How To Enjoy Games Again

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If you've been feeling burn out, or just generally haven't been enjoying games as much as you used to, I may have the solution. This method worked for me so hopefully it works for you too!
#burnout
#outerwilds
#mhswoocer
Music used:
Dashing and Bashing (Ori and the Will of the Wisps)
Fi's theme (Skyward Sword)
Vovo e Vovo (celeste)
Games Shown:
Breath of the Wild
Elden Ring
Outerwilds
Xenoblade 3
Skyward Sword
Xenoblade 1
Final Fantasy 7
Hyperlight Drifter
Monster Hunter Rise: Suinbreak
Dragon Quest 11s
Unsighted (at the very end)

[@irsshill4502]

Out biggest problem isn't video games, but internet addiction. When I spent a week detoxing, oh man video games feel awesome.

[@capnmoby9295]

How do you do that, do you just stop watching youtube and putting social media away?

[@grantruiter34]

@@capnmoby9295 pretty much, its hard and you’ll realize how addicted your brain is to the dopamine you get 24/7. If you are strong enough to keep yourself from giving in and checking/ watching stuff, it will really help you

[@irsshill4502]

@@capnmoby9295 yes

[@cyanobakterie]

I used to be someone who chased trophies, who watched guides on KZbin to get through the toughest challenges games could offer and so on. Essentially, I treated games like jobs that needed to be finished. Add all those Battle Passes, dailies and weeklies on top of that and you're in FOMO paradise. When I realized how taxing gaming had become and how little fun I was having I quit all games that were making me unhappy and those that were making me log in daily despite not even wanting to play but "having to". Started experimenting with challenges that games threw at me instead of jumping to KZbin guides immediately and allowed myself to walk away from them if I felt like wasting my time and enjoyment of the game. I allowed myself to dislike games that were hyped and 10/10 for many but just did not click with me. Gaming is immensely fun again. I just had to approach them like when I was a kid: with curiosity, excitement and a sense of adventure instead of torturing myself through a check list.

[@Silent_Shadow]

I realized this recently. I became such a try hard with certsin games that it stsrted msking games not as fun. GAMES SHOULD BE FUN and not a job.

[@ariez2322]

The way you described this really explains me a lot bruhhh. I don't even know how to regain this spark that i have back as a kid 😢

[@leozeld_nb]

I have this problem watching recommended games that eventually just gather virtual dust. But those I didn’t watch anything, was recommended not to buy or even just found them interesting, I ended up liking them and still remembering them. One such case was Ace Attorney. I played through all 6 games and had a blast, and started with the 5th, eventually visiting the older games and finally played the 6th years later. But Bravely Default? Pikmin? Super Mario 3D All Stars? Those haven’t been touched in ages… I need to change some things 🤔

[@_Fizzy_1]

The sunk-cost fallacy is a real fun killer. Your point that the money is already gone is a very good thing to keep in mind. Whether you finish the game or not, you've already invested the same amount of money into it. At that point, it's just a matter of how much time it's worth.

[@mhswoocer]

Exactly!

[@RobinsMusic]

I waste a lot of money buying things that I hope will make me happen but I end up thinking its just not worth my time when playing most games (unless I play with friends)

[@zen6529]

just pirate games and then buy them if you don't drop them, easy fix

[@isidorodaviddoro1920]

​@@zen6529yup there are a bunch of emulators out there or you can put a ton of games in your console just to try them out,Steam has the 2 hours policy if am not wrong so it isn't needed

[@victoriacecilia3926]

that's why you pirate everything and only buy what you think is worth your money AFTER you've played it, not before.

[@cichy_youtuber1038]

the worst is when the game is awesome and you like it, but it's too long and you get discouraged, leaving it without knowing the ending, so Baldur's Gate 3 is looking at you and it's basically a mass effect trilogy

[@Slick_Tails]

In my own personal experience, I've found that simply sticking with a "play whatever I feel like" mentality is actually _less_ enjoyable than building up a structured plan to make it through my backlog. So often I'd find myself drifting back to the same multiplayer games, or even worse, scrolling through websites looking up information on upcoming games. But by filling out a plan, figuring out how much time I'm likely to spend on each game and allocating time to it, I generally end up enjoying myself more. It feels as though I'm actually achieving something, and I get to discover some new favourite games along the way.

[@HurkaTheGuard]

Something i heard on a video about the game backlog problem is that just organizing the backlog works for your brain to think "I have done something, i have achieved something." and after i did organize, cut down or add to my backlog i do agree with that statement. As for how to pick the next game, different things work for different people. In my case i try to not play the same genera in a row. Even if i only put in an atmospheric game like Journey in between 2 large RPGs it helps, mainly just to not compare the last games played directly. Another thing i do is selecting 6 - 8 games i want to force myself to play and then picking from them what i feel like playing (Or having friends pick from them). I do this because i know i can and will spend 6 hours picking from my Steam, Epic Games and the Game Pass library only to default back to youtube videos. Decreasing the number of things to choose from ironically means you will experience more of them.

[@MrLeroy42]

@@HurkaTheGuardThat is definitely a good idea. And I feel like I have the opposite problem that most people have. I am so picky when it comes to games. For me it seems like everything has to be just right. Like combat, controls, graphics, style, etc. If those aren’t perfect then I won’t have fun. And I hate that I’m like that. I want to play and enjoy more games but it just doesn’t seem like I can. Luckily I found a game called Ghost of Tsushima (now my favorite game) last year and platinumed it. And I am currently playing Horizon Zero Dawn. But as you can tell, those games are very similar in a lot of ways and what I want to do is widen my horizons (no pun intended) and play all kinds of other games. I just don’t know how to do that. And that is what led me to this video.

[@patriciofloresdifilipo3713]

@@MrLeroy42 Oh, amen, brother. The last game i truly enjoyed before Elden Ring was Kingdom Hearts III, YEARS ago. Shit, games have been a letdown. That's why i replayed KH3 Final mix so many times

[@MrLeroy42]

@@patriciofloresdifilipo3713 Right. It’s true that games have been not nearly as good as they once were but there are still a lot of good games out there. I just struggle to enjoy some of them because my brain is so picky.

[@patriciofloresdifilipo3713]

@@MrLeroy42 i'm Just the same. I stick tô games i know and replay them because i can't like many games, my brain is also Very picky

[@chickenbonelives]

I agree with stopping completely. I almost never finish a game.

[@jaimebacarizamorillas6736]

I tend not to write comments but you have such a good narrative skill, it is worth praising at. I don't even remember how I joined this channel: if it was because of monster hunter, elden ring....but man if I see a notification I jump quickly to watch a new vid (very well scripted, narrated and edited). Keep it up and thanks!

[@mhswoocer]

Thank you so much! Comments like these really mean a lot, I seriously appreciate it! Thanks for the support!

[@joe_the_zombie]

For a guy who really consistently puts out quality content, it's a massive shame that you aren't growing. Good video mate

[@mhswoocer]

First of all thank you! Second I am growing, just very slowly lol. I started the year with about 60 subs and now I'm at 15k which certainly isn't full time but it's progress! Regardless I just really like making videos and the fact that other people enjoy them too is enough for me. I would love to grow more and do this full time, but I think even if I never got there, I'd still upload videos every once in a while.

[@dominiccasts]

This is a very healthy attitude, I know I've made myself miserable by feeling like I had to finish a game that just wasn't working for me. Granted, what has happened in a couple cases (Dark Souls and NieR: Automata, specifically) is a fourth scenario this video didn't cover, that playing another game (Phantasy Star Online and its sequel, respectively) made me go "this is neat, but that other game I dropped before feels like this one, but a bit better", leading me to resonate with and finish the games I had previously let go of, enjoying them much more than I would have if I had forced myself to play them before I was ready.

[@rafresendenrafresenden.1644]

never had that "special feeling" with anything, it always takes a really long time for me to enjoy something. If a series is 6 seasons long I would probably star liking that series by the end of season 4.

[@ENBYSS]

Reminds me of how I got into Noita. Played it twice and got so frustrated that I stopped. A full 2 years later I got back in, and suddenly it hit in a way that I couldn't shake off. Honestly the need to be in the know for every new game is a fun-ruiner. Play games at your own pace. Quit whenever, and come back whenever inspiration hits - or not! This is the best way I found to keep being interested in games.

[@Wheeler07]

Almost all of my favorite games were games that I randomly bought during a sale, played for 2 hours, then dropped entirely. Some years later, I randomly picked them back up and had an insane amount of fun playing, and still do to this day.

[@fabionunes7081]

I have to admit that sometimes i push myself to finish games that im not really enjoying. instead of being a fun experience im just trying to finish it as quick as possible and im just praying for it to end. but i agree and i have droped games a lot of times. as you get older you realize time is precious

[@navi8801]

I used to be one of those people who played runescape for 10+ hours a day, it was back in.....2017 when I finally asked myself "why am I still playing?" And after I quit, I felt like I had so so much more time that I had started inline skating again. I had forgotten how much joy skating used to bring me in my younger years and I had fallen back in love with it! I still enjoy runescape, but nowadays I like to watch people play it for the first time or watch their goals in the game rather than keep playing it myself. It's also opened me up to a lot of other genres I had no interest in back then, I felt like if I wasn't doing anything other than runescape it was considered "exp waste" as we used to call it lol

[@JanisVeide]

This is something I needed to hear! Thank you :)

[@therealmrboo9962]

Great video! That ending may have made me cry a little bit, but still a fantastic video!

[@mhswoocer]

Thank you so much!

[@eightninefourr]

i don't really make serious comments on yt videos but this one reminded me of a conversation i had with a friend a couple weeks ago about game recommendations. i feel like whenever my friends recommend me games half the time it's hard for me to just boot it up and play the whole way through, and i think it really has to do with the timing of when i play them. sometimes i conflate dropping a game that i know is supposed to be good or has been recommended to me with being a game i dont really like, but then i pick those games back up months or about a year later and fall in love with them, something i felt with inscryption and hypnospace outlaw. i think it's important not to rush to every new game people tell you to play and just give it some breathing room sometimes, for me personally it really adds to the impact a game has once you're actually in the mood for it

[@Sploads]

Great video bro, you made a lot of points I agree with def deserve more views on this

[@rosengre]

This was so well made! Awesome video!

[@mhswoocer]

Thank you!

[@jonasc1221]

Really good ending with the point on losing time. It hits a different way when you cut to black after that.

[@Explodingstrawberry125]

Aye yo, just wanna say been watching a few of your videos and your content slaps. Keep up the good dude

[@mhswoocer]

Thank you!

[@Tabby3456]

Always try new games: I wondered if i will ever get back into games like Team Fortress 2 and Stellaris again, and the funny thing is; so long as you don't overindulge in the same game, you'll find yourself eventually like maybe a year later you will get back into that game.

[@datping7377]

When you said favorite game of all time I thought about ff7 then you showed clips of it 😂 I truly am a NPC

[@user-qv7hy4ci8y]

In my case, it looks like I have gaming phases. They usually last a few months and then I'm completely uninterested in games. It doesn't matter what genre I just can't enjoy a game. It takes a few months before I can enjoy playing games again. I have the feeling that my brain is so overtired by video games that I am just not able to biologically enjoy them.Dopamine doesn't hit as much anymore.

[@jackwiesenmayer1950]

Great video, i needed this

[@coledeshun]

KEEP IT UP MAN! THIS WAS SUCHA GOOD VIDEO :)

[@mhswoocer]

Thank you! Will do!

[@RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS77]

Way ahead of you brother

[@HonestGhost21]

Wait... Outer Wilds is a game that has been praised a lot, I've had one friend in particular that has told me I need to play it and how it was one of the best gaming experiences he's ever had. But when I finally sat down and played it... I didn't really feel much of anything. The time loop was a interesting concept but the game never clicked for me and thus I dropped it. My friend has been bugging the me to finish it but I just can't bring myself to do it. At this point I need to rediscover what I found out last time and then somehow get through not really being intrinsically motivated to finish it. The game didn't capture me and that's fine. There are other experiences for me out there that will. It seems so simple yet profound. Thanks for the video!

[@ketamorfosi]

0:30 "think about your favorite game of all time" with xenoblade chronicles video (my favorite game of all time)

[@SocraTetris]

I don't know if you were conscious of it, but this was absolutely Pascal's Wager/ using Decision Theory's concept of Super-Dominance to determine what video games to play. It was very fun watch for me.

[@albertoarmando6711]

This is a good message. Valid for books and movies too.

[@karayi7239]

The best way to enjoy a game is to not have too much expectations and noticing the little things. Unless it's a ubisoft game, that shit soulless.

[@setyx.]

Since January i stopped playing games but yesterday i bought portal 2 (bc it was sale) and i already knew the story but i wanted to play it and honestly i havent had that much fun with a game in years

[@stretchedmetaphor3238]

Hurts (only a bit) to see Hyper Light Drifter, one of my all time favorites, as the example game -- but I absolutely agree! I apply this to a a lot of things: games, tv, books, etc and I've become pretty ruthless in terms of adding things to my DNF pile. It never feels good to quit a game 2-3 hrs in, especially after paying $20+. But it's awful turning a pasttime into a weird prison sentence... That you also paid $20+ for. Another thing I'll add is this has helped me figure out what I like and don't like in games and helped me better inform myself when branching out. Turn based rpgs normally aren't my thing, but I recently picked up Fuga: Melodies of Steel on sale and it's becoming one of my new favorites. The combat is a bit puzzle-y and it's mixed with base building sections to vary the tempo and flesh out the characters. I think I would've passed on it forever had I been worried about spending ~14 hrs on a game I didn't like.

[@bryanmunster4231]

Just viewed a couple of you videos and I'm really enjoying the content, and your little touches of sarcasm about subscribing made me laugh, so I subscribed, but anyway, this was well said. My experience with Hyper Light Drifter was actually a lot like how you felt with Outter Wilds, I came into it not expecting a whole lot, I dug the color scheme and it reminiscent vibes of old Zelda games, but wasn't expecting a master piece, but that's exactly what it was, if you haven't already, I highly recommend that you go back and give another try, which also leads me to my second point; recently I picked back up a game that I didn't think much of initially, Axiom Verge 2, I hadn't played the first one but I heard a lot of raving reviews on how good it was, one source being my older brother, who, like you, I grew up watching play what would become some of my favorite genres, I gave AV2 a try and it seemed very bland, as someone who had played Hollow Knight along with several other masterfully crafted indie metroidvania titles, it didn't feel like it stacked up, so I stepped away and played other games for a few weeks. Now, I haven't finished Av2 yet, I'm probably only like halfway through, so the verdicts still out, but I've been on vacation for the last few days now and I've been waiting to get back to since I left my Ps4 at home. I think that as a player, a game being perceived as fun, could be based off our moods as well, some times you just wanna kill stuff, some times you wanna be mystified by fantastical worlds, or maybe you want a relaxing feel good casual game, other times you might want a challenge.. Anyways, you had some valid viewpoints, and I respect your game taste, keep up the good work man.

[@Moon-lt1dl]

Anybody else do this thing where you love a game and want to savor it and kinda never want it to end so you just stop playing but then you put it down for so long that you feel like it’d be a disservice to just pick it back up bc you don’t remember the story beat or every little detail that made you fall in love with it to begin with so you just don’t and you never beat it but it’s still in a personal top 10 list…? Most of my favorite games ever I’ve actually never beat and more often then not I’m only like halfway through /:

[@Lin66960]

All the time😂

[@greyspot00]

All the time. Usually what keeps me from getting back in is complication. "Oh man, I don't remember which quests I need to follow up on, which of the millions crafting ingredients are important, what unlisted side-stuff I was doing, figuring out the complicated controls on a game that punishes you severely for death" I simple game is easy to pick up after a long time.

[@tituslupus5454]

Probably not anything new to say, but I think this is a pretty good video. I've very often felt pressured or annoyed into playing things myself. I can be pretty stubborn, so that part's on me, but I've often played even when I decidedly hated a game. Obviously, it's never great to just dismiss stuff out of hand, with minimal/no experience, or cherry-picking some rough spots, but it's taken a long time for me to just confidently say I'm not interested in something. Took a long time for me to admit I liked games with obvious flaws, weren't that great (whatever great means in terms of video games), or just plain weren't popular with my friends. The opposite too, admitting to disliking more popular games, even if they were admittedly well-made. While I usually try to stay critical of games, because being complacent is typically bad, it took an absurd amount of time for me to really learn a couple of the points in the video. I'm not playing for a job, so why am I so stuck on going through things I'm actively hating with no light at the end of the tunnel? Why am I so worried about perceptions of myself or media about what's just a harmless hobby? Things don't have to be perfect or even especially good to be fun, good, thoughtful, memorable, or any combination of those. Games don't need to be bad, mindless, unplayable, or any combination of those to be disliked. While being analytical of media can bring lots of enjoyment and interesting revelations to some art that doesn't mean I can't just emotionally jive with something. Regardless how profound, novel, or awesome it may or may not be. A bit of a tangent, but I wanted to say that I liked the video and found it refreshing. TL;DR: Iz gud vido. Nic wrk.

[@hrey9614]

Aaaaahhhhh, I feel you, something like that happened to me with tales of zestiria, I had the feeling that the combat system and the dungeons in general where going to get better the more I played and learned about it systems, but it wasn't the case, the game continued being the same, so I had to accept that I was wrong and "wasted" money that I could spend in another game, but actually it went good, then I played bloodstained and I loved it since minute one until the platinum c':

[@eternal_dread666]

I have little to no time Monday to Friday so the weekends feels like heaven to chill and play some gamez

[@erucres6616]

Last week I dropped Genshin Impact after having played daily for 3 years. I also dropped their new title, Honkai Star Rail. I felt the need to log in every day to "keep up" and felt if I stopped the amount of time I invested would be a waste. I think any game that promotes logging in daily should come with a warning. Although both games have really good stories and are enjoyable, it can dangerous for certain people. I'm happy I don't have to worry about them anymore, and I can finally begin playing more offline, single-player titles

[@ohaidunkey]

your content is fire. keep it up fam

[@mhswoocer]

Thank you! I'll continue to do my best!

[@sozius0]

I do typically drop games (hyper light drifter was also among the games I dropped in the past year) though I do typically plan on returning to a bunch of the ones I actually mostly enjoyed (hyer light drifter again, disco elysium and doom eternal come to mind for me here). But I do kind of disagree with the fact that you know from the start when a game'd be among your favourites. Mainly because you chose to mention my absolute favourite, and that is absolutely not the case for my absolute favourite that took some time to grow on me. But when looking at my top 10 as a whole 7 out of 10 did follow that it's just my 1st, 4th and 10th favourite didn't so there are definitely clear exceptions. Though this more being pedantic I'm pretty sure we all know there's exceptions to the rule and it's not worth mentioning I guess. Oh also as a sidenote I guess it doesn't really matter but I have managed to consistently add 2 games to my top 10 list each year for the past 3 years.

[@faedeaway4147]

Loved the ori soundtrack choice!

[@quino711]

There are many games that if I had stopped playing them when I thought the experience was just "good", I would have regretted it deeply. Two example from the top of my mind are Nier Automata and Tunic. Both games take some time to get where they want to player to go. I like your approach of stopping if you are not enjoying a game, sure. But sometime things take time. Heck, I know you are a big MH fan (so am I :) ). The amount of times I've heard people had to go back to the franchise to finally understand and enjoy it hahaha Yes, stop. But also go back. Maybe your got there at the wrong time.

[@MegaMagicalMegan]

Totally agree. Back in 2013 I was on my 3rd try at getting into Castlevania Lords of Shadow despite not getting further than chapter 2 in the past. This time was different. This time I was fully immersed, invigorated, in love with the entire experience. It helped me deal with feelings of grief from losing my grandfather. It’s one of the best games I’ve ever played. Third time was the charm. I 100% platinum trophy’d the game in 2 weeks. It was my first and fastest platinum to this day.

[@EnzoPinheiro]

Okay, you got my subscription. Also would like to see your take on the rising indie boomer shooter scene (Dusk, Amid Evil, Ion Fury, ULTRAKILL, STRAFE, Project Warlock, Cultic, Dread Templar)

[@metalgearlincoln5319]

keep making videos. they are just great

[@SefricFrampus]

And I should say that putting games aside some weeks is very good to enjoy them again. We gotta clean our dopamine receptors.

[@mhswoocer]

100%! This has happened to me with dozens of games in the past!

[@Zedzzz786]

I just have this feeling that if i drop a game to play the game i really wanted to it leaves a sense of me not achieving my goal and if i come back to that game and play my new one at the same time i feel detached from the story of both and a lack of understanding

[@frank68x]

great point!

[@bew5230]

Agree I also struggle with the feeling like I have to finished the game 100% first to get the most out of it but that way of thinking about game is counterproductive its kill the fun which is what game meant to be you can look at games like "Digital Toys" which ofcause for fun so do whatever you feel like you want with that for fun (within morale like if its multiplayer then dont cheat)

[@MusicWizard85]

One thing I suggest to people. Write down or type your top 25 favorite video games. Don't think too hard and just write the first 25 that come to mind from any console/PC. When you're done, write down next to each game what TYPE of game it is: fighting game, racing game, RPG, platformer, story focused/decision making, RTS, FPS, etc... Then tally up all the games and look at what your top 3-5 genres are. That's where your gaming heart is. Those are the genres you should stick to. Another trick I do is only put 5 games in visual sight of where your console & TV are. If you only play single player then make sure all 5 are single player. If you're like me who mostly plays single player but still plays some multiplayer, pick 3 single player games and 2 multiplayer games. Leave those 5 out until you beat all the single player games in the pile. The multiplayer get swapped out when you're finally bored or want to move on to a newer/different multiplayer game. The SP games you beat then go in a closet or bin along with other completed games. Then pull out 3-5 new games that you will play for months until those are beaten. Repeat. The point being that if you have 100 games in front of you all the time you might be inclined to jump around too much and not finish many games. Limiting what's in front of you and readily available forces you to keep playing those specific games until you're finished.

[@zangangamersunited9403]

i miss those times where you had to move outside and go to the club to get a new game cd . and it was not always permitted . you were stuck with the same old games and believe it or not back then i didn't know anything about saving system in games so basically i always were playing the first level and a few more every time . but somehow it felt so much better than now with unlimited amount of new games and being aware of their mechanics .

[@mohmedkhaled9645]

bruh.. subscribed!

[@kwaddell]

That’s funny, I had the inverse experience with Hyper Light Drifter and Outer Wilds (hooked by the former and not by the latter)

[@NekroWareOfficial]

i want to play multiplayer games but its getting so hard to play when i'm a casual player

[@Randomisme140]

I got elden ring dlc and playing it for 2 weeks straight pretty much and now i havent played the game for maybe 3 weeks. And i cant bring myself to play it. Should i just keep taking breaks or just force myself to play it and then maybe enjoy it

[@pralenkaman8105]

What I like to do is varying This works for me as I like any genres of games, so if you're the same as me in this aspect try this out Generally when I play a game nowadays I can't really jump straight into another of the same genre, I live jrpgs, but earlier this year I was playing tales of xillia, really enjoyed my time with it and felt like jumping straight to its sequel, tales of xillia 2, after around 10 hours I stopped playing it, because of what I'm going to call genre fatigue So then I switched to a strategy rpg, as fire emblem engage was near its release date, so I waited for that game to release and played it, after playing that I decided to play outer wilds, once again, totally different genre from the games that I played before, after that I'm now playing hogwarts legacy, an open world game and finally I'm able to enjoy an open world game again, it feels like forever since I've become truly mesmerized by an open world game, elden ring was interesting, but really I think the last open world that truly captivated me was breath of the wild, which funnily enough tears of the kingdom will release in a few months so that will be fun Anyways, after hogwarts legacy I'm planning on playing either tales of xillia 2 and finishing what I started some months ago or beginning final fantasy 14, as I heard a lot of good things about the game and want to really give an mmorpg a fair chance, after many failed attempts with other games of the same genre, another thing could happen and I could play another game, who knows really Don't get me wrong, I can't really decide a game I want to play on the fly, a lot of the time I'm deciding I play my confort games, I love my MOBAs and I really enjoy doing some monster hunter hunts here and there, so that's what I tipically do while deciding what game to play next I haven't felt this genre fatigue in a while and I truly enjoy and can appreciate what the devs are going for with their game with this tactic I created for myself, I haven't really been experiencing FOMO either, I took my sweet time playing fire emblem and outer wilds, even though I really wanted to interact with the community and see what they think about the endings of the game, but I didn't rush games to find these things out, I took my time and I feel like I really got to take the most out of the experience

[@epsilon1372]

“How to enjoy drugs again” “quit”

[@thepikminbrawler1746]

Replace some of your examples and this could be a Gamepass ad lol. You just put into words why Gamepass is the best thing to happen in gaming in a long time. Literally 50+ times I would download something I would have no interest in and see if it clicks. So many games I played through gamepass were things I would not normally enjoy that I fell in love with. Games like Tunic, The Messenger, Outer Wilds, Bug Fables, Nier Automata, Katana Zero, Crosscode and Grounded. All games I would have only ever played and added to my list of my favorites because of gamepass and the fact that I can just… try out a bunch of stuff to see what sticks.

[@mhswoocer]

Gamepass is genuinely great, the ability to just download hundreds of games at effectively no cost is incredible.

[@youpi403]

100% Outerwilds helped me cope with alot. Think about it, no matter what you do, every 22minutes, the Sun blows up. No matter what. All those peoples dies and what matter isnt what you do. Not for the grand scheme of things. Every 22 minutes all is gone and thats it. Whats matter is the fun you have during this time. I had a similar feeling when i was a kid, plying the shit out of the skate 3 demo wich reseted every 20 min. What mattered was ''what Can i do this Time to have fun '' and not ''awww it's over'' and i dont know why, i still think about it to this day. And then it clicked. This IS what i loved about vidéo games. This fleeting sens of having mindless fun. I picked UP the yakuza franchise recently and it's a loveletter to gaming. The glame wants you to get Lost and ''waste'' Time having fun. Made me apreciate game all over again.

[@swetbob6738]

the main reason i feel like i cant enjoy pc gaming anymore is that every new game i try to play on my midtier setup which used to perform great two years ago cant even get 30 fps in games now i dont know why they dont care about games performances anymore

[@BlackRose12431]

I miss those those days when i use to wake up and turn on my potato pc to play gta san andreas when you start to grow up its hard to do anything you have to let go of the things you love

[@reneclovercinecritica7269]

Most of my favorite games didn't capture me at first while other games that seemed more fun didn't last very long with this feeling. Company understand this behavior, that is why they tend to drop the good stuff at the beginning, to hook you and sometimes trick you. I think I actually started to enjoy games when I stopped doing the 'initial feeling' behavior cause it was keeping me on a comfort zone. I'm not working on a tight 'games enjoyed' deadline or competing to be the 'guy who enjoyed the most games' so it doesn't make sense to optimize my game playing time. I learned this when watching movies and it worked wonders with games. Great things simply do not conform to your expectations.

[@TrueKivan]

I'm a chronic game switcher, I play like 20 games at the same time. Like I know I love Yakuza, but 11 games is a lot, I come and go so I don't experience burnout, I finished 0, LAD and Judgment and am halway through Kiwami and Lost Judgment. I know for sure I will eventually play them all. I started Trials In the Skies, and got like 30h or so in it and rotated it, I added voice acting mod which while adding so.much.character into the game it also slowed it so much it became unberable, I had to rotate. I started Tales Of Arisa becasue I used to play some Tales games back in snes era, it's good but not priority, I have like 15-20h in that. I have ongoing Fire Emblem Engage playthrough, because I'm a vet fan with 20 years of investment, but I want to savour the gameplay and skip the story, I play a map here and there when I have an itch. I still have to finish Elden Ring, that one is on ice for a year, I have to go to face Malenia but I'm afraid and put that off, 220? h in. I'm 103h into Persona 5 Royal which I plan to come back to, I switched to SMT Nocturne as I wanted more distiled SMT gameplay, got over 30h into that but put it on ice as I had to restart the game as I didn't check the box to play expanded version with Matador and Demi fiends and have to restart

[@JustSpag]

but by dropping things the moment I experience a dip I lose something just as important. My Discipline, resolve, and ability to commit long enough to ensure closure.. I can't get behind that.

[@mhswoocer]

That's a totally fair way to look at it tbh. At the end of the day it just comes down to what matters the most to you

[@JustSpag]

@@mhswoocer I think I agree, yeah. thankfully I don't really get tilted in games. or if I do, it's pretty momentary.

[@mexagodtvg8937]

LETS BRING THE OLD GAMES BACK TO LIFE! ARE YALL WITH ME?!

[@nikkolaus91]

Trophies and achievements really broke the fun of games for me. Platinuming these things were driving me crazy and I had to step away for a while to reboot. I fell in love with my 3ds and PS3 again recently and have lost almost 70 lbs by working out since january lol now it just feels like im wasting so much time playing games when I should be moving. Such a love hate relationship.

[@iambravvo]

I’ve decided I’m done with monster hunter sunbreak I’ve had my fun I’ve got to master rank 130 but anomaly isn’t that fun to me and the master rank grind is also frustrating. Maybe in the future I’ll come back to it but as of now I’m probably going to play monster hunter iceborne and the Witcher 3 I’ve heard it’s a good game haven’t played it yet

[@lostwanderingprince]

My only problem is that it's expensive. I shifted to classical literature because compare to games and its console of course books are going to be cheaper. But I still love video games and hoping to game again in the future. Books and Games are more interactive for me compare to watching shows and movies but even then I like movies sometimes too

[@Da-iken]

Trying completely different genres can also help. detective games, puzzle, jump n run... whatever. Sometimes you get bored by boring gameplay, because you already did that in 100 games before. Specially with AAA games. And it feels fresh to try something new. I personally know that i´m more happy with games that are more "game" than reality. Means anime-like or a specific artstyle and gameplay. I don´t need reality in game. I love jrpgs or games with turn based or strategy combat systems. Could play them every day. But Action Adventure is my second fav genre (love Zelda and Tomb Raider and i need to try Uncharted). But sometimes i also play games like an Last of Us, God of War, Judgement, Nioh or whatever... then a jump n run or puzzle game. But don´t force you into a game (or genre) that you not want to play now and play what you really want or what you want to try for yourself.

[@Bobistheone1]

Spec Ops: The Line is a game where it definitely gets better as you play. I had only started it since it came with PS+ on PS3 and figured I'd get my money's worth. I was not a huge fan of the way they did the combat for a while, but as the story got crazier, I was drawn into way more.

[@sans5466]

i stopped playing games in 2020, and right now i just started playing again in 2023, and well yeah, im having fun playing games again

[@VeganCheeseburger]

Thanks

[@TheSagelessRanger]

Not gonna lie, Hyper Light Drifter is one of my fave games, and I would def recommend giving it another shot. I do understand your point though a lot of games don't give payoff, but yeah Hyper Light def is an amazing game

[@makotonarukami7468]

I havent watch/finished an Anime in a while. Perhaps its time to finish some Anime in order to not get the burnout again from Games.

[@KSAINMOST]

The first thing i see: QUIT The second thing I see: How to enjoy games again

[@hades8073]

The last game that I enjoyed was Sekiro and ever since it just feels a little empty whenever I play anything else.

[@mesterm8059]

i remember that time when i was 6 years old and my dad told me there is a game called minecraft and he downloaded it on his playstation 4 and i realy enjoy it i love every thing about this game but now im tryharding games and its not fun anymore i miss that time

[@dirtylittleartclub]

I can vouch. Left Ghost of Tsushima a million times to play other games and I keep coming back to wonder around and find things. I have no intention of progressing the main story lol

[@calebfoley5872]

Yeah caution is due here, I have fallen in love with games a while after starting before. Monster hunter freedom 1 was a big example.

[@Vlaffffy]

You've convinced me to not force myself to play Hollow night. I have absolutely nothing against the game, it's control and settings just don't really click with what I like you know?

[@mhswoocer]

And that's totally fine! I've said this a couple times on my channel before, but I really don't think there's a game that can be universally loved by everyone, and there's nothing wrong with that. I hope you enjoy whatever game you move onto next!

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[@Khainite]

I feel like I only play games if it's with friends now. Sea of Thieves, Borderlands, and League of Legends are all games I've spent many hours on playing with friends. Not very recently, but in the past few years. I've found I can't even play single player games anymore. Maybe it's because I'm older. When I was 13 Halo 3 came out and it was the coolest shit ever. I played the hell out of it, Reach, ODST and Halo Wars along with the first two Halo games back then. Offline campaigns and online matches were the shit back then. I was a big Halo fan. Now I have no interest in it. No interest in Halo 4 or Infinite or whatever else has come since. I just don't care anymore. Same with Mass Effect. Loved the first two, liked 3 aside from the end, didn't give a shit about anything else. No interest in it anymore. Same with Star Wars. Disney bought it and I don't give a shit about it anymore, but that's a different scenario. Disney just fucked Star Wars up so horribly I can't even look at it anymore without being disgusted. I'm a big Warhammer fan. I have a lot of fucking models. Read many of the books, played quite a few of the games, all that shit. I bought Rogue Trader, a 40K RPG that from what I've seen is well liked and would theoretically be a game I'd be very interested in. I bought it in December 2023 shortly after it came out, played maybe an hour or two of it, and never touched it again. I uninstalled it a few weeks later. Don't know if I'll ever go back to it. I want to, at least theoretically. I should want to. I love 40K. But it feels like so much work and commitment. I bought this game for like $40 or something like that but hardly touched it. It just sits in my Steam library like my 200 other games. Why did I even fucking buy it. Why do I buy games and not play them. Why. Sometimes I install games thinking I'll want to play them. I'd say 75% of the time I download them and don't actually open them. A few days later I uninstall them. The other 20% of the time I open them, play for 5 minutes, realize I don't actually want to play them, and quit. The rare 5% left over are times where I actually played the game for longer than an hour, but I can't remember the last game I played all the way through. I think I'm just depressed. I don't really play games with friends anymore. I haven't for a long time. It was fun while it lasted.

[@JeffBH]

A few things that have helped me enjoy gaming more: 1. When I finish a game, I don't immediately think "What do I want to play next?" I allow myself to step away from the hobby and do other hobbies until there's something I REALLY want to play. 2. I don't force myself to play games just because other people like them. If everyone else likes a game but it doesn't look like something that I would enjoy, then I simply don't play it. 3. I stopped buying video games simply because they are on sale. I would rather spend $60 on a game I am actively excited for and know I will play immediately than $10 on a game that I am slightly interested in but will likely not play anytime soon. 4. If I am not enjoying a game, I let myself stop playing instead of forcing myself to beat it. 5. I no longer start new games with trophies/completion as a goal, and I don't try to do everything in an area before moving on to the next. Instead, I try to experience the story in a streamlined way. If I beat the game and am enjoying it enough that I want to continue playing it, only then do I consider going for trophies, completion, etc.

[@rlrihards948]

This is a trap. I tried this and now I haven't played any game for a year now.

[@Purpletrident]

Yeah I hardly ever force myself to finish games. I need a very good reason to keep playing a game I really don't like. Currently, I'm taking a big break from buying new Destiny 2 seasons cause the game is in the worst spot it's ever been, so no more. I finally dropped Genshin so I didn't have a job in the form of a game I hardly enjoyed anyway. But Nier Replicant was one game I felt I needed to finish this year despite absolutely hating it. I dropped it last year, but I felt bad not finishing it cause I love Automata so much. I heard there was a new E route, and it seemed interesting, so I forced myself to play the whole game, and honestly, it was worth it. The E route, being modern, was actually incredibly well written and fun.

[@blueblueberry9842]

When I play a game, I usually follow the main story while doing some side things here and there And at that point, I had thought that I was going through the game so quick that I missed a lot of what it had to offer But when I tried to explore elsewhere, it just didn't interest me anymore And when I got stuck on a puzzle or something it felt like i was wasting time And I thought the solution to that would be to 100% the game so I could see everything the game had to offer, but it is a long task, and I hate grinding I get constant burnout, and try to push myself through or try to make it easier for myself But, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong I have been enjoying it some of the time, just not every time The games are, Tears of the Kingdom, and Miitopia Although Miitopia is more boring cause it's mostly grinding Sorry for the long comment

[@andrewmcdowellmillenial4209]

I got gow ragnarok Hogwarts legacy and prey for xmas but ive been so freaking depressed i havent been able to even start the games ive been obsessed with for years or months and been begging to play now theyre just sitting there downloaded and i just cant start them without feeling overwhelmed

[@RacerC45]

Hey! How can you say that! There are plenty of great and fun games out there! Do you want me to list you a few?

[@Ressario17]

How i found games i like was i took my favourite game ever and just found games like it, my favourite game ever is botw and i searched up games like it and i found state of decay 2 and valheim. When i started playing them i really liked it and i play the games like them.

[@BirdMoose]

"games are meant to be fun... not a pointless task you're meant to complete" Me as a Destiny 2 player:... about that

[@baconshreds1772]

I've found that I play games in a weird fashion. (At least I find it weird). I will go through phases of genre types in games. Maybe for a month or 2, im really into RPGs. Then I'll randomly flip a switch and want to play stealth games. I had such a huge stealth game itch not long ago, that I 100% Dishonored. I then stopped playing it, lmao. Sometimes, I want strategy games, or shooters. I don't feel like I even need to explain this feeling, but the most sure I can be of what I will want to play in a given year is Skyrim. Typically at the same time around Christmas, every single year, I dump another 70-250 hours into skyrim and dip. Lol

[@UnlikeRelic]

When I got bored of random games DBD and pex and stuff I cleaned out my backlog. In the last year and some change I've finished FfX/2 Ff12 Ff9 Omori Xbc1/2/torna/3 (just did dlc) Live-A-Live Re6 (again) Gonna take a break then go for xbcX

[@Malithius]

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[@agustingonzale1237]

The last game ive played like seriously was elden ring when it got out

[@Meceric]

Same

[@1337Rellik]

spitting straight facts, my nigga

[@ageon613]

I didnt liked witcher 3 initially but i forced myself to play now its in my top 2

[@protectyaneck8017]

Say no more. Been wanting to game but haven't felt like beating or really even playing any of the 10 games I have in my back log. I'm dropping them rn. And buying 3- 5 more games next paycheck. Them being hades, jedi survivor, lost judgement, rachat and clank rift apart and dead island 2 🎉

[@poundmycroft5873]

ok we have learnt how to enjoy games again. now, can you teach me how to quit them as well?

[@dcloud3791]

GAAAAH GENIUS

[@SorrowHead]

Hyperlight drifter i've had same experience. I'm a big sucker for pixelated art style and this game have one of the best, but gameplay was so MEH that i've stopped mid-through, very disappointing. On topic of dropping games, you're completely on point, for some reason people need to feel like they have got their moneys worth. My friend has 1 year seasonal pass for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, but he basically got bored/burned out of the game half year in. Guess what, he still logs into the game to finish off his final battle pass and keeps telling me once he's done with it he'll be finally free! Shits crazy lol. Why even waste more time and trying to get every single battle pass if you're never gonna play that game ever again and you're not having fun playing it right now. I also think with a lot of these free-to-play multiplayer live-service games people forgot what the game was meant to be played, have fun, even finish it and then MOVE ON. Now people sunk so much time in these shitty games and don't have time for actual fun and good ones. Oh and its not suppose to feel like you're on an endless treadmill for something which doesn't even exist and yet it still disappears once servers gonna shutdown.

[@XMoldyMe]

I enjoying linear games or racing , but nowadays every game is Open World and not many racing games are coming out. like resident evil village is great. God of war or Portal 2, I'm still enjoying the COD story. Metro Series etc. Just style a small map and go from point A to point B. That's it, I don't need to run around the map for hours looking for something. Older games have given me even more gameplay. Nowadays I can only watch the in-game video and play 3 hours of it.