Having a hard time finding a game which holds my interest.

[Geosurface]

WARNING: LONG-WINDED NARCISSISM FOLLOWS:

I've been wishing for a while that I could really sink my teeth into a game I haven't played before.

Rare indeed are the games like Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us which come along and command my full attention until their single player campaign is finished.

I expect to be revisiting a lot of games and enjoying a lot of stuff greatly when I get an Oculus, whenever the consumer version actually comes out...

but in the meantime, I'm trying to find something which will really grab me.

I've been sort of aimlessly playing some Age of Empires II HD while watching YouTube videos, sometimes I like to play something mindless with no story so I can also absorb a video. I'll watch something like 48 Hours or Dateline etc. My go to game for that had usually been CS:GO but it started rebooting my PC.

I guess technically I may be looking for another go to game like that, something to replace CS:GO because I don't feel like wrangling with why it's rebooting my PC right now... I was thinking maybe Battlefield 3 could function in this role, but nothing Origin related is working for me at the moment (I expect this to resolve as the bundle novelty wears down)

but more importantly I'm trying to find something with a strong single player experience which will absorb me. I have a crap ton of unplayed games and I'm going to list some and if anyone's played some of them and can help tip the balance toward a certain game with an endorsement... I'd appreciate it:

Alan Wake
Bully: Scholarship Edition
GTA IV
Metro 2033 (with the intention of laying the groundwork for Last Light)
Sleeping Dogs
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
God of War III (never played any of this series)
Heavy Rain
Mass Effect series (have had trouble sticking with these)
Uncharted series (have had trouble getting into these, particularly 1, 2 I haven't given too much time yet...)
Dark Sector


Now let me list some games which have really held my attention within the last few years:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The Last of Us
Bioshock Infinite
Skyrim
Fallout 3 (New Vegas not so much, but kinda)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Halo series
Tomb Raider (2013)
The Walking Dead (Tell Tale)


The odd thing is the games which don't hold my interest are sometimes things you'd really think would... like back in 1998 when I played Ocarina of Time I was absolutely glued to it. Loved it. However I still haven't finished Wind Waker or Twilight Princess or Skyward Sword. I always keep telling myself I will...

Here are some games which have not drawn me in, some of which I hope to give another try... but I'm trying to give anyone who feels like helping me with suggestions any relevant info which might help them narrow down what actually would grab me - some of these I clocked a decent amount of time in before losing interest:

L.A. Noire
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
The Darkness
Oblivion
The Witcher
Dragon Age Origins
Transformers: War for Cybertron
Hitman: Absolution (clocked a decent amount of time in this)
Zeno Clash
Shadowrun Returns

There are a lot of others... some of those are games I had a distinct feeling I would never feel compelled to finish, and others I felt like maybe I just wasn't in the right mood at the time I tried them.

Sad thing is, Witcher 2 looked good and I resolved that it was going to be the game I really made a solid effort to stick with until it grabbed me, I had heard a lot of good things. But it was crashing my PC just like CS:Go... reboots. Had to call off that plan

 

[Texashiker]

No left 4 dead / left 4 dead 2?

 

[Geosurface]

No left 4 dead / left 4 dead 2?

I have them both and have played both... liked the first one more than the second.

They're not really story-ish, but they are good suggestions for something mindless to play... I just feel the same way a lot of people do, which is that the community is too hard core in that. Therefore it becomes hard to play it mindlessly like you can CS:GO.

 

[Geosurface]

This is probably a bad idea but I'm going to try to post my entire Steam library (some of these I've played to completion, a lot of them I haven't even touched... some I've played partially)

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
406 hrs on record


The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
205 hrs on record


Counter-Strike: Source
107 hrs on record


Fallout: New Vegas
89 hrs on record


Borderlands 2
21 hrs on record


XCOM: Enemy Unknown
21 hrs on record


Dishonored
19.4 hrs on record


Hitman: Absolution
17.9 hrs on record


The Walking Dead
15.7 hrs on record


Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
15.4 hrs on record


Portal 2
14.6 hrs on record


BioShock Infinite
12.3 hrs on record


Sid Meier's Civilization V
11.0 hrs on record


Max Payne 3
10.3 hrs on record


Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year
8.7 hrs on record


Dungeon Siege III
7.9 hrs on record


Left 4 Dead 2
7.5 hrs on record


Half-Life 2: Episode Two
7.5 hrs on record


Titan Quest
7.4 hrs on record


Shadowrun Returns
6.8 hrs on record


Scribblenauts Unlimited
6.5 hrs on record


Duke Nukem Forever
5.3 hrs on record


I Am Alive
4.9 hrs on record


Assassin's Creed II
4.7 hrs on record


Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
4.5 hrs on record


Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link
4.4 hrs on record


Portal
4.0 hrs on record


Team Fortress 2
3.8 hrs on record


Alice: Madness Returns
3.6 hrs on record


Batman: Arkham City™
2.6 hrs on record


F.E.A.R. 3
2.6 hrs on record


Amnesia: The Dark Descent
2.3 hrs on record


Deus Ex: Human Revolution
2.2 hrs on record


Torchlight II
2.1 hrs on record


Legend of Grimrock
1.8 hrs on record


Half-Life 2
1.7 hrs on record


Dead Rising 2
1.6 hrs on record


Left 4 Dead
1.6 hrs on record


RAGE
1.5 hrs on record


DOOM 3: BFG Edition
1.4 hrs on record


Natural Selection 2
1.4 hrs on record


Saints Row: The Third
1.2 hrs on record


Borderlands
1.2 hrs on record


The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
1.2 hrs on record


Air Conflicts - Secret Wars
1.2 hrs on record


Dead Island
1.1 hrs on record


Trine
1.1 hrs on record


Infestation: Survivor Stories
1.1 hrs on record


Killing Floor
1.1 hrs on record


Homefront
1.0 hrs on record


Grand Theft Auto IV
1.0 hrs on record


LEGO Lord of the Rings
0.9 hrs on record


Alan Wake
0.9 hrs on record


Metro 2033
0.8 hrs on record


Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
0.8 hrs on record


Painkiller: Recurring Evil
0.8 hrs on record


Serious Sam 3: BFE
0.7 hrs on record


Darksiders
0.7 hrs on record


Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition
0.7 hrs on record


Intrusion 2
0.6 hrs on record


LIMBO
0.5 hrs on record


Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
0.5 hrs on record


Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
0.5 hrs on record


Rise of the Triad
0.5 hrs on record


Bulletstorm
0.4 hrs on record


Age of Empires Online
0.4 hrs on record


Zeno Clash
0.4 hrs on record


Surgeon Simulator 2013
0.4 hrs on record


Source Filmmaker
0.4 hrs on record


Penumbra: Overture
0.4 hrs on record


Back to the Future: Ep 1 - It's About Time
0.4 hrs on record


Alien Swarm
0.3 hrs on record


Lunar Flight
0.3 hrs on record


Braid
0.3 hrs on record


Evochron Mercenary
0.3 hrs on record


Aliens vs. Predator
0.3 hrs on record


F.E.A.R.
0.3 hrs on record


Medal of Honor(TM) Multiplayer
0.3 hrs on record


Age of Empires® III: Complete Collection
0.3 hrs on record


The Void
0.3 hrs on record


Transformers: War for Cybertron
0.2 hrs on record


The Ball
0.2 hrs on record


Hard Reset
0.2 hrs on record


Gothic
0.2 hrs on record


Red Faction: Armageddon
0.2 hrs on record


Retro City Rampage™
0.2 hrs on record


Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II - Chaos Rising™
0.2 hrs on record


F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
0.2 hrs on record


Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
0.2 hrs on record


Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
0.2 hrs on record


The Apogee Throwback Pack
0.1 hrs on record


Gratuitous Space Battles
0.1 hrs on record


Counter-Strike
0.1 hrs on record


Organ Trail: Director's Cut
0.1 hrs on record


Dead Space 2
0.1 hrs on record


Kerbal Space Program
0.1 hrs on record


Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
0.1 hrs on record


World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
0.1 hrs on record


Quake 4
0.1 hrs on record


Nexuiz
0.1 hrs on record


Hotline Miami
0.1 hrs on record


The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
0.1 hrs on record


Dead Space
0.1 hrs on record


DCS: Black Shark
0.1 hrs on record


BioShock
0.1 hrs on record


Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
0.1 hrs on record


Crysis
0.1 hrs on record


Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
0.1 hrs on record


Half-Life: Source
0.1 hrs on record


The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
0.0 hrs on record


Half-Life
0.0 hrs on record


Bastion
0.0 hrs on record


Medal of Honor(TM) Single Player
0.0 hrs on record


Arma 2
0.0 hrs on record


Alan Wake's American Nightmare


Arcania: Fall of Setarrif


ArcaniA – Gothic 4


Arma 2: DayZ Mod


Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead Beta


Arx Fatalis


Assassin's Creed


Audiosurf


Awesomenauts


Back to the Future: Ep 2 - Get Tannen!


Back to the Future: Ep 3 - Citizen Brown


Back to the Future: Ep 4 - Double Visions


Back to the Future: Ep 5 - OUTATIME


Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition


Beyond Good & Evil


BioShock 2


Bloody Good Time


Borderlands DLC: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot


Borderlands DLC: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx


Borderlands DLC: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned


BRINK


Bully: Scholarship Edition


Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Beta


Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight


Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3


Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising


Commander Keen Complete Pack


Counter-Strike: Condition Zero


Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes


Counter-Strike: Source Beta


Cryostasis


Crysis 2 Maximum Edition


Crysis Warhead


Crysis Wars


Dark Messiah Might and Magic Multi-Player


Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player


Darksiders II


Day of Defeat: Source


Deadlight


Dead Rising 2: Off the Record


Dear Esther


DEFCON


Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition


Deus Ex: Invisible War


Divine Divinity


DOOM 3


DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil


DOOM II: Hell on Earth


Dragon Age: Origins


Dreamfall: The Longest Journey


Dungeon Defenders


Dungeon Siege


Dungeon Siege 2


E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy


Earth 2160


Endless Space


F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point


F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate


Fallout New Vegas: Courier's Stash


Fallout New Vegas: Dead Money


Fallout New Vegas: Honest Hearts


Far Cry


Far Cry 2


Far Cry 2: Fortunes Pack


Far Cry® 3 Blood Dragon


Final DOOM


From Dust


Frozen Synapse


Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition


Garry's Mod


Ghostbusters: The Video Game


Gothic 3


Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition


Gothic II: Gold Edition


Grand Theft Auto


Grand Theft Auto 2


Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City


Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas


Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas


Grand Theft Auto: Vice City


Grand Theft Auto: Vice City


Grand Theft Auto III


Grand Theft Auto III


Half-Life 2: Deathmatch


Half-Life 2: Episode One


Half-Life: Blue Shift


Half-Life: Opposing Force


Half-Life Deathmatch: Source


Hard Reset: Exile DLC


HeXen II


Hitman 2: Silent Assassin


Hitman: Blood Money


Hitman: Codename 47


Hydrophobia: Prophecy


Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet


Jurassic Park: The Game


Just Cause 2


Killing Floor Mod: Defence Alliance 2


Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise


L.A. Noire


Magicka


Magicka: Final Frontier


Magicka: Frozen Lake


Magicka: Holiday Spirit Item Pack


Magicka: Nippon


Magicka: Party Robes


Magicka: The Watchtower


Magicka: Vietnam


Magicka: Wizard's Survival Kit


Manhunt


Mark of the Ninja


Mass Effect


Mass Effect 2


Master Levels for DOOM II


Max Payne


Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne


Mirror's Edge


Mount & Blade


Mount & Blade: Warband


Mount & Blade: Warband - Napoleonic Wars


Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword


Nexuiz Beta


Nexuiz STUPID Mode


NightSky


Orcs Must Die!


Painkiller: Black Edition


Painkiller: Redemption


Painkiller: Resurrection


Painkiller Hell & Damnation


Painkiller Overdose


Penumbra: Black Plague


Penumbra: Requiem


Primal Carnage


Prince of Persia


Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands


Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time


Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones


Prince of Persia: Warrior Within


Prototype


Psychonauts


Quake


Quake II


Quake II: Ground Zero


Quake II: The Reckoning


Quake III: Team Arena


Quake III Arena


Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon


Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity


Ravaged


Red Faction: Guerrilla


Renegade Ops


Resonance


Risen


Risen 2 - Dark Waters


S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat


S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky


S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl


Sanctum


Sanctum 2


Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter


Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter


Serious Sam HD The First Encounter


Shadowgrounds


SimCity 4 Deluxe


Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion


Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity


Sleeping Dogs™


Star Wars - Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith


Star Wars - Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast


Star Wars: Dark Forces


Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic


Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy


Super Meat Boy


Supreme Commander


System Shock 2


Team Fortress 2 Beta


Team Fortress Classic


The Binding of Isaac


The Longest Journey


The Swapper


The Ultimate DOOM


Thief 2


Thief: Deadly Shadows


Thief Gold


Titan Quest: Immortal Throne


Tomb Raider: Anniversary


Tomb Raider: Legend


Tomb Raider: Underworld


Tom Clancy's EndWar


Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2


Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.


Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction


Torchlight


Total War: SHOGUN 2


Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai


Train Simulator 2013


Tribes: Ascend - Steam Starter Pack


Trine 2


Universe Sandbox


Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine


Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II


World in Conflict


Zeno Clash 2


Zombie Driver


Zombie Driver HD

 

[surfsatwerk]

Was that really necessary?

 

[Geosurface]

Was that really necessary?

Probably not, but I'm all about overkill.

 

[moonbogg]

The only game to hold my interest other than BF3, was Far Cry 3. If you haven't tried it I would suggest it.

 

[Geosurface]

The only game to hold my interest other than BF3, was Far Cry 3. If you haven't tried it I would suggest it.

Yea, I forgot to mention that one. Far Cry 3 was another oddity for me (in terms of my modern gaming behaviors) in that it really held my interest.

I never did play Far Cry 2, but I loved Far Cry 1.

Far Cry 3 was one where I started out skeptical, but before long I realized it was a truly great game.

I've messed with Blood Dragon a bit and I really, really enjoy the whole idea behind it... what they're doing with the humor and the 80's action movie tropes... but I struggled to pick up steam with it like I did Far Cry 3 vanilla.

 

[digiram]

Alan Wake is a really good single player experience.

 

[Geosurface]

Alan Wake is a really good single player experience.

Thanks for the suggestion I may have to hunker down and really try to get into it. I've only played a few minutes of it.

 

[WiseUp216]

Make sure you play Alan Wake in the dark, if you can. It definitely helps with the tension.

Based on the games you put a lot of time in, I would say Metro 2033 would be a good choice. Then you'll have Last Light to look forward to. Great games.

 

[Geosurface]

Make sure you play Alan Wake in the dark, if you can. It definitely helps with the tension.

Based on the games you put a lot of time in, I would say Metro 2033 would be a good choice. Then you'll have Last Light to look forward to. Great games.

Thanks. Yea I feel like I really owe it to the Metro games to devote some time to them.

Unfortunately, they haven't truly grabbed me so far... but y'know, of course... some games you end up loving do require getting over an initial hump.

 

[WiseUp216]

Thanks. Yea I feel like I really owe it to the Metro games to devote some time to them.

Unfortunately, they haven't truly grabbed me so far... but y'know, of course... some games you end up loving do require getting over an initial hump.

I found Last Light to be much more approachable than 2033. If you can get a cheap copy, maybe try that one first.

 

[Geosurface]

I found Last Light to be much more approachable than 2033. If you can get a cheap copy, maybe try that one first.

That was sort of the feeling I had. I haven't played Last Light and have only played a little ways into 2033, but I had a feeling that Last Light was probably the real prize to get to.

But I feel weird about skipping the first game.

Wouldn't that be a weird thing to do?

 

[2timer]

Interesting commentary, subbed

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has been holding my interest lately, after very few other games could. Infinite and Last of Us were the last ones that held me.

 

[Geosurface]

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has been holding my interest lately, after very few other games could. Infinite and Last of Us were the last ones that held me.

Thanks. I think I actually got a free copy of that... just need Origin to start working again.

 

[Jesusthewererabbit]

Just Cause 2. It's great for mindless fun, you can completely ignore the story and just fly around in a helicopter and blow stuff up for hundreds of hours.

 

[Dankk]

If you're hankering for a game with a good storyline to pull you in, then I immediately recommend playing Heavy Rain. It's the very definition of a "story game". It's basically like playing a long, interactive movie.

 

[Red Storm]

this is probably a bad idea but i'm going to try to post my entire steam library...

RUN AWAY Mousewheel, RUN LIKE THE WIND! D:

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

If you're hankering for a game with a good storyline to pull you in, then I immediately recommend playing Heavy Rain. It's the very definition of a "story game". It's basically like playing a long, interactive movie.

Ah good call, I slept on this one and forgot about it. Been meaning to play it sometime. I'll probably play it on PS3

 

[magomago]

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no i'm not spamming

 

[felang]

The only game to hold my interest other than BF3, was Far Cry 3. If you haven't tried it I would suggest it.

+1

 

[dud]

Probably not, but I'm all about overkill.

... and about being narcissistic. At least you are being honest. Your problem is obvious to me ... you have too many games to choose from. The availability of numerous "inexpensive" games (through STEAM and other sites) has resulted in gaming overload.

I stuck with favorites from before this timie life COD and BF1942 and still play them today. Just find something you like and stick with it ... and cut back on the narcissism.

Good luck ...

 

[cmdrdredd]

What I try to do is finish a game before I buy another. If I buy a bundle, I finish the game(s) I bought the bundle for before moving on. You are perhaps doing what I used to do, buy lots of games and never really play them through.