Do You Suffer From Gamer Fatigue?

Well, you are definitely not alone.
I don’t know what the reasons are either.
Perhaps one just gets tired of it… *shrugs* One thing’s for sure though I’ve always made a comeback!
Also, I’ve never gone so far as to sell my gaming equipment!
On a side note – less gaming means more productivity right?Well… At least that’s what I’m told anyway.

I’m 32 and yes, I feel it a lot, but then I think back on what titles I have been playing and enjoying. The games I’ve spent the most time playing this past year are WarCraft III, quakelive, morrowind, Batman Arkham Asylum, Beyond good and evil, Titan Quest and Diablo 3. Notice the pattern? Except Batman Arkham Asylum they’re all older games and Diablo 3 doesn’t count as I’m already bored of just clicking a mouse button for hours on end. These are games that you can see had love and passion put into. They’re (except Batman) from an era before Activision, EA and the current console generation consumed gaming and turned it into an abomination. AAA titles are the biggest jokes in gaming today as they’re just catering to the lowest common denominator. How many times do you play a game, finish it, and forget it and move onto the next title to get your fix? Piling those old titles onto a heap of old CD cases that will rise up to the upper atmosphere and blot out the sun along with the rest of the consumerist crap corporations spew out on a daily basis. Quality games are few and far between these days. AAA titles are the filthy underbelly of consumerism and capitalism providing a disposable product that appeals to as many people as possible to make profit instead of specializing at what makes their product unique and superior and accepting that it will only appeal to a specific market. But then how does one make profit from that you ask? Well by hiring “TALENTED” executives that actually know what they’re doing instead of the bunch of bumbling buffoons that major publishers have in charge that makes money the only way they know: The American dream: Buy out the competition and destroy all talent and lives that that company contained (I’m talking about the developers, the real people who realized the products we love). The people that us as gamers recognize but go unnoticed and unappreciated by these executives. Executives that can actually put together a proper portfolio of IP’s and technologies that individually only cater to a specific audience but united cater to everyone instead of this one size fits all rehashed slave generated bullshit that are forced down our throat today. Executives that acknowledge, appreciate and reward developers for producing quality content and making them rich. Executives, who have never provided society with anything of value, that do not try to force development into a specific direction to put undeserved profit into their pockets by deliberately releasing an inferior product that fits their business model and instead increase profits by adding valuable input to help make the title and the entire product experience for the end user better. Until then I will from now on support indie titles which may be forever because you know, God bless America, capitalism, exploitation, profit, inflation and all that bullshit.

I’m really suffering from gaming-related fatigue at the moment. A few weeks ago, i’d wake up and play games the entire day, now i’d rather just read articles on the internet. Sometimes i’d put my xbox on, and i’d end up watching movies or playing music on it, rather than play a game. Most games are beginning to bore me very very easily. Its seeming tedious and uninspiring to play a game,even the good ones.

At times i’m totally uninspired. I’d play a game, and wont pay attention to the story or anything. Then the first time i die, or stuff up the section, i end up quitting the game out of irritation. Normally i have patience for games, but not as of recent times.

I have grown increasingly  tired of the RPG genre. There was a time in my life where i’d swear by RPGs, yet now, i can’t stand them. I’ve got Skyrim, The Witcher 2 and Dark Souls all lying on my shelf doing absolutely nothing. I just don’t have the energy anymore. I guess i’ve fallen out of love with the genre.

Perhaps i just need a break from it all, only time will tell.