Anyone feel like they get burned out too easily on games? Its usually a week for me before a game becomes less enticing to play, especially if its the only game I've been playing that week.
I think of all the shit I still want to do, the mods I want to install and play, the missions that are still waiting for me but there is just no desire to go and play, no matter how much I want to
And I might not touch that game again for 4-9 months sometimes. But I also won't uninstall it from Steam to save space cause "I might get in the mood sometime soon", but I never do.
No matter how much fun I have with a game, I will reach a point that I just can't play it anymore, even if my experience with it was entirely positive and its a fun game to play. MP or SP, happens with both.
Why is this?
Levels of socialization
>>335866153
Explain?
Because the industry sucks now. I can't think of a single game in the past few years that hasn't been a disappointing experience.
>>335866192
While that's true I'm talking about old games even, I play a mix of new shit and old stuff and enjoy both but no matter what when I hit a week or two of playing it I will lose all interest for months afterwards in the game.
Most recent examples- GTAV and Men of War Assault Squad 2, both I have lots of mods waiting to try out and lots of stuff I haven't begun yet but no desire.
Also this happens to me with anime too, I go on anime dry spells for months after finishing one or two shows
WHY AM I BROKEN
Generally I just take a long time to get things done in a game, then when I pick up another game, I forget about the first one.
Currently playing DQ9 and it has side missions that were started back in 2011.
>>335866402
I don't pick up another game until I feel in the mood for it, usually I'm in the mood for a single game and that lasts for a week or so and it feels like in the middle of it all I'll just quit playing one day, not feel like playing the next day, and the next day and the next until many months have passed since I've played that game.
>>335866376
Because your interest in games wanes. It's fine to do something else for a while. I've been reading through my bookshelf and have started getting into gunpla and scale models. Games aren't going anywhere and will be waiting for when I feel the urge to play them again.
>>335866613
>Because your interest in games wanes
Except in a way it doesn't because I still have so much I want to do with these games - especially mods I want to try out, but when I think about doing that I just don't have the energy to go and start the game up again especially after a long time playing it.
It doesn't feel like its my interest in it that wanes, but something wanes alright.
I can catch myself having a lot of fun with a game I haven't played before and regretting not playing it for so long and thinking this time I will play it to the end, and then a few days later I'll have lost all desire to play, until months later, rinse and repeat with different games.
either force yourself to play or do something else (read, watch tv,go outside)
>>335866376
You've grown up with vidya. Vidya has always been a source of enjoyment, enrichment, and fulfillment in your life. As you've gotten older vidya seems to have diminishing returns in regards to those positive things. So you've grown restless seeking fulfillment and never experiencing it like you used to and what would actually be rewarding to you and your happiness is hard and takes time to reap rewards so you don't do that and instead continue to dose yourself with an ever increasing amount vidya in the hopes that it will somehow fill that void it once did.
>>335866964
That's a meme answer to this problem, it comes up everytime in threads like this and never actually manages to solve anything.
I do go outside semi-regularly. And forcing yourself to play a game sometimes works but other times you just can't do it, play it for a bit and then quit again.
>>335866192
I am hoping VR brings something new and exciting to the table to break the shitty cycle, been burnt by AAA titles so many timesDark souls 2 and MGSV.
I'll probably get burnt by VR even more considering the cost but at least in the worst case it still has a use caseporn.
These days I just rotate between casual competitive multiplayer games for a quick fix like COH2 and planetside 2. Instead of relaxing, having fun, and being entertained I just end up more frustrated but keep coming back to them.
Every once in a blue moon when all the stars align perfectly I might get immersed in some single player game for a good long while like Divinity:OS, Stalker, Gothic1/2, M&B warband, etc...
>>335867151
No that's not it at all.
Take GTAV for example, I haven't touched the main story just been using it as mod sandbox and I thought I would never stop, I modded the game like crazy but have barely begun, I've had so much fucking fun with this game just modding it, and I still have many more mods left to try out, lots of ideas for sandbox scenarios, still want to try out the map editor and make my own scenes, want to try playing it with water level mod to drive or fly on the seabed or to flood Los Santos to the skyscrapers and just so many ideas.
But I just can't bring myself to playing it right now even if I really want to do all these things at some point, I just don't feel like doing them now. I haven't even tried multiplayer either.
>>335865994
Problem is you're playing too many shitty games.
Go 48 hours without playing a single game. Then pick one of your all time favourites, one you haven't played in 7-8 years, or more.
Also, stop buying shitty new games just because you want something new. It's better to find a good, old game that you haven't experienced yet. It doesn't matter if the game is new on the market, what matters is that the game is new to you.
Chances are you haven't fully actualized. Try finding soul-fulfilling tasks outside of vidya, and then you will feel more complete in all aspects of life. Vidya will become a more engaging experience as you will have a more open mind to experience life.
>>335867456
>Maslow meme
Been like this for many years now, these days I can only play anything and have it captivate me if I'm smoking the herbal jew. If I never smoked again I could easily be done with steam and all games in general and not care
>>335867440
I don't do that either.
Just recently I was playing Deus EX HR and having a lot of fun with it, I got to the part where you and Malik crash and you have to defend her before she can repair, well I managed to defend her and then called it quits for the night and saved the game.
And I haven't touched the game since.
WHY
Have you tried playing shorter games? Like 2d platformers or something? I haven't been able to playthrough an rpg in over a year now. It's too long, for me, and I ain't got that kind of time anymore. I loved getting invested in a virtual world too. Anyway, try something short.
>>335865994
You make it sound like a chore, like, "Oh I've already bought the game, I HAVE to go around playing it something". Maybe take some time off games or take longer breaks in between?
>have a literal shitload of games I want to play
>nolf
>shadow of the colossus
>anarchy reigns
>yakuza
>sleeping dogs
>theif
>can't even be fucked to do a second playthrough on NieR which is pretty much mandatory for the game
All I do is dick around on gta4 or maybe gtav for a couple of minutes, that's it.
>>335867298
>Instead of relaxing, having fun, and being entertained I just end up more frustrated but keep coming back to them.
That's me with War Thunder, I fucking hate it. That game is more like a chore than a fun game experience sometimes, especially with that greedy fucking grind
>>335867692
>Maybe take some time off games
That may just be it actually.
Last time I felt this way I stopped playing games for awhile and watched some anime from my backlog of 120 shows.
And that was good until I lost desire to watch anymore even though I really want to and have a lot of good shows left to watch.
Maybe I should be playing games until I lose the desire like now and then switch to anime until I lose the desire also after a week or two and cycle between them and a few other hobbies of mine?
Is that the answer? To cycle your hobbies? I'm still not certain but sounds like it could help
>>335867834
I used to play that as well, haven't touched it in a while connection issues were frustrating as all hell.
Did they fix the render distance on aircraft vs ground vehicles on RB yet?
>>335868095
I think so, but I don't play RB I'm an arcade tanks shitter
I just want to have fun with tank combat and driving muh Sherman, instead I have to grind for shit, earn enough virtual currency after each match to make a surplus so that I don't lose money on repairing vehicles, and if there's a single tank I want I have to purchase (and grind for) 5 other tanks in the tier just to unlock and purchase that one.
RP grinding for tanks is a nightmare at Tier 3 already
I'm going to quit that fucking game entirely soon, I don't like to feel like I'm working instead of relaxing and having fun with a game. Gaijin can go fuck off with their pay2notgrind
I already gave up on ever unlocking any jets, the grind isnt worth it
>>335867801
>so many games
>nothing to play
that fucking feel
I'm going to take a break on games right now to catch up on anime and do that until I lose desire for that and then return to games again.
Even if it takes a month.
I think part of why I get burned out is I have so much shit I want to do in each game (mods, missions, etc) that I feel overwhelmed and play until I get satisfied and then abruptly stopped to avoid burning out even further.
So maybe I just have to learn to take it slow and easy and not try to do everything at once, especially when it comes to modding games. I dunno.
>>335868404
yeah that was a pain in the ass, I just moved to another nation when the grind got too much then quit once I hit t3 on the rest.
Planetside 2 is in a similar boat grind wise but I didn't find it to be anywhere near as bad until you get all the easy certs. I just fuck around in it for fun anyway have most of the weapons I wanted.
It gets repetitive and boring after a while especially when the enemy have a massive pop cap advantage and just zerg roll the entire map with minimal opposition everyone just rage quits or relogs in to the winning team.
It is mostly fun in short bursts or with layed back organized players that don't go to milsim levels of autism.
COH2 is fun in team games, but can get frustrating as hell when your team is far outmatched or people drop for no reason. 1v1 is more stress than it is worth, too much of a meta gook-clicking fuck fest.
>>335865994
Are you a cuck that plays non-competitive single player games?
If yes, then there's your answer.
>54 unfinished games on backloggery
>I can think of at least three that are on the final boss
>keep starting new ones instead
>>335868091
>backlog of 120 shows
What the shit. I'm almost scared to ask, but how'd that happen? Why not stop adding stuff to your queue until you've finished something else?
>>335869241
I've been meaning to give Planetside 2 a go again
Now with this latest patch seems like a good opportunity.
I do miss those chaotic fucking battles.
Funny thing is, assaulting this bridge at night, with 50 other Terran tanks, and finally taking the outpost behind it after 2 waves of assaults was the highlight of my Planetside 2 time so far, and that was when that screenshot was taken, and that was the last time I touched the game since.
Had immense fun, stopped playing all of a sudden. Happens way too often, maybe its because I reach a peak experience of enjoyment in the game and feel thats enough for now? Or maybe I just stop playing for awhile and completely forget about the game and the fun I have with it.
That's what happened here at least. And then its not till I get reminded of the game again, see a thread on /v/, or happen upon my old screenshots from it that I get reminded how much fun I had and want to play it again gradually, eventually finally getting back into it for a week or two before losing that desire to play again.
So fucking complicated I don't get it.
>>335868763
Eventually when you've watched enough even anime will become repetitive, so many cut and paste characters. At some point you'll find yourself rarely bumping into something interesting, just like video games.
>>335869508
It's actually 185.
It's not like I'll watch all of these shows or even want to or have the time to, but any show I come across that even looks good, or I see a few webms for on the /wsg/ Anime thread and decide to add it so I can remember it for the future, thats how my backlog builds.
I label what I actually have the desire to watch at some point with High priority to differentiate between it all though.
>>335869653
Planetside 1 looked much more interesting, tried it when it went f2p but it was a ghost town. Gunplay is better in PS2, but it doesn't have the sandbox feel of ps1.
More emphasis on team work since MBTs required at least 2 people one to man the turret and the other to drive. The liberator was a traditional bomber not a VTOL tank was way more fun that way.
Hell PS1 even had inventory system and looting dead bodies and stealing enemy vehicles which was really nice, I loved how every outpost had resources that had to be replenished by players driving cargo in with trucks. Even spawning drained resources.
Meanwhile in PS2 it is more like battle field where you just have to babysit a few points with constant spawning/respawing from sunderes and bases without penalty.
I did love battle of attrition both attacking/defending in PS2 over the crown back in the days when you weren't forced to redeploy to another continent.
Units were more varied and unique, with PS2 every patch closed the gap more and more until every faction was the same.
I could go as far as saying MBTs and Harasser weapons and special ESF main guns are THE ONLY thing that is different between factions.
And the way liberators can counter dedicated anti air ESFs so effectively by bellying up is just laughable.
Base building looks interesting I will give it a go when I finish updating, but it is not a saving grace until they change the entire game from the ground up.
>>335865994
how old are you?
>>335871005
Does it matter? 21
>inb4 yer gettin' old vidyar gaems just ain't wut they use'ta be
Yeah no that's not it.
>>335871137
Do you play single player games only?
>>335871137
what do you do with the time that you would be playing video games? imageboards?
>>335870967
I'm only drawn to PS2 for the massive battles and the chaos of warfare on land and air.
For those purposes its enough for me. It does lack though, its mainly just to have fun and be a small cog in a massive war machine.
>over the crown back in the days when you weren't forced to redeploy to another continent.
Wait what, I can't stay on Indar anymore?
>>335871232
>imageboards
and porn, both far more often than I really should be doing.
>>335871218
Nah, there was a period when I would only play multiplayer games like Mountain Blade Warband and Battlefield 4 but now I'm back to playing Singleplayer only for some reason
>>335871342
I think I have the same problem as you, and it's imageboard addiction
If we can stop reading 4chan then we can start playing games again
>>335871342
Do you play only online multiplayer games?
Any game with an actual IRL person to person/ group to group competitive scene?
>>335871262
nope, there is a timer and a faction is declared a winner based on total points accumulated locking the continent then forcing players to redeploy to another.
They changed the crown as well, it is not as easy to defend as it used to be.
PS2 has been re-released for PS4 so hopefully that means an influx of players. Too bad the servers are separate for PC and PS4.
>>335865994
Are you like this with everything else? You're probably depressed. When I'm home I just like binge watching shit. I haven't ran, enjoyed sex, or just really really got into a video game in months.
>>335865994
>I ate a top tier gourmet cake, it was perfectly moist, creamy, the best cake I've ever eaten in my life
>why do I get sick of eating cake every day?
GEE
I WONDER WHY
>>335871387
>imageboard addiction
Probably porn addiction too in my case. I've started to suspect a connection there.
>>335871492
No just pub servers, I prefer it that way. If you're thinking this is about some lack of social contact in my gaming time I can stop you there. I prefer solitude when playing vidya, and I prefer playing multiplayer games on servers of randoms.
>>335865994
stop playing video games for at least 2 years.
>>335872054
Imageboard addiction fuels my porn addiction
I wish there wasn't so much fap bait on here but I realize it's on me
>>335872054
IRL social contact makes games 10 times more fun, specially when it's an actual skill based game like Fighting games.
Meeting new people, going new places, fighting the best of the best, going on tournament trips with friends. I've never had more fun with videogames in my entire life. Single player and online games feel like chores in comparison.
Not saying you should do it, just commenting my experience.
>>335872054
I'm almost fully burnt out on porn, just occasionally look up some softcore on /s/.
I think the "gaming paralysis" might have more to do with being overwhelmed with things to play rather than the usual "you're depressed/you've grown up" response. Those things can be true about any activity you once loved but with games it's a little different.
There hasn't been any other time ever when there has been as many to play as there right now, and that's not going to stop either. With games coming out left and right from indie to AAA, it's just feels like too much. Especially when you're someone who has a broad taste in games or likes trying new things.
Crippling indecision is real and it will stop you from doing things you enjoy. Now you can't apply this to all types of media and hobbies but for games that can be anywhere from 1 hour long to 40 hours it can feel hopeless sometimes.
I used to have a strict backlog, and ditched that shit and haavn't looked back. I still have a loose sort of category that acts as one but I adhere to it as much as I used to. I reduced my wishlist, and just uninstalled games I honestly didn't have enough time for or truly really didn't need to play.
I used to be a completionist when it came to beating games, but these days if I find it boring or dull or grindy I just stop.
>>335871628
>Are you like this with everything else?
Yeah with most of my hobbies come to think of it, already mentioned anime, but also watching any other movies or shows I want to, I will put that off, and I haven't drawn anything in half a year despite loving to draw.
Also collect toys and figures (vidya/anime) and like to pose them or whatever, take photos to share on /toy/ pic threads but sometimes I don't touch my toys for half a year, despite feeling guilty about it and despite wanting to I just don't have the motivation.
Shit, this could be depression. Maybe some low level kind, where you have to build up the mood to get back to a hobby/activity after enjoying it for some time, with videogames that can take a few weeks, with anime/toys/drawings several months. In between all that I just browse internet aimlessly for imageboards, porn, and whatever else to distract myself with.
Because no matter how long it takes, when I do get around to coming back to a hobby/game/anime I left for some time I always regret being away from it for so long, and instantly find it fun again, but only for a short period of time before the cycle repeats.
And I've kind of lost the will to draw altogether, I've deteriorated so much in my drawing by this point it probably isn't worth it, wasn't good enough to begin with anyways.
>>335872419
Your post is true, I was reading a book about a study where people got to choose between like 4 different jams or 14 different jams and choose which one is your favorite and satisfies you the most
When they chose out of 4 almost everyone picked a favorite and was happy with it
When they had over 9000 jams literally nobody was happy with the jam
>>335872419
I had that for a while. Then i made by backlog into an actual detailed list and i follow that list. It really helped me get back into games because instead of having every same to play, i limit myself to 1 or 2
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>>335872419
>With games coming out left and right from indie to AAA, it's just feels like too much. Especially when you're someone who has a broad taste in games or likes trying new things.
God yes, especially when you add mods to this mix, so now you have all these games you want to try out but also all these mods for these games too, and you don't know where to begin, that definitely can paralyze me to indecision more often than not.
I was never a completionist about games though, I rarely even finish them to the end, especially RPGs. At some point I stop playing and have no desire to return despite having fun with it, Fallout 4 was the most recent.
This thread made me realize my affliction could be a bit of both- depression of some sorts, porn/imageboard addiction, decision paralysis/feeling overwhelmed.
All of this seems to be what drives this cycle of mine. I wonder how many also suffer from the same problems.
Sometimes I find myself wishing I could stop time for everyone but me and catch up on all my backlogged shows, all the games I want to play, the movies and TV shows and all of that, no matter how long it takes.
>>335872463
Yeah sounds like it might just be more than a vidya/hobby enjoyment problem and possibly some real depression. Maybe make some life changes, exorcize more, find a significant other.
Also new hobbies for sure, I love video games but theres so many other things I also love doing that I recently discovered in the past year like Paintballing or playing strategic board games with friends.
>>335872403
>>335872237
I'm hella addicted to porn to the point that I can't stop even if I wanted to and haven't gotten longer than 1 week without it and fapping.
So maybe theres something going on with dopamine levels and all that brain chemistry stuff that makes every other hobby of yours less imperative than porn? Sounds kinda silly though but I don't know.
>>335872315
Aye, tell me about it. Some of my funnest moments in vidya as a kid were playing split screen with friends and family.
>Digimon rumble arena1&2
>Timesplitters 2&3 4 player with multitap
>Digimon card battle
>Specops2 desert storm
>Mortal combat on SNES and PS1
After that maplestory with a bunch of close mates before it all went to shit with the cash shop and bloat, can't get myself to grind anymore at this age.
>>335872934
Ok, I'll be honest, I made a "completed" list, but not a "not completed" list, and I find that helped me a lot. Is what I really ditched was the attitude that I HAD to play certain games, EVEN IF they were games I wanted to experience I had to just be honest with myself and realize that I don't.
Lately I've been picking up games that I stopped playing half way through and knocking them out.
I also had to limit myself on buying, I went crazy my first huge Steam sale and that kind of put a lot of cheap stuff I didn't need to play or replay just because I hadn't played it on PC. Bloated my library bad and since then I just had to control myself because things will always be on sale again, but something about getting a good game dirt cheap just feels good on it's own.
>>335873282
I could stop watching and looking at porn if I had a life and didn't own a computer lmao
When I went on vacation I didn't look at porn or jack it for a week, and that didn't bother me
But there are bigger problems in my life than porn that I need to fix
>>335873489
I have fucking Steam demos for games that I haven't played yet or just played a bit but didn't finish that I tell myself I'll finish them soon (TM) so theres no reason to delete them yet
One of those demos has been in my library for almost a year
kek
>>335873027
>Sometimes I find myself wishing I could stop time for everyone but me and catch up on all my backlogged shows, all the games I want to play, the movies and TV shows and all of that, no matter how long it takes.
I think about it all the time, would be awesome. I have to tell myself sometimes "I can always play it in the future, even if it's 10 years from now", but in reality that's not going to happen.
Don't even get me started on modding. When ever I do sit down and really put time into it, it really does make a game a much better experience, but sometimes it can be gruelling work and more often than not after hours of modding you end up going to bed without even playing. Everytime I think about modding Oblivion or Skyrim I have to think "well if I mod I definitely aren't playing it that night either" and that can put me off sometimes too.
Any games you guys looking forward to?
The only one I can think of at the moment is M&B2 banner lord.
There hasn't been anything even remotely interesting announced. I hope Crapcom makes a proper unrushed dragon's dogma 2. But what are the chances of that happening.
>>335873968
Bannerlord and Cyberpunk 2077
And that's it really.
The other games I'm interested in are some PS4/console exclusives (Nier Automata, new Ace Combat, DOAX3) and as a PC poorfag I will never play them so.
Really just let Cyberpunk 2077 come out with a full set of mod tools, indepth character creator for both genders, and I'm set.
>>335873968
Bannerlord is all I've got left
I've already played the games I was hyped for
>deadbolt
it was pretty decent I guess, not a letdown
>hyper light drifter
fun but cut content galore so meh
>banner saga 2
good but a fucking cliffhanger
gg
>>335873968
FFXV, SMTIV:A, TMS #FE, DX:MD, Pokemon Sun. 2016 is looking good.
>>335872463
Yeah, I only asked because I'm pretty sure that's what's bugging me. Just making myself some goals and putting my foot forward and stuff. Make some goals like education, healthwise, workwise or whatever you feel is worth striving for. It also could be with all this time and being able to just pick up what game you want we just take for granted now as opposed to when we were younger. Maybe just treat it as a reward when ya do play or play some games with some buds.
Hope ya feel better dude, I'd play with ya if you have a ps3, ps4 or 3DS. I do like me some beat em ups
>>335873867
I know that modding feel. I spent so many hours just modding my GTAV to look visually pleasing to me and switching between all the different mods that modify the timecycle so I can find the one I like best- best skybox, best weathers, best nighttime.
And I told myself after the hours and hours spent modding the visuals of the game to look like how I want them to I'll get started on modding the game proper.
But I just abruptly stopped playing GTAV (after 94) hours with equal time spent working with mods and playing around with the trainer and I haven't returned to it since. And now I'm dreading even returning to it because I completely forgot what the fuck I was doing and how to mod the game and I'm going to have to relearn all that again and this always happens to me with games I mod lol.
>I think about it all the time, would be awesome
It's my #1 fantasy, not just time stopping but me alone in my city, no people and no responsibilities, can just do whatever, catch up on my backlogs, have all the time I need.
>>335873968
Witcher 3 and Fallout 4.
It's weird because I bought both of their previous instalments day 1. I'm only holding back because I wanted to play Witcher 3 with a 970 so I could get that sweet smooth 60 fps. Could only get like a stable 45 which wasn't bad but I figured if I am going to dump over 50+ hours into this game it might as well be on Ultra/High running at 1080p 60 fps.
If we're talking actual new stuff, Rising Storm 2 has me pretty excited. Other than that the only real game I'm eagerly anticipating is the next Rockstar/RDR game.
I also look forward to the next M&B. I've yet to pierce the veil of that game yet. I have like 13 hours and literally don't know what the fuck I am doing and never get ANYWHERE in the game. Someday I'll get the hang of it because the end game stuff just sounds so fucking cool, not to mention crazy mods like Floris and Clash of Kings. I usually always play CoK since I'm a huge GoT fan and it makes the game a lot more enjoyable but man I just raped ALL THE TIME.
I usually build up a small troupe of men and then try to complete a couple quests and then when I go up against another force I just get slaughtered and taken prisoner and usually quit at that time.
Don't know how many times I've done that process but it equals up to 13 hours.
>>335874143
>>335873968
Oh god how could I forget Cyberpunk, I guess because it seems so far off. I'm pretty much just hoping for Witcher 3 but witha Future Steampunk theme.
>>335874695
I have 368 hours in Warband and 320 of those were spent in multiplayer or Full Invasion 2 or Napoleonic Wars
Can't wait to spend as much time in Bannerlord multiplayer, I don't really care all that much about singleplayer.
I'm more excited for the improved map editor, means more cool multiplayer maps.
I try to switch it up by having two games on the go at a time. One big single player game and one game that be can be picked up and played / or a multiplayer game. Right now I have Witcher 3 (scared because ive been playing for 10 hours and im still in Velen) and Ratchet and Clank on the go.
Next up with be BloodBorne and maybe Until Dawn.
>>335874912
Switching things up seems to be a good way to do it.
I'm thinking I'll try your method, or even one game and one anime show so I can swap between the two.
That is when I get to playing vidya/watching anime and not just browsing the internet aimlessly
>>335875050
I have 1 handheld game, 1 console/PC game. So when im at home, i can play that. When im on the go, i have a handheld with me and i can play that.
>>335875201
>playing videogames outside
>>335865994
Hype will kill it. You get worked up and then nothing you play will live up to it.
Grinding is what kills it fastest. If I'm working I'm not playing, so what's the point?
>>335875258
like when I'm at work with nothing to do, or at a friends.
>>335875304
>Grinding is what kills it fastest. If I'm working I'm not playing,
Nothing makes me get bored of a game more quicker than fucking forced grind. Whether its a game built around the grind like War Thunder, or a game with grinding elements put to prolong the length of you playing it- Battlefield 4, etc.
So has /v/ finally gotten over it's 'Depression is fake' meme and come to accept that it's going to one day kill them all in one way or another?
>>335875613
Is it depression when you feel so overwhelmed by the games and anime you still want to play/watch but have no motivation to get started?
>>335875613
>tfw no cure
>>335875304
>>335875395
>mfw Im asian
>mfw I have MORE fun if I have fun with the base mechanics and dont mind grinds if the game is fun anyway
>mfw I have more fun then people who whine about grind
>>335875395
change up the kinds of games you play. Go for more skill based games like DMC, TWEWY, Civilization, or linear games like fucking uncharted (for sake of variety) rather than level based like games with level based weapon unlock, RPGs, or general grindy games
>>335875942
Thats precicely why i like Bravley series or TWEWY as skill based RPGs. Its still skill based and the base combat is fun to figure out and work with
>>335875690
Just gotta live with it man.
I try to not be a whiney bitch about it but lol anonymity means I don't care if I come off as one
stop playing videogames for a while, like limit yourself to 4 hours a week
life becomes more enjoyable
just let /v/ decide your fate
that's what I'm doing
http://www.strawpoll.me/10078579
>>335876083
Depression sucks when it turns into depression 2.0 maximum overdrive and you go from struggling normalfag to destitute shut in who literally does not care about anything and not in an edgy way but a " I haven't showered in a week" kind of way
>>335865994
Just play however you feel like and when you feel like and don't worry a bit about it.
Get over this notion that you are supposed to play games because you are a gamer and that's what you do.
>>335876748
>Get over this notion that you are supposed to play games because you are a gamer and that's what you do.
That's not the issue here at all anon.
>>335867151
True, but don't forget you can substitute vidya with anything else a person enjoyed growing up with.
Sports fans are always posting similar stories.
>>335876393
>>335876083
>>335875690
>>335875613
just trying to help out fellow depressed anons here, but this is my story
i was a 20 year old kid that played videogames whenever i could possibly find time, it's the only thing that seemed to past time that wasn't grueling to deal with
my mother literally did all of my laundry, dishes, cleaning in my apartment. i sat and a mess just kept piling up. not to mention i was completely alone, i had no real life friends to hang out, just some names to talk to online
after not playing games for about a week and just working, i found myself not even thinking about games. i focus on doing tasks at hand, and everything has changed completely
i had a lifestyle where i would literally tell myself and anybody else that i just lived for videogames, it's what i do, i will never have a relationship with someone that doesnt play, i would never be happy with my life working if i wasnt playing a videogame
videogames changed my mind, and now that im weaning off of them i can literally feel my life coming back to me
all you have to do is just find something that isnt videogames (or preferably browsing 4chan) to do, buy a book, go for a walk, visit your parents/a friend (who am i kidding?), simply just watch tv
>>335875685
It's quite possible that the lack of motivation is caused by depression, yes.
>>335877057
So what are you doing now
>>335877193
i play videogames every now and then, and occasionally i browse 4chan
but most of my day is spent working and doing activities away from my computer
>>335877369
What other hobbies do you have
Just wondering
>>335877553
i've gotten into reading books more, specifically fantasy. it fulfills my 'escapism' needs. other than that, ive started playing piano, picked up fencing again, and bought a new puppy.
>>335877184
So is that why it seems to take so much effort just to even start playing a new game, watching a new anime or picking up the pencil and paper to draw?
I mean I can think of doing those actions, Deus Ex HR is right there in my library, I can return to the mission I was on, relearn the controls and get back to playing it right now but the thought of doing all that just makes me feel tired in a way, like it would be so much effort, even though it really wouldn't be.
What the hell is this
And the thought of picking up my anime backlog, I torrented two movies, I can go fucking double click on one right now and MPC will start and I can enjoy it, but now I feel like I have be in the right "mood" for it and I'm never in the right "mood" so I keep putting it off for months now.
What the hell is this
>>335877759
Sounds cool anon
I hope the puppy keeps you busy, my dog is an old fuck and too arthritic to take outside or run with anymore kek
>>335875690
No cure yet, but do not mystify it. If it's really bad, therapy and medicine are the current best things we have to treat it. Unfortunately, I consider our current understanding of mental health pretty barbaric, but things will change quickly. The future is bright anon, and you're invited ;)
>>335865994
It's time to grow up anon. We can revisit games in couple of years and pick out the gems.
>>335877057
It's not even that hard, really. I went through almost a year barely playing vidya and never browsing 4chan. After some days it was like time flew away in a positive kind of feeling, not the same sensation you have when you do the same stuff (like browsing /v/) everyday, when the days just blend together.
I believe we are all moved by purposes from time to time. I'm just back here again because it reached the point when coming here was unusual for me. Still kinda nostalgic even with all the shitposting for some reason, but I can't even bring myself to become addicted to this place and vidya again even if I wanted.
>>335866192
It can't possibly that you've grown older and made more jaded by /v/ right?
The industry has always been shitty as fuck. You just remember it was "best" when you were 10-16.
>>335878125
>born too late to explore the world
>born too early to explore space
>born just in time to be 90 years old before there's an actual cure for depression that isn't placebo bullshit
JUST
>>335877809
That sounds like depression to me.
>I feel like I have be in the right "mood" for it and I'm never in the right "mood" so I keep putting it off for months now.
I have that exact same problem, only it's been going on for years in my case. I kept buying games but never felt like the time was right to play them, so the unplayed games just kept piling up.
>>335877809
here's what im taking out of your situation
you believe you won't get any enjoyment out of the activities (whether overtly or covertly) so you automatically unhype yourself. there aren't many games you can just 'pick up and have fun' after playing so many, the same is with anime.
you just need to distance yourself from games
>>335878310
>born too late to get knocked off by an infection at 17
>born just in time to be alive when we witness longevity escape velocity, better understandings of everything health-related, cancer cured, reusable energy, and virtual reality
Have hope anon. Medical technology will begin to pick up speed at insane rates because it is now an information technology. Remember, never stay dreary about the present when the future will inevitably be amazing, and everyday forward is closer to a perfect world.
>>335873968DOOMsuck a fat one /v/, i think it looksfun
>>335878669
I don't think anyone WANTS it to suck, but I personally want it to move even faster than it does already. Also the weapons could use some more oomph to them and better sounds. Otherwise I enjoyed it but man people got good at that game way too fast, so I can only imagine what full release will be like.
>>335865994
I've been playing a shitty MOBA over the past three weeks and now I don't want to play anything anymore. I know the burnout feel.
>>335878323
>I kept buying games but never felt like the time was right to play them, so the unplayed games just kept piling up.
Oh fuck same here, and with anime I keep finding out all these new shows, old movies, shows I missed, etc that I want to to watch them all but never feel like its the right time, or feel like I have to be in the right mood.
Fuck is this depression then
>>335878568
>you believe you won't get any enjoyment out of the activities
I always get enjoyment out of them, but it always takes so long for me to start. I'll put off watching a show or game but when I do get around to it after months, I'll enjoy the fuck out of it.
>>335878637
I haveLyme diseaseand the medical treatments for that don't really work
it's a fucking snafu and its basically AIDS 2.0 except you get it from a tick
feels 1920s man
The worst is when I'm feeling shitty and I can't even play video games to bring myself out of it. Like I feel I'd just be forcing myself to have fun. Although it's kinda like that with everything at this current moment.
>>335878882
just sounds to me like you need to distance yourself from those activities, senpai
>>335865994
have you tried gambling? IRL gambling I mean
>>335878637
That doesn't mean much when those things won't become available until you're about 70 or 80, if at all, and they won't be available for anyone but the super-rich until long after that.
>>335878970
I know that feel so much, thats when I just browse 4chan the whole day, alternating with porn.
>>335878857
the player speed seems fine, it's the monsters that are slow.
i also agree with the sound, the super shotgun sounds like some civil war musket
>>335878882
Unfortunately yeah but I mean what is depression? You're body and mind trying to tell you something? But what? Stop playing video games? That sounds too easy and not a solution to the real problem.
>>335878996
No trust me that's not it.
I even watchedRail Warsand didn't drop it 3 episodes in like the rest of /a/, and I evenenjoyed some parts of it
It's just it took me so long to get motivated to watch a new show at all
>>335879076
fuck i meant your
>>335878669
too slow paced in the game play footage, especially the ebin epic maymay melee animations that take forever, might consider it if people mod the shit out of it until it becomes a completely different game.
I just want shit to explode into a pool of blood and guts while zipping around firing at point blanc with a double barreled shotty.
>>335878882
>I always get enjoyment out of them, but it always takes so long for me to start. I'll put off watching a show or game but when I do get around to it after months, I'll enjoy the fuck out of it.
Well, at least you're still capable of enjoying things. The best I can do is to not feel actively suicidal. I can't really enjoy a game, I can only feel non-suicidal by occupying my mind with it, and even that's hard to do. Then there's usually a bit of a "crash" when I finish a game and I know I'll once again struggle to work up the will to start another one.
>>335878901
Have you gone to the doctor and had an proper antibiotics prescribed anon? It should go away completely assuming you haven't downloaded any of the leftover issues from it post-antibiotics.
>>335879020
It means a lot anon! When we're 70/80 medical science will have evolved significantly. Age rejuvenation technologies are being developed as we speak. They're barbaric in the current form but in the next 5 decades that will change completely. At the very least, we'll reach longevity escape velocity as medicines, treatments and cures will be infinitely stronger and more effective by then. The super-rich only afford things when they are in their early, worthless stages. Analyzing the growth of an information technology linearly is not the correct way to do it when its growth is exponential.
>>335879076
Usually it's result of something in your life that has been terribly wrong, like relationships. Many people don't realize it, but it's pretty common that your own past is linked to it (I mean, all the way back to childhood) regardless of how your present has been.
>>335879193
>I just want shit to explode into a pool of blood and guts while zipping around firing at point blanc with a double barreled shotty.
It honestly is that, it's just need to be a little faster imo.
>>335879315
Damn, sorry you can't enjoy them when do you get to playing them anon, Your situation sounds worse than mine honestly.
I do get this "crash" that you're talking about after playing a game a long time or even after watching an anime and wanting to move onto the next one but I don't get around to it until weeks or month later.
I want to know why do we crash on things that we enjoy, or at least that occupy us.
>>335879328
Yeah that sounds about right.
>>335879076
It's really a chemical problem. The mind is late to the party, and so the reason many people who are depressed feel worthless, or like they aren't themselves is because when we feel crappy, our minds think logically about why we feel this way and come to the conclusion that "You're worthless. You must be worthless to be feeling so bad for no reason." Causes vary. If it comes out nowhere, it'll probably leave out of nowhere too. If you've struggled with it for the longest time, it may be more embedded.
Take a fucking break from vidya. That's what I'm doing right now.
The magic will come back after a while, just ignore /v/ and move on for a little bit. /v/ is killing your interest in games, avoid listening to /v/. Do what makes you happy, and return to vidya after a while, whether it be months or years without playing.
I'm returning to vidya soon enough, I just need to get that spark of energy that entices me to start playing again.
>>335879323
I took a shipload of antibiotics for 3 months but if you treat it too late you're basically JUSTed because the bacteria has the ability to shapeshift into three separate forms that can resist drug treatments
The treatment guidelines are all from the 70s when they didn't know this
Doxycycline literally cannot even kill Lyme disease in a Petri dish, it's fucking pathetic
Research is going along but it's going along too slowly and by the time the CDC pulls their head out of their ass ill be dead
>>335879315
If the word "suicidal" is being typed by yourself, I think you need to really go see someone, just saying, that sounds.. Severe.
>>335879193
i'd refute some of those points but you niggers would just call me a shill, so you can sit in your own shitty underwear in the dark all you want to, fuucboi
>>335867669
because it sounds like a literal chore to me.
i hate shit like that in video
>>335879659
Saving Malik from the evil bad guys was the most fun I had in the game though
It put all my skills to the test, and then I just stopped playing, why? I have a whole story to finish here but I can't work up the effort to do it, I'm never in the mood to finish it.
Same with Ass Creed Black Flag, insanely fun, love just sailing around and being a pirate, but after 40 hours only I'm burned out on it completely and haven't been back to finish the story I barely just started.
>>335865994
The normal part of your brain wants to have other meaningful things to do.
Vidya is the most fun when you don't have infinite time to do it. It becomes something you look forward to relaxing and doing instead of something you just do constantly.
Try to pick up another hobby OP. Either one with heavy social interaction or a solo one where the only limit on how good you get at it is yourself. Treat them like vidya and learn from mistakes to get better.
Think about how good you get at games and how you could apply that to other skills and get a more diverse day-to-day life.
>>335879524
Yeah usually after just feeling like that I eventually get to a point where I just kind of buck up and get over it. It's that feeling that I have such a hard time harvesting and using it when I need it. I can't get psyched and think about all the solutions to my problems and how to fix them but to wake up everyday for a month after that and keep that attitude up is just, impossible.
Deep down I know why I feel this way, and as I said I know how I can fix it but you know... "Easier said than done".
I also have this weird idea that a lot of problems are linked to physical fitness but fuck even losing 20 lb's can be hard, and I'm not obese by any means but I could slim down.
>>335879828
i can relate i guess. i stopped playin witcher 3 after the fuckin on the unicorn.
i burnt out exploring finding all the little shit, and just got sick of random high level monsters fuckin killing me. i felt like if i didn't save every 5 minutes id have to repeat a bunch of bullshit
i could easily just do the rest of the story but, something about the combat just rubs me the way that i cant continue
>>335879956
>The normal part of your brain wants to have other meaningful things to do.
Nice meme, when I'm not playing vidya or anime I'm browsing 4chan all day and fapping to porn
Sure is meaningful.
Honestly if I could stop doing that and get more vidya/anime into each day I would probably be halfway done with my backlog by now...........
Shit, is that the answer?
Want an unpopular opinion?
I think it's because >>335865994 has too much to do with his time.
As we get older, the time we have to play vidya decreases, and what time we can afford to spend, we want to be rewarding.
The problem is that most "hardcore" games are usually in it for the long haul, meaning instant gratification isn't going to be as prominent.
I advise either playing some casual games, or explaining to yourself that it IS going to take longer for actual enjoyment to come out of a game.
I'm just like you OP, but once you understand that games don't have to be ecstatic fun 100% of the time, you will realize that you're still quite entertained and the longer you play the more entertained you'll be.
>>335879524
>It's really a chemical problem.
I'm not sure about that, otherwise antidepressants would always work, but in many cases, they don't help at all.
>>335880049
Oh man I got burned out on Witcher 1 at the swamp level, and I still want to finish that game and player Witcher 2 so I can enjoy Witcher 3 but jesus fucking christ, I just don't have the motivation to spend that much time in a medieval fantasy RPG
>>335879564
The feeling comes and goes. Usually the mornings are when I love playing vidya most, but they're also the time when you need to get shit done too so usually the two dont mix very well.
Also while I agree with the negativity rubbing off on you from /v/, I personally havn't been coming here as often in the last 6 months, so I know it's not that.
I almost never finish my games. I don't know why but I have to force myself into finishing games, even if they are fun. I might have anxiety of abandonment or something like that.
Why not find additional hobbies, or try something new.
>>335880168
Find a new addiction, it'll make you feel even better when you get to playing vidya again
>>335880152
yeah dude i just cant into open world games anymore.
i did like sleeping dogs since it had fun combat and i liked the story and driving.
but i'm pretty much done with open world
For me I just have too much to do. University, work, socialization. I have limited free time and games just can't consistently steal the limelight anymore. I have books I want to read, anime to see, songs I want to learn, skills I want to develop.
Sometimes I wish I could freeze time for a few months and just catch up. I think I will feel this way until I die. It is great and awful at the same time.
>>335879582
I didn't know it was fatal. This is no proper way to talk with you, anon. I hope that the antibiotics can at least do something to keep the progression of the disease at bay until a more viable treatment or even a cure emerge in your lifetime. I have limited understanding of the situation you're going through anon, but fill your life with as much that makes you smile as possible in the meantime.
>>335880006
I think one of the most insane aspects of many humans is that when they feel very down, they never realize they will stop feeling this way eventually. The specific chemical pain keeps people from realizing that it will go away. About the physical fitness, for sure. And sunlight. It's not a panacea but consistent exercise, some say is nature's adderall.
>>335880124
Well I don't think our understanding of mental health and the chemical activity going on there is fruitful at all. But depression should not be mystified, even if we don't fully understand it.
>>335880124
>antidepressants
They do but human chemistry so complex and people are all so different that you literally need to find one that will work for you but the problem is finding it. For them to work you have to be on it for like a month at least to even think you can say or not if it's working, so after doing that for the 4th time you start to get cynical, not to mention no one likes playing a guessing game with side effects and other things that
different meds may cause.
It's a long a arduous road but it can be the solution for a lot of people. Others, they may just not work at all and that can be also frustrating.
I think if used right, they can be very effective if you use it like a tool and once you've got your desired use out of it, get off it.
>>335880074
If getting through your backlog is your ultimate goal then maybe. I was thinking something more like drawing, picking up instrument, or plenty of other things.
You wanna fuck? Bitches love skills that aren't vidya
>>335880376
games > anime outside some rare instance. at least you DO something while you play.
>Have a hacked 3ds
>Have a toaster so emulate vidya, and play older PC games
Nope, not burnt out at all.
>>335880448
yeah its really taxing finding the right doctor too. i dont like having to explain my not so bad story each fuckin time.
>>335880296
>but i'm pretty much done with open world
Same, just GTAV when I finally get back to playing it after such a long break.
And Cyberpunk 2077 if it will be open world, otherwise fuck it, open world is a meme that is long past due.oh fuck browsing through the thousand GTAV screenshots I took when playing is making me want to play again finally, please let this be the spark I need to get me back into it again fully, please pls pls
>>335880258
Because the same thing that causes loss of interest in games is probably also causing an inability to develop an interest in anything else.
>>335867417
>94 hours played
Senpai, Thats probably more than the majority of /v/s playtime from all games put together
>>335880152
Oh TW1, how I love thee.
But yeah fuck the Swamps, and Vizima, even though those two things are like 50% of the game. I recently completed my second play through with the "Rise of the White Wolf" mod and it made it a lot better. Also my first time playing it on a real PC and not a Macbook.
I love that game so much because it's so different from the others in a good way. I love what they did with 2 and 3 but it would have been really interesting to see a more modernized version of TW1. It did a great job at making you feel like a Witcher with having to actually read some here and there and understand potions and how to effectively use them together.
>>335880494
Whenever I watch media, I do something else. As I said, I have songs to learn and practice, and when not doing that while watching I often paint models.
If I am watching anime or Japanese media that is more complex, I tend to practice listening skills with the language. But it is rare, given the material.
>have a bunch of games
>only want to play games I dont have
>cant afford new games
>>335880720
kek
>>335866192
>Because the industry sucks now. I can't think of a single game in the past few years that hasn't been a disappointing experience.
Spot the PC friend
Personally I'm having a tons of fun with Stranger of sword city and the NIOH demo
>>335880152
Don't bother. You can simply summarize the major events. As someone who went through the same exact situation, just play Witcher 3 and look up events of the second game to decide on.
>>335880470
>You wanna fuck? Bitches love skills that aren't vidya
Not him, but I honestly resent the idea that guys need to develop "skills" so they can "earn" sex. Even if I did that, it would feel too artificial for me to really get into it. All I'd be able think about is how I wish I could just be desired the way women are, without having to go out of my way or do anything particularly special to "sell myself" as if it were a fucking job interview or something.
>>335880659
I don't agree with this. I think people go through phases and playing the same game for one week is not a lack of interest. Rather, I believe many of us start thinking... "What is the point of continuing this? I've been doing the same task for a week, more or less." As a child, I don't remember playing the same game for a month straight (unless it was runescape or Pokemon, but they have very addictive qualities). But children have empty minds, and are more susceptible to be enticed and invited into the video game's world.
As we get older escapism just isn't as easy, and we enjoy our relationships with people more (in general). Different priorities as adults. And adults desire things kids never would. For example, I am trying to get into competitive Smash and Pokken, because I want to be known for being good at those games, and be a part of the community. As a child, I did not have this desire.
>>335880945
>as if it were a fucking job interview or something.
thats pretty much what it is
>so what can you offer me in this transaction? money? fix my fuckin car? can you make me laugh and have me be able to show you off to my family/friends?
>>335880945
It's all genetics. Women want the best male to splice their DNA with, and one of the most sought after traits in a good man is the skills ha has and how valued said skills are by society.
For men however, it is important to find the best woman through how she looks and how much value society places on the best woman's looks.
It goes both ways obviously, and the desires vary from person to person.
>>335880945
Your probably jerking off all Day anyway, so half of the "skills" are already there.
>>335880394
Our mind is just crazy. Only a few pills won't help, I think what helps the most is letting it out with someone, even if it's just a therapist. It sucks for us to be so dependent on human contact even if we don't like it.
>>335881114
I dont think most people think about this, it's just "this is boring"
Personally starting a game is hard, but once I'm actually playing I play it for hours
I feel the same about everything thou (getting out of bed, cooking, goinh to classes, doing situps, meditation etc everything requires a huge amount of mrntal energy. It's probably just depression
>>335866824
If you can't be bothered to play a game you want to play, then you don't want to play that game.
What else do you want from us?
>>335880945
>Not him, but I honestly resent the idea that guys need to develop "skills" so they can "earn" sex.
They don't if you aren't ugly.
>>335880746
I just finished Chapter 2 of Witcher 1. It seems that I'm not so crazy for having trouble staying interested.
I'd like to get into the feeling of being a witcher, with the potions and bombs and researching monster lore, but my interest keeps getting pounded down by the godawful inventory system. I seem to be in the minority on this, but I really can't stand grid inventories where I have to mouse over something to see what it is. I want a list, so I can read everything and know what I have, especially since The Witcher requires you to keep track of all these different components, alchemical bases, and other stuff.
>>335880932
Yeah, I love TW1 but its super niche. If you weren't loving it, just move on. TW2 and 3 have much better stories and just more and better lore.
>>335880945
It's annoying but that's the way it is. Especially if you're trying to land some tail more attractive guys are after.
>>335880152
Those are one of the very few long ass games that i finished before burning out.
Patiently waiting on VR like a chump.. Gotta fill that.. void somehow..
When video games no longer satisfy that need to escape is when it can get very tough on certain nights..
>>335881617
I tried a Vive for the first time yesterday.
I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would
>>335881298
I once said the same thing to my father. "I hate being dependent on people" and he said, "Dependent on people..? There's no such thing. You're a human. We need people for everything." Nothing is wrong with that, anon. If talking with someone is all you need, you're not in such a bad situation.
>>335881303
Maybe they don't, but I certainly try to analyze my state. It makes me curious why I may love playing a game (Diablo 3) on Friday, but on Saturday I.. just don't care about it. I don't think it's weird or pathological. More like.. "what is there left to do in this game?"
I'm sorry about your situation, if it's not even fun to get out of bed. When we have nothing to look forward to, even getting out of bed seems like a waste. I hope you find something to look forward to soon anon. It makes waking up feel like Christmas morning everyday.
>>335881617
>>335881697
Waiting for oculus and vive 2.0
The requirements are ridiculous atm.
>>335881114
>playing the same game for one week is not a lack of interest. Rather, I believe many of us start thinking... "What is the point of continuing this? I've been doing the same task for a week, more or less.
Thats a good point actually.
>As we get older escapism just isn't as easy,
ugh tell me about it, if I could just learn to git gud at lucid dreaming I wouldn't even need videogames, I play vidya sometimes largely for escapism (especially GTAV) but its never enough, its never exactly perfect, never the kind of escapism I want, the limitations of videogames become too apparent, interaction between the player and game world is usually limited and sparse, AI is usually awful at combat, the game world itself is limited in size, there's only so much of Los Santos city you can see for example until you've seen it all.
>>335881432
If not using the "Rise of the White Wolf" mod, then do so if it can still be applied, but I think it requires a new game...
The grid inventory never bothered me much but having to mouse over things did get annoying. STALKER CS has the same problem where in STALKER SoC you would mouse over things and the info box would pop up immediately. It's super annoying when just needing to check something simple and quick like the caliber on a gun.
Also, after not too long I kind of knew what was what just by looking at the icons. It can be overwhelming but it's not too bad. Witcher 2 didn;t improve it, so maybe thats why I'm more fond of TW1 inventory. TW2's inventory was very consolized and made for a controller and just not very intuitive or easy and fast to navigate.
Also, when I talk about learning about the monsters, it doesn't require you to actually read the books but get them to add more info about the monster in your monster glossary. All I'm ever looking up really is which stance to use against it and what potions it may be weak to.
>>335881303
>meditation
That too, (OP here), so it seems like for me everything requires that level of mental energy/effort like you said
>meditation
>videogames
>anime
>movie
>toy hobby
>drawing
>other creative pursuits
>photography
All those hobbies and activities of mine.
But the two that don't require any mental energy for me to get started on them and can do them all day
>porn
>internet
Interesting....
>only like playin games when drinking
i'm fucked
>>335881905
So anon, if video games to you were just a venue for escaping, I think trying to force them to fill that role once again is your problem. I think as well as we get older, it's not about escapism as much as its about nostalgia, and habit. We grew up playing video games. But we also become more particular. I think kids just have that autism factor since nothing is going on in their heads.
If you try to imagine video games in a different light, or to fill a different hole, maybe they will light up again in your head.
>>335882175
Porn and internet surfing are, in a way, hedonism and addictions. I thought anime and certain games were too. If you don't work or study or you're home all the time, I feel so much time on the hands ironically makes us feel like doing so little.
>>335882096
It also doesn't help that I was looking forward to making bombs because I thought they'd be fun throwable explosives, but it looks like they behave more like mines, which is disappointing.
>>335881905
Me personally, Immersion is like almost the #1 factor to playing games for me besides the competitive nature of multiplayer games.
In GTA I just get fucking lost, it lets me live out of my crime movie fantasies and more. First person fucking change that game like no other for me. It became hood simulator 2015.
I really couldn't put my fascination and how I get so immersed into something like GTA into words, but I think having a vivid imagination(and maybe a little weed) goes a long way with video games.
>>335882408
Then you will probably like TW2 bombs way more, because that's exactly what they are, and they're not bad. Manually aiming them can feel clunky, but you can also target and throw.
>>335867669
For that game in particular, IMO it was repetitive, the narrative was also bad and the story didn't make you care enough to go on.
>Inb4 bait.
>spend entire day playing vidya
>What The Fuck Am I Doing With My Life starts playing
>>335865994
It's because you've seen it all. Try more unique games or with better story. I have the same thing as you but from time to time I find these games that really hold me. The thing they have in common is that they have a strong story and great OST which keeps me playing.
>>335882587
Yeah imagination definitely helps, the amount of time I've spent in GTAV just making up my own little stories for the scenarios I'm doing to make up for the fact that all I'm really doing is just using the trainer and manipulating the AI and the world around me to respond as impressively or believably as I can to the scenario I have in mind is crazy.
Still no matter how much fun I was having I still stopped playing abruptly. Still trying to work up the energy to play it again, its harder because I have to remember how to mod it again, etc.
Still its not enough at times, even with mods and three separate trainers theres just things you can't do in the game properly, lots of limitations, and the city and world is just too small. It doesn't help that if I want those pretty graphics I get lower fps than I would like sometimes, which breaks immersion like crazy for me, anything below 50 FPS
>>335882726
Funny thing, I hated that game when I first played it. Got all the way to Hong Kong and while I thought HK looked awesome, I just suddenly stopped and was like "I don't like this game." It had to be something to do with my expectations of it, I don't know.
I picked it back up like a year later and I loved it and I can not for the love of god figure out why I didn't like it at first because it was something that was definitely up my alley.
I'm pumped for the new one because now the cities look and feel like they're alive with NPC's everywhere. Thats one of the things I liked most about it, was walking around the different cities and just talking and maybe the occasional neck snap on some dude.
>>335883036
But oh man looking at the3334 screenshotsI've taken of my time playing makes me remember how much fun I had in the game.
Maybe I'm taking such a long break because I plan to come back and spend another 94 hours in 2-3 months playing the game again and I want it to feel fresh and new to some extent again.
>>335881617
It has the potential to be great, but so far there isn't a single title worth blowing a thousand dollars or more on.
Too much shovel ware and low budget titles that are priced way higher than they are worth. Most likely because the user base is very small.
I bought a Vive which is already on its way, I'll try out a few titles and hold off until more come out of the woodworks. Most of them are early access.
Gotta sift through them, decide what to get and find some more titles, so far I'm considering:
>Space pirate trainer
>Vanishing Realmseasy to cheese
>Legend of lucabland looking dungeon crawler but it might have some interesting mechanics
>Skyworldlooks like promising 4X/tabletop game
>Budget cutsnice mechanics, will consider depending on price and number of levels/content. Doesn't look very replayable
>Quar battle for gate 18Motion controls don't add anything to this game can do the same shit with a monitor, mouse, and keyboard, small unit variety, mechanics look shallow
>Babel tower to the gods
>5089Controls are too god damn convoluted
>hover junkersToo much of an asking price for such limited content
>modbox
>arizona sunshine
>Pollen
I'll might buy vanishing realms, legend of luca and space pirate trainer. They seem like the only downloadable titles worth a damn. Albeit a tiny damn.
Hoping to see some higher budget titles come 2017, perhaps a few PSVR ports. The current lineup is disappointing but could've been worse
>>335883036
Which is why I put off GTA V until I get a 970.
I also stay away from trainers because well, I like my scenarios to happen organically. GTA IV was great because after you had beat the main story and were playing it you could just kind of pretend every mission was just a hit job.
Yeah vigilante was good and I did all of them and had fun, but the thing I like about the story is it puts you in interesting and sometimes scripted scenarios that you don't get otherwise.
Hell, one of my favorite things in IV was to drive around the city and listen to the radio talk shows or the jazz station, especially on a rainy night.
>>335882726
>>335883142
i couldn't get into HR.
but i played Deus ex all the way through despite how shitty the shooting and a few other things. something about HR feels off.
>>335883327
I don't intend to get a Vive or Rift since I'm using a laptop which is not even close to being powerful enough, hence why I posted the PSVR which is all I can get.
>>335883196
You seem really stuck on GTA V for some reason, and honestly it sounds like you've kind of exhausted yourself of it. I always kept GTA games as my go to "Don't feel like playing anything engaging, story heavy or otherwise" game when I just wanted to have some good gun fights.
I say just don't force it I guess. Take some time off vidya, and not before long you'll start remembering what made it so fun. As some others said here, having a lot of time on your hands can make your time playing games feel useless. Do some other things and let your passion for vidya grow back at its own pace.
>>335882765
Every day I get up ready for the next day to come.
>>335883525
>I like my scenarios to happen organically.
Then you're very limited in what can happen. Sometimes you need to use the trainer and a little bit of imagination to get a more satisfying scenario.
I did this mayhem just spawning cops and the milita guys who autoamtically attack each other, I made them spawn on the airfield but I didn't control how the battle played out I just participated in it, it was one of the most fun times I had in any GTA ever.
A lot still happens dynamically though, without your input, especially when involving the police.
Its such great fun, you use the trainer to set up a scenario and then let the AI guide it along.
>>335883786
Its because I treat GTAV as the ultimate modding sandbox to play around in.
But I did burn myself out on that quicker than I though I would yeah. Haven't played since January, maybe soon I'll take it up again, just going through my screenshots makes me remember how fun it was.
>>335884247
Also all the wreckage from this battle stayed on the map for a hell of a lot longer than I'm used to in games, and from a very far distance out, it was still saved on map. That really blew my mind, usually games delete wreckage to save on frames after a minute or less, that really was a great TECHNOLOGY moment.
>inspecting the carnage after the battle
>>335883665
Fair enough, it is priced at an attractive price point after all. But I would wait on PS4 Neo if I were you.
I have some concerns about how well it will perform on the PS4.
Frankly I am disappointing with oculus going full retard on rift pricing. They should have targeted a lower price bracket closer to the DK2 and PSVR instead of shooting themselves in the foot by competing with the Vive.
Perhaps it is for the better, Facebook is a blight on the industry
I'd prefer other hardware manufacturers step in to manufacture their own HMDs and VR peripherals instead of turning VR into a platform within a platform.
Eventually there will be mobile VR/AR HMDs powerful enough to hold their own that will branch off and separate themselves from high end PCs much like tablets, that is already the case with google cardboard and gear VR, albeit for light tasks such as panoramic video and simple applications.
But for VR tethered to desktops I'd much prefer that it remain a peripheral like buying any monitor, mouse, or keyboard.
It will be an extremely long while until mobile VR can hold their own to a point where you would consider it over a high end PC. Biggest advantage would be the lack of a tethered cable which will always likely be the case for PC as the bandwidth will remain insane.
Unless someone comes up with a crazy breakthrough in wireless communication to minimize packet loss, and latency.
Veering way off point
>>335865994
It's called passion. You used to have passion for video games but now it's waning. There's a good chance that your passion won't come back no matter how long you wait. Your main problem is that you haven't anything else to be passionate about.
>>335865994
OP here this thread gave me a lot to think about and consider, I think I have some more idea of what to do now
>browse less porn
>less internet/4chan
>play vidya (whichever you are in the mood for) until you lose the desire to play it
>swap to anime (whichever you are in the mood for) until you finish it and lose desire to watch any other anime
>swap back to vidya or any other hobby, whether the same game or a new one you are in the mood for
>don't force yourself to play games if you don't want to especially if they feel more like a chore than fun (War Thunder)
>take it slow with mods, don't overwhelm yourself wanting to try and play each mod right away, that will get you overwhelmed and you wont get to enjoy each mod individually, will feel like you constantly need to download more mods and thus dont spend enough time playing the game itself
>don't feel forced to finish games if you really don't want to - don't be afraid to leave some stories unfinished, you don't have any obligation to finish a game to the end
>get more meditatan, vidya and anime in your day and less porn and mindless internet browsan
>follow a loose backlog of anime and vidya
Maybe this will help me, but I doubt I'll even remember to do this shit by tomorrow
>>335885381
Thats why you should probably write it down then. Not a bad list, hope you stick to it.
>>335885850
Thanks anon, though this list may not tackle the whole issue if there really is depression involved
I feel like if I stop getting so worked up about this cycle of starting and stopping things maybe it will become easier to manage, and I can catch up on anime backlog while waiting for the energy to play vidya come back, and vice versa.
Maybe.
As cheesy as it sounds, I'm glad we had this thread and I think a lot anons benefited from it. Sometimes just talking to each other can help.
>>335885381
You could also pick up working out, or just running and jogging, it's a lot of fun.
Music is also helpful, as music backlogs are the most horrifying things known to man.
>>335885381
>implying you will even follow all of that and not just flag it off on the first week
I can see it now a week from now you will lose sight and start posting another one of these "tired gamer threads" when the shit hits the fan again. I've seen this too many times before and the lucky ones ended up killing themselves rather then spend another day wasting away.
It's weird to me how people treat games. It's not like you have to binge on one from the moment you get it until you complete it. Just play something else.
>>335886130
No this is the first "tired gamer thread" I've ever posted, but you're right in that I'll probably fail to follow through on this list, especially the less porn thing.
>>335886038
>>335886107
See, I don't love music enough to have a backlog. I love music, but not like that. I mean if you can do that, thats great, but I really cant even imagine that happening to me.
>>335886401
Same here, there are actually period of time where I don't listen to music for a whole month even. Or at least any of the music I've saved.
/mu/ would think I'm weird
>>335886461
Well when I do that it's usually because I'm listening to pod casts. I love podccast and theres so many of them for everything.
I guess I do have a music backlog in the sense that I have a shit ton of stuff I want to download but just havn't gotten around to it.
>>335886632
>I have a shit ton of stuff I want to download but just havn't gotten around to it.
I know that feel, anime for me though
>>335886754
For any entertainment medium i generally start with the creme of the crop them gravitate towards the junk food equivalent.
For anime that would be ecchi/romance
>>335886038
Well, that's certainly not the kind of attitude you generally expect around here.
>>335887987
Don't push it faggot.
