re: Anyine else feel like they have aged out of video games?

I can't say that I've aged out of games, but more and more "new" games don't interest me. It's probably a mixture of aging out of the target demo and games just not being as good as they once were.


I don't give a shite about the endless barrage of soulslikes and live service games. I play games mostly as a means for interactive storytelling and sense of immersion. Most modern games have shite writing where the story just serves to funnel you through a bunch of bullshite designed to promote microtransactions and battle passes.

Video games becoming a multibillion dollar industry has stifled creativity. The real talent behind long standing studios has either since left or been laid off and replaced with corporate drones or people whose primary goal is to push an agenda.

I'm old enough to remember when people got pissed off over $2.00 horse armor. These days, the shite has become so normalized that you constantly see things like "DLC Wishlist for Tekken 8 Season 2."

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I don't give a shite about the endless barrage of soulslikes and live service games. I play games mostly as a means for interactive storytelling and sense of immersion. Most modern games have shite writing where the story just serves to funnel you through a bunch of bullshite designed to promote microtransactions and battle passes.

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Now, I do see this on the horizon. (Caveat: I'm on the bubble about Lies of P - that may be a souls-like I might try. I will likely never play a true live service game and don't like any micro-transaction heavy game as it is.)

My answer to that will be: "I can always go back and play RDR2 again. Subnautica, heavily modded Skyrim, etc."

51 hear and still very often.

I get bored of a lot of games after a few hours.

Though BG3 hooked me for about 300 hrs lol

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more and more "new" games don't interest me. It's probably a mixture of aging out of the target demo and games just not being as good as they once were.

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Yeah this is where I was. Just had to be honest with myself that gaming wasn't really for me as much anymore. Hell I never even bought a console this Gen, looked at the games and thought nope. Looked at Switch 2 launch games and just laughed, nope.

I was done wasting time and money when it simply wasn't worth it.

Im 47 and playing about the same amount as I did when I was younger but I was never a marathon player. 2-3 hours is the most time I would ever spend in a play session of any type of game. Nowadays I do gravitate towards games that can be completed in less than 10 hours and are more narrative driven. Walking Simulators like Still Wakes the Deep and Nobody Wants to Die are more my thing now than vast open worlds that take 40-60 hours. I'll only play one or two of those a year. Variety also keeps me interested. I'll usually have 3 games in rotation at a time....like one retro title, an online shooter and something more story driven and play different things every other day.

I'm near the end (I think) and same here its been a while since I've been hooked on a game.

I haven't aged out but it seems like I can only play certain genres anymore. Arpgs, mmos, survival games. I hardly ever play single player games anymore. The next game I hopefully buy is Borderlands 4. I like simple games that don't require much thought.

I started on an Atari 5200 and have throttled back over the years but I'm still a kid in some ways and that's a good thing, I think. I'm playing World of Tanks Blitz right now and give it about 90 minutes of my time a day. It's both fun and frustrating but if anything, I believe gaming is healthy neurologically especially when you're getting older.

I say this coming from a position where I've watched older people I know deteriorate mentally from either dementia or Alzheimer's and their doctors are trying to provide mental exercises that they can do to keep them sharp.

I'm showing my age here with my original gaming system, but I think about stuff like this all the time.

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haven't aged out but it seems like I can only play certain genres anymore. Arpgs, mmos, survival games. I hardly ever play single player games anymore. The next game I hopefully buy is Borderlands 4. I like simple games that don't require much thought.

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I need mindless games to disconnect. Or fast paced chaos

I hadn't touched a game in over a year... I have a huge backlog of games I bought on sale and none of them just really got me interested in getting started... I think it's because of time commitment that I just don't have like before.

And then i picked up Dave the Diver on sale a couple of weeks back. Now I'm playing a little every day.