Anyone else starting to get bored gaming?

I cant explain it, its like i still love gaming, i still have a passion for it and a desire to play. But when i do play i just dont get that wow factor or that fun feeling you should normally get with games. I honestly thinks its the type of games on the market.

I mean if you think about it we as gamers this gen have been practically playing the same game for the last few years. For example, MW2 is pretty much COD4. Same exact gameplay, sound effects, controls etc. Gears of war 2 is pretty much the exact same game as Gears. Oh and if thats not bad then consider we have more millitary shooters in the pipeline.

Im actually very happy that Move is coming out, im counting on move to give me excitement back in gaming. Right now gaming just feels like a chore, i still play my games but not with enthusiasm. Anyone else feeling the same way?

Depends on what games you are playing...I usually try to mix genres so I don't get bored of them.

Nope.. don't have your problem. I don't care if gears 2 is just as great as gears 1.. that just means I get to play two great games. Shrug. fastr

Hmmm sorta feel that way, but I know my solution is to buy a Wii so I can play some games that are different. I want to play mario galaxy, brawl, zelda, metroid and others. I love my PS3 but I am sick of the games I have on it. unfortunately I feel guilty buying a Wii right now with money restrictions.

Not with the originality of Team Fortress 2 on my side.

[QUOTE="fastr"]Nope.. don't have your problem. I don't care if gears 2 is just as great as gears 1.. that just means I get to play two great games. Shrug. ColonelDrakePS3

I don't feel that way.

Course I'm a PC gamer, so there's a huge influx of originality coming my way

[QUOTE="fastr"]Nope.. don't have your problem. I don't care if gears 2 is just as great as gears 1.. that just means I get to play two great games. Shrug. ColonelDrakePS3

[QUOTE="ColonelDrakePS3"][QUOTE="fastr"]Nope.. don't have your problem. I don't care if gears 2 is just as great as gears 1.. that just means I get to play two great games. Shrug. treedoor

I don't feel that way.

Course I'm a PC gamer, so there's a huge influx of originality coming my way

Dude, haven't you heard?? PC gaming is dying :?

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[QUOTE="ColonelDrakePS3"] There is nothing fresh anymore. Its the same games over and over again. If i had a dollar for each bullet i ever shot in a game, id probably have Bill Gates money. GreenGoblin2099

I don't feel that way.

Course I'm a PC gamer, so there's a huge influx of originality coming my way

Dude, haven't you heard?? PC gaming is dying :?

It's going out with a bang 8)

I sorta do. I just have to play different games, like play Pokemon and then Demon's Souls. just get some variety

During my school days, i game for about 5-10 hrs a day. Now that im working i can only hold the controller for 5 hrs at max. Maybe you are just growing and had some better things to do just like me.

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[QUOTE="treedoor"]

I don't feel that way.

Course I'm a PC gamer, so there's a huge influx of originality coming my way

treedoor

Dude, haven't you heard?? PC gaming is dying :?

It's going out with a bang 8)

Damn straight!! And try to take with youas many as you can!!!

whenever this topic comes up i get to remind people that your priorities change as you mature. gaming has not changed, you have.

I play such a variety of games that it's hard for me to get bored. I have no idea how people who strictly play FPS do it

I play such a variety of games that it's hard for me to get bored. I have no idea how people who strictly play FPS do it

BPoole96

Sounds like you play nothing but shooters. I play every genre there is in gaming. I can't get enough it. I need to try every game I can!

No. I have a lot of games to keep me occupied so if I'm bored and crave say...BioShock I'll play BioShock.

I've had the instant Craving to play Guilty Gear Accent Core on my Wii but lo...I do not have it..... :(

Not really.

Summer drought.ZippySlappy

but it's winter :P

I cant explain it, its like i still love gaming, i still have a passion for it and a desire to play. But when i do play i just dont get that wow factor or that fun feeling you should normally get with games. I honestly thinks its the type of games on the market.

I mean if you think about it we as gamers this gen have been practically playing the same game for the last few years. For example, MW2 is pretty much COD4. Same exact gameplay, sound effects, controls etc. Gears of war 2 is pretty much the exact same game as Gears. Oh and if thats not bad then consider we have more millitary shooters in the pipeline.

Im actually very happy that Move is coming out, im counting on move to give me excitement back in gaming. Right now gaming just feels like a chore, i still play my games but not with enthusiasm. Anyone else feeling the same way?

ColonelDrakePS3

For a few years I did. PC, 360, DS, and PSP weren't cutting it for me, and I was on the verge of giving up the hobby. I had gotten so sick of shooters, and I didn't see anything available that was blowing away the games I had been playing during the previous gen. Then I got a Wii last June, and now I'm enjoying gaming again.

Sounds like you need a Nintendo Product.Megaman5364

[QUOTE="Megaman5364"]Sounds like you need a Nintendo Product.AgentA-Mi6

Sorry but i enjoy playing Shooters,RPGS,Action Adventures,Platformers and the occasional puzzle games.

I can easily list 60 games i've enjoyed this gen, thats more that the last two gens combined for me.If anything, i've gotten more into gaming than i was.

that can be:

1) getting mature , so lets things will wow like did in infancy.

2)begining of depression.

or both

I personally am starting to get bored of it. Every other title is more of the same, more idiot-proof.

Every game I see potential in seems to fall short of my expectations, which in all honesty, aren't beyond what's possible. There was extremely little at E3 that got me excited. It feels games of every genre are becoming stagnate.

Yep i get bored of it again. It's one of those periods You go through. Since i got a new pc i suddenly don't feel like playing anything.
Gaming is not a requirement. So just do something else like me. I'm going to find a nice new job, if such a thing exists. And i'm going to read a book called Atlas Shrugged.

I am trying out Call to Pripyat but it doesn't grab me at all. After a minute or 2 i had enough.

Nah. I've got plenty of games to catch up on.

Even so, my life doesn't revolve around videogames anyway.

Yep i get bored of it again. It's one of those periods You go through. Since i got a new pc i suddenly don't feel like playing anything.
Gaming is not a requirement. So just do something else like me. I'm going to find a nice new job, if such a thing exists. And i'm going to read a book called Atlas Shrugged.

I am trying out Call to Pripyat but it doesn't grab me at all. After a minute or 2 i had enough.

KungfuKitten

I go through that quite often (periods of lost interest), and even knowing so i still somehow manage to buy a new game quite frequently to not play it. And am in the same boat with STALKER: COP, ill roam around for 5 mins, hide from an emission, get bored and exit the game out. Im glad that a good portion of my new purchases are from steam sales and the money spent inst terribly missed. I have yet to touch 3d dot heroes, heavy rain, darksiders, infamous, a few others that escape me for more than an hour each on my ps3. On the 360 alan wake, rdr, ssf4, prototype are getting VERY neglected, the last game i finished on that system was Bayonetta. On the pc i have X2, X3s, torchlight, trine, batman:AA, MW2 (shame on me) among many others that had a combined 2 hours worth of playtime. I guess its comforting to know that i have those games in case of future impulses to play them but i too am finding myself more pressed for time. Its kinda weird that recently i have put more time into Elite Beat Angels than my entire current gen purchases from the past 3 months.

im getting bored of the lack of innovation not only in gaming but in all entertainment mediums.

Yep i get bored of it again. It's one of those periods You go through. Since i got a new pc i suddenly don't feel like playing anything.
Gaming is not a requirement. So just do something else like me. I'm going to find a nice new job, if such a thing exists. And i'm going to read a book called Atlas Shrugged.

I am trying out Call to Pripyat but it doesn't grab me at all. After a minute or 2 i had enough.

KungfuKitten

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"]

Yep i get bored of it again. It's one of those periods You go through. Since i got a new pc i suddenly don't feel like playing anything.
Gaming is not a requirement. So just do something else like me. I'm going to find a nice new job, if such a thing exists. And i'm going to read a book called Atlas Shrugged.

I am trying out Call to Pripyat but it doesn't grab me at all. After a minute or 2 i had enough.

doll94

Either switch genres or let it sit for a month or two. A lot of people get that feeling when they're playing for too long.

im getting a bit bored as i have other things to do and it isnt as fresh as it was when i was younger maybe i was more easily amused back then.

take a summer gaming break.

i play way less games during the summer. i enjoy going for bike rides, swimming, playing football, drink beer in beer gardens with my friends. i hate sitting inside playing games when the weather is nice. which is quite rare in the UK.

ive been playing a little RDR multiplayer but thats it really.

I cant explain it, its like i still love gaming, i still have a passion for it and a desire to play. But when i do play i just dont get that wow factor or that fun feeling you should normally get with games.(...)

ColonelDrakePS3

Get a cheap gaming PC and stay the hell away from the mainstream. Experiment with the smaller, unnoticed stuff for a while and I will guarantee your love of gaming will return. I also think the Wii can help you if you're constantly playing shooters.

TLDR version: Jaded yes, bored no.

I guess I am a little jaded, I don't get an OMG feeling from a lot of games anymore, but that's because once you play, for instance, WoW, an enormous, persistent, active, vital, busy game world full of thousands of people and millions of things to do, it's going to take a lot to top that.

Maybe we're all a little spoiled. The graphics have gotten close enough to photorealism that people don't really care if they get any better, sound design and voice acting is movie-quality, scripts are getting close, we've done every concevable genre mash-up and spin and twist and different take on a traditional genre or a traditional tale, we've gone through the motions, so to speak, with the Wii and Guitar Hero and all the "active" games that make you feel like you're doing something, and we have been consuming all these games, some in yearly iterations with little discernible differences, for so long now it's all become a blur.

Then you have oversaturation to consider... I knew exactly what Red Dead was like, how it would play, how it would sound, how it would feel, the variety of things I would get to do, what it would look like, everything. There were no surprises when I finally played it. In the past, gaming media either wasn't as easily accessible, or it just didn't bombard us quite so much. Games came out that I had hardly even heard of that totally rocked my socks. Maybe tuning out a little and NOT watching every trailer or every gameplay video of a game I'm considering picking up would be a good idea, just to keep things interesting.

I still thoroughly enjoy the games I play, but I remember skipping work for Vice City. Not many games have done that for me this gen.

I definitely don't get bored though, gaming keeps me thoroughly entertained. There are so many good games currently out there that it's practically impossible to own and play them all.

That said, I'm going to get back to trying. ;)

I cant explain it, its like i still love gaming, i still have a passion for it and a desire to play. But when i do play i just dont get that wow factor or that fun feeling you should normally get with games. I honestly thinks its the type of games on the market.

I mean if you think about it we as gamers this gen have been practically playing the same game for the last few years. For example, MW2 is pretty much COD4. Same exact gameplay, sound effects, controls etc. Gears of war 2 is pretty much the exact same game as Gears. Oh and if thats not bad then consider we have more millitary shooters in the pipeline.

Im actually very happy that Move is coming out, im counting on move to give me excitement back in gaming. Right now gaming just feels like a chore, i still play my games but not with enthusiasm. Anyone else feeling the same way?

ColonelDrakePS3

Dude, i have the exact same feelings towards games now hey. I can't sit there and play games anymore. I thought i was getting too old, but then i saw new Gran turismo 5 news which made me happy. But i, just...don't want to play anymore. The only time i play games if it's multiplayer sports games with mates. Even online has become boring as ****.

I thought i'd always like games. FF13 and GOW3 are still sitting there, waiting to be finished but i just can't go back to them. Although i have been pretty busy with university and work, so i have lost a lot of free time. Maybe that's why.