Venting I can't enjoy playing video games anymore

[Deleted member 23450]

Gaming for me is just a way to escape the harsh reality, but now I don't even like playing games anymore.
I don't like to play singleplayer games because I feel lonely. For me it can be challenging playing singleplayer games, but it's not fun.
it's so much better to play, interact and share funny moments with someone.
Playing singleplayer games as a lonely person is pretty depressed tbh.
I used to enjoy multiplayer games and now I just get stressed. I just play to escape the reality... as if it were a kind of a drug.
Have you ever felt the same way?

 

[NuclearCel]

I don't like to play singleplayer games because I feel lonely.

This is the exact opposite of me right now. I actually have a new found love of single player games since the last year. Im burnt out from competitive multiplayer games and just wanna chillout and experience some great storylines and the good old single player gameplay.

 

[Over_this_Life]

i prefer single player games. I enjoy their stories and i also like not having to interact with people. Gaming is one of my only copes right now

This is the exact opposite of me right now. I actually have a new found love of single player games since the last year. Im burnt out from competitive multiplayer games and just wanna chillout and experience some great storylines and the good old single player gameplay.

Exactly me. Except i never was really into multiplayer

 

[Deleted member 818]

I still enjoy gaming but nit as much as I used to. I only like a handful of games.

 

[Animecel2D]

Beyond over if you can’t cope with games anymore

 

[Pengwin]

Vidya is ove

I still enjoy gaming but nit as much as I used to. I only like a handful of games.

Yes, I used to play a lot of ps2 games when I was younger but not nowadays

 

[Deleted member 23450]

i prefer single player games. I enjoy their stories and i also like not having to interact with people. Gaming is one of my only copes right now

Exactly me. Except i never was really into multiplayer

I don't really like competitive games too.
I prefer some coop games.

 

[slavcel11]

 

[Deleted member 818]

Yes, I used to play a lot of ps2 games when I was younger but not nowadays

Same. Played on my Wii and DS as well. Fun times.

 

[crestfallencel]

i've been mechanically working through my game library but it feels like nothing good has hit in a long time. i'm hoping that cyberpunk 2077 will revitalize me.

 

[Deleted member 23450]

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what is this?

 

[slavcel11]

what is this?

Just a guy reminiscing about his gamer times.

Transcription: Не осталось вообще нихуя. Вообще не осталось никаких игр нормальных. Раньше помню, были мы романтиками, верили в светлое будущее. Играли в игры, в варкрафт, в гта третью. Помню было так ахуенно. И бля жили этим. А сейчас что? Ничего. Ничего не осталось, вообще ничего. Всё улетело куда-то вообще. Не осталось ни игр нормальных, ничего не осталось. Была романтика какая-то, там, отдыхали с друзьями ходили, помню, с друзьями обсуждали игры самые первые, которые выходили. А сейчас... а сейчас вообще ничего не осталось. Как было всё таки прекрасно...

Translation (lost much of its stylistic appeal because I cant speak English): Now this is fucking all gone. No good games left at all. I remember times when we were romantics, believing in a bright future. We played games, Warcraft, GTA 3. I remember, it was so fucking awesome. We fucking lived for it. And what now? Nothing. Nothing left, nothing left, at all. Everything is gone now, somewhere. There are no good games left, nothing left. There was some romance, like, we socialized, I remember, discussed games that came out. And now... now there's nothing left. Just how wonderful it was...

 

[Deleted member 8353]

I'm sort of similar, but it's mostly with multiplayer games. I just don't find most of them fun. However I don't really enjoy games as much as I used to overall. It's a combination of me having trouble concentrating on them, but also because most new games don't interest me, and you can only play the same games so many times.

 

[ionlycopenow]

Beyond over if you can’t cope with games anymore

 

[zangano1]

I don't enjoy it much anymore ngl but still enjoy

 

[Billowel]

i barely play games these days.i maybe spent 40hr(and this is stretching it) gaming this year.

 

[AlexanderTheGreat11]

I don't cope with games

 

[Deleted member 23450]

I don't cope with games

what do you do?

 

[Deleted member 25707]

Play CupHead. It's my favorite game. Spend 200+ hours on it.

 

[Deleted member 19236]

Have u succeeded in that “dopamine detox” thing?

 

[Deleted member 21324]

The only thing I enjoy life is playing video games, sadly.

 

[Justice Bao]

in multiplayer people are so fucking rude thats unbelievable, i hate those little teenage shitheads

 

[Deleted member 23450]

in multiplayer people are so fucking rude thats unbelievable, i hate those little teenage shitheads

That's why I stopped playing competitive games...
It's too much stress to handle

 

[deathsh+rt]

Games today have nice graphics but do not feel the same as when I was younger playing ps2 and Xbox and I only play to escape the boredom of unemployment I am hoping to be in a unit by the end of the year as my caravan has no site for power cause i want to see if cyberpunk can restore that feeling I had when I was younger.

 

[Deleted member 20064]

I haven't enjoyed videogames anymore since i left school. I even left my old pc with weak integrated graphics for a very powerful one, but nothing is funny anymore.

Probably it is because my social interactions went even more to the ground and can't forget/cope anymore.

 

[Deleted member 23450]

I haven't enjoyed videogames anymore since i left school. I even left my old pc with weak integrated graphics for a very powerful one, but nothing is funny anymore.

Probably it is because my social interactions went even more to the ground and can't forget/cope anymore.

same...
When I was at school I had some friends to play with.
after school I was just trying to cope hard with video games, but it wasn't as fun as before

 

[Deleted member 22999]

This is the exact opposite of me right now. I actually have a new found love of single player games since the last year. Im burnt out from competitive multiplayer games and just wanna chillout and experience some great storylines and the good old single player gameplay.

same here, I’m a single player game guy

 

[Deleted member 20987]

Ageing gamer syndrome, it affects us all.

Tales of an aging gamer: Why don’t I pick up a controller as often as I used to?

We keep getting older, the games stay the same (and science backs that up).

arstechnica.com