Idk man the updates to games I've played for years get me very excited.

Playing other games? Why though.

I have too much other shit going on and can't mentally set it all aside any more which keeps me from getting immersed in games. There's just always something else in the back of my mind I'm also thinking about when I'm trying to play. I try getting everything done first so I can concentrate but there's just so much.

Hmm, this is an interesting one.

I rarely play alone anymore. Which makes it even more difficult as you get older. It's hard to match up with other people when life keeps them equally busy.

I've also noticed that I want a new experience from my games, kind of like searching for that new movie. Games rich in their story and yet not that distracted in side quests seem to keep me going. God of War was ideal, Horizon too. Baldurs Gate 3 had me for a while, but most online titles suck the time out of me at almost no return.

Well if you don't even want to install them... Its okay to just run a few quick matches and log off. You've gamed for a long time? Take it easy, its a marathon not a sprint.

I've seen comments making comparisons to old and new gaming industry. They don't do story as well any more. What I find is they don't do marketing the way that appeals to me anymore either. If I want to be excited about a game, I have to read about it slowly and find wallpapers and concept art. I have to lead myself to the water before I can drink. I hype myself up about it!

One really extreme example of this is Runescape special accounts where youtubers like never leave one area, or do hardcore ironman, or play on one square at a time or whatever. I can take one tenth of that energy and make my gaming more interesting.

I've been through a bunch of life phases and gaming has basically been a part of all of them. Definitely, over time, the thrill of a new game is a bit more subdued than when you were a kid because you have done it so many times, and I'll admit, if a game doesn't immediately grab me, I probably will bounce off it. I have a ton of games that I still play from gen 2-6 if I need to feel nostalgic. But I realized that I have trouble committing to games that feel too samey as the most recent ones I've played. If I play a JRPG, I have to follow that up with a platformer, followed by an indie game, followed by a Sony 3rd person shooter. Fighting games are also great pallet cleansers. Sounds like you're depressed, and you should really spend time in nature and remember what and how you found joy in the past with gaming.

I have ADHD and find it difficult to get into new games unless they're multi-player games I can play with my friends.

I was more curious at beginning, then I become addicted to MMOs so gaming become focused, while playing casual other games as break from MMOs. Fortunately I defeat my addiction but now I lost interest in gaming, I see many titles but I don't see any point to play. I remember playing for sharing fun was my deal, PlayStation one with friends then MMOs with guilds and virtual friends. But addiction kicks hard with the needs to grind and grind, to like give at this friends a golden guild-hall, but at what cost? Real life where anything as grow, only misery.

I find that this only happens to me in relation to AAA titles. I just don't have time to put 60 hrs into a game.

But since I started playing indies I feel like rejuvenated

The problem for me is that Im overwhelmed. Theres just too many games coming out. I just got through God Of War Ragnarok after it sat on my shelf for almost a year. Im glad I did though, I liked it. I kinda want to go back to Guild Wars 2 and check out the halloween event but I also just started my first Diablo 4 playthrough. Spiderman 2 looks like its pushing the medium forward so I want to try that too. Oh and Starfield, the game Ive been waiting for 5 years? Forget it. A new Forza game is out and Ive played all the previous ones so...

Its come to the point where I welcome delays and hallipy accept when a game gets shat during reviews because It just means I dont have to worry about it now or even play it when it comes out.

There are two things that worked for me when I was in your situation:

• Playing with friends, of course it applies only to multilayer games and scheduling free time for two or more people could be difficult but it works so well for this problem. We have a WhatsApp group to coordinate some gaming nights and play rocket league, age of empires 2, cs go, overwatch and others, recently we are replaying DS3 next will be elden ring when the dlc drops.

• Review games. I know it sounds absurd but I put some effort into creating an excel sheet with all the games I played and I reviewed them on what I think are the most significant aspects (characters design, level design, story, gameplay loop, graphics, sound, optimization just to name a few) I reached several reviews of the sheet and now it's very complete and complex. I like to complete games, fill the form and add them to the list, I usually complete at least the main quest, anyway Icontinue to play the game until I'm satisfied and I've elaborate a score for each category. This helped me reasoning on the game development, what it wants to tell me, the evolution of the gaming industry, I've figured out what I like and what not, all of this combined with the the genuine excitement about starting a new game to add to the list it's what re-enabled my passion when I was stucked like you are.

I hope this can help you. Send me a private message if you want to add me on steam and play sometimes or if you want a copy of the spreadsheet!

Nothing sticks in my mind anymore. I tried to reinstall CP2077 and do a replay, but ultimately each time i exit it gets harder to start up and resume. I struggle to bother remembering which part of the story im am at. 20 years ago i would get "tetris effect" from pretty much any game I play; daydreaming about an RPG im playing, see tetris blocks falling into place, etc. Nowadays I don't even get that with literal Tetris Effect.

It may be work life, stress etc. But part of myself just feels gaming is missing that old multiplayer feel where a whole bunch of us are in the Computer Science Lab, installing Doom 3 on the lab machines and playing til they kick us out at midnight. I'm also missing that feel of a whole bunch of us huddled in a McDonalds playing Mario Kart DS multiplayer, screaming so loud when someone triggers a lighting bolt, that the store manager essentially banned us from playing there ever again.

As for games like 2077, the sad realization is that the denouement leaves the me kinda confused more than anything. so many games I finish now leave me checking online to ask "What was that?"

I feel old now.

True. However, you’d be getting paid to do stuff like one square at a time, so that’s a job. Not just playing for fun.

I have been playing games since 1980 or so and never have trouble picking up new games to play. Gamepass is awesome that way, I get to try a host of new games each month and one or two stick for weeks, months or longer. I almost never go back to previous games, apart from expansions of course.

I find that as I get older, I struggle trying to keep up with players in high competition games...games like CoD, Halo, even Rocket League I simply cannot get better no matter how much I try. I used to enjoy those kinds of games when I was younger but it makes me a little sad to know I can't play them...

So I play single player RPGs or Co-op.....I'm an absolute sucker for Starfield and similar games

You are just getting older. You cant expect to keep doing the same thing over and over and get the same high from it. Chasing the dragon. You need to include fresh, new experiences to liven things up. You'll always ennoy games to some degree, but you will never get the aame satisfaction from it that you did when you were tounger and it was fresher.

I lost interest in new releases a while ago. I mainly play retro games now but I did try the new robocop and it was great. I will be getting that day 1 and it will be the first time I played a new release in years.

Depends on the game...

Really enjoying Gotham Knights currently...

Certainly didn't have any trouble getting into Red Dead 2.

I have struggled to stick with Cyberpunk 2077 though... Haven't tried getting back in since this recent update though.

I did for a few years there would try rush through games and didn't realise that's why I wasn't enjoying them. Now especially with story driven games I take my time, shut off my second monitor which usually has YouTube or a series playing and pay attention to the game have enjoyed it more than I thought, maybe I'm just getting old.

I spent countless hours playing games and getting excited as hell with new launches or even just getting on. Nowadays I play maybe 1 or 2 games a year and If I actually finish them it's very rare. I could blame a busy life but honestly there's just no spark and I could speculate for hours why but truthfully I don't know why.

I have some titles I play a lot and some what often. Other are just for fun to break it up. I don't know if I am going to play it forever or just for a couple of days.

I've played games since the 80s. Time has been my biggest issue with playing stuff. I got a steam deck last year. It has been great. I can pick it up, turn it on and unpause my game and continue during a free moment. This makes it much easier than having to start up a PC and then launch a game.

Not at all, but I don't buy many games. I try to play demos before purchasing the game, if possible.

I'm totally not interested in the stories much at all anymore. Video game story-telling has always been pretty cringe, but as a kid and teen I didn't think so. Go back and play some games I genuinely liked the story for back in the day and I can't stand them now. I prefer games that are just fun to play. Most popular games these days are simply not fun to play. They are entirely focused on their storytelling and use light gimmicks or have repetitive gameplay that gets boring well before the story finishes, making it a chore just to hear the story.

I mostly play indies now as I can get new experiences with them. I buy an AAA title less than once a year on average now

Yea I wouldn’t bother with games post 2010. Just have a solid RvR open mmo from before 2010.

I haven't gamed for a "long" time, as I got into it when I got my 1st laptop like 5 years ago... And I can't say that I feel the burnout yet, especially with great games like Baldur's gate 3 being released this year

People grow out of stuff. Maybe try making games. Find a different type like ttrpg.