No Fun Allowed

who here used to enjoy video games but not anymore?

Why? Is it because of brain-damage or something?

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Take a break from vidya and then come back to it, or do something else in your daily life that isn't vidya. Work out, read a book, try to learn a skill or a hobby, etc.
Or just try and expand your horizons and play genres you would usually never play.

You'v grown up and video games don't provide the same level of satisfaction as before. Time to get a job and play games in moderation, feels more fun like that rather than playing it everyday.

I still enjoy them but admittedly I do mostly play older stuff if that might be a factor.

I haven't played a video game in over 6 years now. it's just all predictably samey goatshit, even the "unique" games feel like they just use a different template.

Get a job and/or go to school, you'll start appreciating the time you have for fun.

video games are shit

Average Holla Forums poster.

You've just burnt yourself out on vidya.
Go out take a walk, enjoy the Autumn

Either get another hobby, or get a job like everyone else says.
Have you considered whittling?

I will…in October.

I really haven't played much vidya ever since I quit WoW 4 years ago. I enjoyed Dark Souls and some 3DS games but that's about it.

I wish WoW was good again, had so many good times in it

You're just a massive faggot who probably only ever had a passing enjoyment of video games and rode a wave of casual shit like WoW or whatever and thinks he fits in here.

Leave now and never come back.


You too.

Every time this thread is made the OP never mentions their other hobbies. I just cycle from manga/anime and searching for new music while building gunpla. Try exercising too. You're most likely just burnt out.

If this has been happening for ages then try a new genre. Roguelikes are still a genre anyone can get into. Same with fighting games but those are best if you have a friend or a local community. Online + Fightcade may help.

It's because you're older and the vidya industry is a dead horse

Yeah, I quit WoW a short way into Cata and never went back (and from everything I've heard about it since then, I'm glad I got out when I did). I kind of miss how it was from late classic (when I started) up through Wrath though.

you've ever played just video games so much lately that you're burned out, or you're playing AAA flavor of the months and you've gotten used to the same handful of gameplay mechanics and tropes

or maybe video games aren't for you

Wow can be hardcore if you take it seriously and pvp a lot, can also be casual, just depends how you play it. It's shit now though, too many expansions ruined it.

after Wow I got into SC2, then the dark souls games, then I played Ultima Online on a private server for a while, pretty fun tbh.

Now I'm lazy and I just play DCSS or some random 3DS rpgs

found the addict. keep on riding the digital carousel thinking it will lead somewhere.

Fuck all you stupid jobless cunts and underage faggots who don't appreciate the free time you have.

why are you so upset? is it because you hate your job? vid related

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Play something difficult. Get shmupmame and fightcade and play some old school arcade games. They're instant gratification. Great music, simple but difficult, and constantly bombarding you with shit while having high replay value. Try out dungeon crawlers like Ultima or Wizardry. Get a Vita TV so you can pirate niche JP games. You can also get into PS2 emulation for all those great games you missed while playing WoW.

Unless you actually are just burnt out, you have no reason to think vidya is getting boring.

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brilliant

thanks for reminding me, I actually played on a private UO server a while ago, I should check it out again.

I went and bought a PS Vita for no good reason, and it managed to make me give a shit about games again.

Don't go above 6th gen, that usually does the job as well.

Even life loses its lustre eventually, but disenchantment with video games may be a realisation that games are a bullshit waste of time, or it's the same effect as chasing novelty in porn, which leads men to become unfazed and bored by nekkid pictures.

Ultima Online seemed to be one of the few MMOs I wanted to play along with Tera. Looked pretty fun.


Love the Vita but hate Sony. Such a good system ruined by Sony's pride. They want it to die so badly yet it's one of the best things to come out this gen. Meanwhile the 3DS is a barren wasteland. It has some gems but they're so spread out.


It has become quite the ordeal to make my dick twitch from 3D porn.

if you're having fun it's not a waste of time;


not really, porn is very passive, games tend to offer a challenge

I can't blame getting older any more, videogames are just genuinely shit now.

I worked nights for a few years and made a ton of dosh with my free time spent playing vidya because what the fuck else am I going to do at 7 in the morning and 9pm at night? I've spent far too much money on modern vidya and the vast majority of it was shit. It all holds your hand and tries to make you feel like you're accomplishing something, then tries to get you to buy something. Then there is the games trying to bank on actual good game's success like Lords of the Fallen that halfass it and miss the entire fucking point. Then there is the masses of FPS shit that is irredeemably garbage, I legitimately gave the genre a chance, spent a ton of money on season passes and a ton of time playing online with insufferable cunts trying to enjoy it and not once did I manage to have a good time, they are fucking skinner boxes too and I know skinner box having been a WoW addict for a good many years.

Nothing is challenging, "exploring" a modern AAA title is a fucking joke too because every game has to have a compass and/or map with every single point of interest marked out for you beforehand so you don't get lost also here is your packed lunch with love, mom.

Only getting back into PS2 and prior era titles (many, many of which I never played) did I start enjoying vidya again. I also own a PS4 and a Vita, but aside from a few gems like Bloodborne I don't touch my ps4 much, the Vita however is a hugely underappreciated gem and I play that more than anything. Good weebshit and some awesome ports. Dragon's Crown in bed is maximum comfy.

Games are simply just worse now. I started playing Terranigma for the first time and its great.

They don't have to be, they are not a waste of time if they develop a skill.
If you only play modern AAA/Experience bullshit they are, even more than a good movie.

I found Dark Souls 1 to be challenging and fun, a good balance.

Also Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is quite challenging, specially if you set goals for yourself and play non-standard builds.

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If you're like me you don't have fun with video games anymore because there's too much stress in your life. Work on reducing your stress and then come back to video games

How active is Dragon's Crown's multiplayer? Just wondering.

Pretty dead honestly. If you're only looking for online multiplayer I'd stay away.

I still do. But i dont give a fuck how im supossed to play. Like some garbage console TPS that expects you to user cover, i just unbid that crap and headshot everyone.

This is why i hate "rpg" games. They are the ones with most bullshit trying to force you to play exactly how the faggots devs want.

There is a image going around with a developer breathing down the player neck saying how he is supossed to play.
Thats exactly what i hate about these csaual console shit games. You cant even crouch in these fuckers anymore.

I don't mind single player for various games, but I have heard people say before that the multiplayer for Dragon's Crown is pretty fun with the right people.

Is the single player just as good (with the multiplayer there as an option, the way, say, Tales is mostly singleplayer but allows for co-op), or was it a game more focused towards playing with others?

I'll just leave this here if you choose to keep playing games like a mad man instead of doing something other than playing games.

Staying off Holla Forums helps.

I still love to play, but every time I visit this board I'm reminded that people love the nitpick bullshit.

Every day we have this and everyday I tell you self pitying attention whores to kill yourselves.

Its definitely focused on other people, the genre itself was made for that with games like Golden Axe. That said playing alone is still great, there is a decent amount of thought put in to building your character, there are a lot of quests to complete for really well drawn artwork, boss fights even solo are awesome in hard difficulty and beyond and there are plenty of options (all randomized) for NPC helpers. Back when it was new though playing with other people was fucking magical and really made me come to appreciate this style of game.

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Learn a little, OP. Vidya aren't special in that regard.

I love my job and I'm lucky that I get paid to do what I was doing in my free time as a hobby anyway.

I assume the Vita version only has online for co-op (being handheld and all), but I'm going to guess the PS3 one allows for couch co-op too? I don't think I'd be able to get my friend to get his own copy if it's online only, but if couch co-op's feasible I might try to look into it.

Too convenient an excuse.


Vita has both online and ad hoc.
PS3 has couch co-op as well as online, just have them plug in another controller and start a new character at the tavern.

This, same generic settings, same small amount of mechanics, same uninteresting characters, same gameplay-less experience, everything looks like a cash ripoff game for me.

Neat. How soon is co-op accessible after starting a new save file? I mean, is it there from the start, or does it have to be unlocked a ways in?

Couch is right off the bat.

Online and ad-hoc multiplayer isn't unlocked until you get the stables, which isn't too far into the game. Follow the story until you play through all the stage's first paths or so.

Why doesn't she own a chair?

Excuse me shitlord, she is a member of the master Japanese race who have evolved beyond mere "chairs"

This is just like the "just be yourself" line.

Cool, thanks for the information. I'll give it some thought.

This is pretty much it.
As an adult, there's no social advantage to gain from videogames, they're just a small meaningless distraction you learn nothing useful from and you can't talk to many people about without sounding like an autist/child. At least reading a novel increases your vocabulary, working out/sports improve your health and attractiveness, programming may help you land a job, etc.

anyone with sufficient IQ will be able to figure out ways to reduce their stress, it's not rocket science.


as long as you can differentiate between your authentic self and your egotistic/deluded self then this is fine advice. Problem is most people confuse the two

its still a filthy lie of an answer well off people give people who's "yourself" is not acceptable

Anyone with sufficient IQ will be able to figure out it's not up to you all the time and sometimes it can't be helped.
Work is too stressful? lel just get a new one brah. Wrong. You need a job to eat and pay your expenses. Sure you can look for a new one while you're working but that means you'll be stressed for another month or two till you get a new job, if that new job is even worth it.

Family is stressful is another big one. Some edgy teenagers will tell you to just cut contact with them but responsible adults know parent get old, can need you for emergencies, etc.

Doing a sport/yoga/etc is also not accessible to everyone because it requires free time and energy.

Also
What an autist.

I play lots of video games still, I just have zero tolerance or patience for bad ones. I routinely drop games just in the first 3 minutes. I know what I want now.

I don't understand how japs do that, my legs go to sleep after like 30 minutes. I mean don't japs have blood circulation or something.

Addendum: try to get into niche, unconventional vidya instead of the next big release. Prioritize gameplay-reliant titles. If in doubt whether to sink more hours into a game you played, or try a new one, go for the latter.

there are reasons why it's stress, and usually the reasons have to do with how YOU react to your environment, and a lot of those reactions can be modulated through practice, shifting your perspective, breathing exercises, etc.

stress that is caused by specific and knowable factors is not that hard to deal with.

be yourself is the best philosophy there is, but normalfags don't understand how subtle it is, they just think it means "keep doing what you're doing" – WRONG

cough try FF14 cough

These ain't "selves". The "be yourself" advice is only valid for people whose persona is already feeling comfortable in society, and who are only experiencing temporary setbacks.

I don't disagree with your statement, but this bit requires time and practice.

Let's not confuse the topic. I was talking about that phrase being used in the context of getting laid (which is where it's mostly used), not life philosophy.

I stopped playing about a month ago. I want to make something that I actually like to escape this hell, so I've picked up programming in the time I haven't been playing.

Me too.
But I don't enjoy anything anymore.

It's called anhedonia.

How old are you?

21.
Been depressed and having suicidal ideations for 6 years now.
Been in therapy for 2 years as well (not every week, on and off).

It's ok, I just have to live with it.

I'm 28 and my only regret is that I can't play even more vidya than I already do.

Vidya is awful for your brain. Your brain is telling you this by making you not enjoy them any more. And instead of listening you are trying to trick it.

Wait until you realise how useless vidya is and how you've wasted your whole life trying to escape reality, then realise that reality itself is painful and that we live in a shit society that hates us and that is controlled by foreign people who literally see us as cattle and want to enslave and eliminate us while every other person is manipulated into nothing but a tool for said foreigners.
Then you realise that the best you can do is be on top of them for no other reason than there's nothing else to do in this world.

tl;dr quit vidya

I find playing lots of single player games invariably leads to this condition. The only games that offer infinite enjoyment are the ones where you use the game to indirectly play another human. Fighting games will forever be a source of excitement to me for this reason.


life is the hardest game, but just another game nonetheless

Faggot 4am thread, of course I still enjoy my vidya. Only time you shouldn't be able to is when you're brain damaged, or old. If you don't like vidya, get the fuck off this board because that means you're here for shitposting, and you're probably the reason why this place is getting worse.

Yeah, a lot of stuff follows the same formula now and doesn't really leave a lot of room to make your own fun. Too strictly designed to allow for a player to experiment and come up with something novel with what's on offer. I'm not completely dead as there are still the rare games that make me remember why video games.

Already got through that phase fam. I chose hedonism.

look up Tramadol.
50mg.
I just started taking it and it's gotten rid of my anhedonia, apathy/boredom, and mild anxiety. I feel normalized and slightly upbeat, comfortably happy and energized. I'm more productive on it and focused. Life is imbued with meaning once again.

Just be careful with the possibility of addiction and tolerance. cycle off a couple days a week.

Thank you, I'll look it up.
Though I'm not really keen on any substances or drugs or jewpharma
I want to strengthen my spirit and will (I even quit alcohol, no props allowed) and become a hardworking, mature yet capable of socialising guy (rather than a hardworking type A guy or a successful autist).

let me reiterate

if you don't like vidya, get the fuck off this board, that goes doubly so for >>10846636

I don't enjoy a lot of games. I hate most multiplayer games. Especially the ones my brother loves.
I only get a little enjoyment, honestly. Haven't got as much in a long while. Shit, some of it's more out of completionism than any kind of "fun" drive.

Still, not terrible. At least I can play them.

I thought going oversea would save me but faggotry is universal, there is no escape.

If going at X speed, sighted at points Z and Y, then it's going to show up at where we moved a big ol' rock to stop it.

I would assume something as advanced has the capability to manoeuvrer somewhat.

If you're hitting that speed, maneuverability is going to be seriously limited. Ever try to turn at high speed? Doesn't really work.
I'd wager any potential movement would be too minor to leave too large a prediction gap.
Not to mention startup time. You don't exactly start at 60mph, do you? That takes some time to rev up.

You don't know the speed, and the points where and when it was sighted will be imprecise due to lightspeed lag.

Precise enough to make a judgement on the speed, or at absolute least, the direction.
If you saw it at one spot, and you saw it at another, you can tell how long it took to get from there to there. From that, we can get the speed.

11-year old me would have an embolism at all the games in my current backlog that I've never touched.

11-year old me would be pulling his hair out watching me try and fail to burn pirated Dreamcast games when I have a perfectly good PS2 with hella games that will run on it without any problems.

Maybe the 11-year old you already had an embolism.

In that case you should fuck off from Holla Forums for good. People like you are what's slowly poisoning this place.

Have you tried expanding your library to different garens of gsemae jyhtat maybr you didn't try beforr>
Try also stepping awaysu from gfames for a wjile.?

Dont bother playing newer games, most are basically all overly dull, depressing samey shit with no personality made by shitty companies that want to sell you on hype and nickle and dime you.

That or maybe you're depressed.

If you have a couple of other hobbies, video games stay fun. They can lose their magic if you only play games and do nothing else because you keep hitting those same dopamine switches until they stop working.

Recently replaying MGQ was the most fun I've had in a while. That and trying Synergy with my friends.

But you're right, all of that being true AND 11-year old me having had an embolism are not mutually exclusive.

When i was a kid i fucking loved it to go into a vidya shop to get some game for my old ps1 and such, then later whit the ps2, but now i just dont, i dont wanna buy games anymore cause you have 1 chance in ten to end up whit a shitty unfinished game made by cucks in Murica to just get shekels, or maybe cause im a freaking oldfag i dont know, but fuck modern gaming.

Back in the day we use to buy games we get home we play it and that was the whole thing, today install this install that, "oh the game dosent work? dont worry we will release a patch" mother fucker i give you money for your shit and you give me crap.

Im so fucking mad

I enjoy older games, but it's being ruined for systems that aren't easy to emulate like Saturn or PC Engine by Ebay resellers.

Only developer I've grown to consistently trust over the last ten years has been Wayforward. Everyone else has disappointed me to varying capacities. Even devs with potential like Lab Zero have long since drunk the kool-aid.

lab zero was drinking koolaid from day 1, the formula was just more watered down at the start

Because you probably play fucking retarded action games or RPGs.

Actually the running gag in anime that lewdness -> fountain nose bleeds stems from the stereotype that all Japanese have high blood pressure.
Also because many of them are wizard tier virgins like that girl.

38. It gets worse, hahahaha. On the plus side, you start forgetting entire MONTHS due to the dull routine of work/sleep, and wonder why your bank account has so much money in it. Turns out not being able to enjoy anything, and not wanting to eat, is the financially beneficial side of severe depression.

I built a gaymen PC to play some good PC games I missed out on but ever since finishing them I just use it for playing Unity porn games and Skyrim porn mods in 1080p 60fps.

New vidya just fucking sucks OP.

Gee, OP, maybe you never had fun playing video games in the first place.


This guy was right.

Changing demographic. Modern gamers are faggots.

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Fucking hell, we've got people freaking out because their lives aren't perfect and meaningful. Just shut up and play video games, faggot. I don't give a shit if my hobby is useful to other people or not, it's my fucking hobby.
Christ.

Just start enjoying your meaningless and empty life, for fuck's sake.

Holy shit nigger go the fuck outside sometime

seriously, if you do something in the privacy of your own, that doesn't affect anyone else that brings you joy, don't feel guilt about it

the only guilt to feel regarding games is how it tends to lead to getting fat if you don't make time to work out too

Maybe OP should learn to fucking knit.

You know what else is useless? Throwing away ten hours a day on a shitty subsistence-wage job.

I still enjoy videogames, i can even have a blast with an unsurprising and somewhat generic shmup like Zero Wing.

Ah, but you see, according to some people most of Holla Forums, if you are not doing what they want you to do, you are an useless degenerate. The meaning of life is reproduction, and only that; humans have no meaning but as genetic machines. You also have to work and provide for a family because muh white race is dying, so don't enjoy yourself and obey authority wherever you find one willing to tell you what to do.

This new demographic of normalfags who think they fit in because they hate niggers is fascinating to me.

It's like they don't know who the userbase of this site really is. It's almost like they came from another site and are desperate to fit in…

That's one of the reasons why I got disillusioned by Holla Forums. I'm not one for politics since I tend to see both sides of the extreme as being full of bullshit just with different flavors, but I tend to go more with some right-wing ideals (being independent, self-improvement, help others, and not being another blind follower to government), but lately when I look at Holla Forums all I'm seeing is them almost becoming the very thing they despise, just in a different light. For fuck sake they turned meme magic into a religion based entirely on shitposting and dubs and think that's how Trump's going to win. I'm all for Trump becoming president since Hillary would just continue making this country even worse, but I'm not as blind as most people on Holla Forums to think he can fix ALL the problems with this country.

sage for off-topic and blogpost.

As for the topic of the thread, I think it depends on how much time you spend playing games compared to doing other things. People have already mentioned getting a job or different hobby or even taking time outside and experiencing the real world outside of chan boards, but I do have one thing I will mention regarding looking for a job. Do not, under any circumstance, get a job that has you sitting in front of a fucking computer all day long.

If you spend pretty much all day on chan boards, playing games, or just in front of a computer, getting a job that has you doing the same thing minus playing games and chan boards will drive you fucking insane, especially if you have no other hobbies or physical activity and go right back home to do the same thing. In addition to the medical risks that come from sitting for hours on end (less blood circulation, eye strain, headaches), your mental state will begin to deteriorate, making you depressed or worsen your depression if you already have it. This gets amplified if you left all alone for hours with no one to talk to. Even if the topic of conversation isn't something you like, humans need at least some form of social interaction to stay sane. Man is not meant to sit at a desk all day like that and it makes me wonder how others can do that kind of job for years or even decades without it getting to them (maybe it is, but they're hiding their depression well).

If you used to enjoy games but don't enjoy them now, find a job that has you physically active or at the very least takes time away from computers and games so you can enjoy them again in your spare time. If you have the fortitude to do a desk job and do the same thing on your off time, more power to you, but I wouldn't recommend it from my experience.

matsumura is a slut
stop ruining kotoko's career with your unit

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I just started playing strange journey and I can't put it down. I'm still enjoying games. Try playing some older shit. Newer games are just going to piss you off.