Growing out of gaming it seems. Soon no longer a gamer.

[Ten Foot Bunny]

This is a problem for alot of people lately I hear. I still play games a decent amount a week, but at the same time I have a HUGE list of games I own and have not played...and I look at that list trying to figure out which ones to play but can't find the motivation to start.

That's exactly how I've felt in the last few weeks. I pushed through to rank 125 on GTAO and then I was pretty burned out on everything because that was a miserable slog. Instead, I finally played Saints Row 4. I was hooked on it in less than an hour and it became one of my favorite games of all time. That refreshed my gaming spirit.

In large part because of the difference in tone between GTA and SR4, I did NOT want to go back to a serious game. Thankfully, that's when South Park: SoT came out and I devoured it. Twice.

Since then? Well, I still don't want to play a serious game right now. I want comedy, over-the-top silly, something to brighten my mood. Despite finally starting a lot of games I wanted to play for a long time (Dead Space, Bioshock, Dishonored, among others) I don't have the heart to play them.

This isn't the first time I've felt this way though. Usually, I'll be back at in a month or so. I find that as soon as I start playing something with my friends, either online or physically together, my passion returns.

LOTRO did that and for over three years I played almost daily and had a blast. Quit before the last expansion, since Turbine forgot everything that made the game fun, and returned just two days ago to try it out. It was really fun for a day, then an update came that nerfed all classes down to ground - making my character completely unable to progress any further. Thinking maybe the universe hates me.

I quit LOTRO in 2010 after two years of playing. It was about a month after it went F2P, but that's not why I left the game. Turbine's constant "tinkering" with the classes made me crazy. And I put "tinkering" in quotes because it was more like a damn pendulum with each update, never any balance. One moment your character was fine, the next it couldn't do anything, then it was overpowered, then you're slaughtered in every fight. It was maddening! I first rolled a minstrel and got her to level 65 (cap at the time) in about four months. Then I rolled a burg and got to 65 in less than a month, and it wasn't because I was playing any more per day. All I could do was blink at the screen and say "What?!" That's how ridiculously imbalanced the classes were.

 

[william12123]

I yoyo in & out of gamer-ness. I get burned out of games and have passed most of the last year not gaming (though I have transited to tabletop RPGs). For me it goes in cycles. Though I can understand loosing interest.

Still, I started divinity: dragon commander & quite enjoyed it. SO I might be in the end of the "low" part of the cycle. Still, my average gaming time has been less than a hour a week for almost the last year.

 

[ExtraDebit]

This is a good thing, trust me.

When I was playing WoW, day and night that's what I play. Now that a quit I have much more time for everything else including other games. If you DO get to quit games completely I'm sure you'll find time for things much more productive and enriching.

Gaming as a hobby to be honest isn't really a very healthy or productive hobbie, we sit for hours in from of a screen and when we finished have nothing to show for it. Go out, try something new, you may like it.

 

[NeoAC]

Next gen has basically killed gaming for me. I'd rather buy a Super Nintendo then a XBone or PS4, because I know I'll get more enjoyment out of it for a cheaper price. So I'm just stuck in a nostalgic loop, my gaming forever encased in time. Maybe when the new Smash comes out for WiiU, I'll be more serious, since that and the 3DS are the only current gen system in my house ATM.

 

[franticfarken]

Ay yes, my answer seems to be different to the other answers so far.

I think you have the "Paradox interactive syndrome", their games are just so damn brilliant, engaging and unique that you seem to lose interest to all other types.

So take a break from Paradox, see if you can do that. Just don't play Paradox games for a month and then see if you are still getting ridiculously board with anything else.