Gaming was a lot better 15 years ago when you had developers take some chances on games that had modern production values. HD gaming and the Great Recession killed that; I’ve talked about it ad nauseam on this thread so I won’t bring it up again.
I just do the gaming equivalent of strip mining these days: give me something fun that I can beat in a couple weekends. The whole “git gud” idea isn’t appealing for those that have a tendency to touch grass, have a job, have a family, etc. So I agree with gaming journalists for the wrong reasons: I want babby modes so I can just enjoy the ride and if it’s too easy, I switch back to the normal difficulty, no big deal.
I wouldn't say it was HD gaming and the Great Recession that killed it. The video game market was already moving in a certain direction anyway. Even back in the early and mid 2000's. Look at how many WW2 FPS were made in the early and mid 2000's. Even back then there were games that were big sellers and games that weren't. The video game industry was chasing trends even back then. As far as HD gaming goes video game graphics have always improved over time. If not, we would all still be playing 2D games. Companies produced systems that were capable of more advanced visuals every 4-5 years. The move from 16-bit 2D games to 32-bit 3D games didn't hurt video games in the 90's. If anything, it seemed to make it stronger.
I'm in the pitying stage. I love video games and I've loved them my entire life and I will still probably always love them. But the truth is, it's an expensive hobby with no return. You aren't learning a skill, you aren't learning anything useful, and you can't make a side hustle out of it unless you're a streamer (and even those are a dying art form). It's a complete net negative on everything other than personal enjoyment. Which is fine, but it's enjoyment and nothing more.
That being said, I cannot tell you how many people above the age of let's say 24, that I've met who spent an arm and a leg on a gaming PC. I'm sorry, but if you've spent over 1000$ on a gaming PC, you're a fucking faggot and a cuckold. You've paid massive amounts of money for a computer with slightly better graphical output than a console for less than half the price. You've bought an ice cream sundae that costs $10, and paid $30 for fucking sprinkles. Sure, mods are fun but they're very hard cope for what's ultimately something done solely for enjoyment. Yes, you have access to more games, but you only have so many hours in a day. I have no right to tell you how to spend your money, but I certainly reserve the right to make fun of you for it.
No shit. Video games are something you do in your free time. Meaning time you have that can be freely used for something else. No one wants to spend their time always working learning a new skill or some other Boomer tier shit. It's called leisure time. People play video games for fun. That's all video games have ever been. It just so happens thanks to the current state of the world and the economy in the US some people have more free time than others. Side hustles are cringey.
Uh oh, it sounds like someone is mad because they can't afford a decent gaming PC. LOL
I built my first gaming PC in 2016. I spent $1,200 doing it and don't regret it one bit. It's the best $1.200 I ever spent. It provides me with hours of entertainment and joy. Probably more once you factor in all the upgrades. The only thing I have from the 2016 build is the case and power supply. Though I still have the R9 390 in its box sitting in my closet. I did an upgrade to an AMD R7 3700x in 2020. I probably spent about $400-500 doing that. I can play video games browse the internet shit post and watch porn. I am never bored or sitting around whining like some kind of faggot because I have nothing better to do. Even if I get tired of that I have other hobbies and interests. Most men do.
That doesn't mean you have to do that though. You can build a computer cheaper than that if you buy used parts. The PC component market has been screwed up for a while especially with GPU's thanks to crypto faggots the pandemic chip shortages and supply chain issues. If you are the poorest of the poor fags and nigger tier levels of lazy and don't feel like building a PC and setting it all up consoles are still there of course. People who build their own PC's want something more than a console. Especially when it comes to performance. We also get free online and no one is going to take away our ability to use our PC's because we said nigger in an online game.
That's basically it on top of games being derivative and monetized to no end. Multiplayer games suffer with this one and done feeling the most. I remember wanting to play Overwatch 1 every chance I get, especially with events. Now with OW2, I cannot bring myself to participate without feeling cheated or gouged to spend money.
My previous opinion on loot boxes, at least with Overwatch, has aged well. OW handled them well all things considered, game developers just made them worse. See EA.
Multiplayer games will suffer from monetization the most because of the competitive nature. Dumb fucks will pay for an advantage. It's just the way it is.
As much as Live Service games are a taboo now, I don't think it's necessarily the worst idea in the world. During the PS3 and Xbox 360's life I think games like Modnation Racers and LittleBigPlanet did it well. The problem is modern live service games are shitty skinner boxes to get you to grind and spend, they're stupid short sighted money making ventures, which all aim to be the next Fortnite/GTAV.
Games like this were best when they were about connectedness and not grinding. I swear nowadays, we don't play together, we play despite each other. But maybe I'm just being a boomer.
Those games were nothing like a live service. They were games trying to be creative outlets. You could build your own levels in LittleBigPlanet from what I remember. Developers thought people were just as creative as they were. They were wrong. The average person has about as much creativity in them as dried up pile of dog shit does. Notice that you don't see to many of those types of games anymore.
Yes. You know that thing in 1 Corinthians about "putting away childish things"? It applies here. Anyone who, as an adult, is still into the exact same things they were into when they were teenagers, is someone who other adults will end up vaguely pitying.
There are thousands of good games out there, they're cheaper and easier to find than they've ever been, and if you feel like making excuses or conditions for why that's not the case it's possible that you're just not into video games anymore. That's totally fine, but it's probably a better use of your time to just admit that, quit complaining about it, and find another hobby.
A lot of adults play video games. Especially the younger Gen X Millennials and Gen Z. They are the ones that grew up with video games. Saying video games are for kids is Boomer tier shit. I guess everyone is supposed to sit around and be miserable fucks and do drugs and drink themselves to death or something. I guess that would be less childish.
There are still good games out there. If you just want to play old games, you can. Like you said, it's time to stop complaining and find a new hobby.
I'm not the picky one or the doomer that says zero modern games are good, I just don't play many games and when I do they're often a couple of years old and falls outside of the three year window the poster specified so they don't qualify. I didn't play 100 games in the last three years and thought a tiny amount of them were good. It's the opposite, the absolute majority of games I have played that were released within the last three years were good and there's still more to dig into. I would also like to add Jupiter Hell and Unmetal to the list of recent games that were good.
There are still good games being made. There are just fewer games being produced. Game developers used to produce multiple games in one year a long time ago. But people didn't like that. They didn't like getting 3 Need for Speed games in one year or 2 Call of Duty games in a year. So, developers stopped doing it. Now they whine about the lack of games. Another issue is that with fewer games being released the bad games kind of have a harder impact. Especially when it's that one game you have been waiting a few years for. Then you have the hype train issues. Cyberpunk 2077 comes to mind with that. games that are hurt by their own hype.
Yes, the quality of games has dropped. But I never bought every single game that was released when I was younger. I couldn't afford it anyway. Pople have always just picked out the best games to spend their money on. Just now there are less games getting released. Now there are less games to choose from.
