Why Aren't Games Fun Anymore?

The sequel to this video: What The Internet Did to Gaming. https://youtu.be/m8RomiudgPA Also if you guys are trying to get a voiceover for any of your YouTube, advertising needs, or what have you: www.fiverr.com/az_francsa/record-a-professional-ac… You can make me say some pretty dumb stuff, just saying.

1. No, I do NOT want to make yet another account. 2. No, I do NOT want to be online. 3. No, I do NOT enjoy paying for additional content and lootboxes 4. No, I do NOT enjoy ads. 5. No, I do NOT care about marketing buzzwords, I just want a fleshed out story with a quiet protagonist and a villain with understandable but ultimately mistaken morals.

I personally don't have the time anymore to dedicate 50+ hours to gaming. The indie scene is what allows me to play unique games without too much time commitment

By the time I hit the power button, a disturbing noise comes up “Are you playing video games again?”

A combination of several factors : 1- too many unfinished games 2- too many micro transactions instead of having those features in the base game 3- less care put into smaller details, and even when their is, it’s mostly spoiled online . Plus games also are generally missing the kind of “crafty” elements that they used to have. 4- the gaming community has become more toxic , casuals and competitive players argue against eachother and make dumb generalizations about eachother 5- covid could be a factor, playing games all throughout covid made people want to go outside more once the quarantine ended . 6- older people who played games before now have responsibilities, and can’t really enjoy even good games anymore cause they don’t have the time , younger people have low attention spans so even when something good comes out they are happy for at most a few days and then instantly start looking for something new.

I always dreamt of having a gaming pc. Now that i have it, i also have responsibilities, I just can't play games "stresslessly" the way i used to play before. It's sad.

Big companies found out how much was in it, bought out the dev teams, and hired yes men. That’s why.

I've seen stats that suggest Gen Z don't game anywhere near as much as Millennials. My theory is that Millennials are a captive audience who remember the golden age of gaming and cling on to it for dear life while Gen Z grew up in the PS3/PS4 era with broken game launches and insanely predadtory financial practices.

Imagine randomly diving your sub around the globe (yes, entire globe) sifting through the ocean and randomly stumbling upon Emerald Weapon, who is not tied to the main story and you can beat the game without ever knowing he's in it. No trailer, no streamer / twitch blogs about it. No walkthrough to prepare you for the fight.

This whole "over 1000 planets" thing really rubs me the wrong way, because who the hell is gonna sit there and try to fly to every planet? I would be satisfied if the game just took place in one solar system that is crafted to near perfect

have the same feeling for movies also, i would prefer old movies in early 2000s rather than new ones.

Cause we're all older.

Ive been a gamer since i was 5 in 1990. Still a gamer but now im an adult with 2 kids of my own. My 10 year old plays Roblox and i play with him but he knows i play "dad" games like Elden Ring, Cyberpunk and Days Gone. I don't have the time like i used to for gaming but thats life. There's literally more to life than video games though i love video games with all my heart.

Playing retro games I never had before (and no nostalgia) is still more fun than whatever the latest and greatest games are. There are so many great classics for only a few dollars, and not a micro transaction in sight. The goal was just to make an enjoyable good game, not to discover the most efficient way of extracting money from their consumers.

I'm a bit old now, overcriticizing each game for one thing or another but this saved me money overall. The thing that annoys me most is that people can't hold off their hands from the "pre-order" button until the game is released and check some reviews for it. If this can be achieved, gaming companies will be forced to be extra careful what are they releasing.

Smaller, more polished experiences > 120 hour open worlds with a lifeless empty world

Maybe after 20 years of playing people finally realizing it’s only a game?

The problems for me are basically two: 1) I don't have much time to spend and a lot of games nowadays spend 30 minutes just telling history in cutscenes (by the end of the first cutscene I already have to stop and go on with my life). 2) I don't like to play online. I want to play alone and A LOT of games (most of them) are made for online players.

The availability of easily accessible information is what ruined gaming for me. I really hate to admit it. I found so much joy in trying to uncover secrets in games, spending time figuring out how to optimize my gameplay or in game equipment, and theorizing about what happens after getting certain achievements. Now I just end up looking everything up online and try to rush through games to get to the end or the most optimized state as quickly as possible to catch up with others.

During work, I can't stop thinking about the game I'm currently playing. Can't wait to try different builds and ideas. Got home, took a quick bath, sat on my comfy sofa, booth up my console. Less than 10 mins in the game, I'm already snoring. 🤦 Just like me, you got a bit old. That's all, brother