We're growing up yes, but the standard of games have gotten very high. Making it more costly for developers. This results in in AAA companies not wanting to take risks. Which leaves us with very uninspiring games and repetitive game models. Perhaps we have seen it all at this point, that could be why we lose interest too
I don't think so. Back then people also thought that they have seen it all, but new ideas came. Like you said, no one dares to try something new. I am tired of all these wanna be Witcher 3 open world games, where you see that it's just forced. The world is bigger than it should be and feels empty...
It’s sort of depressing coming back and watching this, hearing at the end how you list a bunch of new video games coming out that give you hope of being actually fun to play, knowing now that they were all disasters and did not live up to the hype.
Kinda just goes to reinforce how bad video games are now I guess. Can't even be hyped because 9/10 times it's a buggy, unfinished, content lacking mess
AAA gaming is dead. Stop getting excited because of expensive ad campaigns; if it's good you'll hear about it a few weeks, or more like a few days, after launch. If it's not, give it three years and then check reviews, it might be halfways decent by the time it's finished, and it'll be a fraction of the price to top it off.
@@AuroTenshi ok never said you have to play like that just saying gamings been like that for years probably before you were even born anyways have you tried splitgate that has a good casual scene
it's just capitalism sadly.. who cares about passion for anything. It's just all about money. Those who want money even they have enough, and there's people who need money just to survive. A world that revolves around money so obssessively like America, there can't be happiness and joy that come from it, nor good things.
As a guy who grew in the late 1990's and the 2000's, games became too much of the same. I remember going to GameStop where there would be a variety of games to pick. There was also the convenience of just putting the disc into the console and you'll play the game within minutes. Installing a game could take hours depending on your circumstances.
You're so right, there was so many options. Platformers, FPS, Third person, open world, RPG, turn based, management sims, god games etc nowadays it feels like every game is a pseudo RPG, BR or FPS there's little variety and risk taking in the triple A space not to mention double A games are all but dead
Games suffer for the same reasons most TV shows do; fatigue. It starts off original, innovative, and passionate. But as time goes on, ideas begin to thin out, and as a result, developers put less and less effort into making their products.
What I don't understand about people like this guy is that they say games are all the same and boring but all they play is the same games. You can't buy call of duty every year then complain and say your sick of games being the same every year. You're literally getting what you want, this dude needs to try something other than a multiplayer shooter
my biggest reason for giving up on games is because it feels like a chore. so many games have implemented the battle pass system and other features to keep you coming back. back then, i didnt realize it but the sense of completion was extremely important. now i know that even if i finish the available content, they'll just put out a new season with more content and you'll have to put in more and more hours of grinding to get everything. it all feels like a chore. i used to want to play these games, and now there's a feeling of "i HAVE to play it" if that makes sense. why would i grind for hours to get the newest weapon if it will be outclassed or obsolete by the time the new season comes around with cooler, better weapons. it makes the grind seem pointless to me. and everyone can agree that the implementation of microtransactions have put a sour taste in our mouths in regards to the gaming industry for many, many years now. i remember coming back from school, the movies, or basketball practice and seeing the gamefly envelope with a new game i rented and i was HYPED. i would spend all night that game through its entirety and have a blast. nothing else could bring me that kind of enjoyment at that time. i havent had a feeling like that batman arkham knight and uncharted 4. i will say that from what i can see, nintendo continues to make games that put fun and enjoyment first. if i was gonna invest in playing games again, i would get a nintendo switch. but chances are that wont happen anytime soon now that life has been consumed by the responsibilities of being an adult. time management has led to me cutting out one of my biggest pleasures in life being video games. it was necessary since i knew games just did not hit the same anyore like optimus said in the video. i have to focus on college, family, friends, girlfriend, and my wellness. dont have time like i did during my childhood. this was a long tangent but here's the tldr for people who didnt want to read through it all. TLDR: games today with their battle pass systems, seasonal updates, and additional content make playing games feel like a chore more than anything. there is little to no sense of completion when you know there will be something new to come afterwards. this is one of the main reasons why i dont have a love for games anymore.
Games feel over developed but also soulless and unoriginal. There was a game on steam called scram. It was like an infection game with a helicopter you had to get to and money system for better guns. This game took the dev about a couple weeks to make just himself. The characters were beans and it was free. Still one of the best free games Ive ever played.
I know the feeling, but not for skyrim, I was already feeling like optimus when skyrim came out and found it incredibly boring/janky without mods. But if skyrim was one of my first games, I definitely could see myself falling in love with it because of the world (really love the aesthetics, but zelda gameplay was more desirable for me). I still listen to some skyrim tracks 😌 (even tho the composer is… 👀)
Experiencing fallout 3 like I did the first time is something that I have never experienced again. The sheer genuine feeling of fear, relief, surprise and intrigue of that game is what made me love rpgs
Growing up in the 90’s early 2000’s you really had the best of both worlds, you had the technology to have fun with (video games, phones) but you were still outside all the time without being consumed by technology. Truly some of the best times 🥰
Honestly this is why I've been more interested in the indie game scene recently. There's a lot of indie developers out there right now that are proving that it is possible to make a really fun game without a high budget or so-called "AAA" quality.
Indie games are the old AAA. Pioneering and trying new concepts for the gaming industry. These days, AAA have their series and either they just keep adding to it or they just re-release again and again
@@cbreezem2103 chapter 1 Fortnite was good but the game is what you make it. If you don't think chapter 2 is fun that's because you aren't doing anything to make it fun. Tryhards existed in season 5-10 so you can't use that as an excuse.
I feel this is more of an issue with just AAA in general, like if you go to indie title their is a lot of games that are hits and are really good, and follows the formula that the olden days has.
I like a lot of the single player ps3 and ps4 era games but other than that the last big multiplayer game i loved was battlefield 1 which i think was in 2015
This is the key. At some point there is the industry feeling same old same old but there is a certain responsibility on some types of dudes who are to lazy to actually look far and wide for decent games. Goes for even modern stuff. The industry isnt taking as much chances as its used to ..but so are gamers these days with not wanting to feel like they wasted money on new games that didn't meet expectations.
The last thing I "Enjoyed" from a relatively new game was that mission in the newest Modern Warfare where you raid a house in London, it felt nice to methodically move from room to room and there were a bunch of "Easter Eggs" for shooting or not shooting people, you could even stop one of your men from getting shot if you were savvy enough... Everything since then an pretty much everything before for the last 4 years has been pretty boring.
I've had one experience that was a huge exception to this. One day a few years ago, I decided to get Far Cry 5 on a whim. Never had played a Far Cry game before, but decided to go for it. I was blown away, and was LOVING it. Got about halfway through the game, was super invested and raring to go, and then the third party cloud service just... lost my save. Didn't realize it was ONLY on that third party service, and no matter how many times I tried to find the save on my computer or troubleshoot, it seemed to just have NO record of my save. So I quit playing it to this day. It was such a melancholy experience- finally, I find a modern AAA game that I'm really into and having legitimate fun with like I used to with new games, but because of the modern AAA method used to store saves, my game was just suddenly... lost. So even when the AAA experience pays off, it seems the AAA experience gets right in the way. To this day, that remains one of the single biggest disappointments I've ever had in gaming. I could hardly imagine something like that happening for that kind of reason in an old school or indie game. Not necessarily because they didn't have the tech, but because they would never risk that kind of liability with people's saves and gaming experiences just to hold the rights to it themselves.
Last game I had fun with was Last of us.... I didn't even care about the gameplay, I fell inlove with the story.... Now I no longer care about game stories and gameplay
It is a bit harder to get "lost" in a video game like we used to when we were kids, but unfortunately despite the advances games have made graphically, we lose the immersion when games are unfinished and released broken. And to top it all off it keeps happening. The hype around Cyberpunk for example was us hoping that for once in a long time, a game could make us all feel the way we did when we were young... Oopsies.
@@pochakajeoi8943 ehhh, gaming seemed like to waste to me, not that it’s bad narratively, but wasting hours upon hours of my time never jived with me. Optimus was playing video games at 3 years old, I was learning how to use the computer as a toddler
If games are feeling stale, what I decided is to for the most part, stay mostly away from online multiplayer (although I’ve been having fun with splitgate) and focus on single player experiences. Zelda games, platformers like hollow knight and Celeste, games that aren’t all about shooting the other 14 year olds and winning. You just gotta get invested in the game you are playing, more so than play the game because you wanna get those levels up.
I’d do that but those type of games bore me. I like just games that always have my attention with action. So I love shooters. But I did love breath of the wild a lot.
@@MARS-eb8pt that’s the thing, you have to find games like breath of the wild, games that get your full attention. It sounds corny, but it’s true. You have to get immersed in the experience.
Yeah I have uninstalled warzone and used the 500gb to download singleplayer games. I am in a middle of the first bioshock and I am having a blast! All my friends are playing lol or valo and they are calling me and i am playing Oblivion XD
The games who introduced me to the gaming world were Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City and Zuma's revenge. Good times... The games who still hit the same on pc rn, or at least for me, are Skyrim and Minecraft, but only once every 5-6 months for 2-3 weeks.
I really miss the games from around 2007 to around 2013. That's the golden age for me. All those games actually released finished and were made with genuine love and care. There's a few like that around now sure, but in terms of multiplayer especially, we're in the dark ages.
I do think it’s a bit of a nostalgic aura around gaming, too. We’re basically the first generation to grow up with gaming(the way it is now) with massive multiplayer games that everyone played. That was a golden age for gaming and just as people grow up they stop playing due to time, and I think that the best games are the ones we played as kids and early teens, maybe even HS
I'm 29 and I'll be honest... 100% not the golden age of gaming unless you mean PS2/360 era. I'm not saying that from nostalgia either. After that era is where games started to take less risks. And I really don't think growing up is part of it. I really think it just comes down to not playing a variety of games. After reading the comments of this video a lot of people have just kind of stuck to the same genre and that's it. Of course it will get stale if you just keep playing the next shooter that comes out.
@GREATLIFESUCKS GREAT well, definitely not all games today are bad. Thats actually offensive to me. We have 12 minutes, nba 2K21, warframe, and PLENTY more.
GREATLIFESUCKS GREAT amazing games still get released but they definitely get released at a slower pace, like the fact a gta game hasn't been released since the 360 era is pretty telling
@@nolanepstein8588 exactly I’m I turned 15 last Wednesday and bro games just don’t hit anymore I don’t think I’m too old the games are just boring now everything is the same
This hits hard. A while ago I lost interest in most multiplayer shooters. I tried playing more story based games and I'm glad I did because that what I play now mostly. You should try to expand your library a bit more is what I'm trying to say.
I graduated high school pretty recently and I know the exact feeling of gaming falling off and yearning for the early days when I had no idea how any of it worked and just enjoyed it. The novel, unfamiliar technology and uniqueness of every game I had is what really struck home gaming as something that I knew I would never put down. It's a shame I've had to revert to those older games to feel that same way tbh. Best we can ALL do is hope that the future holds something greater, especially if right now is the low point.
Since everybody is reminiscing about their old era, I should too. I used to bust out laughing at my cousins and one uncle for being defeated every second, it irritated them except for my uncle, he was calm and generous when playing CoD. Also in 2013, I used to introduce myself to GTA 5 on the computer screen and with a game controller on my hand. So yeah, I have a little bit of nostalgia from that day also.
@@danieljasonkon9800 there definitely is that variety to be found in indie games, but the focus here is on the games that had the budget and large team behind them too. You can't really deny that most AAA games nowadays (with some exceptions) have the means to make them look nice, but they don't back it up in substance. Or they release it half-finished. Corners are cut and they still want full price when it's obviously a waste of money. I'm not trying to convince you to stop enjoying games, but it's my interpretation. Have a good one, man.
Games used to be about passion and developers wanting to make a good game, now games are about quotas and how much money the publishers can make per quarter. It's now about pleasing investors instead of gamers. Like how movies are about how much money can be made using cookie cutter tropes instead if orginal ideas.
Been doing that recently too. As much as people hate on saints row 4, playing it recently has really made me like it. I’m a completionist so I try to get everything and it’s kinda rewarding mentally.
exactly, also look at indie and AA stuff releasing even today. a massive problem with AAA games is a lack of risk and the constant need to grind. Growing up i never really grinded a single game, I'd experience games of all types and its nice to find games that have a strong sense of self-awareness, fun gameplay and deep themes/story. There's just so much stuff I'm able to play on all the consoles and pc.
One huge thing that has been lost with video games is the sense of immersion we used to get. Look at WaW compared to CoD WWII. In WaW you started off as a POW being tortured then you get saved and the Marine looks you in the eyes, grabs your hand, pulls you to your feet, hands you a 1911 and says “Grab a rifle” then there are things like the clip of the Soviet soldier planting the USSR flag on top of the Reichstag at the end. They didnt filter the imagery. They used raw footage from WWII in the game. The games today are simply too vanilla. Idk maybe Im just a boomer or something.
I think Fortnite affected a lot of games after its release. The way Fortnite treats in game purchases kinda made it acceptable for other companies to push microtransactions and battlepasses. Also the way Fortnite really tries to make you give it all of your attention makes other games have to use the same tactics to keep your attention. I don't really think this is a bad thing but it really does change the way developers make their games now. For me I think gaming pre-fortnite is different than gaming post-fortnite. And yes I know battlepasses and expensive microtransactions were around before Fortnite, its just that they set the standard for other companies to refer to.
What's wrong with fortnite? You can get battlepass for free every season and even get free 500 or so vbucks. Also 300 vbucks each season for everyone, so you can afford buying battlepass in 4 seasons anyway. I know 10 y.o. spend more to show off to their classmates but adult should have no problem exercising self-control.
@@nick7072 You're talking about fortnite nowadays that its lost 80% of it's players so everything becomes cheap and looks more value for money. He is talking about when fortnite was mega popular.
IMO fortnite actually improved gaming transactions. Previously games cost around $60 across the board and micro transactions often related directly to pay to win perks. Fortnite showed that games can be made for free, and that in game purchases can be purely cosmetic without affecting gameplay. Yes it also contributed to the massive growth of the battle Royal genre but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, it’s just your preference.
Dear Optimus, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw your request for children with Diabetes. All I can say is thank you. Having Diabetes since 13, I’m now 20. It has been nothing but stress for me. It is not that I cannot live, but I cannot live life to its fullest. At least that is the feeling I have. Still I try to live my life and give it meaning luckily. Seeing a youtuber with over one million subscribers giving attention to this bully of a disease touches my heart. Thank you.
Remember when you played a game and felt the achievement of just beating the story without worrying about how many trophies/achievements you have left to get? Pepper ridge farms remembers... Maybe it's just me
I mean trophy’s/achievements were always a thing 😂 people complain about trophies a lot but, what’s the difference between people who just generally are completionists and and trophy hunters? Trophy’s are fine. I used to 100% my games and brag about it back in the day anyways, a lot of people did
I used to play games all the time, but when I got older, more life opportunities and activities became tangible. Pretty soon, gaming was more of an afterthought. Plus the only games I'll play nowadays are retro and indie games.
Yeah and I actively search for more indie games. Because I don't know like you say more life opportunities blossom for you, and you kind of don't want to game anymore.
@@orateusdijin6557 Your missing out on a boat load of content. And hopefully you didn't just get the first ending, because then you are truly missing out. If you want, get 3 endings. And after, watch a channel called mossbag. He's a renown youtuber among the fandom. He will explain the lore. If only you could see the areas, hear the music, and beat the bosses like I've done. And don't spoil it, but here's 3 a hints for the really late game. 1. sit on the thrown first, 2. keep jumping into the clouds over and over again for a secret, 3. after a certain boss don't go to the next area just yet yet, this area is really dark. Well there was a lot more I wanted to say but whatever, just don't give up. NEVER, even when it seems impossible it eventually just clicks. Maybe not the first time you over come it because that could be just luck. But you'll master it with practice...lots of it.
I miss being in school and just being really excited to go home And play my game. Like when a new update is coming out and you just have butterflys in your stomach, excited to get home and play. That's just not the case anymore and it's sad
You’re definitely not alone on this. Me and my friends are always talking about the good ole days of gaming and how much fun we used to have. I feel like as I’ve gotten older games have just gotten worse. Idk if it’s because of poor development or if I’ve kinda just grown out of gaming. I will say theres like one game every year that I find really good and brings me back to that feeling of gaming when I was younger, but for the most part it just doesn’t hit the same anymore.
Maybe try having a look at indie games as well as the handful of middle market titles from publishers like Focus, 505, Deep Silver, Bandai Namco etc. Tastes change as you grow older which is why I like a much broader range of games than I did 10 years ago.
I personally feel like it's me getting older. Gears of War back in 07 was sick but I'm 31 not and the last game that got my attention was fortnite back in 2018 and God if war. I haven't came across anything I've wanted to play for like 2 years at this point.
i feel like every game is just the same: load in, buy the battle pass/prompted to the item shop, play for xp and complete challenges, and if there’s a ranked mode it’s an ELO ranking system where you play 10 games for your placement.. no diversity (as for multiplayer)
Ok, two points: (1.) This lack of diversity is caused by the fact that these systems are the" Tried and True" parts of gaming that netted companies tons of money, leading other companies to apply the systems. Unfortunately, the Battle Pass/Item shop systems don't seem to be going anywhere soon due to this factor... (2.) I've said it in other threads, and I'll say it again, BP systems are mainly in games that are heavily advertised. If you want a good break from the Battle Pass stuff, might I recommend a fighting game?
@@Mothyn eh, i agree with you completely and used to love fighting games but i’m a shooter/multiplayer kinda guy, die hard halo 3/old CoD fan.. i don’t NOT like the ELO sort of ranking system, i just wish that there was a mainstream game that didn’t have that ranking system.. i’m heavily biased, but halo 3s ranking system was my absolute favorite - xp + 1-50.
Im 36 and I find not just playing AAA games and mixing it up with indie's helps keep things fresh. There are some true gems out there if you go looking. Just finished Katana Zero and it blew my mind. Better than any big tentpole releases this year.
Playing single player games has kept me going, at least recently. Went through all the Metro games recently and I just love that it still feels enjoyable.
haven’t played a triple A game in a while, they’ve just been going down hill so bad and from what i’ve found there’s a lot of lesser know games which are incredible
@@coveredinherintestines666 I haven’t played Witcher yet but holy frick rdr2 is really long but the story is absolutely amazing! Also I would highly recommend ghost of Tsushima
Yall gotta start playing some indie authentic games, forget all the MMO FPS & RPGs I recently played "12 minutes" point click game one of my least favourite genres, but it was a really great experience brought me back to a time where I actually enjoyed playing videogames. There are a lot of great games that are released every year they just get overshadowed by the big titles, try variety gaming instead of focusing & grinding in a single game for long periods of time and you'd be happy again. Trust me.
General rule: Any game that isn't triple A or isn't heavily advertised is going to be good/goddly. Fighting games, a genre that isn't advertised to much, are some of the most fun that I've had playing video games in a long time.
This whole thing really depends on how long you’ve been playing video games. For most of us 2007-2012 was the golden age of gaming but for younger kids this is probably their golden age of gaming. We all loved Halo 3, and all the good times we had with friends and all that. Games like Fortnite are probably the newer generation of kids’ Halo 3. We experienced gaming evolve to impossible heights and over the years less things reach those heights. A lot of us are just now jaded cynics who have already seen gaming evolve to impossible heights while others are experiencing this kind of thing for the first time. I’ve had several games that have blown me away over the years (mainly singleplayer stuff) but I wasn’t playing games in the era of Black Ops 2 and GTA 5, I also go through stages of addiction. Also the aim of companies has changed because they’ve found their formula for making stuff. It’s mostly no longer about innovation but money. This mostly applies to multiplayer games for me.
I understand when you mentioned about newer generation liking how the games are right now but for me who is kinda stuck in the past and was born 06, I love the games around 90's to 2000's. I never love the games such as Apex or shooting games since it doesn't gives me the vibes of what I've used to play. I love Minecraft but it doesn't feel the same as I grew older. So I stopped playing all of that and switch to anime games more than the what the world's loved. Sure anime games are the same but they at least have nostalgia points if you're a huge fan of anime since childhood. Like for example, do you love Kamen Rider? For me, yes. I want to play to it again. What about other games like psp? Yes. I love gaming, but not like in the phone. Saying all of this, it just flows the old memories that I used to play.
@@heavenlysadist I miss being in school and just being really excited to go home And play my game. Like when a new update is coming out and you just have butterflys in your stomach, excited to get home and play. That's just not the case anymore and it's sad.
This isn’t true for the fact that fortnite “season 1-3” were people that were actual gamers. When it caught on here comes along corporate and the execs to MILK it for everything it’s got!! Halo has lore, story .. that’s the difference
Feels like mans is opening up about being disappointed in life as he grows up and him reminiscing the good old days as a kid playing those games. Feels bad man
I regularly replay the entire Halo series. It's just timeless, especially the original trilogy. I'd love to be able to experience them completely new, to get that "wow factor" again.
As an aging gamer of 34 myself, I understand the same vacant feeling with video games these days, I am starting to feel like it is because I am changing and not the other way around. I was 22 when Black Ops 2 came out and I was already over it. Battlepass cosmetic garbage is not more content, it's just a means to extract funds from consumers.
@@gayeloser8607 red dead 2 was fun also ghost of whatever it’s fall is fun too if you’re talking about cod I think BO2 was the last and best cod they ever made
Dude, this is all so true. I remember going into Gamestop and buying expansion packs for Wizard101 and sometimes Skylanders for the Wii. You honestly hit the nail on the head with every point.
Honestly, I understand it. While I can enjoy newer games just as much as older ones, there is certainly no denying that (to put it simply) times have changed. Both in gaming altogether, and in people's individual lives.
Times are getting hard, we are all being forced to do with less. Job worries, housing issues, supply issues. It's really hitting people hard and many really yearn for the stress relief games offer. But the reality is when you get older, your "priorities" change. Now its "hey I got a few extra bucks to spend, but I need a new tire or I can get extra groceries". Also gamers are being squeezed more for services and AAA games and the lack of Next Gen consoles doesn't help. So with all the weight on your shoulders, is it any wonder anybody is overly enthusiastic for new games? It's easy to reminisce when your older when you didn't have as many responsibilities. Were games better in the past? Somewhat yes, but got to find happiness even when there isn't a lot to go around.
Growing up, my dad always had the same sentiments. He hasn't gamed since his 20s, but would say that it all just got "samey" and unengaging for him. It's just a natural tendency with getting older; every single thing must be actively imbued with your own refreshed interest.
Console gamers don’t see this that much, but indie games are starting to take over man. Indie games are becoming more fun than triple a titles. Yeah triple a titles have the best graphics, however, these indie games usually listen to their community Atleast.
@ً Honestly, just get a gaming laptop. You can get a fairly decent one, Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3, for around 750. That will run 1080p AAA games no problem
As a kid playing PS2, I was probably more hyped for pretty much any game I would get from even just a pawn shop than I am now with most games coming out...
This is why indie developers will always have a special place in my heart. They make genuinely enjoyable and fun games because that’s what they enjoy doing.
Some of my favorite games of all time are indies but we gotta stop pretending like indie games are this godsend that has nothing but perfection and originality. There have been tons of great games in recent years but the amount of garbage shovelware that can be found is even bigger than AAA titles.
Great video and it really hit home. I'm 54 and have been a gamer all my life. I started with Atari 2600 and graduated to an Apple IIe. From there went to super nintendo then playstation I and II. Before computers got really big in the 2000's, I still was mostly outside with my friends. I'm now divorced and my kids have grown and are out of the house and my main form of entertainment is gaming on my PC. I don't play consoles anymore, PC ftw! However, for the past 3+ years, I stopped getting excited about playing games and it has bothered me greatly since it's what I like to do. I've bought games and they sit in my Steam library untouched - games in the past I would have been chomping at the bit to play and now I couldn't even be bothered. I think it's mostly that I'm older now which is sad. Here is my list of things that I don't like about current games: 1) Most games that I like to play today require me to spend literal hours researching how to play on the internet. There are no more game manuals. The games have become so complex. 2) Early access - I know I could just wait for the full version to come out but these companies want me to pay full or near full price to help them beta test. 3) I miss owning a physical copy of the game. If you are on Steam or one of those, you don't really own the game - you paid a fee to be able to use THEIR game. 4) So many controls to worry about. I usually spend an hour remapping all the keys on my keyboard just to be able to play 5) Nothing new and exciting. The thrill is gone, I've seen it all. One of my favorites was Skyrim but if a new Skyrim came out, what could it possibly have that would excite me? Anyway, great video, glad I'm not the only one!
@@glowinthedark9082 hiya Glow :). I never played it. I have GTA5 on my PC but I’ve never installed or played it (got it for free). Been playing a lot of survival/crafting games past year and that seems to be my new niche
The one exception for a recent game that I’ve found is maneater. I don’t think it’s THAT new, but the game was released amazing and finished, and then they came out with an also amazing dlc, so it gives me hope
I don't know if I agree with that sentiment dude, for multiplayer games, map packs are just an outdated form of DLC cause it splits the community, especially when you have multiplayer map packs, either nobody plays them so they go back to the base game where all the players are and that work gets wasted and nobody experiences it, and because of the divide in player count the game overall suffers, most of the time it's just a fruitless business venture for both the player and developers, plus single player games are following the DLC trend, specifically cause it works for them, so it isn't going away
I feel you on the Co-op games, but there is a assload of single player games especially rpgs, you must be gaming on Xbox One, or your not really looking
I remember back in middle school i would stay all night playing minecraft in my friend’s server, we would be talking and discussing on planning our new village, he would use plugins to make “plots” like in real world residential complex that makes people unable to build until they buy the plot with server currency, we had a whole economy there! I would go and gather rare items for enchantment and potion ingredients to sell for in-server currency, i can even sell cakes very well. There was also a time where we would install industrial mod in the server, we built a nuclear reactor and a working factory I wish i could go back and play with them again
Remember when most of the post game content wasn't just DLC, but custom mods created by the community with improvements to the base game + new content? Pepperidge farm remembers.
The quality of games has just dropped significantly in the last five or so years and it’s sad because people just don’t get excited about new ambitious games because we’re all afraid it will turn out to be another cyberpunk.
Tbf cyberpunk’s failure derived from the extremely hyped fanbase which had resulted in employee’s and development to be extremely stressful and be required to crunch development,in fact employee’s were sent death threat’s demanding them to release cyberpunk early.
Red dead 2, sekiro, Psychonauts 2, Ratchet snd Clank, Ghost of Tsushima, Returnal, Hades, god of war, it takes 2….. I can name dozens and dozens of amazing games that have came out in the past 5 years. You’re trippin
@@Nutshellin-zn6pz it’s the developers lying to their fan base. This game should at the very least promised all of the features they claimed was going to be in the game. Gta Los santos is more immersive than cyber punk and that game is 20 years old
Nothing feels gritty anymore, it feels like developers always “lighten” up games a bit to make it appeal to younger audiences. We never get games like spec ops the line or world at war. Even gears of war is toned down in the newer games now. I just want games to feel adult again when they’re m rated and not just an appeal to younger kids. I wish games where rated m because they’re mature not because they just added the basic gore and language. It takes more than blood and f words for something to feel gritty you have to nail it psychologically and I just don’t feel that with newer games. It just feels like no game really takes it self serious anymore.
Cause current developers in 2020 decade onward are so "woke" . I mean, even when Bill Clinton was around, every developer went all out and edgy. Nowadays, its the opposite. Sucks cause thats how older physical games are going up: content .
Precisely my issue with every Saints Row after 2. I know saints row 1 and 2 were decently silly themselves but compared to what came after not at all. And some of the things going on in 1 and 2 were decently dark. But the new one looks just like 3 which was pretty much a big joke as much as I enjoy playing it
@@NemesisS.T.A.R.S The main issue is Western AAA Gaming Market. Here in the USA, majority of the AAA Game developers are woke, "lazy", refuse to innovate or be "inspired" to craft something "epic, original", and they're very manipulative to all the gamers. That can be said for Indie Developers and Eastern AAA Gaming market. However, this comes down to whether the casual gamer ever does research and knows if he / she is purchasing a complete game, no locked-out content and not being scammed . That is why Retro Gaming Market is also getting expensive because of supply & demand - especially nostalgia . In addition, older games do have replay value .
I think we’ve fallen really away from high quality individual games nowadays. I think it’s mainly contributed by the fact that now with the PS5 and Xbox One X that run SSDs with insanely quick load times it makes gamers more excited about flipping from one game to the next instead of staying hooked on one individual game. I haven’t seen many games within the last 2-3 years that have hooked me like the greats of the past and i think it’s more about quantity (remakes, repetitive multiplayer concepts and adaptations) over original quality that solely focuses on the game’s own uniqueness.
I feel like the games aren’t exactly declining in quality but instead just don’t hit the same. I don’t know if it’s cause of gotten older but I can’t sit down for hours playing games without taking 20 hour breaks (other than ghost of Tsushima)
Same. I used to play games 24/7 when I was a kid and slept for like 2 hours then played again. Now I don't feel any reason to play for so long and I usually only play for about an hour or 2 before taking a break and doing something else.
@@IcyFingers I get so bored and tired after playing for even 1 hour. And buying games on discount then having game pass doesn't help the case. Its just overwhelming, I will literally take a week off and I will just log in to collect daily things some games have.
You're right. The reason why video games felt so good back then was because they were new. Every genre, concept, gameplay was different and unique. But of course as time goes on people ran out of ideas, and now every game just seems like a copy of another one. The only games which I kind of enjoyed recently were probably Omori or Detroit become human, and I'm pretty sure both of those games were in development for a long time.
I been catching up on some old top tier games like Brave Fencer Musashi, Legend of Legaia, Alundra, Arc the Lad, SMT III, Onimusha Warlord, Tales of Vesperia and now playing Star Ocean: The Second Story which amazing world to explore. I think nowadays we still get great top quality games like Gravity Rush 2, Astral Chain, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Persona 5, Octopath Traveler. There also indie games that truly stand out like CrossCode, Hollow Knight, Cosmic Star Heroine, Furi, and some indie I haven't even played like Omori, Katana Zero, Undertales, Hyper Light Drifter, Golf Story, and probably more I haven't mention. Great games with amazing quality to them still exist, but you just simply have to search it under all the mainstream trash that exist.
Gravity rush is so bad lol wdym, i literally forced myself to play a couple hours of the game just so that i dont regret wasting 3 dollars on it, And also the games u listed are still modern lol, most of them are also trash.
Eh I feel like this just comes with age, as kids we are addicted to the simplest of things. Like grinding for f*cking calling cards in COD, or max prestige. As we grow older that grind seems like much more of a chore. I find myself falling towards narrative driven games these days, I still am an addict for some multiplayer but I can't sink that time in anymore it feels.
I know it sounds weird but, I’m 14 and video games are growing less on me, they’re not as enjoyable as they were when I was 5. I played GTA 4 and the dlc one and I still even remember when my uncle was like GTA 5 IS COMING OUT, but I begged him to get him to get to get GTA 4 with niko and he was like but GTA 5 is out, but I said I wanted to play all of the dlc. I wish campaign and multiplayer games would get back to how they were and I wish we had more time.
I don’t think video games have fallen, it’s just we’ve grown up, and thus the industry has to cater toward the new generation. as Walt Disney once said “Adults are just grown up children”
I feel like the main reason games aren’t as good as they used to be is cause the developers aren’t putting their heart in video games like they used to. Back then people made games for fun and really wanted to do it and had fun doing it now developers are under a lot of pressure with video games being pretty much mainstream now, and cause of social media, and people know they can make a lot of money off of it thus causing a lot of games to be rushed out without being well thought out or even finished, so making games isn’t as fun as it used to be therefore they aren’t fun to play either.
That’s true but then there are some developers who actually want to try and make a good game but then their bosses tell them “No, do this.” because the publishers want the game developed in a way that makes more money. I mean, look at CoD. Broken Cold War guns to sell Cold War/Bundles/Battlepasses. Doing near nothing about hackers so that they can advertise an Anti Cheat when the new CoD comes out. It’s just sad.
@@lotsafat222 Exactly! That how come Indie games feel so much different to play than AAA games. Even if they are in the same genre. Cause it’s not always the quality, gameplay, or how much content in the game that makes a game enjoyable, it’s how the creators of the games feel while making a game that makes it fun. If the developers are miserable or if they’re generally having fun making a game then their emotions usually bleed into the game they’re creating.
the only game that came out in the past 5 years that really sticks with me and could be considered a masterpiece, at least in my eyes, is Red Dead Redemption 2
I agree but more so because of the compelling story and not the Gameplay itself. While yes its insane how detailed it is in a lot of aspects, the fact that it still followed the basic rockstar Gameplay rulebook that is way past its prime is just sad and nowhere near what it could've been.
My problem is I have no friends that loves to play and talk about games and to top it off I stress a lot and don’t really have a healthy lifestyle (which I’m slowly working on) so I get turned off on playing especially FPS… I remember playing battlefield 3 on the ps3 and omg the amazing feeling I had playing with online friends and the team work that lead us to win every match, I miss those days so much and now I just sadly play alone on my pc trying to immerse myself in single player games buying games that I think I’ll play but just ends up piling up with the others that I’ll never touch lol maybe im just growing out of it (really don’t want to) but I guess I’ll see in the long run. Btw I have terrible punctuation I was never good at it lol
Same thing like my cousin he plays games too but like if we’re playing a stealth game he’ll go thru guns blazing or if we’re playing a game we gotta grind he doesn’t wanna take the time to grind man finding people to play and talk about games is hard now people either boot you or something
Pre-Ordered The Division back in the day and I haven't pre-ordered another game since. Ever since that the vast majority of good games I have played has come from indie studies. At the moment, I am most hyped for KSP 2. I hope it and future games will one day deliver the same feeling of playing something like Lego Star wars for the first time.
@@unspeakable6661 back in December the publishers did a take over and pretty much stole all the employees from the developer studio (unfortunately driving them to bankruptcy). Luckily everything has settled down and it’s still on track for a delayed release next year.
@@TheLoganatorz that’s good to hear. I put 500 hours into the first one but haven’t played it much recently so I stopped following the news abt it. Come to think of it, I’ll probably get KSP 2 because they’re adding in colonization and other fun stuff.
Honestly I've been feeling the same lately. Video games aren't really fun like they used to be anymore for me. They have been feeling more like a chore then anything.
Yeah the “games as a live service” focus has turned a lot of games into endless treadmills that are designed to just waste your time endlessly. Games just don’t respect the player’s time anymore and that makes them very unappealing for adults
I have this prediction that within the next 5 to 10 years there's going to be an industry turn around, and a shift to focusing on a games are art philosophy focusing into newer indie style projects.
I feel you on this. I think a big part is the gaming industry. They don't care about keeping great features fans love anymore since their main goal isn't their fans anymore. Their main goal is money and researching algorithms that makes people stay playing or buying items. So now a lot of bs that would of been free costs money. The soul of the devs is gone. Gaming is lonely now. Especially with COD. No theater mode? So no striving for cool clips to share with your friends and show off to new friends and community on TH-cam. Lobbies disband so now you can't even make friends anymore. No unique user customization like emblems. No striving for that cool looking calling card that you can only get by getting 1,000 throwing knife kills because it doesn't exist and also the only cool things cost real money. No casual and competitive playlist like league play. So now SBMM takes away the relaxing fun and you don't have the option to get serious and play ranked or league play. You're right about growing up too. Before almost everyone you knew was playing at the exact same time you were but now we have responsibilities and different schedules and life's. I've been gaming with the same people since PSP but now I never have a full party and when like 2 of us are online we play for like 1 hour. I used to strive for clips, high kd ect. Now most of the time I don't even play with my headset. If your friends aren't online you can't even talk to anyone on COD for more than 1 game.
Batman Arkham City is still one of the best games I’ve ever played. I remember being in elementary school looking up theories and trailers constantly. That game was everything I wanted and way more. The only other game that has me doing that at the moment is Hogwarts legacy cause a I’ve always wanted a Harry Potter rpg since I was like nine.
I remembered playing a game 5+ times getting achievements made my day. Games used to be so much better before everything just became a money making scheme to swindle micro transaction money for us.
I remember getting "Zelda: Link to the Past" and the excitement that I felt playing through the first time. I saved my money back then as a kid and it was money well worth it. I haven't felt that kind excitement for a game since then, even tho I have enjoyed games since then, but it's not the same. Maybe it is because I'm adult now with other priorities.
I'm of the opinion that the biggest problem with modern games is that many games are being made without passion and more importantly, are being made with a "we'll fix it later" mindset. Go back to the PS2/OGXbox/GameCube era (aka the best era and I will fight people who disagree) where devs didn't have the safety net of being able to patch games post launch and give the update to customers. They had to make sure that the product worked from day one because if they didn't, customers would return the game to the store. Granted it wouldn't really affect the devs until the next product comes out because stores buy the games from the devs who then sell it to us. Plus, when playing a game, even a bad one, players can tell if a game was made with passion. The PS2 Prince of Persia games or at least The Two Thrones are terrible games but I could still finish the game because there was some heart involved. Is part of this from growing up? Probably. That said, I have more fun playing Mortal Kombat Armageddon than Mortal Kombat 11. I've been playing the Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga games and have been having a blast. I generally have more fun with games from this era so I don't think it's just me.
@@RomanumChristum not literally but I think that's the era when gaming peaked in terms of the quality of most games vs how mainstream video games have gotten.
@@chloemarlowe3817 Trust me dude. I'm in the same boat as you are and it's not because of nostalgia. The reason modern gaming sucks these days, is because it's trying to be like Hollywood and is making more money than Hollywood. Back in the day (PS2 era and before.) The entertainment industry looked down upon video games and only saw it as something children would do. However, as gaming gotten bigger (Ps3 era to now) and Hollywood getting worst, we're in a situation where gaming has become just like Hollywood with lack of ideas and innovative gameplay.
I remember the build up for Halo 3. Bungie showed E3 Demo, Advertising on TV about Halo 3, several programs on TV talked about Halo 3, and we had the Halo 3 Demo to play. Once the day arrived, my friends and I went to Gamestop to attend the Halo 3 midnight event..An event filled with Halo. Once we got the game, we went home to me and we played through the campaign on co-op split screen on legendary. zero day one patches, Zero install, Noone Fake E3 gameplay ... Just overall an awesome game made for fans by Fans.
Even while still inside high school and as a kid I still feel like it's hard to enjoy and be excited for it's not just because I'm a little older it's because the games that come out just aren't as fun
Remember when games used to realase finished
Ya
@BullWithInternetAccess Is a bullwithinternetaccess submissive and breedable?
And not completly broken
*Cyberpunk took major offense to this*
YES
We're growing up yes, but the standard of games have gotten very high.
Making it more costly for developers. This results in in AAA companies not wanting to take risks.
Which leaves us with very uninspiring games and repetitive game models.
Perhaps we have seen it all at this point, that could be why we lose interest too
Peaked in 7th gen , went downhill from there
Remasters since companies can’t move on, mtx, unfinished games , dlc taking priority, etc
Couldn’t have said it better!
I don't think so. Back then people also thought that they have seen it all, but new ideas came. Like you said, no one dares to try something new. I am tired of all these wanna be Witcher 3 open world games, where you see that it's just forced. The world is bigger than it should be and feels empty...
uhh form what I've seen the standards for video games have gotten lower
Minecraft.
"The new Battlefield game looks absolutely phenomenal"
That didn't age well.
bawhahaha i just heard him say that and then scrolled down immediately.
lol, neither did that comment about the GTA Trilogy
After he said he was excited about the new battlefield I shed a tear
@@eezyville1704 difference between playing the OG games and the ‘remastered’ abominations.
I literally came here to comment this 😂
It’s sort of depressing coming back and watching this, hearing at the end how you list a bunch of new video games coming out that give you hope of being actually fun to play, knowing now that they were all disasters and did not live up to the hype.
What do you expect when people hyped for cyberpunk yet the game became a disaster unfortunately.
Kinda just goes to reinforce how bad video games are now I guess. Can't even be hyped because 9/10 times it's a buggy, unfinished, content lacking mess
besides cyberpunk and AC valhalla, which games are those? to stay away from them
People are suckers for marketing. Never understood the hype for cyber punk. Nothing about that marketing made the game seem interesting in the least.
AAA gaming is dead. Stop getting excited because of expensive ad campaigns; if it's good you'll hear about it a few weeks, or more like a few days, after launch. If it's not, give it three years and then check reviews, it might be halfways decent by the time it's finished, and it'll be a fraction of the price to top it off.
Everything is becoming uncomfortably competitive. Everyone needs to be grandmaster, platinum, master of mechanics nowadays
Hasn't games been like that since street fighter 2 or unreal tournament/quake?
Tell me you didn’t play Halo or CoD back in the day without telling me you didn’t play Halo or CoD back in the day.
@@busterkitty2790 I’ve been playing as a casual gamer not a gfuel fiend
@@Buttons16 cool copypasta
@@AuroTenshi ok never said you have to play like that just saying gamings been like that for years probably before you were even born anyways have you tried splitgate that has a good casual scene
Nah man you’re not the only one I’ve felt the same exact way
Me to man
Same
Suicidal... 😞
Same as well brother😔
Same
I'm only 26, but when Optimus talks about his childhood it makes me feel ancient lol
Same
Right I'm 30 and that's wat I told him,he still is a young kid 😅
I'm 23 yeah not old but you feel ancient when you think of blops 2 as a decade old already
His childhood is GTA SA and he thinks he is old.. mine was Atari and NES games
Lol 27 here and I can relate. Quake and Half Life were my games
The saying “money is the root of all evil” is very apparent in the gaming industry rn.
it's just capitalism sadly.. who cares about passion for anything. It's just all about money. Those who want money even they have enough, and there's people who need money just to survive. A world that revolves around money so obssessively like America, there can't be happiness and joy that come from it, nor good things.
@@johnlee2173 indie games are the only good games being relesed anymore
It’s actually hella expensive.
@@johnlee2173 Game creators deserve payment for their creations, to say otherwise promotes slavery. And all countries have currency, do the research.
Devin J. Correction: Love of money is the root of many kinds of evil.
As a guy who grew in the late 1990's and the 2000's, games became too much of the same. I remember going to GameStop where there would be a variety of games to pick. There was also the convenience of just putting the disc into the console and you'll play the game within minutes. Installing a game could take hours depending on your circumstances.
The 2000's were great. The RaC franchise was awsome. PS2 era was awsome, Future saga was diferent but awsome in it's own way. Then came the 2010's...
@@rac1equalsbestgame853 I didnt get a ps2 until ps3 was out for a while
You're so right, there was so many options. Platformers, FPS, Third person, open world, RPG, turn based, management sims, god games etc nowadays it feels like every game is a pseudo RPG, BR or FPS there's little variety and risk taking in the triple A space not to mention double A games are all but dead
I wish discs were back coming from 1mb/s WiFi average
@@jeremiahfyan same I got mine in 09
Games suffer for the same reasons most TV shows do; fatigue. It starts off original, innovative, and passionate. But as time goes on, ideas begin to thin out, and as a result, developers put less and less effort into making their products.
That’s what happens when things go corporate, prioritizing how much money they can make instead of how good the product should be.
@@russiankodiak6849 this is one of the many reasons i love indie games
When will the next gaming crash happen?
Amen brother I gotta say I agree.
@@Nai_101 fr recently I've been playing clustertruck superhot celeste hollowknught are all lit 🔥
Part of it is the “growing up” aspect as well as a kind of fatigue, but i think it mostly has to do with the direction the industry has gone in.
@@The-Mr-Man-Man not really nostalgia fonv gta iv mafia 2 can destroy a lot of games that come out today
I’m 12 and I prefer older games like Minecraft and modern warfare than the new cods
@@rrandom1236 do people think minecraft is old
@@hectorsthoughts3737 well it’s made 2009 I think so u count it as being around for quite long
@@hectorsthoughts3737 bro Minecraft is older than most the people that play it💀
Words spoken before disaster:
- "I'm Really excited for the new battlefield game"
- "I can't wait for the GTA remastered games"
What I don't understand about people like this guy is that they say games are all the same and boring but all they play is the same games. You can't buy call of duty every year then complain and say your sick of games being the same every year. You're literally getting what you want, this dude needs to try something other than a multiplayer shooter
@@likeandsharedeeznutsbruh2845 COD follows the iphone mentality. Change the color and maybe one little detail and call it new.
@@charlyzwinning that's exactly why i call the iphone the call of duty of the phone market because that's exactly what they do
@Kryspy that's very true
Got duped af on the 2042 lol
my biggest reason for giving up on games is because it feels like a chore. so many games have implemented the battle pass system and other features to keep you coming back. back then, i didnt realize it but the sense of completion was extremely important. now i know that even if i finish the available content, they'll just put out a new season with more content and you'll have to put in more and more hours of grinding to get everything. it all feels like a chore. i used to want to play these games, and now there's a feeling of "i HAVE to play it" if that makes sense. why would i grind for hours to get the newest weapon if it will be outclassed or obsolete by the time the new season comes around with cooler, better weapons. it makes the grind seem pointless to me. and everyone can agree that the implementation of microtransactions have put a sour taste in our mouths in regards to the gaming industry for many, many years now.
i remember coming back from school, the movies, or basketball practice and seeing the gamefly envelope with a new game i rented and i was HYPED. i would spend all night that game through its entirety and have a blast. nothing else could bring me that kind of enjoyment at that time. i havent had a feeling like that batman arkham knight and uncharted 4. i will say that from what i can see, nintendo continues to make games that put fun and enjoyment first. if i was gonna invest in playing games again, i would get a nintendo switch. but chances are that wont happen anytime soon now that life has been consumed by the responsibilities of being an adult. time management has led to me cutting out one of my biggest pleasures in life being video games. it was necessary since i knew games just did not hit the same anyore like optimus said in the video. i have to focus on college, family, friends, girlfriend, and my wellness. dont have time like i did during my childhood.
this was a long tangent but here's the tldr for people who didnt want to read through it all.
TLDR: games today with their battle pass systems, seasonal updates, and additional content make playing games feel like a chore more than anything. there is little to no sense of completion when you know there will be something new to come afterwards. this is one of the main reasons why i dont have a love for games anymore.
Go jetskiing its super fun my guy, probably the most fun I've ever had.
Yeah and you have to be constantly plying to be good or else people who play 12 hours a day will just make the game unplayable
i appreciate what you had to say and relate a lot to you.
Nintendo also even has a lot of play for 10 minutes and hop off games. Which are quite fun
@@blizzard9397 yeah I work 5-6 days a week for 10-15 hours a day and I come home to play games and get destroyed on PvP so I just play solo games
Games feel over developed but also soulless and unoriginal. There was a game on steam called scram. It was like an infection game with a helicopter you had to get to and money system for better guns. This game took the dev about a couple weeks to make just himself. The characters were beans and it was free. Still one of the best free games Ive ever played.
Finally a bean character shooting game
@@crytexk102 a bean character type game
Games are just p2w plus grind you can't just grind then you will never get better like they are just bad
IM GONNA GO PLAY IT😈😈😈
I do not see it on steam
Games today feel like they’re made for money only. They don’t feel like a work of art or passion product
Ea
@Archibald obviously . Forza horizon 5 looks beautiful
capitalism
That's why indie Devs are the best
Exactly this comment deserves to be top comment. Games are made for money not passionately.
I would give so much to relive my first skyrim playthrough
I know the feeling, but not for skyrim, I was already feeling like optimus when skyrim came out and found it incredibly boring/janky without mods. But if skyrim was one of my first games, I definitely could see myself falling in love with it because of the world (really love the aesthetics, but zelda gameplay was more desirable for me).
I still listen to some skyrim tracks 😌 (even tho the composer is… 👀)
Same but with Morrowind
Experiencing fallout 3 like I did the first time is something that I have never experienced again. The sheer genuine feeling of fear, relief, surprise and intrigue of that game is what made me love rpgs
I'm on my first and I'm blown away
I haven’t played Skyrim. Should I play it today?
Growing up in the 90’s early 2000’s you really had the best of both worlds, you had the technology to have fun with (video games, phones) but you were still outside all the time without being consumed by technology. Truly some of the best times 🥰
@Planet Khan oh man don’t even get me started 🥰
Seriously was
*SYNTHWAVE*
Facts
trueee
Honestly this is why I've been more interested in the indie game scene recently. There's a lot of indie developers out there right now that are proving that it is possible to make a really fun game without a high budget or so-called "AAA" quality.
Yeah facts
Fr
@@JesusChrist-pw8jr Didn't know Jesus was a gamer
@@JesusChrist-pw8jr take the wheel
Indie games are the old AAA. Pioneering and trying new concepts for the gaming industry. These days, AAA have their series and either they just keep adding to it or they just re-release again and again
When he said "I would pay a significant amount of money to go back and play prime BO2" I felt that deep within my heart
Literally all they have to do is fix the modding and I would be on that game for hours same if we went back to Chapter 1 Fortnite
@@cbreezem2103 on pc u can play plutonium its really fun
@@fettah7908 Unfortunately I don’t have a personal pc 😔
@@cbreezem2103 chapter 1 Fortnite was good but the game is what you make it. If you don't think chapter 2 is fun that's because you aren't doing anything to make it fun. Tryhards existed in season 5-10 so you can't use that as an excuse.
@@KyushaNeverKnowsBest Difference is Seasons 5-10 had lots of fun content where as chapter 2 doesn’t for me
I find gaming these days is like scrolling through Netflix
I feel this is more of an issue with just AAA in general, like if you go to indie title their is a lot of games that are hits and are really good, and follows the formula that the olden days has.
The formula for old games was there was no formula... make whatever, meanwhile triple a titles consist of only fps or 3rd person combat games
@@piggynatorcool668 and people like that so much and then rely on AAA games
Most AAA games are more like products now instead of games. I usually play older games and indie games
I like a lot of the single player ps3 and ps4 era games but other than that the last big multiplayer game i loved was battlefield 1 which i think was in 2015
This is the key. At some point there is the industry feeling same old same old but there is a certain responsibility on some types of dudes who are to lazy to actually look far and wide for decent games. Goes for even modern stuff.
The industry isnt taking as much chances as its used to ..but so are gamers these days with not wanting to feel like they wasted money on new games that didn't meet expectations.
“Why release a solid AAA title, when you can put minimum effort in and make billions by filling it with microtransactions?”
-someone probably
-everyone at EA
@@pedro-tt3mm for real HAHA
@@pedro-tt3mm that pfp with name is legendary
-Tencent, 2021
Apex be like: both,both is good
The last thing I "Enjoyed" from a relatively new game was that mission in the newest Modern Warfare where you raid a house in London, it felt nice to methodically move from room to room and there were a bunch of "Easter Eggs" for shooting or not shooting people, you could even stop one of your men from getting shot if you were savvy enough... Everything since then an pretty much everything before for the last 4 years has been pretty boring.
yeah the new modern warfare is the last good game, I hope Vanguard is going to be just as good
THIS MISSION I feel the exact same.
Have you played titanfall 2?
Same
Bro that fkn mission was so dope it felt like we where actually inside that mission about to raid that house. It was quite impressive
I can't recall a single AAA title within the last five years that I've genuinely had fun while playing. Games these days feel like grindfest chores.
They’re boring and repetitive
I've had one experience that was a huge exception to this. One day a few years ago, I decided to get Far Cry 5 on a whim. Never had played a Far Cry game before, but decided to go for it. I was blown away, and was LOVING it. Got about halfway through the game, was super invested and raring to go, and then the third party cloud service just... lost my save. Didn't realize it was ONLY on that third party service, and no matter how many times I tried to find the save on my computer or troubleshoot, it seemed to just have NO record of my save. So I quit playing it to this day.
It was such a melancholy experience- finally, I find a modern AAA game that I'm really into and having legitimate fun with like I used to with new games, but because of the modern AAA method used to store saves, my game was just suddenly... lost. So even when the AAA experience pays off, it seems the AAA experience gets right in the way. To this day, that remains one of the single biggest disappointments I've ever had in gaming. I could hardly imagine something like that happening for that kind of reason in an old school or indie game. Not necessarily because they didn't have the tech, but because they would never risk that kind of liability with people's saves and gaming experiences just to hold the rights to it themselves.
Rdr2 and elden ring are the olny games I was hyped for
Last game I had fun with was Last of us....
I didn't even care about the gameplay, I fell inlove with the story....
Now I no longer care about game stories and gameplay
It is a bit harder to get "lost" in a video game like we used to when we were kids, but unfortunately despite the advances games have made graphically, we lose the immersion when games are unfinished and released broken. And to top it all off it keeps happening. The hype around Cyberpunk for example was us hoping that for once in a long time, a game could make us all feel the way we did when we were young... Oopsies.
I never had that problem for myself
I feel you man I had a lot of hope for cyberpunk now all I feel is nihilism for the games industrie.
@@mitchbaker5995 people toss themselves into that mindset unfortunately. I moved on to focus on important things like my education
@@danieljasonkon9800 yea same I'm 16 and I just feel gaming isn't worth my time anymore not like 2012 2014
@@pochakajeoi8943 ehhh, gaming seemed like to waste to me, not that it’s bad narratively, but wasting hours upon hours of my time never jived with me. Optimus was playing video games at 3 years old, I was learning how to use the computer as a toddler
If games are feeling stale, what I decided is to for the most part, stay mostly away from online multiplayer (although I’ve been having fun with splitgate) and focus on single player experiences. Zelda games, platformers like hollow knight and Celeste, games that aren’t all about shooting the other 14 year olds and winning. You just gotta get invested in the game you are playing, more so than play the game because you wanna get those levels up.
I’d do that but those type of games bore me.
I like just games that always have my attention with action. So I love shooters. But I did love breath of the wild a lot.
@@MARS-eb8pt that’s the thing, you have to find games like breath of the wild, games that get your full attention. It sounds corny, but it’s true. You have to get immersed in the experience.
Yeah I have uninstalled warzone and used the 500gb to download singleplayer games. I am in a middle of the first bioshock and I am having a blast! All my friends are playing lol or valo and they are calling me and i am playing Oblivion XD
For single player transmissions I recommend rockstar games Some assassins creeds and ghost of Tsushima
RDR2 is the best option you have
The games who introduced me to the gaming world were Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City and Zuma's revenge. Good times... The games who still hit the same on pc rn, or at least for me, are Skyrim and Minecraft, but only once every 5-6 months for 2-3 weeks.
Ghost of tsushima, it scratches that itch for gta
@@thedefault8109 Meh, hearing Yong Yea say the name multiple times turned me off from it
@@jetstreamsampai474 your loss...
@@thedefault8109 yea
1999 Chicken Invaders
I really miss the games from around 2007 to around 2013. That's the golden age for me. All those games actually released finished and were made with genuine love and care. There's a few like that around now sure, but in terms of multiplayer especially, we're in the dark ages.
I do think it’s a bit of a nostalgic aura around gaming, too. We’re basically the first generation to grow up with gaming(the way it is now) with massive multiplayer games that everyone played. That was a golden age for gaming and just as people grow up they stop playing due to time, and I think that the best games are the ones we played as kids and early teens, maybe even HS
GREATLIFESUCKS GREAT fax I played the dark souls series for the first time last year and they were slappers
True
I'm 29 and I'll be honest... 100% not the golden age of gaming unless you mean PS2/360 era. I'm not saying that from nostalgia either. After that era is where games started to take less risks. And I really don't think growing up is part of it. I really think it just comes down to not playing a variety of games. After reading the comments of this video a lot of people have just kind of stuck to the same genre and that's it. Of course it will get stale if you just keep playing the next shooter that comes out.
@GREATLIFESUCKS GREAT well, definitely not all games today are bad. Thats actually offensive to me. We have 12 minutes, nba 2K21, warframe, and PLENTY more.
GREATLIFESUCKS GREAT amazing games still get released but they definitely get released at a slower pace, like the fact a gta game hasn't been released since the 360 era is pretty telling
I just miss the times of taking a new game home, throwing it in the console, and playing right away.
Ye
You never lied smh 😢
I miss toys r us, the way you go In it, your already surrounded by toys. Classic 12 century feelings
i know on the xbox 360 that happens same with wii. nowadays if you buy a disc you have to download the game, like wth
@@nolanepstein8588 exactly I’m I turned 15 last Wednesday and bro games just don’t hit anymore I don’t think I’m too old the games are just boring now everything is the same
This hits hard. A while ago I lost interest in most multiplayer shooters. I tried playing more story based games and I'm glad I did because that what I play now mostly. You should try to expand your library a bit more is what I'm trying to say.
you are right sometimes you just need to expand your library of games and just play something different.
Yeah me too
Same here. Reverting back to story games has brought back so much luster for me.
I graduated high school pretty recently and I know the exact feeling of gaming falling off and yearning for the early days when I had no idea how any of it worked and just enjoyed it. The novel, unfamiliar technology and uniqueness of every game I had is what really struck home gaming as something that I knew I would never put down. It's a shame I've had to revert to those older games to feel that same way tbh. Best we can ALL do is hope that the future holds something greater, especially if right now is the low point.
Since everybody is reminiscing about their old era, I should too. I used to bust out laughing at my cousins and one uncle for being defeated every second, it irritated them except for my uncle, he was calm and generous when playing CoD. Also in 2013, I used to introduce myself to GTA 5 on the computer screen and with a game controller on my hand. So yeah, I have a little bit of nostalgia from that day also.
@@limitedperson lol gaming nostalgia i understand too
People complain too much, when they’re is variety out there
@@limitedpersonmay we all be able to experience that feeling again, friend :)
@@danieljasonkon9800 there definitely is that variety to be found in indie games, but the focus here is on the games that had the budget and large team behind them too. You can't really deny that most AAA games nowadays (with some exceptions) have the means to make them look nice, but they don't back it up in substance. Or they release it half-finished. Corners are cut and they still want full price when it's obviously a waste of money. I'm not trying to convince you to stop enjoying games, but it's my interpretation. Have a good one, man.
Games used to be about passion and developers wanting to make a good game, now games are about quotas and how much money the publishers can make per quarter. It's now about pleasing investors instead of gamers. Like how movies are about how much money can be made using cookie cutter tropes instead if orginal ideas.
No investors with indie titles.
Ever since gaming became an industry it was always about pleasing investors. We literally had a crash in 1983 due to oversaturation.
You can't avoid tropes when making art.
"The mission of the gaming industry has changed"
That really is it
Lol it always was a business…. You guys are delusional thinking it wasn’t happening before. Welcome to capitalism!
@@ballsdeep9400 Wow what a nuanced take.
@@ballsdeep9400 use your brain
@@Rebound9000 I see you had to turn yours on to fix your mistake later.
Madden
2021 is one of the most depressing years for the video game industry EVERY triple A title released this year is either average or bad
Play older games that you never got around to instead of the newer ones, that's what I do. Still got a long list left too.
Been doing that recently too. As much as people hate on saints row 4, playing it recently has really made me like it. I’m a completionist so I try to get everything and it’s kinda rewarding mentally.
exactly, also look at indie and AA stuff releasing even today. a massive problem with AAA games is a lack of risk and the constant need to grind.
Growing up i never really grinded a single game, I'd experience games of all types and its nice to find games that have a strong sense of self-awareness, fun gameplay and deep themes/story. There's just so much stuff I'm able to play on all the consoles and pc.
@@adrianp7574 achievement hunter myself lol
@@carcar4425 same. something bout that 100% gets me goin!
me too, not entirely by choice as you can see in my name but I hate grinding in new games too.
One huge thing that has been lost with video games is the sense of immersion we used to get. Look at WaW compared to CoD WWII. In WaW you started off as a POW being tortured then you get saved and the Marine looks you in the eyes, grabs your hand, pulls you to your feet, hands you a 1911 and says “Grab a rifle” then there are things like the clip of the Soviet soldier planting the USSR flag on top of the Reichstag at the end. They didnt filter the imagery. They used raw footage from WWII in the game. The games today are simply too vanilla. Idk maybe Im just a boomer or something.
And the “BONZAI” Jumpscares of the Japanese. If only games had stuff like that as well.
There are still great games, the only problem is that they're made by rockstar, so it's once every decade
Was Wolfenstein 2 too vanilla?
I think Fortnite affected a lot of games after its release. The way Fortnite treats in game purchases kinda made it acceptable for other companies to push microtransactions and battlepasses. Also the way Fortnite really tries to make you give it all of your attention makes other games have to use the same tactics to keep your attention. I don't really think this is a bad thing but it really does change the way developers make their games now. For me I think gaming pre-fortnite is different than gaming post-fortnite. And yes I know battlepasses and expensive microtransactions were around before Fortnite, its just that they set the standard for other companies to refer to.
True fortnite did change standards. Nowadays we get crossplay and free DLC just to compete with fortnite
What's wrong with fortnite? You can get battlepass for free every season and even get free 500 or so vbucks. Also 300 vbucks each season for everyone, so you can afford buying battlepass in 4 seasons anyway. I know 10 y.o. spend more to show off to their classmates but adult should have no problem exercising self-control.
@@nick7072 You're talking about fortnite nowadays that its lost 80% of it's players so everything becomes cheap and looks more value for money. He is talking about when fortnite was mega popular.
@@Maxashby Ah ok. I joined at the beginning of chapter 2.
IMO fortnite actually improved gaming transactions. Previously games cost around $60 across the board and micro transactions often related directly to pay to win perks. Fortnite showed that games can be made for free, and that in game purchases can be purely cosmetic without affecting gameplay. Yes it also contributed to the massive growth of the battle Royal genre but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, it’s just your preference.
Dear Optimus, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw your request for children with Diabetes. All I can say is thank you. Having Diabetes since 13, I’m now 20. It has been nothing but stress for me. It is not that I cannot live, but I cannot live life to its fullest. At least that is the feeling I have. Still I try to live my life and give it meaning luckily. Seeing a youtuber with over one million subscribers giving attention to this bully of a disease touches my heart. Thank you.
God bless you
Nowadays there are just a handful of games that i actually enjoy and go back to play again.
The last game ive enjoyed and went back to play was actually red dead redemption 2
@@ImClueless_ its KSP for me just as old as minecraft and is getting a great looking sequel
@@ImClueless_ lol I was expecting u to go all the way back. Like a decade
Software games are amazing though
Battlefield 1 and pokemon platinum on the ds.
I also play war-thunder but its bot fun. Im just addicted
Remember when you played a game and felt the achievement of just beating the story without worrying about how many trophies/achievements you have left to get? Pepper ridge farms remembers...
Maybe it's just me
I remember, but i like the feeling of: yes finally, I beat the game 100%,now let me figure out how to socialize
THIS RIGHT HERE
I always laugh when games warn me, "enabling_____turns off achievements"
Like, "and?"
No that’s all of us to
I mean trophy’s/achievements were always a thing 😂 people complain about trophies a lot but, what’s the difference between people who just generally are completionists and and trophy hunters? Trophy’s are fine. I used to 100% my games and brag about it back in the day anyways, a lot of people did
Way too much focus on multiplayer and “live service” nowadays
dont play live services, embrace tahiti
I mean live service can be pretty good, just look at monster hunter world
The funny thing is live service flops and single player games like RDR2,GOW,Ghost of Tsushima have a huge positive impact on the gamers.
Friend: you have a gaming pc, why you play old games
Me: you'll never understand bro.
I used to play games all the time, but when I got older, more life opportunities and activities became tangible. Pretty soon, gaming was more of an afterthought. Plus the only games I'll play nowadays are retro and indie games.
Yeah and I actively search for more indie games. Because I don't know like you say more life opportunities blossom for you, and you kind of don't want to game anymore.
@@orateusdijin6557 Have you played Hollow Knight?
@@b222a5 no but ik it's good af.
@@orateusdijin6557 Your missing out on a boat load of content. And hopefully you didn't just get the first ending, because then you are truly missing out. If you want, get 3 endings. And after, watch a channel called mossbag. He's a renown youtuber among the fandom. He will explain the lore. If only you could see the areas, hear the music, and beat the bosses like I've done. And don't spoil it, but here's 3 a hints for the really late game. 1. sit on the thrown first, 2. keep jumping into the clouds over and over again for a secret, 3. after a certain boss don't go to the next area just yet yet, this area is really dark. Well there was a lot more I wanted to say but whatever, just don't give up. NEVER, even when it seems impossible it eventually just clicks. Maybe not the first time you over come it because that could be just luck. But you'll master it with practice...lots of it.
@@orateusdijin6557 At least get 107 percent. Oh and listen to the soundtrack after that. Especially after a certain boss.
Man the trash talking in BO2 was legendary, it brought an intensity that I have not felt in any game since.
Agree but mw2 was beyond wild
How old were you then?
@@TheGlovener1985 14, back when you played the campaign b4 multiplayer. COD4 can't be overlooked though.
Zombies was one of the greatest gaming experiences ever especially black ops 1
@@garyngrace25 I still do that with recent games.
Guitar hero was one of the most fun games I’ve ever played. There has not been anything else like it since it dropped. Crazy how things have changed.
I used to love that game
Rocksmith? It's guitar hero but with a real guitar.
There’s clone hero
Clone hero is completely free and highly customizable
It's so weird how guitar hero games just disappeared into gaming history they were so much fun
I miss being in school and just being really excited to go home And play my game. Like when a new update is coming out and you just have butterflys in your stomach, excited to get home and play. That's just not the case anymore and it's sad
You’re definitely not alone on this. Me and my friends are always talking about the good ole days of gaming and how much fun we used to have. I feel like as I’ve gotten older games have just gotten worse. Idk if it’s because of poor development or if I’ve kinda just grown out of gaming. I will say theres like one game every year that I find really good and brings me back to that feeling of gaming when I was younger, but for the most part it just doesn’t hit the same anymore.
Maybe try having a look at indie games as well as the handful of middle market titles from publishers like Focus, 505, Deep Silver, Bandai Namco etc. Tastes change as you grow older which is why I like a much broader range of games than I did 10 years ago.
@@gamerinatrance3618 I guess I might have to try some new titles. Thanks
@@gamerinatrance3618 Nah because even if your tastes do change gaming is still dry af
I personally feel like it's me getting older. Gears of War back in 07 was sick but I'm 31 not and the last game that got my attention was fortnite back in 2018 and God if war. I haven't came across anything I've wanted to play for like 2 years at this point.
Yeah it’s kinda like a self awareness you know? You can’t immerse yourself in a game or gaming in general cause it just doesn’t hit the same
i feel like every game is just the same: load in, buy the battle pass/prompted to the item shop, play for xp and complete challenges, and if there’s a ranked mode it’s an ELO ranking system where you play 10 games for your placement.. no diversity (as for multiplayer)
Ok, two points:
(1.)
This lack of diversity is caused by the fact that these systems are the" Tried and True" parts of gaming that netted companies tons of money, leading other companies to apply the systems.
Unfortunately, the Battle Pass/Item shop systems don't seem to be going anywhere soon due to this factor...
(2.)
I've said it in other threads, and I'll say it again, BP systems are mainly in games that are heavily advertised. If you want a good break from the Battle Pass stuff, might I recommend a fighting game?
@@Mothyn eh, i agree with you completely and used to love fighting games but i’m a shooter/multiplayer kinda guy, die hard halo 3/old CoD fan.. i don’t NOT like the ELO sort of ranking system, i just wish that there was a mainstream game that didn’t have that ranking system.. i’m heavily biased, but halo 3s ranking system was my absolute favorite - xp + 1-50.
@@ConsequenceTV Halo infinite is coming out isn't that good enough
@@OniCappa no the game is so far from halo it should not be called halo
Formuliac
Ghost of Tsushima was the last game that really wowed me. I hope that game devs get their soul back
And red dead 2 was amazing
God of war hit hard. Felt like a kid again. Other than that, everything else is garbage.
@@joser_1295 bro you ain't lying! i need to go back and play it again 🥲
Hoping for pc port but i might to dust off my ps4 just for that game
Days Gone as well
Im 36 and I find not just playing AAA games and mixing it up with indie's helps keep things fresh. There are some true gems out there if you go looking. Just finished Katana Zero and it blew my mind. Better than any big tentpole releases this year.
yeah, indie games seem to be the way to go (katana zero was amazing)
Playing single player games has kept me going, at least recently. Went through all the Metro games recently and I just love that it still feels enjoyable.
Single player games usually have been the way to go for awhile now sadly
That's why PC gaming is where it's at. Way more selection of games!
@@butmuta1441 and mods to make the games even more fun and replayable
fr, metro is amazing. i can also really recommend fallout new vegas and the outer worlds, amazing rpgs
Bouta find myself playing the Witcher 3 for the second time and I can’t wait for it
haven’t played a triple A game in a while, they’ve just been going down hill so bad and from what i’ve found there’s a lot of lesser know games which are incredible
Play doom eternal
Play red dead
ghostrunner is so good
@@Jennboi is it good? should i get it? i havent gotten it yet, not sure why tbh. Is it like witcher quality?
@@coveredinherintestines666 I haven’t played Witcher yet but holy frick rdr2 is really long but the story is absolutely amazing! Also I would highly recommend ghost of Tsushima
Yall gotta start playing some indie authentic games, forget all the MMO FPS & RPGs I recently played "12 minutes" point click game one of my least favourite genres, but it was a really great experience brought me back to a time where I actually enjoyed playing videogames.
There are a lot of great games that are released every year they just get overshadowed by the big titles, try variety gaming instead of focusing & grinding in a single game for long periods of time and you'd be happy again. Trust me.
I try playing those games and i don’t even know why but I lose interest. I really want to like them too
Never played batman arkham series but just picked it up and its really good.
General rule: Any game that isn't triple A or isn't heavily advertised is going to be good/goddly.
Fighting games, a genre that isn't advertised to much, are some of the most fun that I've had playing video games in a long time.
Indie games are carrying the industry for years
@@malazan6004 🧢
This whole thing really depends on how long you’ve been playing video games. For most of us 2007-2012 was the golden age of gaming but for younger kids this is probably their golden age of gaming. We all loved Halo 3, and all the good times we had with friends and all that. Games like Fortnite are probably the newer generation of kids’ Halo 3. We experienced gaming evolve to impossible heights and over the years less things reach those heights. A lot of us are just now jaded cynics who have already seen gaming evolve to impossible heights while others are experiencing this kind of thing for the first time. I’ve had several games that have blown me away over the years (mainly singleplayer stuff) but I wasn’t playing games in the era of Black Ops 2 and GTA 5, I also go through stages of addiction.
Also the aim of companies has changed because they’ve found their formula for making stuff. It’s mostly no longer about innovation but money. This mostly applies to multiplayer games for me.
I understand when you mentioned about newer generation liking how the games are right now but for me who is kinda stuck in the past and was born 06, I love the games around 90's to 2000's. I never love the games such as Apex or shooting games since it doesn't gives me the vibes of what I've used to play. I love Minecraft but it doesn't feel the same as I grew older. So I stopped playing all of that and switch to anime games more than the what the world's loved. Sure anime games are the same but they at least have nostalgia points if you're a huge fan of anime since childhood. Like for example, do you love Kamen Rider? For me, yes. I want to play to it again. What about other games like psp? Yes. I love gaming, but not like in the phone.
Saying all of this, it just flows the old memories that I used to play.
@@heavenlysadist I miss being in school and just being really excited to go home And play my game. Like when a new update is coming out and you just have butterflys in your stomach, excited to get home and play. That's just not the case anymore and it's sad.
This isn’t true for the fact that fortnite “season 1-3” were people that were actual gamers. When it caught on here comes along corporate and the execs to MILK it for everything it’s got!! Halo has lore, story .. that’s the difference
for me 1995 - 2005 was the golden age
Feels like mans is opening up about being disappointed in life as he grows up and him reminiscing the good old days as a kid playing those games. Feels bad man
You'll get there too trust me.
Optimus definitely is projecting a little here but hey we’ve all done it.
I regularly replay the entire Halo series. It's just timeless, especially the original trilogy. I'd love to be able to experience them completely new, to get that "wow factor" again.
when i switched to xbox in 2009 halo 9 and ODST where my 1st games ODST made me feel emotions as a 10 year old i still haven't now
I never played halo, should I?
@@PTS-Maid Absolutely.
@@PTS-Maid yes, you should get the Master Chief Collection
@@PTS-Maid bro buy halo master chief collection right now.
Games today
90%: Graphics
10%: actual gameplay and enjoyability.
And another 90% extra purchases and artificially increased playtime with extreme grind and RNG that would put a Final Fantasy gacha to shame.
Yea
Play indies
There 65% actually enjoyable gameplay and characters
And 35% graphics
Like (hades hollow knight undertale and soon to be silksong)
@@thedeatharmy6708 Oh I love indies, I usually read bits of lore that they might have
@@PlazDreamweaver Is it okay if I include that bit ?
As an aging gamer of 34 myself, I understand the same vacant feeling with video games these days, I am starting to feel like it is because I am changing and not the other way around. I was 22 when Black Ops 2 came out and I was already over it. Battlepass cosmetic garbage is not more content, it's just a means to extract funds from consumers.
I’m only 19, and i feel the same way of these games..
That's that early 2000's childhood nostalgia right there; never misses a beat with me either. U not alone Optimus; I feel the exact same way
Same
Games started to feel less fun starting in 2014
@@gayeloser8607 red dead 2 was fun also ghost of whatever it’s fall is fun too if you’re talking about cod I think BO2 was the last and best cod they ever made
Dude, this is all so true. I remember going into Gamestop and buying expansion packs for Wizard101 and sometimes Skylanders for the Wii. You honestly hit the nail on the head with every point.
Started playing Wiz during its release period. I don’t think I can ever not enjoy the game, but it just doesn’t hit the same anymore.
@@ExtremeSal ion know bout that one
The game is still really fun and u grind it everyday lol. The only problem is that it isn't f2p.
@@ExtremeSal I feel exactly the same. I grew up on Wiz and nothing will ever hit the same as that game, not even if I went back and played it now.
bro the skylanders experience back in the days was just golden. too bad my wii broke 3-4 years ago
wizard101 was the stuff bruh
Honestly, I understand it. While I can enjoy newer games just as much as older ones, there is certainly no denying that (to put it simply) times have changed. Both in gaming altogether, and in people's individual lives.
Times are getting hard, we are all being forced to do with less. Job worries, housing issues, supply issues. It's really hitting people hard and many really yearn for the stress relief games offer.
But the reality is when you get older, your "priorities" change. Now its "hey I got a few extra bucks to spend, but I need a new tire or I can get extra groceries".
Also gamers are being squeezed more for services and AAA games and the lack of Next Gen consoles doesn't help. So with all the weight on your shoulders, is it any wonder anybody is overly enthusiastic for new games? It's easy to reminisce when your older when you didn't have as many responsibilities. Were games better in the past? Somewhat yes, but got to find happiness even when there isn't a lot to go around.
Growing up, my dad always had the same sentiments. He hasn't gamed since his 20s, but would say that it all just got "samey" and unengaging for him. It's just a natural tendency with getting older; every single thing must be actively imbued with your own refreshed interest.
Ubisoft are a prime example of the gaming industry’s awful aging.
Console gamers don’t see this that much, but indie games are starting to take over man. Indie games are becoming more fun than triple a titles. Yeah triple a titles have the best graphics, however, these indie games usually listen to their community Atleast.
What he said ^^
Their best one is by far Ghost Recon, Future Soldier for me
@@pineapplemelons2140 I actually really enjoyed Division 2 and The Crew 2. I think that they’re somewhat trying to be better
@ً Honestly, just get a gaming laptop. You can get a fairly decent one, Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3, for around 750. That will run 1080p AAA games no problem
As a kid playing PS2, I was probably more hyped for pretty much any game I would get from even just a pawn shop than I am now with most games coming out...
The pawn shop has everything for lower prices and I also remember going to the pawn shop and getting a game
Nostalgia trip
that seems like a you problem
You just grew up bruh
TRUE
This is why indie developers will always have a special place in my heart. They make genuinely enjoyable and fun games because that’s what they enjoy doing.
Yeah. I’m learning UE4 rn and hopefully I can make people feel like that
@@Uvuv6969 Good luck man! Maybe one day I'll play your game!
Ark: Survival Evolved. I love that game, despite the fact the devs seem to purposefully try to ruin the official servers.
@@Uvuv6969 yes i'll play your game sometime
Some of my favorite games of all time are indies but we gotta stop pretending like indie games are this godsend that has nothing but perfection and originality. There have been tons of great games in recent years but the amount of garbage shovelware that can be found is even bigger than AAA titles.
Great video and it really hit home. I'm 54 and have been a gamer all my life. I started with Atari 2600 and graduated to an Apple IIe. From there went to super nintendo then playstation I and II. Before computers got really big in the 2000's, I still was mostly outside with my friends. I'm now divorced and my kids have grown and are out of the house and my main form of entertainment is gaming on my PC. I don't play consoles anymore, PC ftw! However, for the past 3+ years, I stopped getting excited about playing games and it has bothered me greatly since it's what I like to do. I've bought games and they sit in my Steam library untouched - games in the past I would have been chomping at the bit to play and now I couldn't even be bothered. I think it's mostly that I'm older now which is sad. Here is my list of things that I don't like about current games:
1) Most games that I like to play today require me to spend literal hours researching how to play on the internet. There are no more game manuals. The games have become so complex.
2) Early access - I know I could just wait for the full version to come out but these companies want me to pay full or near full price to help them beta test.
3) I miss owning a physical copy of the game. If you are on Steam or one of those, you don't really own the game - you paid a fee to be able to use THEIR game.
4) So many controls to worry about. I usually spend an hour remapping all the keys on my keyboard just to be able to play
5) Nothing new and exciting. The thrill is gone, I've seen it all. One of my favorites was Skyrim but if a new Skyrim came out, what could it possibly have that would excite me?
Anyway, great video, glad I'm not the only one!
Well said family...Salute👊🏿
How do you feel about GTA San Andreas? Since you lived through the 90s.
@@glowinthedark9082 hiya Glow :). I never played it. I have GTA5 on my PC but I’ve never installed or played it (got it for free). Been playing a lot of survival/crafting games past year and that seems to be my new niche
Back when an Expansion REALLY was an expansion of a finished game, and now it's just cut content sold later as DLC.
The one exception for a recent game that I’ve found is maneater. I don’t think it’s THAT new, but the game was released amazing and finished, and then they came out with an also amazing dlc, so it gives me hope
I don't know if I agree with that sentiment dude, for multiplayer games, map packs are just an outdated form of DLC cause it splits the community, especially when you have multiplayer map packs, either nobody plays them so they go back to the base game where all the players are and that work gets wasted and nobody experiences it, and because of the divide in player count the game overall suffers, most of the time it's just a fruitless business venture for both the player and developers, plus single player games are following the DLC trend, specifically cause it works for them, so it isn't going away
SeedeeStevie743 I bet you’re referring to bo2, mw3, bo1, etc.
Ubisoft, Activision, and now Rockstar
@@hugono3938 I was mainly referring to the halo series actually but those apply as well
Whenever you're burnt out, play single player. Especially RDR2. Even if you complete the story, there's many other things to do.
Ive been pretty burnt out on gaming feel like i should just take a break and try to do other things
@@ElmStreet that also works.
RDR2 Is in my top 10 games of all time. I also recommend Ghosts of Tsushima, and Last of Us.
Fallout 4?
@@BananaNutCream any fallout game
I'm playing Skyrim for the 90º time now. Can't stand these competitive multiplayers anymore...where did the single player and Co-op games gone?
I feel you on the Co-op games, but there is a assload of single player games especially rpgs, you must be gaming on Xbox One, or your not really looking
All these games that i listed they have my approve and i usually enjoy playing them. So i hope u can have some fun too
We wanted cyberpunk to be the next big singleplayer IP but it flopped :(
@@Nalters yeah, Cyberpunk was a punch in the stomach for me (especially cause I play on last gen console)
@Marvin Rodrigues try monster hunter world it’s a coop
I remember back in middle school i would stay all night playing minecraft in my friend’s server, we would be talking and discussing on planning our new village, he would use plugins to make “plots” like in real world residential complex that makes people unable to build until they buy the plot with server currency, we had a whole economy there! I would go and gather rare items for enchantment and potion ingredients to sell for in-server currency, i can even sell cakes very well.
There was also a time where we would install industrial mod in the server, we built a nuclear reactor and a working factory
I wish i could go back and play with them again
This is why I’m glad the industry is bringing back older games in remastered HD graphics
But it won't be enough. We need new, original singleplayer IPS to make it big again, or else I fear there could be another video game crash.
Me too. But it’s funny how the current state of the video game industry is so bad that people are begging to go back to older games.
@@ThatAnnoyingBird At this point I feel like another big crash is coming. Maybe not now, but I’d say maybe in a few years.
@@ThatAnnoyingBird I totally agree man 👍🏻
@Desmond Tresfaye agreed, NV had much more potential.
Remember when Map Packs, New characters, Gamer pictures, Wallpapers, and Avatar items were the only thing we had to worry about for DLC?
Didn't r6s have dlcs like that
fr, if I pay 60$ (full price for a game) I must expect to get all the content and not half the content is locked behind DLC.
ffs
Remember when most of the post game content wasn't just DLC, but custom mods created by the community with improvements to the base game + new content? Pepperidge farm remembers.
The quality of games has just dropped significantly in the last five or so years and it’s sad because people just don’t get excited about new ambitious games because we’re all afraid it will turn out to be another cyberpunk.
laughs in rdr2
Tbf cyberpunk’s failure derived from the extremely hyped fanbase which had resulted in employee’s and development to be extremely stressful and be required to crunch development,in fact employee’s were sent death threat’s demanding them to release cyberpunk early.
Laughs in all from software games
Red dead 2, sekiro, Psychonauts 2, Ratchet snd Clank, Ghost of Tsushima, Returnal, Hades, god of war, it takes 2….. I can name dozens and dozens of amazing games that have came out in the past 5 years. You’re trippin
@@Nutshellin-zn6pz it’s the developers lying to their fan base. This game should at the very least promised all of the features they claimed was going to be in the game. Gta Los santos is more immersive than cyber punk and that game is 20 years old
“We are excited about the upcoming battlefield” when I heard that I was like “oh man, I’m so sorry”
Same LOL
Optimus, you should consider playing more indie games. Most Indie devs put a large amount of time and effort into their works.
Fr indie games is where it's at.
This has fixed my boredom with games
what games you recommend?
Except a majority of indies look the same. "A roguelike?? Made with pixels???" ohhh wow, how refreshing. Story driven and really short? Wow lolol
@xvoided lol i actually got that a few days ago, really different! thanks tho
I think social media, and us knowing everything about the game before they come out has kinda killed them too. There’s no element of surprise anymore
Unfortunately with how saturated the industry is, you kind of need social media in order to make people aware of your game's existence.
Nothing feels gritty anymore, it feels like developers always “lighten” up games a bit to make it appeal to younger audiences. We never get games like spec ops the line or world at war. Even gears of war is toned down in the newer games now. I just want games to feel adult again when they’re m rated and not just an appeal to younger kids. I wish games where rated m because they’re mature not because they just added the basic gore and language. It takes more than blood and f words for something to feel gritty you have to nail it psychologically and I just don’t feel that with newer games. It just feels like no game really takes it self serious anymore.
Silent hill 2. The best we've got now are indie developers trying to give us what's been missing.
Cause current developers in 2020 decade onward are so "woke" . I mean, even when Bill Clinton was around, every developer went all out and edgy. Nowadays, its the opposite. Sucks cause thats how older physical games are going up: content .
yeah M Rated games are supposed to be for ADULTS.
Precisely my issue with every Saints Row after 2. I know saints row 1 and 2 were decently silly themselves but compared to what came after not at all. And some of the things going on in 1 and 2 were decently dark. But the new one looks just like 3 which was pretty much a big joke as much as I enjoy playing it
@@NemesisS.T.A.R.S The main issue is Western AAA Gaming Market. Here in the USA, majority of the AAA Game developers are woke, "lazy", refuse to innovate or be "inspired" to craft something "epic, original", and they're very manipulative to all the gamers. That can be said for Indie Developers and Eastern AAA Gaming market. However, this comes down to whether the casual gamer ever does research and knows if he / she is purchasing a complete game, no locked-out content and not being scammed . That is why Retro Gaming Market is also getting expensive because of supply & demand - especially nostalgia . In addition, older games do have replay value .
I think we’ve fallen really away from high quality individual games nowadays. I think it’s mainly contributed by the fact that now with the PS5 and Xbox One X that run SSDs with insanely quick load times it makes gamers more excited about flipping from one game to the next instead of staying hooked on one individual game. I haven’t seen many games within the last 2-3 years that have hooked me like the greats of the past and i think it’s more about quantity (remakes, repetitive multiplayer concepts and adaptations) over original quality that solely focuses on the game’s own uniqueness.
I feel like the games aren’t exactly declining in quality but instead just don’t hit the same. I don’t know if it’s cause of gotten older but I can’t sit down for hours playing games without taking 20 hour breaks (other than ghost of Tsushima)
Yeah, they got different and (optimus) and I don't like it.
Same. I used to play games 24/7 when I was a kid and slept for like 2 hours then played again. Now I don't feel any reason to play for so long and I usually only play for about an hour or 2 before taking a break and doing something else.
@@IcyFingers I get so bored and tired after playing for even 1 hour. And buying games on discount then having game pass doesn't help the case. Its just overwhelming, I will literally take a week off and I will just log in to collect daily things some games have.
Try Monster Hunter World. Give the demo a try. If you like it, then you'll be playing for literally hundreds to thousands of hours.
Give it a look.
You're right. The reason why video games felt so good back then was because they were new. Every genre, concept, gameplay was different and unique. But of course as time goes on people ran out of ideas, and now every game just seems like a copy of another one. The only games which I kind of enjoyed recently were probably Omori or Detroit become human, and I'm pretty sure both of those games were in development for a long time.
I been catching up on some old top tier games like Brave Fencer Musashi, Legend of Legaia, Alundra, Arc the Lad, SMT III, Onimusha Warlord, Tales of Vesperia and now playing Star Ocean: The Second Story which amazing world to explore. I think nowadays we still get great top quality games like Gravity Rush 2, Astral Chain, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Persona 5, Octopath Traveler. There also indie games that truly stand out like CrossCode, Hollow Knight, Cosmic Star Heroine, Furi, and some indie I haven't even played like Omori, Katana Zero, Undertales, Hyper Light Drifter, Golf Story, and probably more I haven't mention. Great games with amazing quality to them still exist, but you just simply have to search it under all the mainstream trash that exist.
Gravity rush is so bad lol wdym, i literally forced myself to play a couple hours of the game just so that i dont regret wasting 3 dollars on it,
And also the games u listed are still modern lol, most of them are also trash.
Rimworld
@@suave605 nice opinions, but all of the games he listed are quite loved...
@@suave605 hey, Mr. Modern COD player, leave the good games to us please, thank you.
@@suave605 gravity rush was great on the vita... The hardware it was designed for
Eh I feel like this just comes with age, as kids we are addicted to the simplest of things. Like grinding for f*cking calling cards in COD, or max prestige. As we grow older that grind seems like much more of a chore. I find myself falling towards narrative driven games these days, I still am an addict for some multiplayer but I can't sink that time in anymore it feels.
Yeah I think we all grew up tbh
ye
Facts and ive been thinking of get skyrim legendary edt for my xbox 360 lately, not only to add to the collection but also to get all achievements.
I know it sounds weird but, I’m 14 and video games are growing less on me, they’re not as enjoyable as they were when I was 5. I played GTA 4 and the dlc one and I still even remember when my uncle was like
GTA 5 IS COMING OUT, but I begged him to get him to get to get GTA 4 with niko and he was like but GTA 5 is out, but I said I wanted to play all of the dlc.
I wish campaign and multiplayer games would get back to how they were and I wish we had more time.
I don’t think video games have fallen, it’s just we’ve grown up, and thus the industry has to cater toward the new generation. as Walt Disney once said “Adults are just grown up children”
I played some of my old Gamecube today and man I miss 20 years ago.
I feel like the main reason games aren’t as good as they used to be is cause the developers aren’t putting their heart in video games like they used to. Back then people made games for fun and really wanted to do it and had fun doing it now developers are under a lot of pressure with video games being pretty much mainstream now, and cause of social media, and people know they can make a lot of money off of it thus causing a lot of games to be rushed out without being well thought out or even finished, so making games isn’t as fun as it used to be therefore they aren’t fun to play either.
That’s true but then there are some developers who actually want to try and make a good game but then their bosses tell them “No, do this.” because the publishers want the game developed in a way that makes more money.
I mean, look at CoD. Broken Cold War guns to sell Cold War/Bundles/Battlepasses. Doing near nothing about hackers so that they can advertise an Anti Cheat when the new CoD comes out. It’s just sad.
@@lotsafat222 Exactly! That how come Indie games feel so much different to play than AAA games. Even if they are in the same genre. Cause it’s not always the quality, gameplay, or how much content in the game that makes a game enjoyable, it’s how the creators of the games feel while making a game that makes it fun. If the developers are miserable or if they’re generally having fun making a game then their emotions usually bleed into the game they’re creating.
the only game that came out in the past 5 years that really sticks with me and could be considered a masterpiece, at least in my eyes, is Red Dead Redemption 2
True
Agreed.
Or if you're into indie games take a look at Celeste. A platformer with great gameplay, amazing story, and amazing music.
Story mode wise yes, online wise not so much.
I agree but more so because of the compelling story and not the Gameplay itself. While yes its insane how detailed it is in a lot of aspects, the fact that it still followed the basic rockstar Gameplay rulebook that is way past its prime is just sad and nowhere near what it could've been.
My problem is I have no friends that loves to play and talk about games and to top it off I stress a lot and don’t really have a healthy lifestyle (which I’m slowly working on) so I get turned off on playing especially FPS… I remember playing battlefield 3 on the ps3 and omg the amazing feeling I had playing with online friends and the team work that lead us to win every match, I miss those days so much and now I just sadly play alone on my pc trying to immerse myself in single player games buying games that I think I’ll play but just ends up piling up with the others that I’ll never touch lol maybe im just growing out of it (really don’t want to) but I guess I’ll see in the long run. Btw I have terrible punctuation I was never good at it lol
Bro
Same
Same thing like my cousin he plays games too but like if we’re playing a stealth game he’ll go thru guns blazing or if we’re playing a game we gotta grind he doesn’t wanna take the time to grind man finding people to play and talk about games is hard now people either boot you or something
your experience is nearly exactly the same as mine
@@Jack-tk5ff hey man what's your tag
Time to pick a new hobby
Yeeep, totally fking agree...
I sometimes just sit there and stare at my desktop for minutes just sitting there doing nothing...
Pre-Ordered The Division back in the day and I haven't pre-ordered another game since. Ever since that the vast majority of good games I have played has come from indie studies. At the moment, I am most hyped for KSP 2. I hope it and future games will one day deliver the same feeling of playing something like Lego Star wars for the first time.
New lego Star Wars next year tho. And they’ve delayed it a lot so presumably it’ll come out proper.
@@GrimboBagworth I hope so! Nothing but awesome memories from the old one
Weren’t they having problems making KSP 2 with Take Two? How is that going?
@@unspeakable6661 back in December the publishers did a take over and pretty much stole all the employees from the developer studio (unfortunately driving them to bankruptcy). Luckily everything has settled down and it’s still on track for a delayed release next year.
@@TheLoganatorz that’s good to hear. I put 500 hours into the first one but haven’t played it much recently so I stopped following the news abt it. Come to think of it, I’ll probably get KSP 2 because they’re adding in colonization and other fun stuff.
Honestly I've been feeling the same lately. Video games aren't really fun like they used to be anymore for me. They have been feeling more like a chore then anything.
Yeah the “games as a live service” focus has turned a lot of games into endless treadmills that are designed to just waste your time endlessly. Games just don’t respect the player’s time anymore and that makes them very unappealing for adults
I have this prediction that within the next 5 to 10 years there's going to be an industry turn around, and a shift to focusing on a games are art philosophy focusing into newer indie style projects.
I will remember this comment; let’s pray for this
@@theucheao agreed
Remind me in 5 years
@@assraper9940 same
We've already been doing that for over a decade. It's why games like Flower, Journey, Gone Home, Gris etc made an impact.
I feel you on this. I think a big part is the gaming industry. They don't care about keeping great features fans love anymore since their main goal isn't their fans anymore. Their main goal is money and researching algorithms that makes people stay playing or buying items. So now a lot of bs that would of been free costs money. The soul of the devs is gone. Gaming is lonely now. Especially with COD. No theater mode? So no striving for cool clips to share with your friends and show off to new friends and community on TH-cam. Lobbies disband so now you can't even make friends anymore. No unique user customization like emblems. No striving for that cool looking calling card that you can only get by getting 1,000 throwing knife kills because it doesn't exist and also the only cool things cost real money. No casual and competitive playlist like league play. So now SBMM takes away the relaxing fun and you don't have the option to get serious and play ranked or league play. You're right about growing up too. Before almost everyone you knew was playing at the exact same time you were but now we have responsibilities and different schedules and life's. I've been gaming with the same people since PSP but now I never have a full party and when like 2 of us are online we play for like 1 hour. I used to strive for clips, high kd ect. Now most of the time I don't even play with my headset. If your friends aren't online you can't even talk to anyone on COD for more than 1 game.
The gaming industry is starting to see buying a game, as getting a subscription to something.
Batman Arkham City is still one of the best games I’ve ever played. I remember being in elementary school looking up theories and trailers constantly. That game was everything I wanted and way more. The only other game that has me doing that at the moment is Hogwarts legacy cause a I’ve always wanted a Harry Potter rpg since I was like nine.
The game blew my mind when I first got it
I've owned it for years but recently only played it and ohmygod what have I been missing
I remembered playing a game 5+ times getting achievements made my day. Games used to be so much better before everything just became a money making scheme to swindle micro transaction money for us.
They were always going to become like that. They didn't before only because publishers either didn't know or have the means to do it.
I remember getting "Zelda: Link to the Past" and the excitement that I felt playing through the first time. I saved my money back then as a kid and it was money well worth it. I haven't felt that kind excitement for a game since then, even tho I have enjoyed games since then, but it's not the same. Maybe it is because I'm adult now with other priorities.
i used to feel this way but then I went back to just single player games and i’ve loved it again.
Modded terraria solo was such a breath of fresh air from fast paced competition like Apex and CoD. It just got boring
Same here
Same!
I'm of the opinion that the biggest problem with modern games is that many games are being made without passion and more importantly, are being made with a "we'll fix it later" mindset. Go back to the PS2/OGXbox/GameCube era (aka the best era and I will fight people who disagree) where devs didn't have the safety net of being able to patch games post launch and give the update to customers. They had to make sure that the product worked from day one because if they didn't, customers would return the game to the store. Granted it wouldn't really affect the devs until the next product comes out because stores buy the games from the devs who then sell it to us.
Plus, when playing a game, even a bad one, players can tell if a game was made with passion. The PS2 Prince of Persia games or at least The Two Thrones are terrible games but I could still finish the game because there was some heart involved.
Is part of this from growing up? Probably. That said, I have more fun playing Mortal Kombat Armageddon than Mortal Kombat 11. I've been playing the Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga games and have been having a blast. I generally have more fun with games from this era so I don't think it's just me.
Couldn’t have said it better
I disagree. Fight me right now.
So you will fight somebody for having a different opinion?
@@RomanumChristum not literally but I think that's the era when gaming peaked in terms of the quality of most games vs how mainstream video games have gotten.
@@chloemarlowe3817 Trust me dude. I'm in the same boat as you are and it's not because of nostalgia. The reason modern gaming sucks these days, is because it's trying to be like Hollywood and is making more money than Hollywood. Back in the day (PS2 era and before.) The entertainment industry looked down upon video games and only saw it as something children would do. However, as gaming gotten bigger (Ps3 era to now) and Hollywood getting worst, we're in a situation where gaming has become just like Hollywood with lack of ideas and innovative gameplay.
“I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days, before you actually left them”
U know they are the good days when u are having fun bozo
@@ididntaskverified3663 ratio
😢I was just giving u the tips and tricks like u asked
I remember the build up for Halo 3.
Bungie showed E3 Demo, Advertising on TV about Halo 3, several programs on TV talked about Halo 3, and we had the Halo 3 Demo to play.
Once the day arrived, my friends and I went to Gamestop to attend the Halo 3 midnight event..An event filled with Halo.
Once we got the game, we went home to me and we played through the campaign on co-op split screen on legendary.
zero day one patches, Zero install, Noone Fake E3 gameplay ... Just overall an awesome game made for fans by Fans.
Even while still inside high school and as a kid I still feel like it's hard to enjoy and be excited for it's not just because I'm a little older it's because the games that come out just aren't as fun