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no plan to either

just one day found it extremely boring, and never played them again

What is interesting, is that I was THE biggest gamer. I balanced a full time life—work and school—with like 40 hours a week of gaming

Then one day in my late teens, probably right before I turned 20, it just didn’t hit the same

I then sold every game, console, and anything else related on eBay, and haven’t played since

anyone else experience this?

Personally, I think it was just because I had started getting serious about other interests I had, and felt like gaming was getting in the way

no plan to either just one day found it extremely boring, and never played them again What is interesting, is that I was THE biggest gamer. I balanced a full time life—work and school—with like 40 hours a week of gaming Then one day in my late teens, probably right before I turned 20, it just didn’t hit the same I then sold every game, console, and anything else related on eBay, and haven’t played since anyone else experience this? Personally, I think it was just because I had started getting serious about other interests I had, and felt like gaming was getting in the way

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Mid 20s for me, began falling off. I was a pretty hardcore gamer growing up. Played WoW obsessively when it came out as a high schooler.

The further I got into high school, the fewer games I played, the less time I spent playing them. Then after I got out of the military and obtained employment in the civilian sector, I feel like I don't have the time to play modern games.

It seems like most modern games require you sink a significant amount of time into them in a sitting in order to make any real progress. This is great for Twitch or other streamers who make a living off of this shit... but for those of us who work 40-60 hours a week at a real job (producing things, y'know), games like this are a waste of money. "Oh neat, I have one hour of free time after work tonight. Maybe I'll play some PUBG."

You play PUBG for an hour, get your ass handed to you. "Man I suck at this game, I need to practice, what time- oh shit, I need to start getting ready for bed!" And thus your skills at PUBG stagnate.

Maybe I'm just becoming jaded and cynical as I get older?

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Same here I just don't have the free time between work and kids. When I do play for an hour or two I feel like I'm wasting my life away anyway.

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Too many auto aim faggots on PUBG

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I was just using PUBG for sake of example. It applies to games I actually like, too.

Lately, Elden Ring- I would really like to beat it, but at this rate, it's gonna be quite a while. And not because I'm total trash at souls games, but just because I don't have much free time to dedicate to it, and making incremental progress in that game gets harder and harder as the Grace sites (fires) get farther and farther apart, and the enemies get tougher and tougher, and I have to practice vs. the harder bosses more times...

Sometimes, modern games feel overwhelming. Too much shit going on, all of the screens are too busy, UI is a fucking gaudy mess, there are dozens of interconnected systems- sometimes too much is bad.