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Is it me or are games really not fun anymore (geddit.social)

submitted 2 years ago by Cayenne05dingos@geddit.social to c/gaming

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The best part of video games back in the day was making memories with your friends, now it all feels like structured fun. “This is how you play the game and this is when you are supposed to have fun” Idk if that makes sense.

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[–] harmonea@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I think you've just played too many games. You know how they work now, you have a sense of what's behind the curtain. You can see the way the dev is trying to talk to you through specific camera angles and lighting placements, and you resent it and wish for the days you didn't notice that stuff.

I get it. It's valid. But it's a personal thing. Games didn't get less fun, you just aren't enjoying them anymore. They've always been like that.

May I suggest cheating? No, seriously: Download some mods, cheat tables, or trainers. Play the game the way you want to play it. Break out of the devs' carefully-packaged little box, even if it makes the game easier or makes people sneer at you. Go out of bounds. Give yourself infinite health and see how long it takes to beat the last boss naked and unarmed or using a DDR pad.

Don't cheat in multiplayer though. There's a special hell reserved for those who ruin others' experiences.

[–] rosatherad@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

This is a good idea! Go nuts for a while, see how you feel.

[–] LennethAegis@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As I got older, I learned to love easier difficulties. Like I can't imagine going back to any Fire Emblem game with permadeath on. That's just not fun anymore, its a giant timesink to carefully play a level to make sure no one dies. These day I kinda just go yee-haw with my team see who makes it through.

[–] harmonea@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same. Challenge just isn't meaningful the way it used to be. Unless the entire point of a game is challenge (your soulslikes and whatnot), I'm not that interested anymore. Especially not in an RPG where the story and character development are the main draw for me.

But of course, to each their own - mods and cheat tables can be used to make a game harder too if that's what tickles OP! An extreme difficulty or a no-money run or some such - something the devs excluded because there's no way it would gain mass appeal.

[–] Suddenmoose@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

On the flipside of this fear and hunger doesnt get easier you as a player just get more experienced

[–] JickleMithers@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've been cheating since the days of hand writing them from the internet for snes games. Once it gets boring, fuck it. But wholeheartedly, DO NOT CHEAT IN MULTIPLAYER. There's just no reason, either you like playing or you don't. I'm trash at Siege, but I still play without hacks cuz I still find it fun even when I lose.