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Even with over 300 games, I have no desire to play anything other than

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LessThanDan said:
Agreed, clusterfucks are fun. That's why I enjoy playing payload and king of the hill. All those people focused on a single point makes for some good chaos.
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I play payload almost exclusively. The maps are the best.

And when there's a clusterfuck happening, that's when you stick in a mini-sentry that no one is expecting and no one can seem to find, even as it's pecking away at your health. Attack Engie FTW!
 
What happens with me is that I'll start to play something like Dead Rising 2 or Dark Souls and it begins to feel more like a chore than a game.

I keep going back to Fallout 3, New Vegas and Oblivion and Skyrim...
 
I have found myself in a very similar situation except, the only games this year that remotely held my interest were:

League of Legends
Xcom
FTL

I have come to the conclusion the reason ( for me ) is 2-fold.
1. I am 38 years old. Gaming took over as my primary hobby sometime around when I turned 30. I played tons in my 20s but it was secondary to actually doing things outside of my house! lol. I think I have come full circle. Frankly I am sick of it. I have gained too much weight, and I am bored of it. It took me probably 3 years of buying tons of games, not playing them and going through the motions to finally realize its time to get off my fat ass.

2. If you look at the games that did hold my attention - notice they aren't the pretty games. Simply ones that I play...not the game plays me. Meaning - my Steam list is full of all these pretty titles - Witcher 2, Batman , Dragon Age 2, Deus EX..I could go on and on. I think these games play themselves and we sit and watch. Not literally but you know what I mean. You actively click and hit moves but..the game just leads you to win and shows you a pretty story. Frankly I am bored of it. And again, it took me a long time to realize it.

So yeah, I have ton of games. Most of them are unfinished or hardly touched yet only a tiny handful have I played more than 5 hours.

Getting back maybe to OT, yeah TF2 was that game for me LAST year.
 
I have a serious problem with 1-game-at-a-time syndrome. I get a game, I start playing and I might even really like it, but eventually I feel like taking a break and I start playing something else (might go buy a new game, or just something off my backlog), and even though I really enjoyed playing the previous game I almost never go back to it. I just can't juggle multiple games. Eventually I might cycle back to a game I had played previously but its usually been long enough that for story based games I've completely forgotten what happened previously and what I was supposed to do next, or for skill based games I've forgotten how to play and have to re-learn the game, which usually leads me to abandon the game again quickly.

So even though I enjoy many games, I've probably finished less than a dozen games in my entire life.
 
Wardawg1001 said:
I have a serious problem with 1-game-at-a-time syndrome. I get a game, I start playing and I might even really like it, but eventually I feel like taking a break and I start playing something else (might go buy a new game, or just something off my backlog), and even though I really enjoyed playing the previous game I almost never go back to it. I just can't juggle multiple games. Eventually I might cycle back to a game I had played previously but its usually been long enough that for story based games I've completely forgotten what happened previously and what I was supposed to do next, or for skill based games I've forgotten how to play and have to re-learn the game, which usually leads me to abandon the game again quickly.

So even though I enjoy many games, I've probably finished less than a dozen games in my entire life.
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"re-learn the game". Good point. Some games have so many key commands that I forget most of them after a couple weeks and feel to get the handle of the game, I will have to restart, which I don't really want to do.
 
I personally think it may be that I'm just getting older. I used to play games non-stop when I was younger including WoW for 3 years (obsessively). I've got a ton of games on steam but nothing has really sucked me in to devote a lot of time to.

Last games I played all the way through recently on the PC were Limbo and Quantum Conundrum.

I'm playing Titans Quest and Legend of Grimrock right now but neither are pulling me to play all the time.

I think I play my NDS more than PC games right now.
 
I play games in spurts, usually just one a time as well, other than certain exceptions.

If i like a game, i tend to play it a TON for a long time before moving onto other games.

Actually, i pretty much burn myself out on games.

I played Borderlands (and mainly just Borderlands) for 1150 hours, finally burning out in summer 2011 (though i still played after that a bit).

Then i got into Civ5, and have played it pretty much exclusively for the last year and a half...1300+ hours worth.
 
I played TF2 2Fort only maps for the past 2 years, pretty much every night if I could get on. The 32 player servers I played on even went to monthly subs to have a roster spot they were that popular.
 
I haven't played TF2 in months, probably played just a few days before Guild Wars 2 was released. I know I'd still enjoy TF2 though and I will play it again eventually, but lately I'm addicted to Borderlands 2 which I've had for only a week so far (that and I can't seem to go away from ME3's multi-player for more than a day before wanting more of it).
 
Y'know I've very frequently beaten myself up in the last few years for this...

I think I have about 300 Steam games, and plenty of stuff for the 3 consoles or PC games that aren't on Steam. There are a disturbing number of them I've never played, or have only played a little bit.

I was getting pretty depressed at this realization, and thinking well damn... I don't want to stop being a gamer this has been an important part of my life since I was a wee lad. I also don't want all that money to be even more of a waste than it already is under the best of circumstances!

But what I realize looking back is, I'm getting better about this lately... I'll rattle off some games I've played either to completion, or played a shit ton of pseudo-recently.

Max Payne 3 (completed)
Skyrim (working on Dawnguard again now, played an ASS TON of the main game)
Far Cry 3 (Currently nearing the end of it, have played a shit load of it)
Borderlands 2 (Never could get into the first one, but I'm playing a respectable amount of 2 now)
CS:GO (I play this lots)
Dishonored (Finished it)
Bioshock 2 Minerva's Den (recently went back and finished this)
Halo 4 (Finished)
XCOM (Finished)
Deus Ex Human Revolution (Finished and went back and finished Missing Link)
Batman: Akrham City (Finished)


And I know I'm forgetting even more. So when I take a step back and look at it this way, I'm not doing so bad after all.

Once I finish Far Cry 3 I may try to do Hitman
 
Face2Face said:
Skyrim here.....can't stop playing...
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Interesting, Skyrim is one of my favorite games of all time, in the top 10 for sure, maybe the top 5. Somehow though, it just does not seem to have much replay value for me. Maybe it is because I really like the stats of the first character I made, and it seems like any new character just does not measure up.
 
I like games with story, i like a good story that could perfectly be in a movie, but in a game. It makes you feel commited with the characters and situations.

But i do realise that these games are not always the most fun.

This past year the game i played the most was Binding of Isaac. This year i played FTL (and i still play it, it makes me feel sad that after 20+ hs i only unlocked 1 ship and 1 layout and i still couldnt beat the boss)

So kinda enjoy both sides, they have different purposes...

Now im almost 28, and i dont know if i should feel better playing games with no story but that they are pointless fun, or with a good story that moves me
 
frozentundra123456 said:
Interesting, Skyrim is one of my favorite games of all time, in the top 10 for sure, maybe the top 5. Somehow though, it just does not seem to have much replay value for me. Maybe it is because I really like the stats of the first character I made, and it seems like any new character just does not measure up.
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I don't have a whole lot of time to play videogames, but I have invested 190 hrs playing Skyrim over the last year. It is my favorite game of all time. I love the open world and there are so many things to do. I am gearing up for Dragonborn.
 
Heh, I do same thing, my steam library keeps growing - I play a new game for a couple days and then right back to TF2 I go. Just seems so easy, quick, and "comfortable" playing it. Lately I just do mann up mvm missions, got addicted to that mode.
 
I have a i7-3770K and a 7970 and have been obsessively playing mark of the ninja and other indie sidescrollers.
 
I'm the same. Most of my game time is occupied by LoL or PS2. If I get bored of those two then I go to any number of games I've got and haven't beaten.
 
Really I think this stuff depends greatly on the lifestyle and age. It's not necessarily that the games are becoming worse, (not that I am saying that they are not) it's more like with age, life becomes more centered on work, making enough for a living, or if you are making enough, then your concerns may be how to make more, or please your wife, or take care of kids, or whatever.

Me personally, when I was around 15-17 I had literally A TON of free time. It seemed endless, I'd play thousands of these games, and even if most of them sucked, many were still good. I had the time and desire to sort through it all, and actually TRY it all. Some of my favorite games were always RPGs. Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale were my favorites. I could never get into Baldurs Gate or Neverwinter Nights. Seemed too boring for me.

Now, I don't have the TIME to invest in RPGs. I cannot afford to just sit down and play something like Witcher, Assasin's Creed or Skyrim. These games require dedication, thinking and many many hours invested to actually get a good return.

I don't have time for action RPGs either like Torchlight II or Dishonored.

Every time I sit down and play one of these games or something similar, I cant help but think that I could be using this same time right now to study for CCNA, MCTS or just learn a new programming language. Hell, if not that, I could be working out and developing my "former game addict" body.

Point it, every time, I sit down and play something, I want a quick dose of fun, with minimal investment. I play something like Crysis, TF2 or paradoxically EVE Online(requires just a few minutes to set skill training or change orders) have my little dose of fun, and go do something else.

I don't want to spend an hour or two just thinking how to name my character, how much dexterity I will need or how much, strength, "power", "focus" "mana", "magicka" or whatever. I don't want to sort my inventory and decide which weapon or armor is better.

Don't get me wrong! I LOVE doing all of the above. And the more, the better! I just don't have any time or desire to do it given the circumstances. Had I been spending my time more productively when I was 15-17, maybe I would have more time or desire to play games NOW, and they would sure as heck seem more fun and diverse. Alas, because I didn't, I have to dedicate a lot of time to get myself out of the complete mess I am in now, and games just don't seem like what they used to be anymore.
 
Up until just a couple months ago, I played nothing but 1.6...that's pretty much all I played for years. Haven't really played anything new since I stopped playing CS though. I just buy games and stick em on the shelf/leave them available on steam.
 
Someday I'll get back to finishing Metro 2033, but for now am hooked on indies like Binding of Isaac/Wrath of the Lamb (130+ hrs and counting)
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And I've been playing Star Trek Online nearly exclusively for the last month despite just getting Guild Wars 2, having a vested interest in Planetside 2, getting Skyrim over the holidays and basically having a shitload of other games I really should play.
 
I've been hooked on Minecraft for the past week lol.

I have realized that I no longer care about the majority of AAA games. For shooters I specifically look for ones that have a MP community that will be around and thriving for years and that also offers something different (i.e. TF2 and PS2).
 
Sometimes it's just easier to play a game you already know is good, or at least you enjoy more than a more current game. I'm trying to finish Amnesia right now, and something's not gelling, so I've been replaying System Shock 2 with a bunch of graphical mods- as recommended here: http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=4447.0 and here http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=4425.0, but you'll need to use this tool to patch things up before hand to make it mod ready and work with modern Windows/Wine versions in Linux: http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=4141.0
 
I have about 1500 hrs into ME3 Multiplayer, and my enthusiasm is finally showing cracks, but two weeks ago it still was everything I needed. I had the same story with Starcraft, Brood-War, Warcraft3, Age of Empires2, AoM, Borderlands, Metro, DeusExHR and Skyrim.

The only game that I already played a fuckton but I still want to start again is Stalker SOC. I'll probably play it just before I die also.🙂
 
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