Am I too old for Steam? I do not think I bought a single game in 2023. Nothing appealed. It all looks so tired and amateur.

[Meaty]

Since the game ARK nothing has compared. All other games have felt trivial and boring by comparison. I went back to some older games for most of 2023. None of it is impressive. I think the last AAA Game I bought new was Cyberpunk and that was boring in <150hrs.

[Aachen]

That’s not a function of age, no.

[xBCxRangers]

If i'm not too old, you're never too old. But your taste in games start to change. I'm almost all about SP games, with maybe an exception once in awhile. I tend to like to immerse myself in stories, or campaigns, or bots, or simulators, much rather than any competition.

When years ago i can beat Dark Souls, with no help, today, i can't touch games like that. When i was at the top of the board on Bad Company, now its games against AI.

But atp in my life, retired, i'm having the best time on games. Just not the new ones or otherwise changed tastes.

[nullable]

You might be determined to be unhappy.

Or gaming just isn't a really that big of a hobby for you. Sometimes we grow out of things, tastes and interests change. And you can write whatever story suits you.

[Vfrcbv/Pencil2]

Yeah

[Vfrcbv/Pencil2]

yeah

[Eagle_of_Fire]

Escrito originalmente por Meaty:

Since the game ARK nothing has compared. All other games have felt trivial and boring by comparison. I went back to some older games for most of 2023. None of it is impressive. I think the last AAA Game I bought new was Cyberpunk and that was boring in <150hrs.

Don't worry, you are certainly not alone.

[Kargor]

Well, then do something else.

[BJWyler]

I'm older than dirt and I think I bought more games in 2023 than I did the previous three years combined. So like anything that involves a subjective form of entertainment, it's more about you, then the games.

[Heraclius Caesar]

No one is "too old" for Steam, there are users in their 70's and 80's playing games and having a blast all day everyday on Steam.

If nothing appealed to you then it's entirely possible you might need to branch out and open your horizons to new kinds of games. You mention that you liked ARK and enjoyed Cyberpunk at least for awhile but what other kinds of games do you like to play or would be interested in?

Your profile is private so we can't see your library and what kinds of games that you're really into but I have no doubt myself and many others can give you some really great recommendations for games that you could end up loving if you give us a little information.

[Kargor]

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Your profile is private so we can't see your library and what kinds of games that you're really into but I have no doubt myself and many others can give you some really great recommendations for games that you could end up loving if you give us a little information.

That might not help.

Sometimes, people think that "more of the same" is a safe bet, but it's not.

"3 days ago, you liked the chicken. 2 days ago you liked the chicken. Yesterday, you liked the chicken. And now, you suddenly don't like chicken?"

People will actually have to look for something ELSE.

[wesnef]

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. I think the last AAA Game I bought new was Cyberpunk and that was boring in <150hrs.

Well, 150 hours is a pretty thorough playthrough, so maybe you were just done with the game? Not every game is an infinite-timesink thing like Minecraft-likes, live-services, or MMOs. A lot of them, you just play & finish and then move on. /shrug

[Lone Wolf]

sounlds like game burn out in old age like my self over the last 2 years no game stands out to me any more they all look the same or play the same.

[Kargor]

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sounlds like game burn out in old age like my self over the last 2 years no game stands out to me any more they all look the same or play the same.

Oh, games still look very different to me.
Similarities in gameplay can often be found, but they are superficial.
Unless, of course, we're talking about the same franchise.

Also, I generally avoid playing games that I consider to be "too similar" back-to-back, for such reasons exactly.

[Heraclius Caesar]

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Escrito originalmente por Heraclius Caesar:

Your profile is private so we can't see your library and what kinds of games that you're really into but I have no doubt myself and many others can give you some really great recommendations for games that you could end up loving if you give us a little information.

That might not help.

Sometimes, people think that "more of the same" is a safe bet, but it's not.

"3 days ago, you liked the chicken. 2 days ago you liked the chicken. Yesterday, you liked the chicken. And now, you suddenly don't like chicken?"

People will actually have to look for something ELSE.

I'm not sure what exactly you think might not help?

I think you may have misinterpreted or misunderstood what I was saying there. I wasn't trying to suggest "more of the same."

Also, when you quoted my post for your response, why did you deliberately excise the part where I said OP might need to branch out and open their horizons to new kinds of games? And then you felt the need to write "else" in all caps to me as if I hadn't suggested essentially that very sentiment? What was the point of that? Kind of an odd, disrespectful move tbh.

[Lone Wolf]

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Escrito originalmente por lone wolf:

sounlds like game burn out in old age like my self over the last 2 years no game stands out to me any more they all look the same or play the same.

Oh, games still look very different to me.
Similarities in gameplay can often be found, but they are superficial.
Unless, of course, we're talking about the same franchise.

Also, I generally avoid playing games that I consider to be "too similar" back-to-back, for such reasons exactly.

Most be A age thing us old farts get in life lol there,s games i like but they never give me the most play wow this looks good fell any more.