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[Guilty_AI]

Witcher 3

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[MidGenRefresh]

Delete all your games and install only this:

Problem solved.

 

[Darchaos]

Im never taking brakes from gaming, not even when im having a Fever!

 

[Sticks]

 

[Thebonehead]

 

[diffusionx]

Delete all your games and install only this:

Problem solved.

do this if you want to troon out

 

[kiphalfton]

I too have been struggling with something - lacking the passion for gaming lately. I feel you!

Just want to say I appreciate this forum so much. So many years on here; it's like the one constant I can count on in this hobby.

Whenever I feel like I'm lacking passion in some regard, usually it's due to my job.

Even on a good day, shit zaps me of almost all my energy.

 

[IDKFA]

I'm sure a lot of you have done this, but I'm just not feeling games at all lately.

I'm fortunate enough to have PC/PS5 Pro/Switch 2/Steam Deck and buy games (way too) often, but they feel hollow.

I'll get excited about a game and then within hours I'm looking for the next thing to play.

I know this is almost definitely because I've been playing them for years on end every day or every other day. Just going through the motions, hoping something feels like the first time I played through Dark Souls or Ocarina of Time or Symphony of the Night. But it never will if I don't take a long break.

I'm going to focus on my art and reading and career stuff I think and come back when I'm really craving video games again.

Honestly, maybe I should take a break from here too.

We live in a time of abundance and accessible dopamine. I think it's time I fix that.

Yo.

A few weeks ago I took a dopamine detox. Didn't touch games or social media for a week. Didn't even come here.

I felt great afterwards. I haven't gone back to games yet. Don't feel the need to, but I'm sure I will soon enough.

Everyone needs a break every now and then. It'll do you good. Take time out and come back when you feel ready.

 

[calico]

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Whenever I feel like I'm lacking passion in some regard, usually it's due to my job.

Even on a good day, shit zaps me of almost all my energy.

Pretty much the same

 

[Walliwallipaloo]

I'm sure a lot of you have done this, but I'm just not feeling games at all lately.

I'm fortunate enough to have PC/PS5 Pro/Switch 2/Steam Deck and buy games (way too) often, but they feel hollow.

I'll get excited about a game and then within hours I'm looking for the next thing to play.

I know this is almost definitely because I've been playing them for years on end every day or every other day. Just going through the motions, hoping something feels like the first time I played through Dark Souls or Ocarina of Time or Symphony of the Night. But it never will if I don't take a long break.

I'm going to focus on my art and reading and career stuff I think and come back when I'm really craving video games again.

Honestly, maybe I should take a break from here too.

We live in a time of abundance and accessible dopamine. I think it's time I fix that.

I think it's more like modern games suck, and you've only just noticed that. Just play old games from time to time, and accept that a massive purge is going to need to happen before modern releases are worth any amount of your time.

I mean, people are losing their shit about a cut-and-paste boilerplate extraction shooter. There's nothing wrong with you for wanting a break from this. I'm completely done with this nonsense myself. Sold my consoles, washed my hands of this. I'll be damned if I'm going to stop gaming, though.

 

[Arsic]

I'm sure a lot of you have done this, but I'm just not feeling games at all lately.

I'm fortunate enough to have PC/PS5 Pro/Switch 2/Steam Deck and buy games (way too) often, but they feel hollow.

I'll get excited about a game and then within hours I'm looking for the next thing to play.

I know this is almost definitely because I've been playing them for years on end every day or every other day. Just going through the motions, hoping something feels like the first time I played through Dark Souls or Ocarina of Time or Symphony of the Night. But it never will if I don't take a long break.

I'm going to focus on my art and reading and career stuff I think and come back when I'm really craving video games again.

Honestly, maybe I should take a break from here too.

We live in a time of abundance and accessible dopamine. I think it's time I fix that.

I was going to dear diary meme gif you but I'll engage.

Play animal well.

Limit how many games you play in a year- that's what I'm doing next year. Only 5 games. Period. This year was the polar opposite where I just vacuumed up everything because so much things I wanted to play all hit. What a year!!!

Embrace other hobbies. I love reading comics for example.

Lastly, GAF can be the reason you hate games even more because too many people on here are constantly calling every single game dog shit. You become an asshole yourself and not just have fun with the medium.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Im never taking brakes from gaming, not even when im having a Fever!

 

[Ceadeus]

A month or two should do the trick. It usually does for me and feels good. Hakuna Matata

 

[Jesb]

I've had this issue for a while now. Haven't finished a single game this year. I bought a steamdeck and that brought life in gaming back again but I seem to be over it now and just can't find motivation to pick it up. When I do my gaming sessions they are short now.

 

[Alebrije]

I have been playing for decades and don't feel tired , still get excited to start a Games like Yotei, explore the world of Expedition 33. Currently waiting for Stalker on PS5 and Hell is us.

But is fine to feel saturated sometimes to many options is bad. And a break can be the Best option.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Why do people feel the need to announce this? I don't make a thread every time I take a break from hiking, watching TV shows or listening to jazz.

 

[JayK47]

If you come back in 10 years, maybe they will finally release Half Life 3 and Elder Scrolls 6. It could happen.

 

[kiphalfton]

Yo.

A few weeks ago I took a dopamine detox. Didn't touch games or social media for a week. Didn't even come here.

I felt great afterwards. I haven't gone back to games yet. Don't feel the need to, but I'm sure I will soon enough.

Everyone needs a break every now and then. It'll do you good. Take time out and come back when you feel ready.

If I were to guess, I'd imagine that probably has more to do with not going on social media.

Like the news, social media is a cancer that primarily (if not exclusively) perpetuates nonsense.

With forums, some amount of nonsense to be expected. However, it's not too bad here; it's relatively civil (compared to say reddit).

 

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I took a break for a couple years. Got to the point where I didn't think I was going to jump back in and then I played Nier Automata .

 

[simpatico]

Shit man I've got no choice. I'm literally out of games. I resorted to buying a PS2 and a bunch of those games.

Don't force yourself to play this shit guys. There are tons of hobbies out there, women have never been looser and the money has not stopped flowing since the covid print-off. Go have some fun.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Gotta have a balance in life. Plenty of times over the years I've been confronted with the utter pointlessness of video games. It's just entertainment and if that's all you're living for it will be an empty life.
The point I'm at now I've struck a good balance and can enjoy gaming for what it is while finding deeper meaning in other aspects of my life - work, relationships, other hobbies.

 

[PurePlatinum]

Playing 'Ghost of Yotei' had me feeling this way...and then I went back to playing an actual video game and realized it was Ghost's fault, not mine.

 

[Humdinger]

I think I have a pretty negative attachment to them in that I've inadvertently made them part of my identity. Something I want stop doing.

It's just entertainment, but I've made it out to be more.

That's a good thing to recognize.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I hear ya. Taking a break myself actually. Not a mandated one or anything but just...didn't really feel like anything interested me after the high of Cronos and haven't been on here much either.

Always good to take a lil break from shit you love. Plenty of good things to spend that time on instead for now.