How To Love Playing Games Again

Sometimes love isn't lost. You've simply forgotten how to do it.
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Games In Order Of Appearance
-► Divinity Original Sin 2
-► Spyro
-► Superman 64
-► Super Castlevania 4
-► Mary Kate & Ashley Sweet 16 License to Drive
-► Dead Cells
-► It Takes Two
-► Transistor
-► Ruiner
-► Path of Exile
-► Warcraft 3
-► Super Mario Bros 3
-► Knuckles Chaotix
-► Baldur's Gate 3
-► World of Warcraft
-► Fortnite
-► Lost Kingdoms
-► Dragon Age Origins
-► Paper Mario Sticker Star
-► Biomutant
-► Fallout 76
-► Journey to the Savage Planet
-► Tales of Arise
-► Death's Door
-► Guild Wars
-► Guild Wars 2
-► Starcraft 2
-► MegaMan X
-► Kingdom's Of Amalur Reckoning
-► I Am Setsuna
-► Titanfall 2
-► Demon's Souls
-► N+
-► Super Meat Boy
-► Dust An Elysian Tale
-► Isbarah
-► Undertale
-► Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
-► FInal Fantasy 8
-► Freedom Planet
-► Moonlighter
-► Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past
-► Final Fantasy 6
-► Octopath Traveler
-► Bastion
-► Call of Duty World at War
-► Bloodborne
-► Divinity Original Sin
-► Splatoon 3
-► The Witcher 3
-► The Last Guardian
-► Shaq Fu
-► HiFi Rush
-► Tempest 2000
-► Stray
-► Cyberpunk 2077
-► Hob
-► Jack Move
-► Hell Pie
-► Golf Club Wasteland
-► Have A Nice Death
-► Sayonara Wild Hearts
-► Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
-► Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines
-► Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
-► Metroid Prime Remastered
-► Turok 2 Seeds of Evil
-► The Last Campfire
-► Final Fantasy 7
-► Horizon Forbidden West

[@MrCoffeeGamer]

It’s not just you. Thank you, this might help

[@Zerbraxi]

This might be the best comment I could receive. I'm so glad

[@user-qu4sk9kh8x]

This is very awesome! Im going to give it a try. See if I can be less focused in beating a game and more fun focused

[@Zerbraxi]

I really hope it helps even a little. It's easier said than done, but just have fun 😀

[@anavaeru]

Always feel like I could be doing something productive. Loved the countless hours I’ve poured into Final Fantasy 14 but now I can’t play games because I feel guilty. I could be drawing, studying, etc. When I was younger I would’ve drained thousands of hours into Pokemon games, Zelda, etc. now playing something for more than an hour and it is followed by guilt. Games used to be escapism for me as well during my childhood. As an adult I feel like I’m overcorrecting the time I “wasted” as a kid. (Even though games taught me how to read, etc)

[@Zerbraxi]

I really struggle with this hard. I've had to learn that unproductive times are just as productive as focused deep work. Rest is when we retain, learn, and come up with new ideas, etc. Easier said than done, but something I'm also trying to get better at.

[@PartyMarty]

Great video man, really felt like a similar experience i've been through!

[@Zerbraxi]

Thank you very much 😀

[@astrosquirrel5038]

I’ve definitely lost my enthusiasm for games, but going back to play my favorites is still a lot of fun. I just discovered your channel and your content is superb!

[@Zerbraxi]

Thank you. That's very kind of you

[@DemeterAurion]

BG3 really brought me back to gaming. Haven't felt that drawn to a game in years! Lately just been casually playing things I own, not sticking to one game and just doing what I feel like. Great video topic 😊

[@Zerbraxi]

BG3 is beautiful. Thanks for watching! I really appreciate it.

[@jankudahl2065]

Nice video as alway! You, my good sir, deserves so much more recognition. I can relate to everyting for over 10 years now. I got SOOO many SP games, I'd never started up, I never play MP, tried many, but no catch. My wife is a 10 years younger gaming girl, so she keeps my hopes up to start it up again someday. Very nice music choice at 6 minut mark. For anyone else, it's from NES " Journey to Silius ", and still have it. Mega awesome game, with an unforgettable soundtrack. I just came from all your awesome Turok vids back to back, stil got them too, axcept Rage Wars. Keep up your amazing job.

[@Zerbraxi]

Thank you very much for the kind words. Journey to Silius soundtrack is absolutely top tier NES music. Probably in my top 3 for that platform along with Street Fighter 2010. I hope you like everything I have for ya too. 😀

[@WyvernDotRed]

Personally I have been playing all kinds of wildly variated games, to keep things interesting. The comfort games I return to for longer periods are Better than Adventure, Vintage Story if I get into it again, Panzer Dragoon Saga which gets a full replay every year and maybe Tetris Effect. I prefer calmer games with a good soundtrack and writing, which I recently found in Airborne Empire and Katana Zero. But when possible, I prefer playing board games with the household or even family, as while the games might be simpler, the interactions around them are the best. Current favourites are The Quest for El Dorado, Splendor and old-school Settles of Catan (with wooden pieces). TTRPGs are a no-go for us, though we had fun with The Legend of Andor in the past, which is a 999-ified adjacent game. I like the idea of writing the games you want to play down without much thought, to then treat this as a quest list. This, combined with another video's recommendation to commit for only 2 minutes and go from there to lower the barrier seems like it would work well. Generally, I strongly prefer unique experiences that try something different, like Bulwark to name an example, over well-polished generic games. I have found plenty of games as enjoyable or morose to me now than if I were a kid, like how I enjoyed Sonic Rush Adventure more on my recent playthrough. And I benefitted from playing games like Angels with Scalie Wings and Panzer Dragoon Saga when I did. PDS especially is special if needing some time after playing it to develop the appreciation it gets, my brother had a similar experience of delayed appreciation when I finally got him to play it. And indeed, the most important part by far is to play for having fun instead of completing it, something I can manage well. I am happy to re-play things again, but the variation of different genres and styles is important. Even if the desire for more is strong after finishing something, like I felt after completing Airborne Empire.

[@Zerbraxi]

Always happy to see Katana Zero get mentioned. Thanks for kinda sharing your thoughts and head space on this. It's always great to hear from others about what works for them

[@WesDoesGames]

I think as we get older we start to develop a better understanding of what makes a quality game, and we get more discerning with what we like. The flow of time only ever seems to speed up, as our days fill up with other responsibilities, and our video game time becomes less and less. This combo makes it really easy to get frustrated when a game isn't perfect. After all, we have less and less time, so anything short of perfect is just wasting our time.

[@Zerbraxi]

I think you're totally dead on here with the perspective and what it feels like. At the end of the day, it's a completely unrealistic, and arguably unhealthy, view to assume "perfection", ya know? That mindset is what I was trying so hard to break for myself. Especially since sometimes, an "unbalanced and imperfect " experience can be some of the best.

[@WesDoesGames]

@@Zerbraxi definitely. For me it takes a lot of time to lose myself in enjoying a game. I need to cut out a lot of distractions first

[@Hyde420TV]

And at least >>to me

[@Zerbraxi]

Ohhh, the quality of life and spill over into our personal relationships is a great point. I also had this a ton. You're totally dead on. I didn't finish Cyberpunk my first time and really want to go back. It's actually back on my backlog, or quest log, to hit again because I had a great time with it. Thanks for sharing your experiences 😀. Hearing other people's stories is my favorite part

[@jakemiddleton1783]

🎵I know what you're thinking! WOOOAAAHHHOOOHH I know how you're feeling! WOOOAAAHHHOOOHH Believe meeeeeeee! You're not alone!🎵

[@Zerbraxi]

This was a beautiful tune :)

[@spacepope8495]

Nice video

[@Zerbraxi]

Thanks. Nice comment.

[@alexiswasilla3536]

7:13 HOLY SHIT DUST MENTION HELL YEAH I LITERALLY CAME BACK TO THAT GAME TO FINALLY PROPERLY FINISH IT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE DWEEB TEENAGER

[@Zerbraxi]

It's so good!

[@Chaos1479]

I know we’ve talked about this before because I’ve definitely fallen into this issue, there are games that people tell me are amazing and must plays, on rare occasions they stick but more often than not it’s the same thing of it’s easier for me to hop on discord and join up play something multiplayer with friends. I guess you could say it’s complacency.

[@Zerbraxi]

Ya, I actually thought about our conversations about that when writing this. It's probably why I noticed that it was of a habit I was fighting rather than simply liking a game or not.

[@thepixeltavern]

Tears of the kingdom is your new favourite game eh..... WELCOME TO THE CLUB! 😁 Really interesting video, the amount of times I've said "guh, I've got nothing to play"despite having literally hundreds of Steam games I've never even installed. The questlog idea is good, time to build my list!

[@Zerbraxi]

I'd love to hear if it makes you actually play something you end up liking. If it does, feel free to message me

[@thepixeltavern]

@@Zerbraxi It does make me want to go back to playing Bastion. I played a good few hours of that game and somehow just forgot it existed. Definitely time to try it again

[@VeryUnoriginalUsername]

I’ve been going through a similar problem lately, I struggle to play any purely multiplayer game for any meaningful amount of time

[@Zerbraxi]

So like the problem I gave here but in reverse?

[@VeryUnoriginalUsername]

@@Zerbraxi pretty much yes

[@b.b.3495]

I have to disagree with the statement that no one sets out to make a Game, that isn't fun. Many Freemium Games are designed to be addictive, not fun. If you can't stop playing these Games, it does't matter to the Creator that you are miserable the whole time.

[@anavaeru]

There has to be some fun aspect of it. Even if overall it is a miserable experience, if there is no fun in it you would put it down.

[@Zerbraxi]

I get what ya mean. It's definitely a broad statement to say "nobody". Though most creators are definitely trying to make a good game, even the bad games ya know? Sometimes ya just whif and make something crap. Like most of my videos 😀

[@Zerbraxi]

I think I get what they were saying. Dopamine is a powerful thing and "fun" can be tricked into addiction or compulsion. In general though I think Saurai, and myself by extension, are taking about the vast majority of developers.

[@MemeNess]

That's a lot of Assassins Creed on your quest log 😅

[@Zerbraxi]

I've actually only ever played Assassins Creed games

[@teamgrizzly41]

After halo infinite ive decided to stop playing modern video games. Picked up my N64 and OG xbox showing my kids what a completely developed game has day one release. No day one update No micro transactions Games with couch co-op and multiplayer. No need to buy 4 consoles to play with family or friends. ( My kids have friends, im too old to have friends) My kids and i go game hunting at local gaming stores, antique shops, and thrift stores. We have to beat two games before buying a new game.

[@Zerbraxi]

I love hearing about parents exposing their children to the whole spectrum of video games. That's such a wholesome story. You're never too old to have friends 😀❤️

[@TranscendentalAirwaves]

Wow your story is like the exact opposite of me. I fell out of love with video games when I found that Skyrim was kinda shit compared to Oblivion when it came out. So I became deeply skeptical of all new releases that get over hyped and largely every year games seemed to get worse. Compound that with discovering a love for fixing vintage computers, moving to Fedora Linux full time and a game industry that moved largely to multiplayer online always only (and I didn't) and I completely fell out of the habit of playing games completely. So these days I'll just fire something up for a bit play for a few days and then go back to not playing games for months. That said I just traded someone for a new laptop and I've been playing Oblivion off my old physical copy since yesterday and it's been a lot of fun because I just went in and didn't optimize my build. Just let the game pick my class and I'm rolling with it. lol

[@Zerbraxi]

Ya, if we're talking about a larger conversation regarding the industry as a whole, that's a big one. So much of the Triple A business makes me sick. However, there's still so much good and I really try to not let the bad eggs ruin the incredible art that's still being made. All of that said, Oblivion is hype. Great game. I hope you have a great playthrough. Maybe also try Morriwind if you never did and if you like that older Elder Scrolls style, a new game Avowed from Obsidian looks like it has the potential to capture that.

[@begochiddy]

Kwin!!

[@Zerbraxi]

He's around here somewhere...

[@furryblizzard]

BWIN

[@Zerbraxi]

If you find her can you tell her I say "Hi"

[@furryblizzard]

@@Zerbraxi Bwin says, "eat my shorts."

[@ClumpypooCP]

A little bit of a boring script, I feel like it kept taking you way too long to get to the point. I think the right word is that this video felt "bloated"

[@Zerbraxi]

Efficiency wasn't the goal but I appreciate the feedback