"Gaming Isn't Fun Anymore"

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[@TheZeroteck]

i feel like theres a new "why isnt gaming fun" video every few weeks

[@Fa1nTy]

"I have no mental capability to ignore monetization practices I disagree with and pick good games, so gaming is bad ;(((("

[@KenshinXO]

@Fa1nTy objectively, there is a major lack of innovation. There are not many new ideas coming out. When stuff was first coming out, it was all new. It's very hard to make new stuff after everything we made already. (Since people clearly misunderstood this, I'm talking about "There was a time when the first MMO came out". Massive shifts. New genres.) (Note 2: you guys are so dumb "blah blah that's an unrealistic expectation" Yeah, it used to not be, that's why it isn't as fun. Great job.)

[@MyaB1986]

Every few days more like.

[@MyaB1986]

@@Fa1nTy aggressive monetisation practices are seeping into every crack of gaming, it's getting impossible to find a game without microtransactions now. And yes it's a problem.

[@Broni34life]

kind of a circlejerk at this point

[@SpAceDrragon]

I went 2 years without playing a single game and then one day got bored and picked up a controller and fell in love with gaming all over again , sometimes a long break in gaming is needed

[@momentumflux8863]

Same here!

[@LOVIATHAN]

agreed! went about a year myself but ill always love gaming

[@yuzuki7531]

You people should try TCG - Trading Card Games especially Yu-Gi-Oh because TCG can be playing on Smartphone/PC/Consoles and it can be collected and sold and even make you great friendships in locals by playing TCG.

[@Greenhead24]

That is true,and it can happen more than 1 time

[@Greenhead24]

@Trump Is The Messiah i know what you mean. Its hard for me to get into the same games like that

[@nrossetti2046]

I am about 70 hours into Chained Echoes, almost at the end. This is one of the better RPG’s I’ve ever played, and it’s an indie game made by one person. One person. And they did a better job with more love and care poured into their world than all these AAA companies producing garbage. It gives me hope, for individuals though, not for big companies

[@jadedplover1851]

You have to remember that as we get older our brain changes, specifically younger people are programmed to enjoy new things and older people are programmed to enjoy things they are familiar with, and to enjoy things they haven't tried before less. This is where the term "settle down" often comes from, the psychology of someones brain changing to enjoy stability and familiarity. It's not a bad thing at all, but it's often the reason why people in their 30s and 40s will start to dislike things the younger generation enjoys. This goes for games as well, if you play games similar to that which you played when you were younger you are much more likely to enjoy them more than games which are new and just came out even when you remove any sort of objective quality differences between them, and vice versa someone in their teens is more likely to move from game to game enjoying each new experience more than if they were to play the same game extensively. If you want to read more there are lots of papers online about it just look up "emerging adulthood" or more specifically, "plasticity in developmental programming" which is the psychology term for this phenomenon.

[@earlnoli]

i have checked the review... cool mechanic using a non level up to prevent OP grinding. Looks promising.

[@TravAndTrogdor]

Brilliant game. Excellent choice.

[@NoName-md6fd]

Chained Echoes is so freakin good.

[@TheBalls2thewalls]

Tried to play it rwice but ijust fall asleep reading text with calm relaxing music. Im too old and after a long day, a game like this is sleep inducing. It does look amazing for old school classic rpg lovers. The one that clicked with me and i put the same amount of hours on my first playthrough, that i recommend a lot is CrossCode.

[@HI-pi1er]

playing ocarina of time as a 12 year old in 1998 was one of the most memorable and cherish childhood memories I’ll never forget ❤️

[@Ichi.Capeta]

for me, Ocarina of Time and Chrono Trigger.

[@MrHostile12]

I didn't even play Ocarina of time as a child but still having played it recently it was 10x more engaging than all these ubisoft open world games

[@KaptainKerl]

And now kids have the same memories but it’s breath of the wild or the new one. Nothing changed

[@253Monty]

same buddy, for me I was 9 and was watching my big brother play a lot of times, but that shit was magical.

[@curtismartin9054]

As someone born in 1985... I completely agree. My sister used to come into my room and watch me play. She literally balled her eye out when Link grew up.

[@tinkleme4se.x150]

The world as a whole has forgotten a lot about having fun.

[@redman836]

fun is hateful and ablest. its against the terms of service

[@graphospasm5394]

@@redman836 can you define ablest for me? I'm not sure you know what that word means.

[@pewpew7311]

@@graphospasm5394 It's a joke comment.

[@MrHoneuma]

Part of the problem is that a lot of games aren't made to be fun anymore. Most things put out by AAA studios are only being made to make money or be an esport. That being said, plenty of of indie developers have filled the void rather well. And despite their bad practices, a good amount of Nintendo games are made with fun in mind. If you're not having fun playing games, you're playing the wrong games.

[@shutup1037]

That's why you dont play AAA studio games

[@Cknight700]

So agree, I think everyone is so cynical for no good reason. Gamers are also really loud about greedy monitization which helps decentivise that kind of stuff being added for a lot more games

[@Jay-407]

I think they’re so focused on making the games look good that they don’t put effort in the game it self. Kind of like movies these days. CGI is great but stories are terrible

[@saisame7975]

@@shutup1037 Except Fromsoftware, they are not perfect but still make good games and they take risks like they did with Elden Ring

[@wpelfeta]

I think there are still a lot of good AAA games. As a JRPG fan, there's been tons of really great new JRPGs like Triangle Strategy, Monster Hunter, Tales of, and Trails of games. There's a whole new genre of high production quality HD2D art style games that I love. And of course there is Elden Ring and God of War, which were phenomenal. Ironically, the best PC games are probably console ports, because they don't have live service/monetization bull.

[@wpelfeta]

27 years from now, I'll be retired and playing that procedurally AI generated infinite game full time. Can't wait.

[@simmerke1111]

We'll be like the old folks at slot machines. They'll have to come and empty my diaper, fill my drinks and food.

[@Cozysafeyay]

assuming AGI doesn’t cure aging and ur back to work 😀

[@jamesmillerjo]

Maybe no need to 'play game' - Just inject dopamine in your brain

[@paladinsmith7050]

@@simmerke1111 😂😂

[@Sethzenjion]

Haha he thinks he'll retire

[@Claude-Vanlalhruaia]

Mainly because as adult, I have responsibilities that needs to be taken care of on a day to day basis, these things creeps up in the back of your mind and its hard to completely focus on gaming compared to when I was a kid where I would get lost in games for hours with nothing to worry about.

[@NeutralGloomBot]

I'll enjoy gaming til old age if my mind and hands allow it, but I will say I miss the younger days for the reason you just laid out. Too much real shit going on in life makes it hard to really lose yourself in a gaming world. Like I want to be fully engaged but shit just creeps in your mind and just like that I missed a whole cutscene and don't know what is going on because I was thinking about real life. Ugh. Totally lame. haha

[@MartinDlabaja]

thats what weed is for, to forget those, then you can play

[@iiRaWDaWG]

@@MartinDlabaja you can’t just forget shit when you have an actual life🤣🤣 that’s why they’re so many lonely no spine men in the world now.

[@gamingrigz5856]

yeah that is why I have to clean the house, do the dishes and put the kids to bed first, then crack a beer to help forget the rest before booting up a game and falling asleep at the title screen ahahaha

[@v44n7]

Maybe once we retire we Will back to those days. No More responsabilices, no More people bothering us. No one will give a shit about so Will have Time and space to game

[@will9846]

It's actually very simple. When your younger, time doesn't matter. You'll do whatever as long as your having fun. When you get a little older. You realize how precious time is and the time needed to play the game becomes precision. Also social media has slowly fried everyone's attention span, so the video game has to be made a certain way to retain anybody. It's tragic. I can't even sit down and enjoy a game without thinking about how I'm not working towards my goals.

[@ananaskarandash1060]

You gotta play while working towards your goals now

[@GuitarsandTrails]

I’ll never forget making a RuneScape account in 2006. Watching the 2007 scene unfold as a 10 year old. Still my favorite game, still play it to this day. Masterpiece

[@Ghost-ul8eu]

I'm 32 and gaming is still something I enjoy. I have my burnouts where. I lose interest for six months and get right back into.Last year alone I played a pretty huge number of games and I enjoyed most of them and I didn't touch a single microtransaction game.Theres plenty of stuff to play you just need to know where to look. The key to enjoying gaming is sometimes you need to take a break for awhile it usually works for me.

[@kitsudoll3411]

have you played monster hunter: world?

[@thatguy363]

Dayz by far one of the best

[@cagejonny704]

Agreed The guy speaking is on about his childhood and being young, growing up with franchises Every experience when young will never compare to when your old Go back to playing Golden axe, street of rage etc. It just ain't the same We need more from our games these days and the industry knows that demand is high Sometimes it's a miss, sometimes they hit Just like back then. People just want to ignore all the bad games back then but there were so many, and the only way to avoid those was to buy a weekly gaming magazine

[@RobotronSage]

That's a huge cope dude seriously

[@PotusTrump47]

Anyone who says this, hasnt played games back in the day like Ultima Online. You couldnt "burnout" from these..everything was new! Now its just remixed and rehashed same old ideas. Hopefully Riot's upcoming MMO will bring some novelty.

[@IIIEPJIOK221b]

Need to mention that difficulty of majority of games nowadays look ridiculously easy compared to old good days. The anxiety they used to give me was beyond insane.

[@mex6623]

Agreed 100%, most games now are way too easy.

[@Thrall966]

Reach KSH or gladiator in WoW . Reach FPL in CSGO . Reach radiant in Valorant . Reach predator in apex legends . Reach challenger in league of legends . I don’t agree that games are easier than before . The skill ceiling just becomes higher and higher and games like csgo require 15k or more hours just to reach FPL which is the pro league

[@flexi0693]

@@Thrall966 agreed. getting good at tarkov is also a couple hundred to thousands of hours of playing

[@spammus1]

@@Thrall966 That means nothing, online games are only hard because there are tons of sweats in every single game who plays for 8 to 10 hours a day every day. The games you mentioned are NOT fundamentally hard, they are perceived as "hard" simply because of the community. As a working full time adult, I will obviously have troubles playing with teenagers who have tons of free time to dump on online games. Take Fall Guys, there are sweats in that game too, but I don't see anyone saying that Fall Guys it's a hard game. The industry is just making games easier and "more accessible" with every new title, because there is a larger and more casual audience, and because of that it's undeniable that modern games are just easier.

[@GodwynDi]

@@spammus1 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous on core+. Legitimately hard.

[@luigigandossi5906]

The video should be titled "AAA gaming isn't fun anymore" because indie is in a golden age in my opinion.

[@shutup1037]

Indie and small studios

[@Youknow6969able]

Ou can yall gimme some suggestions? Ive been meaning to check some out..

[@KeytarArgonian]

Dude I finally got my first gaming pc set up yesterday… The first thing I bought on steam was Age of Empires 2, and spent 5hrs 55mins playing a skirmish until like 1am last night.

[@UniqueSnakee]

You are a champion! What a game to play.

[@cruzgallegos5071]

It’s pretty simple Asmongold: back in the day, games had subpar graphics, but replay value was 100%. Nowadays, games are 100% graphics and just about 0% replay value!

[@FinnMcCool1916]

It is fun, when you don't take it too serious.

[@339blaster]

Correct. Enjoyment is 60% dependent on the devs, 40% dependent on how the player tries to approach the game. More open-minded players have more fun on average than self-labeled "jaded" and "veteran" gamer types

[@Zamoxino]

depends on person. if i cant flex my skills in multiplayer then game makes me just fall asleep cause there is no real reason to play it... these few years were just reskins of old game types over and over again, i already know how they work and what is waiting there for me, if i will want to enjoy the story or just chill i will turn on twitch and watch someone else play the game... that way i can consume game content and have bonus fun from seeing other ppl react to said game

[@QQleKK]

@@Zamoxino Same, my games NEED to have pvp, that's always my endgame. Single player or coops can be fun too but i know i won't be playing them long-term. Man i wish Valheim was an MMO, that'd be a perfect game.

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

I got a saying that people should take to heart: "Time enjoyed, is never time wasted". in other words, getting off a 30+ hour gaming binge in which you were having fun playing, is by definition not time wasted because you _enjoyed_ the time you 'wasted'.

[@-AAH-]

I know a guy that worked his ass off to pay for his family to have a comfortable life. He's now dead, his children are fatherless. It's worth enjoying yourself so I agree :) I have other friends with happy relationships, that have time off. They play etc but they're poor, doesn't matter.

[@SwitchTalkChannel]

This is actually misleading. Define 'enjoyed'. Some people enjoy gambling or hurting themselves or taking drugs. That doesn't mean it wasn't 'time wasted'. It was time wasted. They are just mindless addicts having their brains controlled by chemicals via these powerful in-game systems. Means nothing. What matters is healthy time spent; hence, Harris' organisation, 'Time Well Spent'. The key here is 'well'.

[@eat4food888]

"If you're not thinking about a game at the Taco Bell drive thru, it's just not that good of a game" Classic

[@cageman301]

While gaming is still fun for me, I have noticed that I've grown more and more selective about my purchases over the years. I used to try to get my hands on just about every game I could see but now I'm more of an action, action rpg and fighting games type of guy.

[@Khelldon]

This has been a problem with wow for years. All my friends played right from the start but I wasn't into those types of games at the time. After rath of the lich king came out, they finally convinced me to play. At first it seemed super fun but that soon ended. Even at that time they needed me to install and configure several mods. I got them installed and met up with them for the first time. We picked up a quest and instantly my friends were super mad at me for wasting time reading what the quest was. "Just use quest tracker" they say... like bro, I want to try to actually play the game.. Not run through it not enjoying anything. I never actually played the game. I never will.

[@dkdkkdks5087]

Same happened to me. Friend of Mine introduced me to wow and i was Just grinding Dungeons to get to late Game. I spoilered Everthing and Had No aha Moments. Kinda sad

[@john_titor1]

I feel like the two main issues with modern gaming are the following: one, a lot of games today are made for profit first, and fun second. Games originally were always something more niche and more about exploration and experimentation of new technology and ideas. It wasn't a super corp with 100 execs optimizing how to suck the most cash out of its playerbase and trying to cash in on already existing successful ideas. It was a couple of dudes who were having fun messing around with a cool new concept. This is evident with the popularity of Indie games, as most popular indie games are fun, interesting, and novel ideas and experiments first, with the making of money as an aside. The second issue is that given enough time, people will tend to optimize the fun out of things. In an environment where one strategy works better than another, players will tend to converge on this more optimal strategy. This can lead to stale, boring, and stagnant metas with non-dynamic interactions. It can also lead to situations where playing becomes work. You are no longer playing to have fun, and do things your own way, but instead, you are forced into working on becoming more efficient and optimal around a strategy or type of gameplay that you didn't get to choose yourself, as evident in competitive games, FPSs, and MMOs. This problem has always existed, but is more evident as you get older because you become smarter. For example, when you are a kid, tic-tac-toe is fun because you are an idiot, and you aren't smart enough to realize optimal play. As an adult, tic-tac-toe is boring as hell, because anyone with more than one braincell knows how to play optimally to always force a draw. There is no point in playing the game when you already know what the outcome will be, and the steps involved are always the same. Hopefully, with awareness of these problems, devs can try and build games that attempt to solve these issues in one way or another. Perhaps, with something like AI which can learn and grow itself, making games more dynamic, and making it harder to have the playerbase converge on singular optimal metas.

[@RobotronSage]

Yup

[@outforbeer]

Yea, the ceo of these companies aren’t gamers. In the past, the ceo was a gamer

[@anotherClueless4]

really good comment

[@StarKiller98K]

It’s depressing that I’m slowly starting to relate to this, I probably just need new shit to play tbh.

[@Random_qubit]

@@pagirios2285 commenting on youtube =/= making money Screw your comment go make money!

[@E7ernalWolf]

Yeah for sure, these feelings like you're over it come and go. Try out some indies! Game pass is good for trying a bunch out. Warframe was also a great free to play steam game you could try

[@Greningas]

Try a new genre, worked for me.

[@vsaucepog7829]

@@CottidaeSEA as long as you cover your needs, i think that's the best balance to have.

[@pylotlight]

just wait for starfield.. :P

[@quinn562]

Ive felt this for a while, it almost feels like I've obtained the mind of a dev - all I see are the systems behind the game and how many times I've seen the same gameplay loop to the point of not wanting to bother playing because I already know what to expect. Don't get me wrong I get surprised every now and then but the bloom is off the rose these days

[@fallout4salvationcity761]

Ignorance was truly bliss at how games worked behind the scenes.

[@RIP_ZYZZ1738]

@@staticcharm3808 That's not why though. I think you're a bit of a bot to think that's why games suck now.

[@xxkildarxx]

@@RIP_ZYZZ1738 Except it is for some people. I remember at the peek of Fortnite seeing kids in a parking lot screaming "Fortnite" at the top of their lungs. That type of excitement and joy over a game is something most people grow out of. As they age they will never feel that same amount of excitement that drove them to scream about their game in a parking lot for no reason. They will likely chase after that feeling though.

[@jeremymain7303]

What's fun about turning a game into a spread sheet?

[@Gomjabbar28]

@@xxkildarxx yes indeed I'll install 3 different games in a night trying to chase that

[@Mikeygamer1]

That OSRS music kicking in... CHILLS... I remember like it was yesterday sitting wrapped in a blanket on the PC in my parents basement playing that game completely clueless LOL

[@nicobaby350]

The reason why gaming is fun is it relieves stress,like when ur stressed at work or at your study,you finds happiness in gaming,but if you're free and have nothing to do, you're likely to get bored while playing games

[@Brettcroese]

Youll have fun gaming if you touch grass in between and actually go outside, and then get excited to play a game

[@dooddoingstuff]

While on vacation it's pretty tough to enjoy most online games, but when school comes back it's the thing i anticipate the most! Funny how that happens. So yeah touch grass

[@FireJach]

True. Our entertainment shouldnt be based only on games

[@bemlok]

You know what, I actually did this. I started to go more outside and touch the grass when I was 20, and it's fun. But bro, I was missing gaming and all I had was those shit AAA games. But then I discovered indie games, and now I balance touching grass and playing some indie games.

[@grilledleeks6514]

Touching grass makes games less shit? Doubt

[@dooddoingstuff]

@@grilledleeks6514 try it then

[@DelbertStinkfester]

I'm 58 and started gaming with Pong. I remember getting an Atari 2600 when I was 14 years old...I love video games and will be playing them until I'm physically or mentally incapable of playing them...I freaking love video games.

[@DelbertStinkfester]

@@Nostromo2144 Oh Man I wish I had access to a computer back in those days...That would have changed everything

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@Nostromo2144 The Apple //e had a built in disassembler (CALL-151) and mini-assembler (accessed via the ! command) built in ROM. These days you may want to try AppleWin, Mame, or many other Apple 2 emulators. :-)

[@OriginalPuro]

The goof troop game was amazing. It's still one of the best gaming memories, playing 2 player goof troop, throwing barrels at each other for fun and all that.:D

[@PublicEnemy04]

I still remember when my parents would try to institute the “one hour only” rule when it came to gaming. It never happened, and I would always wait for them to be preoccupied with something else to continue. Nowadays, after 30 minutes of play, I’m pretty tired and need to go to bed 😅

[@Ultraempoleon]

Oh bro you're so lucky. If I touched the gaming console without permission or went over that hour, that console was as good as gone.

[@Regonix]

Golden age of gaming: 2000 - 2010. From 2000 to 2005 it was the age of single player games. From 2005 to 2010 it was the age of multiplayer games. No other decade will ever top that one, in both gaming, culture, and everything as a whole. People will never know the greatness of the world between 2000 and 2010.

[@ayeyuh6920]

I just can't relate to this. Idk if it's because i'm passionate about games or if it's because i play a wide variety but even at 30 I'm still having just as much fun.

[@Aerisetta]

This guy hasnt played any video games since Starcraft 2

[@dooddoingstuff]

I think you just know how to select games that are actually fun. Good for you! Very nice to hear that

[@oguz091]

Yup the key is to play a wide variety of games.

[@PsyFurion]

Same. There way too many games out there that are amazing yet people want to focus on AAA titles and then complain about them for views. Video games are fine, indie devs are the same type of devs from 20+ years ago... Just stop looking at AA titles

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

Just take a say during the Steam Next Fest and try any title that looks unique OR piques your interest. You will have a much better view of gaming after that. There were titles from that in 2022 we don't have the vocabulary to describe, just because they were brand new genres that weren't just some form of "how to make killing interesting from __ perspective."

[@VincentChase905]

asmon its never too late to start your runescape journey man, im sure so so so many of us would love to see that, a whole new audience would drool for it. plus it will be amazing for you obv, osrs is a gem to be experienced by all at one point in time.

[@flakdampler11]

What’s the appeal of RuneScape? It looks super dated

[@kaikash]

@a what's the appeal of minecraft? It looks super dated. That isn't an argument lol Also, he tried it once and the community showered him with stuff and brought him around the world. He wasn't able to focus and actually get into it. With how he loves new world I think he would like runescape if we took the time to understand it. Problem is it's not streamer gameplay unless you do bosses and quests. Chopping trees on stream would be aids.

[@Maverekt]

@@kaikash yeah that’s why people like moist critical do these types of streams while afking it on the side too lol His best bet is to literally play an ironman

[@ChampuStrike]

Osrs is only good if you got stocholm syndrome or have the free time of a 7 year old in the 2000's it's a nostalgia ride that can be fun, but it's a grindfest totally not new player friendly

[@ww-iu2ut]

@@Maverekt if he didn't play an iron-man people would ruin the game for him by overloading him with items and gold

[@Tovinthorn]

Mainstream Gamer: "Gaming isn't fun anymore." "Gaming isn't what it used to be." "There aren't any fun games." Literally everyone else: "Holy shit, every year gaming get's better and better, I can't wait to see what's next!" This is the most true for indie gamers. Which, I am so happy is on the rise. Most of my friends have several indie games in their collection that they love, and I will continue trying to get them to do so.

[@nicholassullivan1239]

Thank you!!!! I'm so fucking sick of that mentality.

[@crazychainsaw007]

I play plenty of indie games. They can only change gameplay concepts they don't have the money to push actually technology of games WHICH IS WHAT I WANT. I want the games i play to be apart of an actual simulated world, something i can live in instead of just playing for a gameplay loop which is only enticing to me part of the time.

[@Tovinthorn]

@@crazychainsaw007 I would say Boneworks, a rather indie team pushes the boundaries of VR. In fact, many VR teams continue to push how you interact with it. Haptic feedback vests, treadmills, gloves, peripherals, etc. Technology is on the rise. RTX was introduced in what, 2018? UE5 was last year and continues to improve to make environments look pretty much better than real life. Iunno - I feel like it's getting better every year. As far as simulated world - there are tons of player driven economy/world games out there. From 4x games like Universalis, to Hack and Slash Tacticals like Mount and Blade, to Dwarf Fortress which simulates basically everything you can think of.

[@Tovinthorn]

@@infinityseven5924 I heavily disagree, again - this is if you're looking at AAA titles only and mainstream games. If you took a step back, you would realize that in for 2021 for instance, over 10,000 games have been released. Now, if you go back to... say, 2005, it's less than 50. Look at that difference. So I'm not blaming you for seeing a crap ton of bad games and thinking it's bad, it's just the SHEER VOLUME of crap has increased. Even if 5000 good games are out there, you'd have a hard time sifting it through without reviews/curators/YTers. I also disagree that resources are the issue. Look at Rimworld, Factorio, Dinkum, Prison Architect, Project Zomboid, 7 Days to Die and many more poopular indie games that are 1/2 man dev teams. The games are out there. People just DONT LOOK. For instance, 2022. What games came out this year that were amazing that revised formulas or made new ones? GhostWire Tokyo (new formula) Monster Hunter Rise (renewed formula) Borderlands Tiny Tina (renewed formula) Dofromantik (New formula) Rogue Legacy 2 (Renewed fomula) Plagued Tale Requim (Renewed Formula) Stray (New formula) Raft (Not true 2022, but was released, New Formula) Warhammer 3 (Told by many fans this is the best one, and was a very new take on the warhammer series, so I'd say new formula) Cult of the Lamb (New Formula) Vampire Survivors ( New Formula) V Rising (New formula) I could go ON AND ON AND ON man.

[@Tovinthorn]

​@@infinityseven5924 I was merely pointing out popular and rather innovative games from 2022 specifically, but I guarantee you people will be tlaking about Valheim, Terraria, Project Zomboid, 7 Days to die, Factorio/Rimworld, KSP, Powerwashing Simulator, etc. You can have conversations with people today who pick out their favorite games in the past and find indie titles in the mix from the SNES era and galore. I think you're trying to be so negative about this that you're overlooking that people who step out of their comfort zone and have a wider breath of gaming tastes tend to have many gems. Case and point - there are flash games from adult swim/newgrounds/cartoon network people can point out as being amazing. Flash games. I think resources are apart of the equation. I don't think they're the entire equation like you're saying. It's easy for you to stand there and point out a point I made is ridiculous for being on one end, when you're literally on the opposite with no proof of your own, whereas I'm literally pointing out games that are 1. Amazing 2. Severely undermanned, and 3. Run on extremely lite engines. I'm also not saying by having more resources you can't have a better game, obviously more resources means more at your disposal of course, but it's not the entire ingredient of a good game. I said "renewed formula" as in they improved on what was before it. Warhammer series in general includes large/gigantic units, flying units, heroic units, and spells. You're telling me Medieval 2 has any of these? Raft is a "slightly" different take on the survival genre" Okay, I'd like you to elaborate on how you came about to this conclusion and give me some comparisons on which games are like it. I'll give you mine. - Your entire survival depends on your raft. Most other games if you die or lose your base, you can start over. Or, it doesn't allow you to lose your base/vehicle. - The hook/fishing for resources mechanic has not been seen in any other survival game. There is fishing, but not fishing for resources actively.

[@BAGofTALENT]

Getting PS 1 for Christmas was one of the greatest moments in my life . Split screening tony hawk with my brother was the best .

[@SigmaSyndicate]

I'll say that games nowadays aren't made with the same design philosophies that the games we loved back in the day were. AAA Games nowadays feel like jobs rather than fun, focusing on lots of content rather than a refined experience. I never played the original God of War games for the PS2, so I have no nostalgia, but I went back and tackled them and they're absolutely amazing. Going back to older games reminds me of why I love them and what I hope they can one day be again.

[@roddny444]

When people say things like gaming isn't fun anymore to me it feels like it's because aside from the obvious stuff we all know (corporate greed/unfinished games), alot of them that say that dont play anything new. They play the same kind/kinds of games over and over but never step out of their comfort zone to try anything new.

[@roddny444]

@@Lavrec lmao

[@FireJach]

My friend is like that. He has been playing gta 5 rp for like 3000 hours or even more and he is saying: I wish there was a new game I could dive in. In his opinion game industry is pretty dead now. He doesnt even try new games tho. .

[@roddny444]

@FireJach I also have a friend who has been playing the same games over and over. GTA5, Witcher 3, Apex Legends, Final Fantasy 15, and Fortnite. There's so many other great games out and he just keeps replaying those.

[@gimmiecoffee]

Yep, another problem is the "And its not that I dont have as much time as i used to, i have lots of time!", well there is the issue, you are spending too much time on video games, get some different hobbies, learn some new skills, go outside lol. Spending too much time on one single thing will inevitably lead to burn out, I dont understand how this is not more of common sense to some people.

[@RobotronSage]

For as many other games there are, only about 5 of them are any sort of decent, these days. Roddny i'm going to have to politely reject your take because it's just plain wrong.

[@canadianrabbit4838]

I think the reason of why i still love playing game is mostly because i dont look for guides on the internet, i play game blindly, if a mission that i do and keep dying or failing, i then look it up to see why. I still do that even to this day, i did the same for elden ring.

[@enes8k9]

Exactly, using internet to help you pass the game makes it far less interesting.

[@jackholt6860]

Same, looking up guides is basically having someone play the game for you, I only do it if i'm stuck for so long that i'd quit the game if I didnt

[@The_Night_Haunter-VIII]

This is why I've given up with multiplayer games. For the past few years I've been strictly playing single player games and honestly it reignited my passion for games. 90% of the time their is no monetization, and ya only gotta buy expansions that release for those games. Sure single player isnt for everyone, but my view towards gaming got better when the competition factor and constant monetization wasnt a thing anymore.

[@scumbaggo]

I was going through my old stuff the other day, shed a tear or two when I got to the PS1/PS2 box. Playing Tomb Raider and Crash with my mom were some of the best times ever. Always had the best pokemon and kicked ass in battles cause she traded me all the good shit when we both got Gameboys for Christmas. I got the green one and my mom got the clear puprle one.

[@SomeNameHere]

In Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/Green there was a feature; when you had completed your Pokedex with the 150 Pokemons collected (Mew as 151 not counted in) you could visit a "hidden" or hard to notice Office of GameFreak, wich was the Programmers. They could check your Pokedex and when it had 150 Pokemons collected they where giving you a Certificate as Item. Using the Item was displaying it on the screen and giving you the option to Print it out with the Gameboy Printer. I remember freeling like a POG Champ, when i was a little Kiddo, printed out that "Certificat" and showing it to my Grandma. =)

[@nuadat7541]

No one cares

[@solocup5881]

Sounds cool. Imma try that

[@matthewlegrand1025]

I think the "things used to be better when I was a kid" mentality will always be present as people grow older. There were people in the PS2 era complaining about how much better things were in the SNES days and PC golden age. Like this guy said gaming peaked in 2014, which is a 1-3 years before Bloodborne, Overwatch, Dark souls 3, Divinity Original Sin II, Hollow Knight, BoTW, The Witcher 3, Stardew Valley, Civ 6, Persona 5, etc. etc. Amazing games that I'm sure were the peak of gaming for other people. It's all subjective, you can't objectively say Smite pre-2014 was better than Overwatch. I think it comes down to your life changing and not having the same amount of time to dedicate to a game. When I was a kid I would play Wow all evening every day after school with friends. Now I maybe have a few hours each week to play online with friends because I have so many more life commitments. Of course I'll remember my WoW days with rose tinted glasses, but that doesn't mean that a game like FFXIV, Overwatch 2, Sea of Thieves, Fortnite, Minecraft, or some other game fills that role for a kid now, and he'll have that same experience just with a different game.

[@davidschmidt2081]

I never heard people saying things were better in snes days when we had ps2. We were amazed by what was available for the ps2, it was crazy to us to see how far the technology had come and how good the games were. You must not have experienced that time if you're saying people were saying the same things.

[@lswallie]

something that isn't mentioned in the video is we lose dopamine receptor production as we age and dopamine stimulus hits from gaming lose its power and addictive qualities, couple that with change in priorities as we age, attention spans, available time, and just overall experience from playing so many games we generally lose interest because nothing is new to us, but it doesn't mean there isn't a whole new generation experiencing gaming like we first did as children

[@elmhurstenglish5938]

I disagree: Sports. Look at people who love sports... when they were young they loved sports and when old they still love sports. And these games themselves NEVER change. Age isn't affecting their enjoyment of sport at all. Why? I think because these things change: the competition gets better, skills and tactics shift. In most games, the AI is identical and predictable. If you've played games for years, games do, generally, become easy. If the AI evolved, employing different tactics and had varied behaviour, and could surprise you, we'd still find games just as fun no matter how old we get.

[@tynce563]

As a 21 yo gamer I am so jealous of ya’ll who got to be born one decade before me. I’ll even admit it was one of the most influential times for gaming EVER.

[@Boogerdick69]

even less than a decade, Im 27. Shit I remember playing wow/silkroad/gunz/halo 2 at my friends house with his older brother. I had dial up so at my house i was only able to play runescape,gunz an silkroad. I didn't have xbox live either so I played halo 2 online at their house

[@ischju]

I didn’t have internet. It was very expensive back then.

[@ZappBrannigan69420]

Yeah back then they definitely put a lot more effort. It feels like because they couldn’t patch shit now they just released crap because they know they can update anything. There’s still pretty good games coming out but it’s just far less.

[@bullettime1116]

As a 20 year old gamer im not jealous at all, in fact im glad i wasnt born pre internet age, solely because the variety of game genre was more limited

[@curtismartin9054]

The technological improvements aren't as drastic as they were growing up. We always had something insane to look forward too. Now I really don't even notice that much of a difference from one system to the next.

[@themadnes5413]

What sparked my joy for gaming again (im 35) was VR. Sure there are not that many 70h + AAA games but it does not have to be. I enjoy that i can put my VR headset on and play for 1-2hours and feel good about it, while having a blast.

[@seagrey75]

I agree but a VR set is still expensive now

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@seagrey75 Technically cheaper than a modern console (about on par with the Switch).

[@johntimothyvalenzuela8146]

thing is, every gamer feels like this every once in a while, but once you have the time and found that one game, your back. at least thats been my experience with gaming since i started getting responsibilities.

[@Prushka]

I remember times where I was just sitting on my computer watching youtube videos on the second screen, launching some game and then closing it 20 minutes later because I wasn't enjoying it and repeating with different games. but the good thing about it is once you find a new game you like or an old one you haven't played in a while, you can pour hundreds of hours into them and then if you eventually get bored of that game too, the games that felt boring before will feel fun to play once again, atleast thats what my experience has been like

[@crazychris1123]

This happened to me 2 years before covid....played shit all my life and I just dropped games as a whole one day and started working more on other hobbies and work. Covid started and i got a different job that was at home and the spark just ignited. Now I'm playing more than ever even going back to stuff i used to play as a teen (Runescape, Monster Hunter, Command and Conquer, Total war etc) Recently I started playing WoW for the first time when all my life I said "I will never touch that shit"....having a fuckin blast. Games aren't worse especially in the Indie seen, theres so much good stuff from the last decade and yet to come!

[@randomrambo2273]

@@crazychris1123 I feel that, there was a period where I was basically "burnt out" from video games and didn't play anything for a while, recently I've gotten back into games and also playing games I used to like, mainly like Halo 2 and 3 on MCC and WoW.

[@deusvult6920]

The problem is there's no games being made that hold my attention for longer than a couple weeks. They're just not fun bc they're being made with the intention of milking shit out of you rather than making a fun games

[@lyndonbauer1703]

@@ZeranZeran KH3 hurt my soul.

[@randizzle9302]

I remember going to my very first live esports event at the pluckers in downtown ATX watching Starcraft 2 on the big screens with a bunch of other nerds. It was so much fun, and I hope that one day it becomes a regular thing again.

[@Insanity-vv9nn]

The biggest thing about this is that we went from playing a lot of games, to just 1. When you start to play different games, the emotions come back

[@thomgizziz]

we? you mean you?

[@bullettime1116]

​@@thomgizziznah its we, hop off leage for the 10000th hour youve been playing it and play something else

[@jjayala]

I got into gaming seriously later than most in life. It's what helped keep me sober early on. I deff have to take a break sometimes but it's hard for me to get into a game these days that's not love service. Not Impossible but hard. I can't stand ppl but love the idea of constant new gameplay with others. It's a real not scripted experience. I don't get into open worlds too much anymore without wanting to get in a server and get better at multiplayer. But very interesting how it's all changed since I was a kid with my snes.

[@Sethzenjion]

Sounds like this guy needs to play more indie games. Someone get this man some vampire survivors

[@KeMeEscupaUnPollo]

hahaha, exactly the ONLY game I am playing right now.

[@Chilledsky2]

After Vampire survivors I moved to raft haha valheim and deep rock galactic are also great

[@luminosity01]

Ultrakill, Wrath Aeon of Ruin, Signalis like dude missed a lot of stuff outside AAA games.

[@jamesbg314]

@@luminosity01 but that's the problem isn't it? He said indie and mod creators are where the idea are good, but generally AAA developers have gotten worse over the years. And I'd have to agree

[@Palentir]

I think the problem is the quantity of games not the quality. There are a lot of great games out there, but when you have 200 games to choose from you dont value the game and the experience.

[@Jepegish]

Mindset also plays a HUGE role.

[@The_Azure_]

I don't quite agree. The PS2 still boasts the largest console library by a landslide (not including backwards compatibility) and that gen is still seen as one of the greatest in gaming. However, that was when most AAA studios still had passion.

[@RobotronSage]

@@The_Azure_ Exactly. Everyone making these crappy takes are probably like 12 years old

[@themodfather9382]

Or they're just all bad.

[@CFlandre]

You also have to wonder who these games are made for. During the heyday of the late 2D-early 3D era, there was a distinct feeling that games were made for "gamers", which existed as a small subset of the general population consisting of tech hobbyists and design enthusiasts. With gaming hitting the mainstream, that sort of feeling went away, even with the indie scene to some degree... It feels like games now are simply profit extraction... Maybe we should start making games for each other without the expectation of financial return.

[@nichtsistkostenlos6565]

As somebody who has kids now, the very little time that I have to play games is incredibly fun because I understand my situation and know that I don't need to take it seriously. I honestly have more fun playing games now than ever.

[@georgeknowles7504]

Same here, games are 10x more fun after a hard days work. I used to be miserable playing games I now adore because I'm not spending a third of that time idling in stormwind.

[@Anttown123]

@@georgeknowles7504yes but the problem is if you work all day you feel bad to play games instead of spending that little time you have with your wife.

[@Anttown123]

@@alejandrinos one could dream…

[@nichtsistkostenlos6565]

@@Anttown123 I used to have this problem, but my wife and I worked out our own free time each week. She gets time to watch her shows, I get time to game, and we don't have to feel bad about it. Definitely a worthwhile thing to do if you can figure it out in your schedule.

[@georgeknowles7504]

@@Anttown123 I manage both. The trick is to avoid competitive ladders and schedule time for gaming. That's why I quit Dota, LoL etc and just play MMORPGs now. I can have my hardcore gaming time on raid nights and spend the rest of the week doing low intensity content and exploring the world for a couple of hours a night.

[@Thugblader92]

I remember having a great time just pulling on Mario's face at the title screen of Super Mario 64 as kid...

[@clouds5]

I'm 38, I'm basically gaming on a daily basis since I was 8 years old or something :D I don't think I will stop anytime soon. My buddy and me already have plans in what games we play when we are old and retired xD

[@nokronis]

I'm 33 years old, the only thing that makes games less enjoyable to me really is the fact that I feel stressed about spending my time on things besides work! So for me personally, I've learned to keep my mind calm and just live in the present, especially when I game and relax. I try not to think of goals far in advance, and instead either write them all down on a list, or think of them one at a time after I finish one task. Oh, and also I don't play any micro transaction games!

[@SkipsTinyBeard]

I have the exact same sentiment man. I even take it a step further and no longer pay for and play games on release. I stopped caring about being first in on a game. But that limits me to single player games only. The thing is, it's great though. I just make a concerted effort to NOT watch any yt content on a game I plan on buying. Even if that means I won't pay it until it's 80% off on steam years later. I just finished Star Wars Fallen Order, am running through ME2 right now, and am loving it. First time playing ME2 as well. It's fresh for me and it's been out for a crazy long time. And here I am in 2023 addicted. I don't care, it's a beautiful feeling, and for me gaming is still fun and fresh.

[@nokronis]

@Jake Storms I do the same thing, waiting for sales is great! Plus by the time we get them all the bugs are worked out and the game is complete haha.

[@deltawolf]

@@SkipsTinyBeard whats ME2? I feel you on the not buying games at release gig. I cant remember the last game i bought on release. Might have been diablo 3. Or Starcraft 2. Whichever of those that came last.

[@spencersdh1]

@@SkipsTinyBeard One of the great things about waiting to play games if you do follow people who play them, is that you can watch their experiences right after yours, without having to wait for them to continue playing.

[@SkipsTinyBeard]

@@deltawolf Mass Effect 2. I'm completely late to the party, and an totally engrossed!

[@colbyvanquished7708]

Maybe gaming isn't fun to people who aren't into games anymore :0 There's a billion games in my backlog, and enough good new stuff to keep me going for years and years.

[@superthon7762]

I know right the dude keeps complaining

[@benkelly7182]

The older you get the more you realize how precious time is, your responsibilities increase, and if you’re wise you start spending more time on self improvement, with your family, meditating, education/reading, or simply sleeping. I don’t have enough room in my life for games anymore, maybe they’ll be fun again some years down the line when the paradigm shifts again. Until then I’m finding games to be a lot less fun or practical, it has zero to do with monetization.

[@stonechicken4363]

One point people don't touch on is that they lack innovation nowadays. Think, back in 2000s each new game brought something completely new, features graphics the ability to have larger maps. Now all that is there in every game, the only new thing is the poly counts and how well light reflects off of objects.

[@AndarilhoMarco]

"How are they able to..." Addiction.

[@nuggetsfan231]

Whoever said gaming isn't fun clearly hasn't played the masterpiece that is punch

[@SoundBubble]

Damn, two 47min reactions called "Gaming isn't fun anymore" in the same week, but it's not even the same video

[@HI-pi1er]

Gaming was so pure in the 90’s

[@JockenN]

Got myself an old SNES, and one of the best feelings in the world is coming home from university/work on a Friday, sit down in the couch, crack open a beer and just play old school games and feeling like there are no problems in the world for a while. Today's games refuse to commit to escapism, something the old games went all in on, that's why they fail.

[@nicholasreynolds6609]

Starcraft I was way bigger than II. Starcraft I changed my life, along with Command & Conquer.

[@dwntime]

Video game capability keeps growing, but management is what holds it back

[@zekrinealfa1113]

@@wildwest1832 There is no reason for games to be realistic though, look how successful minecraft was back in the day.

[@dooddoingstuff]

@@zekrinealfa1113 and still is

[@dwntime]

@@wildwest1832 Yeah, that's exactly why AAA games are often $70 for the standard version nowadays. If a studio can't come up with a profit model without having to implement PTW or Loot boxes then they should reconsider the way they are making said game

[@pupper5580]

I beat super metroid semi-recently and it was really really good a game. The response times to commands were a bit clunky but everything else was just diamond.

[@arneheuvinck6255]

asmongold, TRUST me when I say that deep rock galactic is definitly worth your time. It is sooo amazing

[@Grymgar]

There is a HUGE contradiction in decrying the cost of DLC, lootboxes, and in general, runaway monetization of games and not pinpointing the beginning of that model in MMOs like WoW. I spent 15 dollars a month for that and while they stretched the FOMO over longer timescales, they were responsible ultimately for starting the monetization model in video games. When dude says this downhill slop began in 2014, I think he was about 10 years off.

[@humlakullen]

Easy… The gaming industry has been become a victim of its own success. How do you even top games like Skyrim, GT7, The last of us, Uncharted (just to name a few), without spending hundreds of millions and a decade to create something as new, novel and entertaining as the previous games? It’s an almost impossible task.

[@khanager2814]

Man, thank you Asmon. Sounds really sad but you talking about the Nintendo prompted me to go looking for some of the older games I played on the original Xbox (my first console, from around 2005/6 onwards). Really funny thinking back on some of those games - and a quick shoutout to SW Battlefront II.

[@OnyXerxes]

Everything is really a relative level of wasting time depending on how you look at it. If you enjoy the time you spent and aren't hurting anyone it's not a "waste of time" in my opinion. Although I do think having hobbies or pursuits that are somewhat productive or challenging physically/mentally is better than ones where you just turn off your mind mostly for hours and spend a lot of money without any substantive benefit to yourself or others besides the "fun" factor. Which is why I personally quit gaming but I don't really hold gaming against anyone or look down on them as long as they're doing something substantive with their life in other ways (which I wasn't when I spent most of my time online or gaming.)

[@AcidGlow]

It's usually during a time when you're burnt out on gaming and you need a long break to clear your mind. Either take a vacation, do physical activities, hang out with friends or just disconnect from it all. Time is precious ⏳

[@Golden_Goob]

I felt this for such a long time. I always believed id finally be an old person when i stopped playing video games, and i started feeling that like 5 years ago. At the beginning of 2021 i specifically and intentionally switched two of my habits, firstly I chose to stay away or heavily limit myself from heavily monetized games (i personally never spent very much on these anyways, but its so easy to tell how much content is driven for sales rather than fun), and focused back on single player experiences, or games whos only extra fees were DLC (mostly nintendo). At the time, I thought this was the single most impactful reason i wasnt having fun in games anymore. Secondly, not a note from the video, I chose to *never* read a game journalist review, or at the least, not let it affect my excitement and/or disappointment with any new game i was personally excited for. A year and change later it incredibly spiked my passion for gaming again. I think both parts were big impacts, but a year later this absolutely and uncontestably was the real reason I wasnt having fun. I was reading reviews, seeings bugs i wouldnt even ever experience, or just see a tanked review because they assumingly didnt do a paid sponsorship or whatever. I didnt recognize that almost every gaming journalist is making content to argue about, critiquing every little thing rather than whether or not the game is just fun. I seriously cannot express how much childhood fun, joy, and wonder I've reclaimed for myself following those steps and playing games. 2023 has an absolute banger of game releases im excited for which I havent had since probably 2013. Already we've had forspoken, dead space, and harry potter (your own opinions on all three are your own), we also have star wars, baldurs gate, armored core, hades 2, and a TON of new IP single player games like wo long fallen dynasty and others to look forward to! Games i HAVE been playing and having an absolute blast throughout are most notably, splatoon 3 (ive enjoyed 1 and 2 before my habit change, but i seriously cannot express in a post how much better splatoon is than ANY other shooter on the market if you want to actually just have fun), baldurs gate 3 (just in early access, but i have 400 hours and cannot wait for full release), and even forspoken, which i know has terrible reviews and dashed expectations, but the farther i get in, the more it feels like im an earth avatar and have all these cool element abilities, regardless of the notable lack of cities, cringe dialogue (that gets slightly better but still cringe) and lack luster story, the gameplay is just fun! I hope anyone feeling the game enjoyment sink tries the two steps i had if they can relate, or if not, finds their own way to change their habits to rekindle the flame of their childhood sparkle that games bring ♥

[@marceelino]

This is why i never looking up the guides or news about the game. I want to experience it and enjoy it on my own.

[@radicalcentrist4990]

In my case, I just don't buy anything new anymore. I often return to some of my old time favorite games and it's an especially good feeling when I replay them after more than a decade or so, it kinda feels like first time again and it reminds me why gaming was so great at that time. Of course, it doesn't really work with all games, some of them were only good in my memories, but a lot of them did age well enough that I could keep replaying them often, I don't need to buy new games.

[@arthur3495]

I do the same but with games i never played, idk why people think they have to play what's new and i'm not talking about retro, if you just browse through steam for some time you'll find a lot of games that were released years ago and are still good. When nobody is talking about something is when you can judge without subjection from other people if you truly like that or not.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@arthur3495 Even with new stuff just ignore AAA and you will do great. My 2022 has been nothing but hits so far. Neon White, Hush Hush, Kaichu, Potion Permit, and reviews are good for titles like Potionomics which I am playing after P5R (AAA, but I like a lot of Atlas stuff).

[@randomrambo2273]

Same, the only games I play besides retail wow are from like 10+ years ago

[@ericsousa4304]

90s and early 2000's were the highlight of our gaming times, thing is, no one gave warning to truly enjoy it as it will never be relived

[@graphospasm5394]

You can still play all those games for free if you like them that much. You won't though because modern games are just fine.

[@eyang7]

It's very true. I loved video games back in the days much more like all the JRPG: for example... chrono trigger, breath of fire series, Final fantasy 3, and super mario RPG. God, those games where damn amazing. I would stay up night and day playing these amazing games.

[@HollowRick]

Super Nintendo and ps1 was the golden age for JRPGs imo

[@Lonn715]

Secret of man's with the multi-tap is an experience that can never be replicated.

[@rahovartiv3464]

Everytime I try to get into an mmo it always starts out as a few months of addictive fun and just becomes logging in to do a daily chore list.

[@joeuknobro]

Props to the RuneScape team for keeping the game pure and relevant and beloved for 20 years. I picked up RuneScape over COVID and fell in love with the base game new content that harmonize so perfectly. Life picked up again and I stopped playing, but God, I still watch the RuneScape content creators doing crazy account builds. Long life old school RuneScape!

[@MNAHN-T.GOF-NN]

Soul.

[@DJRiyzen]

Isn't it weird that allot of the top comments, are model profile pictures, that each one has the same video on their profile, with the same amount of views, linking to a website?

[@GDrakoTurnover]

I like to call them 'th0t bots', and theyre multiplying, and YT and their automation does nothing

[@TeKett]

Games are just more fun as a kid.

[@csguy3223]

I feel like there was LESS bugs in early video games than there are in every game now. Like I was just playing world of warcraft yesterday and some enemies walked up through a floor and killed everyone.

[@rickybindahoose6193]

This is because back before we had the Internet the disc would have to be absolutely complete, any game breaking bugs would essentially result in them having to refund copies and redistribute out new discs to the customers. When we got the Internet, developers and publishers became lazy as fuck because they can just patch their unfinished games overnight 👎 the Internet basically incentivises developers to make half finished games unfortunately.

[@rynfear]

I'm 36 now. Played games my whole life. Spent a lot of that time on mostly WoW and other MMOs. I'd recommend trying some of those exploration survival games like Valheim like he mentioned. It's the only kind of game that's really grabbing my attention anymore. I'm really enjoying Conan Exiles, and ARK as well. Exploring, fighting, building, dying horribly, rebuilding, etc. It can rekindle your love for gaming.

[@joeking6972]

This is precisely why I barely use social media anymore, either. It's like I'm only reacting compulsively out of habit rather than doing something I actively enjoy. If anything this is a good thing as it's got me back into reading, which is both pretty much free and more useful a hobby anyway.

[@arkmangato870]

This is like a perfect homage to what was, the full rollercoaster ride of gaming. It will never be replicated, only a deep nostalgic remembrance of how fast time really goes even if it seems to us like just one second in front of the other

[@theswede3286]

When it comes to grinding or accomplishing things in game, I think it's more so that as you get older, you value your time more.

[@stephengrenleski1972]

Part 2, the quarters start falling down. Ah, monetization.

[@NeoAstrisk]

This is why I play mindless grinding games and listen to music when I feel burnt out. Just dumb fun.

[@DJRiyzen]

For me video games, have always been about stories. Loved games like FF7, ect. Thats what I still love about games. Multiplayer games have never appealed to me.

[@laynevaughn1900]

You already used the title Asmon!!!!! Haha

[@SmokeMadPiff]

37:00 hit me in the feels. I'm 36 and I've created my family and I have a career and I feel quite accomplished, the way I used to when I mastered a game. Feel like Asmon was talking about me. 🤣

[@bilateriannewt4222]

Imagine being 36 without any accomplishes. Yeah, that's me

[@Lucas-mp5dw]

@@bilateriannewt4222 just start, or you will be 46 in the same situation...

[@bilateriannewt4222]

@@Lucas-mp5dw thanks dad

[@bfmbtc]

😂😂😂

[@anotherClueless4]

@@bilateriannewt4222 hahahah

[@mistertusk1427]

omg timeslpitters 2 was the absolute pinnacle of gaming

[@tommywilliams9100]

We grew up with the evolution of video games, remember how hard it was to connect & play original halo online? What was that called again, Xbox connect (XBC)? The magic was tied into our childhoods, and nobody will ever be able to recreate that. I hope I'm horribly wrong. I was young when I got my first hand-me-down GameBoy right before the gameboy color came out. Those were "core memories" because we grew up in the gaming culture.

[@GroundedTech]

My feelings match with this guy entirely. Great video.

[@Imatuhl]

I feel this mans pain.

[@romann921]

We've reached a point to where games are made to be grind fests and/or monetized to hell and back. Gaming is a business, and business ties to negative practices for profit's sakes. It doesn't mean they all do it though. There's some solid games out there but will likely take looking outside your comfort zone to find. Indie games have been filling this roll for me for a while now. Also trying out different genres may help. I wasn't a big RPG guy until more recently that I've been trying them out.

[@camolot2102]

@@Lavrec Wdym? Outside the comfort zone in this context is meaning playing games/genres you don't normally play. Someone who plays fps's all the time might not have tried out elden ring or it takes two just for example.

[@ni9274]

There is plenty AAA games not doing that, the most popular games of this year are not doing that.

[@JimmyFingers]

timesplitters the freakin Glove Head guy challenge crushed me omg

[@Fuerwahrhalunke]

I actually stopped gaming, watching livestreams and gaming videos to persue my new found love of crafting. Asmon is kind of the gateway that makes me remember what I used to do a year ago. With that in mind: I prefer to have something eternal in my hands, that I can give to my kids later in life and they can pass it on further, instead of sitting infront of the computer and ultimately wasting away in a game or investing time into someone else's product, I rather create my own. That feeling of accomplishment hits different in real life than it does in gaming. That is what made me quit gaming. Though, even if I see it like that, I wouldn't go around judging others individually, simply because I know where they are coming from and I understand it. Just because it's nothing for me, doesn't mean that everyone else has to feel the same way.

[@beyondthelol]

What are you crafting bro?

[@Fuerwahrhalunke]

@@beyondthelol Leathercraft is what I do 🙂

[@wozo9210]

Who asked?

[@jake51515]

If games are a waste of time, then any form of entertainment is a waste of time.

[@OmegaF77]

Well, I'm more into gamedev now so it's sort of crafting something I guess.

[@MrYdoineedthis]

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