How old were you when you stopped enjoying video games, /r9k/?and how old were you when you actually stopped playing them?
>>27676550
That was the pinnacle of online fps fucking hell I miss that time
Video games are all I have. Being ugly doesn't matter.
>>27676550
>How old were you when you stopped enjoying video games
18 years I think, when wow turned to shit in Wotlk
>and how old were you when you actually stopped playing them?
21 I believe, so many hours wasted while not even enjoying it :(
>>27676550
22, about 5 months ago
I can still enjoy them a little bit, but only if I barely play them. I still play every once in a while
>stopped
this is the pathetic manchild board
>>27676550
>How old were you when you stopped enjoying video games, /r9k/?
19-20 yo
>how old were you when you actually stopped playing them?
i still play games but very rarely
17
well i'm 21 now and i still play them, just to waste time desu
My love has actually rekindled after playing FF14. Its the pure escapism that i love. To be able to forget about reality for a few hours.
>>27676550
I'm 27. I will always enjoy them.
>>27676550
20.
That is the age when I dropped thick juice over my notebook.
>>27676550
21....still playing. It's more like watching paint dry now, something you do to get your brain's delta waves flowing.
holy shit
blood gulch really showing its age
haven't seen that map since those graphics looked impressive
After the normocasualization that came with Portal and Wii and GamerGrrrrl XD streaming, I started to lose interest.
Now with the SJW cultural terrorism and pandering and microtransaction whoring, I just quit permanently.
I might go weeb and see if there's anything there, but the cunts will come for it all eventually and the nu-males will help.
I still play vs 1.6
But now more interested in jumping rather than shooting
>>27676550
when they nerfed and/or retardified every single fucking video game
Changed from "lets play everything possible all the time" to "rare really good games now and then" when I was about 14. I'm 24 now.
>>27676550
I still enjoy Europa Universalis 4.
Eve Online is pretty good too.
>>27676699
>Europa Universalis 4.
Back to /reddit/ CoD babby
Probably around 21 when I quit playing WoW after playing it for around 7 years.
I still enjoy the Souls games, but other than that nothing else really interests me
I will never not enjoy FPS games, I'm somehow insanely good at every one that I play, I had a 3+ k/d in every call of duty game I played, good at csgo, good at tf2, just naturally a beast
>>27676550
I think I'm hitting that wall I keep asking myself if I'm actually having fun, games start to feel like work sometimes after a bit and I'll just quit out of them not even save
I'm 43 and i still play vidya. First console was an atari.
>>27676680
>1.6 textures
>gun model and interface from CSS
20 is about when I stopped enjoying them.
I'm 25 now and I play very rarely these days. I'm definitely not up to date on consoles and games. If I do decide to play a game it's usually a NES or GBA game that I decide to emulate.
>>27676550
I stopped REALLY enjoying them sometime around when Mass Effect 3 came out, only played sporadically after that. I only play Halo 1 or Blur with my dad like once a month now.
I'm starting to lose interest in the games I play now at the age of 23
CK2 is going down the shitter and EUIV is just boring to me; I've more or less lost all confidence in Paradox Interactive and will probably not buy any more of their products.
LoL is finally starting to lose its grasp on me as well but until they gut my last played character I'm probably going to still play it every once in a while
once that happens I'll probably be studying a language very fervently since translating for archaeologists in Turkey could be a pretty stable job in a place I want to go to.
>>27676550
I still enjoy games when the ""depression"" isn't heavy. If I'm in a good mood, some games can be a great time. So many people complain that modern games aren't as good and that's why they can't play anymore. Just go into the ROM thread on /t/ and get yourself all the old stuff you like. I can play my favorite old games ten times and still have fun. I never felt "I already played this! What a waste of time!" and don't understand why that would stop someone from doing something they know they like again.
>>27676688
for me, it's the freemium bullshit. in game equipment should be earned in game, not purchased with your mum's credit card
>>27676550
24 and 26, respectively
>>27676973
and I'm 28 now
>>27676550
I still play them to escape my shit reality, desu senpai.
>>27676605
>tfw Key and Peele has ended and Comedy Central isn't funny anymore/
>>27676750
>I'm 43 and i still play vidya. First console was an atari.
To pay respects, I press F
For regular video games 17. Still play EU4.
>>27676550
I only stopped playing capeshit-tier videogames. I still enjoy virtually any GTA game, or some RTS games like Rise of Nations. I just absolutely hate fantasy games, like most RPG and most TPS games. All in all, I like realistic games.
Stopped enjoying last year when I noticed how much of my life I've wasted.
I haven't really played anything this year so far, probably the least I've played since I was like 5. Preordered Dark Souls III though.
>>27676550
>23
>23
But in reality I stopped enjoying them around age 19, after that I was just forcing myself to play since I had nothing else
I still enjoy them, even though I don't play them as much as I did a few years back.
Mostly I just want to compose music for video games though. But I've found nobody to hire me yet.
Haven't stopped enjoying or playing, although that probably explains why I'm a 30 yr old khv.
Only game I really play now is smite with some friends, I started playing it about 3 weeks on ps4, and got them to play about a week later. It's really fun right now. About to be playing Battleborn hardcore again this Friday when the beta starts, and the will also be playing dark souls 3 when it releases. But generally 90%+ of the new games that come out seem like they are good, then you get it and play it, and then maybe by a week of playing or so, you realize it actually sucks
>>27677718
There's nothing wrong with that. I wish I could still enjoy them, I just don't anymore for some reason. It doesn't change the fact that I'm still a loser
>>27676568
Battlefield 3 is the pinnacle of online shooters
>>27676550
Never.
I have online friends with whom I lived IRL for a while and they are still my closest friends.
A few matches on UT3 or Smash rbothers with them make my day.
4chan takes much more time from me than vidya and it has a huge negative effect on me, not only for the waste of time but also because the bitterness and cinism here are bald for my self esteem.
>implying I stopped
I quit video games for almost 2 years now, been hardcore gaming from age 8. Had a psychotic breakdown this january, other than that, I guess I'm fine.
Damn video games were the best thing about living, better than sex or drugs. Can't get a rush anymore, feels like my brain ran out of dopamine.
>>27676550
>How old were you when you stopped enjoying video games, /r9k/?
18
and how old were you when you actually stopped playing them?
20
Probably about 14-15. I didn't have games when I was really young, so that probably factors into it.
>>27677818
2142 was by far the best battlefield game
>>27676550
I stopped enjoying after BF4 came out.
I still play WoT, GTA5, DoA5, Metro 2033/last light, and Operation Flashpoint DR. That's all I can remember but I have over 50+ 360 games and 15 Xbox one games. The wife just got a sticker for the Xbox too.
21. Have not touched steam or vidya in over 7 months. I used to play WoW 10 hours a day and was in a world top 100 guild. It's just changed too much to be enjoyable. I played a Wotlk private server for a year but raiding the same content weekly gets old after a year.
>>27676723
>thinks a 3+ k/d is impressive
>uses Call of Duty of all shooters as an example
Keep it up, Anon. Show those other normies how it's done.
>>27676550
I still play them. Just a nice stress reliever and to meet new people.
>>27677818
Thats the game that made me give up on online shooters.
>>27676550
I never really enjoyed them. The only two games I really liked were Zelda when I was young and Minecraft while I was listening to audiobooks
When I was about 20 I stopped enjoying them
I still play them now but only play Halo: MCC with my American friend and Gears 3 on my own.
>>27677014
Key and Peele were just generic, lesser versions of Chappelle.
Comedy Central stopped being funny nearly a decade ago, after Chappelle left and Carlos Memecia took the helm.
>>27677679
This.
I listen to more vidya music than I actually play vidya now.
I lost interest in most single player games except the rare indie or old JRPG in college though. I do spend a lot of time streaming pokemon nuzlockes with a longtime friend group on Livestream. I don't see myself quitting completely but only playing socially. I talk to these friends about other things a lot, not just gaming.I just got a good STEM job though so I'll have shit to do with my life instead of putting minmal effort into passing my last semester of grad school
>>27678407
The people who really end up HATING gaming and militantly shitting on it are usually ex WoW/MMO players who wasted their lives on it
I'm really glad I always hated MMOs
>>27677818
that's an interesting way to spell red orchestra
The last "new" game I played that I really enjoyed was Chrono Trigger last summer. Since then, I replayed Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, which are still my all time favorites, then played Soul Blazer (mediocre IMO), Illusion of Gaia (gameplay was decent, I enjoyed the story and aesthetic), and FFIV (got frustrated with the difficulty in the last dungeon; I still beat it, but the grinding soured the experience a little bit) for the first time. Probably gonna play Terranigma next, which I hear is one of the best SNES games.
I still can't into modern gaming, despite only being 19. I've never made it past the 6th gen except for a few games (GTA V, Guitar Hero).
11?
i only play tf2 & gmod surf exclusively
and a bit of sky rim, usually its just me experimenting with mods and not caring mostly about gameplay or story
I still like video games, but I don't play many modern ones, only one or two per year. I pretty much only play 1990-2006 games.
I dont play them or enjoy them like before...but i dont go out with friends so i play Dark souls or Europa universalis from time to time...
>>27677818
>>27676568
>>27680984
>>/v/
pl0x n thx
>>27676568
For consoles definitely
I think UT04 was the pinnacle of online PC FPS
17 to both desu
last time I took video games seriously was like 2006 I think. so I was 19 at the time. I burned myself out on video games by then. I still play them here and there, but I can't take them seriously anymore. I usually get really bored at some point in the year and just decide to play a few games that got good reviews from the previous years. then I get sick of them and stop playing.
>>27676550
I never enjoyed them in the first place. Every time a play video games I feel like it's such a waste of time, I could be reading or learning something and yet I am playing this garbage.
Last year I spent about 700 hours on EU4 and I haven't enjoyed a single hour of it but I didn't feel like doing anything else.
Only play old games, not one for CS:GO and such. Been playing lots of Doom 2 and Hexen online past year. Still enjoy 1st starcraft, 1st and 2nd Diablo, halo 1 and 2 etc.
>>27676550
19
still playing though, modded skyrim and prototype actually gave me some fun back (modding is more fun than playing skyrim)
I'd stopped enjoying vidya when I was 19 or so.
21 now, hadn't touched my vidya since december, but I got bloodborne 3 weeks ago and it's brought me purpose in life since so.....I suppose that's a good thing?
>>27676680
kreedz?
Wanna play?
18
I invested thousands of hours into games
For few years already I just can't get back into it
From time to time I try to start gaming again, but I lose the interest after a few hours
Can't find the motivation for it
22
24
Last game I played was GTA V and even that gets boring as shit for me, I just drive around finding ways to fuck with the cops. Like getting 1 star and dragging them into a gangfight in South Central
im 29, I still enjoy them rarely and I still play them.
>>27676550
16......tbqhanon
Just a few months ago, at 35, believe it or not. Surprisingly, the game that threw me off the cliff was Dark Souls 2. Played it for like 200 hours and got very little enjoyment out of it. Disappointing sequel and a very annoying online community.
But after taking a big break, I feel kinda excited for playing Dead Space again tomorrow (downloading now). So I guess I'm not really tired of games but of binge playing.
>>27676550
18
This was around the time of my first breakup.
I couldn't escape reality any longer.
Still go back from time-to-time, but I'd rather not let laziness take away my drive to live
I never actually stopped liking video games, but unfortunately after becoming a tired wagecuck, my time on drastically decreased. Then once i returned to college, as a full-time student now on top of that, I basically never have enough time to enjoy them.
so, between wagecucking, being a full time student, lack of friends, and lack of money for games, it sucks.
20
still can get quite a lot of enjoyment if i do it smartly
actually completing long games is very difficult, however
>>27678413
A 3+ k/d ratio is way above average in most games, especially CoD. Don't just jump on the CoD hate bandwagon like a faggot.
>>27678351
Good taste. Only fools think otherwise. 2 was broken shit with awful netcode while 2142 was perfect. Each map had its own orchestrated theme for fuck's sake.
I don't play games that often any more because I usually end up getting bored with them quickly, but when I do manage get into one, I binge
I most likely will with Dark Souls 3
Stopped playing single player games awhile ago. The only enjoyment I can derive from videogames now is from beating someone, the complete opposite of what I started playing for.
20.
25 now. I'll let you know when I stop playing.
>>27676550
Still play them and enjoy them today. I find myself enjoying sims and sandbox games most now, though.
>>27681276
>UT2k4
I think you mean Quake III Arena, fagboi.
I got into fighting games when SF4 came out and they're all I ever play anymore. Playing a single player game is a snooze fest.
>>27676550
20 or 21 now, can't be bothered to calculate,15 or 16 stopped being enjoying them, I've been invested max 3-4 games for a short binge of a few hours.I do play metric shittons of tetris, however.
>>27676550
I still enjoy them, but I can't play them all day long without feeling guilty anymore.
22, when my PC broke and I couldn't play BF4 anymore
>>27676711
>Humanity
>Dark Souls 2 starting area
>Outdated meme
REEEEEEEEEE
I know Halo 3 is playable as Halo Online with mods, but it seems like a chore to install it.
When will I be able to play Halo 3 on PC as easily as I could play any other game?
>>27676550
COD 4 was THE PINNACLE of online console gaming. I lost passion and patience for gaming sometime during the 360 gen. Now I pick maybe 2 games a year whenever I see them cheap at gamestop.
I'm 27 now. I do not own a current gen console.
>>27676550
When the games industry stopped making games that I like and started pandering to a bunch of fucking idiots that want PvP pay2win grindfests that are multiplayer only with half a dozen maps and DLC and season passes to get the same kind of content that used to be included in the sticker price. I grew up buying a game, sticking it in the system, and enjoying it in its entirety. No day 1 patches or DLC, no downloads, no bullshit, you just played.
It also doesn't help that immersive single player games are a thing of the past now. All my favorite series are dead. Half Life 3 I have been waiting for like 12 years now. I haven't played a new 2D Metroid since Zero Mission in 2004 and the last 3D Metroid was in 2007. Halo is still around but they fucked with the game mechanics so much it's barely recognizable and the campaign is terribad now. I used to love Halo 1, 2, and 3 to death. They also ruined Bioshock by making shitty sequels for that game that ruined the feel and dumbed down the gameplay.
It's not that I don't have fun with videogames anymore, I just find myself playing the same ones over and over again because I can't find any new games that provide me with what I like... which is sci-fi games with exploration and good atmosphere.
I literally fucking hate this new social media smartphone generation, they have turned every form of entertainment into a convenient microwavable dinner. Easy to get into, entertaining for 5 minutes, then you move on to the next thing. They hate anything that isn't instant gratification, and actively loathe depth and complex storytelling.
I miss getting sucked in for an entire evening, lost in an alien world.
>>27676550
13 then 14
>>27685496
>When the games industry stopped making games that I like and started pandering to a bunch of fucking idiots
OP I think it has less to do with age and more to do with the state of the industry.
>>27676550
I had a n64 I loved to play with my brother and mother when I was younger, only had
>pokemon snap
>mario kart
Played Pokemon Blue, Gold, and half way through Ruby (stopped caring)
Bought a wii in HS and played Animal Crossing with my mom.
I was always more of a reader than a video game guy, and read every dumb scifi and fantasy and young adult novel possible as escapism. Video games never held much appeal, especially once I discovered anime autism. I havnt played a video game in over 8 years.
nigger, i'm playing neverwinter nights 2 right now
i'm an autistic faggot and a waste of space
i miss halo so much
>>27676688
every online i ever played got nigtarded :(
now i go back to play the older rpgs that i never got around to playing since my online gaming addiction that started with ultima online (back ni the day it was the best ever)
> Q_Q
>>27685715
do you play it online in persistant worlds or just single player?
Good questions OP.
I stopped enjoying video games at age 13, I didn't stop playing them until age 17 because I didn't know anything else. What a fucking joke it's all been.
I still play
Fallout NV/3
CoD MW2/BO2
Tropico 5
And DW8
I only play a couple hours a month though.
>>27677818
>battlefield 3
>not the infinitely better BC2
Why anon
stopped enjoying them around 16-17ish but still play them hopping that one will eventually be fun enough to hook me.
>>27676605
>LITERAL PEPE IN BACKGROUND
WHAT THE FUCK
I honestly barely play games anymore. They're all just shit. Occasionally, I'll just emulate or play an old game, that despite its graphics is much more engaging and atmospheric than most games on the market today.
>>27676550
> get into new game
> play it with friends
> know you'll still enjoy it weeks later
> wake up and have something to do and look forward to
vidya is honestly better than RL and everyone knows it
il never give up but it is harder to find good titles now
25 still play, still enjoy.
I think you just need to throw out a lot of preconceptions and popular opinion and just try stuff, go with what clicks.
Heard bad things about Diablo 3 for years, bought it and played it, was actually alright.
I still fail to see the the appeal of dota2 though. Hero defense customs were ok in 2003 but come on, it's 2016.
It was at age 13 or 14 that I stopped being interested in all video games aside from first person shooters. I started with Halo and CoD3 on Xbox and then moved onto CoD4 and others on PC. I don't have a gaming capable PC anymore but I have about 1k hours in CS:GO
I have a pretty short attention span now, no games hold my attention for longer than ten minutes.
>>27686591
>was actually alright.
So you have to enjoy shit? Thanks senpai
>>27676550
NEVER YOU STUPID CUNT!!!!
>>27676690
that's generally how all media consumption hobbies go dough
>>27676550
I still love games, the thing is that it takes something good to hold my attention in my 20s, but when I was really young I could just play anything and have a blast. I find online fps games eclipse most single player experiences, the challenge of fighting scripted/a.i. scenarios just isn't there compared to facing off against live opponents and working with other faggots.
>16
I still play as to fill the emptiness that you could call my life
>>27676550
I only play videogames that I enjoy, and pretty much the only videogames I play now is counter strike: global offensive and skyrim
and minecraft sometimes
I don't fucking even know why I still play minecraft, probably because it's pretty comfy sometimes
>>27676550
Used to play video games 24/7 with my best friend. When he passed away I just couldn't bear to pick up a controller again. Sometimes I just look at the game cases of the games we used to play a lot and cry.
Stopped enjoying them when I was 21 or so.
Still play them at 26 because it's all I know for a hobby. Fuck video games and fuck everyone else who plays them.
>>27676550
I never enjoyed them
I still play them
>>27676550
22 and still love them.
They just take up so much time.
I'm 29.
I've been playing video games since I was 3. I have played them almost every day since I started. I have always loved them. They allowed me to escape to worlds I only dreamed of and live experiences I never could have otherwise.
I will never stop loving them. I'm incredible at every genre. I top leaderboards effortlessly and jump between games constantly. I beat games on difficulties I know less than 1% of all people can handle, and when I actually win, I feel exhilarated. I play games with my wife, and have introduced her to dozens of co-op games I've played throughout my life. She gets so impressed from my knowledgeable taste, from me giving her all the prizes when we play together (I don't need the help) and from performing feats she couldn't imagine, it frequently gets her wet and leads to passionate sex. Playing games together has deeply cemented our bond/love for each other, and is one of the foundations of our relationship. I have never sold a game back after I buy them, so I literally have 100s to choose from, spanning every generation from NES to modern, sitting on a couple book shelves.
I don't know what everyone's problem is with modern games. I love my retros and I still play them, but modern games are significantly better than them in almost every single way. If you don't think that, then you have shit taste, and continuously buy shit games without putting the slightest bit of effort into finding out what games are actually good.
Fuck do I love video games. I think I'm going to go play some right now. Fuck everyone in this thread who hates video games.
>>27687539
Wew lad vidya bro
I haven't yet. Are video games something you're supposed to grow out of?
>>27686618
The expansion fixed everything.
Memes.
