@Fa1nTy objectively, there is a major lack of innovation. There are not many new ideas coming out. When stuff was first coming out, it was all new. It's very hard to make new stuff after everything we made already. (Since people clearly misunderstood this, I'm talking about "There was a time when the first MMO came out". Massive shifts. New genres.) (Note 2: you guys are so dumb "blah blah that's an unrealistic expectation" Yeah, it used to not be, that's why it isn't as fun. Great job.)
@@Fa1nTy aggressive monetisation practices are seeping into every crack of gaming, it's getting impossible to find a game without microtransactions now. And yes it's a problem.
I went 2 years without playing a single game and then one day got bored and picked up a controller and fell in love with gaming all over again , sometimes a long break in gaming is needed
You people should try TCG - Trading Card Games especially Yu-Gi-Oh because TCG can be playing on Smartphone/PC/Consoles and it can be collected and sold and even make you great friendships in locals by playing TCG.
The game matters a LOT. I play now and then, but I only get addicted when the game is amazing and innovative. I don't play genre I've played before cuz it's just the same thing with different skins. Played pubg, didn't play any other battle royal for more than a single day each cuz I already did that. Same with survival. Fps. Etc
I am about 70 hours into Chained Echoes, almost at the end. This is one of the better RPG’s I’ve ever played, and it’s an indie game made by one person. One person. And they did a better job with more love and care poured into their world than all these AAA companies producing garbage. It gives me hope, for individuals though, not for big companies
You have to remember that as we get older our brain changes, specifically younger people are programmed to enjoy new things and older people are programmed to enjoy things they are familiar with, and to enjoy things they haven't tried before less. This is where the term "settle down" often comes from, the psychology of someones brain changing to enjoy stability and familiarity. It's not a bad thing at all, but it's often the reason why people in their 30s and 40s will start to dislike things the younger generation enjoys. This goes for games as well, if you play games similar to that which you played when you were younger you are much more likely to enjoy them more than games which are new and just came out even when you remove any sort of objective quality differences between them, and vice versa someone in their teens is more likely to move from game to game enjoying each new experience more than if they were to play the same game extensively. If you want to read more there are lots of papers online about it just look up "emerging adulthood" or more specifically, "plasticity in developmental programming" which is the psychology term for this phenomenon.
Tried to play it rwice but ijust fall asleep reading text with calm relaxing music. Im too old and after a long day, a game like this is sleep inducing. It does look amazing for old school classic rpg lovers. The one that clicked with me and i put the same amount of hours on my first playthrough, that i recommend a lot is CrossCode.
As someone born in 1985... I completely agree. My sister used to come into my room and watch me play. She literally balled her eye out when Link grew up.
I’ll never forget making a RuneScape account in 2006. Watching the 2007 scene unfold as a 10 year old. Still my favorite game, still play it to this day. Masterpiece
While gaming is still fun for me, I have noticed that I've grown more and more selective about my purchases over the years. I used to try to get my hands on just about every game I could see but now I'm more of an action, action rpg and fighting games type of guy.
Mainly because as adult, I have responsibilities that needs to be taken care of on a day to day basis, these things creeps up in the back of your mind and its hard to completely focus on gaming compared to when I was a kid where I would get lost in games for hours with nothing to worry about.
I'll enjoy gaming til old age if my mind and hands allow it, but I will say I miss the younger days for the reason you just laid out. Too much real shit going on in life makes it hard to really lose yourself in a gaming world. Like I want to be fully engaged but shit just creeps in your mind and just like that I missed a whole cutscene and don't know what is going on because I was thinking about real life. Ugh. Totally lame. haha
yeah that is why I have to clean the house, do the dishes and put the kids to bed first, then crack a beer to help forget the rest before booting up a game and falling asleep at the title screen ahahaha
Maybe once we retire we Will back to those days. No More responsabilices, no More people bothering us. No one will give a shit about so Will have Time and space to game
Part of the problem is that a lot of games aren't made to be fun anymore. Most things put out by AAA studios are only being made to make money or be an esport. That being said, plenty of of indie developers have filled the void rather well. And despite their bad practices, a good amount of Nintendo games are made with fun in mind. If you're not having fun playing games, you're playing the wrong games.
So agree, I think everyone is so cynical for no good reason. Gamers are also really loud about greedy monitization which helps decentivise that kind of stuff being added for a lot more games
I think they’re so focused on making the games look good that they don’t put effort in the game it self. Kind of like movies these days. CGI is great but stories are terrible
I think there are still a lot of good AAA games. As a JRPG fan, there's been tons of really great new JRPGs like Triangle Strategy, Monster Hunter, Tales of, and Trails of games. There's a whole new genre of high production quality HD2D art style games that I love. And of course there is Elden Ring and God of War, which were phenomenal. Ironically, the best PC games are probably console ports, because they don't have live service/monetization bull.
This has been a problem with wow for years. All my friends played right from the start but I wasn't into those types of games at the time. After rath of the lich king came out, they finally convinced me to play. At first it seemed super fun but that soon ended. Even at that time they needed me to install and configure several mods. I got them installed and met up with them for the first time. We picked up a quest and instantly my friends were super mad at me for wasting time reading what the quest was. "Just use quest tracker" they say... like bro, I want to try to actually play the game.. Not run through it not enjoying anything. I never actually played the game. I never will.
Same happened to me. Friend of Mine introduced me to wow and i was Just grinding Dungeons to get to late Game. I spoilered Everthing and Had No aha Moments. Kinda sad
The goof troop game was amazing. It's still one of the best gaming memories, playing 2 player goof troop, throwing barrels at each other for fun and all that.:D
I'm 32 and gaming is still something I enjoy. I have my burnouts where. I lose interest for six months and get right back into.Last year alone I played a pretty huge number of games and I enjoyed most of them and I didn't touch a single microtransaction game.Theres plenty of stuff to play you just need to know where to look. The key to enjoying gaming is sometimes you need to take a break for awhile it usually works for me.
Agreed The guy speaking is on about his childhood and being young, growing up with franchises Every experience when young will never compare to when your old Go back to playing Golden axe, street of rage etc. It just ain't the same We need more from our games these days and the industry knows that demand is high Sometimes it's a miss, sometimes they hit Just like back then. People just want to ignore all the bad games back then but there were so many, and the only way to avoid those was to buy a weekly gaming magazine
Anyone who says this, hasnt played games back in the day like Ultima Online. You couldnt "burnout" from these..everything was new! Now its just remixed and rehashed same old ideas. Hopefully Riot's upcoming MMO will bring some novelty.
I feel like the two main issues with modern gaming are the following: one, a lot of games today are made for profit first, and fun second. Games originally were always something more niche and more about exploration and experimentation of new technology and ideas. It wasn't a super corp with 100 execs optimizing how to suck the most cash out of its playerbase and trying to cash in on already existing successful ideas. It was a couple of dudes who were having fun messing around with a cool new concept. This is evident with the popularity of Indie games, as most popular indie games are fun, interesting, and novel ideas and experiments first, with the making of money as an aside. The second issue is that given enough time, people will tend to optimize the fun out of things. In an environment where one strategy works better than another, players will tend to converge on this more optimal strategy. This can lead to stale, boring, and stagnant metas with non-dynamic interactions. It can also lead to situations where playing becomes work. You are no longer playing to have fun, and do things your own way, but instead, you are forced into working on becoming more efficient and optimal around a strategy or type of gameplay that you didn't get to choose yourself, as evident in competitive games, FPSs, and MMOs. This problem has always existed, but is more evident as you get older because you become smarter. For example, when you are a kid, tic-tac-toe is fun because you are an idiot, and you aren't smart enough to realize optimal play. As an adult, tic-tac-toe is boring as hell, because anyone with more than one braincell knows how to play optimally to always force a draw. There is no point in playing the game when you already know what the outcome will be, and the steps involved are always the same. Hopefully, with awareness of these problems, devs can try and build games that attempt to solve these issues in one way or another. Perhaps, with something like AI which can learn and grow itself, making games more dynamic, and making it harder to have the playerbase converge on singular optimal metas.
Dude I finally got my first gaming pc set up yesterday… The first thing I bought on steam was Age of Empires 2, and spent 5hrs 55mins playing a skirmish until like 1am last night.
Yeah for sure, these feelings like you're over it come and go. Try out some indies! Game pass is good for trying a bunch out. Warframe was also a great free to play steam game you could try
Ive felt this for a while, it almost feels like I've obtained the mind of a dev - all I see are the systems behind the game and how many times I've seen the same gameplay loop to the point of not wanting to bother playing because I already know what to expect. Don't get me wrong I get surprised every now and then but the bloom is off the rose these days
@@RIP_ZYZZ1738 Except it is for some people. I remember at the peek of Fortnite seeing kids in a parking lot screaming "Fortnite" at the top of their lungs. That type of excitement and joy over a game is something most people grow out of. As they age they will never feel that same amount of excitement that drove them to scream about their game in a parking lot for no reason. They will likely chase after that feeling though.
It's actually very simple. When your younger, time doesn't matter. You'll do whatever as long as your having fun. When you get a little older. You realize how precious time is and the time needed to play the game becomes precision. Also social media has slowly fried everyone's attention span, so the video game has to be made a certain way to retain anybody. It's tragic. I can't even sit down and enjoy a game without thinking about how I'm not working towards my goals.
I was going through my old stuff the other day, shed a tear or two when I got to the PS1/PS2 box. Playing Tomb Raider and Crash with my mom were some of the best times ever. Always had the best pokemon and kicked ass in battles cause she traded me all the good shit when we both got Gameboys for Christmas. I got the green one and my mom got the clear puprle one.
Need to mention that difficulty of majority of games nowadays look ridiculously easy compared to old good days. The anxiety they used to give me was beyond insane.
Reach KSH or gladiator in WoW . Reach FPL in CSGO . Reach radiant in Valorant . Reach predator in apex legends . Reach challenger in league of legends . I don’t agree that games are easier than before . The skill ceiling just becomes higher and higher and games like csgo require 15k or more hours just to reach FPL which is the pro league
@@Thrall966 That means nothing, online games are only hard because there are tons of sweats in every single game who plays for 8 to 10 hours a day every day. The games you mentioned are NOT fundamentally hard, they are perceived as "hard" simply because of the community. As a working full time adult, I will obviously have troubles playing with teenagers who have tons of free time to dump on online games. Take Fall Guys, there are sweats in that game too, but I don't see anyone saying that Fall Guys it's a hard game. The industry is just making games easier and "more accessible" with every new title, because there is a larger and more casual audience, and because of that it's undeniable that modern games are just easier.
I remember going to my very first live esports event at the pluckers in downtown ATX watching Starcraft 2 on the big screens with a bunch of other nerds. It was so much fun, and I hope that one day it becomes a regular thing again.
The reason why gaming is fun is it relieves stress,like when ur stressed at work or at your study,you finds happiness in gaming,but if you're free and have nothing to do, you're likely to get bored while playing games
I got into gaming seriously later than most in life. It's what helped keep me sober early on. I deff have to take a break sometimes but it's hard for me to get into a game these days that's not love service. Not Impossible but hard. I can't stand ppl but love the idea of constant new gameplay with others. It's a real not scripted experience. I don't get into open worlds too much anymore without wanting to get in a server and get better at multiplayer. But very interesting how it's all changed since I was a kid with my snes.
I just can't relate to this. Idk if it's because i'm passionate about games or if it's because i play a wide variety but even at 30 I'm still having just as much fun.
Same. There way too many games out there that are amazing yet people want to focus on AAA titles and then complain about them for views. Video games are fine, indie devs are the same type of devs from 20+ years ago... Just stop looking at AA titles
Just take a say during the Steam Next Fest and try any title that looks unique OR piques your interest. You will have a much better view of gaming after that. There were titles from that in 2022 we don't have the vocabulary to describe, just because they were brand new genres that weren't just some form of "how to make killing interesting from __ perspective."
asmon its never too late to start your runescape journey man, im sure so so so many of us would love to see that, a whole new audience would drool for it. plus it will be amazing for you obv, osrs is a gem to be experienced by all at one point in time.
@a what's the appeal of minecraft? It looks super dated. That isn't an argument lol Also, he tried it once and the community showered him with stuff and brought him around the world. He wasn't able to focus and actually get into it. With how he loves new world I think he would like runescape if we took the time to understand it. Problem is it's not streamer gameplay unless you do bosses and quests. Chopping trees on stream would be aids.
@@kaikash yeah that’s why people like moist critical do these types of streams while afking it on the side too lol His best bet is to literally play an ironman
Osrs is only good if you got stocholm syndrome or have the free time of a 7 year old in the 2000's it's a nostalgia ride that can be fun, but it's a grindfest totally not new player friendly
This is why I've given up with multiplayer games. For the past few years I've been strictly playing single player games and honestly it reignited my passion for games. 90% of the time their is no monetization, and ya only gotta buy expansions that release for those games. Sure single player isnt for everyone, but my view towards gaming got better when the competition factor and constant monetization wasnt a thing anymore.
I still remember when my parents would try to institute the “one hour only” rule when it came to gaming. It never happened, and I would always wait for them to be preoccupied with something else to continue. Nowadays, after 30 minutes of play, I’m pretty tired and need to go to bed 😅
I think the reason of why i still love playing game is mostly because i dont look for guides on the internet, i play game blindly, if a mission that i do and keep dying or failing, i then look it up to see why. I still do that even to this day, i did the same for elden ring.
Man, thank you Asmon. Sounds really sad but you talking about the Nintendo prompted me to go looking for some of the older games I played on the original Xbox (my first console, from around 2005/6 onwards). Really funny thinking back on some of those games - and a quick shoutout to SW Battlefront II.
I got a saying that people should take to heart: "Time enjoyed, is never time wasted". in other words, getting off a 30+ hour gaming binge in which you were having fun playing, is by definition not time wasted because you _enjoyed_ the time you 'wasted'.
I know a guy that worked his ass off to pay for his family to have a comfortable life. He's now dead, his children are fatherless. It's worth enjoying yourself so I agree :) I have other friends with happy relationships, that have time off. They play etc but they're poor, doesn't matter.
This is actually misleading. Define 'enjoyed'. Some people enjoy gambling or hurting themselves or taking drugs. That doesn't mean it wasn't 'time wasted'. It was time wasted. They are just mindless addicts having their brains controlled by chemicals via these powerful in-game systems. Means nothing. What matters is healthy time spent; hence, Harris' organisation, 'Time Well Spent'. The key here is 'well'.
I'm 58 and started gaming with Pong. I remember getting an Atari 2600 when I was 14 years old...I love video games and will be playing them until I'm physically or mentally incapable of playing them...I freaking love video games.
@@Nostromo2144 The Apple //e had a built in disassembler (CALL-151) and mini-assembler (accessed via the ! command) built in ROM. These days you may want to try AppleWin, Mame, or many other Apple 2 emulators. :-)
While on vacation it's pretty tough to enjoy most online games, but when school comes back it's the thing i anticipate the most! Funny how that happens. So yeah touch grass
You know what, I actually did this. I started to go more outside and touch the grass when I was 20, and it's fun. But bro, I was missing gaming and all I had was those shit AAA games. But then I discovered indie games, and now I balance touching grass and playing some indie games.
I'll say that games nowadays aren't made with the same design philosophies that the games we loved back in the day were. AAA Games nowadays feel like jobs rather than fun, focusing on lots of content rather than a refined experience. I never played the original God of War games for the PS2, so I have no nostalgia, but I went back and tackled them and they're absolutely amazing. Going back to older games reminds me of why I love them and what I hope they can one day be again.
Correct. Enjoyment is 60% dependent on the devs, 40% dependent on how the player tries to approach the game. More open-minded players have more fun on average than self-labeled "jaded" and "veteran" gamer types
depends on person. if i cant flex my skills in multiplayer then game makes me just fall asleep cause there is no real reason to play it... these few years were just reskins of old game types over and over again, i already know how they work and what is waiting there for me, if i will want to enjoy the story or just chill i will turn on twitch and watch someone else play the game... that way i can consume game content and have bonus fun from seeing other ppl react to said game
@@Zamoxino Same, my games NEED to have pvp, that's always my endgame. Single player or coops can be fun too but i know i won't be playing them long-term. Man i wish Valheim was an MMO, that'd be a perfect game.
I think the "things used to be better when I was a kid" mentality will always be present as people grow older. There were people in the PS2 era complaining about how much better things were in the SNES days and PC golden age. Like this guy said gaming peaked in 2014, which is a 1-3 years before Bloodborne, Overwatch, Dark souls 3, Divinity Original Sin II, Hollow Knight, BoTW, The Witcher 3, Stardew Valley, Civ 6, Persona 5, etc. etc. Amazing games that I'm sure were the peak of gaming for other people. It's all subjective, you can't objectively say Smite pre-2014 was better than Overwatch. I think it comes down to your life changing and not having the same amount of time to dedicate to a game. When I was a kid I would play Wow all evening every day after school with friends. Now I maybe have a few hours each week to play online with friends because I have so many more life commitments. Of course I'll remember my WoW days with rose tinted glasses, but that doesn't mean that a game like FFXIV, Overwatch 2, Sea of Thieves, Fortnite, Minecraft, or some other game fills that role for a kid now, and he'll have that same experience just with a different game.
I never heard people saying things were better in snes days when we had ps2. We were amazed by what was available for the ps2, it was crazy to us to see how far the technology had come and how good the games were. You must not have experienced that time if you're saying people were saying the same things.
That OSRS music kicking in... CHILLS... I remember like it was yesterday sitting wrapped in a blanket on the PC in my parents basement playing that game completely clueless LOL
As a 21 yo gamer I am so jealous of ya’ll who got to be born one decade before me. I’ll even admit it was one of the most influential times for gaming EVER.
even less than a decade, Im 27. Shit I remember playing wow/silkroad/gunz/halo 2 at my friends house with his older brother. I had dial up so at my house i was only able to play runescape,gunz an silkroad. I didn't have xbox live either so I played halo 2 online at their house
Yeah back then they definitely put a lot more effort. It feels like because they couldn’t patch shit now they just released crap because they know they can update anything. There’s still pretty good games coming out but it’s just far less.
something that isn't mentioned in the video is we lose dopamine receptor production as we age and dopamine stimulus hits from gaming lose its power and addictive qualities, couple that with change in priorities as we age, attention spans, available time, and just overall experience from playing so many games we generally lose interest because nothing is new to us, but it doesn't mean there isn't a whole new generation experiencing gaming like we first did as children
I disagree: Sports. Look at people who love sports... when they were young they loved sports and when old they still love sports. And these games themselves NEVER change. Age isn't affecting their enjoyment of sport at all. Why? I think because these things change: the competition gets better, skills and tactics shift. In most games, the AI is identical and predictable. If you've played games for years, games do, generally, become easy. If the AI evolved, employing different tactics and had varied behaviour, and could surprise you, we'd still find games just as fun no matter how old we get.
I beat super metroid semi-recently and it was really really good a game. The response times to commands were a bit clunky but everything else was just diamond.
What sparked my joy for gaming again (im 35) was VR. Sure there are not that many 70h + AAA games but it does not have to be. I enjoy that i can put my VR headset on and play for 1-2hours and feel good about it, while having a blast.
I'm 38, I'm basically gaming on a daily basis since I was 8 years old or something :D I don't think I will stop anytime soon. My buddy and me already have plans in what games we play when we are old and retired xD
thing is, every gamer feels like this every once in a while, but once you have the time and found that one game, your back. at least thats been my experience with gaming since i started getting responsibilities.
I remember times where I was just sitting on my computer watching youtube videos on the second screen, launching some game and then closing it 20 minutes later because I wasn't enjoying it and repeating with different games. but the good thing about it is once you find a new game you like or an old one you haven't played in a while, you can pour hundreds of hours into them and then if you eventually get bored of that game too, the games that felt boring before will feel fun to play once again, atleast thats what my experience has been like
This happened to me 2 years before covid....played shit all my life and I just dropped games as a whole one day and started working more on other hobbies and work. Covid started and i got a different job that was at home and the spark just ignited. Now I'm playing more than ever even going back to stuff i used to play as a teen (Runescape, Monster Hunter, Command and Conquer, Total war etc) Recently I started playing WoW for the first time when all my life I said "I will never touch that shit"....having a fuckin blast. Games aren't worse especially in the Indie seen, theres so much good stuff from the last decade and yet to come!
@@crazychris1123 I feel that, there was a period where I was basically "burnt out" from video games and didn't play anything for a while, recently I've gotten back into games and also playing games I used to like, mainly like Halo 2 and 3 on MCC and WoW.
The problem is there's no games being made that hold my attention for longer than a couple weeks. They're just not fun bc they're being made with the intention of milking shit out of you rather than making a fun games
It's very true. I loved video games back in the days much more like all the JRPG: for example... chrono trigger, breath of fire series, Final fantasy 3, and super mario RPG. God, those games where damn amazing. I would stay up night and day playing these amazing games.
It’s pretty simple Asmongold: back in the day, games had subpar graphics, but replay value was 100%. Nowadays, games are 100% graphics and just about 0% replay value!
I still have my Gamecube up in my cabinet. I used to carry it with me when I was in the army to play with my fellow soldiers during the evenings that we had. Man it has the best memories of all consoles for me. And I do have very fond memories of PS1, PS2 and some Dreamcast too. It was the first console I bought myself, 70€, it included Eternal Darkness as the first game. :)
the most iconic game that i played when i was a kid was goldenAxe, it was an arcade game that i played in the mall and on my personal pc. that was an epic game
I'm 33 years old, the only thing that makes games less enjoyable to me really is the fact that I feel stressed about spending my time on things besides work! So for me personally, I've learned to keep my mind calm and just live in the present, especially when I game and relax. I try not to think of goals far in advance, and instead either write them all down on a list, or think of them one at a time after I finish one task. Oh, and also I don't play any micro transaction games!
I have the exact same sentiment man. I even take it a step further and no longer pay for and play games on release. I stopped caring about being first in on a game. But that limits me to single player games only. The thing is, it's great though. I just make a concerted effort to NOT watch any yt content on a game I plan on buying. Even if that means I won't pay it until it's 80% off on steam years later. I just finished Star Wars Fallen Order, am running through ME2 right now, and am loving it. First time playing ME2 as well. It's fresh for me and it's been out for a crazy long time. And here I am in 2023 addicted. I don't care, it's a beautiful feeling, and for me gaming is still fun and fresh.
@@SkipsTinyBeard whats ME2? I feel you on the not buying games at release gig. I cant remember the last game i bought on release. Might have been diablo 3. Or Starcraft 2. Whichever of those that came last.
@@SkipsTinyBeard One of the great things about waiting to play games if you do follow people who play them, is that you can watch their experiences right after yours, without having to wait for them to continue playing.
Have had an at home gaming system since 1975 (tennis pong & hockey) first PC was a Commodore Colt which i put a VGA card in so i could play Leisure Suit Larry! Not only owned an Atari 2600 but also the 5200 with a disk drive.
I had the same problem so what i did i replayed the old games of my time like NFS-U1 ,NFS-U2 ,NFS-MW ,Starwars Racer ,God of war 1-3 ,Splinter Cell and also played games that i didnt completet before in that time area that i had interist in back then that helps alot
In my case, I just don't buy anything new anymore. I often return to some of my old time favorite games and it's an especially good feeling when I replay them after more than a decade or so, it kinda feels like first time again and it reminds me why gaming was so great at that time. Of course, it doesn't really work with all games, some of them were only good in my memories, but a lot of them did age well enough that I could keep replaying them often, I don't need to buy new games.
I do the same but with games i never played, idk why people think they have to play what's new and i'm not talking about retro, if you just browse through steam for some time you'll find a lot of games that were released years ago and are still good. When nobody is talking about something is when you can judge without subjection from other people if you truly like that or not.
@@arthur3495 Even with new stuff just ignore AAA and you will do great. My 2022 has been nothing but hits so far. Neon White, Hush Hush, Kaichu, Potion Permit, and reviews are good for titles like Potionomics which I am playing after P5R (AAA, but I like a lot of Atlas stuff).
I think the problem is the quantity of games not the quality. There are a lot of great games out there, but when you have 200 games to choose from you dont value the game and the experience.
I don't quite agree. The PS2 still boasts the largest console library by a landslide (not including backwards compatibility) and that gen is still seen as one of the greatest in gaming. However, that was when most AAA studios still had passion.
You also have to wonder who these games are made for. During the heyday of the late 2D-early 3D era, there was a distinct feeling that games were made for "gamers", which existed as a small subset of the general population consisting of tech hobbyists and design enthusiasts. With gaming hitting the mainstream, that sort of feeling went away, even with the indie scene to some degree... It feels like games now are simply profit extraction... Maybe we should start making games for each other without the expectation of financial return.
I was just about to comment to question how a reupload got over the quality assurance check at Asmongold TV HQ, and played the video only to instantly realise it's a different video that coincidentally has a 10 seconds difference in length and the same title.
I'm 36 now. Played games my whole life. Spent a lot of that time on mostly WoW and other MMOs. I'd recommend trying some of those exploration survival games like Valheim like he mentioned. It's the only kind of game that's really grabbing my attention anymore. I'm really enjoying Conan Exiles, and ARK as well. Exploring, fighting, building, dying horribly, rebuilding, etc. It can rekindle your love for gaming.
As somebody who has kids now, the very little time that I have to play games is incredibly fun because I understand my situation and know that I don't need to take it seriously. I honestly have more fun playing games now than ever.
Same here, games are 10x more fun after a hard days work. I used to be miserable playing games I now adore because I'm not spending a third of that time idling in stormwind.
@@Anttown123 I used to have this problem, but my wife and I worked out our own free time each week. She gets time to watch her shows, I get time to game, and we don't have to feel bad about it. Definitely a worthwhile thing to do if you can figure it out in your schedule.
@@Anttown123 I manage both. The trick is to avoid competitive ladders and schedule time for gaming. That's why I quit Dota, LoL etc and just play MMORPGs now. I can have my hardcore gaming time on raid nights and spend the rest of the week doing low intensity content and exploring the world for a couple of hours a night.
When people say things like gaming isn't fun anymore to me it feels like it's because aside from the obvious stuff we all know (corporate greed/unfinished games), alot of them that say that dont play anything new. They play the same kind/kinds of games over and over but never step out of their comfort zone to try anything new.
My friend is like that. He has been playing gta 5 rp for like 3000 hours or even more and he is saying: I wish there was a new game I could dive in. In his opinion game industry is pretty dead now. He doesnt even try new games tho. .
@FireJach I also have a friend who has been playing the same games over and over. GTA5, Witcher 3, Apex Legends, Final Fantasy 15, and Fortnite. There's so many other great games out and he just keeps replaying those.
Yep, another problem is the "And its not that I dont have as much time as i used to, i have lots of time!", well there is the issue, you are spending too much time on video games, get some different hobbies, learn some new skills, go outside lol. Spending too much time on one single thing will inevitably lead to burn out, I dont understand how this is not more of common sense to some people.
For as many other games there are, only about 5 of them are any sort of decent, these days. Roddny i'm going to have to politely reject your take because it's just plain wrong.
Everything is really a relative level of wasting time depending on how you look at it. If you enjoy the time you spent and aren't hurting anyone it's not a "waste of time" in my opinion. Although I do think having hobbies or pursuits that are somewhat productive or challenging physically/mentally is better than ones where you just turn off your mind mostly for hours and spend a lot of money without any substantive benefit to yourself or others besides the "fun" factor. Which is why I personally quit gaming but I don't really hold gaming against anyone or look down on them as long as they're doing something substantive with their life in other ways (which I wasn't when I spent most of my time online or gaming.)
Maybe gaming isn't fun to people who aren't into games anymore :0 There's a billion games in my backlog, and enough good new stuff to keep me going for years and years.
Isn't it weird that allot of the top comments, are model profile pictures, that each one has the same video on their profile, with the same amount of views, linking to a website?
The technological improvements aren't as drastic as they were growing up. We always had something insane to look forward too. Now I really don't even notice that much of a difference from one system to the next.
I can see why ppl say this, but for me i try to look and play underrated titles on the genre that i love. So last year i became a soulsborne fan because of elden ring's success and well also because Bb tohe edition was on sale. Then last year dec24 i beat ds3 as well. Now im about to finish er first playthrough. And i should get back to playing fire emblem 3 houses. While waiting for atelier ryza 3. Edit: i bought ace combat 7 because my ps4 sounds like a jet. Loved it, spent 56 hours on normal, expert controls.
I still have fun with gaming too. I find not playing any sort of competitive and or multiplayer focused titles gets rid of a lot of the problems. Sure microtransactions, season passes, and bugged releases still exist in single player games but I don't need to ever touch them to "keep up". 2020 and 2021 I think were pretty bad in terms of new releases so I went through my older backlogs, but last year I thought was really good and these first few months of 2023 have a bunch I'm expecting to like. February is absolutely stacked and that'll hold me over for several months. The biggest issue for people is they don't vary what they play enough, a single game requires all their free time or they get left behind, they treat everything like they're writing a college thesis on it and they take any small blemish as a podium to stand on and shout how shit it all is cuz they want to be mad.
One point people don't touch on is that they lack innovation nowadays. Think, back in 2000s each new game brought something completely new, features graphics the ability to have larger maps. Now all that is there in every game, the only new thing is the poly counts and how well light reflects off of objects.
In Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/Green there was a feature; when you had completed your Pokedex with the 150 Pokemons collected (Mew as 151 not counted in) you could visit a "hidden" or hard to notice Office of GameFreak, wich was the Programmers. They could check your Pokedex and when it had 150 Pokemons collected they where giving you a Certificate as Item. Using the Item was displaying it on the screen and giving you the option to Print it out with the Gameboy Printer. I remember freeling like a POG Champ, when i was a little Kiddo, printed out that "Certificat" and showing it to my Grandma. =)
Yeah honestly ... i felt the same way. My story is basically the same from start with the mickeymouse game at christmas eve with the nes until now. However to me Poe is the most pleasing game ever. There was never a single game that hooked me like the start of a new league in Poe. I am literally out of order for 2-3 weeks. So he should try out Poe if likes to get sucked into a virtual world.
For a while I was feeling like gaming wasn’t fun anymore and I was just on autopilot while playing. I recently got into the Yakuza series and those games have renewed my love for video games.
37:00 hit me in the feels. I'm 36 and I've created my family and I have a career and I feel quite accomplished, the way I used to when I mastered a game. Feel like Asmon was talking about me. 🤣
I remember I took time out to make a custom map on halo and my brothers and a couple of their friends actually really ended up liking it cuz it was pretty open so what i did was i had vehicles to try getting around fast but i also put a bunch of sniper nests around the map and the only way to get to the majority of them was using the teleporters i put on the map so there were snipers and u could sit in those sniper nests BUT there was a catch i put shot guns in the map too so if u didnt watch ur back focusing too much on sniping potential peeps going across the map someone could just come up right behind u and pretty much one shot gun shot u dead so it was a pretty good time lol 😅 Ps I also used blocks or buildings for ppl to run in and hide in for some cover if they were out on the field and also added in a few of those fling platforms that would send u flying across a trench. I think it was also a fun map not just cuz of my idea for it but the fact that I spent a lot of time making sure it was perfect and tested every single teleporter, ledge, and placement of my blocks/buildings to make sure everyone would be able to get around the map smoothly without obstructions which makes it come to life more and be more enjoyable imo. 😊😊
@@luminosity01 but that's the problem isn't it? He said indie and mod creators are where the idea are good, but generally AAA developers have gotten worse over the years. And I'd have to agree
It's always lovely to see a warcraft 3 beta image, the one in the thumbnail is one of those obviously because the steam engine has a demolition ball, but the UI is different in the information of the hero
@@wildwest1832 Yeah, that's exactly why AAA games are often $70 for the standard version nowadays. If a studio can't come up with a profit model without having to implement PTW or Loot boxes then they should reconsider the way they are making said game
I feel like there was LESS bugs in early video games than there are in every game now. Like I was just playing world of warcraft yesterday and some enemies walked up through a floor and killed everyone.
This is because back before we had the Internet the disc would have to be absolutely complete, any game breaking bugs would essentially result in them having to refund copies and redistribute out new discs to the customers. When we got the Internet, developers and publishers became lazy as fuck because they can just patch their unfinished games overnight 👎 the Internet basically incentivises developers to make half finished games unfortunately.
This is like a perfect homage to what was, the full rollercoaster ride of gaming. It will never be replicated, only a deep nostalgic remembrance of how fast time really goes even if it seems to us like just one second in front of the other
i feel like theres a new "why isnt gaming fun" video every few weeks
"I have no mental capability to ignore monetization practices I disagree with and pick good games, so gaming is bad ;(((("
@Fa1nTy objectively, there is a major lack of innovation. There are not many new ideas coming out.
When stuff was first coming out, it was all new. It's very hard to make new stuff after everything we made already.
(Since people clearly misunderstood this, I'm talking about "There was a time when the first MMO came out". Massive shifts. New genres.)
(Note 2: you guys are so dumb "blah blah that's an unrealistic expectation" Yeah, it used to not be, that's why it isn't as fun. Great job.)
Every few days more like.
@@Fa1nTy aggressive monetisation practices are seeping into every crack of gaming, it's getting impossible to find a game without microtransactions now. And yes it's a problem.
kind of a circlejerk at this point
I went 2 years without playing a single game and then one day got bored and picked up a controller and fell in love with gaming all over again , sometimes a long break in gaming is needed
Same here!
agreed! went about a year myself but ill always love gaming
You people should try TCG - Trading Card Games especially Yu-Gi-Oh because TCG can be playing on Smartphone/PC/Consoles and it can be collected and sold and even make you great friendships in locals by playing TCG.
That is true,and it can happen more than 1 time
The game matters a LOT. I play now and then, but I only get addicted when the game is amazing and innovative. I don't play genre I've played before cuz it's just the same thing with different skins. Played pubg, didn't play any other battle royal for more than a single day each cuz I already did that. Same with survival. Fps. Etc
I am about 70 hours into Chained Echoes, almost at the end. This is one of the better RPG’s I’ve ever played, and it’s an indie game made by one person. One person. And they did a better job with more love and care poured into their world than all these AAA companies producing garbage. It gives me hope, for individuals though, not for big companies
You have to remember that as we get older our brain changes, specifically younger people are programmed to enjoy new things and older people are programmed to enjoy things they are familiar with, and to enjoy things they haven't tried before less. This is where the term "settle down" often comes from, the psychology of someones brain changing to enjoy stability and familiarity.
It's not a bad thing at all, but it's often the reason why people in their 30s and 40s will start to dislike things the younger generation enjoys. This goes for games as well, if you play games similar to that which you played when you were younger you are much more likely to enjoy them more than games which are new and just came out even when you remove any sort of objective quality differences between them, and vice versa someone in their teens is more likely to move from game to game enjoying each new experience more than if they were to play the same game extensively.
If you want to read more there are lots of papers online about it just look up "emerging adulthood" or more specifically, "plasticity in developmental programming" which is the psychology term for this phenomenon.
i have checked the review... cool mechanic using a non level up to prevent OP grinding. Looks promising.
Brilliant game. Excellent choice.
Chained Echoes is so freakin good.
Tried to play it rwice but ijust fall asleep reading text with calm relaxing music. Im too old and after a long day, a game like this is sleep inducing. It does look amazing for old school classic rpg lovers. The one that clicked with me and i put the same amount of hours on my first playthrough, that i recommend a lot is CrossCode.
playing ocarina of time as a 12 year old in 1998 was one of the most memorable and cherish childhood memories I’ll never forget ❤️
for me, Ocarina of Time and Chrono Trigger.
I didn't even play Ocarina of time as a child but still having played it recently it was 10x more engaging than all these ubisoft open world games
And now kids have the same memories but it’s breath of the wild or the new one. Nothing changed
same buddy, for me I was 9 and was watching my big brother play a lot of times, but that shit was magical.
As someone born in 1985... I completely agree. My sister used to come into my room and watch me play. She literally balled her eye out when Link grew up.
The world as a whole has forgotten a lot about having fun.
fun is hateful and ablest. its against the terms of service
@@redman836 can you define ablest for me? I'm not sure you know what that word means.
@@graphospasm5394
It's a joke comment.
I’ll never forget making a RuneScape account in 2006. Watching the 2007 scene unfold as a 10 year old. Still my favorite game, still play it to this day. Masterpiece
While gaming is still fun for me, I have noticed that I've grown more and more selective about my purchases over the years. I used to try to get my hands on just about every game I could see but now I'm more of an action, action rpg and fighting games type of guy.
Mainly because as adult, I have responsibilities that needs to be taken care of on a day to day basis, these things creeps up in the back of your mind and its hard to completely focus on gaming compared to when I was a kid where I would get lost in games for hours with nothing to worry about.
I'll enjoy gaming til old age if my mind and hands allow it, but I will say I miss the younger days for the reason you just laid out. Too much real shit going on in life makes it hard to really lose yourself in a gaming world. Like I want to be fully engaged but shit just creeps in your mind and just like that I missed a whole cutscene and don't know what is going on because I was thinking about real life. Ugh. Totally lame. haha
thats what weed is for, to forget those, then you can play
@@MartinDlabaja you can’t just forget shit when you have an actual life🤣🤣 that’s why they’re so many lonely no spine men in the world now.
yeah that is why I have to clean the house, do the dishes and put the kids to bed first, then crack a beer to help forget the rest before booting up a game and falling asleep at the title screen ahahaha
Maybe once we retire we Will back to those days. No More responsabilices, no More people bothering us. No one will give a shit about so Will have Time and space to game
27 years from now, I'll be retired and playing that procedurally AI generated infinite game full time. Can't wait.
We'll be like the old folks at slot machines. They'll have to come and empty my diaper, fill my drinks and food.
assuming AGI doesn’t cure aging and ur back to work 😀
Maybe no need to 'play game' - Just inject dopamine in your brain
@@simmerke1111 😂😂
Haha he thinks he'll retire
Part of the problem is that a lot of games aren't made to be fun anymore. Most things put out by AAA studios are only being made to make money or be an esport. That being said, plenty of of indie developers have filled the void rather well. And despite their bad practices, a good amount of Nintendo games are made with fun in mind. If you're not having fun playing games, you're playing the wrong games.
That's why you dont play AAA studio games
So agree, I think everyone is so cynical for no good reason. Gamers are also really loud about greedy monitization which helps decentivise that kind of stuff being added for a lot more games
I think they’re so focused on making the games look good that they don’t put effort in the game it self. Kind of like movies these days. CGI is great but stories are terrible
@@shutup1037 Except Fromsoftware, they are not perfect but still make good games and they take risks like they did with Elden Ring
I think there are still a lot of good AAA games. As a JRPG fan, there's been tons of really great new JRPGs like Triangle Strategy, Monster Hunter, Tales of, and Trails of games. There's a whole new genre of high production quality HD2D art style games that I love. And of course there is Elden Ring and God of War, which were phenomenal. Ironically, the best PC games are probably console ports, because they don't have live service/monetization bull.
This has been a problem with wow for years. All my friends played right from the start but I wasn't into those types of games at the time. After rath of the lich king came out, they finally convinced me to play. At first it seemed super fun but that soon ended. Even at that time they needed me to install and configure several mods. I got them installed and met up with them for the first time. We picked up a quest and instantly my friends were super mad at me for wasting time reading what the quest was. "Just use quest tracker" they say... like bro, I want to try to actually play the game.. Not run through it not enjoying anything. I never actually played the game. I never will.
Same happened to me. Friend of Mine introduced me to wow and i was Just grinding Dungeons to get to late Game. I spoilered Everthing and Had No aha Moments. Kinda sad
The goof troop game was amazing.
It's still one of the best gaming memories, playing 2 player goof troop, throwing barrels at each other for fun and all that.:D
I'm 32 and gaming is still something I enjoy. I have my burnouts where. I lose interest for six months and get right back into.Last year alone I played a pretty huge number of games and I enjoyed most of them and I didn't touch a single microtransaction game.Theres plenty of stuff to play you just need to know where to look.
The key to enjoying gaming is sometimes you need to take a break for awhile it usually works for me.
have you played monster hunter: world?
Dayz by far one of the best
Agreed
The guy speaking is on about his childhood and being young, growing up with franchises
Every experience when young will never compare to when your old
Go back to playing Golden axe, street of rage etc. It just ain't the same
We need more from our games these days and the industry knows that demand is high
Sometimes it's a miss, sometimes they hit
Just like back then. People just want to ignore all the bad games back then but there were so many, and the only way to avoid those was to buy a weekly gaming magazine
That's a huge cope dude seriously
Anyone who says this, hasnt played games back in the day like Ultima Online. You couldnt "burnout" from these..everything was new! Now its just remixed and rehashed same old ideas. Hopefully Riot's upcoming MMO will bring some novelty.
I feel like the two main issues with modern gaming are the following: one, a lot of games today are made for profit first, and fun second. Games originally were always something more niche and more about exploration and experimentation of new technology and ideas. It wasn't a super corp with 100 execs optimizing how to suck the most cash out of its playerbase and trying to cash in on already existing successful ideas. It was a couple of dudes who were having fun messing around with a cool new concept. This is evident with the popularity of Indie games, as most popular indie games are fun, interesting, and novel ideas and experiments first, with the making of money as an aside.
The second issue is that given enough time, people will tend to optimize the fun out of things. In an environment where one strategy works better than another, players will tend to converge on this more optimal strategy. This can lead to stale, boring, and stagnant metas with non-dynamic interactions. It can also lead to situations where playing becomes work. You are no longer playing to have fun, and do things your own way, but instead, you are forced into working on becoming more efficient and optimal around a strategy or type of gameplay that you didn't get to choose yourself, as evident in competitive games, FPSs, and MMOs. This problem has always existed, but is more evident as you get older because you become smarter. For example, when you are a kid, tic-tac-toe is fun because you are an idiot, and you aren't smart enough to realize optimal play. As an adult, tic-tac-toe is boring as hell, because anyone with more than one braincell knows how to play optimally to always force a draw. There is no point in playing the game when you already know what the outcome will be, and the steps involved are always the same.
Hopefully, with awareness of these problems, devs can try and build games that attempt to solve these issues in one way or another. Perhaps, with something like AI which can learn and grow itself, making games more dynamic, and making it harder to have the playerbase converge on singular optimal metas.
Yup
Yea, the ceo of these companies aren’t gamers. In the past, the ceo was a gamer
really good comment
"If you're not thinking about a game at the Taco Bell drive thru, it's just not that good of a game" Classic
Dude I finally got my first gaming pc set up yesterday… The first thing I bought on steam was Age of Empires 2, and spent 5hrs 55mins playing a skirmish until like 1am last night.
You are a champion! What a game to play.
It’s depressing that I’m slowly starting to relate to this, I probably just need new shit to play tbh.
@@pagirios2285 commenting on youtube =/= making money
Screw your comment go make money!
Yeah for sure, these feelings like you're over it come and go. Try out some indies! Game pass is good for trying a bunch out. Warframe was also a great free to play steam game you could try
Try a new genre, worked for me.
@@CottidaeSEA as long as you cover your needs, i think that's the best balance to have.
just wait for starfield.. :P
Ive felt this for a while, it almost feels like I've obtained the mind of a dev - all I see are the systems behind the game and how many times I've seen the same gameplay loop to the point of not wanting to bother playing because I already know what to expect. Don't get me wrong I get surprised every now and then but the bloom is off the rose these days
Ignorance was truly bliss at how games worked behind the scenes.
@@staticcharm3808 That's not why though. I think you're a bit of a bot to think that's why games suck now.
@@RIP_ZYZZ1738 Except it is for some people. I remember at the peek of Fortnite seeing kids in a parking lot screaming "Fortnite" at the top of their lungs. That type of excitement and joy over a game is something most people grow out of. As they age they will never feel that same amount of excitement that drove them to scream about their game in a parking lot for no reason. They will likely chase after that feeling though.
What's fun about turning a game into a spread sheet?
@@xxkildarxx yes indeed I'll install 3 different games in a night trying to chase that
It's actually very simple. When your younger, time doesn't matter. You'll do whatever as long as your having fun. When you get a little older. You realize how precious time is and the time needed to play the game becomes precision. Also social media has slowly fried everyone's attention span, so the video game has to be made a certain way to retain anybody. It's tragic. I can't even sit down and enjoy a game without thinking about how I'm not working towards my goals.
You gotta play while working towards your goals now
I was going through my old stuff the other day, shed a tear or two when I got to the PS1/PS2 box. Playing Tomb Raider and Crash with my mom were some of the best times ever. Always had the best pokemon and kicked ass in battles cause she traded me all the good shit when we both got Gameboys for Christmas. I got the green one and my mom got the clear puprle one.
Need to mention that difficulty of majority of games nowadays look ridiculously easy compared to old good days. The anxiety they used to give me was beyond insane.
Agreed 100%, most games now are way too easy.
Reach KSH or gladiator in WoW . Reach FPL in CSGO . Reach radiant in Valorant . Reach predator in apex legends . Reach challenger in league of legends . I don’t agree that games are easier than before . The skill ceiling just becomes higher and higher and games like csgo require 15k or more hours just to reach FPL which is the pro league
@@Thrall966 agreed. getting good at tarkov is also a couple hundred to thousands of hours of playing
@@Thrall966 That means nothing, online games are only hard because there are tons of sweats in every single game who plays for 8 to 10 hours a day every day. The games you mentioned are NOT fundamentally hard, they are perceived as "hard" simply because of the community. As a working full time adult, I will obviously have troubles playing with teenagers who have tons of free time to dump on online games. Take Fall Guys, there are sweats in that game too, but I don't see anyone saying that Fall Guys it's a hard game. The industry is just making games easier and "more accessible" with every new title, because there is a larger and more casual audience, and because of that it's undeniable that modern games are just easier.
@@spammus1 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous on core+. Legitimately hard.
I remember going to my very first live esports event at the pluckers in downtown ATX watching Starcraft 2 on the big screens with a bunch of other nerds. It was so much fun, and I hope that one day it becomes a regular thing again.
The reason why gaming is fun is it relieves stress,like when ur stressed at work or at your study,you finds happiness in gaming,but if you're free and have nothing to do, you're likely to get bored while playing games
I got into gaming seriously later than most in life. It's what helped keep me sober early on. I deff have to take a break sometimes but it's hard for me to get into a game these days that's not love service. Not Impossible but hard. I can't stand ppl but love the idea of constant new gameplay with others. It's a real not scripted experience. I don't get into open worlds too much anymore without wanting to get in a server and get better at multiplayer. But very interesting how it's all changed since I was a kid with my snes.
I just can't relate to this. Idk if it's because i'm passionate about games or if it's because i play a wide variety but even at 30 I'm still having just as much fun.
This guy hasnt played any video games since Starcraft 2
I think you just know how to select games that are actually fun. Good for you! Very nice to hear that
Yup the key is to play a wide variety of games.
Same. There way too many games out there that are amazing yet people want to focus on AAA titles and then complain about them for views. Video games are fine, indie devs are the same type of devs from 20+ years ago... Just stop looking at AA titles
Just take a say during the Steam Next Fest and try any title that looks unique OR piques your interest. You will have a much better view of gaming after that. There were titles from that in 2022 we don't have the vocabulary to describe, just because they were brand new genres that weren't just some form of "how to make killing interesting from __ perspective."
asmon its never too late to start your runescape journey man, im sure so so so many of us would love to see that, a whole new audience would drool for it. plus it will be amazing for you obv, osrs is a gem to be experienced by all at one point in time.
What’s the appeal of RuneScape? It looks super dated
@a what's the appeal of minecraft? It looks super dated.
That isn't an argument lol
Also, he tried it once and the community showered him with stuff and brought him around the world. He wasn't able to focus and actually get into it. With how he loves new world I think he would like runescape if we took the time to understand it.
Problem is it's not streamer gameplay unless you do bosses and quests. Chopping trees on stream would be aids.
@@kaikash yeah that’s why people like moist critical do these types of streams while afking it on the side too lol
His best bet is to literally play an ironman
Osrs is only good if you got stocholm syndrome or have the free time of a 7 year old in the 2000's
it's a nostalgia ride that can be fun, but it's a grindfest totally not new player friendly
@@Maverekt if he didn't play an iron-man people would ruin the game for him by overloading him with items and gold
This is why I've given up with multiplayer games. For the past few years I've been strictly playing single player games and honestly it reignited my passion for games. 90% of the time their is no monetization, and ya only gotta buy expansions that release for those games.
Sure single player isnt for everyone, but my view towards gaming got better when the competition factor and constant monetization wasnt a thing anymore.
I still remember when my parents would try to institute the “one hour only” rule when it came to gaming. It never happened, and I would always wait for them to be preoccupied with something else to continue.
Nowadays, after 30 minutes of play, I’m pretty tired and need to go to bed 😅
Oh bro you're so lucky.
If I touched the gaming console without permission or went over that hour, that console was as good as gone.
I think the reason of why i still love playing game is mostly because i dont look for guides on the internet, i play game blindly, if a mission that i do and keep dying or failing, i then look it up to see why. I still do that even to this day, i did the same for elden ring.
Exactly, using internet to help you pass the game makes it far less interesting.
Same, looking up guides is basically having someone play the game for you, I only do it if i'm stuck for so long that i'd quit the game if I didnt
Man, thank you Asmon. Sounds really sad but you talking about the Nintendo prompted me to go looking for some of the older games I played on the original Xbox (my first console, from around 2005/6 onwards). Really funny thinking back on some of those games - and a quick shoutout to SW Battlefront II.
Getting PS 1 for Christmas was one of the greatest moments in my life . Split screening tony hawk with my brother was the best .
I got a saying that people should take to heart: "Time enjoyed, is never time wasted".
in other words, getting off a 30+ hour gaming binge in which you were having fun playing, is by definition not time wasted because you _enjoyed_ the time you 'wasted'.
I know a guy that worked his ass off to pay for his family to have a comfortable life. He's now dead, his children are fatherless.
It's worth enjoying yourself so I agree :)
I have other friends with happy relationships, that have time off. They play etc but they're poor, doesn't matter.
This is actually misleading. Define 'enjoyed'.
Some people enjoy gambling or hurting themselves or taking drugs. That doesn't mean it wasn't 'time wasted'. It was time wasted. They are just mindless addicts having their brains controlled by chemicals via these powerful in-game systems. Means nothing.
What matters is healthy time spent; hence, Harris' organisation, 'Time Well Spent'. The key here is 'well'.
I'm 58 and started gaming with Pong. I remember getting an Atari 2600 when I was 14 years old...I love video games and will be playing them until I'm physically or mentally incapable of playing them...I freaking love video games.
@@Nostromo2144 Oh Man I wish I had access to a computer back in those days...That would have changed everything
@@Nostromo2144 The Apple //e had a built in disassembler (CALL-151) and mini-assembler (accessed via the ! command) built in ROM.
These days you may want to try AppleWin, Mame, or many other Apple 2 emulators. :-)
Youll have fun gaming if you touch grass in between and actually go outside, and then get excited to play a game
While on vacation it's pretty tough to enjoy most online games, but when school comes back it's the thing i anticipate the most! Funny how that happens. So yeah touch grass
True. Our entertainment shouldnt be based only on games
You know what, I actually did this. I started to go more outside and touch the grass when I was 20, and it's fun. But bro, I was missing gaming and all I had was those shit AAA games.
But then I discovered indie games, and now I balance touching grass and playing some indie games.
Touching grass makes games less shit? Doubt
@@grilledleeks6514 try it then
I'll say that games nowadays aren't made with the same design philosophies that the games we loved back in the day were. AAA Games nowadays feel like jobs rather than fun, focusing on lots of content rather than a refined experience.
I never played the original God of War games for the PS2, so I have no nostalgia, but I went back and tackled them and they're absolutely amazing. Going back to older games reminds me of why I love them and what I hope they can one day be again.
Secret of man's with the multi-tap is an experience that can never be replicated.
It is fun, when you don't take it too serious.
Correct. Enjoyment is 60% dependent on the devs, 40% dependent on how the player tries to approach the game. More open-minded players have more fun on average than self-labeled "jaded" and "veteran" gamer types
depends on person. if i cant flex my skills in multiplayer then game makes me just fall asleep cause there is no real reason to play it... these few years were just reskins of old game types over and over again, i already know how they work and what is waiting there for me, if i will want to enjoy the story or just chill i will turn on twitch and watch someone else play the game... that way i can consume game content and have bonus fun from seeing other ppl react to said game
@@Zamoxino Same, my games NEED to have pvp, that's always my endgame. Single player or coops can be fun too but i know i won't be playing them long-term. Man i wish Valheim was an MMO, that'd be a perfect game.
I think the "things used to be better when I was a kid" mentality will always be present as people grow older. There were people in the PS2 era complaining about how much better things were in the SNES days and PC golden age. Like this guy said gaming peaked in 2014, which is a 1-3 years before Bloodborne, Overwatch, Dark souls 3, Divinity Original Sin II, Hollow Knight, BoTW, The Witcher 3, Stardew Valley, Civ 6, Persona 5, etc. etc. Amazing games that I'm sure were the peak of gaming for other people. It's all subjective, you can't objectively say Smite pre-2014 was better than Overwatch.
I think it comes down to your life changing and not having the same amount of time to dedicate to a game. When I was a kid I would play Wow all evening every day after school with friends. Now I maybe have a few hours each week to play online with friends because I have so many more life commitments. Of course I'll remember my WoW days with rose tinted glasses, but that doesn't mean that a game like FFXIV, Overwatch 2, Sea of Thieves, Fortnite, Minecraft, or some other game fills that role for a kid now, and he'll have that same experience just with a different game.
I never heard people saying things were better in snes days when we had ps2. We were amazed by what was available for the ps2, it was crazy to us to see how far the technology had come and how good the games were. You must not have experienced that time if you're saying people were saying the same things.
That OSRS music kicking in... CHILLS... I remember like it was yesterday sitting wrapped in a blanket on the PC in my parents basement playing that game completely clueless LOL
timesplitters the freakin Glove Head guy challenge crushed me omg
Choose games you enjoy/have been enjoying. Playing old single player games always feels nice, the ones i hold dear within my heart...
As a 21 yo gamer I am so jealous of ya’ll who got to be born one decade before me. I’ll even admit it was one of the most influential times for gaming EVER.
even less than a decade, Im 27. Shit I remember playing wow/silkroad/gunz/halo 2 at my friends house with his older brother. I had dial up so at my house i was only able to play runescape,gunz an silkroad. I didn't have xbox live either so I played halo 2 online at their house
I didn’t have internet. It was very expensive back then.
Yeah back then they definitely put a lot more effort. It feels like because they couldn’t patch shit now they just released crap because they know they can update anything. There’s still pretty good games coming out but it’s just far less.
"How are they able to..." Addiction.
omg timeslpitters 2 was the absolute pinnacle of gaming
something that isn't mentioned in the video is we lose dopamine receptor production as we age and dopamine stimulus hits from gaming lose its power and addictive qualities, couple that with change in priorities as we age, attention spans, available time, and just overall experience from playing so many games we generally lose interest because nothing is new to us, but it doesn't mean there isn't a whole new generation experiencing gaming like we first did as children
I disagree: Sports. Look at people who love sports... when they were young they loved sports and when old they still love sports. And these games themselves NEVER change. Age isn't affecting their enjoyment of sport at all. Why? I think because these things change: the competition gets better, skills and tactics shift. In most games, the AI is identical and predictable. If you've played games for years, games do, generally, become easy. If the AI evolved, employing different tactics and had varied behaviour, and could surprise you, we'd still find games just as fun no matter how old we get.
I beat super metroid semi-recently and it was really really good a game. The response times to commands were a bit clunky but everything else was just diamond.
Everytime I try to get into an mmo it always starts out as a few months of addictive fun and just becomes logging in to do a daily chore list.
Time Splitters classic, all those sleepover nights with my friends skipping school i will cherish those memories
What sparked my joy for gaming again (im 35) was VR. Sure there are not that many 70h + AAA games but it does not have to be. I enjoy that i can put my VR headset on and play for 1-2hours and feel good about it, while having a blast.
I agree but a VR set is still expensive now
@@seagrey75 Technically cheaper than a modern console (about on par with the Switch).
Whoever said gaming isn't fun clearly hasn't played the masterpiece that is punch
Asmon bringing up the Ironman Challenge takes me back. That's when I really first became an Asmon fan and have been watching ever since.
I'm 38, I'm basically gaming on a daily basis since I was 8 years old or something :D I don't think I will stop anytime soon. My buddy and me already have plans in what games we play when we are old and retired xD
thing is, every gamer feels like this every once in a while, but once you have the time and found that one game, your back. at least thats been my experience with gaming since i started getting responsibilities.
I remember times where I was just sitting on my computer watching youtube videos on the second screen, launching some game and then closing it 20 minutes later because I wasn't enjoying it and repeating with different games. but the good thing about it is once you find a new game you like or an old one you haven't played in a while, you can pour hundreds of hours into them and then if you eventually get bored of that game too, the games that felt boring before will feel fun to play once again, atleast thats what my experience has been like
This happened to me 2 years before covid....played shit all my life and I just dropped games as a whole one day and started working more on other hobbies and work. Covid started and i got a different job that was at home and the spark just ignited. Now I'm playing more than ever even going back to stuff i used to play as a teen (Runescape, Monster Hunter, Command and Conquer, Total war etc) Recently I started playing WoW for the first time when all my life I said "I will never touch that shit"....having a fuckin blast.
Games aren't worse especially in the Indie seen, theres so much good stuff from the last decade and yet to come!
@@crazychris1123 I feel that, there was a period where I was basically "burnt out" from video games and didn't play anything for a while, recently I've gotten back into games and also playing games I used to like, mainly like Halo 2 and 3 on MCC and WoW.
The problem is there's no games being made that hold my attention for longer than a couple weeks. They're just not fun bc they're being made with the intention of milking shit out of you rather than making a fun games
@@ZeranZeran KH3 hurt my soul.
The video should be titled "AAA gaming isn't fun anymore" because indie is in a golden age in my opinion.
Indie and small studios
Ou can yall gimme some suggestions? Ive been meaning to check some out..
It's very true. I loved video games back in the days much more like all the JRPG: for example... chrono trigger, breath of fire series, Final fantasy 3, and super mario RPG. God, those games where damn amazing. I would stay up night and day playing these amazing games.
Super Nintendo and ps1 was the golden age for JRPGs imo
It’s pretty simple Asmongold: back in the day, games had subpar graphics, but replay value was 100%. Nowadays, games are 100% graphics and just about 0% replay value!
If these old games are so much fun then why don't you play them again? They're right there just play them again and have fun.
asmongold, TRUST me when I say that deep rock galactic is definitly worth your time. It is sooo amazing
I still have my Gamecube up in my cabinet. I used to carry it with me when I was in the army to play with my fellow soldiers during the evenings that we had. Man it has the best memories of all consoles for me. And I do have very fond memories of PS1, PS2 and some Dreamcast too. It was the first console I bought myself, 70€, it included Eternal Darkness as the first game. :)
the most iconic game that i played when i was a kid was goldenAxe, it was an arcade game that i played in the mall and on my personal pc. that was an epic game
I'm 33 years old, the only thing that makes games less enjoyable to me really is the fact that I feel stressed about spending my time on things besides work! So for me personally, I've learned to keep my mind calm and just live in the present, especially when I game and relax. I try not to think of goals far in advance, and instead either write them all down on a list, or think of them one at a time after I finish one task.
Oh, and also I don't play any micro transaction games!
I have the exact same sentiment man. I even take it a step further and no longer pay for and play games on release. I stopped caring about being first in on a game. But that limits me to single player games only. The thing is, it's great though. I just make a concerted effort to NOT watch any yt content on a game I plan on buying. Even if that means I won't pay it until it's 80% off on steam years later. I just finished Star Wars Fallen Order, am running through ME2 right now, and am loving it. First time playing ME2 as well. It's fresh for me and it's been out for a crazy long time. And here I am in 2023 addicted. I don't care, it's a beautiful feeling, and for me gaming is still fun and fresh.
@Jake Storms I do the same thing, waiting for sales is great! Plus by the time we get them all the bugs are worked out and the game is complete haha.
@@SkipsTinyBeard whats ME2? I feel you on the not buying games at release gig. I cant remember the last game i bought on release. Might have been diablo 3. Or Starcraft 2. Whichever of those that came last.
@@SkipsTinyBeard One of the great things about waiting to play games if you do follow people who play them, is that you can watch their experiences right after yours, without having to wait for them to continue playing.
@@deltawolf Mass Effect 2. I'm completely late to the party, and an totally engrossed!
sc2 was huge in the fact that their ladder ranking system was incredibly addicting and fun
Have had an at home gaming system since 1975 (tennis pong & hockey) first PC was a Commodore Colt which i put a VGA card in so i could play Leisure Suit Larry! Not only owned an Atari 2600 but also the 5200 with a disk drive.
I had the same problem so what i did i replayed the old games of my time like NFS-U1 ,NFS-U2 ,NFS-MW ,Starwars Racer ,God of war 1-3 ,Splinter Cell and also played games that i didnt completet before in that time area that i had interist in back then that helps alot
In my case, I just don't buy anything new anymore. I often return to some of my old time favorite games and it's an especially good feeling when I replay them after more than a decade or so, it kinda feels like first time again and it reminds me why gaming was so great at that time. Of course, it doesn't really work with all games, some of them were only good in my memories, but a lot of them did age well enough that I could keep replaying them often, I don't need to buy new games.
I do the same but with games i never played, idk why people think they have to play what's new and i'm not talking about retro, if you just browse through steam for some time you'll find a lot of games that were released years ago and are still good. When nobody is talking about something is when you can judge without subjection from other people if you truly like that or not.
@@arthur3495 Even with new stuff just ignore AAA and you will do great. My 2022 has been nothing but hits so far.
Neon White, Hush Hush, Kaichu, Potion Permit, and reviews are good for titles like Potionomics which I am playing after P5R (AAA, but I like a lot of Atlas stuff).
Same, the only games I play besides retail wow are from like 10+ years ago
I think the problem is the quantity of games not the quality. There are a lot of great games out there, but when you have 200 games to choose from you dont value the game and the experience.
Mindset also plays a HUGE role.
I don't quite agree. The PS2 still boasts the largest console library by a landslide (not including backwards compatibility) and that gen is still seen as one of the greatest in gaming.
However, that was when most AAA studios still had passion.
@@The_Azure_ Exactly. Everyone making these crappy takes are probably like 12 years old
Or they're just all bad.
You also have to wonder who these games are made for. During the heyday of the late 2D-early 3D era, there was a distinct feeling that games were made for "gamers", which existed as a small subset of the general population consisting of tech hobbyists and design enthusiasts. With gaming hitting the mainstream, that sort of feeling went away, even with the indie scene to some degree... It feels like games now are simply profit extraction...
Maybe we should start making games for each other without the expectation of financial return.
5:11 Did exactly the same, wedged cardboard boxes between the screen ^^
I was just about to comment to question how a reupload got over the quality assurance check at Asmongold TV HQ, and played the video only to instantly realise it's a different video that coincidentally has a 10 seconds difference in length and the same title.
I'm 36 now. Played games my whole life. Spent a lot of that time on mostly WoW and other MMOs. I'd recommend trying some of those exploration survival games like Valheim like he mentioned. It's the only kind of game that's really grabbing my attention anymore. I'm really enjoying Conan Exiles, and ARK as well. Exploring, fighting, building, dying horribly, rebuilding, etc. It can rekindle your love for gaming.
The biggest thing about this is that we went from playing a lot of games, to just 1. When you start to play different games, the emotions come back
we? you mean you?
As somebody who has kids now, the very little time that I have to play games is incredibly fun because I understand my situation and know that I don't need to take it seriously. I honestly have more fun playing games now than ever.
Same here, games are 10x more fun after a hard days work. I used to be miserable playing games I now adore because I'm not spending a third of that time idling in stormwind.
@@georgeknowles7504yes but the problem is if you work all day you feel bad to play games instead of spending that little time you have with your wife.
@@alejandrinos one could dream…
@@Anttown123 I used to have this problem, but my wife and I worked out our own free time each week. She gets time to watch her shows, I get time to game, and we don't have to feel bad about it. Definitely a worthwhile thing to do if you can figure it out in your schedule.
@@Anttown123 I manage both. The trick is to avoid competitive ladders and schedule time for gaming. That's why I quit Dota, LoL etc and just play MMORPGs now. I can have my hardcore gaming time on raid nights and spend the rest of the week doing low intensity content and exploring the world for a couple of hours a night.
When people say things like gaming isn't fun anymore to me it feels like it's because aside from the obvious stuff we all know (corporate greed/unfinished games), alot of them that say that dont play anything new. They play the same kind/kinds of games over and over but never step out of their comfort zone to try anything new.
@@Lavrec lmao
My friend is like that. He has been playing gta 5 rp for like 3000 hours or even more and he is saying: I wish there was a new game I could dive in. In his opinion game industry is pretty dead now.
He doesnt even try new games tho.
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@FireJach I also have a friend who has been playing the same games over and over. GTA5, Witcher 3, Apex Legends, Final Fantasy 15, and Fortnite. There's so many other great games out and he just keeps replaying those.
Yep, another problem is the "And its not that I dont have as much time as i used to, i have lots of time!", well there is the issue, you are spending too much time on video games, get some different hobbies, learn some new skills, go outside lol. Spending too much time on one single thing will inevitably lead to burn out, I dont understand how this is not more of common sense to some people.
For as many other games there are, only about 5 of them are any sort of decent, these days.
Roddny i'm going to have to politely reject your take because it's just plain wrong.
Everything is really a relative level of wasting time depending on how you look at it. If you enjoy the time you spent and aren't hurting anyone it's not a "waste of time" in my opinion. Although I do think having hobbies or pursuits that are somewhat productive or challenging physically/mentally is better than ones where you just turn off your mind mostly for hours and spend a lot of money without any substantive benefit to yourself or others besides the "fun" factor. Which is why I personally quit gaming but I don't really hold gaming against anyone or look down on them as long as they're doing something substantive with their life in other ways (which I wasn't when I spent most of my time online or gaming.)
Maybe gaming isn't fun to people who aren't into games anymore :0
There's a billion games in my backlog, and enough good new stuff to keep me going for years and years.
I know right the dude keeps complaining
Isn't it weird that allot of the top comments, are model profile pictures, that each one has the same video on their profile, with the same amount of views, linking to a website?
I like to call them 'th0t bots', and theyre multiplying, and YT and their automation does nothing
Part 2, the quarters start falling down. Ah, monetization.
The technological improvements aren't as drastic as they were growing up. We always had something insane to look forward too. Now I really don't even notice that much of a difference from one system to the next.
Gaming was so pure in the 90’s
I can see why ppl say this, but for me i try to look and play underrated titles on the genre that i love.
So last year i became a soulsborne fan because of elden ring's success and well also because Bb tohe edition was on sale.
Then last year dec24 i beat ds3 as well. Now im about to finish er first playthrough. And i should get back to playing fire emblem 3 houses.
While waiting for atelier ryza 3.
Edit: i bought ace combat 7 because my ps4 sounds like a jet. Loved it, spent 56 hours on normal, expert controls.
I still have fun with gaming too. I find not playing any sort of competitive and or multiplayer focused titles gets rid of a lot of the problems. Sure microtransactions, season passes, and bugged releases still exist in single player games but I don't need to ever touch them to "keep up". 2020 and 2021 I think were pretty bad in terms of new releases so I went through my older backlogs, but last year I thought was really good and these first few months of 2023 have a bunch I'm expecting to like. February is absolutely stacked and that'll hold me over for several months.
The biggest issue for people is they don't vary what they play enough, a single game requires all their free time or they get left behind, they treat everything like they're writing a college thesis on it and they take any small blemish as a podium to stand on and shout how shit it all is cuz they want to be mad.
One point people don't touch on is that they lack innovation nowadays. Think, back in 2000s each new game brought something completely new, features graphics the ability to have larger maps. Now all that is there in every game, the only new thing is the poly counts and how well light reflects off of objects.
23:49 Art in the manual and box would get your imagination to do a lot of heavy lifting too
Damn, two 47min reactions called "Gaming isn't fun anymore" in the same week, but it's not even the same video
In Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/Green there was a feature; when you had completed your Pokedex with the 150 Pokemons collected (Mew as 151 not counted in) you could visit a "hidden" or hard to notice Office of GameFreak, wich was the Programmers. They could check your Pokedex and when it had 150 Pokemons collected they where giving you a Certificate as Item. Using the Item was displaying it on the screen and giving you the option to Print it out with the Gameboy Printer. I remember freeling like a POG Champ, when i was a little Kiddo, printed out that "Certificat" and showing it to my Grandma. =)
No one cares
Sounds cool. Imma try that
Yeah honestly ... i felt the same way. My story is basically the same from start with the mickeymouse game at christmas eve with the nes until now. However to me Poe is the most pleasing game ever. There was never a single game that hooked me like the start of a new league in Poe. I am literally out of order for 2-3 weeks. So he should try out Poe if likes to get sucked into a virtual world.
For a while I was feeling like gaming wasn’t fun anymore and I was just on autopilot while playing. I recently got into the Yakuza series and those games have renewed my love for video games.
My feelings match with this guy entirely. Great video.
37:00 hit me in the feels. I'm 36 and I've created my family and I have a career and I feel quite accomplished, the way I used to when I mastered a game. Feel like Asmon was talking about me. 🤣
Imagine being 36 without any accomplishes.
Yeah, that's me
@@bilateriannewt4222 just start, or you will be 46 in the same situation...
@@Lucas-mp5dw thanks dad
😂😂😂
@@bilateriannewt4222 hahahah
I remember I took time out to make a custom map on halo and my brothers and a couple of their friends actually really ended up liking it cuz it was pretty open so what i did was i had vehicles to try getting around fast but i also put a bunch of sniper nests around the map and the only way to get to the majority of them was using the teleporters i put on the map so there were snipers and u could sit in those sniper nests BUT there was a catch i put shot guns in the map too so if u didnt watch ur back focusing too much on sniping potential peeps going across the map someone could just come up right behind u and pretty much one shot gun shot u dead so it was a pretty good time lol 😅
Ps I also used blocks or buildings for ppl to run in and hide in for some cover if they were out on the field and also added in a few of those fling platforms that would send u flying across a trench. I think it was also a fun map not just cuz of my idea for it but the fact that I spent a lot of time making sure it was perfect and tested every single teleporter, ledge, and placement of my blocks/buildings to make sure everyone would be able to get around the map smoothly without obstructions which makes it come to life more and be more enjoyable imo. 😊😊
4:30 , he put gauntlet dark legacy as an example, but I think he meant to put gauntlet legends
You already used the title Asmon!!!!! Haha
Sounds like this guy needs to play more indie games. Someone get this man some vampire survivors
hahaha, exactly the ONLY game I am playing right now.
After Vampire survivors I moved to raft haha valheim and deep rock galactic are also great
Ultrakill, Wrath Aeon of Ruin, Signalis like dude missed a lot of stuff outside AAA games.
@@luminosity01 but that's the problem isn't it? He said indie and mod creators are where the idea are good, but generally AAA developers have gotten worse over the years.
And I'd have to agree
It's always lovely to see a warcraft 3 beta image, the one in the thumbnail is one of those obviously because the steam engine has a demolition ball, but the UI is different in the information of the hero
Lmfaooooo @1:03 got me so good i had to go find the meme to share with my buddies.
When it comes to grinding or accomplishing things in game, I think it's more so that as you get older, you value your time more.
Video game capability keeps growing, but management is what holds it back
@@wildwest1832 There is no reason for games to be realistic though, look how successful minecraft was back in the day.
@@zekrinealfa1113 and still is
@@wildwest1832 Yeah, that's exactly why AAA games are often $70 for the standard version nowadays. If a studio can't come up with a profit model without having to implement PTW or Loot boxes then they should reconsider the way they are making said game
Command and conquer red alert on parents pcs was awesome lol
I feel like there was LESS bugs in early video games than there are in every game now. Like I was just playing world of warcraft yesterday and some enemies walked up through a floor and killed everyone.
This is because back before we had the Internet the disc would have to be absolutely complete, any game breaking bugs would essentially result in them having to refund copies and redistribute out new discs to the customers. When we got the Internet, developers and publishers became lazy as fuck because they can just patch their unfinished games overnight 👎 the Internet basically incentivises developers to make half finished games unfortunately.
This is like a perfect homage to what was, the full rollercoaster ride of gaming. It will never be replicated, only a deep nostalgic remembrance of how fast time really goes even if it seems to us like just one second in front of the other
I remember wow on dial up... it was designed to run on dial up. It surprisingly ran just fine until you tried to 40m raid or do AV lol
Golden Eye - rocket launchers in the temple. All my friends even ones who weren't gamers played the multi-player as it was so much fun