getting burned out on games

[luj1]

There were RPGs I was able to enjoy immensely even amid my burnout

- Wizardry 6 (great atmosphere)
- Grimoire (a masterpiece)
- Neo Scavenger (very cleverly designed little game)
- Escape from the Pit (fantastic low exposition writing and design)

Also replaying Diablo II and Arcane Dimensions.

 

[Machocruz]

When I thought I was burned out on games, I wasn't burned out on games in toto, but my own habits: not having structured playtime, collecting too many through digital sales an emulation.

Ultimately I don't care if I finish a game, but I prefer to, and I finished more games when there were more limitations on my time and their availability. When I was invested in school, work, athletics, and other hobbies, i.e. less free time, I somehow finished more games, long ones too. Also had less access to games (could only be bought physically, interesting ones only came out once every couple of months, wasn't into emulation yet.), so I wasn't distracted away from the game I was playing at the time.

I'm a minimalist at heart, I don't deal well with having too much stuff or too many options .

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

I would suggest playing a game where messing around for 5 minutes is the objective. Falksi mentioned arcade games, but Roguelikes, puzzle games work well too. Personally, I've always found that if I consume some kind of media that's supposed to be easier to digest than I end up spending a lot of time on that. Be it comic books, encyclopedias, cheesy sitcoms or puzzle games, its considerably easier to put an afternoon into a bunch of those over one big game where you have to do a lot more.

 

[Kem0sabe]

I go through phases of extensive gaming sessions on my Xbox and then I can go weeks or months without playing a single game on it.

With age the periods between getting the "itch" to play a game almost compulsively have grown much longer, especially in summer when the weather calls for spending free time at the beach and other outdoor stuff.

Currently I'm filling my gaming time with TBC classic, which fills its pourpuse, short contained gaming sessions, doing a dungeon or raid, completing a few quests and logging off feels satisfying.

 

[Dedicated_Dark]

Play some good games.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Reward yourself for playing: you can spray pheromones all over your computer and make an arrangement with yourself that from now on you only get booze and porno while playing.

 

[Malamert]

Play some good games.

PlayHome > Honey Select.

 

[octavius]

The closest I've come to a burnout is that I don't enjoy FPS games as much any longer.

 

[Morality Games]

Getting burned out on games is sort of like 12 step program.

(1) accept you aren't going to play every release even in your preferred genres, maybe not even close

(2) get out of touch with what the media or the gaming community says your interests should be (including the Codex) and more in touch with your own tastes and dispositions actually are

(3) only attempt to play games outside your own tastes and dispositions if you are prepared to sit down and *really* play them. Maybe you'll persevere through the tedium and it will grow on you, but the older you get the less frequently this occurs.

(4) don't try to play games at all unless you can make time for them

etc etc etc

 

[Terenty]

Play It Takes Two if you have someone to play it with.

This what good gaming is all about