Why are Video Games no longer fun?
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- Why are Video Games no longer fun?
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Juckus today tries to answer the question of Why video games aren't fun anymore. After Jschlatt moved on from doing video's like A tribute to minecraft i thought I could a video essay in the same vein as the previously mentioned video. Video games over the years have seemed to become more boring than they used to be
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Jackus is a CZcams entertainer/comedian based in England or Britain or whatever. He creates comedy videos on CZcams making commentary videos about various funny topics and poking fun at ridiculous people on TikTok, CZcams, and Instagram. He's got some sweet moves as well. - Komedie
I am the lew at the start and the lewkn at 5:22 , can confirm playing TF2 was one of the best nights of my life. And playing The Forest through with you, tom and thom, single handedly made The Forest my favourite game of all time. It is truly sad to see everyone grow up and the games we loved fade into memories but it is nice to look back, my one hope is that a game comes out and brings us all back together one day. Love you man.
Is that the Fortnite professional Lewkn?!?!? 😳
yooooo its lew
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tf2 is that game that still holds up the same way it did when i started. i loved it for the whole time and still do. roblox? it's lost the charm after 8 years. minecraft? i've done nearly every idea i can make. it's lost the feelings for me.
I’m now starting to think the reason I play is to keep my self busy rather then play a game for fun
@@TheDrevonFTG Nobody wants to question just enjoy the shit situation we've been given.
Same
Same, I feel like I'm just taking a break from my thoughts rather than actually having fun
Yes, for me it's a escape from reality.
Same, i suffer from derealizaiton. Thinking the world isnt real but to countrr it i played games just to chill down and remove my thoughts. Its a effective way but after youre done with the session your thoughts gets back again
glad to know im not alone in this
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@@ihatelife5464 its 2 now.
@@onomatopoeia3462 It's 3 now.
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This hit really hard. i lost a friend i use to play games with all the time. i try replaying those games to feel like he's still there, but it won't ever be the same
damn man I'm sorry. I lost my friend as well and I miss all the minecraft we used to stay up late playing together. Not the same anymore
@@jopeckproductions782 the last game we played was gta5 and I haven't touched it since. Hopefully if 6 is a good game I can play it enough for him as well
thats really though bro stay strong :)
I lost a mate. Well we had a falling out while back and every time I try and play something new it never feels the same without him, I do miss them times and I wished they continued but sometimes that’s just life. I wish you luck
I think many of us need to have a sense of being "busy" or "self actualised" before we can start to enjoy video games again. I think I found playing video games so fun when I was younger because I had been at school all day or busy all week playing sports or doing some kind of activity. Now that I've finished school and am working I find that I am not capable of enjoying a video game until I feel truly busy or productive. I'm not saying that I'm not busy, but I feel like most of the time I need to be doing something greater before I can earn the reward of enjoying a video game again.
Agree with you
Like a reinforcement learning
@mistah mayne seems like a really good point, thanks
100% agreed
I was having fun in games but till I turned 14 it's not fun anymore and I'm moving on my life.
Thought i was the only one who sat there at the home screen for hours kinda lost lol
It really sucks :/
Really a terrible feeling.
Makes me feel better Im not the only one being a zombie at homescreen lol it is depressing
I do this everyday :(
same
When my friends moved on from games, I realized something that day. I wasn’t having fun playing the game, I was having fun sharing the experience with my friends.
This!! I have a child and can't jump on games as much as I used to, so because of that I barely have time to play with friends. I miss the late nights, the laughs, the whole party getting together and now whenever I jump on, I'm reminded that I play games alone now.
I miss them too, friends… loosing them is a part of grown up i guess. Cheers to the one that we lost on the way.
This is a huge part of it for sure.
It's definitely part of it. I lost many friends over the years , what friends I have left are just co workers and even tho I know a few that play games we all have kids, sports, families, priorities it's just never going to be the same. In the last 10+ years I bet I only played co op twice with someone in know and probably only a dozen with strangers. I'm already an introvert so I hate headsets and the process of playing with strangers , I barely wanna play with someone I know. Those are the best moments to make memories tho.
Couldn’t of said it any better . I would spend hours at a friends house on the game cube playing mario . In my early teens with the ps3 era and gta , was honestly the funnest part of my childhood. Now I’m grown and me & my friends now have responsibilities it’s just not the same when we do play online.
“Every game is fun you just need a friend to play it with” - Me
Beautiful lmao
there are very few cool games with co-op right now
For me the biggest thing that stops me from playing is not having someone to game with, gaming with friends will ALWAYS be fun to me
Kinda late but yeah legit the same, many years ago I made friends with tons of people and now.. I just can't make any friends probably because I am older and all my old friends are now adults and have jobs and a adult life, its really sad
@@sethgamesandmorehedleyh3049 yeah it’s rough, my best friend of 10 years has moved overseas and has a job so we barely ever get time to play now because of time zones and other friends are also busy so it just makes it tough to find time to game alongside my own responsibilities. However, when we do get time it does actually make it a lot of fun to game
@@mrjamezjc9845 One of my greatest friend has now got a job coding video games to help younger kids to be educated or something, he's got a big salary and a nice future, I feel like I've been left behind and he is like 20 now, I'm still 16 and times just slowed down for me
@@sethgamesandmorehedleyh3049 I get you but don’t worry man, as life goes on you’ll make new friends and find new people to game with plus things like jobs and such will start for you too and you’ll find that you’ve got less time to game but when you do eventually get time it feels so relaxing and fun
Spent my whole childhood dreaming of having a nice PC that could run things on ultra. Now i have it and i feel so guilty because i can't even find motivation to play anything, and when i do it is not fun
Same, though I don't feel guilty. More just bored and feeling like I'm not living life to the fullest
Bro this resonated with me so much. Literally the same experience. I saved up enough from a summers job and dropped it on a $2700 build. Had fun for a bit, but now I barely play… 😞
I always played pc and am dropping back to console since the ps1. Can’t justify a 3000eur gaming machine when i rarely game for fun.
Same. I had more fun playing games as a kid with an average PC than I do now with my high-end one now.
yep same thing, end up playing settlers 4 or stronghold crusader on 300+ fps
The problem is that nostalgia only looks at the general good in the past, while leaving out the bad parts. I’m sure in 10 years I’ll have nostalgia for my life now, but I just won’t realize it until then
straight up facts man
As someone who has played games since 2001 and constantly making different accs for no reason, it does feel like a loop and its just like playing the game for the first time
there’s a really good video aboit this by a channel called pursuit of wonder forgot the name of the vid but check their channel out
I miss 2018, many good things happened, but i still felt empty, sad many times, bad things also happened, but damn how I miss 2018, even tho many bad things were there
@@Ieokk true
This video is relatable af. Its almost like I find videogames as a chore now. I think its because I'm an adult now and always have the thought of doing something productive in the back of my mind instead of just being in the moment and enjoying the game like I used to when I was a kid. Take me back to those simpler days :/
I'm not even an adult but gaming does feel like a chore sometimes. Just walking around shooting people while 50 precent spaced out.
@@jujhar. if it feels like a chore then don’t play it
It's weird because I will waste hours on dumb shit like watching random youtube videos without guilt but playing games is different
Yeah I really hate this "I need to be productive" shit all the time. Like, are we supposed to work and labor all the time, and not have fun or what?
@@jujhar.I kinda feel that way too. Skyrim is the only game I've played that doesn't feel like a chore
Well, I'm glad it's not just me. I'm 55 and everything you described is happening to me. I've got tons of games in my library that I bought and never played. I also don't finish many games anymore even if I'm still having fun. I mainly spend my time trying to find that next game to get excited about or watching youtube. It's depressing because I'm divorced and my kids have moved out to start their own lives. Without gaming, I have nothing
I am fairly younger than you and wondered how i would game if i hit a more senior age. Do you find youself just picking up another hobby other than gaming and do you find that hobby more fun?
@@fdude555 I'm divorced and live with my mom now to take care of her when my dad died. My kids are grown up and out of the house. I have a rare spinal arthritis so I can't do much physical activities so gaming is pretty much it. I now find myself gravitating towards relaxing survival base buiding games now. My interest in all the games I used to play is mostly gone. Used to love RPG's and aRPG's and lots of other genre. I know I'm tired of having to watch youtube videos just to learn a game. I honestly don't know what happened.
So don't know if this answers your question. Gaming is my favorite thing to do and yet I now have major trouble finding something I like. I keep trying though
Sad to hear that. I hope you are doing well. You can include meditation and some yoga if you can. Even daily walking should help. If we get too much dopamine we get numb to it. You can also read books or learn a new skill. Progress equals happiness.
To be honest I used to have this problem till I balanced out my interest in games with other hobbies to prevent burnout. Ive found if you consume them in moderation they can become special again
Exactly , 4-6 hours of continuous gaming will lead to you losing interest in the activity.
just give it some time and take a break. Try enjoying one game at a time and you'll see how bigger those 2 hours will seem than those 6-7 hours.
@@lukky6648 I agree atm I’m studying for exams it’s actually helping make games special again
Facts, like I would study and then play a bit of games and it feel magical again
so true
Truee most of the time i read stories watch anime and draw while play games like genshin which is a meh game but the fact that I just need to play for like 1-2 hours is perfect for my time during the weekdays since i have class and invest most of my time on the weekends in games like tales of arise
"Staring at PC for hours, not launching any games"
Yeah, I actualy have that. Though when I do launch a game, I love it. I often worry about how I won't like it before I launch, but then well, it turns out to be fun.
Same xD
Same. Everytime I wanna play something like RuneScape, Minecraft, hell even assassin's creed 2. Anytime I just boot up a game without overthinking it I have fun.
@@hiroakuma6464 it's like that with sports too and other hobbies. Not on a sunny day but on a rainy, muddy or just grey day i don't wanna mountain bike, but if I do it, I love it
@@tonikronpass_15 it the same with writing. If I feel like I have writer's block I just start writing anyway then boom ideas.
i have almost the exact opposite feelings most of the time but then i play minecraft and just download random mods and play with my little brother and occasional one of my older brothers aswell
I think we just want to get away from reality through games we we're able to as kids, yet now when you grow older it's getting impossible to achieve that same 'state' so i can totally relate to this video.
wrong. as a kid you wanted an adventure, the action the fantasy, the imagination while the more you grow up the more is like an escape similar to going into hiding
Sure is, I've also noticed that I'm not as I used to it when I was still a kid and playing nearly all the time back then, now though, I pretty much suck at most games I used to have, I still manage to beat some of the games I now have, but now it feels harder...
I guess it's like getting older, seniors are mostly not with the best gamers just same with strenght and reflexes, but weaker yet smarter and wiser, with a lot more experienced usually...
Story of my life, recently. I'm 45 years old. I'm desperately trying to experience passion and fun again in my life like it used to be. Attempting to do this through video games - like it used to be. Had a $6K 3090 gaming computer custom built by Origin. Bought everything needed for VR, in addition to a G9 ultrawide screen and separate 32" triple screens. Bought the haptic Woojer Vest. Bought lots of games on Steam. I rarely play them. I start playing, and within 20 minutes, I realize I'm not having any fun, and I return to CZcams. I'm constantly searching CZcams for "best PC games" yet not finding much.
I have been experiencing depression since COVID took out my brother. I seem to be coming out of it, albiet slowly. I'm wondering if my inability to enjoy video games might have something to do with depression? It is encouraging to learn that I am not the only one experiencing this debacle with video games. Maybe we're all depressed? Or there might be more to this...
All of the money I have spent recently on this video game journey came from an insurance payoff from my brother's death. He had a life insurance plan in my name. I had no idea. I have been feeling guilty that I spent all this money on something I'm not enjoying and not utilizing.
I'm hoping the new generation of Unreal Engine 5 games will break new ground and capture my heart like it used to be captured.
In addition to the computer and other gaming hardware, I spent $30K on a 6DOF servo actuator controlled motion platform for sim racing. This sim rig is still in boxes. I'm holding out hope that when I finally build it and start a CZcams channel, I will somehow find enjoyment again, yet I'm not all that motivated because when I play the sim racing titles using a game pad, my opinion is that these racing titles are lacking. They are not good enough. There's no sense of speed. The exception being rally games. I'm just not having any fun with them, and I love auto racing. These sim racing titles lack everything that makes auto racing so awesome. The sound sucks. The feeling of speed sucks and the graphics are too perfect. Auto racing is fast, brutal and messy. Sim racing is reserved, clean and slow. I have a glimmer of hope when I play rally games. The rally games do a much more accurate job of capturing the essence of auto racing.
I'm wondering if alcohol might be the solution. If I could manage alcohol consumption in a controlled setting and not allow it to destroy me, it might just be the thing to make video games fun again?
I have a theory. It's possible that fun is absent from games as of late, as the profit-driven gaming industry has become more and more commodified, where short cuts are taken and true innovation is avoided. Rehashing old game tech is the status quo.. more accurately, rehashing old game tech while increasing resolution is the status quo. It's the cheap and easy way out. All FPS games are basically, fundamentally the same game, just with different narratives and different eye candy. The same could be said with racing titles. Rehashing the old, worked for a while, yet it has run its course. The human brain adjusts. What was once amazing is no longer amazing. Now we are like sheep blindly chasing a brain state that once was, but can only be achieved again through new innovation. Yet there is no new innovation. What we need are radically new rendering models and new coding philosophies, and new business models within the industry. It's going to require risk-taking, time, and investment; devs who are willing to risk putting profit second in line to new innovation. A new generation of video games that captures the essence of the human experience. More detail, yet this does not mean more resolution. Smarter coding. Tiled rendering. More randomization and imperfection. Incorporate photogrammetry and other techniques that break from the status quo. This takes work, yet we have devolved into a society where cell phone games are more profitable than all else. There is no motivation for major devs to invest in new innovation when we keep chasing after and eating up the same old stuff they are feeding us. This plateau we hit stopped being fun 5-10 years ago.
One suggestion that came in my mind would be to simplify your setup for a while. Get grounded and just have a single monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, a headset and a controller and nothing more. It might desensitize your brain from all the stimulation. I'm going through the same phase of boredom and tomorrow I'm gonna try to be simple and be appreciative of whatever game i decide to play.
I wish I understood real happiness .. I've always had that short end of the stick with regards to gaming. low end pc lag and low textures.. from what I've been reading in the comments after people get their dream gamming machine they aren't happy..... maybe having a sexy hot girlfriend would make happy meh.. but I got a small pp dually fkd
Nothing will ever top my first time playing Minecraft at 10 or 11, the sense of wonder and danger knowing no mechanics and their operation. I used to block out cave entrances as I thought monsters came from there.
I had a good laugh reading this. Thank you.
@@helio6839 🤣
So true. I remember getting a cracked minecraft beta 1.7.2 version off a usb from a friend in primary school back in 2011. I still vividly remember my first worlds and what I built. Those times were such bliss.
And that music… that sweet sweet music
This experience was with Skyrim for me
“Don’t think about the past too much, you would get caught up in it that you wouldn’t be able to experience a new memory today” - someone from a comment section
This is true about everything
People spend too much time focusing on the past instead of the future. With that being said though, the future is looking pretty bleak, and I think that also contributes to the problem.
@@ryanwiese5280 good luck
@@kiboma4209 You too.
Growing up is thinking about the past as vital memories.
Keeping growing up is thinking about the memories as a vital tool, to create the new present.
I remember when minecraft first released on Xbox 360 and the amount of fun I had playing worlds with friends.
Gave me chills
The thing about videogames is that they USED to be designed in such a way where the act of playing it itself was directly fun and engaging. Certain games still hold up to that; Doom Eternal, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Super Mario Sunshine, etc.
However, I personally noticed games shifted away from this design philosophy. Maybe not intentionally, but they focused way, way more on keeping the Player preoccupied rather than actively engaged. Your attention is held, but you aren't necessarily having "fun". This is what a lot of open world games do and I call it the Minecraft affect; you're not really having "fun", but you ARE immersed. Doesn't have to be a bad thing, a lot of games engage you at this level like Red Dead Redemption and Deep Rock Galactic. They don't make themselves challenging and demanding so much as work you into the groove of playing the game like a well oiled machine and you're still getting some reward out of the experience.
But there ARE certain devs that took this too far. The ones who went "Games as a service" and molded their entire market practice around keeping people's attention and building brand loyalty through predatory means. You know these games; games you play that aren't even enjoyable, but you are distracted and you bought this pretty skin for your character that you get to show off when you play, but oh no! Then new skins come out and other people are showing off their clout as well and YOU need to keep up and keep playing and get the items out of the Battle Pass and so on and so forth.
"F.O.M.O."
Fear of missing out.
This is the philosophy EVERY game on the market is trying to hook you with these days. And it is sad because not only are these games not fun, they are actively manipulative. It is the same as being a little kid in a group of other kids and you are all doing what the group leader wants to do because he thinks it's "fun" and no one wants to speak up otherwise because then you're the odd man out and don't get to play with the group.
But games like Deep Rock Galactic *are* fun, and other games like Risk of Rain 2 are as well. Frankly, they’re more fun than something like DOOM Eternal, which begins to feel like a chore once finishing the game.
The part of video games that I love is playing with friends. It doesn't matter the game, just the moments and the friends.
It sucks for me because I can’t play online
@@jb3nn792 I hated when PS4 and Xbox started to make you pay money just to play online
Same but that’s just the issue... no one will play with me
I used to have friends that played a variety of games. I almost wish that were never the case. I've been left with emotional withdrawals. I feel like I have a drug addiction that will never be satisfied. The overwhelming joy I felt knowing I had a group of people I could come to, and consider my home away from home. Having that taken away from you does bad things to your psyche. Watching it all fade away slowly, knowing you can't do anything about it, makes you want to fade away too. I've been searching for that feeling again, and it's leading me down a destructive path.
This is the main reason why splitscreen should comeback.
That was, singlehandedly, the best feature in gaming. That and LAN.
Knowing that you’re “wasting” your time or you got “little time left before you need to sleep and go to college or work” is actually things that subconsciously kill the fun of “wasting all your time playing video games”.
I feel like that’s usually what kills it for me, almost like I’m on a strict timetable with something that’s supposed to be fun
@@tehangrybird345 exactly!
idk I have no job, for years, and play the same 3-5 games every fkin day, for years...
@D J but it shouldn't end up like everyone is saying here, where you don't play or enjoy yourself because you are wasting time, not being productive, feeling like you can't afford to spend that time and money on games. All a bunch of stupid talk that is meaningless and wrong. Screw productivity, have fun, it is more important.
Readin these comments bitch who u work for in games,?Wow little bit fun what about later in life ?
I think it’s because of how society re-wires us as we age. It changes us to constantly want an end goal and know how to get there and to stay busy. I used to play games like Minecraft just, to play them. If I did happen to have an end goal who knew how I would do it? I just played along and had fun. Now, everytime I play Minecraft I can’t just relax and go with it, I have to think of what to do first, how to make these farms and do things efficiently, what my base must look like, the resources, and how I will get food. Video games don’t feel the same because we aren’t the same anymore.
Nah. It's just Jews.
"Video games don't feel the same because we aren't the same anymore"
Man that hit hard
The good ol days are simply just gone. The time where we all had free time out the ass and nothing to spend it on except the 360 are behind us. The childhood wonder is done and over. Minecraft is the worst now. Used to be full of my friends and endless creations to work on and now it is empty, left for me to merely wander and reminisce to the music. Chasing the dragon, never to find it.
Games are still fun. We just can't recreate the "first" experiences we got from exploring the medium as kids. Those of us who have been playing games for a long time basically know how each genre we care about functions at a basic level, so even NEW games don't feel as new as they did when we first tried them when we were, you know, 10. But that applies to literally everything in life. You can't get stuck chasing that dragon, because it's unobtainable, in any context, not just gaming.
Wise words
But still though new games doesn't have the same effect on young people as we were
I think a game should challenge our reality these days it augmenting it nothing more
Why are there so many FACTS in the commenys
Neat perspective. Definitely probably true.
In my opinion , you are absolutely correct. For example I used to play a lot and ever since I got a license and started dating and generally grew up , it felt like I didn't have time to play and games weren't as entertaining. Although a while ago I got sick and had to skip school and work for a few weeks and luckily found a game like no other game I'd ever played. And I went back. Felt the nostalgia even though it didn't feel like it felt first playing last of us , or getting online in Nba 2k , it still felt special. But as soon as I finished the game and went back to the games I was playing I got a feeling of familiarity. Like you said , to a basic level , there's just nothing that impresses me anymore cause "I've seen it all" so definitely agree with you my man. Have a great day
@@dackbowland1876 If you play shit games of course you're not having fun. Go play indie games
There have been studies completed about this topic. It’s not that games aren’t fun nowadays, it’s just that other activities such as scrolling through your phone on Tiktok provide significantly more dopamine. As such we lack motivation to play video games, when our brains receive a higher reward for less effort elsewhere. It’s quite remarkable, but If you quit your phone and Netflix for a couple of days, you’ll notice yourself be much more inclined to play video games or even be more willing to actually complete some study/homework or something.
Btw, I’m not saying this is entirely to blame, just that it definitely plays a significant role. Other factors would include facts that we are getting older, and perhaps games nowadays genuinely just aren’t as good or revolutionary
I might try that
Yup, this is the main thing that he unfortunately seems to have missed, although he does allude to it somewhat when he mentions mindlessly scrolling through Netflix and CZcams instead of playing video games. I think being glued to smart devices most of the time makes you less likely to be able to fully engage with video games when you sit down and play them.
I would honestly argue that games nowadays are way more engaging and groundbreaking than they were back in the day. An excellent example is Breath of the Wild, no older game even can compare to the breadth and depth of that game and the experience it can provide. There are also some unbelievable VR games out there that bring immersion to a whole different level.
It's just that if you are on Twitter or TikTok all day long and then sit down to play some games, of course you're going to stop after an hour, your brain was already overwhelmed with sensory input before you even started playing. If video games were your only mode of entertainment/engagement and you only had two hours a day to play them, you would have mind-blowing experiences way more often, even if the game was objectively subpar.
Man I do love getting fed by algorithms
It's the games actually, I am now 17 and when I played Deltarune I had the same fun I had when I was younger.
let's be honest now, most games now are just made for making money instead of the experience the game will give.
Also changing game genres will help. if you play and only play Minecraft for example, you will get bored of it even if you play with your best of friends. try fighting games or shooting game and not just sandbox and you will have fun.
and also try other hobbies instead of playing games and go on social media. like gardening or listening to music or just any hobby that isn't the same thing you always do.
I... Think I might uninstall CZcams... I've been really down over the years.
Though... Not yet. There's a bigger issue that I need to be solved...
fun isn't subjective. it is a feeling.
what causes that feeling may differ between people.
but the feeling itself isn't subjective.
Nostalgia is all of the good memories you wish you could relive, all the bad memories you want to fix, and all of the memories that you wish you could have had. Thinking of the good old days, Minecraft, Zelda, Halo. All of the originals. All of these games have a special place in our heart and we all wish we could relive all of them. Even the memories that hurt.
When we were kids we had nothing to worry about but as an adult responsibility comes in and it becomes stressful and we start to think video games is a waste of time :(
That's what I believe too. We know there are other things we should be doing instead. As a kid, playing games is essentially 100% guilt free
I have so much school work to do, Ive been playing more sports often, and ive catched an interest playing the piano. The games on my pc is just rotting xd, i only play two games now but I still cant play them that much.
Agreed
yes bro, you r right
Think about it like this. If you are having fun, it isn't a waste of time
Variety is what keeps things interesting. When you've played everything nothing has that NEW EXPERIENCE feeling anymore. Supplementing videogames with another hobby can help keep things fresh and not "Samey". All videogames share a similar experience, you are just sitting there infront of a screen doing the same motions over and over. I've recently started doing something else in my spare time, and now I find myself more engaged in the videogames I do play.
What are you doing now in your freetime?
That's a good point, thanks.
This is it. I had a bit where video games weren’t as fun, but then I bought New Pokémon Snap and have felt this child-like glee while playing it simply because I’ve never played anything like it (I was born after the original and never had an N64.)
I felt this so much last year, didn’t play for like 5 months
Still not the same
I'll remember those good old days forever when I use to stay up all night with my friends playing games til sun rise but now I'm just looking forward to something new and different where do the years go man
Your comment hit home for me.. I share the same memories of staying up all night playing video games with my siblings. It felt like yesterday although we’re grown now. We sometimes find time for video games solely for the nostalgia.. it’s a bittersweet feeling.
This is a wonderfully made video, keep it up! This honestly hit so close to home :')
I just feel like I can’t find a game good enough to be dedicated to/enriched into. I miss staying up all night grinding out a game
you can try like spiderman games ghost of Tsushima
Try no mans sky that game will keep you up all night
@@omadiholl4124 umm ok
Ark. Just try not to get UNHEALTHILY addicted
@@guacamole585 in not addicted to games I use to be tho but I'm not now I'm create games for people
This video was a slap of reality.
Recently I have just been sitting and watching CZcams, tempted to play the bunch of games I have, but I just don't feel like launching them. And when I do, like you said, I only play for an hour then go back to watch videos. I hate just staring at my computer bored, tired, and feeling unfulfilled. I really do hope a game comes one day that I sit and play for hours, where I lose track of time and go to bed 3 hours late.
For me, it’s mostly the same as what you’re saying, except the reason why I hesitate to play new games is because of the writing. Just to clarify, it’s not as if I’m saying that the writing in video games is necessary any worse, it’s just that none of the stories told in video games recently really grabbed me, like they did 5, or 10 years ago. I think the last time I was really gripped by a video game story was when I played Undertale or Lisa the Painful. Those feel like such distant memories now, and I haven’t found any game stories that seem like they will excite me like those did, and after having been let down playing future games that were supposed to be like those two, disappointed me too
I'm occupied with a main 4 games right now: Forza Horizon, Battlefield 1, Minecraft, and War Thunder. Since I have this variety I have options. If I get bored of the endless void that is Minecraft (lol) I get on battlefield or war thunder, until someone claps me into smithereens, then I enjoy some casual racing until the stupid gps voice drives me insane 😀
@@auralunaprettycure I think the whole Minecraft "lore" was fun and all and that's a chunk of my memories. And Herobrine was real, me and my friends summoned him, he blew up my house, screw those who think otherwise
No it wasn't just my friend invisible in creative wdym 😭😭😭
@@auralunaprettycure Ever tried omori? I think Its one of the best releases story-wise In recent times.
People need a dream to achieve, thats what keep me away from video game lately, yeah you "progress"in the game but in the end we've done nothing for ourselves. So yeah fuck metaverse
the thing that always depresses me or just unmotivates me from playing is the worry of my time. My head just asks "will it be worth it?, I don't have enough time so why even?" and so on and so forth. And once I break out of that mindset I am in bed already for the next day.
Easy solution the issue is you don’t feel productive enough throughout the day/week. Also my guess is your friends don’t really play video games
I always get that feelings, but I always just push away those thoughts and try, and usually end up having fun.
broooo i love you, well your channel i just found it and i cant stop smiling
"We didn't realize we were in the good old days until we weren't in the good old days" - a good friend
I miss playing minecraft and other games with my friends hours on end non stop laughing, having fun, and just enjoying life without a worry.
well I wish we knew we where in the good old days before left them because we could have the chance to make the most out of
“I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days, before you’ve actually left them” - Andy Bernard
So true :(
eh i just never really got that Minecraft feeling
why do people like it so much?
i bought it too see why but now i cant get rid of it because other people like it to much but i just generally dont think its a good game.
it has its moments but it has literally no story or anything.
survival progresses way to slowly to feel any sense of reward even with friends and i guess im just impatient
@@Sharky_0456 lol. its the sense of accomplishment when you build something amazing or the struggle to get to the end. as far as no story, couldn't be farther from the truth. its just not in ur face. its the lore. sometimes i do things in games and are like, i could literally do this irl or somthing better if i put my mind to it. they are a waste of time. thats why they are no fun. you scroll tick tock instead because you dont have to commit to it and you can procrastinate instead of filling your life with things that matter, if you can see what matters or beleive in them.
yeah, I miss staying up all night playing minecraft till sunrise, walking out to get a donut from each other in the dark ass night, and one of us falling asleep on the mic
My main problem is the lack of friends to play with. I've lost so many friends over years and the more people I lose, the less interest I have in playing video games
Yeah, Covid really affected me too, especially because I’m still quite young.
It truly does hurt.
ye
at least you had friends to lose
@@piano_master_5246 100%. All these youtubers talking about how much fun they had playing video games with their friends,I never HAD friends to play video games with.my whole life I was a solo player
Short version: you grew up and for some reason you're fighting it instead of being happy and moving onto more fulfilling things.
"The definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing.. Over and over agian"
Boiled down, my take is that the games aren't "less fun"(for the most part), but rather the weight of adult life and responsibilities makes it harder to really buckle down, get engrossed and sink our claws into them compared to when we were younger.
You're trying to relax and enjoy it, but it's just harder to do that when there's more going on in your mind outside of the game.
exactly
@CaJoX222 escapism is not always a good thing either. not saying marriage is good but running away from responsibilities isn't going to make your life better.
It's almost as if videogames are made for kids and not mature adults
@CaJoX222 how what else should we run from? Our jobs, our kids, our wife, our parents, from society, from civilization.... Ok im going too far but running is never the best option apart from a few life threatening scenarios.
I hate paying rent, you're right
This video is exactly why I think it’s an amazing idea to actually take long breaks away from video games like I do. Like a week long break and you get back into it it just feels a lot better. This is also why I cherish new games so much; because they’re the only ones that give me the sense of fun I’ve been looking for all this time.
Y’know, I never felt that way
I’ve always played video games because when I was younger, around the age of 10, I was bullied to a point where I contemplated suicide, I was ready to die, I didn’t want to live in a world where I felt rejected by seemingly everyone, but when I played games like Minecraft or Call of Duty, I could escape the tragic world I live in, and just be in those worlds, build whatever, shoot whoever, they helped me cope with the pain of my real life by giving me an escape
Fast forward 8 years, and I’m 18, and now I feel sad knowing that even if a game is REALLY good, it’s still not gonna be the same as they were back then, they’re not gonna help me feel better, and I can’t find fun in them
But…I no longer NEED an escape from reality, my life’s actually great, I have friends, I graduated high school and really, I no longer need to play games to escape from the world
I think what you said just helped me realize that, in the past, I used games to escape from the real world because the real world was breaking my heart, but now, now no matter what fictional world I go to, the real world is now feeling like it’s worth living in
Wow
Spread ur wisdom to the world
@@logeyperogi1805 Damn, bro. Being rejected as 10 yo is harsh. Good to hear you are doing great.
@@logeyperogi1805 good to hear you’re doing good now bud
@@logeyperogi1805 Deez bro, deez.
most of the times i play videogames alone they arent that fun and cool, but when im with my friends nothing looks boring and its more fun
I just dont have any friends.
Exactly what I'm feeling right now. When I was a kid I thought having a good PC and console will be a very good life because you can play whatever games you want but now I don't know. It feels like something is missing. Sometimes I wish to be a kid again, I want to feel the excitement of playing games and finishing it. Man I miss those times.
I think almost everything in life loses its luster over time. As a musical artist, I constantly find myself experimenting with different genres of music during the creation process to stay interested in music making. While working on a particular song and hearing it at least a hundred times til it's completion, I'm then ready to move onto the next music project. Sometimes I can't even listen to my finished song for a few days until after I step away from it and come back to it with fresh ears.
Song fatigue is a problem that's only gotten more prominent with each new project. I suppose it's also due to the fact that as a beginner musical artist, it takes you the same amount of time to complete projects as it takes for someone more experienced to implement their desired sound design.
@@iamquietfire Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I actually have had an opposite experience. It took me longer as a beginner to figure out stuff and therefore took me roughly 20-30 hours per track from start to finish. Then it eventually went down to around 15 or so hours after the first album. Now after many albums, eps and singles, on average it takes me 8-12 hours per song to finish. However, I spend more time on other intricate things like automation and better song arrangement that I never messed with much when I was a beginner. I guess I'm just spending more time on other things, vs getting stuck on the mixing issues I faced during the beginning phases of my music journey.
Same
i can relate
If your looking for a enjoyable genre try some edm if it’s not your style that’s fine, but if it is, then you’ll be glad you’ll of tried it, trust me it brought back quite a bit of my enjoyment of music, and have stuck with it for around 5 months so I’d say pretty good
bring me back
Back when I was younger I would play any game and be satisfied. Now im in an endless loop of trying to find a game that brings me joy.
@@RyanGFC same
I wish i could man. Hope you enjoyed the video
We wish we could bro...
We wish we could....
@@RyanGFC try valorant and if you can have some friends play with you then thats better!
Hopping online to play with strangers doesn’t feel the same as back in 2007. I remember meeting people playing modern warfare, GTA4 and TF2. Now when I hop on, it seems like everybody is in tight clicks, and if you don’t have people to play with you get your ass handed to you
This……
genuinely filled that gap in my soul that has been missing for years.
I miss having as much fun and not caring about the world around me, but I am at the age where I can get a job now.
I am really happy with this video.
I feel whole.
I was smiling through almost all of this video.
You have just unlocked many core mementoes for me, or at the very least many good memories.
I hope you have a fantastic life.
Have a good time.
Ironic. My whole life as a kid I dreamt of having a gaming PC. Now that I'm able to afford one, I... Barely use it. The power anyways.
Same story here. But for me it was the glorified "MPC" that doesn't exist anymore. I think the glory days of my gaming was back on the VooDoo Banshee graphics card.
This comment makes me sad ngl. I want to be non stop excited about gaming
@@user-rx5qe7iz5v don't worry, everyone is different! My brother is 19, got his PC last year and he's playing all day when he can haha.
It's called 'growing up'. You stop 'playing' like you did as a child.
Yes, you can still play a game, but now it's different. It's relaxing or like a hobby, but no longer a 'discovery' or 'adventure' as it was when you were a child. Because when you buy for example a race game, you know what you can espect.
@@Nithalm I don't exactly agree as I still have that same feeling with movies despite having grown up. But I get what you mean.
Man, the more we get, the more desensitized we are. That’s why we gotta appreciate what we got now, in every moment
Easier said than done
@@nathanjordon6950
I understand but the crucial part is knowing that although you may seem bored right now, you have to realize that nothing you experience in the future will ever match how you feel right now.
The nostalgia to be 20-30 again is what drives the middle aged people to be so cynical all the time
It's because they know they wasted their prime years thinking "soon everything will be better" instead of appreciating life for what it is
It's all too easy to get in the habit of saying to yourself "it's just a hard week next one will be better" and then all of a sudden you're 70 still wasting time hoping that things will eventually be better than you had
Only to realize that the good moments are long gone
Or the games where objectivly better:
NFSMW NFSC still the most fun racing games.
Now i only have indie games that are good. Such as Kenshi, Exanima, rimworld etc
But life was better when you didnt knew much about the world and it was actually more fun too.
@@dageta7742
There is nothing objective about art.
Despite agreeing that need for speed most wanted was the peak of the franchise, I disagree that any game is "objectively" better than one another.
Is the Mona Lisa objectively better art than a Picasso painting just because it's more popular?
@@dageta7742
Try nfs heat it's so good bring the feeling of nfsmw05 and underground 2
I would guess (for me personally) it is the pressure to live this awesome life and the anxiety that grows with getting older of not living up to those expectations. And that’s where i sometimes can’t enjoy moments because of this thought of time running out
I used to have fun being glued to the TV playing video games when I was younger.
The fact that GAMES themselves have changed is what stalled my interest in them. In games today, you have to have solve a riddle, go through a tutorial, go looking for stuff, sit through some text or cutscenes, you have to read a bunch of stuff BEFORE you get to the action vs. back then in the 8 bit/16 bit era with games like TMNT the ORIGINAL arcade game (not the NES version) or Double Dragon where there's plenty of action AS SOON AS you play and you don't have to go looking for action. So, this is MY reason for not wanting to play games today.
My other reason??? Well, this reason might be super different. But, I'm a bit of an Indie game developer too. And I find it WAYYY more fun MAKING games instead of playing them. So, my time making games has replaced my time of playing them.
I hope this makes sense.
Like i can literally only play games for 30 min's before getting bored
Yup....
same
Same bro I play only 20 minutes or more but not much fun
Its not the game thats the problem....its probably you
I want to be honest here. I just found things that are more interesting than games, AND if I play games I prefer to play games I already know.
There’s something so pure about playing video games, it’s like everytime you play you feel like your taken back to times where you had no responsibility or burdens, but now it’s like we’ve played the games so much in our current lives with responsibility and burdens, that it doesn’t take us back anymore, just reminds us of what we don’t have
Or what more "productive" thing we could be doing instead
;(
For me it's not really nostalgia as much as just not having fun with life anymore. A lot of games I've bought the last 2 years are both objectively and, should be, subjectively better games. I just don't have fun playing games, or doing anything else. Just a shitty side-effect of getting older I guess.
Depressing.
It ain’t that deep bruh
As an 18 y/o i understand that feeling of why video games arent fun anymore but actually sometimes i pick up one the games from my childhood and i get into playing it again and it would last a few weeks and then id move onto the next game i used to play all the time, im from a big family so we all used to play the same games together and we are still just as close today so sometimes we replay those games and its like we are kids again enjoying those memories once more
Amazing video you couldn’t have explained it any better keep up the good work
I think what soils a game is knowing too much about it
For sure a huge factor in it
This can be extended into entire genres, too. Once you learn how things work, even new games don't feel as new as they did when you were a kid and knew nothing about anything.
I know what you mean. It sucks :/
Reminds me of when I was a kid I thought the game world is endless like IRL and always attempted to get outside the level to see it
For sure
that's exactly the reason why I've always preferred games with a story, you might not have fun with the gameplay itself, but the experience of making the story is like a movie.
Agreed…Playing through the Metal Gear solid series currently, it’s definitely been feeling like a set of Hollywood blockbusters..
Story based games ruined the gaming for me. Those games are made for remote controls and not gamepads and kb/m.
Last time Story games were fun, were when LucasArts made Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle etc.
Many would also say Sierra games.
@@VentilatorGaming Chrono Trigger was released in 1995. Final Fantasy X in 2001. KOTOR in 2003. These are all great story driven games that are considered classics now. They most certainly didn't ruin gaming.
Precisely the reason why I don’t get bored of rdr2
Yeah agreed. I’ve recently bought all the life is strange games during Black Friday. I really enjoyed it. I don’t have fun playing online games anymore.
I can only speak for myself, but I'm 37 years old now and games to me are not what they really used to be. As a kid and teenager, I just LOVED playing lots of games every day, even making my own personal games as well.
And although I still love playing games, at this age, I get much more enjoyment by playing games, either really old ones or completely new ones once in a while to take a break from everything else. I find that very pleasurable at times when I'm otherwise so busy with everything else that goes on in this world.
I especially love playing nostalgic games like Dune II, Red Alert, Golden Axe, Doom 2, Super Metroid, Prince of Persia etc. which I played a lot as a kid.
I just stop thinking about enjoying game between player's age, I've seen people who is 16 and say the same thing, I guess video game really is bad now
This really hit close to home for me. About 15 years ago, I played with several people a day, every day, on many co-op games on Steam. People have changed careers, had health issues, relocated, etc. Those were some really good times for all of us and I have many good memories that I wouldn't trade for anything. Now, only a few people in my friends list are actively gaming and it's kinda sad. Many friends haven't been online for many months or even years in some cases. These days I struggle to even find a game to play in my vast list of games, usually opting for random browsing or watching a movie or doing some coding. Maybe the new year will bring some games that interest me.
"Okay bro gotta go to bed we will beat the boss tomorrow" Last online: 8 years ago
yeah only pubg live them alive
@@muhammadnajeeb8666 yeah pubg was actually good but nothing new happened u fall from a plane kill ppl win or lose that's it.
All battle royals something like fortnite it's actually good but the fucking kids ruined it /it got boring too
@@Wa7ish_al_kunafa no bro its not boring in pakistan or india maybe other counteries lose it
@@gaminghorrorstories-ghs1437 pubgm or pubg is very famous among asians.
@@AshabAnan no,it is popular in east asia too vietnam,Philippines, japan.
Games cured my stress. Now I’m stressed out playing them.
Yep. Used to chill out and play call of duty and battlefield 10-15 years ago. Now in 2022 everyone is a wannabe e sport champion who streams to 2 people
@@Glockodile_Dun-D *2,000 people
@@myst1cl3g3nd5 He meant 2
@@thewiseowl8804 right. They're sweating for nothing. Generic people piggybacking off everyone else.
But are you still trying to kill Sidney?
When you want to relive a moment again, it might be either nostalgia or addiction. Fun is an active term. Fun is supposed to be, not was. Fun is exhilaration from stimulation. The after effect is longing.
This is one of those questions that would keep me up at night; if you could lose all your memories about a game, but also forget all the friends you made playing that game, would you? Until a couple weeks ago, all I did was play Minecraft, but all of a sudden, something clicked, and the game just wasn't fun anymore, I felt as if I had done everything. Fast forward a couple days, my friend said he was feeling the same way, and said, "If I could lose all of my memories of Minecraft, I wouldn't hesitate, could you imagine reliving Minecraft, and getting to experience it all over again?!" I considered it, but after thinking about it for hours, I realized how many friends I talk to daily, without realizing that I met them through Minecraft, it's just routine to spam them on discord and wait for them to respond so we can spend 30 minutes looking for a game.
"Nostalgia is truly one of the great human weaknesses, second only to the neck" -Dwight K. Schrute
Yup nostalgia op, i know the gta definitive edition is bad, but its cool to play as cj with updated graphics, still a great feeling cruising in los santos as carl...
@@joregvds967 Agreed friend, it's nice the games are back
This hits home. I had a group of online friends and we all met from this one game. Our friendship built from there and we played lots of other games together like minecraft, overwatch, dead by daylight, ark survival evolved, ect. There was a time when we played jackbox games together. We would still up until 3am to play but since my friends were from Europe and the USA, it was probably afternoon or the evening for them. And we weren't kids either. Our friend group ranged from ages 17 - 23. I still remember calling them on discord and the feeling of being around them made me so happy. It made me believe that I didn't need anyone else in the world except them. They were my life, all of them were my best friends, I love all of them. We all been friends for 4 years or even more than that. But a year ago, suddenly because of drama and all, the group separated and one of them pushed all of us away. Not trying to sound depressed or anything but it hurts, and I feel constantly lonely. I wished we could have moments like that again where we played games together and laugh. What I had in the past with them was so rare and the group in general was so rare and unique and I know I can't go back to it. It makes me feel sad.
2015-2020 in a nutshell
I had a very similar experience. I was part of a friend group I met on roblox years ago. We would play stuff like among us and jackbox all the time, but then one guy left, then another and we eventually all splintered. We're back together now but it just doesn't feel the same and I hate that. I miss the fun we used to have.
same…
and i love how 90% of us are getting the same vid reccomende
It might be me being way too optimistic, but it seems that there's a chance y'all can make up with time. Things might never be the same but why would one care as long as they're enjoying what they love with their friends?
This is so much of problem in my life, when I was younger me and my friends would spend all day on roblox, minecraft, and other games for children (not the minecraft is a children’s game) but now we are older, never upgraded our computers, don’t have money for consoles and so on. It’s hard to look back at these moments and think “I want to do that again” but when you do you just dont have fun.
Wow, I cant believe you mentioned "The Forest;" by name at 3:30. When I always say "Games aren't fun anymore" I always cite "The Forest" as the most recent, TRULY "enthralling" multiplayer experience Ive had on PC. In regards to single-player games, I can really say I haven't been pulled into a game since Bioshock Infinite, almost 10 years ago now.
Now that I'm a little older, (25) I've found that the best approach to enjoying games is what I call the "Arcade" approach. Where I know from the start that my play session will be no longer than an hour, but for that time I make it a point to focus exclusively on the game I'm playing. As a guy who was into VR as early as 2016, I can whole-heartedly say that the Quest 2 has several games that deliver a PCVR-quality experience, and when me and a buddy hop on "Population One", the gaming magic really is alive for a good hour at a time.
For me personally, I believe as we grow older, the games we used to call fun are overshadowed by the responsibility of being an adult. We are no longer having fun for fear of it being a waste of time, even though we waste our time anyway, like you said, staring at our desktops or scrolling through CZcams. Deep down we believe there is better, more productive things to spend our time on, however, we haven't really found out what those more productive things are.
I TOTALLY agree. This is my case actually, and I'm happy that some people are just the same. That I'm not the only guy in that world who thinks I'll waste my time
This so true sometimes it’s feels like you can do better things than playing games😔
Not only that but the time you'll have to INVEST in a new game. For example I have never played the witcher 3, skyrim, dragon's dogma, etc etc and I know for a fact those are huge games that'll take a lot of hours to beat, and just like you said... do I really want to invest all those wasted hours on a video game? Lol
Nah i found it. Like actually creating something. Its a bit challenging to create something big as a kid as financial constraints is a big challenge. You need tools and parents don't actually believe that you need them (not all but most)
But you should kinda consume info as you are kid, its good for psychological health
well said
I thought this was going to be a deep dive into how game design has changed over the years but no it brings up the existential dread of how getting older means accepting that you’re not going to be as happy of a person as you change as a person.
Damn
As an adult seeking happiness no longer becomes as rewarding, and in itself can lead to very negative emotions as you find it ever more difficult to achieve. What you naturally strive for as you get older is fulfillment, satisfaction in what you attempt to achieve. Whether it is building a rewarding career, raising a family, or whatever you try to accomplish. You can still enjoy your leisure time, but if it is all you seek then you will often meet with disappointment.
The game design deep dive would take actual effort though, this video was lazy
@@Plainsburner Yes such a cool post, a successful man died with satisfaction of what he accomplished but a failure died just chasing happiness.
This isn't true unless you let it become true. Your mentality is within your own means to change. It might be hard to do on your own if it gets bad enough, but that's when you should find help. There's no shame in that. Being unhappy is not an inevitability. That's BULLSHIT.
Bullshit I still love games I’m 27 but Im also starting to really love 3d modeling I could do it for hours and hours and seeing my stuff in a game feels great it’s like Omg it’s in a game I can see my weapon in a game and use how cool is that
“Something is fun when you want to relive the moment again” That quote hits different…
one of the best and most interesting video that i"ve been watching in last 2 years.Very simple one.
We don't miss games being fun, we miss having the free time, psychological space and social context to enjoy them.
edit - many people have pointed out that they have free time, but don't enjoy games any more. I agree, and would place the emphasis on the social context. In school and early 20s most of us had a tight-knit group of friends to play games with, and this gradually changes over the years as they move away, change interests or acquire additional responsibilities. Games die for us when all our friends are too busy to play with us any more, in my experience.
Cut social media out? Dumb question I know but I wanna a counter argument for the sake of recieving a counter argument
Hmmm might be true
@@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo I did that about 18 months ago and honestly it's a game changer. So much better.
@@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo
I went a year without the internet, and I cannot put into words the level of mental healing it did. I felt 15 again.
You don't have to cut out the entire internet, but consider a similar tactic.
Genuinely feels like when you come off a caffeine high and realize your head has been buzzing for 10 hours and is finally silent.
@@Ranstone Could you say some more details about your "cut out" from the internet? What you cut off exactly? The whole usage of internet or only certain websites?
Dude, this is so relatable. Sometimes I open games, stare at the menu, and close it because I'm not exited to play anymore.
Bro it makes me so sad, I also saved up my money for an oculus and now I never even use it anymore. I just go fishing now lol
@@SoakersTJLE have you tried some extreme game like Valfaris? Or Cathedral that is absolutely infuriating. But man this is fun!
@@SoakersTJLE you guys make me sick... Some GTA 5 punks. Go play real games. Like... Gear up for a boss who will fck you up like 30 times before you learn how to fight. Now THIS IS FUN .
@@greenheart5334 I would probably play more if I had some new games, but it has some horrible stick drift, I don't know how to fix it. 😢
@@SoakersTJLE truly based
my problem is that i have the whole day to play videogames but no friends so it quickly becomes repetitive.
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” - Mark Twain
I believe this also translates to real life. Often we tend to be in a situation that is less than ideal, and look back at our past with almost an envy of our past selves. I really needed to see this video, it made me feel less alone with my thoughts. Thank you
This !!
I couldn’t agree more, it sucks
Broooooo same I really miss my old self
You grew up, you got a job, went to college, got a girlfriend, got kids, you don't have time to game anymore and you are focused on life. It's still okay to game but it lacks the childlike wonder it once had because you've lost some of that child in you with age.
And the rose tinted glasses idea of the passed (as overrated an argument as that is) is starting to dwindle and the world really is getting far worse now, everything isn't how it should of been. We gave young kids 4 years to do what they wanted..and now we have 70 genders, people who can't function, angry freaks, and insane media consumption that is only going up with idiots in charge.
The trick is to game with your kids to re-experience all of it again
Lost some of your “muchness” is what my friend would say 🤷♀️
Besides the kids, you got my life nailed down there. I find as I grow older… I don’t need video games anymore. Life is actually quite wonderful: finding new hobbies, making friends, moving up in your career, travelling, making your own decisions… but there’s also stress, fear of the unknown, sadness, uncertainty… I try to hold on to that childhood spirit inside of me, it makes the good times great and the hard times more bearable
@@brendendielissen949 couldn't agree more
If I had a nickel for every CZcams video with this title.
My older brother introduced me to L4d2, even over a decade after its release. I don't remember the last time I've enjoyed playing a game so damn much. I found i didn't play to make progress or to say that I've completed the game as I would normally would, but rather because I was genuinely having the time of my life bashing brains with frying pans with my brother sitting next to me, just like we used to. I didn't even care if we lost, I'd be too busy laughing. I wish every game would be like that for me, or even if I could just discover a game that would do that for me, even just for a little bit.
I feel like this is less of a problem with modern video games and more of the tragedy of growing older. I'm sure the current generation is building amazing memories playing Fortnite with their friends until the sun comes up. Our days of playing TF2 are in the past, but they aren't forgotten. We move on but we won't ever lose those long wonderful nights with our friends, always in our hearts. Beautiful video!
true, it’s kinda gay I don’t have the same motivation to play games anymore
I feel it's also an issue with just the environment around videogames in general, kids grow up so fast now the oblivious, responsibility-less days are already over like that and not many memories are made. I myself left that oblivious type of gaming at only 8 and I wish I didn't grow up so fast now
@@ilovesupercarslol using gay as an insult to someone with a trans profile pic
@@lamarrussell1732 They never insulted the person in pfp, read that again.
@@ilovesupercarslol I agree it is gay some games are boring
One big factor people often overlook is the social aspects of it. When you're a kid, most schools are on the same schedule. Your friend group likely even went to the same school. It was much easier to all hop on the same game and play together. As adults, schedules differ too much and life catches up too often. It's MUCH harder to "get the squad together" as an adult.
Some games aren't different at all. The only difference is you're alone and making friends online isn't the same anymore. Especially without the friends you know in-person.
Reddit and turning on VOIP is a pretty good solution I think. Made alot of friends just nerding out about games and playing whatever, open to meeting new people.
I agree with you man, through 5 years me and my friends were all playing Minecraft together, but we slowly but surely drifted apart because all of us went to different schools, and some of us even went to different countries.
One other sad thing, was wanting to play so much games back then, but either not having money to buy them, or not having a good enough console or pc, and knowing that by the time i have the money or the console i will never touch that game, the feeling of missing out on so much, ruins me.
… I have the same feeling for a year now. After school I start my ps4 and then sit there until it is night without doing anything. I just want those times back where my friends and I played Mariokart 8 on the WII and our minecraft worlds where it was all about laughing and trolling. Today, in overwatch and other games that we play my friends can’t laugh with a troll but they are like no we need to win. They have changed and are now competitive, and I am the only one that just want to laugh and play around instead of winning.
The reality is that when we were kids, playing video games was our ultimate idea of fulfillment. All we were trying to accomplish in life was getting through school and homework obligations to go play a great video game as long as we could. Some of my "perfect" days as a kid were the ones where I played games for 8+ hours straight. Not to say that we didn't like hanging out with friends too, because I certainly have great memories from time spent with friends and family. But it wasn't a need to hang out with them all the time back then. Honestly, how many times did you physically hang out with your friends outside of school in middle school? Probably once or twice a month for me. But I was happy with that! I was content to just play games most days. But now at age 22 there is so much more I need lined up to be happy. Am I going to be able to find a career that covers my enormous student debt? Will I like that job? And if I don't, can I even have a good life knowing that I'm just going to be slaving away at the same shitty job for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 365 days a year until I'm 70? What about girls? Why can't I get laid consistently when it seems so easy for other people? Am I ever going to find true love? And let's say by some miracle I find true love and have a great job that I find enjoyable and pays me so well that I don't have to worry about money. I still have aging and the slow decent towards death to think about. It's hard to ignore now. Time goes by quicker and quicker each year. I can't kid myself and act like I'm going to be 10 forever. We know percentages and statistics now; I might very well be more than a quarter of the way through my life? What will ultimately have been the point to all this once it's over? I guess the answer is to just enjoy life now? This is the best time of our lives, apparently. But we have so much to worry about, our futures are so uncertain, and, since we're all introverts, we don't go out to frat parties and hook up with girls on Tinder every week. We just sit at home and try to find something else to occupy our brains with, ultimately realizing that we can't.
Video games can't fill the newfound holes in our hearts.
Bro I feel you ❤️ back In the days I was so excited and couldn't wait for the library to open up, so I can borrow some books, comics read them, ride on my bike the whole summer through, playing GTA San Andreas was like the biggest accomplishment you could witness... Now we can have it all, but nothing satisfies anymore. There's always something your missing. Always this _je ne sais quoi_ you're missing....
Honestly you are more likely to find true love if you don’t sleep around too much because then you don’t just attract people that are looking for a one night stand. There are plenty of people who are waiting for just true love.
You read my mind.
Spot on bro
Aaaaand that's my existential crisis quota for the day...
I’m glad I ain’t the only one that is starting to feel like this! Games that I used to play 24/7 a few years ago I just don’t find fun anymore.. I can’t even go half an hour on some games without getting tired and bored. It’s sad because games have always been an escape from reality for me, but where they’ve started to get boring and repetitive it’s just not been working. Thanks for making this video, I’m happy to know that there’s other people out there that feel the very same way that I do!
It does feel like its no longer reality after playing games for to long
I don't have friends thats why actually :/ playing an video game alone is kinda boring..
Yep that's true
I know the feeling
@@archergaming7769Do you have discord dude?
Society makes us feel guilty for wasting time and that only amplifies as we become more responsible
Society makes us feel guilty for doing things we enjoy in our free time and brainwashes us into thinking having fun is wasting time.
What activity would you consider to be not a waste of time?
@@TheFirstGoombaMindlessly droning for some corporation. "TIME IS MONEY UNGA BUNGA!!!!!!"
Brother, this is life
We get older and a lot of things around you become boring or you don't care about them anymore
You will definitely become interested in other things such as working or starting a family, call it a new adventure
Look at those who are younger than you and you will see that they have a lot of enthusiasm for games
It's time to try other things in life
Yeah s lot of people need to move on. There's more to life. You can enjoy games but put them on the back burner to better things. To most I think it's just addiction. They know its not fun anymore uet fhey can't quit. They feel as if they should be playing something.
It took me awhile to understand. I’m not tired of games. I’m tired of the lonely feeling I get when I play them. What I mean by that is ive never really had friends to share those memories with. Ive just experienced, repeated, repeated with no change, everyday of my life. And I see people on CZcams having fun and i say to myself, I’m gona play that game. Then I feel lonely and repeat. How do I escape this endless loop
Same feelings even when i play with some people i didn’t feel joy with him
I feel the same way as you only different. I had a lot of real friends growing up, we would game, go to school together, play sports play outside, but the moment we all got phones and started downloading social media and getting older we started to split apart from each other, make other friend groups and then this then that and now I feel like I have no one else to be with. I feel you dude. Social media has screwed up everything in general, music, beauty, it’s all competition now
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I also have that feeling maybe we should be friends?
@@Heezbungus We should form a community of people who feel the same way.
“Childhood, enjoy it. Once it’s gone, it’s never coming back. Once you start watching videos about ‘Why I don’t enjoy video games anymore’, you’re a lost cause.”
-Pyrocynical, 2022
welp im a lost cause then
I saw that too
…I’m a lost cause…
Meh I’m going to get a rabbit so there is that
I'm a lost cause?.... D:
I've watched this video a year ago for the first time, i had to watch it many times before I could organise my thoughts. I rarely comment a video, but here I am.
You destroyed me and I must thank you.
This is the answer I was looking for.
Now I kind of feel better in my sadness, maybe because I just felt that feeling of sharing a moment with someone special, a feeling that had been lost for a long while.
Love ya bros
Thanks for this. Times when I was still having fun were golden. Now, it's just not the same.
I’ve found that I have to be in “the right mood” to play some games. It’s hard to just jump into something on a whim, and I have to wait for that spark of interest to pop up for a specific game
Same. As a kid and teen, that spark was easy to muster up (specifically with friends) but now I usually have random surges of inspiration that last a week or so. Play the shit out of a game then put it down for a few months.
@@samarthur407 Yep
True, although ive noticed you can get in the right mood for a game by for example watching videos on it
very true
Same, when u find it you jst can't stop
Like a "finally!" moment and u don't want to let go
Then it calms down as you wait for a new itch
I think when your sitting staring at your monitor for hours that’s largely because games take a huge investment you can turn on a tv show and tune in or out as much as u like but with a game u actually have to be attentive all the time
Completely agree with that
Yep, that's why watching streaming is more relaxing than actually play a game. It takes a way less energy.
That's where I get sometimes with games I used to play. It hasn't happened as much thankfully, but what you described is what seems to happen when you get home being exhausted.
You had me at "my opinion is the only one that matters"
The fun is in discovering the mechanics of the game itself. Once you mastered a game, it's no longer fun, it's only fun when there is a new horizon to experience. I look back at the years I played WoW, I had tons of fun with my friends, but once there became an absolute right and wrong way to play it, the fun was over. Think about when you first started playing Minecraft, the world was new and there was so much to see and do and build. But now when you start a world, you'll do exactly the same thing in every new world you start (whatever that is).
The problem is once you figure the game out, the fun starts to die off
I've never even played minecraft before, just watched those "Surviving 100 days in...", Manhunt, mods, but never actually got to play the whole game. Recently, i got an old version of Minecraft on my Xbox, and the feeling was absolutelly great, the pure joy of discovering the thing by myself, making potions, fighting blazes, getting enchantments... With this video, i think one day in the future i'll wish to live this moment again, play Minecraft for the first time and just have fun with it.
Edit: Just killed the ender dragon. *WAHOOOOOOO*
Older minecraft versions were so different. Absolutely loved discovering recipes without tutorials every second inch
@@chrisi7127 getting instant healing kinda hard tho
Just adding, you should play with mods. I was like 7 years without play it (Played it Vanilla last time), then a friend came up with this idea.
We searched and choose some mods we liked, did a test run just to be sure everything was according to what we wanted. Then we played it and i can say this was truly amazing. Made me forget about college, work and problems for a couple of hours each day we played it. If you never tried it before, i could say it's a must
@@marioauditore2859 ive never truly tried my hardest on a survival world, i think its time to change that, my empire begins soon
this is exactly my feelings with cuphead. its not that fun anymore when i can beat every boss on first try even after a year break. it was much more fun when i tried to complete it for the first time struggling with every boss
I've been searching for a solution to this issue for a long time, and from what I've gathered, modern social media and CZcams surfing has trained our brains to desire quick and fast dopamine hits from videos or cheap and interesting content, making longer more involved processes like playing video games boring. Your/my attention span has dwindled and our brains would rather bounce from video to video whether it be on ticktock, YT, or instagran stories.
Internet overdose id call it, and my proposed solution is to massively reduce the amount of manufactured fast food like content you let into your mind, and do things you would've done as a child for fun without modern technology. Godspeed everyone, as this will only become more difficult to do as tech gets more advanced.
I think people should go back to writing each other letters. It requires patience and when you get that letter your response is longer because you can't instantly send messages back and forth so more time and effort is put in to make whatever you're writing more interesting
You and everybody feeling this way should read or listen to the audio book "Stolen Focus" by Johann Hari. It talks about this phenomenon and has some solutions on a personal scale and for society.
@@halcyonacoustic7366 I'll give it a read, thanks for the recommendation!
@@halcyonacoustic7366 thats way to long for my goldfish brain
Thank you for putting my thoughts into words!
I miss the days when I'd be in college and my friends would all head home and we would meet up online and play games all night. Haven't done that in years. I miss those nights. Those were happy times.