@@imnotplayingthat8276 you're the only one on you tube that isn't complaining that it's the games and has nothing to do with life. There's new old school games coming out all the time for super cheap and are great. Adulting changes a person.
Thank you for this video. It not only relates to us in the comments, but I'm enjoying seeing gamers relate to each other. Comments starting with the commenter's age show it affects folk nearly I've 10 years younger than me too! Now I'm starting to wonder what a retirement home for gamers would look like 😄
Wow! I did not expect you to only have 472 subs. This is high tier man. I'm 38 and feel this whole video. I still enjoy gaming, but there is so much for us to play now. I have to juggle several games at a time. It's deff a mix of all these things. My favorite consoles are still Super Nintendo, PS1 and PS2, even though I'm a PC gamer now. RPGs will always be my go to games, even with less time.
I'm not doing that yet, I have such HUGE backlog that it's intimidating & I procrastinate too much on it. But I do find that my fondness & nostagia for my earlier games is stronger every year.
As a kid I reemember watching The Return of the Jedi at least 10 times.... this is the 8th time I start playing Jedi: Fallen Order ...not much has changed after all.
Its so weird. You scramble to find time to sit down to play, queue up a game you've been waiting to play forever, and then, meh, not really feeling it. Happens all the time.
@@necroshy I think might be different for everybody. I don't really feel pressure to have fun, I sometimes just can't muster the energy. It's really weird, because I also play boardgames and I like to play challenging and complex stuff with friends (On Mars, Great Western Trail, Arc Nova, Underwater Cities etc.) so I have no trouble "mentally exhausting" myself there. But then I have some time to play... real banger video games like God of War Ragnarök and somehow my brain is like "nah, not now" and it's WILD because I'm basically 80% through the game, I KNOW it's good and if I just turn on the console and play for a minute I will be playing until well after midnight because it's so good. But then I ... don't. It's so weird. Then I start a game like Mafia I remake (via gamepass) and somehow I finish that game within a couple a days.
@@PaulSzkibik Im pretty much like you! I LOVE fromsoftware games and elden ring is such a JOY to play for me, always, but Ive been gravitating to quicker games, like multiplayer or roguelikes that are short and I know well. Or I just dont play, dont have the energy.
I am starting to get that same way. Either b/c I don't want to take a chance on games with no previous titles, or the newer games of said previous titles just aren't as good.
I do the same for the most part, but there's a couple exceptions. If Fromsoft releases a new game, I can be sure I'll like it, and I'll surely give a new Rockstar (single player) game a shot. Anything from the Persona series you can count me in as well. Used to include Bethesda in this shortlist, but Starfield was a *big* letdown so I'm pretty skeptical of em now. Oh, and CD Projekt Red is a pretty safe bet. But yeah, 90% of my gaming time is just replaying stuff like RDR2, Witcher 3, Persona 5, Bloodborne, Dark Souls Series, or various classics from my childhood.
I'm 29 and have been doing exactly that for the past 5 years. Because I have limited time now, I want to make sure my experience is a good one when I finally have time to play, and my old favorite games never disappoint. Also feels like most modern games just do the same thing anyways but worse, so I have no desire to buy and try those anyway. The bonus is that its extremely cheap, the only new game I have bought the past 5 years is Elden Ring.
I recycle through a short list of favorites to play through like your good movie list. Integrating a title here or there that fits this criteria. Works for me.
The older you get, the less you like the grind. Because you realise time is precious. When you’re young you believe time is infinite. When you’re older, you realise every minute counts.
I recently played Guardians of the Galaxy and I had great fun. Had much better time than playing Horizon Zero Dawn (that I finished just before that), as its was soo long and repetitive. GotG was linear, had a ton of dialogue, each chapter moved the main story forward and delivered a lot in just under 20 hours. It felt very oldschool. My best gaming experience from last year. I can only play like 3-4hours a week, if Im lucky... Im fed up with all those open world games with hundreds od waypoints... I just want to enjoy a good story and have a laugh in a reasonable time (not a 150h + Behemoth)
It's not just about time but also about patience. I used to play MMOs as well such as Star Trek Online and KOTOR. If I just think of it the time and patience I invested/wasted to learn those games and play them with the necessary grind here and there. Time I'll never get back.
I second this. My attitude towards gaming has done a complete 180. For example, when the original Prey launched, I thought it was an atrocity that it's only around 5 hours long. Now I consider Prey a top 20 shooter of all time because it's all killer and no filler.
I'm currently reading a book about addiction, and it presents an interesting argument: due to the influence of algorithms in our lives, our brains have been rewired to release dopamine when we're seeking or searching for something, rather than when we actually experience it. This constant search for the "best" option, coupled with the overwhelming number of choices available, has left us unable to fully commit to any one thing. We're always convinced that the next option-whether it's a date, a video clip, or a game-will be the perfect one, so we never fully engage with the present moment. As a result, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find true satisfaction.
@@joonasvuomajoki2636the algorithms work with what you watched already...tease you with all the similar stuff liked by similar people, so yiu are on the edge of possibly finding "the watchable" thing all the time...leads you on...and gets it right every now and then, which is supremely reinforcing, which makes you keep hunting....and around you go.
@@humma4 At least it is plausible but that is of course no proof that its true. I think we can all agree that the problem is complex and I think algorithms could play a role.
SP games and campaigns, as well as simulation games plus I switched from competitive games (CS, CS:Source, TeamFortress2, ...) when I was younger to coop games with my friends (Left4Dead, Project Zomboid, Borderlands, The Forest,...). That gives me the most enjoyment, teamplay with friends; usually PvE. But indeed I have a couple of games installed and even though I would have time I don't feel like completing a campaign or whatever, I just don't feel like playing them. It sometimes feels like a chore, even though the games are good.
I'm 28, someone who grew up in the era of N64, GBA, Gamecube, and PS2, when there was no online multiplayer, and everyone was a gamer and a winner. Gaming back then never felt like a chore that needs to be learnt and mastered. Sometimes, I feel I'm too old for the complex gaming and insanely competitive online multiplayer BS of today.
I’m 27 and feel the same way. Sure there were intense players back then as well, but the main focus was still on casual single player gaming. Nowadays, it’s all about the competitive multiplayer, and even solo gamers are obsessed with following guides and reading the wikis to learn the “meta” and do everything optimally. To me, they just end up optimizing the fun out of the game. People just rush through games to complete them asap and get all the achievements, then they move on to the next one. It’s insane. I miss the times when there were no streamers or youtube guides and kids would spread tips and tricks among themselves, it made us gamers an actual community. If you found a cool secret or discovered a good strategy, people had respect for you. Now it’s just a toxic environment all about being better than someone else.
@@matttondr9282 not to mention that in mmos if you're not going with the meta and the most optimal build maxed out for your character you're not even allowed in parties. For the chill gamer that just wants to have some fun there's no room in these online games since you'll be cast away if you're not up to date with the current meta.
A million times, this. Even the time I have to dedicate to gaming isn't the same quality. I'm tired when I get home and can't focus on an Ultima, instead I tend to lean on Stardew valley because I can just turn off my brain and "semi afk". Adulting just gets in the way all around.
@gustavoolivares3037 not necessarily, find a game that intrigues you and you will put time into it. I get busy and have a long backlog, but sometimes a game will come out that i really like playing, and i will make sure to beat that game cause it's so enjoyable. It's just that now, the game really needs to get my attention compared to before where i enjoyed playing a whole lot of games even if they're not that good.
I'm in a situation where I can't afford to take the time to truly rest. So when I have time off, I have to put it towards development to make more money. That, and videogames were there when I couldn't escape my environment, and games allowed me to. But now I can go and adventure on my own, so I don't need it as much.
cause we know its bad. but we like this moments of hopefull feeling that maybe Pop up. put a ps1 disc on and hear the first Sound of ps1 Start 🥹 Or the Grab of boulderdash ❤
The gaming world as we knew it is being swept away by "big money investors". For example: It is not normal, that we have been officially given wow classic Vanilla. This beautiful, old version under the protected "nochanges" philosophy only exists because Nostalrius, a private server community fought for it. Such a brilliant, old game, designed in the best, golden era of video games is only officially playable because the Nostalrius Community have made it to an political issue. Now the image of Blizzard and the WoW franchise is also hanging on it. Games that eat up so much time and are so much fun without the player feeling compelled to "want more or believe they need more". Games that conform to free, open game design are difficult to monetize and are therefore not wanted by the industry. Because if im happy with a game i dont need to buy another one. Many people do not understand that Blizzard was forced to do this. It is currently a protected pearl in the gaming sector. Everything else is currently generic and linear, geared towards microtransactions.
What annoys is people who say video games a waste of time, yet they sit and binge watch tv shows. I have my entertainment and you have yours. Personally i find finishing a video game more rewarding.
Totally agree, I barely watch TV, maybe a NFL game every now and again otherwise nothing. I don't watch the awful news or TV shows. I do game and at 57 I don't see stopping.
They see learning how to play a game as putting in effort when they see recreational activity as a relaxing thing that requires no effort. Like a brain massage.
Man, as a 54 year old gamer who started on a vic20 at the age of 10, coding games from byte magazine, playing demos, etc. This resonated so much! Incredible video❤
I'm pushing 40 and thought I had aged out of gaming. After 650+ hours in BG3 I realize I wasn't tired of gaming. I just had no patience for mediocrity.
This is me, 45 and lucky if I get an hour of gaming 3-5 hours a week. If I'm not feeling it uninstall. So I stick to Farcry and Dishonored as I have the muscle memory for the mechanics and know it will be a good time, if a bit repetitive (love you Farcry). Otherwise has to be exceptional to warrant my time
At 74 I like to play games I fell in love with years ago over and over. Fallout games, Dishonored games, Elder Scroll games, Killzone 2, etc. etc. I don't think a person ages out of games, but I'll get back to you when I get old.
51 and I would have enjoyed the Heck out of Bg3 20 years ago. Today I get sucked in if I have my inner peace and may get sucked in for a few days, then I suddenly lose interest. Even though I played all the gold box games, bg1 and 2, planescape etc. But yeah I played every major game the last 35 years and now I just pick the cherries, which are often not the AAA titles. Everything else looks like "been there, done that".
I am 70 still playing, as they say you don’t stop playing games because you get old ,you get old because you stop playing games. I have a carton full of pc games,and just bought a new gaming computer, probably the last but hey I enjoy playing. The thing is now games are so memory hungry they no longer come on dvd discs you have to download them.
Been a gamer for about 35 years now, always had a passion to play but the industry has definitely changed. I miss the days of buying a complete game with all its content and story, and it worked.
I think this is over exaggerated. Most recently I bought monster hunter, Elden ring, final fantasy 16, Zelda and FF7 rebirth. While some/most had dlc they all had plenty of content, a complete story and worked. I don’t think additional content is a bad thing. It is if they hold things back, but that’s not always the case. There’s plenty of good games out there.
It depends. If you need to play a game when they first come out it's a problem. I'm happy to wait until the game of the year edition comes out with all patches and DLC included. When Cyberpunk came out and was pulled from the PS Store, I got a vastly reduced steel box copy from my local store. Not to play right then but to hold onto until it was fixed. A few months later it was and had a free PS5 upgrade with. Awesome game and an absolute bargain.
@@jaybee4288final fantasy rebirth was now where near complete when released?! It looked like crap and the fps was not good. It took multiple patches and now it’s finally playable
I'm 57 year old woman and my first system was Nintendo and my first RPG was Zelda. Some of the things that keep me from gaming is often they're not made for me now. I don't want you to take that as anti first person shooter though that is not what I'm into. 😂 Some of my best experiences are Witcher and subsequent Zelda games Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are fantastic. But as I age I am having more difficulty with first person game modes. Tried playing Subnautica thinking I would love it but it made me terribly dizzy and it's just one of those things that happen as you get older. Another point is that I just want a variable difficulty level, sometimes I just don't want to deal with the big boss I want the story and forward movement. So being able to dial things up or down as I feel on a given day really appeals to me and doesn't happen in enough games in my opinion .Hopefully developers are looking through the comments and get some ideas about where the future of gaming should go and how to help develop inclusive games for everyone.
Damn I hope the dizzy thing doesn't happen to me, that must really suck, a friend of mine began to complain about this in the early days of true 3D games and I always felt bad for him. I've heard turning off motion blur can help in modern games, but I think everyone does that anyway😆. VR really messes me up though, but I haven't tried the newer headsets yet.
Yes absolutely. I used to live at my dad´s and my mom´s once a month. At my dad´s place i had high speed internet and a beast of a pc At my mon´s i had awfull internet speeds and a toaster of a pc I was only able to play 1 or 2 games at my moms online - Mount and blade: Warband But at my dad´s i could play any game on my list and often found it hard to choose. The result was: - I loved to play Mount and Blade when i was at my mom´s but found it boring when i was at my dad´s - I was less satisfied overall at my dad´s place because i had it all and couldn´t choose. - At my mom´s place I'd just be grateful that i could play anything at all and that the internet connection didn´t cut out too often. Honestly, because it was a struggle to play, it made it all the more enjoyable because i felt more grateful that it was possible at all. Its like having a bowl with 20 nuts vs having a bag with a kilo. People tend to place more value in every nut for the small amount than the bag. Scarcity of a good heightens its value and makes you enjoy it more. That just seems to be the way we are wired.
@SkyHighSpirits yeah. They showed something similar to this on that old show "brain games." They offered people jelly beans and when they only gave them a few flavors to pick from the people were usually satisfied with their choice. But when they offered them a tray with 30 different flavors and then asked if they were happy with what they chose, they usually weren't because they had wanted to try another flavor. The more complex life is and the more options you have, the more anxiety and stress about ones potential choices, and generally less satisfaction with what one has. Funny how we improve but simultaneously degrade our lives with everything we have at our fingertips these days
This is too reductive to be a comprehensive answer. If more choices necessitate less satisfaction across the board, it doesn’t explain why replaying games I love is very satisfying. There’s a temptation to use reductive answers because you want to be the guy who immediately grasps what’s wrong, but when you cast simple answers and walk away, you prevent understanding and actual insight.
I worked in the IT field for 40 years and am nearly 70. I started gaming at the very beginning of gaming. My first issue is that I have no one to play with who I feel a bond or connection with. I have a 45 year old son who games but isn't interested in doing it with me. My second issue, and likely why he won't play with me, is that I had a stroke 6 years ago and now I am very slow and often scatter brained. It is hard to concentrate. I will continue to game for as long as I can still do it but, it sure would be nice to have a friend to do it with.
I hope you can find folks with whom to play, and with whom you can form real friendships :) Maybe take the two commenters up on their offers! If not, I'm sure there are plenty of other people online who would be happy to make a new friend, even though it can take trial and error. Still, I know lovely bonds can come about from internet people just wanting to make a connection...my partner and I wish you luck!!
@@rong.2457 I'm happy to have received some replies to this. I play Guild Wars 2. I'm not sure how I'd join up with anyone from here as I'm not keen on posting private info here.
Hahaha! Yes, if dad found out I was toast for wasting electricity! Had to put a t-shirt over the PlayStation I left on and switch the TV off to make out I had shut it all down on more than one occasion playing the old final fantasys when a save point was not forthcoming. ❤
Wow, I think that's the most well put together video that I have seen for ages. Beautifully done, the music script and cutscenes almost became emotional, really good excellent! And spot on with the message, game developers should see this.
Unreal, Half-Life, Quake, Civilization, Descent, MDK, NOLF, ... how could anyone ever compete with the experience of playing these genre defining games for the first time?
Those of us in our 40s remember when we had 4 tv channels, and it was so much better than today because everyone would be watching the same thing and discussing it at school the next day… it’s similar to gaming I think - the days of Mario kart, pes soccer, burnout etc (my uni days) were so much better because there was relatively little choice, but the top games were sooooo much better than the rest and everyone you talked to was playing them and could come over for a smoke and goldeneye night… … bazookas only one shot kill, loser has to go to the door to let the pizza guy in
younger people find the games of the 2010's and 2020's exciting too. its not that today isn't a golden age. its just that games impact you the most when you're 10-25.
Abundance decreases excitement. Going to the store, buying a DVD, looking at the back cover while driving back and then finally getting to play.... Is so much better than browsing a 1000 games and then just playing at the click of a button.
@@bobjob2514 I think they probably meant looking at the back cover while someone else drives you back, that's how it was for me looking at the back cover and manual of Lunar 2: Eternal Blue 23 years ago lol
@@savagej4y241 I certainly hope so. lol. That said, your sarcastometer is in the mail. I hope your mailman isn’t having the same issue with back covers. 😉 For real, though: don’t take me seriously. I just want to see a few smiles.
You're right; when I was a kid and didn't have access to the same amount of $ that I do today, games were not taken for granted so I had more time to appreciate all that it had to offer.
As a 62 yr old coming from a generation of young teenagers 70's-80's, we were the pioneers of the early digital games, I have played countless games at countless times, now at my age I have settled down with one time favorite which is now 12 yrs old, SKYRIM.
Definitely. I'm close to your age, and I've also spent countless hours playing Skyrim. I seem to discover something new on every playthrough. I have other old favorites I've returned to over the years, even the original Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment etc. Those games were not simple, even if the graphics were crude by modern standards. I find I'm more and more selective as I get older, and some types of games just don't do it for me at all (first person shooters not my thing), but I still manage to find new ones I enjoy from time to time.
@@e.l.wagner9766 I could not agree even more with you, I find RPG's are far more interesting and I have shied away from first person shooters which I was into back in the 90's to early 2000's, now not anymore, I completely turned my back on Call of Duty, its a total disgrace to me.
42 yr old, father, and teacher, and veteran gamer here. Everything you mentioned in part 3 is me. But, then I rediscovered books. I promise you, you will never regret spending your free hour with a book in a hammock on a sunny day.
27 here. I constantly find myself underwhelmed and unimpressed with new releases. At this point in gaming nostalgia and a love for the hobby are all that keep me going. I’m not even old by any stretch, I just can’t play mindless garbage and would rather relive the classics.
Being the same age it’s so true like I started playing games again after 5-6 years of gap and I have only played big highly rated titles I have been blown away by RDR2 and liked games like Gow but I can’t help but feel frustrated by open world games like Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon that you have to do that stupid things again and again although I’m a professional 3d artist and I love how much things have changed but still gets a little underwhelmed by stuff mostly
A developer was pushing back on the ever increasing call for "realism". Reality is realistic and people don't always like it that much. Yea. Games are there to be fun, they don't HAVE to be realistic.
@@castirondude I still have Oblivion as my most played game of all time and that game hasn’t aged gracefully In terms of graphics. It’s the seemingly never ending amount of things to do and how immersive the story telling is.
I actually find more joy watching _other_ people experience my childhood classics than I tend to find playing new games myself (which I barely have time for now). Whether it's my kids exploring Kokiri Village, or a RUclipsr like Boundary Break or Any Austin exploring the amazing hidden nooks and crannies the devs never thought anyone would see, it's a nostalgic and oddly comforting way for me to enjoy the hobby.
Yea, good point about the Classics. There's a reason they are classic and that's bc they have stood the test of time. I just ordered the NES classic so I can re-play some of these classics in the classic manner with simple controllers and ROM based gaming that you lose all your progress of once the system is shut down. Gaming classics can become like classic literature as far as I'm concerned.
Wow... exactly the same experiences I have now at 63 years old trying to find a game I want to play... non-trivial to say the least... Great video! Thank you!
Probably a combo of both. I know I've changed some..and also life is busier..I want to play games but when I do I struggle to find one now. Destiny was my last big hoorah..and it's in the dumps right now so
As I get older, I'm actually starting to feel guilty when I find time to game. Feel like I should be doing something around the house or playing with the kids
If you have children who are child age you are not old, you are simply busy. That's good, it means you are an attentive parent. But kids get older and then they leave and you will have plenty of time and feel no guilt. Also don't buy into the whole "gaming is for teens/immature people". The belief that once you reach a certain age you should only garden, read and knit! There are plenty of us 50+ gamers. BTW we can also enjoy reading and gardening etc as well as gaming. :) Also even as an attentive parent its not only good for you to have a hobby, its good for your kids too. Kids need to learn how to play alone as well as with others. Balance.
Easy Peasy, just game with the kids. Even if they are relatively little, I saw my 4 year old struggling with Mario Kart. Helping and guiding him, seeing him improve and his unfiltered excitement, actually put a huge smile on my face.
Exactly!!! This feeling like looking at your watch or behind you like someone is judging you for having fun instead of doing something you would enjoy...
It's weird. As a child I could play for hours and not tire of the game. But now I find myself with too many options, not enough time, and not enjoying games in the same way I used to.
That's how it is. You get jaded over time from overexposure to awesome stuff. Then to add insult to injury the games shift direction. Resident Evil for example is NOT the Resident Evil i loved growing up... it's a f'ing action shooter lol. From fixed camera perspective with a B horror like atmosphere, to a first person shooter. That's harsh enough. THEN if you have actual f'ing brains this DEI, LGBTQ bs adds even more to your problems lol. We age out of the market, it sucks but that's how it is, and this current generation of devs are Marxists activists and NOT game developers. They sell agenda's and racial identity politics, NOT video games. That's a leathal combo Mama!
You're video was amazing...I felt like it was listening to myself!!!!! Everything you said is so true and I would like to add one day soon a game will come along that I know we will fall in love with like the way it was in the golden years of gaming ❤
When you were a kid it was just you and the game nothing else mattered whereas today it's you and you probably got kids, bills to pay, family to look after all on your mind.
at least you had food... my childhood was in the 90's when the USSR was destroyed by USA and we fell into chaos, i didn't know what pizza was in the 90's
The saying “both things can be true at the same time” can be expanded to…all your scenarios are applicable. As a 75 year old gamer I’ve lived and played through gaming’s entire culture and have reached saturation point several times. I’m currently in the VR stage and that will satisfy me for the next few years. Beyond that horizon only you “youngins” will experience the next natural progression of gaming…most likely holographic experiences. Don’t despair, none of us will lose our passion. We ARE gamers!
Septuagenarians picking up gaming warms my heart, because you actually had to take the time to learn it and how to use a console or PC, which is already a huge task for people in that age range. You didn't necessarily grow up with it your daily lives like anyone born from 1970s onward. I say game on, granny or grampa. We also need you to break the mould and push gaming forward.
And here I thought I was an "old Gamer" at 64!😂 I started in 1974 so there isn't a lot I haven't seen either. When Modding really became a thing in the PC space, I knew I would play forever. I have 8121.6 hours in Fallout 4 because of it. Just over the last few weeks a major DLC sized Mod called "Fallout London" dropped. It looks amazing. As long as there is something worth playing, I'm in.
I once read an article about playing (not video games, but toys) with children. The article stated that a child plays without a purpose just because they consider it fun. However this is not normal for adults. Even when adults pretend to play with something they actually do it just to learn new skills and just playing is boring for them. That's why most parents love their kids but hate playing with them. Back when I played Tiberian Sun as a child I would spend hours just building my base and scouting the map. When I play it as an adult I just like to come up with an efficient way to beat the level.
True it almost feels as a job sometimes. A fun job but a job nonetheless, completing the game as efficiently as possible. I also tend to have to force myself to complete games just to feel like I did not waste the money and more importantly the time spent playing. Totaly stupid if you write it out because the purpose should be fun. But in reality it sometimes just isn't.
I’m 53, got Pong for Christmas in ‘78, and have spent thousands of hours playing games. I am overwhelmed by open world games even though I love them. If we ever go into lock down again, I actually might finish one.
At 74, I play one game: Skyrim. I haven’t become bored because Skyrim modding, whether through Nexus or Wabbajack, is alive and very, very well. As for other games, I don’t find them sticky like my beloved modded Skyrim.
I'm 52, and I've spent thousands of hours over the last eight years playing Skyrim. With the modding scene, there's always something new to plug in and experience. I'm about to start another playthrough ... just gotta figure out which new mod broke the game so I can get it going again! 😅
In my 50s, played all the Elder Scroll games starting with Arena. I enjoy the solo playing and the freedom of Skyrim. I most enjoy character building, creating backstories, and sticking to that in my playthroughs.
I'm 62 years young and still love playing video games. Video games are my time for chilling out. I would have to agree with you in my 30s and 40s I slowed down a bit. But now that I'm Retired I love it. Keeps me young.🎉
"I am now 38, started gaming in the 90's, it all felt so special. The transition from the SNES to PS2 was truly amazing. I also bought the PS2 magazines and played the demos. What is amazing to me is that games like GTA 3 came out and were done-no updates! When I finally got time to play, my PS5 needs updates, then the game needs updates. Having a family, I just don’t have the time or motivation to start up. But I truly miss the 'golden years' of gaming..."
It's come to the point I'll boot up my console or game app just for the sake of downloading updates... Just in case I want to squeeze in an hour of gaming. Turning 40 coming May and I totally get you!
I felt that. I can't tell you how many times I and my friends planned to get on a game later in the evening only for me to turn on the console and have a multi-gig download pretty much stop my evening.
I remember playing some of those PS1 and PC demos that you got in magazines over and over back in the days. It was a totally different time and the fact that you couldn't just buy tons of great games all the time made the games more valuable for me. Remember getting a new Gameboy / SNES / N64 game and excitedly reading the manual on the way back home? I will never get that feeling again. BUT some games still impressed me when I got older. I think of Skyrim, Witcher 3 and Baldurs Gate 3. These games did not gave me the same exciting feeling that I had when I was a young boy but they really, really hooked me. I also had tons of fun playing a lot of other games like CS and DayZ but nowadays I'm kind of in the same spot that you describe in this video. I do not play a lot anymore, nothing really catches or excites me nowadays. Sure playing CS or DayZ with friends or grinding some D4 is not too bad but it doesn't get anywhere near the excitement I once had for games. But heres hope for Witcher 4 and TES6 ;-)
Absolutely. Not much with games (personally) since I've found a niche of nice games to play. But movies and series definitely I watch less and less. One gets more picky with what to watch.
yeah. I also feel like back in the day there were those websites where you could quickly read about different titles and what people thought about them. now you need too look for new titles yourself. that is actually more difficult and it is indeed time consuming. maybe trying to find all that info as a truly young person who is 17 would have been exciting but I work as a teacher and honestly I spend most of my creativity and free time trying to create new exciting ways for kids to learn...
I am a Game Dev who grew up in those early days of gaming. I clocked many hours on the Atari, Apple 2e and Commodore 64. What you said is so true with how as a gamer, and as an industry gaming has changed so much. But as I push to my bosses, I think the a huge change is on the way again. My parents generation grew up with television, in their spare time they watched TV. My generation is the 1st generation to grow up gaming. In our spare time, we game, still, today, although as you said the type of games we play are very different. The thing is My generation is now heading towards retirement. Suddenly all those barriers to gaming will be gone. Family has grown and left home, have lots of disposable income and suddenly all the time in the world. I believe the industry is in for a huge pivot again as it moves away from young players of limited means to retirees with lots of time and lots of disposable income to game
That's an interesting perspective, but will it see good games being made again, or will it go the same route as TV went, where "TV for pensioners" is just full of weird nonsense that no one, not even the pensioners, really enjoy?
Oh i can add my 2cents on this, that i totally agree with OP. As mentioned first gamer generation growing old and after kids moves, make their own families that first gamer generation now is seniors. And i actually had a chance to feel and see, back in days, like 6-7 years ago i was really hooked on World of Tanks, still to this day on my account i have a nice performance scores, 20K+ ish matches played ant tons of time spent, and during my time when i was in few different Clans i did noticed that most of the time i was probably youngest clan member of all, all other team mates were at their 40-50 ish years some older. Till this day i got a really great friend with who we team play lots of games from Wot times who is almost 10 years older than me. So concept mentioned by op is kind accurate, and with time we might see this change.
When I was a kid back in late seventies, early eighties I thought I would become just like any old person at my time. I thought I would listen to the same music, eat the same food, wear the same clothes, etc. We will rock, game and dress just as we used to. The generations after will hope they never become like us. So boring, strange clothes, weird taste for music etc. Can't wait for games suited for the older generations when I arrive.
I think your final statement of "all of these things can be true at once" really hits the nail on the head. Video games *have* changed. We *have* gotten older. The world and society have also changed. As an adult your interests, priorities, and responsibilities in life are not the same as they were when you were a child. We can also now do things IRL instead of on the computer. Why spend all my time playing Minecraft when I can work on a project on my *real* house, or my car, etc. etc. Instead of playing video games and I can do volunteer work for a few hours, or hang out with my friends, in person. These days I've found that I enjoy playing board games and card games with my friends, in person, much more than hanging out online. There's no replacement for actual human interaction. Rudy from Alpha Investments also touched on this in one of his recent videos. You can buy a box of cards, hang on to it for 20 years, and after all that time everything around that box has changed. You no longer live in the same reality you did 20 years ago, or even 2 years ago.
I feel like gamers changed and I stayed the same. I want single player games. Younger gamers want every game to be multiplayer. So the industry has adjusted to what young gamers want and I don't blame them. It just sucks for me.
as someone who mainly plays multiplayer games like factorio, stellaris, barotrauma etc. im not entirely sure why i dont feel like playing singleplayer games as much as i used to. i remember playing so much on my nintendo ds completely alone as i had no siblings, friends or internet connection and i loved it at the time. i later got a ps3 i must have spent thousands of hours on it and had a blast, again alone. when i got my first pc i again did an unhealthy amount of gaming yet again alone until the point where i was able to pay for my own internet connection (around 18). i had run into space station 13 around this time and it was the first multiplayer game i had really played. i put hundreds and hundreds of hours into it and managed to create a group of friends which i now play said multiplayer games with at semi regular intervals. though now when i go back to my singleplayer games i feel like something is missing. sometimes im able to play them without that nagging feeling (DV: rings of saturn managed to hook me in for 100 hours). i think ive just had enough of being alone while playing video games (ive even been rewatching some classic movies such as the thing, alien and other cool movies ive come across with a friend) im so sick of being alone.
Id love a single player game with a mysterious plot and a grand reveal at the end or a big twist. But im tired of running and gunning hundred of foes that are trying to slow my progress. Instead I prefer tricky levels and puzzles to get to the next part.
There's still plenty of modern single player games. I have God of War and God of War Ragnarok, The Last of Us 1 and 2, all 5 of the Uncharted games, Stellarblade, Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West, all the new Resident Evil games and remakes, 3 different Tomb Raider games, and probably a dozen indie games and plenty of others I forgot to mention. Too many for me to list. I don't play any online games at all ever. They're all single player games
I'm almost 60 and retired. It's never been easier for me to find a game I like. I play everything-puzzle games, platformers, rpg's, online comp. shooters, etc. When you have lots of free time and literally thousands of titles in your libraries from all the sales, Humble Bundles, and giveaways, it's easy to enjoy almost anything.
That's down to attitude & expectation. A "glass half full" mindset. Much more common as we grow up & find the perspective which comes with life experience.
@@joeshmoe9233 yep, to me it is impossible to get bored on PC there are just too many genres and small hidden gem you can only find if you venture out. I am ok with almost 700 games in library (not counting the 4k games retro consoles library). But my staple food has been CS for a decade now before that I was orbiting on Starcraft 2 and total war warhammer. Man I strongly recommend you Mechabellum it's the best autobattler ever :)
Seriously. People wax nostalgia about the "golden days of gaming" from 20 years back or more and I'm like what. We have games nowadays that would have NEVER been possible back then. I have a few thousand hours in a fantasy strategy game series, Total War: Warhammer 1, 2 and 3, that is three full games combined into one gigantic world map with over 272 factions. Buying it all at once is a pretty penny but the series started in 2016, has had a ton of high quality DLC to go with free DLC, large free updates and factions reworks (some of which have been suggested by the playerbase), and the best part being the incredible mod scene that has over 15,000 mods (some which include fan voice acting!!!). This game series recently had a less than stellar DLC release to go with a price hike, fans made a huge deal out of it and the studio listened, took our concerns to heart and changed their release strategy AND pricing strategy going forward. NONE of this would have been possible without the internet and modern tech advancements.
The year was 2006. Me and my younger brother used to run towards my ps2 after returning from school. That familiar sound of San Andreas booting up. Spending countless hours exploring the mount chiliad and looking for bigfoot in the nearby forest. Then we would play games like WWE Here comes the pain, Resident Evil 4, Smackdown vs Raw, Tomb Raider Legends. How amazingly beautiful life used to be....
I used to play wwf no mercy for the n64 and baseball as well back in 2002 I was about 12. Then I got addicted to max Payne the original for ps2. Man it was so fun that time. I get what you mean 😢
San Andreas was the pinnacle for me. Since that game, nothing has compared or had the same appeal. Even though I loved RDR2, it just wasn't the same. At times it felt like a part time job.
I grew up with the ps2 San Andreas, which was my introduction into GTA. I played so many games on the ps2, but one of my favorites was Def Jam: Fight for NY it never got a remaster and was never ported to other platforms
Wow bro, you just spat out every thought in my head. I'll be like 'yeah let's play a game' and then switch it on and look endlessly at games. Between running my own business, raising solo three kids, other commitments ect, the stress gets to you. I feel games have less story than they used to. Story is what gets me. The characters feeling smooth.
I don't have any friends to play with anymore. Back when I was younger and had real social circles, videogames helped me connect with my friends. We'd bond over war stories from Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, and practiced fiercely to beat each other in Smash Bros and Guitar Hero. And those are some of the fondest memories I have. Now, it's hard to make friends let alone hang out to play video games. And even when you have a friend you can play games with, maybe THEY are too worn out and busy to play.
@@crzycolchris Look into the CRPG genre. Also, Baldur's Gate 3, Skyrim, Fallout 3/Fallout New Vegas. A Tale of Two Wastelands project. Enderal: Forgotten Stories. And if you had favorite classic games, look to see if they've been released digitally or are getting a re-release. Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse made it out of IP hell and is on Steam now. Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a re-release. Most awesome old school titles are under $20 these days, not including sales.
As someone who has just started gaming in my mid-40s, I can offer this perspective: it’s really, really surprising how many of the most popular and top-rated games stick to the same formula: first-person shooter/first-person combat games where the player is involved in sporadic action scenes, frequently interrupted by fairly long B-grade movie clips, or the need to solve a really simplistic mystery like how to open a door. If games are going to be developed with movie-like stories, and movie-like acting, then game producers need to up their game and avoid the B-grade quality acting and storylines/scripts that seem like they’re written for 12-year-olds. Honestly, this formula is getting really tired.
I analysed uncharted 2 and it uses exactly the pattern you described. It’s shooting -> cut scene -> riddle -> repeat. I stopped the time for how long each part took me. And now I see the pattern all the time. Last time with god of war ragnarok
That recipe was stale 10 years ago, but people keep buying this crap, so they keep making more. I say anker up in the bay and only buy the games you fall in love with. Pirating is good for the industry!
Bro, you nailed it. I’m a 57 year old casual gamer. Arcades and Atari as a kid. Grew up and… responsibilities. Have a bud of 30+ years. We get online a couple times a week, as much to catch up as to play. Always co-op. Life changes and changes us. ✌️
We're about the same age, I just turned 58, and I remember in the early 80s I couldn't wait to get some change to play some arcade games like Galaxian, Pacman and Space Invaders. Galaxian was my favorite. Now I have a PS5, PSVR2 and a gaming laptop. These games are now very sophisticated, but the amount of violence is incredible, especially for someone with my game background. I've been playing Half Life Alyx on my PSVR2 and the experience is amazing, so games have come a long way.
I am 57 and have a gaming friend since 22 years ago. We are both retired and still play video games almost every night. We have probably played every coop game there is.
Just getting back into gaming at 56 years old and I tell you its very overwhelming, but fun at the same time. Your video made some wonderful points and actually helped me compartmentalize my choices and gave me some clarity as to how I should approach this hobby as I get older. Thank you.
This really hits hard. At 35, I feel more and more stressed as the days go by. I feel like I miss out everything I love to do, be it games, reading, and so on... And the ironic thing is that, like many said, when I finally create the time to play games and sit down, I just don't feel like it most of the time. The feeling of guilt whispers ever so loudly due to responsibilities piling up. Guess I'll be playing only a handful of old classics I've always loved as the time goes on. HoMM 3, Civ 4, XCOM, AoE2 etc. I think it's more about us getting older rather than games being significantly worse.
I totally understand what you're saying. I am your age and i feel the same. Even when i got some time on my hands i just don't feel like getting into the game. At some point just sitting in the garden and staring at the mountain landscape for long minutes is a lot more rewarding.
Gaming used to be a fun way to waste time and meet people and show your skills in games or enjoy some immersive singleplayer stuff. It still can be that way but to me lots of modern games are boring and dry crap. I also feel that i waste my time if i play more than 4 or 5 hours a day. Usually i play about 1 to 3 hour a day and feels good enough for me without it getting boring. I enjoy training more and working on my business and gaming is just a nice little reward to relax for me nowdays rather than a hobby. I am 31 to clarify forget to add that currently play Fallout New Vegas and emulating monster hunter games on pc it's good stuff.
I'm 36 years old and just started up Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS5. I'm so overwhelmed! I find myself wanting to go back to simpler games a lot, just because they're easier to start and stop.
I’m 68% through RDR2 and I recently reinstalled it to try and play again. The amount of items in my inventory must be over 100. Also forgotten how to do certain actions. Crazy how complex the game is
im 34 and i would love to get into the battle royales and the call of duty stuff but my brain just wont let me do it. I remember when games were relaxing. Now they are too high pace and stressful.
Same at 33. All I need is a game that uses 1 D pad (or 1 joystick) and 4 buttons with only a few things to do in menu. There is so many things you can do in game menu/maps/options these days that sometimes I feel like I'm wasting my time in them rather than playing the game. I don't know how to explain it otherwise. Also, the loading times for some games are pure madness. I guess you can call me a boomer lol.
5. Rise of smartphones, we were so ignorant with gaming consoles because it's the only fun technology we have before and that's why it's a luxury, also it's not easy for us to research the secrets, or hints to beat a game now you just get ur phone in ur pocket and search the walkthrough
@@forestlink6673 hey , interesting, maybe this is why it doenst apply to me, i do NOT have a mobile phone at all and still enjoy a lot of new games, hogwarts, avatar and others.
you raised some really good points that I hadn't even thought about. Up till now, I really did think that I just couldn't find something to play but the reality is maybe I just don't want to sink so much time into learning skill trees, min-maxing a build, running a guild, etc.
About to be 40 with full custody of 4 kids, even though I may not have as much time due to work and life…I still play old to new stuff…I prefer stream now.foe me games are like reading a book I like to build up my achievements and experience what I can on the gaming side before I die, and Elden ring is my most played pc game ever..:beating left 4 dead 1 in 2009. And I’m still playing elden ring, also I’m more into hybrid gaming like a steam deck.
I am in my 40s as well, and still like Gaming, but I feel that many Games lack that "excitement" for me. Part of that is of course me, I am no longer a Teenager after all, but part of it is also the Games. I feel like most Games these days are just filled with "busywork" and don't reward you for just heading out and exploring. I still like playing Skyrim, although it is not as free and open as Daggerfall was and not as stunningly beautiful as Oblivion. Elderscrolls Online is a Game I would really love even more, if it was Single Player. Strangely, I really enjoy playing Rocket League, simply because it is quick and easy to get into. Same goes for Fortnite, despite all the Insanity going on in that Game. It's like a new Game every time I get back into it after a few months. But what I really miss is that feeling of wonder and awe I used to get when just heading out into the Wilderness of Skyrim or exploring some caves and finding Dwemer Ruins or some magical portal in there...
I am 51, my childhood gaming was in the 80s. Those games were incredibly primitive by today's standards, but I would stay up all night playing them. As I get older work takes a toll, my imagination is not what it used to be, it is harder for me to get into games. I usually just play online games that I have been playing for years. I try new games, but often I get bored with them really quick, or find them too demanding. But once in a while a game still grabs me.
I would definitely agree about the demanding aspect... I don't want to have to memorize a 27 minute boss battle that has 3 phases. Being able to start a video game, play 20-45 minutes, get some things accomplished, and log off is nice. I don't want missions which require me to be logged into the game for an hour or so, or to have to join a PVP queue, etc.... Just let me game by myself, or have friends join in, and make it so I can just explore/fight as I want...not as I'm being told to by an NPC. I really get tired of having cut-scenes every 78 seconds when I'm trying to learn a new game too.... that does NOT make me enjoy the game more, or feel more invested in the story. I think this is what was so great about the original Legend of Zelda. You could begin playing...had no objective you HAD to complete, and log out. When logging out, hopefully you had explored something new, killed some enemies to make money and/or acquired some extra items in the time you played, which will help you the next time you get on and have an hour to complete a dungeon, etc...
Absolutely agreed. That is why I mostly play Snowrunner at the age of 51 which is more of a gaming meditation practice than video game ;) Or a few multiplayer matches with my daughter in Call of Duty.
I'd say that you're chasing the 'tried and tested' dopamine hits of what you used to have and trying to recapture those old feelings, because you're too ADD to invest yourself into something new. It's not just you. It's happening to nearly everyone.
@@childofthesun32it’s not ADD. It’s spending an entire day at work just to start some 800 hour open world game and everything you need to do in that game feels like more work.
@@no-budhee6657 satisfactory in a nut shell. Also the same with Zelda tears of a kingdom. Hey I want to play the game but I need to collect 500 bombs and arrows before doing what I want to actually do.
Going back and playing older games that I grew up with and even games I missed out on back then has just proven to me that it’s the industry and not just me losing interest in games. I don’t have the time either to keep up with it
For my generation, (in my 50s so a teen in the 80s) and particular where I lived, we were blessed with arcades - places that were a cocktail of gaming, arcade machines light years ahead of what you could do at home, hanging out, sharing experiences with mates, and enjoying the joys of youth away from home. It was a place away from anything being caught by social media of today - everything was in the moment. Living life rather than recording it on a phone. A golden age.
Arcades were brilliant back in the 80s (Dragons Lair and Galaga were my favourites)... We often go to arcades when on holiday, and the games are terrible now. I suppose things changed when home games systems got better than arcade games. Also the fact you can save your progress now, makes arcades redundant 😢
As 44 years old man with 12 hour shifts, i wish that i have more time to play games, but best experience for me was when i used to play with my buddies. Joking around, bunch of jokes, funny stories, few beers if we had money for it 😂🤣. Life separated us in different jobs, towns and to different duties. I miss those days, now i am happy to play game which i love. I enjoy the most when i play Red Dead Redemption 2,what a game, what a story, what journey and one and only Arthur Morgan! Thank u Rockstar for breath taking game and Diamond of gaming industry!!! Greetings to all of u people from Serbia 😊.
@@TheAbandonedAccount7 Have not played Red Dead Online not even a 1 minute,ahahaha. Simply was not interested for it. I needed almost 2 months to finish RDR 2 because of my job.
Born in the 70's and gaming since the commodore 64, I felt this. I recently decided to play games more often again after 10 years of hardly finishing anything. There was always some excuse not to commit. With the games I like there is always a part to create a character and then get through some tutorial, which usually takes up at least 2 to 3 hours, if not more. That's a luxury I simply didn't have, trying to keep a career going and being there for my family and pets. The games I like also have elements that weren't there in the past, like researching and crafting and keeping track of inventories and scanning and whatnot. It all feels like chores to me. I have to keep track of so many things in real life, I just don't feel like doing all kinds of side-stuff just so I can continue my game with better gear. I just want to jump in, epxerience a story, help NPC's with some side quests and shoot bad guys along the way. I just want to loot what's in front of me and be done with it. And so I simply stopped playing. The only game I managed to finish in those 10 years is Dishonered on PS4. Which is a plain sad score. But there is light at the horizon. I'm at the start of my 50's now. Familiy is doing fine on their own and they don't need me as much as they did before. I decided to cut back my work hours as well, so there is time to play again. As for all the annoying chores, I turn to mods. No more scanning 300 planets for hours to find some bloody rare chrystal so I can finally get the right scope for my snipergun or whatever. Whoever invented those things should be locked up. Since I only play singleplayer games, I'm not harming anyone with the mods. It keeps me immersed in the story of the game and that's time well spent.
Yes, definitley agree. Those massive open worlds feel like a big laundry list of things to get, places to go, and people/things/monsters to deal with. Too much like the real world! Not the escape that I was looking for.
One thing that is really nice about Fallout New Vegas in particular is that the beginning is quick and you can make a character who is fully neutral and barely needs to kill anything, giving you all the time just to enjoy the quests and the story (and you get a lot more of it when playing that way) Fallout 3 is like the opposite. Huge intro that takes like 2 hours, and plodding early game with TONS of combat, minimal character interaction. Just "meat walls".
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” ― Lao Tzu Live for the now, be at peace. If you want to play now, then do so. Don't worry about how gaming at your age will dictate your future or reminisce too much about the "good old days" of youth gaming. Just play now and enjoy.
If you dont understand where you have been how can you figure out where you actually want to go? Because it increasingly feels like nobody is at the wheel...
I’m 54 years old and have been gaming since I was 14. I started with the Commodore 64, then moved on to the Amiga 500, 1000, CD32 console, PlayStation 1, and eventually Windows PCs. Over the course of my life, I think I’ve played around 10,000 games. I gamed consistently until 2011, then took a break and started again 12 years later. A lot has changed in those 12 years: Steam has taken over, DVDs are a thing of the past, the selection of games is enormous, and DLCs are everywhere. Games have definitely improved in terms of graphics and animations, but honestly, that’s about it. I’ve noticed there are far more third-person shooters now, and I’m still not quite used to the cover-based systems. :-) Many games also clutter the screen with HUD elements, making it unnecessary to actually scan for enemies yourself. As for stealth games, I had hoped the AI would have significantly improved by now. But here we are, still throwing stones to distract deaf and blind NPCs-just like we’ve been doing for the past 25 years.
This video brought a tear to my eye. Another reason it's so hard for me to find a game I truly like nowadays is because I'm still yearning for the nostalgia of the past. I don't think I will ever get it back.
When I was young, I had a massive urge to achieve all my goals in game, progressing through the game. Now as I get older, I just want to achieve something in real life.
No one questions whether ever increasing realism is a good thing. It's a game. It's not reality. We don't need reality. We need games. There is a sweet spot there somewhere, and we passed it more than 10 years ago.
@@AKUJIVALDO True, but xboxes are garbage that die all the time. I switched to playstation and those are very reliable, but still not sure how long you can use the physical media.
I'm 52. There are always new games coming out that I like, and I've been gaming 40+ years. Mainstream, Indie, AA, whatever. Quality titles still come out, amidst the dross.
I think this is a key point. Same principle applies to video content (and by that I mean everything you watch, but don't directly interact with - TV shows, films, RUclips, Tik Tok etc'). Anyone with a phone (which is nigh-on everybody now) can make a video and upload it. It takes zero buy-in, besides the phone itself, which the person probably already has. Go back however long and that was just not the case. Anything you watched had to be decent quality, because it cost so much to make that if it was bad and failed, it wouldn't make its money back. Same, to a lesser degree, goes for games. Making games is much easier than it used to be, because you don't need a distribution network to distribute physical cartridges or disks, you can just provide it online. This means there are a lot of really bad games (mostly in the mobile space) that you need to filter through to get to the good ones.
If you are older you played most games you saw everything, nothing feels new. You played 10/10 games and your demands increase as you get older. The same games from 20 years ago made me happy when i Was 9, but are not good enough for me today
Yes!! I got on a big retro kick recently and busted out my old Xbox and PS2 and started playing a bunch of my childhood favorites....only to quickly get bored after 20 minutes.
Many of the same games that made me happy 20 years ago are still just as great today , I even appreciate everything about their creative design and strengths more so now In deeper ways after realizing what It's like to truly have consistently worse quality and lack of originality dealing with so many post-6th gen modern games. Age doesn't dictate or have anything to do with It for me , my GOATs are my GOATs because they keep holding up or keep me coming back. We're just long past the peak golden age of this Industry now and many gamers don't wanna admit It imo.
@@kcadventures1454 That's strange. When I went on a retro binge, it basically never ended. I decided to drop modern gaming for the most part. Though if you are actually bringing your old console out, that could be the problem. I did that too, the low res and framerate etc can get annoying. Try emulating it. I've just been emulating old games for a while now and many old games hold up well.
@@kcadventures1454I feel the same way about retro gaming. Love the aesthetic, bored by simplistic gameplay. Our tastes change over the years, and video game design has evolved. I know some people may not like that, but I prefer games with a lot of depth, complexity and systems to manage.
Fantastic video! When I was younger, I was a "gamer" right down to my soul. Games got unmistakably better over time, but my attitude towards them has evolved. With age, I approach it more subtly: Today, "gamer" is no longer something that I am; it is merely something that I do.
What I've noticed is that: - Some games revolve very much about having fast reflexes, aiming precision, knowing certain combos. To learn these properly you'll need to sink a lot of time in them or you will remain bad at them, and as you get older, these games get tougher and also less entertaining due to their repetitive nature. Kids can watch a movie they like on repeat and enjoy it, but as an adult, that doesn't work anymore. As an adult, such a game may be nice to give your brain a rest and zone out a bit. - Some games revolve around complex strategies with complex, interacting mechanics like the civilization series. Ain't got no time to study all that and besides, playing such a game feels a lot like work to me. I already do enough of that during the day. - Modern games often want the player to progress through a story or it is otherwise communicated that some kind of progression is expected. This makes starting up the game already feel like a chore. Early games never expected the player to go through a progression curve, you just entered a level which was very similar to all the other levels and just interacting with the game was it's own reward. Sofar I found that the Hitman series offer a nice balance to me where each session can be as short as 15 minutes but longer if you want to, some strategic thinking is helpful, but there are no complex mechanics to master and you can also just mess around and have fun interacting with stuff and shooting your way through a level if you don't feel like strategizing and just want to zone out a bit.
@@GryTrk I'm double that just lost my father but you can't start with life's to short cause you'll miss it, find what you enjoy and enjoy it cause it will be over all to soon
Nailed it buddy. It's for these reasons that I can't properly enjoy any of the "soulslike" games or CRPG's like BG3 even though I'm objective enough to know that they are great games for their audience. I haven't got the time or the patience anymore to have my ass handed to me 50 times by a boss because I have to memorize an entire moveset and react with multiple different inputs in the space of 1-2 seconds. And any game that has vast, complex mechanics that you almost need to study to even understand how to play the game properly? Sorry, but to me that's work, not fun. I don't mind story driven games as long as it's well delivered, has a good cast of characters and above all else, is fun to play.
57 year old gamer here. I am a suckered for well written story heavy games. If that story is engaging enough, I love it to be long, so even if I just have an hour to play, I can look forward to starting it up to continue. Cyberpunk 2077 is a perfect example. I don't need things that force me to grind or have too complex mechanisms. I usually play at normal difficulty, but if I can't continue with the story because a fight is too difficult, I have no shame in turning the level down for it.
I didn't like Cyberpunk 2077. Not for the story, it was OK, I just get no satisfaction being a thug. Same reason I despise the GTA series. I'm sure it's fun and all that, if you can get over the lack of morality. Call me old-fashioned, I just don't enjoy gratuitous bullshit especially when so much of your "gain" is at the expense/death of innocent/civilian NPCs. I don't enjoy reinforcing morally dubious actions. I prefer games with a little better messaging, or at least being on the side that's not trying to burn down the world. Got enough of that in real life, don't need it in my video game as well. Would rather roast the bastard who has so little disregard for others. Anyone who enjoys reaping rewards/pleasure at the great expense (or by taking the life) of others who do not deserve to pay the price (the ones that aren't murderers/thugs/etc.) isn't worth my time to engage with. Unless it's at the end of a shotgun, delivering some level of virtual justice. That's my little trip, anyway.
Yeah i just started that myself, im finding it hard to get into though. The story is kind of all over the place at least early on. Wish there was a third person option. Does the story get better in it?
I'm the opposite in terms of needing it to be long. I think 6-10 hours is perfect for me. If a game goes on and on I usually end up putting it down before I finish it and then when I pick it up again I've either forgotten what is happening or forgotten how to play it. Space Marine 2 was pretty much perfect for me and is probably the first single player game I've completed in at least 5 years.
As someone that has been gaming since the NES days I find it difficult to find anything that doesn't feel derivative to the point where the "been there, done that" feeling sets in very quickly and I just go back to something older. To me, it feels like the industry is very stagnant and risk averse and there really isn't anything groundbreaking/revolutionary.
People form their preferences in their teenaged years. By 30, most people aren't exploring new entertainment anymore. They're trying to reclaim their past feelings rather than add new ones. I suspect that our brains just run out of space for new things to like. Regardless, I love retro games! 😊👴🏾
My husband and I are old school computer gamers. I am nearing 50 and he is over 50. We still play a lot of games because that is how we spend time together. But it is definitely different than when we were younger. Since gaming is more my passion, I keep track of all the games that I think look good. He is happy to play the new Assassin’s Creed or Far Cry even though I warn him about the lack of much evolution. I haven’t felt in love with an AC game since Ezio. Since I have more free time than he does I play smaller cozy games as well. I miss the excitement I felt as a kid getting a new King’s Quest, or Quest for Glory, or whatever Lucas Arts was putting out. To get back to the point of the video, I would say both we as older players and games have changed. I can’t get together with my friends and discuss the newest game I played because I am the only one still playing games. So I find that I choose to play games with partys like Persona 5 to go back to a time where I had friends I could share my gaming passion with. I try to stay away from early access and read more reviews to find the right games now instead of just any game. I am tired of buying games that aren’t finished like Cyberpunk 2077. I am tired of games that are barely more than a reskin of the last one. I want more Baldur’s Gate 3 and less Assassin’s Creed Mirage. But maybe that is just part of getting older. It takes more to really surprise me and immerse me in a new world. Just my 2 cents
I agree totally. I loved the AC games, but I haven't played the last 4 releases. The last Far Cry was such a disappointment that I haven't returned to it, preferring to revisit the older games.
I am 59 and all my friends look at me like I am mad, because I still play games. The only people I can talk to about games are a lot younger than me. Nagging my daughter to play Assassin's creed 1 just for fun
I'm 37 and it's this exact feeling and series of thoughts I have been facing hard for the last 4 years. Thank you, if anything, for showing that I'm not alone in this part of life.
Hey it is happening to me to and i am 34 and i use to think something is wrong with me but still it scares me to think i can never enjoy anything truly now like i use to as a kid🙁
@@dildeepaksinghladhar5213 ohh yeah I'm with you that it's scary. I mean I feel if I wasn't working 50 hours a week to make ends meet and instead had money to travel every other month, that'd be a great vector to finding that excitement again. But alas I'm barely keeping my electricity connected.
@@chriskukowski398 yeah i can understand you but when we were small we were able to find happiness in small things but now we keep going on hope that one day we will save enough to enjoy again
58y/o gamer here. My first video game ever played was in the arcade version of Pong back in 1973. I got myself into the arcade industry in the early 80's because I wanted to be paid to play video games. I've seen the ups and the downs of video games my whole life and I have to say, my life has been enriched by them. To me, playing Skyrim for the umpteenth time is akin to reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy yet again. I keep up with the latest games and play the ones that interest me(BG3, Cyberpunk2077, Helldivers 2, Stormgate, POE, etc.) My interests have drifted towards games I can play with other people. I prefer to share my experiences with other people and get their take on whatever is happening in any particular game. People do change and their tastes in games change along with them. Life events, illnesses, various work and family demands sometimes limit what we are able to play, as stated in the video. Somehow, I believe I will always figure out a way to game until the end of my days, sharing the experience with others and I will have been the better for it.
You are probably the only gamer older than me, I am 56. I also remember playing pong in a machine at the local pizza place when I was a little kid, and all the fun I had at the arcade. I saw the development of the home PC video games, from the first text adventure games, like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first RPG's like Ultima, Bards Tale, Wizardry, Might and Magic, Baldur's Gate the first person shooters, like Castle Wolfenstein, Doom, Doom 2, Quake, Duke Nukem etc... All the way to the modern MMORPG like WOW, Diablo etc... I also find it harder to get into a game nowadays, although I spend a lot of time doing Fallout 76 now.
I feel ya man. I’m 41 and when I have the chance to sit down and play I’m too tired and I just want to relax. Between work and family and school video games take back seat a lot. It’s only when im really stressed that I find relaxation in games.
I'm in mid 30's and ran into this problem some years ago where I struggled to bring myself to play what I was planning to play. I eventually reached the conclusion that the real problem is thinking about it too much, instead I take what I call a "shotgun approach": when I feel like playing something I'll just play whatever I feel like playing at that exact moment not worrying about things like if I'm going to finish it or if I was in the middle of something else, just focus on what I actually want to do which also means that if I don't wanna play anything at all for a while that's also fine.
I wish I could travel to that era for a day or two. Walking half an hour with my cousin to rent VHS “Evil Dead” movie and coming back home with full of people waiting in the room to watch the movie. I think I miss the simple life.
I miss those day too. I don't think it was more simple; we had to work harder at most things, and that's what made those things more enjoyable. Part of it was the anticipation. When I first started playing PC games, having to drive to the store to buy a game, waiting for it to be installed from CDs, and hoping that it would work properly with all the drivers and such was its own form of excitement. Now, doom-scrolling through a nearly infinite number of games and clicking a couple buttons to buy and install just isn't satisfying.
@@Hjartulv It's hard to explain if you weren't part of that era. Walking to the local video rental place, browsing the selection, stopping at the corner store on the way home for chips & pop, etc. It was all part of an oddly satisfying ritual.
This was so spot on. This very video almost went into my watch later playlist but then i saw how short it was...there are well over a hundred videos there.😬 Great essay, I feel like it did help clear some stuff up.
I just turned 58, I'm still gaming but with limited time. One thing that frustrates me is the complexity of a lot of games. Many have menus on top of menus with a h7ge learning curve. I miss the days of pick up and play games.
@@bluepunk182 If your looking for something similar to a modern Zelda game it'd have to be the Ys Series. Lots of older Ys games as well, if you want 80s-early 2000s ones. I see it get compared to Zelda all the time by other people.
Part 3 hits hard man. As a 35 y/o dad I have to schedule and plan ahead the mere couple of hours I can play a game. The family goes first, the house needs attention, the mundane daily tasks keep piling up… it’s just different. The old days have come and gone so we too must move on. Great vid!
I’m 56 and am playing more. Key is not buying too much. I’ve stopped buying anything for 18 months to tackle my huge backlog. I do 30 hours on one game then put it down for a while so my mind doesn’t crack!
Reducing the games I buy and reserving my day 1 purchases for the ones I know I'm going to play. I also eliminate my backlog by uninstalling games entirely and not looking back. If there's a game I've been saying I'll play for a year or two and still not got around to it, I know I won't be playing it so I'll just move on.
As a retiree on a fixed budget, I tend to wait for a sale, buy one game, then play it for 100 hrs or so, then repeat. I know what I like and keep a list of games I might be interested in, but I don’t think of it as a “backlog,” more of a “maybe someday” list.
It's also hard to find something new in a saturated market. It's like buying a car.There are thousands but how do you manage to be different. It also has gotten harder to play online games as we age, due to the excelling factor of 16 years old and their skills. The process of buying a game has changed and is not the same feel as a few clicks and you have it. The journey might have been then the game. You can remember a time when midnight release was the hottest thing around. We still bought fallout 76 but we did it with joy, waiting outside at 12pm for the game.
I'm 40 and have been a gamer for 35 years. Since three years ago I'm a parent. That means that games have to tick many boxes on my checklist in order for me to play them nowadays. Games that I feel don't respect my time are out the window. They can't be too time consuming either or frustratingly difficult, so most open world games and souls/soulslike games aren't for me anymore. I'm pretty much left with walking sims like Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch and Soma. Also, I often feel like video games haven't aged with me. There are few, if any games, that target an audience of 40+, but lots of movies and books that do.
That respect your time comment hit hard for me. I'm 39 with a 1yr old and I somehow put about 140hrs into TOTK over the past year with bits and pieces of time here and there. Just to go after the final boss and see that literally nothing I did in the game mattered. I could have just walked right up to the final boss within a few hours of starting the game. I haven't booted up the game since that day. Total disrespect of my time. Many games today are too easy for the sake of accessibility
Indie games , especially adventure games , feel just right for me these days . They tend to be shorter experiences (2 - 15 hours max) and are satisfying in some way : good story , interesting gameplay mechanic , great art style , etc . And , at that length , the game has an arc and is memorable , rather than being simply filled with "content" . I usually remember the game as a whole experience , which makes it special even after the playthrough .
So true, at 65yrs old I've lived the entire birth of video games to present day. Trying different consoles but eventually settling for PlayStation from 1 to 5. Some truly wonderful memories playing games for fun and dealing with depression. But since playing Red Dead Redemption 2 (8 times), I cannot find another game that even comes close. RDR2 is more like a time machine taking me into a different reality, Maybe it's my Endgame.
Lol, I'm 66 and feel ya. I'm thinking RDR2 was not only fantastically made but it of course mirrors our childhood. All we saw at our age as children were WW2 movies and Westerns! I bet you also wore a gun belt, hat and boots as a kid!
Baldurs Gate 3 is very good. Grand theft Auto is good. Dragon Age Inquisition. Witcher 3. All on par with Red Dead 2. I also loved Red Dead. Oh, also, Cyberpunk 2077 is one of my favorite games of all time. The glitches have been mostly fixed and it looks great on ps5. BTW i'm 46.
I grew up poor. Now that I'm in my early 30s I try to do things that I couldn't when I was young. So videogames are a priority after family, friends and work... And I enjoy so much gaming that it makes me feel younger again. 🎉
My parents had weird rules. They wouldn’t let me get a console as a kid, but I could play pc games and gameboy games. My parents wouldn’t let me get a PSP until the PSP Go came out and looked like a gameboy. Vacation was the best because my dad would let us play the N64 on those hotel consoles. Whenever I did play, my parents only let me play for an hour with a kitchen timer. When I got to college, I bought my own PS4 and made that my life. Academics and girls didn’t take any priority because of that. It was the perfect storm as I got into drinking and smoking weed as well. Some of my best memories were of smoking weed and playing blacktop 2k or advanced warfare zombies with my college buddies. I’m 28 now and still struggle with turning that part of me off with video games and weed. I’ve tried getting my dad into games with stuff like Alien Isolation (he’s a big fan of the movies) and RDR2, but he throws a tantrum and refuses to play them. It sucks going through life and having passions and hobbies that people can’t relate to. I’m jealous of the kids who have dads that play video games with them. The most interaction I’ve had with my dad was eating out at restaurants and watching movies. Someday, I want to be a dad so I can interact with my son/daughter and teach them how to play video games.
That is so me! Specifically with sim racing, none of my family EXCEPT my dad understands why I'd want to race virtual cars with my free time, and NONE of my few friends understand either. :D
I recently made the realization that, while I love playing video games as a solo hobby, I really value gaming for the social aspect. Not multiplayer lobbies, but taking on a co-op campaign with my buddies. As I get older I find that connecting on discord with my brother that lives 7 hours away is as worthwhile and fun as the actual gaming.
This video really spoke to me. I'm a level 63 gamer and have been playing video games since they first came out over 50 years ago. Currently I'm on PS5 and Xbox Series X. My biggest issue is choice overload with gaming and with Netflix, etc. I'll spend more time agonizing on what to play watch rather than playing or watching. Some games do end up feeling like a job and I've jsut had it with that. I played Destiny 2 a TON for roughly five years until I finally got sick of the grind. I'm not going to engage in any more games that require busy work just to get a special gun or item. So now I'm focusing on single player games. But the choice overload is still there. With work, wife, caring for an elderly parent, I don't have hours at a stretch anymore to game except on the weekends. So then I have to decide which one I want to spend hours on or not. Right now, I'm playing COD Black Ops One. Yes its an "old" game, but to somebody like me who started with PONG, it looks great. I also started Last of Us 2, but that one's not really grabbing me. I also play a lot of Gran Turismo 7, but racing over and over is starting to get old too. Are we/me just spoiled? I haven't even mentioned all the games I bought and barely played.
Nice comment. Level 55 here and been at it since '82. Or maybe Xmas '81? I forget (that happens at this level). I don't know what it is but I seem to be playing games less and less and guitar more and more. The games just aren't drawing me like they used to. Oddly the last one I completed was Ghostwire Tokyo. I say oddly because it descended into a mind numbing collection fest relatively quickly. But maybe that was the appeal? It was just switch-off-mind-numbing and something I really didn't have to put a lot of thought into. Hmm...
you have to use no effort to unlearn gem finding, and be able to dumpster dive, a lot. That's the way to true happiness, dumpster diving... yep... ... 🙃
This is true I rember renting superman 64 one time not knowing it was one of the worst games ever made at the time and I just tried to play through it. Like even when I watched review shows I did not care about the score they got as a kid. That being said when I was 12 and heard "don't open that door!" From Wesker in resident evil 1 for the first time I got legit goosebumps from hearing it lol
@@aevox2358 > There's never been a better time to play Indie games. Kind of makes sense in a way. 30 years ago a small studio of 20-30 passionate people was considered "AAA" (and many of the best of them grew into the behemoths we all love to hate now). Today a game made by a small studio of 20-30 passionate people is called "indie". It shouldn't be surprising that indie games are the ones that most align with what us old people think of as "good" - they're developed basically the same way as our nostalgia favorites are. The development process hasn't really changed all that much - there's just been a new layer stuffed on the top and the labels shifted. (Of course there's also Sturgeon's law to take into account - 90% of everything is crap, and that was just as true in 1994 as it is in 2024. We just don't tend to remember the crap because it's crap, leaving us with a skewed idea of "good" based on only the games we liked enough to remember and ignoring most if not all of the ones we didn't like - or never even heard of because they were too crap for the local Toys R Us to even bother stocking on their shelves.)
I'm 50 years old. I have many gaming issues. Games forcing grind like it's a job. Not having friends with the time to play multiplayer. Pay to win mechanics. But the biggest for me is playing games because of how they once were. I have had to use rehab mentality to deal myself off FIFA, NBA 2k and most driving games. They'll never be how they were, or make me feel how they did, but they'll be some hook to make you think that they'll be closer to the games I'm pining for. I used to play EA games when they used their full name in the title. But like the gamer in the video said we lost the time to play. But the companies still needed to make games. Consoles got better, detail got finer, coding got harder. They had to change things to stay relevant. I understand and accept this now. I look on Steam for old o.g. Xbox/360/PS games I once enjoyed and will play them on my gaming pc. My original xbox and xbox 360 will soon come out of retirement. The PS4 will just be where Gran Turismo and the Uncharted series lives. Getting old is a consequence of how time works. Feeling old about the way gaming is now is a pain that will never end. It's also a choice. Similar to missing how cars used to be. I say buy a new one and grow to live with it, or buy an older one and keep it going. Constantly thinking about old stuff getting older will age you.
That's because you play a lot of online games. Those are not good for you the older you get. When I was a teenager i loved MP games. Now in my early 30s i hate them. Waste of time since they want you to log in to the game everyday or you will miss out on something. I enjoy SP games now.
I'm 35 so I come from the blockbuster era too. Lately I've been having trouble getting into any games, I thought maybe I've passed that phase of my life. Then I switched from console to pc, I needed a better computer for work, then I got a steam deck. This combo has gotten me back into gaming, I have been playing different genres then I am used to like turn based, jrpg, etc. The pc/steam deck combo is great, remote playing your pc games at high settings on the deck in bed really feels like a next gen experience. I think the new toy has possibly gotten me back into it at least for right now, hopefully it's not just a honeymoon phase. I think it could also be a combination of a few factors, one being when you are younger you feel like you have all the time in the world. Once you get older you realize time is a precious thing. Seeing your parents while you still can, not letting friendships slip away can be hard when you are busy with work then also trying to cram in any hobbies you might have. Time just seems to go slower when you are young and all you are thinking about is you gotta just show up to school.
Wow! did not expect this video to get this many views. I've been reading as many comments as I can and I love hearing them. Y'all are awesome.
@@imnotplayingthat8276 you're the only one on you tube that isn't complaining that it's the games and has nothing to do with life. There's new old school games coming out all the time for super cheap and are great.
Adulting changes a person.
I don't think I'm the only one who feels relieved after watching this video that I'm not the only one feeling this way. Makes me feel better :)
Thank you for this video. It not only relates to us in the comments, but I'm enjoying seeing gamers relate to each other. Comments starting with the commenter's age show it affects folk nearly I've 10 years younger than me too! Now I'm starting to wonder what a retirement home for gamers would look like 😄
It's a good video! It really hit home for older gamers like myself.
Wow! I did not expect you to only have 472 subs. This is high tier man. I'm 38 and feel this whole video. I still enjoy gaming, but there is so much for us to play now. I have to juggle several games at a time. It's deff a mix of all these things. My favorite consoles are still Super Nintendo, PS1 and PS2, even though I'm a PC gamer now. RPGs will always be my go to games, even with less time.
As a 50+ gamer , I find that i am actually replaying more and more older games , than new ones..
I'm not doing that yet, I have such HUGE backlog that it's intimidating & I procrastinate too much on it. But I do find that my fondness & nostagia for my earlier games is stronger every year.
Me too. I love playing games that i dont have to learn new mechanics that i just can start up and love from the first minute.
As a kid I reemember watching The Return of the Jedi at least 10 times.... this is the 8th time I start playing Jedi: Fallen Order ...not much has changed after all.
Same. Bc I already understand the mechanics and I’ve already seen the story. I can spend less time learning the game and more time playing it.
46, it's about 25% replaying favorites 75% new stuff, and that's only because I have gamepass. I maybe buy 1 maybe 2 new games a year.
Its so weird. You scramble to find time to sit down to play, queue up a game you've been waiting to play forever, and then, meh, not really feeling it. Happens all the time.
Yea me 2.
I think it is because there is too much pressure to “have fun” since it only happens rarerly 😢
@@necroshy I think might be different for everybody. I don't really feel pressure to have fun, I sometimes just can't muster the energy. It's really weird, because I also play boardgames and I like to play challenging and complex stuff with friends (On Mars, Great Western Trail, Arc Nova, Underwater Cities etc.) so I have no trouble "mentally exhausting" myself there. But then I have some time to play... real banger video games like God of War Ragnarök and somehow my brain is like "nah, not now" and it's WILD because I'm basically 80% through the game, I KNOW it's good and if I just turn on the console and play for a minute I will be playing until well after midnight because it's so good. But then I ... don't. It's so weird.
Then I start a game like Mafia I remake (via gamepass) and somehow I finish that game within a couple a days.
@@PaulSzkibik there's got to be some coding equivalent of MSG in these games that produces that affect. 🤔
@@PaulSzkibik Im pretty much like you! I LOVE fromsoftware games and elden ring is such a JOY to play for me, always, but Ive been gravitating to quicker games, like multiplayer or roguelikes that are short and I know well. Or I just dont play, dont have the energy.
to many options, and or ur priorties have changed. your body is telling u its time to move on.
I've entered a new phase in my video game playing where i just replay my favourite games instead of playing new ones.
I am starting to get that same way. Either b/c I don't want to take a chance on games with no previous titles, or the newer games of said previous titles just aren't as good.
I do the same for the most part, but there's a couple exceptions. If Fromsoft releases a new game, I can be sure I'll like it, and I'll surely give a new Rockstar (single player) game a shot. Anything from the Persona series you can count me in as well. Used to include Bethesda in this shortlist, but Starfield was a *big* letdown so I'm pretty skeptical of em now. Oh, and CD Projekt Red is a pretty safe bet.
But yeah, 90% of my gaming time is just replaying stuff like RDR2, Witcher 3, Persona 5, Bloodborne, Dark Souls Series, or various classics from my childhood.
I'm 29 and have been doing exactly that for the past 5 years. Because I have limited time now, I want to make sure my experience is a good one when I finally have time to play, and my old favorite games never disappoint. Also feels like most modern games just do the same thing anyways but worse, so I have no desire to buy and try those anyway. The bonus is that its extremely cheap, the only new game I have bought the past 5 years is Elden Ring.
I recycle through a short list of favorites to play through like your good movie list. Integrating a title here or there that fits this criteria. Works for me.
Better still, buy old consoles and play older titles that you didn't get chance to play in the past 👍
I’m 30 years old, and love finishing my childhood games where I only played the first level, getting stuck and thinking it’s the entire game.
Yes, that's super fun, did that too for a couple
good idea, thx
Same!
I had the opposite effect with Donkey Kong. Apparently the whole game is just the first level now.
Same! And playing games my parents never bought, too. Finally got to play Paper Mario on virtual n64 lol
The older you get, the less you like the grind. Because you realise time is precious. When you’re young you believe time is infinite. When you’re older, you realise every minute counts.
BS: I am 64 and i love to grind!
I recently played Guardians of the Galaxy and I had great fun. Had much better time than playing Horizon Zero Dawn (that I finished just before that), as its was soo long and repetitive. GotG was linear, had a ton of dialogue, each chapter moved the main story forward and delivered a lot in just under 20 hours. It felt very oldschool. My best gaming experience from last year. I can only play like 3-4hours a week, if Im lucky... Im fed up with all those open world games with hundreds od waypoints... I just want to enjoy a good story and have a laugh in a reasonable time (not a 150h + Behemoth)
time is pointless. waste as much of it as possible. just turned 30 a couple months ago
It's not just about time but also about patience. I used to play MMOs as well such as Star Trek Online and KOTOR. If I just think of it the time and patience I invested/wasted to learn those games and play them with the necessary grind here and there. Time I'll never get back.
I second this. My attitude towards gaming has done a complete 180. For example, when the original Prey launched, I thought it was an atrocity that it's only around 5 hours long. Now I consider Prey a top 20 shooter of all time because it's all killer and no filler.
I'm currently reading a book about addiction, and it presents an interesting argument: due to the influence of algorithms in our lives, our brains have been rewired to release dopamine when we're seeking or searching for something, rather than when we actually experience it. This constant search for the "best" option, coupled with the overwhelming number of choices available, has left us unable to fully commit to any one thing. We're always convinced that the next option-whether it's a date, a video clip, or a game-will be the perfect one, so we never fully engage with the present moment. As a result, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find true satisfaction.
That's very interesting. I mean I see it. But in what way the algorithms have a role in it? 🤔
@@joonasvuomajoki2636the algorithms work with what you watched already...tease you with all the similar stuff liked by similar people, so yiu are on the edge of possibly finding "the watchable" thing all the time...leads you on...and gets it right every now and then, which is supremely reinforcing, which makes you keep hunting....and around you go.
That makes a ton od sense. Which book is it? I'd like to read it too. Thanks!
@@humma4 At least it is plausible but that is of course no proof that its true. I think we can all agree that the problem is complex and I think algorithms could play a role.
Great comment, came to the comments looking for this.
As I got older I shifted from online stressing competing games to casual solo playing....way more relaxing and enjoyable
I just like playing campaigns. I'm nearly 50.
SP games and campaigns, as well as simulation games plus I switched from competitive games (CS, CS:Source, TeamFortress2, ...) when I was younger to coop games with my friends (Left4Dead, Project Zomboid, Borderlands, The Forest,...). That gives me the most enjoyment, teamplay with friends; usually PvE.
But indeed I have a couple of games installed and even though I would have time I don't feel like completing a campaign or whatever, I just don't feel like playing them. It sometimes feels like a chore, even though the games are good.
I have become the same
same, but sometimes it is so difficult to follow the story when you can only play on occasion. then I forget what happened and lose interest
plus spending 100$ on a upgrade is just stupid so i just started playing ftp. no more consoles , just bought a laptop just need internet and im good.
I'm 28, someone who grew up in the era of N64, GBA, Gamecube, and PS2, when there was no online multiplayer, and everyone was a gamer and a winner. Gaming back then never felt like a chore that needs to be learnt and mastered. Sometimes, I feel I'm too old for the complex gaming and insanely competitive online multiplayer BS of today.
I’m 27 and feel the same way. Sure there were intense players back then as well, but the main focus was still on casual single player gaming. Nowadays, it’s all about the competitive multiplayer, and even solo gamers are obsessed with following guides and reading the wikis to learn the “meta” and do everything optimally. To me, they just end up optimizing the fun out of the game. People just rush through games to complete them asap and get all the achievements, then they move on to the next one. It’s insane.
I miss the times when there were no streamers or youtube guides and kids would spread tips and tricks among themselves, it made us gamers an actual community. If you found a cool secret or discovered a good strategy, people had respect for you. Now it’s just a toxic environment all about being better than someone else.
@@matttondr9282 not to mention that in mmos if you're not going with the meta and the most optimal build maxed out for your character you're not even allowed in parties. For the chill gamer that just wants to have some fun there's no room in these online games since you'll be cast away if you're not up to date with the current meta.
As an adult with a family and a full time job. Sometimes I just want to sleep.
A million times, this. Even the time I have to dedicate to gaming isn't the same quality. I'm tired when I get home and can't focus on an Ultima, instead I tend to lean on Stardew valley because I can just turn off my brain and "semi afk". Adulting just gets in the way all around.
Me too, I think it's not the quality of games, but changes in interests.
@gustavoolivares3037 not necessarily, find a game that intrigues you and you will put time into it. I get busy and have a long backlog, but sometimes a game will come out that i really like playing, and i will make sure to beat that game cause it's so enjoyable. It's just that now, the game really needs to get my attention compared to before where i enjoyed playing a whole lot of games even if they're not that good.
just a few more years and they will be out of the house.....a new lease on life
I'm in a situation where I can't afford to take the time to truly rest. So when I have time off, I have to put it towards development to make more money.
That, and videogames were there when I couldn't escape my environment, and games allowed me to. But now I can go and adventure on my own, so I don't need it as much.
I'm nearly 50, I download a game never play it uninstall repeat
I'm only 28 and I'm exactly like that.
cause we know its bad. but we like this moments of hopefull feeling that maybe Pop up.
put a ps1 disc on and hear the first Sound of ps1 Start 🥹
Or the Grab of boulderdash ❤
The gaming world as we knew it is being swept away by "big money investors".
For example: It is not normal, that we have been officially given wow classic Vanilla. This beautiful, old version under the protected "nochanges" philosophy only exists because Nostalrius, a private server community fought for it.
Such a brilliant, old game, designed in the best, golden era of video games is only officially playable because the Nostalrius Community have made it to an political issue.
Now the image of Blizzard and the WoW franchise is also hanging on it.
Games that eat up so much time and are so much fun without the player feeling compelled to "want more or believe they need more". Games that conform to free, open game design are difficult to monetize and are therefore not wanted by the industry.
Because if im happy with a game i dont need to buy another one.
Many people do not understand that Blizzard was forced to do this. It is currently a protected pearl in the gaming sector. Everything else is currently generic and linear, geared towards microtransactions.
Me to i am 59
Yeah that’s what gaming is now apparently 😂 I’m 41
What annoys is people who say video games a waste of time, yet they sit and binge watch tv shows. I have my entertainment and you have yours. Personally i find finishing a video game more rewarding.
My mother is like that. Sits all day watching tv and complains that my kids spend all their time on gaming and phones (phones are actually bad).
FALLOUT!
Totally agree, I barely watch TV, maybe a NFL game every now and again otherwise nothing. I don't watch the awful news or TV shows. I do game and at 57 I don't see stopping.
They see learning how to play a game as putting in effort when they see recreational activity as a relaxing thing that requires no effort. Like a brain massage.
Not to mention playing a game is like a TV series you are interactive with. Can control the bias and outcome. Way better.
Man, as a 54 year old gamer who started on a vic20 at the age of 10, coding games from byte magazine, playing demos, etc. This resonated so much! Incredible video❤
I'm pushing 40 and thought I had aged out of gaming. After 650+ hours in BG3 I realize I wasn't tired of gaming. I just had no patience for mediocrity.
Yeah I think that's it.
This is me, 45 and lucky if I get an hour of gaming 3-5 hours a week. If I'm not feeling it uninstall. So I stick to Farcry and Dishonored as I have the muscle memory for the mechanics and know it will be a good time, if a bit repetitive (love you Farcry). Otherwise has to be exceptional to warrant my time
At 74 I like to play games I fell in love with years ago over and over. Fallout games, Dishonored games, Elder Scroll games, Killzone 2, etc. etc. I don't think a person ages out of games, but I'll get back to you when I get old.
51 and I would have enjoyed the Heck out of Bg3 20 years ago. Today I get sucked in if I have my inner peace and may get sucked in for a few days, then I suddenly lose interest. Even though I played all the gold box games, bg1 and 2, planescape etc.
But yeah I played every major game the last 35 years and now I just pick the cherries, which are often not the AAA titles. Everything else looks like "been there, done that".
BG3 is that good huh?
I am 70 still playing, as they say you don’t stop playing games because you get old ,you get old because you stop playing games. I have a carton full of pc games,and just bought a new gaming computer, probably the last but hey I enjoy playing. The thing is now games are so memory hungry they no longer come on dvd discs you have to download them.
To me that's impressive and actually cool as f***!
@@Frenzy0212If you feel bad about swearing to self censor why swear in the first place?
@@Steven-hq3goI’d be embarrassed I posted this shit! You a comment police troll. 😂😂😂
What's your top 10?
@@Mrspeedwell I, too, would like to know your answer.
Been a gamer for about 35 years now, always had a passion to play but the industry has definitely changed. I miss the days of buying a complete game with all its content and story, and it worked.
I think this is over exaggerated. Most recently I bought monster hunter, Elden ring, final fantasy 16, Zelda and FF7 rebirth. While some/most had dlc they all had plenty of content, a complete story and worked. I don’t think additional content is a bad thing. It is if they hold things back, but that’s not always the case. There’s plenty of good games out there.
Just be a year or so behind the curve..get games patched and half the price..
amen brother
It depends. If you need to play a game when they first come out it's a problem. I'm happy to wait until the game of the year edition comes out with all patches and DLC included. When Cyberpunk came out and was pulled from the PS Store, I got a vastly reduced steel box copy from my local store. Not to play right then but to hold onto until it was fixed. A few months later it was and had a free PS5 upgrade with. Awesome game and an absolute bargain.
@@jaybee4288final fantasy rebirth was now where near complete when released?! It looked like crap and the fps was not good. It took multiple patches and now it’s finally playable
I'm 57 year old woman and my first system was Nintendo and my first RPG was Zelda. Some of the things that keep me from gaming is often they're not made for me now. I don't want you to take that as anti first person shooter though that is not what I'm into. 😂 Some of my best experiences are Witcher and subsequent Zelda games Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are fantastic. But as I age I am having more difficulty with first person game modes. Tried playing Subnautica thinking I would love it but it made me terribly dizzy and it's just one of those things that happen as you get older. Another point is that I just want a variable difficulty level, sometimes I just don't want to deal with the big boss I want the story and forward movement. So being able to dial things up or down as I feel on a given day really appeals to me and doesn't happen in enough games in my opinion .Hopefully developers are looking through the comments and get some ideas about where the future of gaming should go and how to help develop inclusive games for everyone.
I am 46 and love JRPGs; Breath of the Wild was absolutely amazing. So much fun!! Just finished it.
59 years here, and must say you are a rare find. As a young man I always dreamed of a gaming chick, but thought it was only a myth.
Damn I hope the dizzy thing doesn't happen to me, that must really suck, a friend of mine began to complain about this in the early days of true 3D games and I always felt bad for him. I've heard turning off motion blur can help in modern games, but I think everyone does that anyway😆. VR really messes me up though, but I haven't tried the newer headsets yet.
@@theicecavalier342cringe
And what women are interested in
Psychology. The more possible choices you have available, the less satisfied you are with the choice you make.
This is also a huge impact on having fun when you have many games.
I find the more choices I have the less likely I am to make a purchase and the more likely I am to stick with what I have.
Yes absolutely.
I used to live at my dad´s and my mom´s once a month.
At my dad´s place i had high speed internet and a beast of a pc
At my mon´s i had awfull internet speeds and a toaster of a pc
I was only able to play 1 or 2 games at my moms online - Mount and blade: Warband
But at my dad´s i could play any game on my list and often found it hard to choose.
The result was:
- I loved to play Mount and Blade when i was at my mom´s but found it boring when i was at my dad´s
- I was less satisfied overall at my dad´s place because i had it all and couldn´t choose.
- At my mom´s place I'd just be grateful that i could play anything at all and that the internet connection didn´t cut out too often.
Honestly, because it was a struggle to play, it made it all the more enjoyable because i felt more grateful that it was possible at all.
Its like having a bowl with 20 nuts vs having a bag with a kilo.
People tend to place more value in every nut for the small amount than the bag.
Scarcity of a good heightens its value and makes you enjoy it more.
That just seems to be the way we are wired.
@SkyHighSpirits yeah. They showed something similar to this on that old show "brain games." They offered people jelly beans and when they only gave them a few flavors to pick from the people were usually satisfied with their choice. But when they offered them a tray with 30 different flavors and then asked if they were happy with what they chose, they usually weren't because they had wanted to try another flavor. The more complex life is and the more options you have, the more anxiety and stress about ones potential choices, and generally less satisfaction with what one has. Funny how we improve but simultaneously degrade our lives with everything we have at our fingertips these days
This is too reductive to be a comprehensive answer. If more choices necessitate less satisfaction across the board, it doesn’t explain why replaying games I love is very satisfying.
There’s a temptation to use reductive answers because you want to be the guy who immediately grasps what’s wrong, but when you cast simple answers and walk away, you prevent understanding and actual insight.
I worked in the IT field for 40 years and am nearly 70. I started gaming at the very beginning of gaming. My first issue is that I have no one to play with who I feel a bond or connection with. I have a 45 year old son who games but isn't interested in doing it with me. My second issue, and likely why he won't play with me, is that I had a stroke 6 years ago and now I am very slow and often scatter brained. It is hard to concentrate. I will continue to game for as long as I can still do it but, it sure would be nice to have a friend to do it with.
I will game with you, what do you play and what platform? I'm on PC myself
I’ll play with you too. Let me know what you want to play!
I hope you can find folks with whom to play, and with whom you can form real friendships :)
Maybe take the two commenters up on their offers! If not, I'm sure there are plenty of other people online who would be happy to make a new friend, even though it can take trial and error. Still, I know lovely bonds can come about from internet people just wanting to make a connection...my partner and I wish you luck!!
I'll be 60 next year. My sons are less than half my age...so. i'm in the same boat. I'll game with you. Let me know what you like to play.
@@rong.2457 I'm happy to have received some replies to this. I play Guild Wars 2. I'm not sure how I'd join up with anyone from here as I'm not keen on posting private info here.
0:49 i remember leaving the game on pause overnight because we didn't have memory cards
Oh yea- Putting tape over the LED light so mom wouldn't turn it off, or taping the SNES switch to on so no one accidentally turned it off!
Hahaha! Yes, if dad found out I was toast for wasting electricity!
Had to put a t-shirt over the PlayStation I left on and switch the TV off to make out I had shut it all down on more than one occasion playing the old final fantasys when a save point was not forthcoming. ❤
This just lead to a great punishment from mom.
"Okay you dont want to do dishes? Fine ill just switch off your nintendo."
You just bought back some long lost gaming memories😂
Yes haha
Wow, I think that's the most well put together video that I have seen for ages. Beautifully done, the music script and cutscenes almost became emotional, really good excellent! And spot on with the message, game developers should see this.
Browsing the steam catalogue more than playing the games already in your library is sooo relatable.
that window shopping
Same here, it's almost as of there is too much to choose from.
I thought I was the only one who does this.
I think those that are 30+ years old grew up with a major/exciting revolution of video games. 90’s and early 2000’s were truly a golden age.
Before internet...
Unreal, Half-Life, Quake, Civilization, Descent, MDK, NOLF, ... how could anyone ever compete with the experience of playing these genre defining games for the first time?
Those of us in our 40s remember when we had 4 tv channels, and it was so much better than today because everyone would be watching the same thing and discussing it at school the next day… it’s similar to gaming I think - the days of Mario kart, pes soccer, burnout etc (my uni days) were so much better because there was relatively little choice, but the top games were sooooo much better than the rest and everyone you talked to was playing them and could come over for a smoke and goldeneye night…
… bazookas only one shot kill, loser has to go to the door to let the pizza guy in
@@XenozanXiandorwe had internet and played games online when internet came out
younger people find the games of the 2010's and 2020's exciting too. its not that today isn't a golden age. its just that games impact you the most when you're 10-25.
Abundance decreases excitement. Going to the store, buying a DVD, looking at the back cover while driving back and then finally getting to play.... Is so much better than browsing a 1000 games and then just playing at the click of a button.
Let me know next time you get a new game. I’ll stay off the road. 😉
@@bobjob2514 I think they probably meant looking at the back cover while someone else drives you back, that's how it was for me looking at the back cover and manual of Lunar 2: Eternal Blue 23 years ago lol
@@savagej4y241 I certainly hope so. lol. That said, your sarcastometer is in the mail. I hope your mailman isn’t having the same issue with back covers. 😉
For real, though: don’t take me seriously. I just want to see a few smiles.
You're right; when I was a kid and didn't have access to the same amount of $ that I do today, games were not taken for granted so I had more time to appreciate all that it had to offer.
I could stand in the video store for an hour deciding on what game/s to hire...
Not just gaming... books, films, tv shows, music, boardgames, tabletop RPGs. All the same for me, I'm cash rich, time poor.
As a 62 yr old coming from a generation of young teenagers 70's-80's, we were the pioneers of the early digital games, I have played countless games at countless times, now at my age I have settled down with one time favorite which is now 12 yrs old, SKYRIM.
Definitely. I'm close to your age, and I've also spent countless hours playing Skyrim. I seem to discover something new on every playthrough. I have other old favorites I've returned to over the years, even the original Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment etc. Those games were not simple, even if the graphics were crude by modern standards.
I find I'm more and more selective as I get older, and some types of games just don't do it for me at all (first person shooters not my thing), but I still manage to find new ones I enjoy from time to time.
I am not even half of your age and yet, Skyrim for mě, is the Best game ever made and most easy to play again and again.
@@e.l.wagner9766 I could not agree even more with you, I find RPG's are far more interesting and I have shied away from first person shooters which I was into back in the 90's to early 2000's, now not anymore, I completely turned my back on Call of Duty, its a total disgrace to me.
Do you have time to talk about our lord and savior Talos ?
@@ThatFunnyPlace Well met kinsman!
42 yr old, father, and teacher, and veteran gamer here. Everything you mentioned in part 3 is me. But, then I rediscovered books. I promise you, you will never regret spending your free hour with a book in a hammock on a sunny day.
So true! What are you currently reading ?
@@MarashmThe Crisis of Bourgeois Ideology and of Anticommunism by Stefan Engel
yah, books and kindle library ftw!
I feel the same way. I would usually rather read now than play games.
@@Nein01 Yeah. Something light 🤣
27 here. I constantly find myself underwhelmed and unimpressed with new releases. At this point in gaming nostalgia and a love for the hobby are all that keep me going. I’m not even old by any stretch, I just can’t play mindless garbage and would rather relive the classics.
Being the same age it’s so true like I started playing games again after 5-6 years of gap and I have only played big highly rated titles I have been blown away by RDR2 and liked games like Gow but I can’t help but feel frustrated by open world games like Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon that you have to do that stupid things again and again although I’m a professional 3d artist and I love how much things have changed but still gets a little underwhelmed by stuff mostly
A developer was pushing back on the ever increasing call for "realism". Reality is realistic and people don't always like it that much. Yea. Games are there to be fun, they don't HAVE to be realistic.
@@castirondude I still have Oblivion as my most played game of all time and that game hasn’t aged gracefully In terms of graphics. It’s the seemingly never ending amount of things to do and how immersive the story telling is.
I actually find more joy watching _other_ people experience my childhood classics than I tend to find playing new games myself (which I barely have time for now). Whether it's my kids exploring Kokiri Village, or a RUclipsr like Boundary Break or Any Austin exploring the amazing hidden nooks and crannies the devs never thought anyone would see, it's a nostalgic and oddly comforting way for me to enjoy the hobby.
Yea, good point about the Classics. There's a reason they are classic and that's bc they have stood the test of time. I just ordered the NES classic so I can re-play some of these classics in the classic manner with simple controllers and ROM based gaming that you lose all your progress of once the system is shut down. Gaming classics can become like classic literature as far as I'm concerned.
Wow... exactly the same experiences I have now at 63 years old trying to find a game I want to play... non-trivial to say the least... Great video! Thank you!
You didn't change. Target consumers changed and the industry became a lot more predatory towards addicts and minors.
Yes and games are very low quality we had better games 15y ago.
He changed too :)
Aka trash games
This
Probably a combo of both. I know I've changed some..and also life is busier..I want to play games but when I do I struggle to find one now. Destiny was my last big hoorah..and it's in the dumps right now so
As I get older, I'm actually starting to feel guilty when I find time to game. Feel like I should be doing something around the house or playing with the kids
I feel that too, but I really need some time alone, its good for me (also not working of course)
If you have children who are child age you are not old, you are simply busy. That's good, it means you are an attentive parent. But kids get older and then they leave and you will have plenty of time and feel no guilt. Also don't buy into the whole "gaming is for teens/immature people". The belief that once you reach a certain age you should only garden, read and knit! There are plenty of us 50+ gamers. BTW we can also enjoy reading and gardening etc as well as gaming. :)
Also even as an attentive parent its not only good for you to have a hobby, its good for your kids too. Kids need to learn how to play alone as well as with others. Balance.
Exactly this but programming. Programming is my gaming now, but it’s hard when I can hear it all kicking off downstairs.
Easy Peasy, just game with the kids. Even if they are relatively little, I saw my 4 year old struggling with Mario Kart. Helping and guiding him, seeing him improve and his unfiltered excitement, actually put a huge smile on my face.
Exactly!!! This feeling like looking at your watch or behind you like someone is judging you for having fun instead of doing something you would enjoy...
It's weird. As a child I could play for hours and not tire of the game. But now I find myself with too many options, not enough time, and not enjoying games in the same way I used to.
That's how it is. You get jaded over time from overexposure to awesome stuff. Then to add insult to injury the games shift direction. Resident Evil for example is NOT the Resident Evil i loved growing up... it's a f'ing action shooter lol. From fixed camera perspective with a B horror like atmosphere, to a first person shooter. That's harsh enough. THEN if you have actual f'ing brains this DEI, LGBTQ bs adds even more to your problems lol.
We age out of the market, it sucks but that's how it is, and this current generation of devs are Marxists activists and NOT game developers. They sell agenda's and racial identity politics, NOT video games. That's a leathal combo Mama!
You're video was amazing...I felt like it was listening to myself!!!!!
Everything you said is so true and I would like to add one day soon a game will come along that I know we will fall in love with like the way it was in the golden years of gaming ❤
nothing was better as a kid than hitting up Blockbuster on a Friday after school. grab a pizza then rent a movie and a video game for the weekend
Gold
When you were a kid it was just you and the game nothing else mattered whereas today it's you and you probably got kids, bills to pay, family to look after all on your mind.
at least you had food... my childhood was in the 90's when the USSR was destroyed by USA and we fell into chaos, i didn't know what pizza was in the 90's
@FULLTILTSWIFF I'm truly sorry to hear that. I hope your home and life have improved since then
@@FULLTILTSWIFFSorry, to hear about your situation, but the USSR was destroyed from within, just like the USA is doing to itself today.
The saying “both things can be true at the same time” can be expanded to…all your scenarios are applicable. As a 75 year old gamer I’ve lived and played through gaming’s entire culture and have reached saturation point several times. I’m currently in the VR stage and that will satisfy me for the next few years. Beyond that horizon only you “youngins” will experience the next natural progression of gaming…most likely holographic experiences. Don’t despair, none of us will lose our passion. We ARE gamers!
Before you say goodbye to the universe, what will be your final game you wanted or plan to play?
Septuagenarians picking up gaming warms my heart, because you actually had to take the time to learn it and how to use a console or PC, which is already a huge task for people in that age range. You didn't necessarily grow up with it your daily lives like anyone born from 1970s onward.
I say game on, granny or grampa. We also need you to break the mould and push gaming forward.
76 here, love my MS2020.
What a cute comment
And here I thought I was an "old Gamer" at 64!😂 I started in 1974 so there isn't a lot I haven't seen either. When Modding really became a thing in the PC space, I knew I would play forever. I have 8121.6 hours in Fallout 4 because of it. Just over the last few weeks a major DLC sized Mod called "Fallout London" dropped. It looks amazing. As long as there is something worth playing, I'm in.
I once read an article about playing (not video games, but toys) with children. The article stated that a child plays without a purpose just because they consider it fun. However this is not normal for adults. Even when adults pretend to play with something they actually do it just to learn new skills and just playing is boring for them. That's why most parents love their kids but hate playing with them.
Back when I played Tiberian Sun as a child I would spend hours just building my base and scouting the map. When I play it as an adult I just like to come up with an efficient way to beat the level.
Hehe, yeah true
That is a very interesting take. If possible, could you recall and direct me to that article? If so, I'd greatly appreciate it.
That's so true. I find myself racing to beat games these last few years instead of actually stopping to enjoy them
True it almost feels as a job sometimes. A fun job but a job nonetheless, completing the game as efficiently as possible. I also tend to have to force myself to complete games just to feel like I did not waste the money and more importantly the time spent playing. Totaly stupid if you write it out because the purpose should be fun. But in reality it sometimes just isn't.
Nice reference and example with tiberian sun…I also think the choices have become plenty that it gets difficult to just spend time with one game
I’m 53, got Pong for Christmas in ‘78, and have spent thousands of hours playing games. I am overwhelmed by open world games even though I love them. If we ever go into lock down again, I actually might finish one.
At 74, I play one game: Skyrim. I haven’t become bored because Skyrim modding, whether through Nexus or Wabbajack, is alive and very, very well. As for other games, I don’t find them sticky like my beloved modded Skyrim.
74 & Me..PS5 Solo Player, Purchase All My Games..👍
Love that you’re both still gaming at 74! That’s awesome!
It’s good to meet another Elder Scrolls fan.
I'm 52, and I've spent thousands of hours over the last eight years playing Skyrim. With the modding scene, there's always something new to plug in and experience. I'm about to start another playthrough ... just gotta figure out which new mod broke the game so I can get it going again! 😅
In my 50s, played all the Elder Scroll games starting with Arena.
I enjoy the solo playing and the freedom of Skyrim. I most enjoy character building, creating backstories, and sticking to that in my playthroughs.
I'm 62 years young and still love playing video games. Video games are my time for chilling out. I would have to agree with you in my 30s and 40s I slowed down a bit. But now that I'm Retired I love it. Keeps me young.🎉
I want to be retierd in 62 same as you!
I would be glad to go in 65 or 67 (they will probably change more).
Rock on and keep playing. ✌
Lovely point of view
I’m purposely building my backlog so I can go into retirement with a lot on my plate. “You’ll be bored when you retire”. Ha! Nope.
I'm 72 and my hubby is 75 and we play for hours each and have done for the past 30 years lol
Hah, I'm about to be 40, I get to play 3 hours a week at max usually.
"I am now 38, started gaming in the 90's, it all felt so special. The transition from the SNES to PS2 was truly amazing. I also bought the PS2 magazines and played the demos. What is amazing to me is that games like GTA 3 came out and were done-no updates! When I finally got time to play, my PS5 needs updates, then the game needs updates. Having a family, I just don’t have the time or motivation to start up. But I truly miss the 'golden years' of gaming..."
It's come to the point I'll boot up my console or game app just for the sake of downloading updates... Just in case I want to squeeze in an hour of gaming. Turning 40 coming May and I totally get you!
Nintendo switch still doing the job, mostly no updates ect. Loading the port and is ready to play
I felt that. I can't tell you how many times I and my friends planned to get on a game later in the evening only for me to turn on the console and have a multi-gig download pretty much stop my evening.
I remember playing some of those PS1 and PC demos that you got in magazines over and over back in the days. It was a totally different time and the fact that you couldn't just buy tons of great games all the time made the games more valuable for me. Remember getting a new Gameboy / SNES / N64 game and excitedly reading the manual on the way back home? I will never get that feeling again. BUT some games still impressed me when I got older. I think of Skyrim, Witcher 3 and Baldurs Gate 3. These games did not gave me the same exciting feeling that I had when I was a young boy but they really, really hooked me. I also had tons of fun playing a lot of other games like CS and DayZ but nowadays I'm kind of in the same spot that you describe in this video. I do not play a lot anymore, nothing really catches or excites me nowadays. Sure playing CS or DayZ with friends or grinding some D4 is not too bad but it doesn't get anywhere near the excitement I once had for games. But heres hope for Witcher 4 and TES6 ;-)
It isn't just games - it applies to many things like movies, TV, music, etc.
Agreed. There are the occasional gems, but most games I play now bore me after a few hours and I return to tried and true classics.
Absolutely. Not much with games (personally) since I've found a niche of nice games to play. But movies and series definitely I watch less and less. One gets more picky with what to watch.
yeah. I also feel like back in the day there were those websites where you could quickly read about different titles and what people thought about them. now you need too look for new titles yourself. that is actually more difficult and it is indeed time consuming. maybe trying to find all that info as a truly young person who is 17 would have been exciting but I work as a teacher and honestly I spend most of my creativity and free time trying to create new exciting ways for kids to learn...
Yeah, do I want to get involved in 10 seasons of something?😂
@@jeffs4810you draw an interesting point you should cover it uo before Disney sees it
I am a Game Dev who grew up in those early days of gaming. I clocked many hours on the Atari, Apple 2e and Commodore 64. What you said is so true with how as a gamer, and as an industry gaming has changed so much. But as I push to my bosses, I think the a huge change is on the way again. My parents generation grew up with television, in their spare time they watched TV. My generation is the 1st generation to grow up gaming. In our spare time, we game, still, today, although as you said the type of games we play are very different. The thing is My generation is now heading towards retirement. Suddenly all those barriers to gaming will be gone. Family has grown and left home, have lots of disposable income and suddenly all the time in the world. I believe the industry is in for a huge pivot again as it moves away from young players of limited means to retirees with lots of time and lots of disposable income to game
I had never thought of this. Brilliant insight!
That's an interesting perspective, but will it see good games being made again, or will it go the same route as TV went, where "TV for pensioners" is just full of weird nonsense that no one, not even the pensioners, really enjoy?
Oh i can add my 2cents on this, that i totally agree with OP. As mentioned first gamer generation growing old and after kids moves, make their own families that first gamer generation now is seniors. And i actually had a chance to feel and see, back in days, like 6-7 years ago i was really hooked on World of Tanks, still to this day on my account i have a nice performance scores, 20K+ ish matches played ant tons of time spent, and during my time when i was in few different Clans i did noticed that most of the time i was probably youngest clan member of all, all other team mates were at their 40-50 ish years some older. Till this day i got a really great friend with who we team play lots of games from Wot times who is almost 10 years older than me. So concept mentioned by op is kind accurate, and with time we might see this change.
May your rise through the ranks be swift
When I was a kid back in late seventies, early eighties I thought I would become just like any old person at my time. I thought I would listen to the same music, eat the same food, wear the same clothes, etc. We will rock, game and dress just as we used to. The generations after will hope they never become like us. So boring, strange clothes, weird taste for music etc. Can't wait for games suited for the older generations when I arrive.
Evolution of a gamer: gamer kid - hardcore gamer - adult casual gamer - Skyrim Grandma
I loved Skyrim. Tried to play through again a couple of times got bored and quit.
Shirly Curry the greatest Grandma ever.
Knew an Ark survival evolved grandma, crazy good at pvp
I think your final statement of "all of these things can be true at once" really hits the nail on the head. Video games *have* changed. We *have* gotten older. The world and society have also changed. As an adult your interests, priorities, and responsibilities in life are not the same as they were when you were a child. We can also now do things IRL instead of on the computer. Why spend all my time playing Minecraft when I can work on a project on my *real* house, or my car, etc. etc. Instead of playing video games and I can do volunteer work for a few hours, or hang out with my friends, in person.
These days I've found that I enjoy playing board games and card games with my friends, in person, much more than hanging out online. There's no replacement for actual human interaction.
Rudy from Alpha Investments also touched on this in one of his recent videos. You can buy a box of cards, hang on to it for 20 years, and after all that time everything around that box has changed. You no longer live in the same reality you did 20 years ago, or even 2 years ago.
I feel like gamers changed and I stayed the same. I want single player games. Younger gamers want every game to be multiplayer. So the industry has adjusted to what young gamers want and I don't blame them. It just sucks for me.
as someone who mainly plays multiplayer games like factorio, stellaris, barotrauma etc. im not entirely sure why i dont feel like playing singleplayer games as much as i used to.
i remember playing so much on my nintendo ds completely alone as i had no siblings, friends or internet connection and i loved it at the time.
i later got a ps3 i must have spent thousands of hours on it and had a blast, again alone.
when i got my first pc i again did an unhealthy amount of gaming yet again alone until the point where i was able to pay for my own internet connection (around 18). i had run into space station 13 around this time and it was the first multiplayer game i had really played. i put hundreds and hundreds of hours into it and managed to create a group of friends which i now play said multiplayer games with at semi regular intervals.
though now when i go back to my singleplayer games i feel like something is missing. sometimes im able to play them without that nagging feeling (DV: rings of saturn managed to hook me in for 100 hours).
i think ive just had enough of being alone while playing video games (ive even been rewatching some classic movies such as the thing, alien and other cool movies ive come across with a friend)
im so sick of being alone.
I blame them, they could make good games for everyone, but corporate greed ruins everything, so they target only one demographic... screw that.
@@michael_stocker Excellent point. A game for everyone is a game for no one.
Id love a single player game with a mysterious plot and a grand reveal at the end or a big twist. But im tired of running and gunning hundred of foes that are trying to slow my progress. Instead I prefer tricky levels and puzzles to get to the next part.
There's still plenty of modern single player games. I have God of War and God of War Ragnarok, The Last of Us 1 and 2, all 5 of the Uncharted games, Stellarblade, Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West, all the new Resident Evil games and remakes, 3 different Tomb Raider games, and probably a dozen indie games and plenty of others I forgot to mention. Too many for me to list. I don't play any online games at all ever. They're all single player games
I'm almost 60 and retired. It's never been easier for me to find a game I like. I play everything-puzzle games, platformers, rpg's, online comp. shooters, etc. When you have lots of free time and literally thousands of titles in your libraries from all the sales, Humble Bundles, and giveaways, it's easy to enjoy almost anything.
That's down to attitude & expectation. A "glass half full" mindset. Much more common as we grow up & find the perspective which comes with life experience.
@@joeshmoe9233 yep, to me it is impossible to get bored on PC there are just too many genres and small hidden gem you can only find if you venture out. I am ok with almost 700 games in library (not counting the 4k games retro consoles library). But my staple food has been CS for a decade now before that I was orbiting on Starcraft 2 and total war warhammer. Man I strongly recommend you Mechabellum it's the best autobattler ever :)
Yup! 👍🏼
"Second childhood", but with some serious respect. When I catch up, try not to kick my ass too hard in head to head. 🤣
Seriously. People wax nostalgia about the "golden days of gaming" from 20 years back or more and I'm like what. We have games nowadays that would have NEVER been possible back then. I have a few thousand hours in a fantasy strategy game series, Total War: Warhammer 1, 2 and 3, that is three full games combined into one gigantic world map with over 272 factions. Buying it all at once is a pretty penny but the series started in 2016, has had a ton of high quality DLC to go with free DLC, large free updates and factions reworks (some of which have been suggested by the playerbase), and the best part being the incredible mod scene that has over 15,000 mods (some which include fan voice acting!!!). This game series recently had a less than stellar DLC release to go with a price hike, fans made a huge deal out of it and the studio listened, took our concerns to heart and changed their release strategy AND pricing strategy going forward. NONE of this would have been possible without the internet and modern tech advancements.
The year was 2006. Me and my younger brother used to run towards my ps2 after returning from school. That familiar sound of San Andreas booting up. Spending countless hours exploring the mount chiliad and looking for bigfoot in the nearby forest. Then we would play games like WWE Here comes the pain, Resident Evil 4, Smackdown vs Raw, Tomb Raider Legends. How amazingly beautiful life used to be....
I used to play wwf no mercy for the n64 and baseball as well back in 2002 I was about 12. Then I got addicted to max Payne the original for ps2. Man it was so fun that time. I get what you mean 😢
@@JulianFigueroa-k2v i loved playing Max Payne as well. I remember being blown away by the graphics. Those were the golden days of gaming.
San Andreas was the pinnacle for me. Since that game, nothing has compared or had the same appeal. Even though I loved RDR2, it just wasn't the same. At times it felt like a part time job.
@@TFNEVADA San Andreas defines my childhood. I have spent countless hours exploring every detail of the game.
I grew up with the ps2 San Andreas, which was my introduction into GTA. I played so many games on the ps2, but one of my favorites was Def Jam: Fight for NY it never got a remaster and was never ported to other platforms
Wow bro, you just spat out every thought in my head. I'll be like 'yeah let's play a game' and then switch it on and look endlessly at games. Between running my own business, raising solo three kids, other commitments ect, the stress gets to you. I feel games have less story than they used to. Story is what gets me. The characters feeling smooth.
I don't have any friends to play with anymore. Back when I was younger and had real social circles, videogames helped me connect with my friends. We'd bond over war stories from Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, and practiced fiercely to beat each other in Smash Bros and Guitar Hero. And those are some of the fondest memories I have.
Now, it's hard to make friends let alone hang out to play video games. And even when you have a friend you can play games with, maybe THEY are too worn out and busy to play.
Thanks for sharing your memories
All games are only multiplayer online.. and i aint paying monthly to play online twice a year... Its actually crazy..
Yep, the friend I spent the last decade playing games with most nights just doesn’t play anymore. So the whole motivation for playing games is gone.
@@lamsmiley1944I feel your pain
@@crzycolchris Look into the CRPG genre. Also, Baldur's Gate 3, Skyrim, Fallout 3/Fallout New Vegas. A Tale of Two Wastelands project. Enderal: Forgotten Stories. And if you had favorite classic games, look to see if they've been released digitally or are getting a re-release. Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse made it out of IP hell and is on Steam now. Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a re-release. Most awesome old school titles are under $20 these days, not including sales.
As someone who has just started gaming in my mid-40s, I can offer this perspective: it’s really, really surprising how many of the most popular and top-rated games stick to the same formula: first-person shooter/first-person combat games where the player is involved in sporadic action scenes, frequently interrupted by fairly long B-grade movie clips, or the need to solve a really simplistic mystery like how to open a door.
If games are going to be developed with movie-like stories, and movie-like acting, then game producers need to up their game and avoid the B-grade quality acting and storylines/scripts that seem like they’re written for 12-year-olds. Honestly, this formula is getting really tired.
I analysed uncharted 2 and it uses exactly the pattern you described. It’s shooting -> cut scene -> riddle -> repeat. I stopped the time for how long each part took me.
And now I see the pattern all the time. Last time with god of war ragnarok
I'd say buy a different type of game. RPGs, even first person shooter RPGs, are different than you've described.
That recipe was stale 10 years ago, but people keep buying this crap, so they keep making more. I say anker up in the bay and only buy the games you fall in love with. Pirating is good for the industry!
Try EVE Online. Nothing has prepared you for it.
Try some MMORPGs like Ark or 7 Days to Die. Been playing them both for yeeears. 46 yo gamer mom.
Bro, you nailed it. I’m a 57 year old casual gamer. Arcades and Atari as a kid. Grew up and… responsibilities. Have a bud of 30+ years. We get online a couple times a week, as much to catch up as to play. Always co-op. Life changes and changes us. ✌️
We're about the same age, I just turned 58, and I remember in the early 80s I couldn't wait to get some change to play some arcade games like Galaxian, Pacman and Space Invaders. Galaxian was my favorite. Now I have a PS5, PSVR2 and a gaming laptop. These games are now very sophisticated, but the amount of violence is incredible, especially for someone with
my game background. I've been playing Half Life Alyx on my PSVR2 and the experience is amazing, so games have come a long way.
@@nr3157 Galaxian was my first love. After playing it in the arcades it was the first game I got for the old ZX Spectrum. Ahh, memories. 🙂
I am 57 and have a gaming friend since 22 years ago. We are both retired and still play video games almost every night. We have probably played every coop game there is.
@tbonsz same age as you! I am a gamer for life. I've been playing since I was 8 years old. It's one of the best hobbies ever.
Also, remember Christmas getting Atari 2600 games. Every kid in the neighborhood would swap out games, so everyone would get to play different games.
Just getting back into gaming at 56 years old and I tell you its very overwhelming, but fun at the same time. Your video made some wonderful points and actually helped me compartmentalize my choices and gave me some clarity as to how I should approach this hobby as I get older. Thank you.
This really hits hard. At 35, I feel more and more stressed as the days go by. I feel like I miss out everything I love to do, be it games, reading, and so on... And the ironic thing is that, like many said, when I finally create the time to play games and sit down, I just don't feel like it most of the time. The feeling of guilt whispers ever so loudly due to responsibilities piling up. Guess I'll be playing only a handful of old classics I've always loved as the time goes on. HoMM 3, Civ 4, XCOM, AoE2 etc. I think it's more about us getting older rather than games being significantly worse.
I totally understand what you're saying. I am your age and i feel the same. Even when i got some time on my hands i just don't feel like getting into the game. At some point just sitting in the garden and staring at the mountain landscape for long minutes is a lot more rewarding.
Gaming used to be a fun way to waste time and meet people and show your skills in games or enjoy some immersive singleplayer stuff. It still can be that way but to me lots of modern games are boring and dry crap. I also feel that i waste my time if i play more than 4 or 5 hours a day. Usually i play about 1 to 3 hour a day and feels good enough for me without it getting boring. I enjoy training more and working on my business and gaming is just a nice little reward to relax for me nowdays rather than a hobby. I am 31 to clarify forget to add that currently play Fallout New Vegas and emulating monster hunter games on pc it's good stuff.
Im 26 and I feel this I just can’t enjoy because back in My mind I have more responsibilities and get stressed if I play
Love me some XCom. Destroyed me as a kid and now i destroy it.
I have the same problem, I’m trying to quiet those voices and just turn on the console without thinking about anything else. Otherwise I’d never play
I'm 36 years old and just started up Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS5. I'm so overwhelmed! I find myself wanting to go back to simpler games a lot, just because they're easier to start and stop.
Open world destroys my brain. Too much to take in
I like levels like the old ps1 era
@@smartlibra2965 Or smaller maps, like the original Zelda. Huge (at the time) but not overwhelming.
I’m 68% through RDR2 and I recently reinstalled it to try and play again. The amount of items in my inventory must be over 100. Also forgotten how to do certain actions. Crazy how complex the game is
im 34 and i would love to get into the battle royales and the call of duty stuff but my brain just wont let me do it. I remember when games were relaxing. Now they are too high pace and stressful.
Same at 33. All I need is a game that uses 1 D pad (or 1 joystick) and 4 buttons with only a few things to do in menu. There is so many things you can do in game menu/maps/options these days that sometimes I feel like I'm wasting my time in them rather than playing the game. I don't know how to explain it otherwise. Also, the loading times for some games are pure madness. I guess you can call me a boomer lol.
Simple answers, and there are 3 of them:
1. The magic is gone; we grew up.
2. Too many options.
3. It's now quantity over quality
4. The current rash games are jubk
5. Rise of smartphones, we were so ignorant with gaming consoles because it's the only fun technology we have before and that's why it's a luxury, also it's not easy for us to research the secrets, or hints to beat a game now you just get ur phone in ur pocket and search the walkthrough
Game hold your hand nowadays @forestlink6673
@@forestlink6673 hey , interesting, maybe this is why it doenst apply to me, i do NOT have a mobile phone at all and still
enjoy a lot of new games, hogwarts, avatar and others.
6. games got worse because they're shoving their political agenda down our throats instead of making good games.
you raised some really good points that I hadn't even thought about. Up till now, I really did think that I just couldn't find something to play but the reality is maybe I just don't want to sink so much time into learning skill trees, min-maxing a build, running a guild, etc.
I'm in my 40s and I think that there may only be a few games and movies and albums and books that we can get immersed in in our lifetime
Games went from being a "good meal" to being a "vacation". One is less of a commitment than the other.
There's probably lots you just gotta find them 😎. How to find them? I have no idea!
About to be 40 with full custody of 4 kids, even though I may not have as much time due to work and life…I still play old to new stuff…I prefer stream now.foe me games are like reading a book I like to build up my achievements and experience what I can on the gaming side before I die, and Elden ring is my most played pc game ever..:beating left 4 dead 1 in 2009. And I’m still playing elden ring, also I’m more into hybrid gaming like a steam deck.
I am in my 40s as well, and still like Gaming, but I feel that many Games lack that "excitement" for me. Part of that is of course me, I am no longer a Teenager after all, but part of it is also the Games.
I feel like most Games these days are just filled with "busywork" and don't reward you for just heading out and exploring. I still like playing Skyrim, although it is not as free and open as Daggerfall was and not as stunningly beautiful as Oblivion.
Elderscrolls Online is a Game I would really love even more, if it was Single Player.
Strangely, I really enjoy playing Rocket League, simply because it is quick and easy to get into. Same goes for Fortnite, despite all the Insanity going on in that Game. It's like a new Game every time I get back into it after a few months.
But what I really miss is that feeling of wonder and awe I used to get when just heading out into the Wilderness of Skyrim or exploring some caves and finding Dwemer Ruins or some magical portal in there...
You know.. I'm 38, and even though I have a PS5 and Xbox Series X, I find myself enjoying older games on PS3 and Xbox 360.
I am 51, my childhood gaming was in the 80s. Those games were incredibly primitive by today's standards, but I would stay up all night playing them. As I get older work takes a toll, my imagination is not what it used to be, it is harder for me to get into games. I usually just play online games that I have been playing for years. I try new games, but often I get bored with them really quick, or find them too demanding. But once in a while a game still grabs me.
I would definitely agree about the demanding aspect... I don't want to have to memorize a 27 minute boss battle that has 3 phases. Being able to start a video game, play 20-45 minutes, get some things accomplished, and log off is nice. I don't want missions which require me to be logged into the game for an hour or so, or to have to join a PVP queue, etc.... Just let me game by myself, or have friends join in, and make it so I can just explore/fight as I want...not as I'm being told to by an NPC. I really get tired of having cut-scenes every 78 seconds when I'm trying to learn a new game too.... that does NOT make me enjoy the game more, or feel more invested in the story.
I think this is what was so great about the original Legend of Zelda. You could begin playing...had no objective you HAD to complete, and log out. When logging out, hopefully you had explored something new, killed some enemies to make money and/or acquired some extra items in the time you played, which will help you the next time you get on and have an hour to complete a dungeon, etc...
Absolutely agreed. That is why I mostly play Snowrunner at the age of 51 which is more of a gaming meditation practice than video game ;) Or a few multiplayer matches with my daughter in Call of Duty.
I'm 34. This is why I play my Sega Genesis Mini, SNES Mini more often. Good old games are fun.
They're also much shorter and easier to get into. You press play and you're immediately in the game. No faff.
I'd say that you're chasing the 'tried and tested' dopamine hits of what you used to have and trying to recapture those old feelings, because you're too ADD to invest yourself into something new.
It's not just you. It's happening to nearly everyone.
@@childofthesun32it’s not ADD. It’s spending an entire day at work just to start some 800 hour open world game and everything you need to do in that game feels like more work.
@@no-budhee6657 I wish we could get paid to game. I mean, if a game is going to feel like work, then why not get paid for it?
@@no-budhee6657 satisfactory in a nut shell. Also the same with Zelda tears of a kingdom. Hey I want to play the game but I need to collect 500 bombs and arrows before doing what I want to actually do.
Going back and playing older games that I grew up with and even games I missed out on back then has just proven to me that it’s the industry and not just me losing interest in games. I don’t have the time either to keep up with it
Personally I just play older games. The creativity and the dedication are prestine.
Same here-I'm starting to really enjoy newer games, especially RTS titles. Gates of Pyre is one that's been catching my eye lately.
For my generation, (in my 50s so a teen in the 80s) and particular where I lived, we were blessed with arcades - places that were a cocktail of gaming, arcade machines light years ahead of what you could do at home, hanging out, sharing experiences with mates, and enjoying the joys of youth away from home. It was a place away from anything being caught by social media of today - everything was in the moment. Living life rather than recording it on a phone. A golden age.
Arcades were brilliant back in the 80s (Dragons Lair and Galaga were my favourites)... We often go to arcades when on holiday, and the games are terrible now. I suppose things changed when home games systems got better than arcade games. Also the fact you can save your progress now, makes arcades redundant 😢
As 44 years old man with 12 hour shifts, i wish that i have more time to play games, but best experience for me was when i used to play with my buddies. Joking around, bunch of jokes, funny stories, few beers if we had money for it 😂🤣. Life separated us in different jobs, towns and to different duties. I miss those days, now i am happy to play game which i love. I enjoy the most when i play Red Dead Redemption 2,what a game, what a story, what journey and one and only Arthur Morgan! Thank u Rockstar for breath taking game and Diamond of gaming industry!!! Greetings to all of u people from Serbia 😊.
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Spent over 1k hours in red dead online. I've explored that world more than the real world lol
@@TheAbandonedAccount7 Have not played Red Dead Online not even a 1 minute,ahahaha. Simply was not interested for it. I needed almost 2 months to finish RDR 2 because of my job.
Gets worse at 67 years old
@@cashrjr23 I believe you about that.
The Donkey Kong game, for no reason, brought a tear in my eyes... time moves fast but only a handful will remain in our nostalgia
Born in the 70's and gaming since the commodore 64, I felt this. I recently decided to play games more often again after 10 years of hardly finishing anything. There was always some excuse not to commit. With the games I like there is always a part to create a character and then get through some tutorial, which usually takes up at least 2 to 3 hours, if not more. That's a luxury I simply didn't have, trying to keep a career going and being there for my family and pets. The games I like also have elements that weren't there in the past, like researching and crafting and keeping track of inventories and scanning and whatnot. It all feels like chores to me. I have to keep track of so many things in real life, I just don't feel like doing all kinds of side-stuff just so I can continue my game with better gear. I just want to jump in, epxerience a story, help NPC's with some side quests and shoot bad guys along the way. I just want to loot what's in front of me and be done with it. And so I simply stopped playing. The only game I managed to finish in those 10 years is Dishonered on PS4. Which is a plain sad score. But there is light at the horizon. I'm at the start of my 50's now. Familiy is doing fine on their own and they don't need me as much as they did before. I decided to cut back my work hours as well, so there is time to play again. As for all the annoying chores, I turn to mods. No more scanning 300 planets for hours to find some bloody rare chrystal so I can finally get the right scope for my snipergun or whatever. Whoever invented those things should be locked up. Since I only play singleplayer games, I'm not harming anyone with the mods. It keeps me immersed in the story of the game and that's time well spent.
Yes, definitley agree. Those massive open worlds feel like a big laundry list of things to get, places to go, and people/things/monsters to deal with. Too much like the real world! Not the escape that I was looking for.
One thing that is really nice about Fallout New Vegas in particular is that the beginning is quick and you can make a character who is fully neutral and barely needs to kill anything, giving you all the time just to enjoy the quests and the story (and you get a lot more of it when playing that way)
Fallout 3 is like the opposite. Huge intro that takes like 2 hours, and plodding early game with TONS of combat, minimal character interaction. Just "meat walls".
“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu
Live for the now, be at peace. If you want to play now, then do so. Don't worry about how gaming at your age will dictate your future or reminisce too much about the "good old days" of youth gaming. Just play now and enjoy.
If you dont understand where you have been how can you figure out where you actually want to go? Because it increasingly feels like nobody is at the wheel...
@@operator9858 I think that's called dissociation
Well said!
I'm just realizing this comment section is a fantastic compilation of *GAMER LIFETIME STORIES !* 😍
I’m 54 years old and have been gaming since I was 14.
I started with the Commodore 64, then moved on to the Amiga 500, 1000, CD32 console, PlayStation 1, and eventually Windows PCs.
Over the course of my life, I think I’ve played around 10,000 games. I gamed consistently until 2011, then took a break and started again 12 years later.
A lot has changed in those 12 years: Steam has taken over, DVDs are a thing of the past, the selection of games is enormous, and DLCs are everywhere.
Games have definitely improved in terms of graphics and animations, but honestly, that’s about it. I’ve noticed there are far more third-person shooters now, and I’m still not quite used to the cover-based systems. :-)
Many games also clutter the screen with HUD elements, making it unnecessary to actually scan for enemies yourself.
As for stealth games, I had hoped the AI would have significantly improved by now. But here we are, still throwing stones to distract deaf and blind NPCs-just like we’ve been doing for the past 25 years.
This video brought a tear to my eye. Another reason it's so hard for me to find a game I truly like nowadays is because I'm still yearning for the nostalgia of the past. I don't think I will ever get it back.
When I was young, I had a massive urge to achieve all my goals in game, progressing through the game. Now as I get older, I just want to achieve something in real life.
No one questions whether ever increasing realism is a good thing. It's a game. It's not reality. We don't need reality. We need games. There is a sweet spot there somewhere, and we passed it more than 10 years ago.
Good thing that games just doesn't disappear...you can play your favorites whenever you want.
I think this is one of the reasons I look forward into buying black myth wukong
Exactly! Well said. It’s one of the reasons indie games do so well.
@@AKUJIVALDO True, but xboxes are garbage that die all the time. I switched to playstation and those are very reliable, but still not sure how long you can use the physical media.
No one questions? This has been constant topic in the community since launch of PS3.
Wow everything you said especially towards the end hit home. It’s as if you were reading my mind. I appreciate you sharing this.
I'm 52. There are always new games coming out that I like, and I've been gaming 40+ years. Mainstream, Indie, AA, whatever. Quality titles still come out, amidst the dross.
Thats the spirit !!!
And starcraft still runs so 😂 I’m set lmao
But they're too far in between. That's why I only play the games worth playing, but they're rare.
I think this is a key point. Same principle applies to video content (and by that I mean everything you watch, but don't directly interact with - TV shows, films, RUclips, Tik Tok etc'). Anyone with a phone (which is nigh-on everybody now) can make a video and upload it. It takes zero buy-in, besides the phone itself, which the person probably already has.
Go back however long and that was just not the case. Anything you watched had to be decent quality, because it cost so much to make that if it was bad and failed, it wouldn't make its money back.
Same, to a lesser degree, goes for games. Making games is much easier than it used to be, because you don't need a distribution network to distribute physical cartridges or disks, you can just provide it online. This means there are a lot of really bad games (mostly in the mobile space) that you need to filter through to get to the good ones.
RDR2 being one for me, its a journey, same age and I play also for 40+ years, that game made me cry for a fictional game character for the first time.
If you are older you played most games you saw everything, nothing feels new. You played 10/10 games and your demands increase as you get older. The same games from 20 years ago made me happy when i Was 9, but are not good enough for me today
Yes!! I got on a big retro kick recently and busted out my old Xbox and PS2 and started playing a bunch of my childhood favorites....only to quickly get bored after 20 minutes.
Many of the same games that made me happy 20 years ago are still just as great today , I even appreciate everything about their creative design and strengths more so now In deeper ways after realizing what It's like to truly have consistently worse quality and lack of originality dealing with so many post-6th gen modern games. Age doesn't dictate or have anything to do with It for me , my GOATs are my GOATs because they keep holding up or keep me coming back. We're just long past the peak golden age of this Industry now and many gamers don't wanna admit It imo.
Nothing feels new because there is nothing new. Games from 20 years ago were way better than today.
@@kcadventures1454 That's strange. When I went on a retro binge, it basically never ended. I decided to drop modern gaming for the most part. Though if you are actually bringing your old console out, that could be the problem. I did that too, the low res and framerate etc can get annoying. Try emulating it. I've just been emulating old games for a while now and many old games hold up well.
@@kcadventures1454I feel the same way about retro gaming. Love the aesthetic, bored by simplistic gameplay. Our tastes change over the years, and video game design has evolved. I know some people may not like that, but I prefer games with a lot of depth, complexity and systems to manage.
I'm 63 and I play PUBG. The butt hurt I inflict upon the younger generation is palpable.
lol 😂
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49 and I have been temp banned in ESO a few times for hurting some kids feelers. to me that is better than the platinum trophy.
Haha sorry man, their bots
62 and do the same...a lot of older players on PUBG...
Fantastic video! When I was younger, I was a "gamer" right down to my soul. Games got unmistakably better over time, but my attitude towards them has evolved. With age, I approach it more subtly: Today, "gamer" is no longer something that I am; it is merely something that I do.
What I've noticed is that:
- Some games revolve very much about having fast reflexes, aiming precision, knowing certain combos. To learn these properly you'll need to sink a lot of time in them or you will remain bad at them, and as you get older, these games get tougher and also less entertaining due to their repetitive nature. Kids can watch a movie they like on repeat and enjoy it, but as an adult, that doesn't work anymore. As an adult, such a game may be nice to give your brain a rest and zone out a bit.
- Some games revolve around complex strategies with complex, interacting mechanics like the civilization series. Ain't got no time to study all that and besides, playing such a game feels a lot like work to me. I already do enough of that during the day.
- Modern games often want the player to progress through a story or it is otherwise communicated that some kind of progression is expected. This makes starting up the game already feel like a chore. Early games never expected the player to go through a progression curve, you just entered a level which was very similar to all the other levels and just interacting with the game was it's own reward.
Sofar I found that the Hitman series offer a nice balance to me where each session can be as short as 15 minutes but longer if you want to, some strategic thinking is helpful, but there are no complex mechanics to master and you can also just mess around and have fun interacting with stuff and shooting your way through a level if you don't feel like strategizing and just want to zone out a bit.
THIS ^. I'm "only" 34, but I already appreciate that life is far too short to spend obsessing over a game.
@@GryTrk I'm double that just lost my father but you can't start with life's to short cause you'll miss it, find what you enjoy and enjoy it cause it will
be over all to soon
Nailed it buddy. It's for these reasons that I can't properly enjoy any of the "soulslike" games or CRPG's like BG3 even though I'm objective enough to know that they are great games for their audience. I haven't got the time or the patience anymore to have my ass handed to me 50 times by a boss because I have to memorize an entire moveset and react with multiple different inputs in the space of 1-2 seconds. And any game that has vast, complex mechanics that you almost need to study to even understand how to play the game properly? Sorry, but to me that's work, not fun.
I don't mind story driven games as long as it's well delivered, has a good cast of characters and above all else, is fun to play.
And the older you get the slower your reflexes. I'm 73 and it's getting tough.
Seriously, buying a game SHOULD NOT be like buying a new car. Having to essentially read the owner's manual about what button combinations do what.
57 year old gamer here. I am a suckered for well written story heavy games. If that story is engaging enough, I love it to be long, so even if I just have an hour to play, I can look forward to starting it up to continue. Cyberpunk 2077 is a perfect example. I don't need things that force me to grind or have too complex mechanisms. I usually play at normal difficulty, but if I can't continue with the story because a fight is too difficult, I have no shame in turning the level down for it.
I didn't like Cyberpunk 2077. Not for the story, it was OK, I just get no satisfaction being a thug. Same reason I despise the GTA series. I'm sure it's fun and all that, if you can get over the lack of morality. Call me old-fashioned, I just don't enjoy gratuitous bullshit especially when so much of your "gain" is at the expense/death of innocent/civilian NPCs. I don't enjoy reinforcing morally dubious actions. I prefer games with a little better messaging, or at least being on the side that's not trying to burn down the world. Got enough of that in real life, don't need it in my video game as well. Would rather roast the bastard who has so little disregard for others. Anyone who enjoys reaping rewards/pleasure at the great expense (or by taking the life) of others who do not deserve to pay the price (the ones that aren't murderers/thugs/etc.) isn't worth my time to engage with. Unless it's at the end of a shotgun, delivering some level of virtual justice. That's my little trip, anyway.
Yeah i just started that myself, im finding it hard to get into though. The story is kind of all over the place at least early on. Wish there was a third person option. Does the story get better in it?
I'm the opposite in terms of needing it to be long. I think 6-10 hours is perfect for me. If a game goes on and on I usually end up putting it down before I finish it and then when I pick it up again I've either forgotten what is happening or forgotten how to play it. Space Marine 2 was pretty much perfect for me and is probably the first single player game I've completed in at least 5 years.
As someone that has been gaming since the NES days I find it difficult to find anything that doesn't feel derivative to the point where the "been there, done that" feeling sets in very quickly and I just go back to something older. To me, it feels like the industry is very stagnant and risk averse and there really isn't anything groundbreaking/revolutionary.
People form their preferences in their teenaged years. By 30, most people aren't exploring new entertainment anymore. They're trying to reclaim their past feelings rather than add new ones. I suspect that our brains just run out of space for new things to like.
Regardless, I love retro games! 😊👴🏾
My husband and I are old school computer gamers. I am nearing 50 and he is over 50. We still play a lot of games because that is how we spend time together. But it is definitely different than when we were younger. Since gaming is more my passion, I keep track of all the games that I think look good. He is happy to play the new Assassin’s Creed or Far Cry even though I warn him about the lack of much evolution. I haven’t felt in love with an AC game since Ezio. Since I have more free time than he does I play smaller cozy games as well. I miss the excitement I felt as a kid getting a new King’s Quest, or Quest for Glory, or whatever Lucas Arts was putting out.
To get back to the point of the video, I would say both we as older players and games have changed. I can’t get together with my friends and discuss the newest game I played because I am the only one still playing games. So I find that I choose to play games with partys like Persona 5 to go back to a time where I had friends I could share my gaming passion with. I try to stay away from early access and read more reviews to find the right games now instead of just any game. I am tired of buying games that aren’t finished like Cyberpunk 2077. I am tired of games that are barely more than a reskin of the last one. I want more Baldur’s Gate 3 and less Assassin’s Creed Mirage. But maybe that is just part of getting older. It takes more to really surprise me and immerse me in a new world.
Just my 2 cents
I agree totally. I loved the AC games, but I haven't played the last 4 releases. The last Far Cry was such a disappointment that I haven't returned to it, preferring to revisit the older games.
I am 59 and all my friends look at me like I am mad, because I still play games. The only people I can talk to about games are a lot younger than me. Nagging my daughter to play Assassin's creed 1 just for fun
I'm 37 and it's this exact feeling and series of thoughts I have been facing hard for the last 4 years. Thank you, if anything, for showing that I'm not alone in this part of life.
Hey it is happening to me to and i am 34 and i use to think something is wrong with me but still it scares me to think i can never enjoy anything truly now like i use to as a kid🙁
@@dildeepaksinghladhar5213 ohh yeah I'm with you that it's scary. I mean I feel if I wasn't working 50 hours a week to make ends meet and instead had money to travel every other month, that'd be a great vector to finding that excitement again. But alas I'm barely keeping my electricity connected.
@@chriskukowski398 yeah i can understand you but when we were small we were able to find happiness in small things but now we keep going on hope that one day we will save enough to enjoy again
58y/o gamer here. My first video game ever played was in the arcade version of Pong back in 1973. I got myself into the arcade industry in the early 80's because I wanted to be paid to play video games. I've seen the ups and the downs of video games my whole life and I have to say, my life has been enriched by them. To me, playing Skyrim for the umpteenth time is akin to reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy yet again. I keep up with the latest games and play the ones that interest me(BG3, Cyberpunk2077, Helldivers 2, Stormgate, POE, etc.) My interests have drifted towards games I can play with other people. I prefer to share my experiences with other people and get their take on whatever is happening in any particular game. People do change and their tastes in games change along with them. Life events, illnesses, various work and family demands sometimes limit what we are able to play, as stated in the video. Somehow, I believe I will always figure out a way to game until the end of my days, sharing the experience with others and I will have been the better for it.
Thank you for sharing that’s amazing!
Exactly this! I much rather enjoy the experience with others than waste away alone. WoW, D3, CoD, BF, all games I only loved playing with others.
You are probably the only gamer older than me, I am 56. I also remember playing pong in a machine at the local pizza place when I was a little kid, and all the fun I had at the arcade. I saw the development of the home PC video games, from the first text adventure games, like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first RPG's like Ultima, Bards Tale, Wizardry, Might and Magic, Baldur's Gate the first person shooters, like Castle Wolfenstein, Doom, Doom 2, Quake, Duke Nukem etc... All the way to the modern MMORPG like WOW, Diablo etc... I also find it harder to get into a game nowadays, although I spend a lot of time doing Fallout 76 now.
I feel ya man. I’m 41 and when I have the chance to sit down and play I’m too tired and I just want to relax. Between work and family and school video games take back seat a lot. It’s only when im really stressed that I find relaxation in games.
I'm in mid 30's and ran into this problem some years ago where I struggled to bring myself to play what I was planning to play. I eventually reached the conclusion that the real problem is thinking about it too much, instead I take what I call a "shotgun approach": when I feel like playing something I'll just play whatever I feel like playing at that exact moment not worrying about things like if I'm going to finish it or if I was in the middle of something else, just focus on what I actually want to do which also means that if I don't wanna play anything at all for a while that's also fine.
I wish I could travel to that era for a day or two. Walking half an hour with my cousin to rent VHS “Evil Dead” movie and coming back home with full of people waiting in the room to watch the movie. I think I miss the simple life.
I miss those day too. I don't think it was more simple; we had to work harder at most things, and that's what made those things more enjoyable. Part of it was the anticipation. When I first started playing PC games, having to drive to the store to buy a game, waiting for it to be installed from CDs, and hoping that it would work properly with all the drivers and such was its own form of excitement. Now, doom-scrolling through a nearly infinite number of games and clicking a couple buttons to buy and install just isn't satisfying.
How is this simple comparing to just watching it online?
You miss people, not time.
@@Hjartulv It's hard to explain if you weren't part of that era. Walking to the local video rental place, browsing the selection, stopping at the corner store on the way home for chips & pop, etc. It was all part of an oddly satisfying ritual.
How is this hard to explain? R u mental? U just fking did
It’s the human connection
This was so spot on. This very video almost went into my watch later playlist but then i saw how short it was...there are well over a hundred videos there.😬
Great essay, I feel like it did help clear some stuff up.
I just turned 58, I'm still gaming but with limited time. One thing that frustrates me is the complexity of a lot of games. Many have menus on top of menus with a h7ge learning curve. I miss the days of pick up and play games.
Exactly...just give me something like the Legend of Zelda... a few menu options, but VERY simple.
@@bluepunk182 If your looking for something similar to a modern Zelda game it'd have to be the Ys Series. Lots of older Ys games as well, if you want 80s-early 2000s ones. I see it get compared to Zelda all the time by other people.
@@user-gz4ve8mw9l thanks! I'll check it out!
Part 3 hits hard man. As a 35 y/o dad I have to schedule and plan ahead the mere couple of hours I can play a game. The family goes first, the house needs attention, the mundane daily tasks keep piling up… it’s just different. The old days have come and gone so we too must move on.
Great vid!
I’m 56 and am playing more. Key is not buying too much. I’ve stopped buying anything for 18 months to tackle my huge backlog. I do 30 hours on one game then put it down for a while so my mind doesn’t crack!
Reducing the games I buy and reserving my day 1 purchases for the ones I know I'm going to play. I also eliminate my backlog by uninstalling games entirely and not looking back. If there's a game I've been saying I'll play for a year or two and still not got around to it, I know I won't be playing it so I'll just move on.
I'm 55 and totaly agree!
As a retiree on a fixed budget, I tend to wait for a sale, buy one game, then play it for 100 hrs or so, then repeat. I know what I like and keep a list of games I might be interested in, but I don’t think of it as a “backlog,” more of a “maybe someday” list.
So you’re retired. Well of course you’re playing more!
It's also hard to find something new in a saturated market. It's like buying a car.There are thousands but how do you manage to be different. It also has gotten harder to play online games as we age, due to the excelling factor of 16 years old and their skills. The process of buying a game has changed and is not the same feel as a few clicks and you have it. The journey might have been then the game. You can remember a time when midnight release was the hottest thing around. We still bought fallout 76 but we did it with joy, waiting outside at 12pm for the game.
I'm 40 and have been a gamer for 35 years. Since three years ago I'm a parent. That means that games have to tick many boxes on my checklist in order for me to play them nowadays.
Games that I feel don't respect my time are out the window. They can't be too time consuming either or frustratingly difficult, so most open world games and souls/soulslike games aren't for me anymore. I'm pretty much left with walking sims like Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch and Soma.
Also, I often feel like video games haven't aged with me. There are few, if any games, that target an audience of 40+, but lots of movies and books that do.
Im 42 and I’m the opposite, the only games I can play repeatedly are fromsoft games and other souls like games. Most other games bore me to no end.
@@pawnzrtasty I can fully understand that. I did play a good deal of Elden ring at launch. They're great games.
Try Huntdown🙂
That respect your time comment hit hard for me. I'm 39 with a 1yr old and I somehow put about 140hrs into TOTK over the past year with bits and pieces of time here and there. Just to go after the final boss and see that literally nothing I did in the game mattered. I could have just walked right up to the final boss within a few hours of starting the game. I haven't booted up the game since that day. Total disrespect of my time. Many games today are too easy for the sake of accessibility
Indie games , especially adventure games , feel just right for me these days . They tend to be shorter experiences (2 - 15 hours max) and are satisfying in some way : good story , interesting gameplay mechanic , great art style , etc . And , at that length , the game has an arc and is memorable , rather than being simply filled with "content" . I usually remember the game as a whole experience , which makes it special even after the playthrough .
So true, at 65yrs old I've lived the entire birth of video games to present day. Trying different consoles but eventually settling for PlayStation from 1 to 5. Some truly wonderful memories playing games for fun and dealing with depression. But since playing Red Dead Redemption 2 (8 times), I cannot find another game that even comes close. RDR2 is more like a time machine taking me into a different reality, Maybe it's my Endgame.
Lol, I'm 66 and feel ya. I'm thinking RDR2 was not only fantastically made but it of course mirrors our childhood. All we saw at our age as children were WW2 movies and Westerns! I bet you also wore a gun belt, hat and boots as a kid!
@@greggordon6215 ha ha sure did and feel like doing it again sometimes.
Baldurs Gate 3 is very good. Grand theft Auto is good. Dragon Age Inquisition. Witcher 3. All on par with Red Dead 2. I also loved Red Dead. Oh, also, Cyberpunk 2077 is one of my favorite games of all time. The glitches have been mostly fixed and it looks great on ps5. BTW i'm 46.
Don't think anything could match RDR2 , it's a masterpiece on every level
Cyberpunk 2077 is on that kind of level for me. It actually took a bit to grasp the good parts of it. But I would definitely try it.
I grew up poor. Now that I'm in my early 30s I try to do things that I couldn't when I was young. So videogames are a priority after family, friends and work... And I enjoy so much gaming that it makes me feel younger again. 🎉
My parents had weird rules. They wouldn’t let me get a console as a kid, but I could play pc games and gameboy games. My parents wouldn’t let me get a PSP until the PSP Go came out and looked like a gameboy.
Vacation was the best because my dad would let us play the N64 on those hotel consoles. Whenever I did play, my parents only let me play for an hour with a kitchen timer.
When I got to college, I bought my own PS4 and made that my life. Academics and girls didn’t take any priority because of that. It was the perfect storm as I got into drinking and smoking weed as well. Some of my best memories were of smoking weed and playing blacktop 2k or advanced warfare zombies with my college buddies.
I’m 28 now and still struggle with turning that part of me off with video games and weed. I’ve tried getting my dad into games with stuff like Alien Isolation (he’s a big fan of the movies) and RDR2, but he throws a tantrum and refuses to play them. It sucks going through life and having passions and hobbies that people can’t relate to. I’m jealous of the kids who have dads that play video games with them. The most interaction I’ve had with my dad was eating out at restaurants and watching movies. Someday, I want to be a dad so I can interact with my son/daughter and teach them how to play video games.
That is so me! Specifically with sim racing, none of my family EXCEPT my dad understands why I'd want to race virtual cars with my free time, and NONE of my few friends understand either. :D
@@brokenhanz-o4m. Sending a virtual hug 😌🤍
@@brokenhanz-o4m bro saw "I grew up poor" and decided so flex with his collection of consoles and family vacations. Tsk tsk.
@@brokenhanz-o4mI feel that gaming loneliness as you so, as I do with aviation as well
I recently made the realization that, while I love playing video games as a solo hobby, I really value gaming for the social aspect. Not multiplayer lobbies, but taking on a co-op campaign with my buddies. As I get older I find that connecting on discord with my brother that lives 7 hours away is as worthwhile and fun as the actual gaming.
This video really spoke to me. I'm a level 63 gamer and have been playing video games since they first came out over 50 years ago. Currently I'm on PS5 and Xbox Series X. My biggest issue is choice overload with gaming and with Netflix, etc. I'll spend more time agonizing on what to play watch rather than playing or watching.
Some games do end up feeling like a job and I've jsut had it with that. I played Destiny 2 a TON for roughly five years until I finally got sick of the grind. I'm not going to engage in any more games that require busy work just to get a special gun or item.
So now I'm focusing on single player games. But the choice overload is still there. With work, wife, caring for an elderly parent, I don't have hours at a stretch anymore to game except on the weekends. So then I have to decide which one I want to spend hours on or not.
Right now, I'm playing COD Black Ops One. Yes its an "old" game, but to somebody like me who started with PONG, it looks great. I also started Last of Us 2, but that one's not really grabbing me. I also play a lot of Gran Turismo 7, but racing over and over is starting to get old too.
Are we/me just spoiled? I haven't even mentioned all the games I bought and barely played.
May your level cap be higher than 100 and may we still play a lot of good games to come.
@@darthmelbius63 years old
spot on... choice overload.. level 56 gamer.
Nice comment. Level 55 here and been at it since '82. Or maybe Xmas '81? I forget (that happens at this level). I don't know what it is but I seem to be playing games less and less and guitar more and more. The games just aren't drawing me like they used to. Oddly the last one I completed was Ghostwire Tokyo. I say oddly because it descended into a mind numbing collection fest relatively quickly. But maybe that was the appeal? It was just switch-off-mind-numbing and something I really didn't have to put a lot of thought into. Hmm...
The assistant in GT7 really annoyed me. When I realized the game wouldn't let me put torque thrusts on a Super Bee I uninstalled and deleted the save.
you have to learn to dive into the dumpster, and to be able to find the gem, it takes an effort, a lot of it.
you have to use no effort to unlearn gem finding, and be able to dumpster dive, a lot. That's the way to true happiness, dumpster diving... yep... ... 🙃
That’s the problem as we get older we don’t have time
This is true I rember renting superman 64 one time not knowing it was one of the worst games ever made at the time and I just tried to play through it. Like even when I watched review shows I did not care about the score they got as a kid. That being said when I was 12 and heard "don't open that door!" From Wesker in resident evil 1 for the first time I got legit goosebumps from hearing it lol
Indie games are really where it's at. There's never been a better time to play Indie games.
@@aevox2358 > There's never been a better time to play Indie games.
Kind of makes sense in a way. 30 years ago a small studio of 20-30 passionate people was considered "AAA" (and many of the best of them grew into the behemoths we all love to hate now).
Today a game made by a small studio of 20-30 passionate people is called "indie".
It shouldn't be surprising that indie games are the ones that most align with what us old people think of as "good" - they're developed basically the same way as our nostalgia favorites are. The development process hasn't really changed all that much - there's just been a new layer stuffed on the top and the labels shifted.
(Of course there's also Sturgeon's law to take into account - 90% of everything is crap, and that was just as true in 1994 as it is in 2024. We just don't tend to remember the crap because it's crap, leaving us with a skewed idea of "good" based on only the games we liked enough to remember and ignoring most if not all of the ones we didn't like - or never even heard of because they were too crap for the local Toys R Us to even bother stocking on their shelves.)
I'm 50 years old. I have many gaming issues. Games forcing grind like it's a job. Not having friends with the time to play multiplayer. Pay to win mechanics. But the biggest for me is playing games because of how they once were.
I have had to use rehab mentality to deal myself off FIFA, NBA 2k and most driving games. They'll never be how they were, or make me feel how they did, but they'll be some hook to make you think that they'll be closer to the games I'm pining for.
I used to play EA games when they used their full name in the title. But like the gamer in the video said we lost the time to play. But the companies still needed to make games. Consoles got better, detail got finer, coding got harder. They had to change things to stay relevant.
I understand and accept this now. I look on Steam for old o.g. Xbox/360/PS games I once enjoyed and will play them on my gaming pc. My original xbox and xbox 360 will soon come out of retirement. The PS4 will just be where Gran Turismo and the Uncharted series lives.
Getting old is a consequence of how time works. Feeling old about the way gaming is now is a pain that will never end. It's also a choice. Similar to missing how cars used to be. I say buy a new one and grow to live with it, or buy an older one and keep it going.
Constantly thinking about old stuff getting older will age you.
That's because you play a lot of online games. Those are not good for you the older you get. When I was a teenager i loved MP games. Now in my early 30s i hate them. Waste of time since they want you to log in to the game everyday or you will miss out on something. I enjoy SP games now.
@@doctorsilva1345 Me too, i love single player games way more than multi player.
Try PUBG. Seriously..
I'm 35 so I come from the blockbuster era too. Lately I've been having trouble getting into any games, I thought maybe I've passed that phase of my life. Then I switched from console to pc, I needed a better computer for work, then I got a steam deck. This combo has gotten me back into gaming, I have been playing different genres then I am used to like turn based, jrpg, etc. The pc/steam deck combo is great, remote playing your pc games at high settings on the deck in bed really feels like a next gen experience. I think the new toy has possibly gotten me back into it at least for right now, hopefully it's not just a honeymoon phase.
I think it could also be a combination of a few factors, one being when you are younger you feel like you have all the time in the world. Once you get older you realize time is a precious thing. Seeing your parents while you still can, not letting friendships slip away can be hard when you are busy with work then also trying to cram in any hobbies you might have. Time just seems to go slower when you are young and all you are thinking about is you gotta just show up to school.