerely hope the big guys will pick that up

@zwilder1

7 ай бұрын

@@BLET_55artem55they never will, they don't put enough effort in to list a few links

@BLET_55artem55

7 ай бұрын

@@zwilder1 😭😭😭

Gaming wasn't fun for a while and I realized it was because I kept playing live service games that aren't made to be fun. What really helped me was playing complete experiences like The Gunk, Subnautica, and Yoku's Island Express.

@Breoke

5 ай бұрын

Game developers used to make games that is made for fun to made for money grabbing. I know developers need money but sometimes they are greedy which I hate it

@newdivide9882

5 ай бұрын

This response is perfect. People only play games that quite literally were not made to be fun in the first place. Gaming became fun to me again after I was finally wrenched from the grip of Destiny

@HugoStiglitz88

4 ай бұрын

you need to do more than that because even though are repetitive experiences. You should play linear story based games too, open world, etc.

@theelike4302

4 ай бұрын

@@HugoStiglitz88 way to channel that "um ahksually" energy. I'm playing what I like and you NEED to keep your snarkiness to yourself.

@abcdefg5459

4 ай бұрын

I find old games, on average, to be better. There are occasional good releases that still happen (mostly from Indie companies) but big budget games are rarely good anymore. I think "Modern Gaming" by Self Deficient made some good points of why people are dissatisfied with modern games. To say everyone that thinks gaming isn't fun anymore thinks so because they grew out of games is completely wrong. I find myself having fun with old games, even ones that I haven't played before, but struggle to get motivation to play most modern releases. Not to mention lots of games are almost objectively getting worse because of online gaming and their want to milk peoples wallets. It also doesn't feel like there's many modern games now where people use in-game voice chat or play for fun instead of the "grind".

If new gen games aren't fun. Go to the classics. Or play single player games. I revisit a lot of single player games during the winter and it's fun.

I just tried a new game, a game i would have never played before And it was..... fun Because its something different

@Grayson-tk5hn

2 ай бұрын

what was the game?

@teaganjones4125

2 ай бұрын

@@Grayson-tk5hn warhammer 40k rouge trader I have never played a game like it before

@Grayson-tk5hn

2 ай бұрын

@@teaganjones4125 ok

I think why people say "gaming isn't fun anymore" is because they hyper focus on bad games they weren't going to play to begin with and then ignore or downplay every other good game

@bulgarianreaper6587

6 ай бұрын

Exactly. I don't care about Ubisoft, Bethesda, EA and Activision. Because I know I wouldn't be playing these games at all, so why care?

@hugopereira5640

6 ай бұрын

​@@bulgarianreaper6587As a 29 year old I have Halo Infinite, Amnesia:The Bunker, Red Dead Redemption 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Cuphead and Yakuza Kiwami 2 on my Steam Wishlist. And on my library I still have to finish Forza Horizon 5, Witcher 2, Witcher 1, Battlefield V, Assassins Creed Odyssey, Fallout 4, Saints Row 2 and 4, Titanfall 2, and I want to replay Halo MCC and Borderlands 3. Like how people fail to find videogames that they enjoy is simply beyond me LOL. Maybe what they really need is to join a martial art class and get kicked in the face by some kyoushin karate black-belt. Perhaps then they'll have more appreciation for videogames lol.

@TheCapitalWanderer

4 ай бұрын

​@@hugopereira5640i respect you for keeping FH5 and Fallout 4, both communities would beat the shit out of you for enjoying those games

@hugopereira5640

4 ай бұрын

@@TheCapitalWanderer I thought Fallout 4 was actually well-respected? I've barely played the game at this point anyways. And FH5 kicks more ass than FH3, I have 400h of FH3. Granted that game was beautiful at the time it came out so I respect it but FH5 is definitely an evolution in various regards.

Whenever I feel like “I dont want to play any of these games,” I just choose a game anyway and usually have a lot of fun

“Gaming isn’t fun anymore” insomniac,every indie developer and Nintendo:ok here are some good games

I talked with a friend of mine about this topic because he had played multiplayer games for 10+ years and lately has stated multiple times how "there is nothing to play" and when another friend and i tried to tell him "hey this looks good" he denied every recommendation we had. I understand wanting another big fps or battle royale but my god i just hate not even giving new stuff a try because "ur not feeling it right now" and it's geniuenly just exhausting trying to find a middle ground with people who don't want to try something new.

It really is so heartbreakingly funny that as a child you could just keep consuming game after game after game, but you're likely to be stuck with the same 4 or 5 at any given time. Then as an adult you can buy hundreds of games, but it's difficult to find the motivation to play any of them. You just gotta understand that gaming will never make you feel the same way again, but it can always give you new feelings, as long as you're open to them and put some effort into finding them.

@scary5455

6 ай бұрын

I can't relate. Had my best time gaming as an adult playing Rocket League, Automobilista 2, NieR Automata, Drakengard 3, and the 4 Bayonetta games, and even Minecraft again as an adult. Way more fun than playing Sonic, Sly Racoon or Minecraft as a child.

@scary5455

6 ай бұрын

​@@danjoreddyou wouldn't say that about other hobbies like making music, painting, or sports

@crazydragy4233

6 ай бұрын

I really don't think it has that much to do with age. First experiences are just powerful over all but we usually aren't silly enough to say stuff like your first sandwich was magical bc xyz

I play Splatoon all the time, and I continue to find it fun over and over and over! It's so fun! Sometimes, I do switch games, mind you, I just like Splatoon the most.

The solution to being bored with gaming is just going and working out. The minute I did I found gaming and chillin w my pc way better

I like playing games with friends, its fun. I feel like exploring indie games may be a good idea for some, there are a lot of hidden gems out there. If nothing works maybe take a break from gaming.

@goosewithagibus

7 ай бұрын

Touch grass, as they say, if gaming isn't fun. Reading is a cheap, beneficial, and easy way to entertain yourself. There are literally hundreds of thousands of free books out there that you can just download in an instant. Not to mention fanfic if that's your kinda vibe.

@t.p.9434

7 ай бұрын

@@goosewithagibus can't agree more. Just started cycling more recently and man, it is good af.

@goosewithagibus

7 ай бұрын

@@t.p.9434 cycling is fun. I got myself a bike a little while back. Kills time easily and is like meditation when you're doing it for long periods

@-Ermine-

7 ай бұрын

@@goosewithagibus "gaming isn't fun anymore" *Starts reading.* _"Reading isn't fun anymore"_

@TheCapitalWanderer

4 ай бұрын

​@@-Ermine-started piloting "flying isn't fun anymore"

finally a counter video to all those depressing gaming isnt fun anymore videos I always saw, literally what keeps me going is exploring new series I didn't get to experience yet from circumstances like now going up with a playstation but using emulation to help cross that forgotten bridge

I completely agree with stepping out of your boundaries and trying new games. I was feeling pretty bummed out, then I tried some indie games and others I never really gave a solid shot before, and I had so much fun, I even ended up discovering that I really enjoy roguelikes, which I didn't play much of before. So yes, people need to get outta their comfort zone and maybe they'll rediscover why they enjoyed gaming in the first place

2 years ago I found one of those videos and actually related a lot with it. I used to come back from highschool and boot up my PC just to shut it down. But after I finally got rid of shitty multiplayer fps games and started playing singleplayer story games (usually rpg’s) I found my gaming passion again.

people will be like "games are not fun anymore" and play something like valorant

Sometimes you just need a single person or a group of people to play with Having people around you is what makes gaming so much fun

This is why I'm always opening myself to different genres/games. I got bored of the usual RPGs I played so I tried Dark Souls, I've been getting really intrigued with immersive sims and I've even been trying games that I never would've expected liking like the Ori games. Plus I'm always looking at franchises that I've been eyeing for a while. It's all about variety when it comes to gaming. It's really hard/stupid to look at a library filled with thousands of games and say "Nothing looks interesting/fun."

People needa start realising that there is such a thing called Video Game burn out

Wonderful perspective, I'm about to bust it out with 30 people trying to master some flavourful spinjitzu burst techniques for the spice of life, wish me luck

@ViscommlyPozzler

7 ай бұрын

Ayo... ☠☠☠

Funny how I got recommended the original video when I got burned out on games and now I'm watching this video with having the most fun with gaming I've ever had in my life

@goindown

7 ай бұрын

same

@Zbyszkov2

7 ай бұрын

So what new games did you try? If you are bored of shooter i recommend you the witcher 3 of you haven't played it, you could try terraria too (if you haven't played it)

I'm so glad to be on the younger side of gamers. I can play the shiny new FPS, RPG and not get bored of it and when things finally get stale jump to the older classics my eye has never seen (recently started the Bioshock series) and be completely blown away by them.

Thank you for including the music used in your videos. I love when a track resonantes and the person actually tells me who it is. Its appreciated

It's also important to note that this feeling of "boredom" can occur in any kind of media. I had been listening to a lot of metal, and that's the only thing I'd put on to get through the day. I made a playlist of the best of various genres and bands which actually made my life a lot more fun during work. But when it becomes repetitive? Life suddenly becomes a lot more shittier. What was once working for me, just didn't help. We become like AAA game developers, trying to squeeze out as much money (here, dopamine) as possible. That's when I reached out to another playlist I made a good while back which was a mix of retrowave and darksynth music. It was a good replacement which brought me back to eating all the shit life put on the table for me. Funny thing is, just a while after making the retrowave playlist, I stopped listening to the genre. That's how I got to metal.

@BLET_55artem55

7 ай бұрын

It's a psychological phenomenon, but I forgot it's name

@yellowandlimegrat4724

7 ай бұрын

"I made a playlist of the best of various genres and bands which actually made my life a lot more fun during work." I have a work playlist of 6600 songs that's just a mix of every genre in the known world. The constant changing of moods that playlist brings helps making work more fun

@sherwinashford

6 ай бұрын

@@yellowandlimegrat4724 My playlist only had metal music lmao. Metal is still really diverse, but you might want to have music that isn't as intense sometimes. But having a huge playlist of various kinds of music would be fun too. Zetabytes of music which our descendants would download in a few seconds right before the planet is destroyed "Huh, so this is what my great grandpapi had been listening to. No wonder he was deaf."

i think the reason why gaming isn't fun for me is the realization that I want to do other things with my time as an adult. My old childhood favorites will always have a place in my heart for sure, but like with any other hobby, gaming can just be something you grow out of. Which is okay, really. I'm nearly 21, in a serious relationship, and am pursuing my passion as a job. I think its really less that "Video Games aren't fun anymore", and more just a lot of people are outgrowing videogames and wanting to do other stuff. Which I think actually is great: Expanding your horizons, picking up new skills, working to improve yourself... those are all indicators for me of a thriving person. Videogames are still fun. They might just not be "your thing" anymore.

@nimnimn6930

7 ай бұрын

I think there's a really tribalistic attitude that permeates the conversation about whether video games are fun anymore where people categorize themselves as gamers who enjoy playing video games or people who "Grew up" and will never enjoy playing video games again when the reality is that people enjoy whatever they enjoy in that instant they are enjoying it and they shouldn't feel a need to keep doing things they aren't enjoying or not doing things they do enjoy for consistency's sake. I think alot of this originates in the idea that video games are childish or a waste of time, which causes people to reactively form an identity around liking video games and how they'll like them forever in order to validate their hobby. When the reality is that the fact they enjoy it makes it a valid hobby in itself. Maybe they won't enjoy it forever, maybe they will what really matters is whether they are enjoying it when they do it.

@demifolk8940

7 ай бұрын

I seen a lot of people move on from gaming, but saying its “outgrowing games” makes it sound like its a childish hobby when its not. Gaming is for everyone and is starting to become the norm. Even your grandparents are starting to get games on their phone to mess around with. It also implies it a waste of time but so are a lot of hobbies, watching tv, reading books, playing games, or doing any sort of outdoor activity are all viable ways of “wasting time”. For me, I’m extremely passionate about games I learn something from every game I play. I love learning about video games, how they’re made, and the sense of community I have interacting with other gamers. I’m also lucky enough to have a gf who is also a big gamer and plays with me or is understanding when I spend a lot of time beating a new game that just came out So instead of people “outgrowing it” I think it’s likely that they should take a break or get into something else as well to add some variety to their lives. Idc about outdoor activities or sports, so I’m perfectly fine spending most of time indoors. But most people cant do that and need something fresh in their lives

@saftigerkeks5212

7 ай бұрын

Thats such a dumb take. My grandpa plays videogames, and he is almost better than me in some Parts. He is 81 years old.

@A_reasonable_individual42

7 ай бұрын

​@@saftigerkeks5212what he means is that he still finds them but people also want to pursue their passion or a type of work they want to do. He means that people want to focus on other things but they just don't have the same passion they used to even though they're still fun. Hope this makes you understand why people feel this way.

@nimnimn6930

7 ай бұрын

@@saftigerkeks5212 I think you misunderstand, they're saying that you might "Grow out" of video games and that's fine not that you have to "Grow up" from them. As people grow older they might not find themselves enjoying the same hobbies they used to, doesn't mean there's a problem with the hobbies themselves, or that they're childish things you inevitably leave behind, just that they may not be what you currently want to do and you should embrace that as a way to find something new. Say hello to your grandpa for me, he seems cool.

I'm 30 years old and I've been playing games for 20 years. This "I'm an adult" thing is bullshit. I have played, play and will always play video games because the amount of games is literally limitless. And yes, I've had that "games aren't fun" moment. Right after I finished The Witcher 3, every game after that looks "soulless", but it's not true.

I wen through this phase a few months ago, turns out the problem was that i needed to form opinions of the games independently from people on the internet and follow what my tastes are. Rn i am playing MGSV and i just started Majora’s Mask Recomp, which i initially didn’t understand but now i am very excited to continue. I have many more games to play and can’t wait to do so

Great vid man, love the points you raise here

@mygameopinions

7 ай бұрын

Thanks stefan!

I remember my friend said he stopped liking video games, but literally all he played was Pokémon and Pokémon rom hacks and exhausting Pokémon challenges. We played Jumping Flash! (literally the first true 3D platformer ever created) and he said it was most fun he’s had with a game for a while.

@EepyPandi

6 ай бұрын

You should def introduce him to danganronpa or if he doesn’t like blood you should introduce him to Roblox, I feel like he’d like that platform a lil

@hydrolix5745

6 ай бұрын

​@@EepyPandiok not that I DISLIKE Danganronpa, but how did you get from 3D platformer to a visual novel

@EepyPandi

6 ай бұрын

@@hydrolix5745 most Pokémon fans I’m friends with liked danganronpa

For me, I think it was just I got burnt out. I took a while off of playing video games to go outside and enjoy nature. I got into a lot of fun hobbies like fishing, Airsoft, hiking, etc. Now that I have those hobbies, and I spend a lot more time outside away from my computer and the internet with friends or family, when I boot up a game it’s fun for me to play. Because I’m not playing video games 24 hours straight, and it’s just a past time for me now between work and other things I do with people.

I wasn't having fun anymore, but I realized I was playing all AAA games. So, I switched to indie and lots of Metroidvania's, and am enjoying myself again. I even started to go for platinums and it helps to keep interest. I hate to be the old man that grew out of one of my favorite hobbies. I realize when I play games like Touhou: Luna Nights and Moonscars, I am still REALLY good at them. Some mechanics I can't pick up on, so then I just switch to a game I can grasp and call it a day. I have found a lot of odd games that I had fun with by just giving something a try. I also tend to look for shorter experiences, so that way I don't have to commit to 100 hours of open world collection games. Great video. In the end, the best thing to do it mix it up.

I feel like the only problem with a lot of modern games is that you need to have a better system to enjoy them which might also be why some people feel like there isn't enough games to try

@jankbunky4279

6 ай бұрын

There's too many amazing indie and retro games to even count, that run just fine on less capable systems. Like yeah, you'll have to look beyond the newest AAA games to find them, but it's not actually hard.

@Ag3nt-MC

6 ай бұрын

I wanna play the new payday so bad but I’m still running on an Xbox one.

@lenny_boxx4206

6 ай бұрын

Then dont feel discourage to play old games that you can play in your current system or console then

@minisculex3

6 ай бұрын

Most people will just get disgusted on older game when game like bioshock for example are actually a great game but I've seen people saying the graphic are too muddy and disgusting for them to try

It's funny looking at "growing up" away from video games in my perspective, because as a kid i loved video games, but then at some point stopped playing them. I thought at one point i grew out of the medium, where as now, as i have gotten more invested in video games, not just in playing them, but learning about them and the history, and the unique experiences carved out of them.

Dude I 100% agree with you. I recently have been trying to find some new games to play and after trying literally only 2, playing new games suddenly give an immediate feeling of refreshment, and I was having so much fun learning new mechanics. The main issue is that I tend to only watch other people play games on youtube instead of playing them myself, and sadly I never bothered finding my own games to play. But yeah, this makes a lot of sense. Games ARE going to get boring at some point, even if it has been years.

You woke me up from those KZreadrs' trends about "how gaming isn't fun" anymore, I loved your counter video and how you managed to express your opinions in such a short time, I always thought for a opinion video to be good you had to make it 30 minutes - 1 hours long but you proved me wrong, I think it's just most people that do a video defending something doesn't know how to do it properly, now when I get a new laptop instead of staring at the roof or blaming the internet for my boredom I'll shrug it off and just try something new, I don't have to play the boys' games everytime :)

i love this, my man really is capable of seeing the wonder and joy in video games. i think you pointed out a really good point, that is when people say “video games aren’t fun” they’re really talking about themselves, not the video games. like it’s impossible to claim meaningfully that gaming as a whole is awful because you’ve play less than 10 games in the last 3 years and obviously would feel it getting stale. having “fun” doesn’t come from doing the same thing over and over again, especially without a goal. i got to immortal in valorant and i just quit the game when i did, i got to where i wanted to be and i was satisfied. trying new things after this was amazing to me, limiting myself to just valorant was fun because it was my choice, and i had a goal i was working towards, AND i didn’t limit myself to just that one game after i was finished with it

@BLET_55artem55

7 ай бұрын

I mean, therapy is expensive as sht and some ppl really need that, so I don't see problem with them speaking out their thoughts. The problem for me is that they're claiming it as an objective truth

@liquidrufus

7 ай бұрын

Yeah moderation and variety has kept me interested in the hobby into my 30s

i am not lying but ultrakill made me like fps gaming again. corny as it sounds the game is super fun and I never felt so much accomplishness and actual joy learning the patterns to fight against bosses like gabriel and sisyphus. I was just so grogged before hand cuz i would just play the same games over and over again, and ultrakill just ignited that spark in me again to keep gaming

@Hollow_Theorist

7 ай бұрын

I’ve recently reached the greed layer in ultrakill, ultrakill has been described as a “boomer shooter”. There are a great variety of shooters from RPG shooters, milisims, twin stick shooters, third person shooters, sniper games, arcade shooter games, extraction, battle royale, advanced movement and all sorts of other wacky games like friends vs friends or the finals beta (soon to be released)

@Ryan-nm8pw

7 ай бұрын

Indie games are great for this, they can take swings at established genres and reinvent them in ways that are actually fresh.

@jinbe_of_the_sea4577

7 ай бұрын

for me that game was dead cells, been playing that thing like there's no tomorrow

@ChillyUltraKill

7 ай бұрын

Hey! I had a different but similar thing. I oooked for so long for a game that was an FPS that was really fast paced and would be great for my ADHD. Then I found ultrakill! And it did wonders for it. Play ultrakill today! Warning: side effects may Include Increase in edginess Atheism Strange pretending of weapons Flicking coins in the air Vomiting Death Healing from blood

@mparker123

7 ай бұрын

This is so real! I started playing and it brings me so much more enjoyment than what I usually play

I love this man! Some time ago I felt like that too, all I really needed was a break from video games for a while and when I came back with a goal of actually finishing my games, I've now 100% 19 games and at least seen the credits to 46 of them! (Most of them are indie games of course and didn't take 80 hours to beat...)

I try to expand my pallette but i have a hard time playing something new because im always feel myself wanting to go back to what i play usually

Been gaming since I was a small child and I’m now well into adulthood. It’s still my favorite hobby and I can spend hours at a time on a variety of different games. In fact, some games that I’ve played for years still are able to destroy my sleep schedule 😂

THANK YOU! Damn alot of those videos are annoying. I agree about the micro transactions, loot boxes, and unfinished released games being a problem, but for those that can't get out of their bubble playing the same crap over and over need to branch out and try new things.

I just turned 50. Been a gamer since the late 70's....dedicated,hardcore, almost daily. I'm lucky enough to enjoy a three day off a week work schedule. I also make generous paid time off. I just pulled a 4-day farming simulator 22 session. We just grew up? I say screw that. Adulting sucks.😅

@thewhitewolf3426

4 ай бұрын

Preach!

but when i tried new game i dont like that game haha dilema

@DONG-502

5 ай бұрын

4 year old

@somerobloxdude3699

4 ай бұрын

Then just, try another game??? Its not like thats the only game you can play

@coltjohnson3933

3 ай бұрын

@@somerobloxdude3699Either youre very young or english is your second languange because hes talking out against people who say stuff like this

@SnortingSpy1010

2 ай бұрын

Ah yes,here comes the problem,what if i tried doing many game yet not even one of them are interesting to me?

Gaming definitely has its moments of low points, but its never just "over" or loses "fun", it just migrates. I grew up loving 3D platformers and early console FPS games. The kind of shooters where the controls were still janky and flawed, but the mechanics still came from a root source and wanted to give you a genuinely fun game, or cool level experiences. In the mid-late PS3 generation, both those types were smacked away and disrespected. 3D platformers were one of those genres the bulk of companies sneered at and said nobody wanted them anymore, because... nobody was making them anymore, so there was no voice outside of scarce few and Nintendo doing a hard eye-roll. FPS? It was the same thing, even if we were "oversaturated", the actual truth was it was basically one style, one ringleader, one "right way" of doing it: COD-style. Awful over-scripted campaigns, no resource systems, no enemy types, multiplayer stripped of all liberating features like server lists and rapid "kill-time" took out any talent or epic battles. Not to mention, online and media around it was just depressing and negative. People were complaining so much about the junk going on, greedy trends were flying off and dying rapidly, devs were talking about how new IPs or X/Y idea was just un-attemptable for profits to the degree of absurdity. It just felt pretty bleak. So what did I actually do? I barely ever played RPGs until that generation. Suddenly the olden boring image of mashing a button to auto-attack, or grinding turn based campaigns, was getting supplanted by games like Kingdoms of Amalur, Dragon's Dogma, and a few very quite little titles none of you probably heard of called Dark Souls and Skyrim. Two Worlds 2 was also kind of wacky interesting, and Bioware... holy crap those guys are immensely overrated, but I can't say they didn't entertain me a bit and kept me up reading some wiki pages on the things I did like. And then let's not hide the fact there still was slivers of old reliable fun bleeding through. Bullet Storm was an awesome silly FPS game using some crazyed mixed logic, Resistance 3 is everything that generation of FPS should have been instead of COD, and Crack In Time is a franchise masterpiece. Space Marines is one of the best Warhammer action games we ever got, and let's not forget this was the generation of Uncharted, Red Faction Guerrilla, and we all had a point in which Assassins Creed was actually a ton of fun for us. That was it. The was the worst time in gaming, where it felt like what I was loving was coming to an end, and I still got a ton of kickass experiences out of it. And now where are we at? Doom actually had to wake up again, sigh, and carry the genre on its back again as it re-invigorated and influenced the industry all over again, and Overwatch wasn't really that new but rather the successful hit that reminded people we can choose to be less like COD and look at "fun" environments, colorful worlds, and character designs that actually inspire real gameplay to use in multiplayer again. Now I've got to still finish Boltgun, Ultrakill, Turbo Overkill, I've been wanting to replay Dusk, and then there's an insane world of stuff like Iron Lung to Robocop, etc, etc. And that's overlooking a huge world of indie wonders, backlogs, and wishlisted material I still haven't gotten to. Hollowknight merch fills my home desk from how much I love that game, I am planning to reinstall Hat In Time soon for another play, I still need to get back to Monster Hunter Rise, and have you guys seen that we have two awesome Starship Trooper games around now? I literally can't keep up with it all, and I forgot to even mention Dishonored back in the poor period and that is still in my top-10 games right now. Who the fuck is telling anyone that games aren't fun!? Yeah the live service model is generally cancer, but just avoid those goofs and play some Deep Rock Galactic instead that actually put updates to genuine good use instead.

I went back and played Sonic adventure 2 again. I learned a lot. The polish wasn't as pretty as I remembered and the gameplay was great and the characters fleshed out. It was refreshing for me. The responsive controls and snappy gameplay with characters I love to this day was great and when I was done I realized minecraft was fun again. Even though it's the farthest thing from a super polished Game. It was intricate and in its own blocky way, beautiful. I think its that the repetition of the games makes them feel stale, and we loose appreciation for what makes them great in the first place.

@haruhirogrimgar6047

6 ай бұрын

If you liked the Sonic Adventure games I would recommend Spark the Electric Jester 3. The dev just continued the formula into something more modern feeling.

@abcdefg5459

4 ай бұрын

I find old games, on average, to be better. There are occasional good releases that still happen (mostly from Indie companies) but big budget games are rarely good anymore. I think "Modern Gaming" by Self Deficient made some good points of why people are dissatisfied with modern games. To say everyone that thinks gaming isn't fun anymore thinks so because they grew out of games is completely wrong. I find myself having fun with old games, even ones that I haven't played before, but struggle to get motivation to play most modern releases. Not to mention lots of games are almost objectively getting worse because of online gaming and their want to milk peoples wallets. It also doesn't feel like there's many modern games now where people use in-game voice chat or play for fun instead of the "grind".

Definitely agree with you, all video games are not boring, and we don't get bored of video games just because we grow up. It's a lack of variety and knowing what to play to have fun. I am definitely the guy that only "play with the boys" and we mostly play CS, OW and other shooters which I've been max rank etc. There are not anything new and nothing to grind for anymore. My problem is only that I don't know what to play. I even got a new PC recently, yet I'm bored of everything I play atm.

Thanks for making this video before I woke up from my slumber and decided to do it myself. I was sick of seeing those videos recommended to me.

Honestly Virtual Reality has increased my love for gaming tenfold. Playing Blade and sorcery and killing enemies in the most stylish and brutal ways possible is so much fun. Playing modded minecraft in VR is also extremely fun.

@BLET_55artem55

7 ай бұрын

Check out SuperHot VR, it's genuinely a masterpiece (definitely not a bottled comment (if you play the game you'll know what I mean)))

This is so true, there is too many videos like this out there from people who just have no initiative. If you do not enjoy a game, let alone anything in life, why would you not go look for something new to do and enjoy instead of repeating the same thing over and over again? I have played VALORANT for 3 years and mainly just FPS games for 10+ years and stop enjoying those game completely a while back. I went and played completely different games for months (Left 4 Dead, Elden Ring, DS3, DSR, GOW, Fallen Order, GTA 4 and 5 so many more) You need to be able to add variety to what you do because it will never be enjoyable playing only one type of game.

"we grew up bro" Indeed thats a dumb statement. I had a low with videogames in my twenties and now with 35 years I'm having more fun than ever. Maybe its because I enjoy life alltogether much more than I used to. Maybe those people are bored by videogames because they have a boring life in general? If I would live like a slob with no activities then I could not enjoy anything... Anyway, thank you so much for this video. More big creators need to do videos like that against all these "mimimi gaming isnt fun anymore" videos

It's just the variety of game genres people are missing i play a ton of different games, and the way it works is that i randomly binge in a specific type of game, play that game every single day for weeks until i finish it, and then i proceed to the next style of game i feel like playing once, i wanted to play a post-apocaliptic style of game in a post-soviet scenery, so i started playing stalker clear sky, played through the entirety of the game until i finished, then, i wanted to play Dark Souls, i have played through the beginning of it once in a pirated copy, i went on steam, bought the game, played it for weeks non-stop until i finished it, now, my current binge is RimWorld, i love that game and i had bought not long ago all the content DLCs, and i wanted to test them while progressing through the game that's what i'm doing now

Most of the "games suck nowadays" is just doomertalk, but there is a very real trend of triple A games decreasing in quality every year. You just need to look for indie games and new fun things to try out. COD, Minecraft, Fortnite, etc. have all been decreasing in both popularity and public opinion for a while now. They really just aren't as good. It has nothing to do with "gaming" as a whole, it's just the games themselves.

@lazyvoid7107

7 ай бұрын

Fortnite is not dying so yeah

@Zbyszkov2

7 ай бұрын

@@lazyvoid7107 they got people bc of the new update which brings back og fortnite, so the old fans started playing it, and the fans are starting to get older and they will explore new games because it will get boring after 5000h

@memelurd7341

7 ай бұрын

There are a few AAA series that have been consistently good such as Kirby. In general 2023 has seen a major spike in quality for Nintendo.

@Zbyszkov2

7 ай бұрын

@@memelurd7341 what about pc games? for bf it's going down, for cod it's going down too, but i heard the new mw are ok, the same with halo, there is no big franchises left that have good games (except re-logic and... and, i can't think of any other franchise)

@memelurd7341

7 ай бұрын

@@Zbyszkov2 Btd6 is probably one of the best Tower defense games of all time.