Anyone get bored of games easily ? (Console and PC related)

[Michael172]

I used to like games, but as ive got to the ripe old age of 20, i find myself getting bored very easily. I loved stalker, the origional, and i still do, ive played through it 3 times and its one of the few i actually enjoy, i recently loaded up Clear Sky. And man it just isnt the same, im getting a bit bored of it tbh.

I ususlly play a game for 10 mins before finding i really dont like it. Anyone else find this ?

 

[iain187]

this is why i love trade ins, for example Killzone 2 for PS3, it was worth completing but I didn't like it that much to play it over and over etc, so i got through the single player as quick as i could so I can trade it back in and losing the least value!

i just got resident evil and street fighter for free because i traded in half a dozen games i'm done with!!

 

[Nigel]

I used to play games for hours when I first got them. Now they don't seem to grip me like they used to. I don't think I've got through more than halfway in any 360 game (except Forza 2). Probably less than 20% though any PS3 game. Don't know whats changed.

 

[daveymacivor]

Depends on the game really, ive been playing Gears of War 2 loads recently and am still loving it. Need to get all the achievments on my games aswell before i trade them in...needless to say i havent traded in for a while lol!

 

[oska]

Depends on the gameplay. I've been playing Warhawk on the PS3 since it's launch in late 2007 and have racked up about 200 hrs gameplay. Consider it cost £20 at launch and is online only, I'd say that was good VFM.

The only other games that have held my attention are free roaming games like GTA, Fallout3 and most recently FarCry2. Those and some driving games, especially Gran Turismos. FPS's bore the hell out of me I've decided unless they offer something unique and different.

 

[Rasclart]

I go through Stages tbh. I havent really played a game properly for a LONG time now. Just busy with other things.

 

[Wilkeh]

I've played counter strike for 8/9 years and I still can't get enough!

 

[Brazo]

Depends on the gameplay. I've been playing Warhawk on the PS3 since it's launch in late 2007 and have racked up about 200 hrs gameplay. Consider it cost £20 at launch and is online only, I'd say that was good VFM.

The only other games that have held my attention are free roaming games like GTA, Fallout3 and most recently FarCry2. Those and some driving games, especially Gran Turismos. FPS's bore the hell out of me I've decided unless they offer something unique and different.

I tend to buy whatever the latest games are cheap from shopto.net and complete them before selling them on the bay and not making much of a loss, that way each game only actually costs me a few quid. Which is why illegal downloads or chipped xbox's don't interest me in the least but thats another thread lol!

I do sometimes regret selling games but I do like to keep with the trends so to speak, this way I don't really get bored as I try a lot of different stuff. I can get addicted to some online shooters, used to play Warhawk a lot like Oska above but probably only have 30 hours under my belt! Oska must be a pro! I do envy those who choose one online shooter and more or less stick to it and become expert rather than me who flits from one to another! Stops me getting bored mind!

 

[Snakey]

I have episodes, one week I be playing something flatout and another week I won't be bothered to boot it up. Sometimes you've just got to stick with something to get into it

 

[timmmah]

Yeah I've got bored of games which are complicated. Also with PC's you have a agony of having to download patches and find servers to play on.

I prefer easy simple games these days such as pretty much everything on Xbox Live Arcade.

You can't beat an online game of UNO!

I did used to be huge counter strike fan back in the day.

 

[Mike_182]

I'm in the middle of C&C: RA3 at the moment and I can't say I'm bored of it particularly... Got the expansion to do after this.

 

[AK]

Oooft yer getting old sir!!

 

[Michael172]

Just cant get into this clear sky, it aint the same as before, it so far seems like the previous but without the horror part anymore. Seems a bit bland tbh.

 

[Michael172]

NB:

I quote from the bible:

Perhaps it was an accident that the original Stalker game, Shadow of Chernobyl, was as compelling, terrifying and atmospheric as it was. GSC certainly haven't managed the same feat this second time around. 18 months after Shadow we have another excursion into the Zone that remains rich and visionary, provides both a story and an open-ended faction war, and yet lacks some vital magic.


Couldnt agree more tbfh.

 

[Darren S]

I tend not to, but it's rare that I'll pump hour after hour into a game. One aspect of games that is guaranteed to switch me off is where the designers just add several hundred hit points to the same piss-easy foe, in order to make them harder later on.

I enjoyed Final Fantasy XV11111VXMCM - Crisis Core on the PSP, until the weak minions who took two hits to kill at the start, simply amassed in more numbers and took about 15 hits to kill later on. Just lame game design, imo.

By far and way the longest period I've ever committed to a game was with Battlefield 2142. As an online FPS, it has yet to be bettered imo. Although not flawless, the squad-based aspect just worked a treat - especially when paired up with some decent team players.

The tank was my raison d'etre - and single-handedly represents my feeling that FPSs should have a vehicle aspect to the game. Infantry only is just so boring and two-dimensional. I was pretty good at holding my own against other tankers (I had a kill/death ratio of 14:1 at one point) - but I absolutely loved the game when the other tank pilots were either very good, or exceptional. Ignoring all the chaos going on in the game (unless your squad/team needed help of course!) and trying to take each other out, one-on-one - sometimes traversing the entire map to do so. Just brilliant.

Anyways, I'm rambling..... and feck. I've just realised that I've spent 69hrs-20mins driving a bloody tank!

D.

 

[Reyes]

Yes.

 

[oska]

This is the reason I've put in so many hours to Warhawk even though it's 3rd person. A good online shooter does need vehicles. I never played 2142 but did get into Battlefield 2 quite a bit. It's the only PC game I've ever bought.

 

[JJ!]

I get hooked on online play - I go to play a game of fifa, which turn is to lots of games of fifa!!

 

[bmh.01]

Yep very few I can get into, of the last 5 years the only ones i've managed to play to finish are HL2+episodes, Halo 3, Forza 2 and numerous Guitar Heros.

 

[Darren S]

Yep very few I can get into, of the last 5 years the only ones i've managed to play to finish are HL2+episodes, Halo 3, Forza 2 and numerous Guitar Heros.

Awesome games those - full of atmosphere.

D.

 

[bmh.01]

Awesome games those - full of atmosphere.

D.

Damn right, still waiting on episode three 18 months later. I'm assuming there is one?, don't really keep on the pulse just play them when released .

 

[Brazo]

Damn god stats there darren and a K/D of 2.42 is damn good, let alone 14/1 at one point!!

Oska pop up yer warhawk stats! Warhawk with its vehicles and turrets is ace!

Nothing I enjoyed more in late 2007 was spending a Sunday afternoon in a missile turret with a few cans of lager

 

[VeinAST]

I get hooked on online play - I go to play a game of fifa, which turn is to lots of games of fifa!!

+1 Spent about 2 weeks in total on COD4.

I never trade-in games but it's good to go back to one after a few months and do something you couldn't do after playing it hours on end!!

If I get stuck though I never cheat, just don't bother playing it for a while.

 

[cbapiaz]

necro thread sorry i tend to forget to check the dates :S don't ban me please!!

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i play lot of games usually, and it happens to me that i never get to do everything in 1 game... get 100% i mean.. it seeems such a hazzle and i usually get the main story straigh then i switch to another game.But you can always find a nice and fun game that you like that you can play casually and then leave, i do that with a lot of games and i can still keep the fun and keep me pretty much entertained. Or you can find a game that you REALLY like and play multiplayer a lot (w friends preferably), like for me is Assassins Creed XD