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"This bandicoot will be my general, he will lead my Cortex Commandos to world domination...

This time, I shall reign TRIUMPHANT!"

-Dr. Cortex


Posted by: Kai Hiwatari
You are growing out of them.

Nah. Everything's becoming a shadow of everything else.

  • 01.07.2013 6:37 PM PDT

Like any hobby, you can get bored of video games. Leave them for a while, and check again in a year or two to see if you wanna pick them back up.

  • 01.07.2013 6:39 PM PDT

Calculus calms my troubled mind

I know how you feel OP, and it makes me sad. I feel like a chapter of my life is closing or already closed.

  • 01.07.2013 9:27 PM PDT

"HE'S GONNA JUMP!!!!"

  • 01.07.2013 9:29 PM PDT
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Either other things have occurred in your life, leaving you less time to play, or those other things have given you more joy than playing video games. This is labeled as, "growing out of video games".

The other plausible scenario is that, because the industry is constantly changing, the products they're now making don't interest you. Nowadays I see the industry as trying to produce cinematic, mature, interactive movies instead of producing abstract games that I so much enjoy. I stray away from mainstream titles and find the few gems floating around in the indie-space or other.

[Edited on 01.07.2013 9:45 PM PST]

  • 01.07.2013 9:41 PM PDT


Posted by: elites rock
I hate to admit it, but games aren't as great as they were like around 2000-2007. Ever since 2008, games have been getting worst. I'm just not interested in them anymore... I personally haven't played my 360 since 2011, and I'm playing mostly indie games now for like 1 hour a week... Are games getting worst or am I just getting old/growing out games.


But there are so many modern games/upcoming titles to look forward to!

Just out now: Skyrim DLC, Far Cry 3

In the future: Path of Exile, Dota 2, Destiny, Metro: Last Light, Warlock: Master of the Arcane, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Crysis 3, GTA 5

But since you sound like you're into indie titles, I would suggest you look up TotalHalibut on Youtube, he makes tons of videos on indie games and a few mainstream ones as well.

  • 01.07.2013 9:42 PM PDT

"You can't touch music, but music can touch you."

I have to agree with you that I don't get the same enjoyment out of games as I used to. There are a few great games out now but it just isn't the same as it was during the SNES/Genesis, PSone/N64, or the Dreamcast/PS2/NGC/XBox eras. I guess I'm getting old.

  • 01.07.2013 9:45 PM PDT

What a waste....

Really, they are. It's not a nostalgia factor. The companies are making games with the least effort possible (i.e. CODpypasta) and selling them for the same price. I am given some hope by things like Reach and Black Ops II, showing that the formula can at least be shifted a little bit and the companies are willing to try it.

  • 01.07.2013 9:45 PM PDT

I'd say a lot of the mainstream games are getting sloppier and sloppier, yes.

Just go out of your way to find the games you want to play instead of playing what everyone else is playing.

  • 01.07.2013 9:46 PM PDT

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