Bored with every game/getting old

[stratozyck]

I dont know when it happened but sometime recently I stopped playing new games. I've been buying/finding old games I used to play instead - Medeival Total War 2 (2006), Colonization (1991), Hearts of Iron 1 (2001)...
And I'm bored with all new games. I dont know if its because I am old and have a career so its time consuming to learn new games, or if its just the realization that despite new graphics most games are the same thing - like how most strategy games simply give the AI more resources on the harder levels.

I dunno what to do, I searched the Steam store and every game had me thinking of the South Park episode where everything seemed Sh*tty.

[76561198188152325]

I'm old too. You and I grew up with games that we are just not prepared to let go of yet. It's like the old girlfriend you regret breaking up with.

[Dusk of Oolacile]

There is absolutely no problem with this. Some people enjoy replaying valuable titles more than just playing the newest hits out of fashion. Today's gaming industry is an industry indeed, mostly about money, and memorable games are very rare.

[Asus]

I'm kind of in the same situation except I find myself bored with all games now, even the classics I used to enjoy playing.

[stratozyck]

Woe is us :-(

[jer]

Originally posted by stratozyck:

Woe is us :-(

Necromancy Level Up!

[217747836]

Guacamelee was such a fun game that gave me flashbacks to older similar games.

But yeah, I agree. I'm all about 6th gen gaming. I also love 5th gen and DOS stuff. I still look up games from those eras and play them. I actually played Castlevania: Curse of Darkness just this year, and maaan it was too fun. Last year I played Rogue Galaxy and that was so good I was staying up 'til 3am because I didn't want to stop playing. I still haven't played Descent 2. Just look for games from any gen. Old or new, doesn't matter. A fun game is a fun game.

[OrkWizard]

I think im further along the path you are on, I get bored of all games rather quickly it started off with most new games but it's games new and old alike now. The odd game will draw me in and I will play them non stop to completion, but I can't play games how I used to where I'd finish or very nearly finish most games I bought within a week or 3. Only fairly recent games I've put decent hours in to and enjoyed have been the ff13 games, destiny, the last of us, dark souls and probably bloodborne when I give it more of a chance.

[stratozyck]

This may sound crazy but I am strongly considering making my own 4X game (like Civ/Master of Orion). I want to see if I can do it better.

Particularly in the 4X genre, the AI tends to be, "congrats on doing everything perfect up until now, so to reward you EVERYONE WILL DECLARE WAR ON YOU NOW EVEN YOUR BEST FRIENDS."

I've been playing Galactic Civ II again and thats what it does on harder difficulties (in addition to the production and econ bonuses it gives AI).

I could do it, I've been programming on and off for nearly 20 years now (but I work in another area).

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

I felt this way for a little while earlier this year, and I think the best response to it is to let up on it and let it be.

The best way to enjoy games is not to try to keep up with the gaming news ot whatever's hot. Nor is it to try to efficiently wring the most gaming out of one's time. Nor even to think of games as items to be done on a checklist.

My experience has been that doing those things makes gaming less fun.

Instead, I just play whatever I fancy at the moment. I don't care how old or unpopular or allegedly bad it is, or whatever. I think that's the best way to enjoy games.

Especially for those of us who are now becoming adults with responsibilities. Gaming becomes like a place where we don't have to worry about our obligations, where we actually get to cast aside our worries and stress and let the world flow around us.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Also, if you find yourself sick of playing games, simply taking a breather might be a good idea. Like, take a walk, and ask yourself what gaming means to you. What is its place in your life, and what do you want it to be.

And something I've done in response to this is to not try to clog my schedule with gaming. Instead, by only gaming when I really feel like doing so (as opposed to whenever I can), I savor and enjoy the experience more.

[Dogui]

Some games are time consuming to learn. Other ones you can finish in 5/10 hours with little to no tutorials because they are really simple.

You probably just looking the wrong places, like big budget RPGs with 100+ hours and enormous worlds or any competitive pro wannabe arena game...

[Tux]

I doubt its age. My interest in gaming is the same now (48) as it was when I was a young teenage. In fact, even the type of games has unchanged.

That said I think for most people at min. the type of game they are interested in can change.

I always always into an open world gaming concept even before computers were common place

[♠ZerØ♠]

So your anit-time id was dark.

[stratozyck]

I'm doing it guys - I am working on my own game. I am hoping to mix RPG with 4X. Think Civilization with a strong RPG element.

Thanks for the replies. I am going to do this. I am not an unqualified person either - I am a PhD economist that wrote a dissertation that included game theory simulations on lying and honesty. I was always interested in economics, computer science, and history.

It will take a while - but I can do this. I already have a map with simplistic computer players that do simplistic things. I am going to make the game I always wanted to play even if it takes me 15 years.

For now I am focusing on Mac only. My expertise was in an area called "genetic learning." I believed genetic learning could be applied to AI for computer games. The drawback is genetic learning takes a while. In my dissertation work, the final "result" used extensive genetic learning for the computer players (there were no humans) but it took six straight weeks of two computers running to arrive at the result. However, it can be modified for AI.

I don't want to make a game with AI that cheats, I want to make an engrossing game where the AI has the full range of believability - some players that are stupid, some that are ok, and some that are "damn I fear that AI player." Thats what genetic learning can do.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Originally posted by stratozyck:

I'm doing it guys - I am working on my own game. I am hoping to mix RPG with 4X. Think Civilization with a strong RPG element.

Thanks for the replies. I am going to do this. I am not an unqualified person either - I am a PhD economist that wrote a dissertation that included game theory simulations on lying and honesty. I was always interested in economics, computer science, and history.

It will take a while - but I can do this. I already have a map with simplistic computer players that do simplistic things. I am going to make the game I always wanted to play even if it takes me 15 years.

For now I am focusing on Mac only. My expertise was in an area called "genetic learning." I believed genetic learning could be applied to AI for computer games. The drawback is genetic learning takes a while. In my dissertation work, the final "result" used extensive genetic learning for the computer players (there were no humans) but it took six straight weeks of two computers running to arrive at the result. However, it can be modified for AI.

I don't want to make a game with AI that cheats, I want to make an engrossing game where the AI has the full range of believability - some players that are stupid, some that are ok, and some that are "damn I fear that AI player." Thats what genetic learning can do.

I'm not well-versed in 4X games, but still that sounds quite interesting.

Good luck!